GottaLaff ,
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Unbelievable.

Via Rupar:

46 House Republicans voted to defund NATO two days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day

annietime ,
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@GottaLaff while I’m sputtering with absolute rage may I suggest these 46 House Republicans read General Eisenhower’s D-Day message to the troops of the Allied Expeditionary Forces on June 6, 1944? Methinks they have forgotten who we are. From the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.

“ You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty- loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts,
you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, t h e elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.”

Did they forget about the part where he says “security for ourselves in a free world?” Do they realize that is NATO’s prime directive? OR… what part don’t they like? Is it security? Is it a free world?

philip_cardella ,
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  • annietime ,
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    @philip_cardella Yes. Thank you for this.

    annietime ,
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    @philip_cardella @GottaLaff Yes. Thank you for this.

    MsMerope ,
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    @philip_cardella @annietime @GottaLaff

    I think they hate equality because they don't come from an "a rising tide lifts all boats" mentality.

    They seem to operate from a world view of scarcity. Whatever is given to PersonX is less whatever that can be given to them.

    Somehow other people having something diminishes their cut.

    Tough to explain here, but I had a parent like that. They could never be happy for what somebody else received because their thought was always "but where's MINE?!"

    Npars01 ,
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    RiaResists ,
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    @GottaLaff not surprised.

    Threadbane ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Putin wants to break up NATO, so the Republicans in the House are trying to oblige. Khrushchev was right, but it won't be communism that buries us, it will be the Russian Mafia led by Vladimir Putin. As Garry Kasparov recently put it, "Many countries have a Mafia. The Russian Mafia has a country," and is on the brink of adding another with the help of Mike Johnson and the White Xian Nationalists.

    Flowermob ,
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    @GottaLaff putin’s puppets

    ClassyT ,
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    @GottaLaff HMM…DEAR NOVEMBER, PLEASE HURRY UP!

    BillMcGuire ,
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    @GottaLaff

    they have NO shame. They have never fought either. All their whining is considered them throwing a fist at the Libs. Jackasses.

    LazaroDTormes ,
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    @GottaLaff

    Those guys are idiots
    or bribed

    Or both.

    decapitae ,
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    @GottaLaff So they forgot?

    TruthSeeker54 ,
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    @GottaLaff Putin’s paid useful idiots.

    peteorrall ,
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    @GottaLaff Totally believable, because the #repugnican party is full of, and for, contemptible raging #assholes.

    It doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

    #gop #republican

    MarkAB ,
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    @GottaLaff There’s no CBO analysis yet, but a quick scan shows the total bill to be in excess of $15 billion, for a number of military construction projects and other things. So they tanked all of that because they wanted to posture about one item representing less than 3% of the total bill.

    wrd4riri ,
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    @GottaLaff I wish I could say I was surprised....

    bogieking78 ,
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    @GottaLaff Putin pays them well. Billionaires own the GOP today.

    Mallulady ,
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    @GottaLaff Say it ain’t so. Putin must be smiling.

    kalfatermann ,
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    @GottaLaff

    Whatever Putin pays for those 46 American agents, compared to conventional weapons systems, these traitors are causing nationwide damage.

    For Putin, that's a bargain!

    GhostOnTheHalfShell ,
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    @GottaLaff

    I suspect Europe keenly feels just how deeply messed up a fascist US would be. Ultra right parties and EU elections are just as terrible. The wreckage they’d do.

    Atticus1956 ,
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    @GottaLaff

    Un-Fucking-Believeable!! Hypocritical Sycophantic Moofers. Even the ballot box isn't weapon enough for this level of treacherous behavior by "our employees". It's time for a Liberal "Tea Party". I recommend we find a way to discontinue their pay.

    Nonya_Bidniss ,
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    @GottaLaff They sure are becoming predictable aren't they...

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    2/ Really? I have to explain that "unbelievable" is just a figure of speech and that is how I used it?

    Sigh. Okay, there's your reply.

    artisanrox ,
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    @GottaLaff

    I have to keep explaining "I gotta hand it to em".

    🤪

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    wtrmt ,
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    @GottaLaff I find very difficult to process the NPR word of the decade “remarkable”:

    “In a remarkable turn of events, a group of little green men stormed the court house and took away Mr Giuliani, who hasn’t been seen since”

    jonberger ,
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    @GottaLaff Good thing you didn't go with "inconceivable." You would have been inundated with "Princess Bride" quotes.

    dbc3 ,
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    @GottaLaff

    I must be blocked by, or have blocked, whomever you are responding to. It happens a lot. I see your reply to something but no idea what it was.

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    @dbc3 I wonder if they deleted the convo. We had a nice chat following that, where I explained something and apologized for being cranky, and he was very gracious.

    I hope he didn’t end up blocking me.

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    @dbc3 No, he’s still around. He may have blocked you. Someone else just told me he’s a bigot. But his entire feed is anti Trump, pro Biden… I’m very confused.

    dbc3 ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Maybe I blocked him

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    @dbc3 I just did. We're even Steven

    AhmedAlnabeeh93 ,
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    panamared27401 ,
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    @GottaLaff Fuck me, but Republicans are incredibly stupid, incredible tools, agents of a hostile foreign government, or some combination of the above.

    GottaLaff OP ,
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    @panamared27401 ALL of the above

    fmhilton ,
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    @GottaLaff The voters should vote to defund the Republican party for being anti-American and anti-freedom.

    staringatclouds ,
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    @GottaLaff At about the same time as Putin is threatening NATO

    What a coincidence 🤦

    Do they still execute traitors in the US ?

    Aviva_Gary ,
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    @GottaLaff What better way to celebrate 🙃

    (Also since Regan or maybe even Nixon this was always going to be the end goal for these people...)

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