The whole system is broken. I wish I didn’t have to wake up everyday in it.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2025
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Guys chill, he's not a Democrat so this is legal and no need to assassinate him.
Are you telling me that the US gov. is corrupt? I don't believe it!
I don't know if this one is considered insider trading. The bill was public record and we all knew how he was going to vote. I guess he could have known the result before the official vote, But at the same time anyone can look up party affiliations and vote history.
Nah, just curious coincides. You have seen nothing, citizen. That's an order.
So people are just going to die right?
We’re going to have old people cut off from their health care, rural areas will have their hospitals closed, and people are going to die.
Why is the world such a sick place?
The world? No, it's the US.
Well, no. It's the world, but especially the US.
Unfortunately, the gutting of USAID and foreign aid programs is projected to kill millions in the developing world.
And don't forget that RFK Jr. wants to let the new strain of bird flu spread. The world could experience a new pandemic in a few years.
A few years feels optimistic. I’d wager on by the end of this year, at the rate everything is getting defunded.
I think people vastly underestimate the effectiveness of annual mitigation efforts by multiple agencies that have either already been cut or on the chopping block.
Many of these agencies go unnoticed because they work well, but will be immediately obvious once they’re gone.
It'll absolutely influence the rest of the world though :(
That soft power is increasingly disappearing and is unlikely to return to even a shadow of its former self in decades.
Hopefully this means theres more space for European Union to take leadership!
Agreed but they'll need out of this wave of fascism first.
I sincerely hope the whole world turns against the US-Russian axis of fascism. But y'all will have to do some doing to get there.
I sincerely hope this is the world's last go around with fascism but I'm not so delusional as to think it the case. But I am delusional enough to think maybe someday it will be. Maybe someday we'll win.
Eh, not while it is led by the likes of neoliberal former banksters Macron and Merz... :/
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. As long as European institutions remain strong it can correct for bad temporaryleadership, as soon as you weaken these institutions the correction becomes harder and more expensive.
Yeah, I guess, the EU seems to be holding, at least for now.
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Listen to that one rep who said we're all gonna die!
We just need to accept the lord jesus into our hearts so that the hereafter will be assured! Fuck the present earth, it should go through trials like extreme weather, rampant sickness, wars etc - that's just a sign that the second coming is near!
/s
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Fuck this dude and his vote and all, but I didn’t need to be in congress to know that’s the GOP had the votes and motivation to fuck over Medicaid.
We all knew this was going to pass.
If you thought otherwise I've got a bag for you to hold.
I’ve got a bridge to sell, when you’re done with them.
Florida real estate magnate here, a highly sought, beautiful lot that combines refreshing moisture and a healthy wildlife population has just come up
I’ve got some ocean front property in Arizona. From the front porch you can see the sea.
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Insider trading much.
This dudes girl friend is a blonde B$&@& for a news station. She makes sure he gets the best coverage possible from the local news organization. It’s a joke how terrible northeast Pennsylvania has turned. A dude I used to work with started a hate group against gay teenagers. All financed by the gun cult church that’s there.
I hate that "gun cult church" makes perfect sense as something Americans would end up with
It’s just mentally ill poor people. Who have no future to work forwards. Being lied to by cult members from Japan and Korea. These people have the little money they have stolen from them.
Rod of Iron?
That’s a bingo!
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Can't wait to hear all about how democrats are bad because of this.
remember when the democrats did this first, and the republicans called them shitty and called for their heads? oh wait....
But he has an R next to his name. I thought the Rs were above the law. They can't do "crimes". Crimes are for poors.
Never forget, these pieces of shit carved themselves out of insider trading law, and it hasn't come up once.
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Yeah, but it’s not insider trading. Everyone knows they fucked Medicare up.
Doesn't even matter anyways. It's legal for them to insider trade. Stories like this are nothing.
They aren't nothing. They are reports of what is happening. Doesn't have to be illegal to be valuable information.
Wish I would have thought of having enough money to invest in stuff.
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