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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/06/trump-republicans-amy-coney-barrett-dei-supreme-court/81843688007/ Trump Republicans are cannibalizing one of their own because, gasp! She dared to concur with a vote that went against Trump! So now Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump pick for the Supreme Court, is a “DEI” pick? They didn’t criticize John Roberts, who voted the same way. Wow. 😮 Just wow!

I heard my husband talking to his mother about this and I wasn’t aware of the terms, but I had a feeling that Trey’s contract just got more expensive. 😢

Agreed. He's a headcase, too. All you have to do is watch his game against us year before last to see how CTB got into his head.

Brought to you by the party that claims to champion free speech. Puh-leeze. Also, how is dismantling the CHIPS Act helping the US? I thought we were trying to reduce our dependence on chips coming from China, and this BIPARTISAN bill ensures that. I think he just wants to get rid of it because it was something that Biden was able to pass.

I only wish that he could have won a championship at the NFL level to go with his high school and college championships. Best of luck to him.

Kind of like the orange troll can’t remember calling Zelenskyy a dictator. And how come Faux News isn’t all over the orange troll falling asleep 😴 in a Cabinet meeting? If it were Biden, they would be screaming “Cognitive decline!”.

I don't know about it happening in 30 days, but I think that there is going to be a very public, very nasty breakup between the orange troll and the Muskrat. Both of them have huge egos and are alpha males, and only one big dog can emerge victorious. If the orange troll gets any inkling that the Muskrat is usurping his position as top dog (and there have already been plenty of political cartoons already implying that), then the Muskrat will be gone. On a different note, I (unfortunately) was exposed to an interview yesterday on Faux News with the Secretary of Commerce, and he was outlining the reasons why the new "Gold" Visas was such a good idea and how much revenue the program will bring in. I know other countries do it, and according to him, the applicants would have to be vetted. Who here thinks that all this program is going to do is bring in more Russian oligarchs and Chinese millionaires? Just what this country needs.

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I, too, was raised Catholic and still go to church. What I find is that Christians who do live their faith, by volunteering to help the less fortunate, or work on social justice issues, do so anonymously and don’t need public affirmation, as Jesus preached in the Bible. So-called “Christians” who proclaim how Christian they are, but then cut spending to help those in need, tend to take their cues from the Old Testament, not the Gospels and New Testament.

I worked with a woman many years ago who was one of these Christians. Wore a cross around her neck and was horrified when someone would cuss around her. She had been snippy in some of my interactions with her and also to some of my clients. When she turned in her two week notice to go to a competitor, she promised that she would not try to poach any business. Last day of work, she put flyers for her new company in all of our clients’ mail boxes. I replaced her in her position and very quickly made our clients forget about her. She came back some years later when our company had new management. Since we had a new computer system, she had to train on it and wound up training with my former assistant, who is one of the most foul mouthed employees in our company. 😂😂She only lasted about 6 months once she was in her own office.

J.D. Vance's book "Hillbilly Elegy" is on a list of books targeted by the DOD for removal from the schools here and abroad that children of military members attend. The reason for the target is due to "gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics" in the book. You know, the stuff that the Republicans don't want to acknowledge. It has not been pulled yet, but could be. I'm against book bans in general, and I haven't read this book (nor do I intend to), but this one, if if winds up being banned, I find that hilarious. https://www.newsweek.com/was-jd-vances-book-pulled-pentagon-schools-what-we-know-2034098

Better these than Faux News, which IIRC, had to pay a 787 million judgment to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation of character.

And Newsweek. And CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-zelensky-has-a-4-approval-rating-its-above-50/index.html

Wrong again. Zelensky has a much higher approval rating than 4%. https://abcnews.go.com/International/zelenskyy-4-approval-trump-claims-50/story?id=118959595 https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-does-zelensky-have-four-percent-approval-rating-2033424 Maybe try watching something other than Fox News or Newsmax or Air America. Or even try fact checking before you post this crap.

