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aggiesal

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18. This is what's happening. ...

Reply to OrlandoDem2 (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 04:03 PM

Jun 17

From this morning.

U.S. Senate GOP wants to hike debt limit by $5 trillion in mega-bill

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., hold a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/06/16/repub/u-s-senate-gop-wants-to-hike-debt-limit-by-5-trillion-in-mega-bill/

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Something is "off" to me about the sequence of events the past month. [View all] OrlandoDem2 Jun 17 OP

OrlandoDem2, I wondered about the same thing some_of_us_are_sane Jun 17 #1

My sign for the protest read UpInArms Jun 17 #2

Excellent! CareyOn Jun 17 #5

I think I stole it from someone UpInArms Jun 17 #7

All I could think of, for mine, was "NO, DONALD!" calimary Jun 17 #14

I just wish there was UpInArms Jun 17 #15

"No, donald!" A command, and a statement of reality. calimary Jun 17 #34

It should be his eighth jmowreader Jun 17 #11

New doctrine: Constant Shock and Chaos ananda Jun 17 #3

The shell game...just at a way higher level. DJT probably started when he was a kid... allegorical oracle Jun 17 #10

Pretty much all the power struggle about the bill is between the shitheads and the bigger shitheads unblock Jun 17 #4

I thought the struggle was between the Jerry2144 Jun 17 #8

You may be right unblock Jun 17 #9

We're gonna need a Cat 7 if they raise the Fed Deficit slightlv Jun 17 #21

We'll never get much headway if the media remains as biased as it is. unblock Jun 17 #22

According to anemail from Bowers News Media today - soldierant Jun 17 #24

The GOP has been squawking like a pack of male monkeys with their balls caught in a vice.... chouchou Jun 17 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Jun 17 #12

The Senate was in recess between May 23 & June 2. Wiz Imp Jun 17 #13

The Republicans have become masters DENVERPOPS Jun 17 #16

Yes, and bombing Iran is Beck23 Jun 17 #17

Not to mention the millions of people who took to the streets last Saturday Attilatheblond Jun 17 #25

This is what's happening. ... aggiesal Jun 17 #18

It is The Way. Akakoji Jun 17 #19

Good point. William769 Jun 17 #20

you miss the part where rand paul, said he was against it but then said he's now open to it. Javaman Jun 17 #23

It's Trump's go-to move when things aren't going his way. SergeStorms Jun 17 #26

JUST heard that the Senate wants even more cuts to Medicaid. Congress no longer relevant vapor2 Jun 17 #27

Floater Nasruddin Jun 17 #28

Bibi attacked Iran to derail nuclear talks. The Taco doc03 Jun 17 #29

He's the ultimate distractor. spanone Jun 17 #30

"The bill. What is happening with that?" BumRushDaShow Jun 17 #31

If the bill passes I_UndergroundPanther Jun 17 #32

Well-spotted Hekate Jun 17 #33

Yes. There is always a well timed distraction. yellow dahlia Jun 17 #35