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More than just abortion rights are at stake. The #GOP has shown that they are coming for any personal right you have the creates equality. They want to keep us all down #DemocratsDeliver
@HouseGOP is concerned ONLY with POWER not #AmericanPeople They Don’t care about your life! #DemocratsDeliver #DemsForThePeople #GOPHustle
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Listening to #MorningJoe in the car, it was gratifying to hear @JoeNBC and @jheil finally connect the dots on the whole #GOPScam we've been screaming about for years.
It goes like this:
Listening to #MorningJoe in the car, it was gratifying to hear @JoeNBC and @jheil finally connect the dots on the whole #GOPScam we've been screaming about for years.
It goes like this:
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• The GOP represents billionaire families, a tiny sliver of the American electorate.
• To win elections, they leverage culture-war issues, conspiracy theories and straight-up racism to get working-class whites to vote for them.
• The GOP represents billionaire families, a tiny sliver of the American electorate.
• To win elections, they leverage culture-war issues, conspiracy theories and straight-up racism to get working-class whites to vote for them.
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Only, Joe's wrong that it's been over the last 20 years. They've been doing this since Nixon.
But he's right that #January6th is a perfect symbol of this grift. #January6th is a perfect symbol of this grift.
Only, Joe's wrong that it's been over the last 20 years. They've been doing this since Nixon.
But he's right that #January6th is a perfect symbol of this grift. #January6th is a perfect symbol of this grift.
Republicans wrote the bill that exhausted $350b in funds while leaving 95% of small businesses without financial assistance.
But now it's apparently the Dems fault that this failed program has collapsed because they refuse to write another blank check without stipulations...
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But now it's apparently the Dems fault that this failed program has collapsed because they refuse to write another blank check without stipulations...
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...or oversight.
So while Trump and his sycophants ratchet up the spin and blame in order to rally public pressure for another upward distribution of your tax dollars, maybe take a second to consider why the Republicans refuse to negotiate, allow oversight....
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So while Trump and his sycophants ratchet up the spin and blame in order to rally public pressure for another upward distribution of your tax dollars, maybe take a second to consider why the Republicans refuse to negotiate, allow oversight....
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...or re-word the program to benefit the people for whom it was intended.
You.
Democratic leaders were elected too. Congress has rules for a reason. The idea that Republicans can dictate and Democrats must capitulate is not how democracies or republics work.
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You.
Democratic leaders were elected too. Congress has rules for a reason. The idea that Republicans can dictate and Democrats must capitulate is not how democracies or republics work.
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FYI... the PPP loan program for small businesses was funded with $350bn.
The U.S. has 30.2 million small businesses.
Thats an average of $10,769 per small business. It should have been plenty to help close a two month gap.
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The U.S. has 30.2 million small businesses.
Thats an average of $10,769 per small business. It should have been plenty to help close a two month gap.
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A loophole in the CARES act allowed national corporations with less than 500 employees *per location* to qualify each individual location as a "small business."
Ruth's Chris steakhouse qualified.
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Ruth's Chris steakhouse qualified.
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Last year they made $42 million in profits.
Last year they spent $41 million in stock buybacks.
Last week, they received $20 million in PPP loans - earmarked for small businesses.
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Last year they spent $41 million in stock buybacks.
Last week, they received $20 million in PPP loans - earmarked for small businesses.
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