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ColoringFool

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18. I Don't Understand Your Premise. Do We Vote On...

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 12:05 PM

Nov 11

Every Congressional action?

Abortion. Invasion. Tax Code. Affordable Care Act. Pick your poison. Democrats are supposed to do what's good for the 99%.

And not just in the moment.

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Is it ethical for Democrats to keep SNAP recipients in a protest without their consent? [View all] ericjhensal Nov 11 OP

Is it ethical to let them die from lack of medical care orangecrush Nov 11 #1

Apparently Cirsium Nov 11 #32

Theoretically you can still get health care if you don't have insurance. You can't go without food. n/t valleyrogue Nov 11 #36

Theoretically orangecrush Nov 11 #40

is it ethical to let 50,000+ Americans die each year from lack of healthcare without their consent? nt yaesu Nov 11 #2

Is it ethical to let 43 million people starve to death? n/t valleyrogue Nov 11 #37

Wut. SSJVegeta Nov 11 #3

That's ridiculous. Follow that & everyone would only be allowed to speak for themselves. bucolic_frolic Nov 11 #4

It was not legal for the con artist to take away their benefits Quiet Em Nov 11 #5

Well which will be more catastrophic for us all? Stargleamer Nov 11 #6

Offers no proof of these calls... lame54 Nov 11 #7

A lot of these apologist articles are popping up, wonder how much putin is paying the influencers/bloggers? yaesu Nov 11 #8

One of them from someone who only has 8 posts since joining in 2020. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 11 #15

Why would Putin want apologist articles for Democrats? AZJonnie Nov 11 #27

Definitely a weird comment. tritsofme Nov 11 #33

so all the GOP needs to do is threaten to hurt people... mike_c Nov 11 #9

And here we go again, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 11 #10

So, in this wealthiest country in the world, you buy into the narrative Scrivener7 Nov 11 #11

Which should you choose? Seems to me it's a Kobayashi Maru. Ocelot II Nov 11 #12

Neither. November SNAP went out and we were close Scrivener7 Nov 11 #13

The Senate deal fully funds SNAP with an increase in appropriations until the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2026). lapucelle Nov 11 #17

Again, we were on the verge of getting SNAP protected anyway. So I'll put you in the Scrivener7 Nov 11 #25

Well said, gab13by13 Nov 11 #26

"It was probably going to happen anyway" is such an *interesting* take, especially when the bill passed last night lapucelle Nov 11 #39

"I'm putting my faith in republicans standing by their word rather than in Justice Jackson" Scrivener7 Nov 11 #45

What are you talking about? If Johnson makes any changes to the bill passed by the Senate lapucelle Nov 11 #47

+1 leftstreet Nov 11 #21

No. It's the trolley problem. Layzeebeaver Nov 11 #20

The Kobayashi Maru has a solution ericjhensal Nov 11 #24

The Senate deal fully funds SNAP (with an increase in appropriations) until Sept. 30, 2026, lapucelle Nov 11 #14

The food situation is immediate. The ACA subsidies are 1.5 months away. And if after all of this, we can't draft Silent Type Nov 11 #16

I Don't Understand Your Premise. Do We Vote On... ColoringFool Nov 11 #18

The "One Big Ugly Bill" cut SNAP benefits and added work requirements. Those recipients that walkingman Nov 11 #19

So many new people here lately leftstreet Nov 11 #22

If we made people go hungry for a few months, what could be gained and what would we leave behind? ericjhensal Nov 11 #23

Again, November SNAP went out, and we were on the verge of restoring it permanently. Scrivener7 Nov 11 #29

SNAP benefits were going to be restored without the CR. gab13by13 Nov 11 #30

I'm a SNAP recipient BeerBarrelPolka Nov 11 #42

I'll be without health insurance and healthcare on January 1 Arazi Nov 11 #28

Losing your insurance is wrong ericjhensal Nov 11 #31

Are you of the belief that people were asked to sacrifice and go without adequate food? Quiet Em Nov 11 #41

We were/are a day (or a few days at most) of SCOTUS ordering SNAP restored Arazi Nov 11 #43

November SNAP went out, and the courts were about to restore it permanently. NO ONE Scrivener7 Nov 11 #46

It is as ethical (or unethical) as every and any other vote which Congress takes. RockRaven Nov 11 #34

Don't forget that cutting SNAP is the GOP plan Ritabert Nov 11 #35

Huh. malaise Nov 11 #38

Under the circumstances... -misanthroptimist Nov 11 #44