Trump accepts 400 million dollar bribe.

[Postvieww]

Are you serious?

I am and I am very sure you are not as informed as you portray.

The man isn't even aware that the Constitution places restraints on him.

WE have rogue judges usurping authority explicitly given to the President. District court judges issuing nation wide injunctions to take over duties given the President are what is unconstitutional. Do you know that nation wide injunctions didn't even start until the 1960's , and judges have gradually usurped more and more power never given them by the constitution. It is absurd that the head of the executive branch has to get the permission of a judicial branch authoritarian judge to fire an employee of the executive branch. Oh there is so much more here you apparently do not understand . Don't lecture me on the constitution.

He has no appreciation of checks and balances. The whole POINT of the Constitution was that you can't trust people with power, so they designed a government where not only did the power not rest in one person or even one branch, but no branch of government would completely their OWN responsibilities without oversight and checks from the other two branches.

Tell us who checks the judicial branch? Their job is to interpret and apply the law not to be an unelected President of the United States.

They DESIGNED the Constitution so that judges could say to the President, "No you can't do that, it violates the constitution." They DESIGNED the Constitution so that Congress controls the purse strings of everything the President wants to do. Are you starting to get the drift?

Powers given to and used by many past Presidents both Republican and Democrat are only now a problem that Trump is using them to root out waste ,fraud, and abuse from the corrupt political machine running this nation.

What we are presently seeing is NOT the Judiciary or Congress "taking away" any powers of the Presidency, but the President begin ignorant of the fact that the Judiciary and Congress can and should say NO to him.

It appears to me Congress is in much agreement with him.

Because the Founding Fathers were absolutely correct that if the President has too much power, that the nation will revert back to having a King. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This also applies to many of the corrupt judges you seem to have sainted. Tell us why we have had to arrest judges for breaking the law they are sworn tom uphold? I think the count is now at 3 that I am aware of . All Trump haters.

What we have been seeing a is a Republican led Congress that takes its marching orders from Trump. Remember how last year the Republicans worked out a bipartisan spending bill, but when Trump said to scrap it, they clicked their heels and says, Yerbold! Right now, the whole freaking checks and balances is in the crapper.

It was a bad bill! Not at all able do what the American public was told it would do.

It is fact that too often Republicans cave to Democrats when they are in power but you see very little of that when Republican are in power.

The term bipartisan is a very deceptive term in Washington.

It would take me pages and pages to list all the things Trump has done that chillingly has begun to consolidate his power.

Don't bother , I am not convinced or impressed by your claim to be a centrist. I believe you are very much a liberal in denial.

 

[Valletta]

They DESIGNED the Constitution so that judges could say to the President, "No you can't do that, it violates the constitution." They DESIGNED the Constitution so that Congress controls the purse strings of everything the President wants to do. Are you starting to get the drift?

Actually these lower court justices are not even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

 

[BPPLEE]

That's right. Legally he can't. It violates THE CONSTITUTION (is that something you even care about?). Now, let's see what happens, because he doesn't take it well when people tell him, No. Will he abide by the court's decision? Will he?

According to the Supreme Court last August, he can. And my guess is that some time in the next few years, he will. Because he CAN.

Absurd

 

[BPPLEE]

Yeah, 49.8% to 48.3%. LIKE I SAID, half the country voted against, and don't deserve the blame for the things he is doing.

At 49.8 it looks like half the country voted for him.

 

[Valletta]

Not false, but the cuts to people's healthcare is not ALL going to fund the billionaire taxcuts, some of it is going to Trump's birthday parade, some to Musk's SpaceX, some to even more defense spending, some to the good folk who contributed to Trump's cryptogrift, even more to the president's golf outings, etc.

Why $35? Discouraging people from visiting the doctor leads small problems to become large problems. Remember "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"? It can already be difficult for poor working people to get time off to see a doctor as most doctor's office hours are the same as people's. Since there are no guaranteed paid sick days, money is already being lost for the privilege of seeing a doctor. While thirty-five dollars may be a nuisance fee for you and me, for some, it is significant.

There is no one right answer to healthcare costs. Supposed solutions like the ACA did not make healthcare more affordable. The idea behind co-pays is to find a balance between abuse of access to care and cost. A $35 dollar co-pay on the surface seems reasonable to me, but I have not studied the actuarial tables. If you feel strongly about this I suggest you contact your United States senator since the Senate has not yet acted upon the bill. I have had much better success in getting meetings with Republican senators than Democrats, good luck.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

At 49.8 it looks like half the country voted for him.

About half of the registered voters who bothered to come out and vote. If half the country voted, the popular vote would have been over 150 million.

 

[BPPLEE]

About half of the registered voters who bothered to come out and vote. If half the country voted, the popular vote would have been over 150 million.

