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barbtries

(31,353 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 08:51 AM Feb 2025

It showed up on time.

I'll make it through another month.

Does that mean I can relax now? Looking at what the feckless republicans in the House are doing, NOPE.

Being liberal means I care about everyone. That's my short definition of being liberal. These motherfuckers will not rest until everyday Americans are destitute, desperate, sick and starving. I'm reading Animal Farm at the moment and don't need to tell you who the pigs are.

They have neutered the Democrats, many of whom continue, inexplicably, pretending that what's going on is something less grave than the complete destruction of democracy in the USA.

We the People are all who can save us. There's not another way. The Courts are not holding. SCOTUS is useless.

https://generalstrikeus.com
This and a massive tax revolt are the way i see to a future that could work for us all. With every day passing, it only gets harder.

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Lovie777

(23,748 posts)
1. Massive cuts to satisfy the greed of the rich......................
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 08:54 AM
Feb 2025

here's hoping it can be defeated.

HAB911

(10,603 posts)
3. I have taken steps to limit the amount
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 09:35 AM
Feb 2025

in the account that receives both VA and SS payments to reduce the amount available should the bros claw back either

lark

(26,115 posts)
4. They've got our info and after the midterms will fuck us all badly.
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 10:23 AM
Feb 2025

I don't think they will do the worse until after then, but I could be wrong - after all Rs in the house agreed to the kill americans budget proposed by tcf so they could be moving to completely stop democracy and not even have the midterms. No one will stop him - it seems.

JustAnotherGen

(38,109 posts)
5. We aren't filing our Federal Taxes this year
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 10:38 AM
Feb 2025

I refuse to give money to an enemy of the people. And the reality is - if you are working class or higher and own a home in NJ? You WILL have to pay additional to Fed Gov this year - or are getting back just a few hundred dollars.

If everyone in NJ , CA, NY, MA, IL and a few other states didn't file - we could severely cripple this government.

JustAnotherGen

(38,109 posts)
9. And with that SALT Cap
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:07 PM
Feb 2025

The MagaPublicans put in place when they were still the Republican Party, it's an intolerable act and punitive for having the guts to raise revenue locally to put the oxygen masks on ourselves.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
8. With 72 million people collecting SS, there are good many whose checks are late
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 01:13 PM
Feb 2025

every month and it's happened for decades and has had nothing to do with Musk.
SS is all I have and it's all I can do not to obsess about whether it will come or not so the constant threads fanning the flames of that worry are not helpful.
But I'm glad your check came.

Six months ago I never would have believed I would be living through this kind of hell.
I expected the maga crowd to vote for Trump, but I expected Democrats and the Left to vote for Harris.
Biden received 6 million more votes in '20 than Harris got in '24 against Trump. Where did they go?

If the Trump supporting wing of SCOTUS rubber stamps what Trump and Musk are doing to us, then there's no sense in worrying anymore because it will be over and we won't be having any midterm elections after all, at least none that aren't rigged.

mucholderthandirt

(1,791 posts)
10. Those votes were stolen. It's that simple. Stolen or never counted, and no one stood up.
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 04:13 PM
Feb 2025

I believe there's proof somewhere about what happened with a lot of votes, this was a coup, and we're going to have to either have the military take the government back, we're going to have to do it, or we'll have the military along with us.

I'm a veteran, I'll stand up if it gets to that. It probably won't, because our leaders are cowards and appeasers.

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