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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2021 9:33:50 GMT -6
US is deferring over 3 million doses from our own supply to the African Union, with basically about 150 million more to come this is good. Money to covax is great, but not when they can't actually buy doses.
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2021 9:36:52 GMT -6
Jen: will lawmakers vote for the best package we can get, or will they " let the perfect be the enemy if the historic " while i get this the real problem is two people keep moving the fucking goalpost and we are caving to it all (which i understand we need the votes but fuck man) can we get our own kompromat on these two so they fall in line with Dems and not the gop?!?!!
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Post by athn64 on Oct 26, 2021 13:55:25 GMT -6
Forceful language on Sudan from Sullivan and Blinken. Good. I am very concerned about the "free and fair elections" the military insists will still happen. I also am concerned for the safety of the prime minister and his family.
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Post by willow on Oct 26, 2021 14:04:32 GMT -6
I really can't understand the argument against paid family leave. I usually assume these are people who either don't or never want children so they don't want to pay for something that doesn't "affect" them, or they wouldn't benefit because they've already had kids so again, it would not "affect" them and yet they would be paying into it.
Therefore I just want to bang my head against the wall of our capitalist society and the money hungry selfishness that it breeds.
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 26, 2021 15:27:22 GMT -6
I really can't understand the argument against paid family leave. I usually assume these are people who either don't or never want children so they don't want to pay for something that doesn't "affect" them, or they wouldn't benefit because they've already had kids so again, it would not "affect" them and yet they would be paying into it. Therefore I just want to bang my head against the wall of our capitalist society and the money hungry selfishness that it breeds. any benefit that could potentially raise people out of poverty will be looked down on. As a society the US believes that if you are poor it's your fault. So poor people deserve their lot. And then the capitalists need the poor to stay poor to keep the machine working. And they want regular people to continue looking down on the poor so you don't notice you are also being trampled by the rich. We basically live in a feudal society but instead of lords we have corporations and entities that we work for that dictate our quality of life. We make some choices but we don't have tons of choice in the US.
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2021 15:30:47 GMT -6
So normally I hate how women face so much more criticism for their work wardrobes than men and refrain from commenting but wtf is she wearing. And how did she even think for a moment denim is appropriate?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2021 16:17:54 GMT -6
So normally I hate how women face so much more criticism for their work wardrobes than men and refrain from commenting but wtf is she wearing. And how did she even think for a moment denim is appropriate? Oh wow. Denim vest is a bold choice in almost any setting.
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Post by cnf on Oct 26, 2021 18:19:24 GMT -6
So normally I hate how women face so much more criticism for their work wardrobes than men and refrain from commenting but wtf is she wearing. And how did she even think for a moment denim is appropriate? She looks like a kindergarten teacher during spirit week.
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Post by cakewench on Oct 26, 2021 18:48:15 GMT -6
I am aghast and yet also not surprised in the least at this BS.
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Post by willow on Oct 26, 2021 18:54:00 GMT -6
I am aghast and yet also not surprised in the least at this BS. What the actual fuck. Having worked for years for a judge, I’m just trying to imagine him telling me to write a memorandum with this ruling. I wouldn’t be able to hide my reaction. This is so fucked.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 26, 2021 18:57:08 GMT -6
I am aghast and yet also not surprised in the least at this BS. What the actual fuck. Having worked for years for a judge, I’m just trying to imagine him telling me to write a memorandum with this ruling. I wouldn’t be able to hide my reaction. This is so fucked. The best tweet i saw was How do you have a murder trial with no victims
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 27, 2021 1:15:27 GMT -6
I am aghast and yet also not surprised in the least at this BS. this is the kind of example when people say we should let the crim justice do its job. No ma'am. It's set up to support white supremacy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 6:46:49 GMT -6
I haven’t looked into the exact details of the federa parental leave proposal but I’m assuming it’s strictly for parents? NY has paid family leave but there are other things it can be used for than just parental leave. I wonder if the federal bill was written similarly if more people would get behind it.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 27, 2021 7:13:42 GMT -6
So normally I hate how women face so much more criticism for their work wardrobes than men and refrain from commenting but wtf is she wearing. And how did she even think for a moment denim is appropriate? She looks like a kindergarten teacher during spirit week. Hey!!
