r/politics • u/TurretLauncher • 13d ago
Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/05/05/biden-cancer-moonshot-initiative-congress-funding/73525016007/3.6k
u/JustAnotherYouMe 13d ago
Campaign ad material right here. Vote this November.
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u/Jaynie2019 12d ago edited 12d ago
Exactly!! GOP antics are practically writing Dem campaign ads for them.
In the late ‘70’s my dad benefited from government sponsored cancer research (chemo/radiation for lung cancer) and lived almost another 18 years. He did so well his physician actually presented his case at several research conferences.
Edit for years of survival.
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u/superfly355 12d ago
How many more years? I'm happy you got more time with your dad, I was robbed of an adult life with my Mom from an aneurysm. She was an organ donor, and when they went to harvest her organs, they were all so riddled with cancer that nothing was usable but her eyes. I still grapple with the chicken and the egg in that situation, but any additional time with that lady would have been cherished.
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u/Jaynie2019 12d ago
Almost 18 years, he had another couple bouts of cancer before he passed but no treatments as brutal as the first time.
(Editing my comment. TY.) I’m so sorry about your mom
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u/TomThanosBrady 12d ago
They'll just spin it and their stupid base of MAGA fanatics eat it up. Somethink like: Biden could have cured cancer but didn't.
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u/french_snail 12d ago
Vote republican! We’ll shoot your dog and let you get cancer!
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u/darkdan206 12d ago
Sounds so good I’m voting twice.
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u/Smeetilus 12d ago
From beyond the grave, though, right?
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 12d ago
With all these GOP policies, it’d have to be. Death is the aim of most of their policies.
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u/Lou_C_Fer 12d ago
Don't forget that they'll give your rich boss a tax cut.
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u/Goldreaver 12d ago
Yeah but that is basically giving ME a tax cut because I will become rich soon. Any day now.
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u/Hippo_Alert 12d ago edited 12d ago
But we'll own those libs while we do it, so it's all worth it!!!
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u/Mbaker1201 12d ago
And steal money from your charity donations. https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/donald-j-trump-pays-court-ordered-2-million-illegally-using-trump-foundation
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u/HealthyMaximum Australia 12d ago
"Fuck it, we'll \*give\* you fucking peons cancer as soon as we dissolve the EPA and roll back all restrictions on corporate behavior!"
MAGA 2024
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u/srs_time 12d ago edited 12d ago
Vote republican! We’ll shoot your dog and give you
let you getcancer, and overturn ACA so it bankrupts you and your family (brought to you by the family values and school shootings PAC)!I'm Donald Trump and I endorsh thish messhage
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u/Cephalopirate 12d ago
Biden ran on curing cancer in 2020. He should push for continued funding in his current ads.
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u/zoeypayne 12d ago edited 12d ago
Funny thing is that Republicans were getting calls from Nobel laureates about the importance of renewing funding for this bill and they still just shrugged it off in the interest of politics. It's disgusting.
Biden should still continue his efforts, but it doesn't change until the control in Congress changes.
edit added "renewing funding for"
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u/bjonesoooh 12d ago
Americans don’t want to see thier neighbours getting free handouts at the cancer hospital, that money is for war and gifts for billionaires.
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u/Wrong-Shame-2119 13d ago
LETTING PEOPLE SUFFER FROM CANCER TO OWN THE LIBS
The GOP are fucking cruel pieces of shit.
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u/ThickerSalmon14 13d ago
Against masks - which would help themselves and other people,
against vaccines - which would help both themselves and other people,
against preventing climate change - which would help themselves and other people,
against taxing the rich and corporations, which would help themselves and other people.
Got to say, pretty much sounds like a death cult. If it helps other people (even if it helps themselves) they are pretty dead set against it.
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u/TumbleweedFamous5681 12d ago
They'd rather have less so they can still have more than the people they hate
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u/JohnnyValet 12d ago
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
- Lyndon B. Johnson
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u/worldspawn00 Texas 12d ago
YEP, exactly why they keep stoking made-up social issues.
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u/HealthyMaximum Australia 12d ago
They're not made up!
I literally saw the litter boxes in the trans-restrooms at Drag University for Atheist Non-Whites Only, with my own eyes!
