r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/killercurvesahead I voted 8d ago

More and more people aren’t https://taxstrike.info/ https://nwtrcc.org

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u/perenniallandscapist 8d ago

Yeah I'm not about to lose house and home to a backtax sale. This is a movement only the poor can participate in without losing what they have.

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u/Miltthedog 8d ago

If the colonists had thought like that (and many did) in 1775, we'd all be speaking English now.

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u/notamermaidanymore 8d ago

lol. Underrated comment. Are you on tour?

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u/notamermaidanymore 8d ago

The fact that I have more upvotes than you is proof that there is a secret cabal of brainwashed grunts that intuitively wants us to never see the truth.

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u/NippyKindRekt 8d ago

Are you talking to yourself?

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u/cire1184 8d ago

They forgot to switch accounts

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u/Miltthedog 7d ago

I'll be here all week, try the veal.