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- whatthefunk3
GOP introduces plan to massively cut Social Security
On Thursday, Rep. Sam Johnson, a Republican from Texas and chair of the Social Security subcommittee, introduced legislation to significantly cut Social Security.
The bill introduced by Johnson, who was recently acting Chair of the Ways and Means committee, slashes benefits, adds means testing, and would raise the retirement age from 67 to 69.
- It will be interesting to see if any kind of solidarity movement emerges with older citizens after SS and medicare get chopped for younger people.R_Kercz
- Because Trump really cares about the working folk.monospaced
- He wouldn't have been able to get to where he is without them. Unlike politicians who only see people as potential votes, Trump was a builder. A different classomg
- But now he doesn't need their vote so he isn't really looking out for them anymoremonospaced
- monoboy4
Pence, Bannon, Cohn, Tillerson, Puzder, Kelly, Mattis, Ross, Sessions, Flynn and Pompeo.
It's like the blackest of black comedies.
- I'd be interested to know what his supporters on here think about these appointments. Still your guy? Draining the swamp? No wall, no jail for Hillary. etc.monoboy
- omg thinks he's doing everything rightmonospaced
- i'm interested in giving the guy who won America's presidency a chance, just as I did with Obama. I still hope and look forward to seeing this country...omg
- ...change for the better.omg
- Better how?monospaced
- I hope it does change for the better but I'm not sure a full capitulation of Gov power to business interests is what you had in mind.monoboy
- Or the repeal of rights for workers, women, muslims and migrants.monoboy
- Or dabbling in espionage with a Russian premier who runs his country show like a mafia boss. Putin is ex KGB. Trump is a silver spooned real estate salesman.monoboy
- I'm sure it'll work out just fine.monoboy
- Even though he lost the popular vote by about 2.7 million votes.monoboy
- You don't win football games by the amount of yards you make.omg
- You should ask Putin's people what they think of him. You're backseat criticisms do not care about them. I highly doubt you have any interests for America.omg
- Our immigration policies are the same as going to Harvard. You need to apply to get in. That is not repealing rights for anyone.omg
- He said he was going to deport 3 million in his first days of office. That sounds a bit repealy to me.monoboy
- Trump will need to surround himself with those who aim to work with him. So restructuring and establishing good business may be necessary to avoid collapse.omg
- Just the bad guys though right.monoboy
- He said 2 million. Fact is, none of those folks have the capacity to spend $120k per year into our economic system, which is what it costs to keep each person.omg
- Like all those Former Goldman Sachs bankers, architects of the 2008 crash.monoboy
- When the bad guys do hop over the border, they take refuge at the nearest residence where many reports of rape and robbery of Americans have taken place.omg
- You are off yer tits bruv.monoboy
- The other choice was paid millions for a couple "speeches" and let loose our tax dollars to rebuild these institutions. These weren't amazing speeches.omg
- Having someone who wouldn't be so easily persuaded by small change corruption seems more ideal to me.omg
- He actually said "probably two million, it could be even three million..."monoboy
- Maybe taking refugees from a country of people who hate America, and scatter them through the states sound better to you.omg
- Prevention is better than cure.monoboy
- johnny_wobble0
Happy trails
- Gnash1
Erdogan's AK Party submits bill to empower presidency
Proposed changes seek to give president extended powers as head of executive while abolishing the prime ministry.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/20…
- formed4
- Art Of The Day Threadnb
- for someone with so much money, what's up with that hair?dorkKn1ght
- Best hair plugs money can buy. The shop is in his building and he is one of the only clients.monospaced
- I wonder if the "M" stand for the Devil horns or donkey ears...ApeRobot
- dbloc1
I'm a 'smart person,' don't need intelligence briefings every single day
http://newscdn.newsrep.net/h5/nr…
Different kind of intelligence buddy.
