What happens to the Republican Party now? (14 Viewers)

I guess I can put this here. Ohio has no one but themselves to blame for that train derailment. This is a classic case of getting what you voted for. If someone warns you that a person is going to punch you in the face and you defend that person and then they punch you in the face, why should I feel sorry you got punched in the face? You are getting exactly what you wanted.

MT15 said:

So far, JD Vance has not been exactly impressive. First he joined the unserious Rs during the balloon flight who posed with their assault rifles looking up at the sky. Super cringy. Next, he appears to tell a fib about what he is doing about the derailment in Ohio. I think this tweet means DeWine hasn’t requested federal help from Biden, it’s inartfully worded, but I think the point is valid.

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Interestingly he says he wants to review the regulations from the DoT. I assume he may want to add regulations to prevent this from happening again. Of course Republicans rail against regulations until something bad happens. It always takes something bad for them to realize that government regulations are usually added to prevent bad things, yet they always complain about how it hurts industry, without balancing the message with common sense. They’ll also cut these agency budgets until something bad happens. That’s a poor way to run a railroad (pun intended).

and they are complainig that Biden isn't helping, but the Republican Gov doesn't want to delcare it a state of emergency.
The R's want states to have control, but cry when they aren't getting help at the federal level.

Lapaz said:

Interestingly he says he wants to review the regulations from the DoT. I assume he may want to add regulations to prevent this from happening again. Of course Republicans rail against regulations until something bad happens. It always takes something bad for them to realize that government regulations are usually added to prevent bad things, yet they always complain about how it hurts industry, without balancing the message with common sense. They’ll also cut these agency budgets until something bad happens. That’s a poor way to run a railroad (pun intended).

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thats just foot in mouth about as much as you can go. They want regulations scaled back, then when something happens, they want to "look into regulations"... its like you can't even make this stuff up.

Saintamaniac said:

I guess I can put this here. Ohio has no one but themselves to blame for that train derailment. This is a classic case of getting what you voted for. If someone warns you that a person is going to punch you in the face and you defend that person and then they punch you in the face, why should I feel sorry you got punched in the face? You are getting exactly what you wanted.

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Bigdaddysaints said:

thats just foot in mouth about as much as you can go. They want regulations scaled back, then when something happens, they want to "look into regulations"... its like you can't even make this stuff up.

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Well, it’s so politically convenient that rolling back the safeguards happened under Trump and the consequences happened under Biden. Just too easy to capitalize on that, especially if you lack ethics and morals or any sense of decency.

Maybe just a coincidence he has close ties to ol' Ron


GOP operative who is married to Ron Paul's Granddaughter is sentenced to 18 months for funneling Russian money to the Trump campaign in 2016.

"In pleading for leniency, Benton cited his Christianity and claimed he was no longer involved with politics."

I’m so sick of people who do awful things and then expect leniency because they are “Christian”. Guess what? The courts are not your church, you can expect leniency from your church not from the state. In fact, I think sentences should be harsher because you knew better.

This chart is pretty interesting. It shows the ideological shift over time of both Rs and Ds in the House. As well as taking into account whether they represent a safer district or a swing district. As expected, Ds from swing districts moved less to the liberal side than Ds from safe districts. But the Rs showed a pretty big shift no matter whether their districts were safe or swing. Something has definitely been going on with the R party, at least in the House. They are far more radical than they used to be and it doesn’t seem to matter how their districts are composed.

MT15 said:

I’m so sick of people who do awful things and then expect leniency because they are “Christian”. Guess what? The courts are not your church, you can expect leniency from your church not from the state. In fact, I think sentences should be harsher because you knew better.

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Maybe they should have thought about their ‘Christianity’ before they did the awful thing they did

Today I noticed all of the large mainstay conservative sources except for the WSJ were headlining some big announcement Marianne Williamson is going to make come March 4.

I didn't want to spoil the grand surprise for the Republicans so I didn't look into it further, but whatever it is they think it's going to be big.

Get ready for the outrage
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Roald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher Puffin.

Puffin has hired sensitivity readers to rewrite chunks of the author’s text to make sure the books “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”, resulting in extensive changes across Dahl’s work.

Edits have been made to descriptions of characters’ physical appearances. The word “fat” has been cut from every new edition of relevant books, while the word “ugly” has also been culled, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now described as “enormous”. In The Twits, Mrs Twit is no longer “ugly and beastly” but just “beastly”.

Hundreds of changes were made to the original text – and some passages not written by Dahl have been added. But the Roald Dahl Story Company said “it’s not unusual to review the language” during a new print run and any changes were “small and carefully considered”.

In The Witches, a paragraph explaining that witches are bald beneath their wigs ends with the new line: “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.”

In previous editions of James and the Giant Peach, the Centipede sings: “Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat / And tremendously flabby at that,” and, “Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire / And dry as a bone, only drier.”

Both verses have been removed, and in their place are the rhymes: “Aunt Sponge was a nasty old brute / And deserved to be squashed by the fruit,” and, “Aunt Spiker was much of the same / And deserves half of the blame.”

References to “female” characters have disappeared. Miss Trunchbull in Matilda, once a “most formidable female”, is now a “most formidable woman”………

What?

Never tax rich people or companies more, never less military spending, never less subsidies for industries that don't need it, always take money from poor people
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Top House Republicans are exploring significant changes to the nation’s food stamps program, including benefit cuts and stricter work requirements, as some in the new majority scramble for ways to slash government spending this year.

The early discussions have come in the context of the budget, as GOP leaders look to deliver on their promise to eliminate the federal deficit over the next decade. But their policy decisions could carry great consequences for the roughly 41 million people who receive monthly food aid — and find themselves scrounging in the face of high bills.

Formally known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, food stamps provide lower-income households with an average of over $230 each month for groceries. Federal officials administer the aid, but states set additional rules and manage the payments, often provided through a debit card............

Anti-poverty experts have long described the money as critical, yet insufficient at times, in subsidizing families’ food needs over the course of a month. But Democrats’ efforts to expand SNAP aid have been met with steep and intensifying Republican opposition, as GOP lawmakers argue that food stamps and other government benefit programs cost too much and deter millions of Americans from entering the workforce.

Since winning control of the House, some GOP leaders have started to explore ways to translate their criticisms into federal policy. They have attacked the Biden administration for its recent benefit increases. They have called for limiting aid to entire categories of recipients, including poor adults without children. And they have raised the potential they could seek even tougher work requirements.

“We need to go back to the Clinton-era welfare-to-work reforms,” Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.), the leader of the House Budget Committee, said in a recent interview. He referred to GOP-led efforts in the 1990s — backed by the White House at the time — that imposed a raft of limitations on federal benefit programs.............

MT15 said:

What?

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I think I'm just gonna stay here in London. What the hell?

GrandAdmiral said:

I think I'm just gonna stay here in London. What the hell?

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What are you doing in London, GA? I’m envious!

MT15 said:

What are you doing in London, GA? I’m envious!

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Avoiding the Mardi Gras crowds... lol.