... as said by Elon Rogan, or someone. I presume.
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u/philoking253 12d ago
As said by the HVAC tech here a few weeks ago unsolicited. Called him out on it and it went from fact he saw to his friend saw to he read it somewhere in less than a minute. I simply said “that’s bullshit and I’m not listening to it” and started walking away. Said he saw litter boxes himself at Cle Elum elementary, straight up lied until I called him on it.
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u/Jazzlike_Nose1023 12d ago
The horrible part about the cat litter is that it was really in classrooms, for the kids to use in a bucket, during a mass shooter lockdown.
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u/FunkyChewbacca 12d ago
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u/thequietguy_ 12d ago
Aren't MAGAts more likely to be psychopaths, Machiavellians, narcissists, and sadists?
It kinda freaks me out a little that people like that can legally vote. (I know. It's a weird thing to say and I feel guilty for saying it).
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u/BlessYourSouthernHrt 12d ago
I’m not even sure they have more than ppl they hate… it’s probably just what they want to believe.. 🤷
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u/eidetic 12d ago
I’m not even sure they have more than ppl they hate
Well, certainly the people in power do. Their supporters however, are dumb enough to think they'll somehow be let into the in club somehow, and if not, well, they're just spiteful enough they'd sooner rip someone else's oxygen mask off before applying their own in a plane that's experienced decompression.
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u/SpeakToMePF1973 Australia 12d ago
Their supporters however, are dumb enough to think they'll somehow be let into the in club somehow
Because they see themselves as worthy and everyone who is not one of them/like them are not. Every comment here describes narcissism. Narcissism is intrinsically self destructive.
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u/ITrageGuy 12d ago
No one votes against their own self interests like a Republican.
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u/kinglouie493 12d ago
Against any improvement in healthcare or free lunches for kids, I believe their bingo card is about full
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u/Conch-Republic 12d ago
They're sure wanting to fund alzheimers research, though. Reality is coming knocking for a lot of old conservatives.
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u/warthog0869 12d ago
Don't talk about Saint Reagan that way! Why, he couldn't recall those arms for hostages with Iran/Contra while also trying to ship American labor to China by deregulating at the behest of the Great And Good Corporations!
Busy guy!
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u/oblongsalacia 12d ago
Also had a backroom deal with Iran in his race against Jimmy Carter. Holding 53 hostages taken from the US Embassy for 444 days, they were all released literally minutes after Reagan's was sworn in at his first inauguration.
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u/throwawaymyanalbeads 12d ago
I think it's more of a total devastation pro slavery cult. Because more will happen to the world than just people dying.
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u/HistoricalSherbert92 12d ago
Against the EPA. Against seatbelts. Against electric vehicles. Against abortion. Against greenhouse gas emissions controls. Against carcinogen regulation, like cigarettes Against taxes but for infrastructure Against government Against regulation unless it affects them
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u/alien_from_Europa Massachusetts 12d ago
You can now add voting against democracy to that list. I would expect if we fall into a dictatorship then they'll be an exodus of educated scientists that will seek political asylum in other first world countries.
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u/grissy 12d ago
And yet nearly half the voters in this country still support them no matter what and are never going to stop.
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u/DukeOfGeek 12d ago
There are two power structures that we have to defeat and permanently dismantle before we can even begin to work towards having nice things. One is obviously the GOP and the other is the Fossil Fuel Mafias.
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u/Forty_Two_Towels 12d ago
Not just a death cult. They want to make people suffer horribly before they die.
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u/ngatiboi 12d ago
ALL of this PURELY because Trump spoke out against each one of these.
I always said if Trump had been pro-lockdown, pro-masks & pro-vaccines, his goons would have been out on the street IN FORCE making sure people were complying.
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u/wonkalicious808 12d ago
I always said if Trump had been pro-lockdown, pro-masks & pro-vaccines, his goons would have been out on the street IN FORCE making sure people were complying.
No they wouldn't. They've booed him about the vaccine, and Trump once lamented on Fox that "it’s not a great thing to talk about, because, for some reason, it’s just not." And he's changed his tune before on abortion, guns, and bathrooms.
The GOP is a cult, but it's to themselves. They worship themselves, not Trump. Trump's popularity among Republicans comes from his willingness to enthusiastically tell them what they want to hear, rather than from being able to convince them to be evil, anti-American a-holes who deny reality. That's just already who they've been.
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u/Kevin-W 12d ago
Never forget that Jared Kushner decided not to take any action when COVID was sweeping through cities thinking it would only target Democrats.
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u/oblongsalacia 12d ago
Honestly, what Kushner and Trump did was way worse than flat-out ignoring the crisis. Maryland's then-Republican Gov. Larry Hogan paid $9 million from state funds for 500k testing strips from S. Korea. He says he had to guard the tests "like Fort Knox" from federal agents after Massachusetts then-Republican Gov. Charlie Baker said he had a plane load of 3 millions masks confiscated by federal authorities as soon as the plane had landed.
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u/aFeign 12d ago
Illinois Govenor Pritzker, reportedly spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for the federal stockpile.
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u/ivegotaqueso 12d ago
My cousin had a kn95 supplier in China & one of her shipment never made it past customs (confiscated) so she told her supplier to ship it under/labeled general merchandise, which was how she was able to help stock her work (outpatient clinic) with KN95s & sneak her masks past USPS confiscation. It blew my mind the federal government was even confiscating masks from normal citizens during the pandemic. Like where were they gonna sell/use it? They’re not giving it to the hospitals.
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u/Marcion10 12d ago
Never forget that Jared Kushner decided not to take any action when COVID was sweeping through cities thinking it would only target Democrats.
Kushner didn't "take no action", he actively obstructed virus testing so reporters didn't have metrics to report on, even while doctors informed him the disease was still spreading. He explicitly acknowledged his intention was for his policies to kill more people because that was expected to kill more democrats than republicans
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u/aLittleQueer Washington 12d ago
Kushner. Damn. Psy.Cho. That dude needs some serious public scrutiny put on him.
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u/Unlucky_Clover 13d ago
Calling them monsters really undersells it too. They’re absolutely the worst people
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u/panickedindetroit 13d ago
They are the death panels they said the Democrats were.
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u/Kevlaars 12d ago
The death panels have existed in America since the Nixon administration.
Americans just call them HMOs.
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u/tamman2000 Maine 12d ago
I think it's appropriate to call them a cancer.
Especially in this case.
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u/bike_hike_trike 12d ago
They have been letting people with cancer suffer for years. Evidence: our existing health care system including for-profit hospitals, and "non-profit" hospitals where CEO has larger compensation than anyone else in the world
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u/True_Dog_4098 13d ago
I wonder if this will catch up to them. It really shows what kind of people represent the voters.
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u/Evolulusolulu 12d ago
Unfortunately no. These voters will think all those "cures" are fake. They fundamentally consider the government to be always a lie. Except when it's the GOP running it.
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u/SortaSticky 12d ago
It's also specifically personal for Biden having lost his son to cancer, so it's also an intentional personal attack by the GOP towards Biden. And a personal attack on all of us too. None are immune from cancer.
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u/wombatgrenades 13d ago
They want to extend the Trump cuts under his administration if he get elected. It’s not even close to being financially responsible
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u/I_Cogs_Well 12d ago
So lowering the deficit by having less money coming in? I guess we've all been doing it wrong and republicans figured it out.
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u/crazyaoshi 12d ago
C'mon don't you understand how trickle down works? It is tried and true. Just look at the trickling done at the hotel in Moscow.
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u/Marcion10 12d ago
Republicans haven't even TRIED to balance the budget since Eisenhower
http://goliards.us/adelphi/deficits/index.html
They've been bad for the economy for 100 years
They push the burden of taxes on individual workers while the rich and corporations skate by
https://www.floridapolicy.org/posts/floridas-state-and-local-taxes-rank-48th-for-fairness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38
They're not interested in fiscal responsibility, only sabotaging the nation so as damage is caused, their backers can buy out property on the cheap in fire sales.
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I was in my mid 20's back around 20 years ago when I realized this and left the Republican Party (among other reasons that I foolishly believed they, well, believed in). The party has always been a bunch of lying, greedy fucks.