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Post by dc2london on Oct 27, 2021 7:14:09 GMT -6
Oh to hell with all of this 'A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that attorneys in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial could refer to the men the teen shot in Kenosha, Wis., last year as “rioters,” “looters” and “arsonists.” They could not, however, describe Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, who were killed, and Gaige Grosskreutz, who was wounded, as “victims” because the term was “loaded,” the judge said.' Men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse can be called ‘rioters’ and ‘looters’ but not ‘victims,’ judge rules www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/26/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-judge-victims/
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Post by byjove on Oct 27, 2021 7:33:33 GMT -6
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 27, 2021 8:28:07 GMT -6
manchin just used 'patriotic tax' that if you can utilize all the loopholes and NOT pay taxes so there should be AND A DIRECT QUOTE '15% Patriotic tax'
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 27, 2021 8:28:56 GMT -6
He just doesnt want to call it a 'billionaires tax'
I just.........
I'm glad I'm home cuz i'm yelling at him and my dog doesnt care.
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Post by cakewench on Oct 27, 2021 8:32:07 GMT -6
That makes zero sense. WTAF.
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Post by willow on Oct 27, 2021 8:37:13 GMT -6
Lol is it to make super rich people feel like they are doing their patriotic duty to pay taxes? Make them feel better about taking their money? It is just so ludicrous that it is laughable (and also so stupid).
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 27, 2021 8:44:44 GMT -6
Lol is it to make super rich people feel like they are doing their patriotic duty to pay taxes? Make them feel better about taking their money? It is just so ludicrous that it is laughable (and also so stupid). I know we need him (and sinema) but COME ON
Its so very blatant in his protecting his donors, he also went on to whine about how we dont get credit for reducing our coal usage.
We really need a better majority in the senate, because I'm so tired of being held hostage by this crap.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 27, 2021 9:01:49 GMT -6
Lindsey Graham is being an absolute asshole to AG Garland
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Post by cakewench on Oct 27, 2021 9:03:05 GMT -6
Lol is it to make super rich people feel like they are doing their patriotic duty to pay taxes? Make them feel better about taking their money? It is just so ludicrous that it is laughable (and also so stupid). Like Bezos is going to wake up to this news, realize he hasn't been a patriot, and have Amazon start paying taxes? Come TF on. (Directed at JM, not you, obviously )
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Post by origami on Oct 27, 2021 9:09:12 GMT -6
Manchin and Sinema are both deeply unserious people.
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Post by blurnette989 on Oct 27, 2021 9:28:42 GMT -6
Lol is it to make super rich people feel like they are doing their patriotic duty to pay taxes? Make them feel better about taking their money? It is just so ludicrous that it is laughable (and also so stupid). rich people dngaf about patriotism. This is to convince the poors who long to be rich that they won't be paying like a real tax. It's just flag waving with money?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 27, 2021 10:07:54 GMT -6
Tom Cotton just yelled at AG Garland that he should resign in disgrace 🙄
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Post by notblanche on Oct 27, 2021 10:09:16 GMT -6
Tom Cotton just yelled at AG Garland that he should resign in disgrace 🙄
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Post by cnf on Oct 27, 2021 10:10:13 GMT -6
She looks like a kindergarten teacher during spirit week. Hey!! Oh, don't worry, it's spirit week at my school and I go hard!
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Post by cnf on Oct 27, 2021 10:12:21 GMT -6
Same. The fighting in our building has been out of control this year. The worst I've seen, and I worked in some rough city schools before. But it's bananas right now. I had to help wrangle kids away from a fight today. It's just constant.
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Post by cnf on Oct 27, 2021 10:18:00 GMT -6
Lol is it to make super rich people feel like they are doing their patriotic duty to pay taxes? Make them feel better about taking their money? It is just so ludicrous that it is laughable (and also so stupid). I don't get it. Some of these people are so fucking rich they literally couldn't spend all their money even if they tried their damnedest. It's not like paying their taxes will have them go for broke. Like WTF.
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