Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
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So,
the whole rationale Dems gave for the Schumer Shutdown was to save enhanced ACA premium credits.
Since the shutdown was ended, they have not said anything about that at all.
It's been all "EPSTEIN."
What are the Dems doing to follow through on their promise to try their best to save enhanced ACA credits?
Why isn't that the Dems' total focus from now until December 31?
Because they are hypocritical liars.
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Because they are hypocritical liars.
Hypocrisy is one of the Four Horsemen of Progressive Politics. Notice also how every on thread on this board was EPSTEIN until the bill was passed? The people that pay some of these folks to post didn't count on that, did they? The new orders haven't come down yet.
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The people that pay some of these folks to post didn't count on that, did they?
The idea that anyone is getting paid to post on a board with only a handful of readers is pretty ridiculous, wouldn’t you agree?
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Hey Dope,
Did you see the Trump-Mamdani presser yesterday?
Is Socialism good now?
How will you apologize to your socialist relatives?
Who is Bubba?
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The idea that anyone is getting paid to post on a board with only a handful of readers is pretty ridiculous, wouldn’t you agree?
Hey, man. Nobody ever accused the democrats of spending money wisely :)
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So, What Happened to The Dems' Battle for ACA
If you paid attention, there's a promised vote by the end of the second week of December. This is November and Turkey Day hasn't even happened. Thar is all. You may go back to fabricating and lying.
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The people that pay some of these folks to post didn't count on that, did they?
Dope is getting paid? How do you get paid to post on this board Dope? Enquiring minds want to know. Anyone? Bueller?
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“ the whole rationale Dems gave for the Schumer Shutdown was to save enhanced ACA premium credits.
Since the shutdown was ended, they have not said anything about that at all.”
Here’s Jeffries on Squawk Box yesterday:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/11/21/watch-cnbcs-...
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Dope is getting paid?
Ask your doppel. Both of you are in the thread at the same time.
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The Democrats aren't doing a darn thing to get public support for whatever it is they want with the ACA. It's dead silent. It's all Epstein.
They are liars.
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So far I've watched the first two minutes of the video and Jeffries has already told 3 very blatant lies:
He lied twice when he said, then repeated, that "affordable care act subsidies will expire on December 31". FALSE. The ENHANCED Covid era subsidies will expire if nothing is done; the original subsidies will remain in place and are permanent.
Why lie about the core issue at stake? Because Jeffries doesn't want to admit that the subsidies that are set to expire are the ones for wealthier people.
Lie #3: That "tens of millions" of people will see their health care premiums increase by "thousands" of dollars. Also FALSE (unless perhaps he is talking about annual premiums, but he didn't make that clear).
I will watch the rest of it later but this shows what a dishonest, poor communicator Jeffries is.
You CAN'T continue to LIE about what it is you say you are fighting for and expect to be taken seriously.
That's why Jeffries is not taken seriously by either the Republicans or his own party.
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OK I'm watching the rest at about the 3 or 4 minute point you can see the interviewer's frustration with Jeffries' evasion.
Now she just called him out because he's against a possible compromise--he wants a 3 year extension, some Republicans (they only need 4) seem receptive to a 1 or 2 year extension, but 3 is too much.
The interviewer asks "Why not start off with a 1 or 2 year extension and then go from there?" Jeffries continues to evade and argue with the interviewer.
Interviewer calls Jeffries out saying: "You'd rather have the subsidies expire with the hope the Republicans hang themselves with that" in the next election.
This is all within the first four minutes.
AdrianC I take it you didn't actually watch this video?
No wonder we aren't hearing anything from the Dems about this. This is the same strategy as with the shutdown. They don't want compromise, they want chaos and failure under Trump, then blame the Repubicans in the next election.
Nice.
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Notice also how every on thread on this board was EPSTEIN until the bill was passed? The others stopped talking about Epstein? I haven't. What am I this week, Marco? "Paranoid schizophrenic"?
Anyone know how Jonathan Pollard, convicted traitor to the United States, got to Israel, after Trump announced his parole completed?
Jonathan Pollard: Israel spy greeted by Netanyahu after flying to Tel Aviv
The Pollards flew to Israel from the US state of New Jersey on board a private jet owned by US billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-5548443...Adelson, and, after his passing, his wife Miriam, are major donors to Trump.
If Pollard had been convicted of the same crime 50 years earlier, he would have been lit up, in an electric chair.
Instead, he got a hero's welcome, by "our bestest ally", who he sold the US out to.
Jonathan Pollard, Spy for Israel, Gets Hero’s Welcome From Netanyahu: ‘You’re Home’https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/world/middleeas...Steve
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Marco, I didn’t watch the Jeffries video. I can’t stand to hear any pol on either side on this issue right now. They evade and misdirect and mischaracterize, and often just plain lie.
There was a Republican a couple days ago going on about “market-based solutions”. OMG! Not that idiocy again.
I just pointed out you were wrong when you claimed this:
“the whole rationale Dems gave for the Schumer Shutdown was to save enhanced ACA premium credits.
Since the shutdown was ended, they have not said anything about that at all.”
They have been on the tube talking about it. Ineffectively, obviously.
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Yes but if you had watched the video you had linked, as I did, you would have seen, as the moderator pointed out, that Jeffries isn't interested in any solutions. The strategy remains to obstruct any bipartisan solution and to then blame that on the Republicans. That was there shutdown strategy and it continues with ACA.
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