• HermitBee@feddit.uk
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    3 hours ago

    So the news here is “Rebellious Republican didn’t rebel against Republican bill”?

    Except “rebellious” means “still toes the line 96% of the time” and “Republican bill” means “whatever fucked up turd of an idea Trumps handlers have evacuated through that festering mouth-hole in his face”?

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      3 hours ago

      Yes, you understand that correctly. All I can say is that it wasn’t always this way.

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        2 hours ago

        I’m well aware - I have a pretty comprehensive understanding of American political history, albeit entirely gleaned from Day of the Tentacle, The Wire, and that Obama “HOPE” poster.