Why NOT to vote Republican

[flowerseverywhere]

A lot of cherry picking seems to be going on in this latest campaign against Thomas. No one seems terribly upset over Sotomayor not recusing herself from cases involving the publisher who paid her $3 million for her autobiography.

Where did I say it was one party or the other? The constant defense of the criminal or unethical. behavior of the January six criminals and republican politicians is getting old. it is not right for anyone to behave this way.

[bae]

Today:

Trump, the leading GOP candidate: found guilty of sexual abuse, and defamation.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy refuses to say if he *still supports* Trump.

Rep. George Santos has Federal charges filed against him.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has so far not taken any action against Santos.

And so it goes.

[jp1]

Slowly but surely the swamp is being drained.

[bae]

Slowly but surely the swamp is being drained.

I suspect Trump will still run in 2024 and stands a good chance of being elected.

I'm wondering if McCarthy will crash the US economy in the next weeks though.

[jp1]

Other than hardcore magas who exactly is going to vote for trump at this point? He certainly isn't interested in winning over any undecideds or democrats. And those same undecideds and democrats that hate trump for rational reasons are going to hate him all the more now that he's a confirmed sex offender who tried to overthrow the US government. Couple that with the radicals on the supreme court that don't think women should have bodily autonomy (which doesn't even play well in blood red states like kansas), and the fact that four years' worth of hardcore republican voters will have died and been replaced by four years of young people who by a large majority think republicans are asses that don't represent them in any way shape or form and it's hard to see how he can win. Unless republicans take their cheating efforts at voter suppression and such up to not just an 11, but more like a 14 or 15 and are successful at it.

[jp1]

I'm wondering if McCarthy will crash the US economy in the next weeks though.

I see that some government employees have sued to prevent the default. Very much taking a play from the republican playbook on the ACA and such. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. I can't imagine Janet Yellen and Joe Biden putting up much of a defense.

[frugal-one]

I suspect Trump will still run in 2024 and stands a good chance of being elected.

I'm wondering if McCarthy will crash the US economy in the next weeks though.

All this drama can be blamed on republicans! if there is a default it is on their heads for sure.

Is there a way to keep our money safe or, at least, to mitigate damage?

[Alan]

All this drama can be blamed on republicans! if there is a default it is on their heads for sure.

The Republicans passed the necessary legislation to prevent default in the only segment of government they control, the House of Representatives, weeks ago.

[LDAHL]

I see the President is considering the possibility that he can cite the 14th Amendment to authorize the issuance of bonds on his own without Congress.

I think the debt limit law is simultaneously too weak and too strong. The limit inevitability gets raised, and the consequences of failing to compromise are dire indeed. It’s basically a choice between destroying US credit gradually or all at once.

[frugal-one]

The Republicans passed the necessary legislation to prevent default in the only segment of government they control, the House of Representatives, weeks ago.

trump also increased the debt by 25% ... more than any president and still the democrats did not threaten as the current "republicans" are doing. Shameful!