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Emrys

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4. "somehow less pages translates to less spending"

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 07:38 AM

16 hrs ago

Musk went one further on Twitter as he pivoted from "WE WON!!1!", "Nothing should pass until Trump's in office" and "We'll be fine with a shutdown until next year" to:

The Speaker did a good job here, given the circumstances.

It went from a bill that weighed pounds to a bill that weighed ounces.

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The wingnuts in the replies weren't entirely convinced.

I suggest that from now on, bills should be printed on tissue paper, so they don't tip the scales too heavily for the weaklings in the MAGA wing.

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Republicans on social media are literally celebrating that they got basically the same CR that was in the omnibus [View all] In It to Win It 17 hrs ago OP

shows just how stupid and easily manipulated they are Skittles 17 hrs ago #1

"We don't want that bill, has too many pages" Jesus fucking Christ. Walleye 17 hrs ago #2

Politics is not a serious game except to those of us directly affected. Biophilic 16 hrs ago #3

"somehow less pages translates to less spending" Emrys 16 hrs ago #4

The Republican Party has... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #5

I have mentioned for 20 years that RNC/GOP needs to be RICO'd... IthinkThereforeIAM 13 hrs ago #7

Guess we gotta shout a little louder. nt GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #8

The Rs that are in-person interviewed are certainly stupid. However, I suspect that the posters on RW in2herbs 15 hrs ago #6

Because they're ignorant and don't know how government works Blue_Tires 11 hrs ago #9