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u/rileyjw90 Ohio 12d ago
Don’t even get me started on all the Covid ICU deaths I witnessed, tried to prevent from happening, and sat by their side when they were all alone. So many of them, and/or their family, was so against masks and vaccines. It’s all a conspiracy. I was even threatened by multiple families that the word “covid” had better not be anywhere near their loved one’s death certificate or I’d get what was coming to me, despite the fact that I’m not responsible for death certificates or their wording.
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u/table_fireplace 12d ago
It's been said so many times, but it's still true: The cruelty is the point.
This is why re-electing Biden isn't enough. We need to r/VoteDEM and volunteer at every level of government to get Republicans out of office.
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u/sst287 12d ago
The doctors just now realized that republicans give no shit to human suffering? Hospitals have been telling women that they cannot have abortions even when the kid has been rotting inside of your uterus for days and might kill you eventually; but, go home and go to work and hopefully you have someone to drive back to hospital in time you when you pass out!
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u/zaparthes Washington 13d ago
It's the legacy of Newt Gingrich, arguably the most destructive politician in the history of the House of Representatives.
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u/JohnnyValet 13d ago
THE MAN WHO BROKE POLITICS
The Atlantic - Updated October 17, 2018
During his two decades in Congress, he pioneered a style of partisan combat—replete with name-calling, conspiracy theories, and strategic obstructionism—that poisoned America’s political culture and plunged Washington into permanent dysfunction. Gingrich’s career can perhaps be best understood as a grand exercise in devolution—an effort to strip American politics of the civilizing traits it had developed over time and return it to its most primal essence.
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Bill Kristol, then a GOP strategist, marveled at the success of his party’s “principled obstructionism.” An up-and-coming senator named Mitch McConnell was quoted crowing that opposing the Democrats’ agenda “gives gridlock a good name.” When the 103rd Congress (January 3, 1993, to January 3, 1995) adjourned in October, The Washington Post declared it “perhaps the worst Congress” in 50 years.
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 13d ago
Great read. He likes chaos, destruction, confusion, and apparently dinosaurs. Also dumping sick spouses.
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u/sailirish7 Texas 12d ago
Also dumping sick spouses.
As someone who has been in this position, I cannot fathom what a depraved sack of shit he is.
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 12d ago
Lost my wife in 2018, still not over it, and likely never will be. Guess some are wired different then others.
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u/sailirish7 Texas 12d ago
It's not something you get over. It's something you learn to live with.
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u/True-Ad-8466 12d ago
Lost mine in 95, car accident.
Someday you will be able to put it on a shelf, in a room, in your mind.
You will open the door and close it, open it and run in, or walk, or crawl.
Our loved ones are and always will be worthy of our hurt. They are important and worthy of our tears.
Good luck brother, whenever YOU are ready.
Peace ✌️
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u/SlowerThanLightSpeed 12d ago
IMO, the loss of the Fairness Doctrine (in 1987) -- which brought people like Rush Limbaugh more power than ever to poison minds with partisanship in their own homes and cars -- played a huge role in turning politics into a dirty game; a game that saw Gingrich as a relatively early master.
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u/Ok-Shop-3524 12d ago
This and the Citizens United decision allowing corporations and businesses to donate directly to political campaigns…basically made our government into a giant garage sale…and made a lot of corporations (and politicians) vast amounts of wealth at the expense of the welfare of our population, our children, our sick, our poor, our schools, our infrastructure, our future as a world power. Traitors, all!!!
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u/Marcion10 12d ago
This and the Citizens United decision allowing corporations and businesses to donate directly to political campaigns
That was already going on decades before CU, the decision just uncapped the amount of money which could be spent on campaigns "not directly associated with the candidate". But money, even coming from dubious sources? That goes to the "money is free speech" which comes from 1967 Buckley v Valeo
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u/sailorbrendan 12d ago
While I think you're generally right about the end of the fairness doctrine being important it's also probably valuable to recognise that it was inevitable.
It wasn't long after 1987 that we see the boom of cable news which had no restrictions under fairness doctrine,and then digital happens and like,the fairness doctrine can't possibly work with podcasts.
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u/SlowerThanLightSpeed 12d ago edited 12d ago
Thanks for the insight, you've inspired me to plow through a 1975 paper titled: "The Future of Cable Communications and the Fairness Doctrine"
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1476&context=facpubs
It's got some interesting insights into relevant case law and thinking at the time, and is far more thoughtful than I on the subject.
