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AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 23m

Previously, Republicans complained that Biden's autopen-signed pardons should be null and void because they were made without Biden's knowledge. Now, Trump claims that he doesn't know who Changpeng Zhao is - the former Binance executive whom Trump has pardoned.

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AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 26m

Would it be better if he really had no idea? Weren't the Republicans the ones complaining about Biden's dementia and how his autopen was used without his knowledge?

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 53m

There was something there before the ACA, and that will still be there. And what is that? Much of it is highly overcomplicated bureaucracy implemented by BOTH MAJOR PARTIES for the purpose of artificially inflating healthcare costs. That is why healthcare costs so much more here than anywhere else.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 55m

"Performative cruelty" is the basis of Trumpism. He ran on promises to punish disliked groups. That is at the crux of everything he does, and the Republican Party has become a Trump cult.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 57m

They've had many years to "come up with something better". They tried to do that with the AHCA, but they themselves didn't vote for it because it was piss-poor - just a worse version of the ACA. They have literally run on the promise to "overturn Obamacare" multiple times now, and still no plan.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 58m

They have no plan. Trump said he had a plan that he would unveil in a few weeks. That was several years ago.

They do have a plan to avert accountability over the Epstein case. That plan mostly involves trying to constantly distract the public with other things.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

NBC says that 52% of voters mostly blame Republicans for the shutdown while 42% mostly blame Democrats. While that is a "win" for the Democrats, the gap is not nearly what it should be for something like this.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

It seems that Trump is intentionally doing increasingly controversial things specifically to take attention away from the Epstein debacle.

As for healthcare, though, Democrats are as much to blame for our outrageous costs as Republicans. Both parties accept big bucks from insurance, pharma, etc.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

We need universal coverage. But in doing that, we need to address the outrageous costs. And we have outrageous costs because, for a long time now, both major parties have been doing the will of donors who benefit from those outrageous costs. There must be an end to this corruption.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

Obviously, the Republicans have done nothing to improve healthcare costs or availability. But Democrats are not much better. They maintain a system of outrageous costs to benefit their donors (insurance, pharma, etc.); they just want to spread the burden of those costs around more evenly.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

Democrats are not fighting to lower healthcare costs. Democrats are fighting to spread the burden of our outrageous healthcare costs around more evenly. That is different. Like the Republicans, they like high costs, because their donors like high costs. It is just a matter of who pays.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

Trump claimed that he would release his big, beautiful plan on healthcare in a few weeks. That was several years ago already. The Republicans tried with the AHCA, but even they didn't support it because it was just a worse version of the ACA. But anyway, both parties gave us high healthcare costs.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 1h

This is largely a reaction to the rhetoric that Democrats have been throwing around for many years. When so many are accustomed to Democrats calling everyone they dislike a "Nazi" or "fascist", those words lose all meaning. So when an actual Nazi rises to prominence, people are inured to it.

AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 17h

🎯 In his redistricting pressure push, Trump has urged mid-decade map-changes to favor his side—even before the votes are cast. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/28/a... Meanwhile, Democrats often stay quiet when the maps tilt. Citizens lose when the map is rigged. How important is it to #FixElections?

As some Republicans balk at Trump's calls for gerrymandering, Ohio Republican politicians go along • Ohio Capital Journal

Former Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels broke his silence about the brazen Trump scheme to steal the 2026 election with gerrymandering. Having no such honor, Ohio Republican politicians are…

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AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 19h

🕵️ The FBI is disbanding one of its Washington field squads dedicated to investigating public-corruption of elected officials. apnews.com/article/0478... If enforcement fades, what good are the rules? #Accountability What would you do if you ran that squad?

The FBI is disbanding one of its public corruption squads in its Washington office, AP sources say

The FBI is disbanding a squad in its Washington field office that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials.

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AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 22h

How can there be "none of the above"?! It has to be one of those options! What other options are there?

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AgoraNation @agoranation.bsky.social · 22h

IF THERE WERE OPTIONS OTHER THAN STATEHOOD, THEN THERE WAS AN ABILITY TO VOTE NO TO STATEHOOD.

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