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There are some strong candidates looking to run.

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Stop whining and do your fucking job.

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This is in MTG’s district, just south of where I grew up… My cousin owns a leisure business up there, right outside of Cartersville.

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It’s far from being anywhere near the worst thing in the budget bill but it’s definitely one of the stupidest:

The museum in Houston hasn’t even asked for the damn thing and have no plans for how they would display it.

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They’ll put it up on blocks under a tarp painted like the Texas flag.

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Under a tarp? You may be giving them too much credit. For decades the Houston space center kept their Saturn V rocket on display outdoors in a field with no protection whatsoever.

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Because if there’s one thing Fetterman’s known for - it’s his dignified demeanor and presentation?

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welp…

:sob:

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A lot of people will suffer because of this.

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Yep. Absolutely… I guess they still have to reconcile it with the house? But I don’t see them not passing it again.

I hate this timeline.

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Passage in the House will probably happen because the GOP are all cowards, but it isn’t a done deal yet. The version that went through the House prior to these changes was passed 215-214. There’s still a chance to fight back on this.

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The House will finish this by Wednesday- So they can leave early for the Holiday.

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Great. But a lot of the people that would help are about to lose their Medicaid anyway, so . . . kind of a phyrhic victory?

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Also, screw Lisa Murkowski and Josh Hawley, both of whom said this bill contains unacceptable provisions but voted for it anyway.

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For real… spineless cowards who make populist noises but are more concerned about the gravy train that is their seats than DOING THEIR GOD DAMN JOBS… And they seem to have forgotten that is serving their constituents, not doing whatever “dear leader” tells them to.

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