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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2020, 09:17 AM Mar 2020

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Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing in the Senate right now is McConnell [View all]

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and Trump attempting the biggest outright theft of US funds ever attempted. The core issue causing Democrats to vote "no" on the pending bill is the provision that would hand total control of HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS earmarked for corporations to Trump. Does ANYONE doubt that he would use this mother of all slush funds to reward his friends, punish his opponents and insure his re-election?

Does anyone doubt that this regime will cite the "staggering debt" they are creating as a justification for gutting Social Security, Medicare and all social programs?

Please contact your Senators now and let them know you oppose this bill in it's current form.

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Ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing in the Senate right now is McConnell [View all] Atticus Mar 2020 OP

Yep! kentuck Mar 2020 #1

Wow, I didn't think of that, but by jove, I think you got that totally right. lark Mar 2020 #4

Romney is not "positive"... kentuck Mar 2020 #9

Romny himself said he has had extended contact with Rand (lunch meetings. etc) riversedge Mar 2020 #55

They are true, classic conmen. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #2

RIP: Fiscal Conservatives TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #24

Oh, that's been a charade for decades JHB Mar 2020 #52

I actually think DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #67

Oh, definitely. As I said, "last wheezing gasp"... JHB Mar 2020 #70

Great post. Nt raccoon Mar 2020 #97

And then DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #73

Free delivery by parents, not to mention hitting their friends for orders so the kid could win some Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #78

You can bet your sweet ass DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #79

What hurts the most is that they believe we are stupid enough to let them slide by w/o being caught. Frustratedlady Mar 2020 #81

That sounds absolutely, unbelievably, true-to-life accurate for the Grifter Bush family. Profiteers Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #86

In short: THIEVES!! lastlib Mar 2020 #43

There are actually TWO epidemics going on DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #80

Here's a little help qwlauren35 Mar 2020 #3

Get us fucking tests...ventilators...actual spending to protect our country Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #5

I've been saying it from the beginning.... diverdownjt Mar 2020 #96

Any doubt his shell companies are on the list? dreamland Mar 2020 #6

I Doubt It ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #62

Agreed DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #71

Absolutely. dalton99a Mar 2020 #7

This is the absolute truth malaise Mar 2020 #8

Boeing has suspended pay and bonuses for the CEO and Chairman..... Bengus81 Mar 2020 #10

They should have done that when the whole 737 Max scandal broke. Dime short, a dollar late. Fla Dem Mar 2020 #48

They fired the CEO thinking that would do the trick......... Bengus81 Mar 2020 #72

It looks to me that the Senators who went into quarantine did so to prevent passage... patphil Mar 2020 #11

I think that is it exactly. kentuck Mar 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #47

It would be a possibility. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #14

New paradigm: Privatized Profits & Socialize Debts. n/t aggiesal Mar 2020 #22

That's what we have currently... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #23

But nobody says it ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #29

It is. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #36

It's not exactly new - "Privatize Profits, Socialize Costs" has been in effect pretty much as long scarletwoman Mar 2020 #61

The Repubs have been headed towards DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #66

Or using their namesake ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #88

LOL DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #92

hat tip ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #93

Not really new....... DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #63

They were all Koch-heads! n/t aggiesal Mar 2020 #89

Plus, they have been doing GOP only Senate sessions, committee meetings, etc. Hestia Mar 2020 #90

Well first of all... GeorgeGist Mar 2020 #12

Overnight the Fed propped up the markets while negotiations JCMach1 Mar 2020 #15

You know what the disaster capitalists say -- LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #16

+1 2naSalit Mar 2020 #25

Not even really trying to hide it any more... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #17

And also 2naSalit Mar 2020 #26

Share why Democrats oppose, too. Media headlines leave room for misunderstanding. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #18

I have to agree with you there. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #28

I don't know either. I'm just hunkering down BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #41

Emailed both of my senators based on your post infullview Mar 2020 #19

The only way for America to truly be great is to be great in service to the homeless, sick,the least BeckyDem Mar 2020 #20

Trumpsters are online claiming Dems want us to all die IronLionZion Mar 2020 #21

And just a month ago MAGOTS were calling CV a Democratic HOAX Bengus81 Mar 2020 #33

OMG, the trumpians are so evil. What'll they say when the the virus hits them. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #38

They think they're safely isolated out in the rural areas IronLionZion Mar 2020 #39

+ agree...it's so sad that they've been swallowed in the body of the cult. nt iluvtennis Mar 2020 #40

Ahem - 34 tied to Arkansas church test positive for coronavirus, deacon says Hestia Mar 2020 #91

Ahem, Trump's deplorables believe in alternate facts IronLionZion Mar 2020 #94

God's Will ?????? N/C DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #60

Call your Senators MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #27

A slush fund is too kind a term.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #30

You are so correct Geta DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #64

It's criminal all right, but the half-a-trillion is dwarfed by the... brush Mar 2020 #31

Yes, this was a half trillion dollar TrishaJ Mar 2020 #32

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Nope. The Dems won't roll over. They know that this is pure thievery. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #37

Indeed. Any congressperson that votes for it is sticking knives BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #44

So tell me if this is right: Eyeball_Kid Mar 2020 #35

If the Dems don't start a major public awareness push, like RIGHT THE F NOW we will SayItLoud Mar 2020 #42

👆🏾This. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #45

👍 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #46

Indeed . . . markpkessinger Mar 2020 #74

so what the gop is still going to lose rockfordfile Mar 2020 #83

Emailed my senators, could not get a call in! Resorted to twitter. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #49

Been calling all morning.. mountain grammy Mar 2020 #50

I got through on the 202 number MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #56

Thanks, I'll try that.. mountain grammy Mar 2020 #59

Some quotes from a Billionaire. moonseller66 Mar 2020 #51

nice post - that last line... Locrian Mar 2020 #65

Lobbyists... BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #53

Please stay strong! Don't give into corporate overlords! OrlandoDem2 Mar 2020 #54

How much wryter2000 Mar 2020 #57

Yep. calimary Mar 2020 #58

K&R spanone Mar 2020 #68

Sen Kennedy (R-La) spouting the good in the bill but COMPLETELY ignoring the $500 billion blank chk Roland99 Mar 2020 #69

You know what would be fun? DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #75

I would put at least one sentence in the bill bluestarone Mar 2020 #76

and eventually dems will have to decide between lives and letting these traitors do this Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #77

WTF are you talking about? The Democrats will have their own Bill rockfordfile Mar 2020 #84

You got that right! BlueJac Mar 2020 #82

Corporate slush fund. zentrum Mar 2020 #85

Why does he need it if he's insisting the governors take responsibility? JudyM Mar 2020 #87

Disaster capitalism, only worse. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #95