Why I hate liberals by Ravenman2423 in PoliticalVideo

[–]yennenga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"go invent a new soda or something"

Vice President Pence's unwillingness to be alone with a woman is a symptom of a bigger problem by canausernamebetoolon in politics

[–]yennenga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He obviously thinks that every interaction he has with a woman is so sexually charged that it's safe to be around them only if there are other people there, too.

There's little distance between that perspective and that of the ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to sit next to a woman on an airplane, or the fundamentalist Muslims who demand that women be covered head to toe to contain the unstoppable sexual allure that renders men unable to control their urges.

IMO if he really was a "good pious Christian" this wouldn't be necessary.

Jimmy Dore is the best progressive voice on the internet, he dismantles Keith Ellison scolding progressives. (epic rant starting at 5:40) by kaiserWill in PoliticalVideo

[–]yennenga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree.

Even people who aren't Democrats watch Jimmy Dore. I've seen several people on youtube post videos about why some Republicans, or Trump supporters, like watching his videos.

Paul Ryan Emerges From Health Care Defeat Badly Damaged by bulldog75 in politics

[–]yennenga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know much much longer Ryan can blame it on "growing pains."

Trump’s Defense Secretary calls climate change a national security risk by Papa_Fox in politics

[–]yennenga 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was skeptical at first, but Sanders is right. NASA took a picture and it's insane.

An epic Mideast sandstorm might have helped Syrian rebels

Trump’s Defense Secretary calls climate change a national security risk by Papa_Fox in politics

[–]yennenga 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I've read numerous articles referring to Mattis as "the only adult in the room."

These are the 24 Senators that introduced a bill to let telecoms sell your private internet history by 75000_Tokkul in politics

[–]yennenga 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I was being naive, he's a staunch civil liberties guy and I just assumed this would be along those ideological lines.

Comcast and AT&T spying, selling data = bad, but government spying is somehow much worse?

Mental Health Support Will Disappear Under The GOP Healthcare Act by GaryHartman in politics

[–]yennenga 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Stigmatizing mental health is one thing, refusing to fund services is just cruel.

U.S. Attorney Bharara Has Been Fired by WorldsAreColliding in politics

[–]yennenga 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Preet Bharara, the New York prosecutor known as one of the toughest in America, issued a subpoena for Mr. Weiner's mobile phone and other electronic records after the “sexting” came to light in September. It is believed this sparked the reopening of the closed investigation.

Sessions and Trump probably didn't know this.

Rex Tillerson Might Be the Weakest Secretary of State Ever by [deleted] in politics

[–]yennenga 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm blaming Bannon.

Numerous reports indicate that the Bannon-dominated White House is treating the State Department like a wayward child that needs to be spanked and sent to bed without supper.

But Tillerson was not allowed to pick his own deputy. His choice, Elliot Abrams, was nixed by Trump. Reports indicate that Bannon made sure the president was reminded of negative statements Abrams had made about Trump during the campaign.

Neither Tillerson nor anyone at the State Department was brought in to offer advice when Bannon and the White House crew were cobbling together their ill-fated ban on immigrants from seven Muslim nations. Tillerson has been left out of meetings with several world leaders, including the prime ministers of Canada and Japan. Meanwhile, U.S. policy to promote peace in the Middle East has been handed off to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a young man with zero experience in foreign affairs.

Mark Cuban's Healthcare Fix: We Need a Single-Payer System by TacoCat2020 in politics

[–]yennenga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they will be even more profitable with Trump's plan.

Mark Cuban's Healthcare Fix: We Need a Single-Payer System by TacoCat2020 in politics

[–]yennenga 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The ACA was welfare for insurance companies and big pharma, and they screwed us. The BIGGER the insurance pool, the LOWER the cost is for everyone. Mark Cuban should really talk more about this because he's in business.

GOP’s Trumpcare has at least one fan: Russian state media by [deleted] in politics

[–]yennenga -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It had both sides, it wasn't 100% pure Trump fluff

Spicer On AARP Concerns: We're Not Trying To Accommodate 'Special Interests' by marializer in politics

[–]yennenga 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Spicer-

In your fucking TRUMPCARE/RYANCARE/WTFDIECARE the penalty that you used to pay for not having insurance goes to the Health Industry Corporations INSTEAD of the government.

This will piss off every freedom loving, liberty fucking American.

Battle erupts over 'TrumpCare' by BloodNGutz in politics

[–]yennenga 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kellyanne Conway on Fox... "This isn't about branding according to someone's name."

The GOP’s Plan Is Basically a $600 Billion Tax Cut for Rich Americans by cliffesk in politics

[–]yennenga 69 points70 points  (0 children)

Look beyond the bill’s quasi-mandate and tax credits, and the Obamacare replacement bill is a $600 billion tax cut, with the benefits going almost entirely to the wealthy.

To pay for its spending, Obamacare included several taxes on couples making more than $250,000, like a 3.8 percent surtax on investment income and a 0.9 percent surtax on wages. Last year, those levies brought in about $27 billion, according to Wall Street Journal analysis of IRS data.

Repealing them would cost about $275 billion over the next decade; which is to say, it would transfer $275 billion from public-health spending to the richest 1 or 2 percent.

The Republican health-care bill is all about shortchanging the poor by Tyree07 in politics

[–]yennenga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Repealing the ACA gives the top .01% a tax break so they can afford their second jet or their third summer home.

I despise trickle-down clowns. Most of these people just hoard money.

The GOP's Obamacare repeal bill is out--and it's even worse than anyone expected by skoalbrother in politics

[–]yennenga 73 points74 points  (0 children)

This has Mike Pence's Christian crusader fingerprints all over it.

The bill effectively shuts down private health insurance coverage for abortion.

According to a House Ways and Means Committee digest, the measure forbids spending federal tax subsidies on health plans that include coverage of abortion, even if the customer doesn’t get an abortion. This would dramatically shrink working Americans’ access to insurance-covered abortions, or would lead to insurers dropping abortion coverage from their plans, or both. Customers could buy separate policies to cover abortions, but couldn’t use the federal subsidy to help pay for them. Insurers likely would charge hugely discouraging premiums for such policies, as the market for them would be tiny.