Examples of GOP Leadership

ttystikk

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LA is burning because humans decided to build houses in an area prine to brush fires, same dumb stuff as building houses in the coast to get hammered by hurricanes. I wouldn't give one cent to those folks. They live a nice life in a beautiful place, living high on the hog, wasting all kinds of money on expensive things, then when they burn or get flooded, expect the rest of us to feel good about our tax dollars going to bail them out. Move somewhere else or expect these situations and pay for it yourself. Certainly no federal money should go to them, maybe state because thats their business. More handouts for lack of personal responsibility.
Most has homeowner's insurance that covered fire, until State Farm pulled out and left people holding the bag. State Farm needs to be held accountable for that kind of predatory behavior.

The only thing more flammable than California right now is the American electorate. We should put that to good use.
 

injinji

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Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state
New research suggests that states could see huge economic implications.
Tens of thousands of young people — single people, in particular — have left states with near-total abortion bans.
A new paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit economic research organization, estimated population changes by analyzing address-change data collected by the United States Postal Service. It found that since the 2022 fall of Roe v. Wade, the states with near-total abortion bans — 13 at the time of the analysis — appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter. Single-person households, which typically skew younger, were more likely to move out of states with bans.

“Our results show that reproductive rights policies can significantly affect where people choose to live,” the researchers wrote.

I wish that was happening in Florida. Sadly we are still growing by a crazy number of folks per day.

But the poor red states are going to get poorer.
 

injinji

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Most has homeowner's insurance that covered fire, until State Farm pulled out and left people holding the bag. State Farm needs to be held accountable for that kind of predatory behavior. . . . .
Home owners insurance is the first front of the climate change battle. Companies only care about profit, so they will leave states where they can't make it. Florida and Cali are five times the national rate for a reason. Since so many live in those two states, this is going to lead to the housing situation getting much worse. I would love for states to get more serious about where they allow building. Brush covered mountain sides and barrier islands might not be the best places. (Judean mythology says a man who builds on sand is a fool. In this case, they are not wrong) And if no one will insure new homes in risky places, they may be forced into it.
 

ttystikk

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Home owners insurance is the first front of the climate change battle. Companies only care about profit, so they will leave states where they can't make it. Florida and Cali are five times the national rate for a reason. Since so many live in those two states, this is going to lead to the housing situation getting much worse. I would love for states to get more serious about where they allow building. Brush covered mountain sides and barrier islands might not be the best places. (Judean mythology says a man who builds on sand is a fool. In this case, they are not wrong) And if no one will insure new homes in risky places, they may be forced into it.
This is bringing to happen as a series of special cases, flood plains on the Mississippi, etc. I agree that there do need to be better rules about this.

I know it's blasphemy, but maybe not everyone needs a home in suburbia?
 

Swiller

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If there is one thing the GOP prides itself in, it's the way they relate to the working man. . . . . . .

Evidence has been gathering steadily overnight that Senator Ted Cruz of Texas — the state currently undergoing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as a result of extreme winter weather, leaving millions of people without power, water, and access to food — flew to Cancun, Mexico, yesterday as his constituents faced freezing conditions, hundreds of thousands of them still without electricity.

That shit is funny, especially as I live in Costa Rica where the power and water go out weekly. No access to food in the US! Lololol, sure.
 

Nugnewbie

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Every answer seems to be a contradiction to all his previous views. No red flag there, lol. But, it doesn't matter. The electorate has spoken. There are enough republican senators to confirm all of dumpy's unqualified and unsuitable nominees. If Hegseth had the character and qualifications and clean background, he would sail through, but that's not the case.
So, dumpy seems to be fine with wasting EVERYONES time with stupid nominations. The crap nominations are just a big "f*ck you" to the Democrats. Hegseth and the republicans are just using the hearing to discredit Biden and Democrats. Nothing new. Democracy is messy when all the stakeholders are on the same page, and all tailor their actions to follow your constitution. When the leader of one party has stated he'd like to get rid of it, and members of that party have twisted themselves to not upset their leader, this is pretty standard. It just appears like another day in Washington.
 

CCGNZ

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I caught some of the confirmation hearings for Hegseth and Bondi yesterday as I sat trimming last summers bounty. I was saddened and lnfuriated at the cult-like responses to questions asked. EVASION and the ALTERNATIVE facts spewed over and over at the same old falsities spun by the R party.No questions by either party for Hegseth over weapons systems,the Trillions in new nukes that surely can be pared back esp. land based Sentinel missiles, nothing about PLAN's rise,instead womanizing,alcohol,etc.,a alarming candidate but virtually no policy questions about adversary's. And then an election denier in Pam Bondi spewing Trump propaganda ad nausea. I had to pinch myself that this is happening in the USA as we resemble a "Banana Republic".All assumptions about America that I held as political non participant until 2016 have been eviscerated in less than 10 yrs..A flawed man whom I never cared for nor paid attention to from NY came into national politics and applied Ray Cohn tactics to everything in politics. Lie and distort and NEVER STRAY from that until fatigue confuses opponents dizzy from alternative facts. He's a wise deal-maker in spite of 6 bankruptcies,He's a STRONG man who never served his nation and got 5 draft deferments,he's cast doubt over revered institutions Supreme Court,FBI, and Justice Dept and now turns his sights to our military w/a woke spewing Sec. of Def. candidate. Even centrist Dems. are woke w/his paintbrush and every Fed. employee is DEEP STATE. All reps. recoil in fear to not upset the king,tech billionairres genuflect,as he stocks his cabinet w/people who put him before their oath to the Cons. they put a hand on a bible to swear allegiance to. He claims an OVERWHELMING mandate w/ a 1.5% pop vote victory, in my mind this flawed individual would be lucky to get 15% of the vote pre-internet in this nation, damn how much for the worse we have changed:o:|:spew:
 
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