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Post by lemondrop on Jun 13, 2019 7:45:00 GMT -6
I read that one of the reasons republicans might want to make birth control available OTC is to somehow make it so insurance doesn’t have to cover it. Not sure of the logistics but apparently it’s been a previously suggested thing? I was hoping maybe some of the GOP are seeing the backlash from the abortion bans and are trying to cover their ass with “well you should be on BC if you don’t want to get pregnant” but this makes more sense.
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Post by lemondrop on Jun 13, 2019 7:47:57 GMT -6
Trump tells Stephanopoulos he’s probably take info from a foreign power about his 2020 opponent: He has completely normalized all the shit he and his administration does. This is not ok to admit this. Can you even IMAGINE the shit fit the GOP would have if any D said this?
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 7:58:03 GMT -6
Trump's doing a phone interview with Fox tomorrow morning: THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!!! No other president in history has just felt the need to call up a morning TV show and chat. FFS
I dont understand how people find this acceptable.
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Post by blurnette989 on Jun 13, 2019 8:09:55 GMT -6
He has completely normalized all the shit he and his administration does. This is not ok to admit this. Can you even IMAGINE the shit fit the GOP would have if any D said this? Right, so why are our people NOT throwing a shit fit? I don't understand.
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Post by lemondrop on Jun 13, 2019 8:14:22 GMT -6
Can you even IMAGINE the shit fit the GOP would have if any D said this? Right, so why are our people NOT throwing a shit fit? I don't understand. Sounds like they’re trying, but it’s not gaining much traction. In the interview’s aftermath, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke were among those arguing that Trump’s words were more reason to begin impeachment proceedings. Warren was the first Democratic presidential candidate to voice support for impeachment back in April, and Gillibrand, Sanders and O’Rourke have since espoused similar sentiments. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/13/trump-foreign-intelligence-warren-gillibrand-impeachment/?utm_term=.8127bd6f2e88&tid=sm_fb
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Post by dc2london on Jun 13, 2019 8:16:41 GMT -6
::snort::
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Post by lemondrop on Jun 13, 2019 8:19:02 GMT -6
Wtf is it with this wannabe mob family and their not so vague threats on Twitter?
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 9:17:32 GMT -6
Far be it for me to criticize Speaker Pelosi
BUT COME ON I realize you think we need to have all the chess pieces in place before even entertaining the idea of holding the executive accountable. But HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE DO?
Start the hearings, worry about the fucking turtle and what he's gonna do later.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 9:21:46 GMT -6
Shes literally standing at a podium accusing him of crimes and ignoring the law and yet....
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 9:28:40 GMT -6
Also apparently she has a bet on tonights game with Justin Trudeau
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 9:41:50 GMT -6
McCarthy just insinuated that the DNC made up the Steele Dossier. Hes also going after Schiff as well as Pelosi
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Post by byjove on Jun 13, 2019 9:43:30 GMT -6
I'm reading a Japenese oil tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Also a Norwegian tanker was torpedoed. US Navy says these are high profile attacks, carried out in broad daylight. Suspected to be a reproach to the Japanese facilitated talks between US and Iran. Oil prices are expected to rise. Conflict is expected to escalate. #everythingisfine
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 10:14:01 GMT -6
HAHAHAHAHA
OSC says Kellyanne has violated the Hatch act numerous times and should be removed
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Post by cakewench on Jun 13, 2019 10:19:49 GMT -6
Special Council finds Kellyanne violated the Hatch Act so many times they recommend she be removed from federal service:
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Post by cakewench on Jun 13, 2019 10:20:25 GMT -6
LOL sorry for the dup post jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 11:09:03 GMT -6
The white house is saying that this thing with KA is violating her free speech and due process
THATS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!
OMG MAKE IT STOP
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Post by GhoatMonket on Jun 13, 2019 11:13:14 GMT -6
The white house is saying that this thing with KA is violating her free speech and due process
THATS NOT HOW THIS WORKS!!!
