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MissH84 · 2025-12-18T14:17:53-0600

I really need to find a job after being unemployed for years. I`ve applied to different places but nothing so far.

Factotum · 2025-12-18T14:16:44-0600

The Barbarian said:
Those who celebrated Kirk's killing are no better than Trump.

We don't know for a fact that Kirk was killed for calling on Trump to come clean about his activities with Epstein. His accused killer had only incidental connections with the far-right.

Those who celebrate scam prosecutions and lawfare against Trump, are as worse as Rob Reiner's rants.

We don't know for a fact that Reiner was NOT killed for telling lies about Trump, all we know is Reiner loved telling lies about Trump to the anti-America citizens who enjoyed experiencing Reiner’s deceit.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-18T14:16:34-0600

essentialsaltes said:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official

Fulton County investigators have an audio recording of a phone call that former President Donald Trumpmade to the Georgia House speaker to push for a special session to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

New audio emerges of Trump directing Republicans on how to overturn election results

Audio clips obtained by the New York Times show President Donald Trump giving explicit instructions to Republicans in Georgia on how to flip the result of the 2020 election, in which Trump lost Georgia to then-President-elect Joe Biden.

In one 12- minute phone call, Trump is heard talking to the late former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R) — who died in 2023 — about calling a special legislative session to address supposed "fraud" in the 2020 election.

"Who’s gonna stop you for that?" Trump is heard saying.

"A federal judge, possibly," Ralston replied with a laugh.

NYT article

Bradskii · 2025-12-18T14:15:53-0600

Landon Caeli said:
Wasn't it like 50 billion in foreign aid?

From here: https://capitaloneshopping.com/research/pet-spending-statistics/

Americans will spend a total of $157 billion on their pets by the end of 2025; according to projections, U.S. pet spending will total almost $200 billion in 2030.

So you spend less than a third saving millions from starving each year than you spend keeping your pets fed. And you celebrate it when that money is cancelled? Explain the Christian morality aspect of that for me. I'm kinda struggling with it a little.

Something tells me that not many people know what the aid was in terms of GDP. I wouldn't blame anyone if they didn't. But if they were told is was around a miserly 0.2% and they still wanted it cancelled, knowing what it would cost in human terms then my opinion of them would likely reflect that fact.

RDKirk · 2025-12-18T14:13:44-0600

BCP1928 said:
Ah, yes--the innate superiority of Western Christian Culture. You expect Somalis to "assimilate" to that nonsense? You can't even get all of your native born fellow citizens to buy it.

Yes, I do expect Somalis to assimilate. You got a different boat for them to assimilate into? Or do you think everyone's culture is equally valid?

Back about 2001 in Nebraska, a couple of Muslims were under prosecution, one man having sold his two daughters, aged 12 and 14 to another man as wives. The two men's defense was that they were practicing their culture, and that they had a right to practice their culture. The Nebraskan jury disagreed.

How about you? Would you disagree? Or would you prefer they assimilate into Anglo-American culture...at least on that particular aspect?

"Diversity is out strength" is largely a self-serving political lie. A diverse intake is beneficial, but nobody really wants cultural diversity to remain diverse.

Dan Perez · 2025-12-18T14:13:19-0600

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essentialsaltes · 2025-12-18T14:10:18-0600

Having solved the nation's problems, Speaker Johnson cancels Friday's House session.

Mike Johnson Sends Entire House Home Ahead of Epstein Files Deadline

The House speaker doesn’t want Republicans to be around when the deadline comes.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-18T14:08:57-0600

Say it aint so said:
I am not sure there is a MAGA without the conspiracy theories.

Well, the track record of MAGA have shown that usually the only difference between a conspiracy theory and known fact is about 4 years.

RDKirk · 2025-12-18T14:07:40-0600

fhansen said:
The soundness is in having a comprehensive acknowledgement of issues to begin with that must be addressed lest we remain conveniently ignorant of what's happening in this world, which is easy enough to do, or just isolate ourselves in our self-conceived holiness with others of like mind. If we don't have compassion for the victims in this world then we haven't really begun to be Christians anyway.

How many fewer people in the world would be fed, housed, and clothed, unless, on a large, united scale we agree on the necessity of taking action to resolve those matters, among other deserving matters of injustice.

Clearly that's useless.

If your denomination put in place a system to feed people like the Salvation Army's you'd have a point. The Salvation Army is designed to respond to disasters.

Many of their buildings aren’t just churches or offices. They’re built with big kitchens, large open rooms, and loading areas so they can quickly turn into shelters, feeding sites, or relief centers.

They also don’t scramble for supplies after a disaster hits. They already have contracts with food brokers and suppliers, so they can start buying food and essentials immediately. They keep their food programs going at a continuous trickle that they can ramp up when a disaster strikes.

The Salvation Army owns its own trucks and mobile kitchens. Those canteens can show up fast and serve thousands of meals even when power, roads, or local services are knocked out.

Their thrift stores aren’t just stores, either. They’re really supply hubs full of clothing and household goods that can be redirected straight to people who’ve lost everything. Because they're constantly receiving and rotating stock, they avoid dry rot.

And because the organization is run with a clear chain of command, they already have trained staff and volunteers who know their roles and can be deployed quickly.

PloverWing · 2025-12-18T14:07:21-0600

Were the chaplains failing to do their job in some way? What is Secretary Hegseth trying to remedy?

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-18T14:07:13-0600

Aryeh Jay said:
Military housing doesn't need any money, it's been more than adequate for the troops.

That's a good thing, because that same fund was already raided to help pay the troops during the shutdown in October.

