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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. After 15+ years of wanting to repeal and replace Obamacare, the best the GOP can come up is that they want to hand the Obamacare subsidies directly to Americans and wish them luck. In theory giving consumers the ability to use the free market system to find the right options for themselves and their budget, works on paper. But it also assumes that the insurance companies are a truly competitive marketplace. Hint, they're not.
  2. Cheney went by the doctrine that if it's good for America in the short term, then there shouldn't be any restrictions. Torture, wire tapping foreign leaders, etc. Perhaps there isn't any immediate issues because you punch a smaller person and what can they do. But then they dislike and distrust you for generations. They still only work with you when they absolutely must. And even when we want to tell ourselves that we can elect someone else who won't be Cheney or Trump (or Bush), but we've taught the world that we will easily put another one of them in power again.
  3. I wouldn't touch any service (alarm, cams) that are centered on high, monthly subscription plans for "active" monitoring. The profit margins must be ridiculous.
  4. I’m reading that the city is at its breaking point. An article had a picture of people buying large water containers that looked to hold days/weeks of drinking water. I could imagine that will help in making the problem even worse and get to the eventual result faster. But I can’t blame people wanting to protect their family.
  5. True. Trump admitted that "things" happen when reporters are unpopular in Saudi Arabia. SMH. Trump is probably jerking off (trying) each night to the idea that he could have reporters killed and quartered like MBS did.
  6. Did that one “reporter” call out the crown prince for showing up to the White House while not in a business suit? Like he did Zelensky.
  7. There shouldn't even be a pardon prior to a conviction. I could see a necessity of a pre-conviction pardon, but it creates too many abuses. At a minimum, it forces the guilty to have their crimes and evidence in the public eye.
  8. Outside of Stephen Miller, has any political/notable figure remotely close to Trump remained close to Trump since he became President in 2017?
  9. bumping this thread had me worried that they had gotten out of prison. I imagine that there's a TexAgs thread today where they're upset about a white man in prison for killing a black man.
  10. He will pardon himself for any and all federal crimes. And he probably has something on whats-his-face FL governor, that he will receive the same blanket pardon for any and all state crimes committed in Florida. And while a self pardon is almost certainty not supported by the Constitution, it would take a future Dem DOJ to fight it in courts to strike it down.
  11. If you're unaware, Trump knows more about the World Cup than any American, so he's happy to educate all of us. The FIFA chief also said that no one knows more about football than Trump.
  12. I was getting all of these Tai Chi videos. AI generated. I assume it was for a tai chi program that would pack on 20 lbs of muscle while dropping to 10% body fat.
  13. Honesty Trump is now at a point that nothing can really impact him either financially or criminally. When someone approaches 80, and uniquely has a the ability to claim presidential immunity, his lawyers could tie up any court case well past his death. And even if he somehow lived another 15 years surviving on big macs and cokes, it could always be argued in court that he cannot participate in his own defense and therefore not be prosecuted. Not to mention that even if incriminating videos surfaced of him, his supporters would first say they don't believe it was real, and then begrudgingly admit they just don't care.
  14. Is mostly closed like mostly dead?
  15. The GOP will continue the gaslighting by saying they pushed for the release of the files and the dems delayed it.
  16. Harris County released their 2025 tax bills on their website and presumably the mailed invoices will soon follow: https://www.hctax.net/Property/ViewStatementReceipts For me, the 3 major line items had the following changes for the amount owed: HISD: -6.0% (the tax rate had a slight increase but the exemption was raised.) Harris County: +2.2% City of Houston: +3.4% The minor items range from a smaller bill to the hospital district going up 19%. The overall net increase was +1.3%which is much better than last's year's +12% (the hospital increase is effectively the entire total increase.)
  17. Or even if the Senate does vote, Bondi has assured him that she can bury the request since there's an "active" investigation. I can only imagine the security around these Epstein files and info within the DOJ. They know that all it takes is one person to hand the information to a reporter, and the genie is out of the bottle.
  18. The 3rd quarter sucked but any of would have been happy to see SC up 6 going into the 4th.
  19. I can’t stand her but loving this development. I’m looking forward to when she soon calls Trump a pedophile.
  20. Im not that up on this whole scandal but even if Giuffre never mentioned Trump and perhaps Trump never met her, but aren’t there dozens or more victims? It would stand to reason that Epstein wouldn’t have each of his personal victims meet high level men but is the idea that she was the only victim passed around these men? I assumed the opposite.
  21. Last penny was minted today. It's still legal tender but there shouldn't be more made. I read that it may end up costing the US Mint more because it's more expensive to mint nickels and they may need to up minting more nickels now.
  22. Surprised they’re not reporting about Hillary and Benghazi.
  23. Always found it interesting that the Epstein conspiracy theorists believe he was murdered in jail, but never want to take the next natural leap that it was the Trump administration who murdered Epstein even though Trump was president at the time. imagine if Obama or Biden were Epstein’s friend, and he died under their watch?
  24. I actually don't think most cops, current or retired, would look to fire a gun through a front door because someone knocked on their door early in the morning. If anything, they may not want to ruin their front door. More likely it's someone who in Indiana who watches Fox News or Newsmax 24/7 focusing on the invading hordes from the south.
  25. At this point, the head of comms at many agencies is the equivalent of a meme poster on 4chan, tigerdroppings, or this place! Who knew that years of posting from hornfans to surly has prepared many for a career in govt communications.
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