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https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1985781694188700071 (video clip at link) Reporter: “The president posted on True Social that the voting underway in California is ‘rigged.’ What evidence does he have of that?” Leavitt: “There’s fraud in California’s elections. It’s just a fact.” Reporter: “What’s the evidence of that, though?” Leavitt: “It is just a fact…If you want to deny that, I’m happy to provide you all of the evidence.”

Only because they had no choice and that was the only option open to them to having the subsidies at all.

Don't blame me. I had nothing to do with any threads getting deleted, I didn't use the report button.

They all need to get on the same page:

What is the point of posting this AI video?

Trump said Venezuela was doing this but fact checkers couldn't find proof to back up his claim. https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/crime-drop-in-venezuela-does-not-prove-trumps-claim-the-country-is-sending-criminals-to-u-s/

https://x.com/search?q=Mamdani&src=trend_click&vertical=trends (video clip at link) Zohran Mamdani, moments ago, puts blame on Trump's rhetoric for the bomb threats we're seeing at polling stations: "I think that it is an illustration of the attacks we're seeing in our democracy. Sometimes they're blatant and explicit in the manner of these bomb threats, and we have to understand this as part of the general approach the Trump administration has taken to trying to intimidate voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud as a means of trying to repress the voice of Americans across this country."

Cross posted in the SNAP thread.

Jeebus, what a jerk.

I don't think that's true. IIRC they had no choice at the time. This is from a post I found on Reddit thread, which sounds accurate to me from what I can remember: https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1oisdde/cmv_democrats_caused_aca_sunsets_and_republicans/ CMV: Democrats caused ACA sunsets. And republicans are not obligated to save them. [...] Democrats didn’t “cause” the ACA subsidy sunsets the way you’re saying. Those sunsets were part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, both passed through reconciliation. That process limits how long new spending can last unless it’s fully paid for within the 10-year budget window. Under Senate rules, Democrats couldn’t make the subsidies permanent without raising taxes or cutting other spending. The sunset wasn’t a choice. It was a procedural limit. Republicans deciding not to extend the subsidies now is a policy choice, not neutrality. Letting them expire has the same effect as repealing them since it raises costs for millions of people. Voters in both parties mostly want those subsidies kept in place. You’re right that appropriations are meant to fund already authorized programs. But what’s happening here isn’t Democrats sneaking in new policy. It’s Republicans choosing not to renew an existing one. Once a benefit’s been in place for years, refusing to continue it changes policy just as much as passing something new. So the sunsets weren’t bad policymaking by Democrats. They were the only way to pass the subsidies under the rules. And Republicans now own the decision to let them die or keep them.

It doesn't say that in the thread title or the video you posted, nor do you mention it in the OP.

Yes, this would be an heroic doggie if this was real, but the video is AI generated.

AI is incorrect in this instance. The basis of that claim is taken from unproven allegations by The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in a 2012 opinion piece article. It should be noted that CEI was a member of the advisory board of Project 2025 per Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute

Which is a complete lie, but carry on.

It hasn't and it won't again.

Meyers: “What we should be talking about instead is the government shutdown you’re not solving or the food assistance you refuse to fund. Working families are struggling while you renovate your bathroom and you build your ballroom and that’s why your approval ratings are in the toilet”

Well, he thought of himself as one, although I doubt I would agree with that. I will give him credit for saying this:

OK.

Can you say Kiss of Death?

No you didn't say that and Strike has a history of mischaracterizing a statement and then keeps repeating the Straw Man to make it seem like it is a legitimate quote.

Yes, it is from CNN, but a 37% approval rating is God awful. Doubt it is an outlier but we will see.