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nilram

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15. Thanks. I'm skeptical that things won't get complicated

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:25 PM

Jan 23

around the SAVE act also. I'll try to be more optimistic.

I think if the Dems made it clear they were shutting down the government in order to shut down ICE, there would have been a LOT of public support for that. Unfortunately the media doesn't know how to fairly report on D talking points. And, it's true that the economy is on a knife's edge because of all the other uncertainties that the administration is creating. I'll concede there were a lot of reasons to roll over, but there doesn't seem to have been any pushback at all.

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W. A. Lawrence: Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting [View all] AStern Jan 23 OP

I don't doubt something like this is coming... slightlv Jan 23 #1

And I will be right there with you .... also woman veteran here, voted in every election since I was 18 maptap22 Jan 23 #8

I wish women would stop changing their names Skittles Jan 23 #2

Sure, but it has been traditional to do so for centuries and shouldn't be used to keep women from voting LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #9

"traditional" Skittles Jan 23 #12

Yes... I'm just saying a lot of women did this just out of tradition and not thinking about it and they shouldn't LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #13

and I'm just saying I wish they'd stop doing it Skittles Jan 23 #16

I wish that too. I just don't want the women who did this getting their voting rights taken away LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #17

also allowing themselves to be "given away" from one man to another Skittles Jan 23 #18

I actually think trump has changed a lot of women's minds slightlv Jan 25 #22

R women would be locked out from voting, maybe even more than Democratic women FakeNoose Jan 23 #3

And we know 7 Democrats who will help them. nilram Jan 23 #4

Really? I don't know any Dem who would vote for this. We're the party of voting and this bill is an abomination. LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #10

We are at the party of the fourth amendment, and human rights nilram Jan 23 #11

The ICE thing was complicated as it's in a big appropriations bill and there is more urgnecy to fund the govt LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #14

Thanks. I'm skeptical that things won't get complicated nilram Jan 23 #15

This piece was informative IMO on the ICE maneuvers LymphocyteLover Jan 23 #19

The SAVE Act passed the House and is in the Senate. SunSeeker Jan 23 #5

What if you legally did a name change and Baitball Blogger Jan 23 #6

FINALLY, The DEMISE Of The Republican Party! ColoringFool Jan 23 #7

I am glad I took my name back about Delmette2.0 Jan 24 #20

Scalise is an effin idiot. valleyrogue Jan 24 #21