OMG MAKE IT STOP
Of course they are. Because they don't know what those things actually mean.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 13, 2019 11:24:55 GMT -6
Texas town votes to ban all abortions, calls themselves a sanctuary city for fetuses:
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Post by byjove on Jun 13, 2019 11:41:48 GMT -6
The DCist has a story about how DT now is saying there will be a second fireworks display put on by separate fireworks company on the 4th. Park service still has scant details about what is actually happening on July 4. Talk about a cluster. I hope it pours rain all day.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 13, 2019 11:46:15 GMT -6
The DCist has a story about how DT now is saying there will be a second fireworks display put on by separate fireworks company on the 4th. Park service still has scant details about what is actually happening on July 4. Talk about a cluster. I hope it pours rain all day. If I wasn't seriously considering leaving town already, I am now. It's going to be a nightmare. At the very least, I'm not leaving my house.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 13, 2019 11:51:09 GMT -6
I am kind of surprised AOC would support such a measure. If birth control is over the counter, it isn't free, which means it may become prohibitively expensive for many people. This is something that has been pushed by lots of right-wingers previously because then it allows companies with "moral" issues with BC to pressure insurance companies to not cover BC at all or provide insurance plans with no BC coverage, which in turns ends up funneling down and ends with no BC coverage. To me this is extremely problematic. Birth control is otc here in Portugal BUT the government negotiates the prices. For example if you don't have a prescription you can get 6 months of the mini-pill for 18 euros, or about 20 dollars. But I doubt the US would make it that cheap. Also, with a prescription it is free here, so it encourages people to see a doctor, which may also catch other issues. OTC birth control is basically only good for middle and upper class women, likely white who can afford it. Also make me wonder how they'd sell and price out IUDs and arm implants... I am not in favor of OTC BCP. For many women, getting a refill is the only reason they actually get their pelvic exams and cancer screenings. And something that manipulates your hormones is not something I think should be used without a physician's care.
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Post by stringy on Jun 13, 2019 12:12:14 GMT -6
Texas town votes to ban all abortions, calls themselves a sanctuary city for fetuses: Look at all those old white men voting on someone else's rights.
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Post by jaygee on Jun 13, 2019 12:12:32 GMT -6
Hi all, I’ve been absent. Who knew the last week of school was such a cluster? Not me.
Anyways, if you listen to one thing this week, in the first 30 minutes of the Monday PSA they play OK STOP with the Kushner interview and it is pure gold. I almost crashed my car I was laughing so hard.
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Post by dc2london on Jun 13, 2019 12:22:44 GMT -6
Oh christ
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Post by crimsonandclover on Jun 13, 2019 12:53:21 GMT -6
You have got to be freaking kidding me. Can our two countries just stop one-upping each other with idiocy?
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 13:03:28 GMT -6
Pompeo has blamed Iran for the tanker attacks, would not give evidence.
My tinfoil hat thoughts are not good right now.........
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Post by summerbabe on Jun 13, 2019 13:16:54 GMT -6
Pompeo has blamed Iran for the tanker attacks, would not give evidence.
My tinfoil hat thoughts are not good right now.........
same. I have felt mad and nervous all week, and this administration is just the worst.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Jun 13, 2019 13:18:45 GMT -6
He isn't suddenly the champion of women. Cruz wants it to be over the counter because right now the ACA says health plans have to cover it. If it were over the counter they could eliminate it from the ACA mandates. Women would have to pay the market cost out of pocket. ETA I see you all have already covered this.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Jun 13, 2019 13:22:55 GMT -6
I'm reading a Japenese oil tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Also a Norwegian tanker was torpedoed. US Navy says these are high profile attacks, carried out in broad daylight. Suspected to be a reproach to the Japanese facilitated talks between US and Iran. Oil prices are expected to rise. Conflict is expected to escalate. #everythingisfine Wag the Dog.
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Post by jkjacq on Jun 13, 2019 14:10:45 GMT -6
Senator Warner has introduced a bill in the Senate REQUIRING candidates to notify FBI if contacted by foreign agents.
because it has to be said and this is why we cant have nice presidents now
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