Mike Luckovich for February 26, 2021

Even when Republicans are in the minority, they continue to operate as if “bipartisan” does not mean that both sides give up something, in exchange get something, and meet in the middle. To Republicans, “bipartisan” means total capitulation by the other side, even when they control the house, and that Republicans get everything and the majority party demands that it is always “my way or the highway.”

That is not bi-partisanship (other than in an Orwellian alt-reality); that is the tyranny of the minority.

Thanks to gerrymandering to give disproportionate overrepresentation to Republicans in the House, and the disproportionate allocation of senators that favors the smallest, whitest, least diverse states that are largely Republican and penalizes the largest and most diverse states, states representing 16% of the U.S. population can block legislation in the Senate and, in both houses, Democratic representatives received tens of millions more votes than Republicans, but are split almost 50-50.

Massive reform is necessary, but with little hope for achieving it on the horizon, in order to achieve true equitable balance in our government.

It REALLY chaps the asses of the GOP’s owners when the little people get anything without giving the important people a chance to siphon off most of it.

Oh, come on now.

The Party Of Trump has a rescue plan that is beautiful, bigly elegant, and will make everyone* rich and will eliminate the national debt in the process.

It’ll be ready in about two weeks.

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*What? You thought ‘everyone’ included Those People? Real Americans only.

The Fat Orange Clown had his name put on the last check. If only the Dems had included a memo line this time: “This check sent to you by the Democrats despite the GOP attempts to deny you help.”

I hope you choke on that Pina Colada, Ted!

That’s because the GOP never allows the country to take priority over the party.

Less than half of the 19 trillion goes to Covid caused loans, unemployment, and stimulus checks. A large amount goes to states (mainly Democratically run) that were in the red before Covid.

Was the forcing through of Amy Cony Barrett to the vacant SCOTUS seat bipartisan? Humm?

i’m puzzled – is he really calling for someone to round up angry people…?

The current “Republican” philosophy is a dead end; it has no future …

If recent trends continue, immigrants will play a leading role in our future economy. Between 1990 and 2005, immigrants started one out of four venture-backed public companies. Large American firms are also increasingly led by people with roots in foreign countries, including 15 of the Fortune 100 CEOs in 2007.

For all these reasons, the United States of 2050 will look different from that of today: whites will no longer be in the majority. The U.S. minority population, currently 30 percent, is expected to exceed 50 percent before 2050. No other advanced, populous country will see such diversity.

In fact, most of America’s net population growth will be among its minorities, as well as in a growing mixed-race population. Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-changing-demographics-of-america-538284/

Hubert Humphrey called them the party of “No no, go slow”.

The republicans say that schools and businesses need help to reopen. So they rail against the Relief Bill that would do that since they think it can magically happen without money. Of course, They think we need another tax break for the billionaires.

And heaven forbid that they would allow a passage of a $15 minimum wage. They don’t want the people to have anything. Their excuses for denying the increase are really poor.

True enough, seems that republicans don’t need it. Sharing that 1.9B among those that do need it just means more for the democrats. Odd though, one would think that the republican senators would be wanting help for their constituents as well, guess blind solidarity is more important.

I’m not aware of any republicans opposing the portions of the bill that provide $$ to individuals, small businesses and other portions directly related to covid. It’s the pork and the items that should be dealt with separately.

The Republicans want schools to reopen, but are against giving the money needed to upgrade schools so they can open safely. They want the economy to reopen but don’t want to spend money to speed up vaccine distribution so it is safe to reopen everything. And Trump himself pushed for the full $2000 stimulus payment, and now his people are against it.

I piss in republican Cheerios.

Remember when the Republicans gave 1.9 trillion to their rich friends?

They stole all the PPP money, dictator loving republicans don’t care about Americans at all.

Also, the disease is a hoax, none of you is worth saving, and get outta my way so’s I can get my vaccination!

