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CrispyQ

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63. Getting big money out of our electoral process would solve many of our problems.

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:12 AM

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Voting has become a profit making industry, & the ones who can change that, are a subset of those who benefit from it. It's fucking killing us & the planet!!

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States that will be hardest hit if ACA subsidies lapse [View all] LogDog75 Monday OP

Their citizens vote for them. piddyprints Monday #1

A million people in my state of N.C. will lost health insurance. yardwork Monday #10

They need to be sued again and again. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Monday #20

The N.C. state Supreme Court and SCOTUS is in the bag for them. yardwork Monday #21

I'm in NC, and I agree RetiredParatrooper Monday #31

Welcome to DU and welcome to another North Carolinian! yardwork Monday #34

Welcome to DU, RetiredParatrooper! calimary Tuesday #35

Make them own it. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #53

Somehow we must put Fox News and then rest of these right wing liars out of business. travelingthrulife Tuesday #49

The Fox lie machine must be shut down completely 31st Street Bridge Tuesday #52

I understand why cable isn't regulated by the FCC, CrispyQ Tuesday #59

There are several stories of Trump replacing signs with Biden's name & putting new ones with his name, CrispyQ Tuesday #57

And they will blame Obama, Biden and dems kerouac2 Monday #2

And these are reasons why I am finding it johnnyfins Monday #4

I suspect a large percentage of those enrolled in the ACA - even in red states - vote Democratic. No state ... Whiskeytide Monday #26

I agree. ShazzieB Tuesday #37

Watch him propose to fund ACA only for red states. NH Ethylene Monday #3

Yes, I think he will do this too. gristy Monday #14

If SCOUTS lets that fly then the UNITED states is over. -nt CrispyQ Tuesday #60

Republicans don't give a shit about... Lovie777 Monday #5

Sounds like putin and his people...He does not care how many die.. Just like these red states and their people.. mitch96 Monday #8

They don't care about the constituents who don't have money. haele Monday #16

Wonder what they will do when no one has money to buy their shit? travelingthrulife Tuesday #50

Very few of them have lived or run a business in the Real World haele Tuesday #67

That's why they are so obsessed with forced birth. No contraception. ToxMarz Tuesday #55

K&R UTUSN Monday #6

Job Loses Gonna Hurt modrepub Monday #7

Their goal is to remove the expendables The Madcap Monday #11

They want a world where only the rich deserve a pleasant life & the rest of us suffer what we must to provide for them. CrispyQ Tuesday #62

"Why republicans don't believe in taking care of their citizens is beyond me." J_William_Ryan Monday #9

I would add... Pluvious Monday #13

Getting big money out of our electoral process would solve many of our problems. CrispyQ Tuesday #63

Hear, bloody, hear stage left Monday #15

And many of these same states declined the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA surfered Monday #12

Taking care of your citizens is derided as the "nanny state" DBoon Monday #17

That's a good comeback. calimary Tuesday #36

You forgot no regulation. That's nanny state, too. CrispyQ Tuesday #65

When the reality is that the citizens are one of a nation's most prized resources! CrispyQ Tuesday #64

If this doesn't get fixed, those states are about to get hit with a huge dose of voter backlash. patphil Monday #18

No Nasruddin Monday #19

Alabama will never vote Democratic again... COL Mustard Monday #24

Anyone have a breakdown as to... BurnDoubt Monday #22

All are former members of the Confederacy.... COL Mustard Monday #23

And ALL of the former Confederate states Wednesdays Tuesday #58

Red state takers Envirogal Monday #25

Simple. They hate Obama. LNM Monday #27

Tsk tsk Faux pas Monday #28

Every state that went for orange piggy in 2024 ! kimbutgar Monday #29

Their getting what they voted for! nt Unrepentant Fenian Monday #30

Let's see them try to blame the Democrats for that. Martin68 Monday #32

That's exactly what they'll try to do. calimary Tuesday #40

They can try as usual but there has been way to much light on the expiring subsidies Bengus81 Tuesday #45

Make sure to thank your local Republican politician next November. Buddyzbuddy Monday #33

And sadly... Golfnbrew Tuesday #38

Because Republicans are selfish and greedy GoodRaisin Tuesday #39

And I don't know how to spin this any other way. calimary Tuesday #41

They are a failure at marketing. It's maddening! CrispyQ Tuesday #68

Frustrating, isn't it?! calimary Tuesday #70

Problem is that they will all believe that the Democrats did this to them. Kablooie Tuesday #42

Exactly. Blue_Roses Tuesday #43

What they all have in common... llmart Tuesday #44

Sadly there's no "if" to it Bengus81 Tuesday #46

These subsidies JustAnotherGen Tuesday #47

I say tough noogies, red states. mwb970 Tuesday #48

Once again Abstractartist Tuesday #51

Blue state republicans should be asked, CrispyQ Tuesday #54

More fuel for the blue tsunami in Texas... CapnSteve Tuesday #56

If? Bluetus Tuesday #61

I'm surprised Arkansas isn't on this list RazorbackExpat Tuesday #66

Red State Masochists duckworth969 Tuesday #69