"Bullheaded moron". Wow. I don't exactly know where to go with this one. I keep telling you I'm not some hard headed liberal. The reason I come out so strongly against the orange troll, the Muskrat, and the Republicans right now is because the policies they are enacting are hurtful. Thousands of government employees are losing their jobs, now the orange troll has just announced that he's rescinding the TPS status for Haitian immigrants (remember, the people that your lord and master claimed were eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio) effective this summer instead of waiting for the 2026 deadline that Biden had allowed. And this administration doesn't give a damn. They are showing no empathy whatsoever towards the thousands of people whose lives they are upending. None whatsoever. They're quite glib about it, actually. They almost seem happy about it. And for a supposedly "Christian" coalition, that smacks of hypocrisy. Right now, this administration is being run by a bunch of narcissistic sociopaths interested in only protecting the wealthy. And I and others on this board keep asking you to provide proof of what you say and you just ignore us. I think that deep down inside, you are starting to realize that the man you worship may not be perfect, may actually have a lot of issues, and that bothers you, so you rant and rave against those who disagree with you. Maybe you're the one who needs to "wake the fuck up".

Thanks for the info. I think we do have a Roku but it may be outdated. My husband's going to be the one who does all the research on this, and he'll probably reach out to my son for input also.

Talk about gaslighting. I can't even. 😬 SMDH. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/washington-dc/trump-says-zelensky-should-have-never-started-war-triggered-by-russian-invasion/ Unbelievable!!

Well, here's some potential fat. They want to cut SNAP and Medicaid, but the orange troll is willing to have the government pay for IVF treatments if insurance won't cover them because "We want more babies, to put it very nicely." https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-232207534.html?.tsrc=1013&ncid=crm_-1563082-20250219-1&bt_user_id=VP7o8l5Ms58lauPsYNXJY9yhAh29Y%2BXPWFL2SBGfONIUQx%2FwDeSMPdK6IWELN243MDO94zikTVlJ7VtZhYloajNNhy3Ta8jqY0%2FahCS0aDStJDSeYriE6DViUGSIsIdQ&bt_ts=1739971319686 Yeah, he wants more affluent babies. Let's ignore the women who have babies because they can't get access to birth control or abortions.

My husband is thinking about doing this anyway if they don't wind up on TV somewhere. But if he does that, then we're definitely cutting the cord, which means we may also be looking for an internet provider since cable and internet are bundled right now. We don't have T-Mobile for our phone so getting them free on that isn't an option. I just looked at it and it looks like it was a limited time offer and it's over. But, my son has T-Mobile so he can look at it.

Now they're going after HUD and FHA. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-mortgage-insurer-lay-off-181539006.html?.tsrc=372&ncid=crm_-1562910-20250219-1&bt_user_id=YBpIzvW3%2B0gaCRTbB13jf0Gfz5n6brFLOQdMQsxAb5a5e%2F7Vc1x0pPWlV1UAeVLm8KdPa5sxorrn2Ag3WDB%2BcjLwnFB2wzcaeZEmVLXM9WkmCVuWtTej3QqlOFXZME6L&bt_ts=1739962827454 This will affect not only those buying houses, but processing of those loans and processing purchases of homes owned by HUD. Most of the HUD sales are handled through a 3rd party now, and most of the underwriting of FHA loans is done by the lenders now instead of FHA, but you still have to reach out to them to get a case number and an appraiser assigned, so I imagine that process will slow down. And the funny thing is, HUD is actually self funded and not losing money.

Depending on what the Indians do with broadcasting their games this year, we may be cutting the cord to cable. We currently do not have any streaming services and don’t know a lot about them. Anything we would get would have to include ESPN and the news outlets. I usually leave the TV tech stuff to hubby dearest, but we need some guidance here as far as service and pricing. And before you ask, we do not have Amazon Prine. Thanks!

I’m surprised that linebacker is higher than OL. Have there been any high profile LBs signed recently that would jack that number so high?

And people wonder why we don’t want the Muskrat having sensitive information, like SS #. 🙄

Funny, that’s what I said to my husband when he was watching this.

I’ve explained many times why I can’t stand the orange troll so I’m not going down that road again. But contrary to what you think, I don’t have liberal blinders on. If the Republicans (or the Democrats) could have come up with a sensible, middle of the road candidate, I would have voted for them. I’m sick of the extreme wings of both parties running things (or not). And you STILL haven’t answered my question about conflict of interest. This leads me to believe that you have conservative blinders on and are willing to accept anything your leader does.