Bitterolequeen

@OccupyDemocrats The outrage we feel about insurrectionists being given taxpayer monies is only soothed by the probability that most of those funds will be taken by Trump directly and the crumbs distributed to his best cronies... then the remainder of that will be given to Jan 6ers. Trump grift.

BREAKING: CNN's Kaitlan Collins confronts J.D. Vance about Trump's $1.8 billion "slush fund" for January 6ers and child molesters — and his response was disgusting. This is going to haunt him in 2028... "You previously told me that anyone who assaulted a police officer on January 6th should go to prison," said Collins. "So why not rule out giving them taxpayer-funded money?" "Well, Kaitlan, what I said is we're going to look at everything case by case," replied Vance. "Because Kaitlan, there are people who I don't know their individual circumstances, and I don't rule things out categorically when I know nothing about a person's individual circumstances." Of course, the Vice President of the United States of America should be able to "categorically" rule out payments to violent insurrectionists who assaulted law enforcement officers. But Vance would never dare disagree with his cult leader, no matter how illegal or immoral the matter at hand. "Let's say a person is accused, let's just say hypothetically, a person is accused of doing something that they never actually did, that they got a kangaroo court, that they had a judge who mistreated them," said Vance. "I think that we should look at those things case by case. We're not making commitments to give anybody money. We're just making commitments to look at things case by case." The assertion that there were "kangaroo courts" targeting the brave "patriots" who stormed the Capitol on January 6th is a lie that may play well with the Republican base but Vance and his co-conspirators will have a hard time selling that to the American public. Every single one of us should be outraged. Trump's Justice Department is moving ahead with a $1.776 billion slush fund, siphoned off from taxpayer money, that will be disseminated amongst MAGA loyalists who were "targeted" by the Biden administration. Attorney General Todd Blanche has refused to rule out the possibility that some of the slush money will go to sex offenders like Andrew Paul Johnson, a January 6th insurrectionist who was pardoned by Trump. After he was released, Johnson went on to molest two middle-school aged children. He then tried to buy their silence by telling them that he'd give them some of the restitution money that Trump was inevitably going to give him. And that's just one example. Trump's mass pardon freed rapists, pedophiles, and all manner of violent criminals. Some have since been arrested and imprisoned for new crimes, others are still walking the streets free. All of them are expecting a payday. J.D. Vance will run for President one day. When he does, we'll remind America that he supported reparations for child molesters while hard-working, law-abiding citizens were struggling to just afford groceries and gas. Please ❤️ and share if you staunchly oppose the slush fund!

@atrupar If you doubled his taxes he would be paying what... 2 or 3 percent? If he pays anything at all... double of zero is zero.

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

@HQNewsNow Republicans always claim to love and follow our founding fathers while ignoring their expressed intent and the framing of the constitution.

Trump: This country was built largely on religion. We have a country that was based on religion.

@Acyn The guy with full poopy diapers and a repeatedly notable stench calls Pritzker a slob. Right.

Trump: JB Pritzker is a slob. He could call me and I could send the National Guard in and Chicago would have no crime. All he would have to say is: President, can you help me? Within three months, Chicago would be a different place.

@atrupar If she really believed in God, she would be in fear of being struck down where she stands or being made to pay for her political religiosity in perdition. She would gladly support every immoral action by Trump with a joyful religious claim.

Rep. Maria Salazar: "It's in the hands of two entities. God the Father, and Donald Trump. The Lord saved him. The Lord wanted him back in the Oval Office."

@JSJdarling I now am manifesting Tom Daley making you a fabulous hand knitted sweater.

I also finally met Tom Daley (and scared the crap out of him (“I LOVE YOU!” I screamed in his face and snapped a million pics.) I’ve met Dustin before, they’re such cuties…

@Acyn So Trump is saying he has no religion, because he has and continues to do this, that and the other thing without compunction. He has no morality and no limits to his sociopathy.

Trump: When you have strong religion, you have less crime, it's just a fact. It's like gee, I want to go to heaven so I'm not going to do this or that, who knows.

@TizzyEnt I bet she still hates minorities and democrats, doesn't believe in vaccines, and drinks raw unpasteurized milk for the health benefits.

Reality is starting to sink in.

You don't say. Hmm... who could have predicted this. Meanwhile... I bet she still hates democrats.

Not only are we getting squeezed at the gas pump and grocery store, but trump just set up a $1.8 BILLION slush fund using OUR TAXPAYER FUNDS to pay off scumbags like the January 6th attackers and his rich buddies. CONGRESS: ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING?

@RepJackKimble @Ostrakon451 I agree... what happened to the American dream? Why is access to it getting harder not only for you but your constituents. Is what your party adding or blocking access to it? Look in the mirror and ask yourself.

@Ostrakon451 We shouldn't have to settle for adequate. What happened to the American Dream?

Just a friendly warning. We don’t even make $200k per year in Congress despite working nearly 140 days. If we aren’t properly compensated, a lot of us will go to the private sector and you will be left with some real idiots in Congress.

@JoshEakle If that's the way they feel with that paycheck and free healthcare, imagine how most of their constituents feel.

Mike Johnson says Congress can't survive on $174k because of inflation, and uses that to justify letting members trade stocks. Incredible take from the guy who decided his only job was taking orders from the President.

@atrupar Funny how he never sees negative feedback, thus can never comment on anything.

Q: Should President Trump have been more committal when it comes to Taiwan? MIKE JOHNSON: I've been really busy the last couple days, so I haven't seen the exact readout on how that discussion went

@NotHoodlum Was he always a plant or was he compromised? Hmm... either way he isn't a member of the democratic party and shouldn't be treated like one.

The Senate fell one vote short of formally shutting down the war with Iran, with John Fetterman casting the decisive vote.

@Acyn Every election it seems like another republican plant is pushed through into the democratic party. How many do we have to see do a full 180 on policy beliefs and parroting conservative talking points.

Fetterman: People in my party are becoming anti-data centers. They are calling for a moratorium. That’s lunacy! That’s China first! That’s ridiculous!

@atrupar President Trump had a book ghost written in the eighties and has coasted on its title for years.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin: "President Trump literally wrote the book on the art of the deal. He's the strongest leader of your and I's time. Period."

@atrupar Which one is it? A sleepy sick elderly man thats barely mentally there or the scary demon that scares your little one? Who is president now? Why is every Trumpian politician bringing up the past? They have zero solutions other than grifting for themselves? So disingenuous.

Rep. Andy Ogles: "My little one still has nightmares, afraid that his dad is going to be taken away by big bad Biden"

@dpakman I thought he was deep in prayer.

HE'S BLINKING GODDAMMIT, HE'S NOT ASLEEP!

@MartinFuqua2 @RBReich

@bitterolequeen @RBReich Yes, I meant ENUMERATE...as in to count off or name.

Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country — plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves.

@Acyn Its so on brand for this ghoul to complain about care for people that people need it. Family helping is great but few can afford to dedicate the time needed if they didnt have a stipend for that time. He knows that but prefers to allow insurance to reject care to save a buck.

@Acyn I assume Oz is talking about home health aides, some of which happen to be friends or family. The needs of the elderly, disabled or ill can take time away from a paying job elsewhere, so this is compensation to allow someone familiar to care for them without hardship.

OZ: New York—the number one job in the entire state is personal care services. Almost half a million people in that state are being paid to carry groceries upstairs for their parents or for their neighbor. These are jobs your family would do for you. That creates jobs in a state that's losing jobs. Here's what's bothering me, they are starting to unionize these workers.