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[–] 416 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

The Democrats are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. There’s nothing there, nothing of importance, and the Trump administration has already asked the courts to start working on the release, so there’s no point in the House getting involved anyway.

This is such a non-issue that the Republicans have shut down the entire legislative session and won’t vote on any of their own bills until September. Again, Democrats are just trying to make a show out of nothing, which is why blocking it is the Republicans’ top priority. Their work would be redundant anyway, which is why the Republicans are so unafraid to vote on it that everyone just up and left.

On an unrelated note, my favorite local restaurant is so clean and compliant with all regulations that when visited by the food inspector they turned out the lights, locked all the doors, and refused to serve any food again until the health department leaves. As one does when they’re unafraid and have nothing to hide.

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  • [–] 173 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Dear diary,

    Today someone was sarcastic on Lemmy and people liked it. Big day for the fediverse.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    fr. I've actually been surprised by how little people around here seem to understand sarcasm

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We're a pretty neurodivergent crowd. I thrive in sarcasm, but a lot of us come with different care instructions

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    [–] 105 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    “Christian” Mike Johnson doing his best to give cover to pedophiles. Wonder if him and his son discuss these sins at bedtime together while going over their porn monitoring.

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  • [+] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Completely agree with this. To be "Christian" is to embrace this concept of an in-crowd and an out-crowd; if you're not part of "my" crowd you can literally go to fucking hell and my omnipotent God-ruler is going to make sure you're punished eternally if you don't do what I say.

    Being a shitty person is baked in at the deepest foundation of being Christian, and probably most types of religion tbh.

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    Can you imagine how much better off we'd be if they were this determined to do any positive thing at all in their careers?

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well that pretty much confirms it

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    [–] 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The GOP till about a week ago: “we need to release the files!” The GOP now: “ we need to protect the philes!”

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    [–] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's actually better if they can't pass their shitty Republican bills. Democrats should just keep nagging about this. Either they actually have to address it, or the Republicans block themselves.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They are doing more damage with all their other nefarious shit going around or ignoring Congress/judges/scotus/etc, we're still in a really, really fucked up place right now and it's still only going to get worse for the average person.

    It'll take at least the next 2-4 years to start to show tangible devastating affects that will get millions of Americans killed with stripping away healthcare, food/snap programs, children's cancer research being scrapped, and a list of 100 other programs being cut, gutted,or flat out just gone now and some of those programs may never come back. Shit ain't over just cuz Congress put their feet up on the desk. Stay sharp, stay focused.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago

    Guardians Of Pedophiles

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  • [+] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)
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    Eveyone: We want you to release the pedo files

    Trump: What if we release the pedophiles instead?

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've always wondered why politicians get a massive break in the summer, seems like a really bad idea to have the people running the country not around to do their jobs in case of an emergency. I know they can be recalled, but still, that takes time. This isn't just a USA specific problem either.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My understanding: back when the population was small enough for this government to be actually representative, the idea was that legislators would go home to wherever they were elected from and be among the people who elected them so they could still represent their desires. Why it happens now? Tradition, I guess.

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    [–] 38 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    So, at what point do we decide they are not representing us, they are no longer a legitimate government, and we are going to rule without them?

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it bcz there are people in Congress who are in the files? Sounds like they're not just protecting Trump.

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Man our government has fucking collapsed lol.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Well from now whenever republicans defecate some sentences involving "but the kids" from their mouths the default reply should be "Oh like the time you didn't release Epstein files?"

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Time for the still sane Americans to decide if they still want a bunch of pedo's and pedoprotectors to represent them. Decide if this might just be the final straw before springing to real action. Maybe they can now see that these people are so shameless, corrupt, criminal and whiteout morals, that one 9 to 5 protest every month or so isn't going to impress these shitbags.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The entire top level of the current GOP is a pedophile, christofascist cult.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    GOP = Gross Old Pedophiles

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