My hot-takes in the meantime are:
Everything previously under the FD should've remained under the FD.
Just because we came up with new tech for dissemination of "news" doesn't mean that the concept of fairness in "news" became less important for democracy.
If we are going to be able to battle the division-inducing and division-deepening aspects of media, we need to find a better way to present information that happens to incorporate the concept of fairness. This could come from higher quality programming and really good interfaces. If we can draw in more people to a better product, then we get the best of all worlds (free-market and common-sense).
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Of course, it's surely easy to slide out of the news category without sliding out of the potential for propaganda. TV shows and movies can obviously be filled with all kinds of bias, so, either the limitation to news is bunk, or every darned thing that was ever published would have to have some gov't interference/limitations... hard problems are hard.
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u/worldspawn00 Texas 12d ago
Yep, the purview of the law should have been expanded to any news programming or media, regardless of the medium by which it is transmitted, instead of being killed.
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u/Gbird_22 13d ago
He didn't break politics, he led the GOP right to where they were dying to go. Politics is not broken, the GOP is broken, evil, worthless, and reprehensible.
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u/Stopikingonme 12d ago
Good read, and let’s not forget the trail of other bad actors that led to and from him. Starting with Kissinger/Nixon (yes Kissinger’s name should come first )
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 13d ago
Many people point to the destruction of political discourse even going back to the pre civil war era, my worthless opinion is that it was Newt.
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u/chowderbags American Expat 12d ago
It's always going to be hard to point to any particular person as having broken things, and not all of them were politicians.
Ken Starr's spiraling investigation into every seemingly every aspect of the Clinton's lives to find something, anything, that could be used as dirt definitely didn't help.
Grover Norquist's "tax pledge" bullshit broke America's relation with taxes and really pushed a bunch of "all or nothing" bullshit.
Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch's Fox News just straight up broke numerous brains.
Dubya's insistence on invading Iraq took a nation that was largely unified in the aftermath of 9/11 and left it even more bitterly divided than it was in the 90s, and cost America literally trillions of dollars when taking into account long term veterans costs and interest. Oh, and the war hawks never did apologize for lying to the American public about WMDs, nor did they acknowledge that maybe the anti-war side was actually right.
That said, Newt definitely is a shitstain on Congress in particular, and America would've been way better off without him.
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u/Mcboatface3sghost 12d ago
It’s been a decades long onslaught that we will always have to be wary of. You are correct.
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u/Marcion10 12d ago
It's always going to be hard to point to any particular person as having broken things, and not all of them were politicians.
But there are watershed moments and the occasional pivotal moment.
At the moment, America with its stacked hyper-conservative courts uncomfortably resemble Weimar
Even Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes with fox and others were expansions of propaganda going on since oligarchs who responded to the proposed New Deal with a coup, making fox and others a continuation of a century of propaganda
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u/64557175 12d ago
What an appropriate name for such a slimy being.
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u/GozerDGozerian 12d ago
But newts are kinda cute.
And he’s a man of ill repute.
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u/64557175 12d ago
Newts can regrow any limb, what a feat!
We should've done that to him, and fed to dogs as a treat.
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u/VanceKelley Washington 12d ago
I saw a movie once where a witch turned a guy (played by John Cleese) into a Newt because the witch felt that nothing could be worse than being a Newt.
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u/Highthere_90 13d ago
Anther reason to get out and vote, holy fuck this has to be one of the darkest days
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u/SpritzTheCat 12d ago
Sad part is the Right Wingers won't even know about this. Articles and public votes like this never make it to them.
Things like this should damage their party but it hardly ever does.
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u/Highthere_90 12d ago
They are aware of thr border bill republicans blocked because Trump wanted them to so they will probably know about this at some point
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u/TranquilSeaOtter 12d ago
I asked a Trumper if they knew about Fox settling with Dominion over their coverage of the election. They had zero idea about what I was talking about and were confused. This happened a few months ago, long after the settlement was over. They will never find out about this and if you tell them, they'll make up some shit about how it must have been a communism bill or something equally brain dead.
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u/tabrizzi 13d ago
"Republicans voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden."
