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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 422883" data-attributes="member: 35">Your concern for your family (and yourself) is certainly understandable.&nbsp; I myself am quite vulnerable, as I&#039;m on SSI and Medicaid.&nbsp; Trump&#039;s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that his mother-in-law wouldn&#039;t &quot;call to complain&quot; if she missed a social security check and would wait for it to arrive the following month.&nbsp; He said the only people who would complain are those who are guilty of fraud.&nbsp; Lutnick failed to mention his net worth is 3.1 billion, so it&#039;s not like his mother-in-law would be going without.&nbsp; It just goes to show what these pricks think of vulnerable people who are truly in need.&nbsp; Of course, neoliberal Dems like Biden also spent their career saying entitlements were on the table.We haven&#039;t had proper checks and balances in years, and there doesn&#039;t appear to be anybody willing to stand up to Trump and put an end to his unconstitutional actions.&nbsp; Acknowledging that the erosion of our Constitutional rights has been decades in the making speaks to the dereliction of duty by those in government and the mainstream media.&nbsp; They&#039;re supposed to act as guardrails when it comes to presidential abuse of power.&nbsp; You&#039;re right that Trump is the current threat today, but contrary to the prevailing narrative in US media, our Constitutional crisis didn&#039;t start today.&nbsp; I still remember when the mainstream media pretended that Obama&#039;s only &quot;scandal&quot; was wearing a tan suit!Bernie and AOC are doing their &quot;fighting oligarchy&quot; tour, but that seems completely toothless.&nbsp; It&#039;s also performative since they pretend that Dems are for the people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 422883, member: 35"] Your concern for your family (and yourself) is certainly understandable. I myself am quite vulnerable, as I'm on SSI and Medicaid. Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that his mother-in-law wouldn't "call to complain" if she missed a social security check and would wait for it to arrive the following month. He said the only people who would complain are those who are guilty of fraud. Lutnick failed to mention his net worth is 3.1 billion, so it's not like his mother-in-law would be going without. It just goes to show what these pricks think of vulnerable people who are truly in need. Of course, neoliberal Dems like Biden also spent their career saying entitlements were on the table. We haven't had proper checks and balances in years, and there doesn't appear to be anybody willing to stand up to Trump and put an end to his unconstitutional actions. Acknowledging that the erosion of our Constitutional rights has been decades in the making speaks to the dereliction of duty by those in government and the mainstream media. They're supposed to act as guardrails when it comes to presidential abuse of power. You're right that Trump is the current threat today, but contrary to the prevailing narrative in US media, our Constitutional crisis didn't [I]start[/I] today. I still remember when the mainstream media pretended that Obama's only "scandal" was wearing a tan suit! Bernie and AOC are doing their "fighting oligarchy" tour, but that seems completely toothless. It's also performative since they pretend that Dems are for the people. [/QUOTE]

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