'We're Tightening Our Belt': Trump's Midwest Support Tested As Farmers Struggle
So we know Trump lied about helping the farmers. Heās telling them heās going to give them free money just before the election, and you do know that once the election is over, fuck āem. He aināt helping them...
So I was watching some news show and there was a Republican on there who I never saw before and he acted offended and said that Republicans care just as much for the environment as Democrats do.
Is that true?
I find it very hard to believe.
You really have to hand it to Hillary Clinton that sheās kept pretty much quiet since she lost the election by the electoral college. She stayed out of the limelight. In spite of Donald Trumpās ceaseless and constant attacks as someone who hasnāt been in office for nearly 7 years.
I suspect...
Republican lawmakers threatens to kill Beto
Twitter takes down Texas GOP lawmaker's AR tweet about O'Rourke
Texas Lawmaker Issues Death Threat to Beto OāRourke After Debate Pledge to Take Away Assault-Style Weapons
Iād like to think this guy was an outlier. But Republicans have become so...
I donāt understand the problem here. Republicans impeached Bill Clinton for lying about that affair. The entire lie was āI did not have sex with that womanā.
We know Donald Trump started a shell company so he could hide payments to a porn star and a playboy bunny he was having sex with...
Have you noticed that with all the problems in the nation Republicans never asked the Democrats, what would you do?
I heard one Republican say that Democrats havenāt passed any bills on Chinese intellectual property. There is one in committee itās being reviewed and updated:
H.R.704 - Fair...
Tennessee lawmaker Kerry Roberts calls for removal of higher education | TribLIVE.com
NASHVILLE ā A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says he supports getting rid of higher education because he argues it would cut off the āliberal breeding ground.ā
They should remove it , this has been nothing...
Jerry Falwell Jr. enmeshed in scandal ā but his fans won't care
The laundry list of malfeasance and inappropriate behavior is impressive, "from partying at nightclubs, to graphically discussing his sex life with employees, to electioneering" and "directing university resources into projects and...
Will 2020 be a bigger Bluewave than 2018?
Iāve seen Trump supporters say that they are embarrassed by his rhetoric and the way he acts.
There are people within the Republican Party that care about morals and values and donāt believe that adulterous unprotected sex and lying are good...
meteor that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was likely around 50 miles wide
Scientists Discover New Evidence of the Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs
The asteroid blasted a cavity between 25 and 30 miles deep in the first seconds of impact, creating a boiling cauldron of molten...
President Trump Tweets About Mark Sanford's 'Flaming Dancer' Affair
We have also accepted the complete collapse of shame as a social force, and Donald Trump, American president is once again a shining example. You might remember that the president has very publicly cheated on every wife he's...
As I've linked to before, five of the ten poorest counties are in Kentucky and West Virginia, two states even more white than the Republican Party. So much for Republicans insisting that poverty is because black people live in their states.
Remember, Republicans give tax cuts to billionaires...
White Republicans always talk about inner cities, but never talk about Appalachia. Why?
White Republicans insist that theyāre very concerned for African-Americans in inner-city communities.
At the same time, if you point out the poverty in Appalachia, theyāll say thatās because thereās...
We know political parties change. Look what happened to the Republican Party and the Democratic Party the 1960s. The conservatives fled the Democratic Party when black people joined up and as the African-Americans left the Republican Party the ranks were swelled by fleeing racist white...
Trump attacking soybean farmers was bad enough. Now heās attacking corn farmers.
Ethanol producer blames Indiana plant closure on Trump's EPA
CLOVERDALE, Ind. (AP) ā The owner of a western Indiana ethanol plant is blaming its shut down on the Trump administration allowing some refineries to...
Trump officials say children of some service members overseas will not get automatic citizenship
The policy guidance issued Wednesday stated that USCIS āno longer considers children of U.S. government employees and U.S. armed forces members residing outside the United States as āresiding in the...
Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, under scrutiny for role in opioid crisis, are big political spenders
The company also employed the Purdue Pharma PAC to contribute to federal candidates, almost solely Republican ones.
Some family members mostly favor Republicans, while others support...
Trump says he will approve 'major middle income tax cut' if GOP wins House, Senate in 2020
"If Republicans take back the House, and keep the Senate and Presidency, one of our first acts will be to approve a major middle income Tax Cut!" Trump tweeted Saturday morning.
āIām not looking at a tax...
This could be a wave and change election but not in the way you would think.
I think whatās going on in both parties id youāre starting to see the youth vote taking an interest in American politics.
The Republican Party is known to be old and white. But the leader ship in the Democratic...
DOJ condemns white nationalist content sent to immigration court employees
The link, which directed users to the website VDare, contained negative and anti-Semitic comments about sitting immigration judges.
The link came as part of the EOIR's Monday news briefing, which is sent to all...
Which is better? Pocahontas? Or the āchosen oneā?
You know the next election is going to have āking of Israelā and āthe chosen oneā everywhere.
Trump is the one that loves to make up names, crooked Hillary, sleepy Joe, he hasnāt really made up one for Obama. Of course, two of the three...
How many ways does Trump/Republicans wanna trash the American Constitution?
First, they want to get rid of automatic citizenship for people born in this country.
And theyāre talking about policing the Internet so they can stop discussion of trumps lies and criminality.
Trump wants to...
The GOPās hatred of green energy reminds me of their hatred for LED bulbs.
Remember all the articles at the USMB on LED bulbs and how awful they were and how expensive they were and how they were no good?
All the ridicule and name-calling and even accusing LED bulbs of being a left-wing...
First time in 10 years FEWER foreign students attending American colleges
New international student enrollments continue to decline at U.S. universities
New enrollments of international students fell by 6.6 percent at American universities in academic year 2017-18 compared to the year before...
Manufacturing shrinks, raising questions for Trump
The manufacturing sector shrunk by 1.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, and another 1.2 percent in the second quarter. In July, it is estimated that it contracted 0.4 percent. A recession occurs when an economy contracts in two...
LAPD chief among nation's top cops who ask Congress to ban assault weapons
Police chiefs call for assault weapons ban
Republicans never bothered to ask the police if they want to face assault weapons.
King incites furor with abortion, rape and incest remarks
King made the remarks while speaking to the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, on Wednesday, where he sought to defend anti-abortion legislation with no rape or incest exceptions. āWhat if we went back through all the family...
Truckers used to have something called Per diem that was tax-deductible.
That was the money that they spent on food and daily expenses while they were driving.
Gone.
So the owners of the truck company got huge tax breaks, but the average trucker salary went up $8000 or more.
And they got rid...