That's the correct headline.
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u/ILikeLenexa 12d ago
Republicans vote to stop Biden from curing cancer
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u/CaptainCallus 12d ago
Also it should really be “cancer research” rather than “cure for cancer.”
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u/Savings_Buy_7946 12d ago
Thank you! Apparently nobody actually read the article. And there is no “cure for cancer” it’s early detection and treatment
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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 12d ago
To clarify, Republicans voted against funding cancer research, dems voted to fund it.
Which is on brand for Republicans, considering the leader of their party ran a scam charity defrauding children's cancer research, and when investigated over a 10 year period couldn't be shown to have made even a single contribution to charitable works. Trump did however use funds to buy a giant oil painting of himself, pay the $13 cub scout registration fee for his son Barron, and fuel up and repair his aged private plane.
It was so egregious that trump and all of his children are barred for life from ever operating a charity or even sitting on a charity board.
For comparison, the same charity watch dog groups that investigated trumps scam charity also ran an audit of the Clinton Foundation. They have a ratings system where charities are evaluated based on how thorough, honest, amd effective they are. While they audited the Clinton Foundation they withdrew their rating... and when the audit was completed they found the charity so effective and well managed they increased its rating to top tier.
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u/serenitynowmoney 13d ago edited 12d ago
Thanks Republicans- my sister literally died of breast cancer today. 20 years ago I survived stage 3C. I love knowing the political affiliations of my executioner.
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u/bananapwnn 12d ago
My condolences. Losing a sibling is hard and i hope you're well.
Also, fuck cancer.
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u/serenitynowmoney 12d ago
Thanks. And yes fuck cancer. And politicians who block research. As for me, as far as I know, I’m fine today. Knock wood.
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u/dr239 13d ago
However, with the ever-present dysfunction of Congress, maybe predictably, the program has been stalled. Some Republicans, refusing to give Biden a “win,” voted against the renewal of funding. Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country.
Oh good Lord, America. Do better.
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u/LibertyInaFeatherBed 13d ago
“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,” Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas said. “I will not help the Democrats try to improve this man’s dismal approval ratings. I’m not going to do it.” - January 4, 2024
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u/sandhillfarmer 12d ago
“If scores must die so that a person I don’t like might not have a bump in political approval rating, so be it.”
We need to be aware that we’re all just cannon fodder to these people, and never forget it.
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u/Turing_Testes 12d ago
Jesus Christ that's the fuckin point of an organization structured like the US government. He's supposed to be making everyone happy for fucks sake. If the fucking POTUS is making everyone happy then fuck yeah because that's the goal.
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u/just2quixotic Arizona 12d ago
making everyone happy then fuck yeah because that's the goal.
That's your goal, that's my goal, but clearly that is not their goal. They are assholes.
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u/Aggressive-Will-4500 12d ago
Oh good Lord, America. Do better.
20-35% of Americans:
"DON'T TELL US WHAT TO DO!"
/\ continues to wallow in shit */*
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u/french_snail 12d ago
Don’t fucking “America” me. Most Americans don’t want this
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u/Evil_phd 13d ago
To be fair it would be spitting in the face of everyone who paid off their cancer debt if cancer were cured.
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u/LetMeInImTrynaCuck 12d ago
“Well, my dad died of cancer 15 years ago so why the fuck should your dad survive it?” - Republicans and Bootlickers prolly
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u/AltaBirdNerd 13d ago
And this totally eliminate the moral hazard of getting cancer. Everyone will be trying to get it to take advantage of free cure.
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u/cbbuntz 13d ago
It wouldn't be fair to all the people that died of cancer. Besides, only 40% of people get cancer
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u/sinister_shoggoth 13d ago
Well, 40% is a minority, and we all know how the GOP feels about minorities.
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u/jargon_ninja69 12d ago
If they passed this, it wouldn’t make but a small blip in the media. Biden wouldn’t have campaigned on it. No one would really now.
But now?! Democrats are gonna use this as incredible fuel. This shit is why they fucking lose elections.
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u/crudedrawer 13d ago
The campaign ad should just sum up the situation and then have a mother of four exhaustedly sigh "Are you as tired of this shit as I am?"
