The Real timschochet

Universal health care. Single payer. Medicare for all. Doesn’t matter what you call it, that’s the only viable alternative for Obamacare. You don’t like it? Stick with Obamacare, and just keep throwing more money at it. We can call it Trumpcare if you guys want. Same difference.

Careful now. If this post is construed the wrong way @Strike may hold against you for the next 20 years or so.

New drinking game: everybody has to take a drink whenever @seafoam1 posts the Biden touching children video.

Do you hold Trump at all responsible?

Speaking of buzzsaws, my UCLA football team travels to Ohio State this weekend. The spread is 31.5 points. (interestingly enough that was the exact same spread when they played Indiana- perhaps that is the maximum?) Of course I will watch. Because I am a masochist sports fan.

I for one would like to see the video of Biden hugging young children. Do you have access to that?

lol that’s not at all what happened. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-loyalist-unveiled-own-epstein-153642927.html It was a Republican who shot him down for being out of order. Later he claimed that Democrats verbally tried to stop it, but there is no evidence for this; he is lying just as you are lying here. Not surprised you didn’t provide a link (though it once again demonstrates your hypocrisy as you are the #1 guy here for demanding links from others and calling them liars if they’re not produced.)

I want to know how the Trump defenders will react when he vetoes the discharge petition.

Me too. Assuming that is, that there were crimes committed. If, on the other hand that Trump committed no crimes but his presence in the files is a matter of embarrassment to him (but nothing illegal) then I have no problem with the Biden folks not releasing it. In fact as @SaintsInDome2006 pointed out yesterday they are legally obligated not to do so.

No. I’ve discussed that before. Let’s stick with you and Trump.

I’m glad you want it released. If Trump vetoes the discharge petition will you continue to support him?

Your cynicism allows Trump to get away with his crimes. People like you argue “he’s no worse than the rest of them” and so you vote for him anyhow. Shameful.

This too. Awesome!

This is great stuff.

They do. The corrupt ones are exceptions, not the rule.

I find it fascinating that conservatives remain obsessed with the Clinton Foundation, and also with the money Hunter Biden made while his dad was President. I read yesterday that, per Forbes, Trump’s family has made THREE BILLION DOLLARS this year. Mainly from Crypto, which strikes me as a huge Ponzi scheme, which Trump conveniently deregulated and pardoned one of the main culprits. (He says he doesn’t know why he pardoned him- ask his sons.)

Two simple questions for @Jon_mx and any other Trump supporter who agrees that this is a hoax: 1. If you were a member of Congress would you vote for or against the discharge petition? 2. If President Trump vetoes the discharge petition (if and when it reaches his desk) will you be OK with that?

We will see.

Yeah they ran into a buzz saw tonight and it wasn’t pretty. OKC is very clearly the best team in the league, and the Lakers aren’t going to compete with them until all their stars are healthy and had time to mesh. And even then it’s going to be a struggle.

Probably more important than the 50 year mortgage thing, because it’s already been decided on, Fannie Mae has lowered its credit score requirement from 620 which was imposed as a minimum after 2008: https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fannie-mae-credit-score-update/ Conservatives like @easilyscan blame government involvement for our past problems. But surely this was a good restriction. Now once again there are sure to be tons of subprime loans. And we can look forward to another crash, and probably another bailout.

Here’s a revealing editorial from Mark Hemingway with The Federalist: https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/12/latest-epstein-emails-about-trump-appear-to-be-just-another-misleading-democrat-info-op/ So he spends the whole editorial ripping Democrats on Epstein- they’re misrepresenting the emails, cherry picking, etc., Trump’s innocence is clear, etc. But then towards the end of the piece he writes this: “Anyway, at this point rather than let stories drip out like this, Congress and/or Trump should call Democrats bluff and just release all the Epstein files. ….Maybe I’m wrong but it seems pretty obvious to me Trump has little to fear…” No discussion of the fact that Trump has had this opportunity for months but refuses to do it. And how exactly are the Democrats “bluffing”? No answer. But it’s interesting that he’s for this. It sounds like he wants to cover his tracks just in case. Could this be a trend?

This actually seems to be the sentiment of a lot of MAGA folks tonight. Yet the reporting is consistent that about 100 House Republicans are going to defy Trump and vote for the discharge petition. If that’s true it means that there are MAGA folks out there who still want this stuff to be released no matter how much it might hurt Trump. I guess they’re out there but I’m not seeing it.

You mean the one where you argue that we have better healthcare than many nations with universal healthcare? No reason to disagree with that. But again it’s irrelevant.

Can someone explain this hemp restriction in the bill to me? Who does it help? Who does it hurt?

That we’re gonna end up with universal healthcare no matter what we do, because the public will never agree to going back to having folks with pre-existing conditions either be rejected or have to pay more. So all of the arguments against universal healthcare are irrelevant. We jumped the shark with ACA. There’s no going back.