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no_hypocrisy

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7. Again, not necessarily

Reply to choie (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:35 AM

Jun 22

Republicans in Congress are apprehensive about re-election in 2026.

This country is not leaning toward coalescing to support a war with Iran. This is not Iraq via 9/11. (USA! USA! USA!)

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While everyone is focused on the bombing [View all] choie Jun 22 OP

Create a diversion liberal N proud Jun 22 #1

my thoughts exactly AllaN01Bear Jun 22 #8

SNAP and Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security. gab13by13 Jun 22 #2

Not necessarily. no_hypocrisy Jun 22 #3

We always find the money to wage war. choie Jun 22 #4

Again, not necessarily no_hypocrisy Jun 22 #7

Tupac "They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor" berniesandersmittens Jun 22 #12

Oh, all of the wealthy who support this should be taxed extremely high Walleye Jun 22 #5

How about to the homegirl Jun 22 #10

We definitely need to raise that tax rate. I remember when things were good back in the 50s and 60s. Walleye Jun 22 #14

More importantly Linda ladeewolf Jun 22 #24

Not going to be a war, in the Gulf War sense anyway. paleotn Jun 22 #16

Americans will homegirl Jun 22 #18

They'd have to. paleotn Jun 22 #20

Will the outcome change if we were focused on cuts to Snap and Medicaid? Kaleva Jun 22 #6

Absolutely. If there's one expert grifting skill, it's djt's ability to divert attention. Not only allegorical oracle Jun 22 #9

Agree. He's a master of distraction. So much sh*t at one time--it's impossible to stay focused on the latest Timeflyer Jun 22 #11

Actually, the distraction was well done in this case. Igel Jun 22 #22

IMO, the bombing was, among other things, part of a deal with senate "republicans" debsy Jun 22 #13

I'm glad I filled up my tank yesterday - TBF Jun 22 #15

All this taking from the poor for the wealthy is bad policy IbogaProject Jun 22 #17

The bottom 40% homegirl Jun 22 #21

first and most important is sweetapogee Jun 22 #23

Kick dalton99a Jun 22 #19

we're not repukes, we can multi-task Skittles Jun 22 #25

Im 65 and newly diagnosed CPTSD and Bi Polar 2 Runningdawg Jun 22 #26