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u/BusStopKnifeFight 12d ago
Most of these republicans are backed by dark money from the enemies of the United States, especially russia. Their sole purpose is to disrupt the government of the US.
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u/Drone30389 12d ago
What could be worse than siding with Russians?
GOP: “we are now siding with cancer”
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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 Colorado 13d ago
A cure for cancer? Naaaa... It's more important to kick sand in Joe Biden's eye.
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u/FDS87 12d ago edited 12d ago
Imagine what it feels like when I’m still in the hospital for stomach cancer having had part of my stomach and throat just removed this past week. Fuck these GOP assholes and fuck cancer too!
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u/Imatallguy 12d ago
Sending healing vibes your way. Hope you’re better quickly!
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u/Low-Abbreviations634 12d ago
Awful human beings. Just beyond reprehensible. Mean for the sake of mean. Sadist is not to harsh
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u/stuartgatzo 13d ago
But, but they’re pro-life!!
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u/pdthedeuce 13d ago
No, they say they are pro-life, but they are actually pro-birth... after that, you are on your own.
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u/Purify5 12d ago
Are they even pro-birth?
In South Dakota 1 in 5 OBGYNs have left the state because of Republican policies. If they were 'pro-birth' you think having the doctors to make sure births happen without complications would be a priority. But it's not. In fact, last week their AG doubled down on their dumb-ass law and took no responsibility for the lack of doctors it has caused, blaming Biden for it instead.
The only thing Republicans are pro is pro-power and pro-lining their own pockets.
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u/J1540 12d ago
Why can’t they vote for it and say they accomplished something.
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u/No_Pudding7102 12d ago
Republicans have become Russian assets and they must be treated as traitors!
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u/Incontinento 13d ago
Congress did? Nay, the republicans in Congress did. Steller journalism there, USA Today.
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u/lilly_kilgore 12d ago
Serious question... Is there somewhere we can submit campaign ad ideas?
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u/RetroCasket 12d ago
Can someone provide a link to the votes. I want to see who voted against it
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u/fowlraul Oregon 13d ago
Gonna need the voting version of karma on this one. Varma? 🤔
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u/EngFL92 13d ago
I'll say it again. Fuck the GOP, fuck all Republicans, fuck all people that support these evil pieces of shit.
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u/Dredly 12d ago
Never forget that this is far from the first time Republicans have done this - they did this to Diabetics like last year and voted against a bill that capped insulin cost, after specifically promising if Dem's removed it from a bill and made it one page they would approve it...
Dems did exactly that, republicans voted against it because Biden would have gotten credit
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u/worldspawn00 Texas 12d ago
Same for the border bill, it had almost everything the R's wanted, and they voted against it, otherwise they wouldn't be able to continue to campaign on Biden's 'failure to fix the border' and their impeachment of Myorkas...
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u/Hearnoenvy782231 12d ago
Never forget about this or these recent years.
These are the most obvious signs of who they always were. Maybe you still have some conservative views, thats fine, whats not fine is everything else. Theyd sell your soul without you ever knowing and make you suffer in eternal hell for a penny in their bank accounts.
They are evil. Pure evil. Theyre not on your side. They never were. This is your last chance to wake up and save yourself and the country you say you love.
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u/FreshRest4945 12d ago
Why do they always say "Congress "did something horrendous like this when it is CLEARLY ALWAYS THE GOD DAMN REPUBLICANS?
WHY?
Why does the media always always always do this?
But if the Democrats are slightly cranky one sunny afternoon, suddenly it's "Democrats are in disarray and can't govern".
I am starting to think that a media controlled by one billionaire is not the best option for reporting what is really going on in America.
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u/Mistrblank 12d ago
This shit looks mysteriously like a death panel they warned us about.
And they thought people wouldn't hear about it and it would get buried. Share this with everyone.
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u/SvenBensson 12d ago
Guys it's ok, r/conservative has it under control. They'll cure cancer by gaslighting university students
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u/hungrypotato19 America 12d ago
iT'S ThE LiBeRaLs wHo aRe dIvIdInG ThE NaTiOn!
And unicorns exist and fairies put the dew on the grass in the morning.
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u/Purplebuzz 12d ago
If you are expecting Republicans to do things to help the average American at this point, you are a fucking idiot.
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