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pat_k

(14,228 posts)
6. Unless we manage to impeach and remove the felon AND co-conspirator Vance in 2027...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 01:59 PM
6 hrs ago

...such changes would get a veto 'til they are voted out.

Who knows? After a rout in the midterms, escalating chaos and harms of the war the felon and Vance are incapable of escaping from, and more devastating consequences of the criminal impoundments and decimation of executive agencies, we could actually see enough Republicans get a clue and decide put and end to the insanity.

Then Jeffries (or whoever wins the speakership) is sworn in and begins the monumental task of building back better.

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Call your congresscritters... FalloutShelter 6 hrs ago #1
Unless democrats retake Congress we have no chance questionseverything 6 hrs ago #3
Call 'em anyway and FalloutShelter 6 hrs ago #4
Always. Pester the hell out of them! pat_k 6 hrs ago #8
That's great! FalloutShelter 6 hrs ago #9
Thanks for posting. yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #10
Agreed Bayard 5 hrs ago #11
What would the date be if Congress lifts the cap on Social Security contributions? SamuelAdams 6 hrs ago #2
Unless we manage to impeach and remove the felon AND co-conspirator Vance in 2027... pat_k 6 hrs ago #6
Infinity Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #14
Oh, that's nice, two years after I start collecting at age 70. pat_k 6 hrs ago #5
Last year the date was 2033 mdbl 6 hrs ago #7
SS has to take inflation (including tariff costs) into consideration when projecting COLA adjustments. eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #21
REPUBLICANS have been blocking for DECADES of self rule of Social Security funds to advance non-rich people or the term dave99 5 hrs ago #12
The GOP's "fix" will be, of course, to cut benefits. LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #13
As a millenial, I don't expect to ever get Luciferous 4 hrs ago #15
Increase maximum limit of Social Security bmichaelh 4 hrs ago #16
What our Government owes Social Security. Most important info chouchou 4 hrs ago #17
Bullshit. Tax the damn rich. Scrivener7 2 hrs ago #18
Been hearing this ever since FDR orangecrush 2 hrs ago #19
LIFT... THE.... CAP!! QueerDuck 2 hrs ago #20
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