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Bryan Sorohan

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Retired professor until something interesting comes along

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We've been hearing this since they mouthed essentially the same platitude in opposition to universal "government" healthcare.
Now the decisions are left not only to politicians but to insurance employees who get bonuses for saving the company money by denying care.

10.08.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so old I remember when one of the tenets of journalism was "we're not the story." But I'm also old enough to know that it was probably largely a way to dodge responsibility for many.

10.08.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know anybody in those files who committed wrongdoing will be dead to me if that's the case. I don't really have any other way to respond. But I also know down in my bones that if they accidentally release proof Trump was involved, his followers will find a way to excuse it or just ignore it.

10.08.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember, a portion of your time belongs to your employer (which you will never be able to buy back when you're old, certainly not for what he paid for it) and the rest belongs to you if your employer doesn't decide he wants that, too.

10.08.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess when you no longer place any priority on teaching people about anything but job skills, they're still going to come up with their own personal "beliefs" about concepts they used to be taught in social science courses. Most likely he knows to blame Biden if prices go up, and that's about it.

10.08.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some day Lindsey will find another alpha male to slavishly follow, and likely most of what he says these days will be completely inoperable. It would be nice if he could be doing that as a private citizen rather than a member of Congress.

10.08.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the time it usually takes to scroll down to the ingredients I could just make myself a sandwich.

10.08.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sure he thinks he's getting something. Not so sure it will be anything but a chimera like his trade "deals." He is so narcissistic that he is incapable of thinking beyond the immediate spotlight and instant gratification.

10.08.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So you're one of those, huh? Good to know I guess.

10.08.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There really needs to be a contemptuous term for politicians who vote against something then either take credit for it or try to use it in secret, analogous to "stolen valor."

I mean, I know we could already just say "Republican," but it should be even more contemptuous, if that's possible.

10.08.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jesus, he sounds like a 16-year-old trying to explain why there were empty beer bottles all over the house after Mom and Dad went on vacation.

10.08.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah. Alabama. Save money, and raise the national average IQ by several points in the process.

10.08.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know that he got any less than it was already worth.

10.08.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, it may be fictional but it isn't a lie.

10.08.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Part and parcel of a regime run by people whose only view of the world is transactional.

10.08.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Surprised he didn't paint the pavement blocks gold.

10.08.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oddly enough, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency could have probably helped people with this issue if somebody (looking at you, WaPo) hadn't helped elect the son-of-a-bitch who gutted it.

10.08.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think there were plenty of times in the Bible that returning negative energy was actually lauded. Maybe not in Buddhist teaching, but at least you can get another chance eventually.

10.08.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Family values," if it ever meant anything, was only about the gays. It was coined before the Republicans found out they could just spew hatred unadulterated and the press would go along like nothing was wrong.

10.08.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last week a "church group" at my local ran up a $400 tab, tipped $15, and wrote "God bless you" on a napkin to the server.

I'd say the tears these people cry over that evolution flyer should be gathered and sold as holy relics.

10.08.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A bit OT, but can you imagine how hard his handlers are working trying to prevent Trump from doing or saying something completely idiotic? Or what kinds of drugs they're feeding him to prevent it?

10.08.2025 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only one person gets anything out of this, and his name rhymes with "gluten."

10.08.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At a given speed it can contract into the size of a Radio Flyer wagon, assuming it hits something hard enough.

10.08.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Odd that if it's only Trump's political enemies in there, it's still taking an inordinate amount of time for them to release the details. That's not their usual behavior. Seems suspicious (/sarcasm).

10.08.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prediction: after Trump prances around with Putin for a few hours they'll announce a huge breakthrough, and the press will laud it to high heaven for a few days until the details come out and Trump's abject incompetence is once more revealed. But the lie will be out there already.

10.08.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All he seems to do is go on "vacations" so he can get butt-hurt about something and whine about it in public.

10.08.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So far back in the mists of time that nobody, at least on Fox or in the Trump regime, seems to remember who was President when that census was taken.

10.08.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Few if any of those animals will attack unprovoked. The real problem is that some people see bears dancing and singing on Pixar and think it will be so cute to join in when they see a real one, or that a selfie with a cougar will look really cool on their social media profile.

10.08.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It has to be said pretty often: the "bad precedent" being set here is that the Republicans are trying to change the rules because they can't win. Anything Democrats do to counter it is defending against that precedent. Letting MAGA get away with this is the worst kind of precedent.

10.08.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know, if they keep shrinking their portions it could become diet food eventually.

09.08.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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