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applegrove

(133,835 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:47 PM Jun 19

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Why aren't Republicans yelling waste, fraud and abuse: [View all]

— Essence of RBG ðŸ¦‹ (@rbgprevails.bsky.social) 2026-06-19T10:05:54.601Z

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Why aren't Republicans yelling waste, fraud and abuse: [View all] applegrove Jun 19 OP

I know, and fawk them all. a kennedy Jun 19 #1

DOGE was a scam from the world's shittiest grifter. Initech Jun 19 #9

DOGE. They cuts billions Dr. T Jun 19 #30

The whole point of dogey was to stop the various investigations mwmisses4289 Jun 19 #32

Why? They're getting thier cut. marble falls Jun 19 #2

Way inderselling trump rip-off from tax payers. MerryBlooms Jun 19 #3

In his first term he had U.S. Military Flights go out of their way and land in Aberdeen, Scotland so the Botany Jun 19 #25

I went to the link, and as far as I can tell, her clothing line consists of a single style of a pullover sweat shirt... 3catwoman3 Jun 19 #31

Having Trump written across your chest will be like naming your son Adolf in Germany after 1945. Botany Jun 19 #33

Her clothing line will probably go the way of Ivanka's clothing line. llmart Jun 20 #35

Republican plan spend like thieves RANDYWILDMAN Jun 19 #4

They have lost ALL credibility forever on fiscal responsibility wnylib Jun 19 #14

Democrats ARE. MEDIA owned by Republicans dave99 Jun 19 #17

He fux up. MAGA sux up. BattleRow Jun 19 #19

Trump is the worst but not the first. wnylib Jun 19 #21

and INCREASE taxes on corps, plug EVERY loophole. HIRE 30,000 IRS Auditors dave99 Jun 19 #18

Two Santa Claus Strategy Punx Jun 20 #40

This RANDYWILDMAN Jun 20 #41

This would be a legitimate career ender for anyone else. Initech Jun 19 #5

cause Republicans are in control dave99 Jun 19 #16

In denial........... Lovie777 Jun 19 #6

I have asked myself this question in regards to many of his failed taxpayer funded policies. Diamond_Dog Jun 19 #7

IOWYAR MustLoveBeagles Jun 19 #8

These stupid motherfuckers don't deserve the responsibility of voting Blue Owl Jun 19 #10

Waste, fraud and abuse are three of the pillars of the GOP. flvegan Jun 19 #11

Why aren't the repugs yelling? Their mouths are full. (We all know with what.) erronis Jun 19 #12

simple cowards all of the dirty bastards . oldinmtdem92 Jun 19 #13

And we MUST remember this: MyOwnPeace Jun 19 #24

Same shit for Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Shrub dave99 Jun 19 #15

ding. this. AllaN01Bear Jun 19 #29

I suspect hypocrisy Martin Eden Jun 19 #20

Ugly Fuck. Cha Jun 19 #22

They never cared about "waste fraud and abuse" to begin with. That was only branding. Fil1957 Jun 19 #23

oh, thats reserved for when democrats are in power. AllaN01Bear Jun 19 #26

I was working on a similar thread. Plus these.. surfered Jun 19 #27

EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION. usonian Jun 19 #28

The GOP can't do constructive math. They can only reduce things to base numbers. Ford_Prefect Jun 20 #34

Because that's NEVER what Republicans were ever about. RandomNumbers Jun 20 #36

Because Trump still has 80% of Republican voters strongly supporting everything he wants. Kablooie Jun 20 #37

It's NEVER 'waste, fraud and abuse' unless the other side does it es466 Jun 20 #38

... and even when they don't. Beartracks Jun 20 #39