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149 House Democrats Join 192 Republicans to Pass Sweeping Military Spending Bill (truthout.org)

submitted 1 day ago by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If Trump could take whatever he wanted wherever he wanted then we would not have any Medicaid or SNAP funding, and pretty much all forestry workers would not be getting paid either. But that's not the case.

Bills like this also wouldn't even matter, because in that hypothetical he could just raid the treasury and print money.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't wait for your "Wait! That's illegal!" when he does it anyway.

Followed of course by the requisite excuses for the second republican party.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First you claim it is happening then you claim it will happen when called out on the obvious flaw in your logic.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

First you claim it is happening

Reread what I wrote. You're just here to defend quislings. And "here" means "on this planet." Not "in this thread."