ViaCrucis · 2025-12-18T14:05:52-0600

Servus said:
500,000 drug related deaths since 2020:

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2 drug smugglers killed:

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The way this continues to fly right over your head would be astonishing if it wasn't so predictable at this point.

I don't understand the idea that our moral standards should be established by the worst actions of the worst people. But that seems to be what you are arguing in favor of. "Bad people exist and do bad things, and therefore anything and everything is justified". This kind of barbarism has been condemned, pretty universally, in just about every human society on the planet. Moral anarchy is a terrible idea if the goal is to have a functioning human community. That's why this kind of moral anarchy is condemned, from the Code of Hammurabi to the Torah in the Old Testament. "An eye for an eye" is a stricture against this kind of moral anarchy--of anything goes retributive actions. If you kill my brother, I can't just go murder you and your whole family: there are processes, laws, rules--going through appropriate channels to administer justice for the purpose of setting the situation to rights. A government that is supposed to be of a free and just people ought to conduct itself to a higher standard than mere barbarism.

Is it too much to ask that, I don't know, we hold our government officials to a reasonable standard of conduct as it pertains to law and justice? Apparently. Because we both know you're going to dismiss everything I just wrote, and just whip out some trollish response.

Bradskii · 2025-12-18T14:03:58-0600

Landon Caeli said:
I think you forgot to mention all that money that's not going to global aid.

You must be so proud:

More than 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts, study finds

A study published in the Lancet journal projected more than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people could die because of the Trump administration's dismantling of the US Agency for International Development .

www.abc.net.au

'Looking back over data from 133 nations, the international team of researchers estimated that USAID funding had prevented 91 million deaths in developing countries between 2001 and 2021.

They also used modelling to project how funding being slashed by 83 per cent — the figure announced by the United States government earlier this year — could affect death rates.

Projections found the cuts could lead to more than 14 million avoidable deaths by 2030.'

Oompa Loompa · 2025-12-18T14:03:04-0600

RileyG said:
In other words, the paper aka restraining order didn’t do anything.

Correct. Restraining orders are useless unless it is enforced by the threat of a gun from either law enforcement or the individual who requested it.

essentialsaltes · 2025-12-18T14:01:43-0600

BCP1928 said:
I hope the people at NOAA have their resumes up to date,

I expect they do. I gather NCAR is filed under NSF rather than NOAA, but...

Scientists Denounce Trump’s Plan to Kill Crucial Atmospheric Science Center

The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process

The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), long considered the crown jewel in the U.S.’s earth science infrastructure. Scientists who study climate, weather and other earth sciences have decried the move, first reported by USA Today, as “taking a sledgehammer” to an “iconic” center dedicated to studying our planet.

The center, based in Boulder, Colo., has become a target because of what Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, described as “climate alarmism” in a statement to USA Today.

The work to dismantle NCAR, founded in 1960, will begin immediately, USA Today reported, and will involve fully closing the center’s iconic Mesa Laboratory.

Pommer · 2025-12-18T13:54:45-0600

Me holding no opinion on this topic.
[EDIT] Sometimes the cheese in outrage-trap, is stale. YMMV

FAITH-IN-HIM · 2025-12-18T13:54:08-0600

rjs330 said:
I do think think that government should ban all those things. But not becauae they are sin. Because we don't ban every sin. We are all sinners.

There arw legitimate reasons to ban theae things outside of a religious context. We cannot ban people into heaven. Banning sinful acts will not save people.

There are other reasons to ban these things that have nothing to do with sin.

Preaching the gospel is the way to bring people to Christ. People will not come to Christ because we banned a certain sin.

WOW!

You are among the few Republican evangelicals who genuinely maintain a distinct separation between these issues ( biblical principle) and government involvement. While I may not agree with many of your positions, I do appreciate and understand your perspective.

Pommer · 2025-12-18T13:49:41-0600

Valletta said:
Voters Give Democrats In Congress A Record Low Job Approval But Still Might Vote For Them In 2026, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Think Trump's Use Of Presidential Power Goes Too Far | Quinnipiac University Poll

"A family squabble spills over into the holidays. Democratic voters want their party to hold the reins of the House but are not the least bit happy about what they are doing at the moment," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.

poll.qu.edu

… Trump too is widely disapproved of.

People hold the wrong opinion?

ViaCrucis · 2025-12-18T13:49:04-0600

GoldenBoy89 said:
I don’t really care if they’re Christian or not. This is just shameful behavior for anyone to be excusing or looking the other way from. Like how does it even “hurt the libs” for the president they voted for to continuously be an absolute turd of a human being? It’s so strange to me, but they seem happy with this arrangement.

It's called hate. That's all it is. It's hate. There's nothing rational about hate. There's nothing sensible or redeemable about hate. Hate is just hate. It's a festering irrational infection of the human person; and because hate offers nothing, it is ultimately implosive and self-destructive. It's a black hole of the soul. It's just an empty space where a heart ought to be.

Say it aint so · 2025-12-18T13:48:06-0600

The Trump DOD always raring to release videos of boat bombings, refuses to release video of what the US military code calls a war crime.
The Senate speaks up:

Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos

timothyu · 2025-12-18T13:45:58-0600

Perhaps poor in spirit

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Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official

New audio emerges of Trump directing Republicans on how to overturn election results

Mike Johnson Sends Entire House Home Ahead of Epstein Files Deadline

The House speaker doesn’t want Republicans to be around when the deadline comes.

Scientists Denounce Trump’s Plan to Kill Crucial Atmospheric Science Center

Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos