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Some crazy shit: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/health/hhs-cdc-fda-trump-pause-communication/index.html https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-executive-order-discrimination-lbj_n_67914b7ce4b0835f2b834b9c Its going to be a long four years I hope we still have a democracy when it’s done.

Based on what we were told previously about severance, I don’t think it’s possible that it’s Helena and not Hilly. Wouldn’t the chip automatically turn her into Hilly, unless she reintegrated the way that Petey did. I think the innies all want to be there now because they realized that they don’t exist on the outside, short of reintegration, not sure what would motivate their outies to go back in.

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I’ve never had to show an ID when I voted. I think they compare your signature to the one on file.

Aren’t you Canadian? I thought you had free universal healthcare, if not then I‘be been misled about the benefits of being Canadian. I thought about not getting insurance but my mom insisted I get it, it’s my money so what would she really say if I didn’t, but I have chronic migraines and a thyroid condition and it’s probably better I have insurance, it’s just been way too long I’ve been out of work and the Cobra actually went up in January!

I think it’s the Medicaid portion they really hate because you have to have low or no income to get that. And they don’t like people getting free stuff they’re not working for, even if they’re disabled or have a reason to not be working. Policies on the ACA aren’t cheap, when I was laid off I had the option of either getting Cobra or insurance from the ACA, and the options it was showing me were almost as expensive as Cobra ( after you receive some type of credit) and all of them either didn’t accept my medications or didn’t accept my doctor, so I ended up going with the insanely expensive Cobra. I think they also hate it because Obama, a Democrat passed it, and they can’t let Democrats have any wins.

I think these are just things people say in frustration because of billionaires like Musk who want to cause suffering for poor people. I don’t see these people as far left? Is antifa even a real organization? I only ever see it mentioned when Republicans are trying to deflect blame for stuff they did onto Democrats, such as January 6.

Right but there’s nothing inherently wrong with being left wing. How far left is so far left that it’s considered bad? Is it wrong to want universal healthcare and student loan forgiveness? I don’t understand who they’re calling a leftist when the term is used.

Right, I understand that my politics are on the left, it’s the specific term “leftist” used to describe people who are so far on the left that they’re supposedly as bad as people on the right that I don’t understand.

It’s really only online that I’ve ever heard the term leftist used and I have no idea what it means. Personally I was saying I prefer the term liberal to the term progressive even though the term progressive seems to be the favored term these days and even though I identify with progressive politicians, I will always see myself as a liberal first because I won’t give in to Republicans making liberal a dirty word, which is the reason I feel the word progressive exists.

I don’t even think this is true. I know DEI is a big boogeyman for the right, but I interviewed with 4 large global corporations in the past week and all of them tout DEI on their websites as important to their mission and culture.

I didn’t vote for him, I love HRC, but I would have happily voted for him had he got the nomination. I agree with Sanders completely on domestic policy, I just think some like Elizabeth Warren, who I also love (and met and had my picture taken with!!!) is a better messenger.

January 9. The roll call is listed in the link. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00001.htm This was the Senate vote, it may have gone differently in the house.

Is anyone as disgusted as I am by the Laken Riley immigration bill that is likely to pass that allows immigrants who haven’t been charged with a crime to be detained? Only 9 Democratic senators had the balls to vote against it. I’ve lived in NJ for about a year now, usually I really miss NY, but I am so proud of both my NJ senators for voting against it, unlike the two useless ones from NY.

I will always use the term liberal because I remember growing up hearing Republican politicians on tv using the word liberal like a dirty word, though on domestic policy I am very far left, the politicians I most align with are Warren, Sanders and AOC.