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The Only Time Congress Moves Quickly (Original Post)
groundloop
Dec 2025
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ck4829
(37,764 posts)1. And may God help you if there is also about to be an emergency in Texas and Ted Cruz is in the same airport as you...
jaymac
(267 posts)2. And don't forget
Jan 6 as trumpie's thugs storm the capital w/ weapons and bear spray.
Kid Berwyn
(24,400 posts)7. Hawlin' Ass
littlemissmartypants
(33,647 posts)8. I saw beer spray... 🍺 😆
leftstreet
(40,683 posts)3. DURec
Trueblue1968
(19,251 posts)4. The GOPigs are lazy a$$holes.
cer7711
(612 posts)5. Also: any time the banks fail!
Congress critters can't wait to bail out banks who recklessly gamble and lose with taxpayer money.
We have socialism , alright. Inverted socialism.
Bankers, corporate conglomerates and donor-class ilk privatize profits and socialize their losses.
THE PEOPLE ARE AWAKE AND WISE TO THE TRICKS NOW!
Trickle-down, indeed.
A reckoning is coming.
BaronChocula
(4,555 posts)6. Once again
It's the REPUBLICAN LED Congress.
Nancy Pelosi on the other hand got shit done.
When Democrats are criticized, it's "Democrats blah blah blah." When republicans are at fault it's often portrayed as a generic problem. The white man's pass.