- He's right though. If you're smart enough, you don't need any actual info, you just know everything.monospaced
- He's already proved his insight through his candidacy. As he pushed away polls and political consultancy, he outdid all his political competitors.omg
- And he did it without the help of the republicans who turned their backs on him, and the people.omg
- Once again. That's NOT the kind of intelligence they mean.monospaced
- Apparently, omg doesn't understand the difference between politics and policy.nb
- Funny, if you were that interested in the topic, you would be looking at Jill Stein's efforts within the recount.omg
- Otherwise, America voted... and no one can officially claim whether or not Russian hackers "directly" affected the election results.omg
- You guys have been constantly talking the issue without need or solutions. Just more backseat criticisms in a variety of flavors.omg
- omg, you do realize intelligence briefings aren't about his intelligence, they're about info, right?monospaced
- haha.omg
- This reminds me how I need to start pruning my twitter account, so I don't keep getting useless and unnecessary information.omg
- That would be funny if people sat in a room every morning to discuss Trump's intelligence.dbloc
- Would be a short meeting.face_melter
- yuekit1
“You know, I'm, like, a smart person. I don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. Could be eight years — but eight years. I don't need that,” Trump said. “But I do say, ‘If something should change, let us know.’”
- monospaced2
"Hey, I don't need your vote anymore, but I'm telling you I'm very good at that. I don't need your vote. Can you imagine that? Four years I'll need your vote.”
-- Donald Trump
- whatthefunk2
Trump speaks to relationship with Putin in 2013
He's put himself at the forefront of the world as a leader in a short period of time. Putin has done an amazing job of showing certain leadership that our people have not been able to match.
- wowinteliboy
- so was he just being sarcastic or just lying?monospaced
- the bigger question is whether or not he'll be able to match Putin's leadership.omg
- He doesn't have a relationship with Putin. You could goad this ape into saying anything if you phrase it properly.monoboy
- He has however, used Russian banks to hide cash. So I reckon he's fucked if he tries anything to upset Putin. He'd have him impeached in a second with a leak.monoboy
- Such a lying cunt. Will say anything to anyone if it helps him.BusterBoy
- They do share one philosophy, the destruction of liberalism.monoboy
- What happened to the men, the notes are all filled with boys? One seems to be Monospaced's illegitimate son.omg
- Read up on Aleksandr Dugin buttercup.monoboy
- Excuse me? You imply Putin is a good leader and that someone here is my illegitimate son and you expect people to take your ass seriously? So stupid.monospaced
- Next you'll say I'm in denial of something without actually saying what that something is. Again.monospaced
- These are the same arguments and videos being passed around during the election. The only thing interesting here is that you've got a little kid running loose.omg
- Compared to Russia's past leaderships, Putin seems to be keeping it together very well from what people have said.omg
- Not quite sunny jim...
https://dl.dropboxus…monoboy - re:puting keeping it together. when you control the media, you can control the population.
https://en.wikipedia…dorf
- monoboy0
This guy advises Putin. Richard Spencer of Nazi 'Alt-Right' fame is a fan. They both view liberal values as the problem.
- This is the agenda folks. On both sides of the divide.monoboy
- https://twitter.com/…monoboy
- Damn, it's RasputinGnash
- ha hes trolling people to get them divideddeathboy
- I wonder what exactly is the problem these people have with (classic) liberalism. Freedom is bad?yuekit
- They're probably ecstatic for the new transgender bathrooms they got in their liberal freedom package in addition to higher taxes.omg
- omg you don't want to live in a liberal country?inteliboy
- It's more anti-global. They want a new nationalistic world order. Based on tradition. Protectionism. Just like Trump.monoboy
- hey omg, guess what? All bathrooms are transgender. Always have been.monospaced
- My point to yuekit's question is that if freedom is the bell liberals are ringing, then it's being forced down a lot of people's throats and taxpayer's pockets.omg
- @mono. Thanks for the report. Let me know what else you see while you're in there. ;)omg
- Higher taxes are coming for many under Trump. But it's ok, the 1% is getting double digit cuts, surely that's good for everyone.formed
- Liberalism in the non American sense doesn't mean higher taxes. In fact just the opposite. It's more about free markets, free society, modernization, etc.yuekit
- Under Trump many will pay more tax, but more will pay less. Less taxes for higher brackets will mean more money back into the economy.omg
- What liberals call modernism is forcing crosses off the Christmas trees, to replace them with pro Muslim ideals, while profiting on baby killing businesses.omg