Are you kidding! Read the bill, it pure pork! James Madison said in 1794, “I can not lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of THEIR constituents.” Nancy Pelosi is a snarkyPolitical hack!!!!

If the Covid-19 relief bill included another round of Huge Tax cuts for Large corporations and billionaires the Republicons couldn’t wait to sign it. It’s too expensive. It’s not bipartisan. Same Republicon crap they always pull. They love their bloated, targeted tax cuts but not this bill because it helps way too many “little” people. Republicons, your BS is showing, and they don’t care.

The smart people get something out of it. More spending money available, the more sales, production, profit, hiring, etc. A way to help the whole economy into a healthier cycle. The fact is that the Today’s GOP and their backers do not want anyone else to improve their lot.

Narrator: And so they did.

I keep flashing on the Tom & Jerry cartoon, THAT’S MY MOMMY, where the baby duck imprints on Tom, who fancies a snack, and when Jerry tries to rescue him, it keeps pushing him aside and helping Tom, because Tom is “his mommy.”

There it is. Authoritarian fuzz-brains on the right who just want someone to make the tough choices for them and make critics shut up about it have imprinted on this useless-at-best cargo cult, and not even direct personal experience will sway them.

Good one, Mike!

Yep, Republicans obstruct and refuse to compromise – then blame the result completely on Democrats…

Woman accused of using $149,000 Covid relief loan to buy diamonds and go to IKEA

Jasmine Johnnae Clifton allegedly spent funds at more than 20 stores

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-covid-relief-loan-diamonds-ikea-b1807936.html

Yes, and many of you will still live in poverty, even with 2 jobs, making less than $8.00 an hour.

@JohnHarry • Replying to you here instead of bulking up the “popularity” of Moscow Bill, to whom you replied.

My first experience with international travel was as what was then known as a “wetback” (now less picturesquely referred to as an “illegal immigrant”). I was about 16, and my family was vacationing at Namakan Narrows Lodge, on the Pigeon River between Minnesota and Ontario. I swam across the channel to the other side, stood on a big rock for a few minutes, illegal as could be, waving at the people back at the lodge, then swam back to the land of my birth. There were no Mounties or malemutes in hot pursuit, so I always figured I’d managed to put one over on those poor, trusting Canadians.

The DemoRats did that already….$350 billion to shore up,DemoRat cities and states, 150 million for the Kennedy Center, millions to PPH, more millions to liberal NPR, millions to Pelosi’s San Francisco for a tunnel and millions to Chuck U. Schumer fora bridge to Canada.

Nazi loving racist republicans don’t give a fig about the American working class.

Thank God for Biden and the Dems.Trump wasted 5 times that much and killed over40000. People.

Here is what the DemoRats offer in their House Covid relief bill. $75 billion Covid related items, $19 billion for public health:state health dept’s, $7.3 billion for Pay Check protection, $15 billion for economic injury disaster loans, $26 billion to bars,live venues and restaurants and $15 billion to airlines payrole.The bill also raises unemployment to $400.00 a week. This covers 53% of Americans for being unemployed and may last 18 months. Then there’s the $413 billion in reliefchecks. The Bill would send $1,400 per man, woman and dependent, that beginsphasing out at $75,000 of individual income. That is a total of $825 billion.Question, where’s the rest of the $1 trillion.The DemoRats decide that abortion, immigration, CHINA and other “PORK” belonged ina bill to AID AmericansPork: $350 billion bailout for Democrat state and local governments.Pork: $1.5 billion Chuck U. Schumer, slipped in for a Seaway bridge to Canada.Pork: $500 billion for “grants to FUND activities related to the arts, humanities, libraries and Native American language preservationPork: $26 billion to urban transit entitiesPork: $10 million worth for labor and teacher unionsMaintains ability for Planned Parenthood to receive Paycheck Protection Funds.Provide stimulus checks could go to families where a parent is an illegal immigrantAllows subsidies paying 85%of COBRA premiums to illegal immigrants

This is just the tip of the iceberg bill!

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