Correct. But I was responding to someone who said half the country voted against him.
Is the glass half full or half empty?

 

[DaisyDay]

Correct. But I was responding to someone who said half the country voted against him.
Is the glass half full or half empty?

More than half the voters voted against him. Less than half voted for him and less than half voted for Harris.

 

[DaisyDay]

There is no one right answer to healthcare costs. Supposed solutions like the ACA did not make healthcare more affordable.

It has made healthcare more affordable for many. Even better, it prevented people from being unable to obtain insurance because of preexisting conditions or being dropped by their insurance for making claims as it removed both the annual cap and the lifetime cap on payouts.

As the bill was being debated, the Republicans kept amending it but they failed to scuttle it altogether.

The idea behind co-pays is to find a balance between abuse of access to care and cost. A $35 dollar co-pay on the surface seems reasonable to me, but I have not studied the actuarial tables.

What have actuarial tables got to do with who can afford $35 every time anyone in the family needs to see the doctor?

If you feel strongly about this I suggest you contact your United States senator since the Senate has not yet acted upon the bill. I have had much better success in getting meetings with Republican senators than Democrats, good luck.

The Republicans are no longer holding town hall meetings.

 

[BPPLEE]

More than half the voters voted against him. Less than half voted for him and less than half voted for Harris.

More than half the voters voted against Harris

 

[Valletta]

It has made healthcare more affordable for many. Even better, it prevented people from being unable to obtain insurance because of preexisting conditions or being dropped by their insurance for making claims as it removed both the annual cap and the lifetime cap on payouts.

As the bill was being debated, the Republicans kept amending it but they failed to scuttle it altogether.

What have actuarial tables got to do with who can afford $35 every time anyone in the family needs to see the doctor?

The Republicans are no longer holding town hall meetings.

I disagree. Overall it did not make health care more affordable. So too it was promised you could keep your doctor, and that was not always the case. Actuarial tables help look at the income of people and whether they go to the doctor more or less as a result of an action.
Yes, the threat of violence from the left has made Republicans rethink town meetings. Make an appointment to meet at their office, that's what I do.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Your implication here is sickening , Trump is no Hitler , no not even close. You are misinformed.

You’re right. Hitler was a much more eloquent speaker.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

You’re right. Hitler was a much more eloquent speaker.

Hitler also served in the military, no bone spurs to speak of.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

More than half the voters voted against Harris

Most eligible voters in the country chose the couch on Election Day instead of either Harris or Trump.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Hitler also served in the military, no bone spurs to speak of.

Let’s not downplay Trump’s sacrifices to the country. I heard he had “his own personal Vietnam” he went through in the 70s.

 

[DaisyDay]

I disagree. Overall it did not make health care more affordable.

That's true, BUT millions of people who had been uninsured became insured, either through the Marketplace or through extended Medicaid. Many people were able to get or keep insurance that they would've have been blackballed from before.

So too it was promised you could keep your doctor, and that was not always the case.

Such a stupid talking point! Yes, if your doctor was not included in your insurance company's network, they wouldn't pay, same as before. The actual point is that the ACA did not require a change of doctors but ordinary rules of insurance were maintained.

Actuarial tables help look at the income of people and whether they go to the doctor more or less as a result of an action.

No, actuarial tables look at life expectancy, how long a given person can be expected to live given their circumstances at any particular point.

Yes, the threat of violence from the left has made Republicans rethink town meetings. Make an appointment to meet at their office, that's what I do.

Lols, that's not why - it's because of angry constituents who are having services cut while prices rise were speaking out and booing them.


Republicans have had 15 years to make improvements or even a replacement. Why haven't they?

 

[BPPLEE]

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Most eligible voters in the country chose the couch on Election Day instead of either Harris or Trump.

That doesn’t change the facts

 

[Hans Blaster]

Actually these lower court justices are not even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.

They literally are in the opening of Article III:

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

 

[Valletta]

Such a stupid talking point! Yes, if your doctor was not included in your insurance company's network, they wouldn't pay, same as before. The actual point is that the ACA did not require a change of doctors but ordinary rules of insurance were maintained.

Broken Promise #2 – You Can Keep Your Doctor

• As many as 214,000 doctors opted out of participating in Obamacare exchange plans.
• CNN declared President Obama’s claim that “You can keep your own doctor” false.
• Obamacare’s website revised and then dropped the section entitled, “Can I keep my own doctor?
• ”The 5 Broken Promises of Obamacare - Texas Public Policy Foundation

 

[loveofourlord]

Evidence? Sources? Or just baseless opinion?

False!

Trump gripes again about AF1 as he departs Middle East: ‘I leave now and get on a 42 year-old Boeing - but new ones are coming’

President complains about the age of presidential aircraft amid ongoing backlash over a $400 million plane he is being given by Qatar

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