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    This election nonsense by Trump may end up splitting up the Republican Party. I just don’t see how the one third (?) who are principled conservatives can stay in the same party with Trump sycophants who are willing to sign onto the TX Supreme Court case.

    We also saw the alt right types chanting “destroy the GOP” in Washington today because they didn’t keep Trump in power. I think the Q types will also hold the same ill will toward the traditional Republican Party. In fact its quite possible that all the voters who are really in a Trump personality cult will also blame the GOP for his loss. It’s only a matter of time IMO before Trump himself gets around to blaming the GOP.

    There is some discussion of this on Twitter. What do you all think?



     
    Eeyore said:
    In Indiana they just changed payday loan rates to up to $5,000 at 149% interest.

    Party of the working person.
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    having just had to handle this for a relative, that 149% is a ruse. Its commonly more like 200-600% - i have never seen anything quite like it.

    And where did they get the idea? Saw a commercial on Fox News, downloaded an app, applied for it and borrowed $800. The repayment plan? $129 every 2 weeks for 22 installments. Thats right, to borrow $800, it was going to cost them $2038 in interest. The interest is calculated bi-monthly- so that 129 payment, only $19-21 goes toward principle. They had made 7 payments and still owed $700~ on the principle.

    Oh and the only way you get the $$ is direct deposit. Thats to make sure they get your routing/acct number because the ONLY WAY TO REPAY is ACH. And if you have an NSF, their NSF fee is $35 ( not counting your bank NSF fee charge )

    if there is a word better than "predatory", that is what these loans are.

    Target audience clearly identified.
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    You would think that this is exactly what Mitch McConnell wanted. McConnell, the 83-year-old Kentucky senator – who announced last week that he will retire in 2026 and not seek an eighth term – is one of the most influential Republicans in the history of the party.

    But he has in recent weeks expressed dissent and discontent with the direction of the Republican party. He voted against some of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, refusing, for example, to cast a vote for the confirmation of the anti-diversity campaigner and alleged rapist and drunk Pete Hegseth.

    He has also voiced some tepid and belated opposition to Republicans’ extremist agenda, citing his own experience as a survivor of childhood polio as a reason for his opposition to Republican attacks on vaccines.

    But the Republican party that McConnell is now shaking his head at is the one that he created. He has no one but himself to blame.

    Over his 40 years in the US Senate, with almost two decades as the Republican leader in the chamber, McConnell has become one of the most influential senators in the nation’s history, radically reshaping Congress, and his party, in the process.

    Few have done more to erode the conditions of representative democracy in America, and few have done more to enable the rise of oligarchy, autocracy and reactionary, minoritarian governance that is insulated from electoral check. McConnell remade America in his own image. It’s an ugly sight.

    In the end, McConnell will be remembered for one thing only: his enabling of Trump. In 2021, after Trump refused to respect the results of the 2020 election and sent a violent mob of his supporters to the Capitol to stop the certification of the election results by violent force, McConnell had an opportunity to put a stop to Trump’s authoritarian attacks on the constitutional order.

    McConnell never liked Trump, and by that point, he didn’t even need him: he had already won what would be his last term. He could have voted to convict Trump at his second impeachment; if he had, it’s likely that other Republican senators would have been willing to do so, too, and that Trump could have been convicted and prevented from returning to power.

    He didn’t. McConnell voted to acquit, and to allow Trump to rise again. If the next four years of Trump’s restoration are anything like the first 30 days have been, then that will turn out to have been the singularly significant decision of McConnell’s career……….

    www.theguardian.com

    Mitch McConnell is retiring from US politics. Good riddance | Moira Donegan

    Whenever you see a horror of anti-democratic rule, remember Mitch McConnell. You have him to thank
    www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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    Mitch McConnell may have caused more damage to America than any other person to walk the earth. We will find out in the next four years.
     
    Bayouboy said:
    Mitch McConnell may have caused more damage to America than any other person to walk the earth. We will find out in the next four years.
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    And it was intentional and cynical. He knew exactly what he was doing. Now he thinks he can make up for it with a few votes? He should go down in history as a traitor to America.
     
    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds announced Tuesday that he’s entering the 2026 race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is ineligible to seek another term after eight years in office.

    Donalds enters the race with President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Donalds has been a frequent Trump surrogate and was on the short list to be his vice presidential running mate last year.

    DeSantis, who cannot run again due to term limits and unsuccessfully tried a presidential bid against Trump last year, has not yet made any official endorsement for his successor.

    Just before Donalds’ announcement, DeSantis suggested that his wife, Casey DeSantis, would be a worthy governor and said Donalds was not a part of his victories on conservative priorities.

    Donalds praised the governor Tuesday, saying he had done a “tremendous job for our state.” Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Donalds did not directly address the speculation about a Casey DeSantis run but noted his Trump endorsement and his record in elected office.……

    apnews.com

    Rep. Byron Donalds, backed by Trump, says he's running for Florida governor

    U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has announced that he’s entering the race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026.
    apnews.com apnews.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds announced Tuesday that he’s entering the 2026 race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is ineligible to seek another term after eight years in office.

    Donalds enters the race with President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Donalds has been a frequent Trump surrogate and was on the short list to be his vice presidential running mate last year.

    DeSantis, who cannot run again due to term limits and unsuccessfully tried a presidential bid against Trump last year, has not yet made any official endorsement for his successor.

