Politics What is happening????

Interesting article on how Big Pharma pumped a shit load of dark money into the effort to kill off the Affordable Care Act.
Those fuckers are up there with the insurance companies as people I would like to send to the reeducation camps come the revolution.
I just don't know if it is possible to turn pond scum into decent human beings (or is that an insult to pond scum?)

The Stealth Campaign to Kill Off Obamacare

 

I have to wonder if Mueller is going to look into Snowden and Manning to see if the Russian government gave any assistance to them in order to hurt Hillary and the Democrats? Hillary was in charge of the State Department when Manning released the documents, and I'm not sure if people blamed "the government" or "Obama and the Democrats" for the metadata stuff, but it was constantly in the news. How much assistance did Russia give to Wikileaks, or were they just dripping out the leaks to make more money for themselves without regard to who was controlling the narrative?

This is supposedly translated from a German magazine:
The Kremlin Admits Snowden is a Russian Agent
(in German: Kreml gibt zu | Snowden ist ein Russen-Agent )

This was written before the 2016 election, but with the Manafort trial coming to a close, it is interesting to read it again:
Clinton campaign — and some cyber experts — say Russia is behind email release

 

I don't know, maybe the commentator was saying that the lawmakers were quick to make the laws but then didn't do anything to back them up ("quickly forgotten").
It's fine to have speeding laws but if you don't put police out on the roads to enforce the law it is pointless.
Solving problems like these often take changing the way things are done rather then just making new laws.
Often the night buses are necessary because the people have to travel long distance for jobs.
G-d forbid the lawmakers have a word with the companies who are taking advantage of the work force who have to make these long trips.

 

• Every nation gets the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

 

It is anger that the "elites" are living a great life and showing off, while at the same time allowing poor people from foreign countries to come in and depress wages and make it so there are plenty of people willing to replace you if you mess up.

Add in some racism and political correctness, along with a monetary policy that doesn't reward saving and fiscal responsibility, it becomes a mess for the people at the bottom. Transportation is cheap now too, so finding a partner is much harder too since the men/women around you can look far away for someone better than you and don't have to settle.

 

Trump this morning....


View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1132937986427957248


More major bills passed by the Democratic House in the first five months than any recent Congress....

HR 1 — For the People Act of 2019 (protect voting rights,includes campaign finance reform and ethics reform)

HR 5 — Equality Act (civil rights for LGBTQ Americans, over 70% public approval)

HR 7 — Paycheck Fairness Act (pay equity for women)

HR 8 — Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (over 90% public approval)

HR 9 — Climate Action Now Act (restore US participation in Paris Climate Agreement - over 65% public approval)

HR 1644 — Save the Internet Act of 2019 (restores "net neutrality" - over 75% public approval)

HR 1585 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019

HR 1500 — Consumers First Act (restore the enforcement powers of the Consumer Finance Protection Board that provides $billions in restitution to consumers victimized by banking fraud and other illegal practices)

HR 986 — Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019 (to prevent insurers from denying affordable coverage to people with preexisting conditions as would happen if Trump/Republican attack of the ACA is upheld).

HR 987 — Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (minor "fixes" to the ACA to overrule Trump's attempt to gut the law as well as to lower prescription drug prices)

HR 2820 - Dream Act of 2019 (provides permanent legal status and pathway to citizenship for DACA kids - passed Judiciary Committee; House floor vote next month).​

 

Activists project Trump vs. Obama approval ratings on Tower of London during state visit

A British activist group projected the country's approval ratings of President Trump and former President Obama on the Tower of London during Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom.

"Led By Donkeys," a progressive, anti-Brexit activist group, posted a photo of the projection on Twitter, which shows Obama's approval rating at 72 percent and Trump's at 21 percent in the U.K.
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View: https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1135521581701181440?s=19


The approval rating numbers on the projection cite current data from YouGov.

• Barack Obama popularity & fame | YouGov
  
• Donald Trump popularity & fame | YouGov

 

Giant Trump Robot On Toilet Put Up By London Protesters

A 16-foot robot, depicting U.S. President Donald Trump sitting on a golden toilet and tweeting, greeted Londoners on Tuesday (June 4) in Trafalgar Square.

Placed between the National Gallery and the Nelson Column, the giant robot – called “Dumping Trump” – emits farting noises and talks about “fake news”.

The creator of the giant robot, Don Lessem, is a dinosaur expert who served as an advisor on the Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic Park, according to U.S. media reports.

“It’s a tribute to Trump in all his greatness. We wanted to make something that captures what he does all day, which is sit on the toilet and tweet vulgar things. And we actually… it’s like a Trojan horse, we have all of (London Mayor) Sadiq Khan’s family hidden inside here and they’re going to come out during the protest,” Lessem told Reuters on Tuesday.

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We are a bunch of amateurs at protesting compared to the British.