- @omg, none of that is happeningmonospaced
- but if you think what makes this country better is to make it more christian on a fundamental level, then you're just an assholemonospaced
- They share so similar views to Islamic fundamentalists, I'm surprised they don't get on like a house on fire. #righteousmonoboy
- *manymonoboy
- "replace them with pro Muslim ideals" - this is such bullshit. really.fadein11
- Mono in such denials. So taking crosses off Christmas trees really make this country better. Meanwhile liberals are crying about the legality of hijabs.omg
- And you want to take about equal rights for women and force them to wear hijabs. Such condescending fake freedom fighting bullshit.omg
- Liberals are modern day terrorists trying to destroy the country with their violent hate speech. Scaring women and children with their flag burning nonsense.omg
- While these guys share similar views. One justifys the killing of innocent women and children and sympathizes with the teachings of death to infidels.omg
- like the anti-semite needs the jew. omg actually loves liberals - otherwise he'd have nothing to complain about and thus making him meaningless.dorf
- @omg - the killing of innocent women and children won't stop with Trump - trust me - that's been going on for decades by the US (and centuries by the UK).fadein11
- but be prepared for plenty more of thisfadein11
- http://www.independe…fadein11
- lol, look at omg making ASSumptions about what I want, as if I even mentioned that shit ... you look like a foolmonospaced
- forced hijab on women? stupidest thing you've ever said, second to implying flag burning scares women and children ... omfgmonospaced
- What kind of freedom fighter are you? You do understand that the hijabs are worn by women in public to seclude them from men. Are you not with her?omg
- So you don't recall parents, kids, loved ones crying upon that flag whose lost their lives to it. Yet you want to burn the flag. What kind of freedom is that?omg
- omfg, get help, seriouslymonospaced
- Psst. omg. Headscarf wearing was a christian thing. Right up until the 20th C. Go to a European art gallery. (The paint is still drying in US art galleries).monoboy
- https://en.wikipedia…monoboy
- yup, monoboy. my (christian) mom grew up wearing a headscarf, as did all her peers.Gnash
- granted, no one but the very old still do it. religious vestiges.Gnash
- omg-11
Another Ben Garrison drop.
- The might be the dumbest one yet.nb
- http://i2.kym-cdn.co…utopian
- haha @utopiannb
- the cartoon suggests to me that he's just pushing these problems further down the road, he's not actually doing anything about themBuddhaHat
- http://www.reactiong…fadein11
- sted11
omg in this thread is like:
- utopian6
Trump’s pick for Commerce secretary once bailed him out in Atlantic City
Wilbur Ross became rich investing in faltering businesses like steel mills and coal mines, finding a fortune in blue-collar industries that others dismissed as beyond saving.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/…
"Drain the Swamp" LMAO
- What a joke.kona
- omg will undoubtedly see nothing wrong with this and in fact, support it via some link he found online from a neonazi website.kona
- no, just from what he's seen on Alex Jonesinteliboy
- Kona, do you hate all men, or just those Trump wants to pick for his cabinet?omg
- inteliboy, likes his news filled with facts, but still indulges in boyish fantasies.omg
- haha kinda you called itmonospaced
- *konamonospaced
- Of course I don't hate all men omg, don't be an idiot and throw bullshit false dichotomy my way as an attempt at debate.kona
- So you don't have to google 'false dichotomy' omg. False dichotomy; considering only the extremes of a situation, "Since you don't support the war on Iraq,kona
- you must hate America." This is an ignorant debate tactic only used by ignorant people.kona
- No, I don't hate all men because I hate all of Trump's picks for his cabinet. I dislike his picks because they are corrupt, despicable, liars and cheats whokona
- have no business being in such positions of power in this country.kona
- Now, instead of resorting to yet another one of your b.s. ignorant debate tactics, how about you focus on my argument, not me the arguer. (Ad hominem)kona
- lolmonospaced
- kona0
A Student Has Created A Gripping And NSFW Photo Series With Trump’s Quotes About Women
- kona0
John Bolton thinks it's possible that Obama hacked the democratic server, then leaked the information in an attempt to get Trump elected and then - wait for it - say that the Russians did it, thereby making Trump look bad.
He's going to be #2 at State people.
- John Bolton thinks ice cream is a Communist plot and that spiders can talk.face_melter
- Michael Bolton's bro?since1979
- it's like a badly written tv seriesGnash
- utopian3
AP FACT CHECK: No 'landslide' election win for Trump
In claiming that he scored "a massive landslide victory" in last month's presidential election, Donald Trump turned history upside down.
In fact, his winning margin in the Electoral College is on the other end of the historical spectrum, far closer to the narrowest win in history than to the widest.