    Just before Donalds’ announcement, DeSantis suggested that his wife, Casey DeSantis, would be a worthy governor and said Donalds was not a part of his victories on conservative priorities.

    Donalds praised the governor Tuesday, saying he had done a “tremendous job for our state.” Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Donalds did not directly address the speculation about a Casey DeSantis run but noted his Trump endorsement and his record in elected office.……

    apnews.com

    Rep. Byron Donalds, backed by Trump, says he's running for Florida governor

    U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has announced that he’s entering the race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026.
    apnews.com apnews.com
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    They can all fork right off to forkoffistan.
     
    WASHINGTON — House Republicans are becoming weary and wary of in-person town hall meetings after a number of lawmakers have faced hometown crowds angry about the Trump administration’s push to slash government programs and staffing.

    Party leaders suggest that if lawmakers feel the need to hold such events, they do tele-town halls or at least vet attendees to avoid scenes that become viral clips, according to GOP sources.

    A GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.

    The town halls, and the rash of negative headlines, have been the first bit of public blowback for members who face voters next year.

    And the new reluctance to hold them indicates there are bubbling concerns about the impact the cuts could have on the GOP's chances of holding its thin majority in the House next year.

    The viral nature of video clips spreading from one district to another means a bad confrontation in safe Republican territory could influence voters in battlegrounds.

    The GOP-led House is trying to enact even deeper spending and tax cuts through legislation that could add as much as $4.5 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.

    But much of the tension focused on billionaire Elon Musk, the face of President Donald Trump’s effort to unilaterally eliminate jobs, contracts and grants.

    Musk, who is a “special government employee” advising Trump, did not require Senate confirmation to take his temporary post.

    “Obviously we’re very aware of those headlines,” a Republican National Committee official familiar with the dynamics said…….

    www.nbcnews.com

    House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts

    A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.
    www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    WASHINGTON — House Republicans are becoming weary and wary of in-person town hall meetings after a number of lawmakers have faced hometown crowds angry about the Trump administration’s push to slash government programs and staffing.

    Party leaders suggest that if lawmakers feel the need to hold such events, they do tele-town halls or at least vet attendees to avoid scenes that become viral clips, according to GOP sources.

    A GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether.

    The town halls, and the rash of negative headlines, have been the first bit of public blowback for members who face voters next year.

    And the new reluctance to hold them indicates there are bubbling concerns about the impact the cuts could have on the GOP's chances of holding its thin majority in the House next year.

    The viral nature of video clips spreading from one district to another means a bad confrontation in safe Republican territory could influence voters in battlegrounds.

    The GOP-led House is trying to enact even deeper spending and tax cuts through legislation that could add as much as $4.5 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.

    But much of the tension focused on billionaire Elon Musk, the face of President Donald Trump’s effort to unilaterally eliminate jobs, contracts and grants.

    Musk, who is a “special government employee” advising Trump, did not require Senate confirmation to take his temporary post.

    “Obviously we’re very aware of those headlines,” a Republican National Committee official familiar with the dynamics said…….

    www.nbcnews.com

    House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts

    A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.
    www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
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    Those butt crevasses are always the most cowardly group of digenerates in this country. Can't help but tuck their tail between their legs and hide at pubic criticism and scorn, but always so boisterous and ignorant when it comes to demeaning transgendered people. 🤡🤡🤡
     
    Florida Democratic Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the youngest member of Congress, was threatened with removal from a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday after he referred to President Donald Trump as a “grifter.”

    Addressing the activities of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Trump has instructed to identify and slash expenditures from the federal government, Frost commented: “People like the grifter-in-chief, Trump, and President Musk are openly using their public offices to enriches themselves to the tune of billions of dollars.

    “So if we wanna look at waste, fraud, and abuse – which I’m down to do – why is there complete silence on the other side of the aisle about looking at the complete grifter that is the President of the United States and the richest man on the Earth, which is looking into things like social security and different things like that?

    “Why don’t we investigate the real corruption?”

    The congressman’s remarks inspired mutterings of disapproval in the chamber and prompted the panel’s Republican chairman James Comer to advise him to “revise” his statement and address the president by his proper title.

    Instead, Frost doubled down and repeated his references to the duo as “the grifter-in-chief” and “President Musk” respectively, the latter an allusion to the unchecked power the billionaire appears to wield in his capacity as “special adviser” to Trump.

    After causing consternation among the opposition, Frost relented only partially by referring to Trump as “President of the United States Donald Trump, who’s engaged in the grifting of the American people.”

    When that caused further upset, the representative dug his heels in, insisting: “I can say that Trump is grifting!

    “What I will withdraw is calling him ‘grifter-in-chief.’ That is what I will withdraw.”

    Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett attempted to come to Frost’s defense, only to find herself shouted down.

    “Skip her! Go to the next one!” Comer yelled.

    Frost later complained that it was “despicable” that Comer had tried to “silence” him, leading the chairman to threaten him with expulsion.

    “Mister ranking member, I am going to have the sergeant at arms remove him if he doesn’t refrain!” he said...............

    www.the-independent.com

    Congressman threatened with expulsion from committee after calling Trump ‘grifter’

    Maxwell Frost invited to ‘revise’ his remarks but instead doubles down, also rebuking ‘President’ Elon Musk before being warned he could be expelled
    www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com







     
    This is a very true statement about elected Republicans:

    It's like he's Lord Voldemort!
     

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