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We hate peace and protection, I guess

Eighteen Republican lawmakers voted against the US allowing Finland and Sweden to join NATO.

Among the dissenters in the Monday vote were some of the party's farthest-right members, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA), Matt Gaetz (FL) and Lauren Boebert (CO).

The vote was a symbolic one to express support from the House for the applications — the formal process by which the US can ratify new NATO members takes place in the Senate. The House bill passed easily with 394 votes, leaving the 18 Republicans in a small minority even among their own party.

Here is the full list:
Andy Biggs (AZ)
Dan Bishop (NC)
Lauren Boebert (CO)
Madison Cawthorn (NC)
Ben Cline (VA)
Michael Cloud (TX)
Warren Davidson (OH)
Matt Gaetz (FL)
Bob Good (OH)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA)
H. Morgan Griffith (VA)
Thomas Massie (KY)
Tom McClintock (CA)
Mary E. Miller (IL)
Ralph Norman (SC)
Matthew M. Rosendale Sr. (MT)
Chip Roy (TX)
Jefferson Van Drew (NJ)

Nineteen US lawmakers didn't vote. Funny they'd give Putin what he's been hoping for.
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checkoutanytime · 46-50, M

"Reactions to the Allied Monetary Plans 1943
The American and British monetary plans – devised by Harry Dexter
White, Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Treasury, and John Maynard
Keynes, famous British economist, respectively – were launched in
April 1943. A couple of weeks earlier, Harald Magnusson, the Riksbank’s
representative in New York, had informed Ivar Rooth, the
Bank’s Governor, that he had failed to obtain a copy of White’s plan.
Magnusson hesitated to approach White, since the latter was known to
be hostile towards all neutrals and had long considered Sweden part of
the German sphere of interest. “He unfortunately belongs to the civil
servants of Jewish ancestry in leading positions, whom we at this date
cannot count upon as friends. Furthermore, the man is said to be
choleric and is generally regarded as being difficult to deal with.”
However, a few days later Magnusson was able to transmit some details
of the White plan to the Riksbank.5
Over the next couple of days he sent
several reports on the differences between the White and Keynes plans and the critical views that were being expressed, especially among
leading U.S. bankers.
The White plan was made public by the U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, on April 5, 1943. The plan was sent with
a letter from Morgenthau to 37 countries, of which Sweden was not one."
Graylight · 51-55, F
You don't want Trump to be held accountable for anything that happened last week, but somehow 1943 is relevant to this discussion?
checkoutanytime · 46-50, M
@Graylight its all relivent to the future of this country, its not that i dont care about the rest of the world, its about helping my country move in a positive direction.

Graylight · 51-55, F
@checkoutanytime Please. The only reason they're joining is for protection from Russia, which has made direct threats.
checkoutanytime · 46-50, M
@Graylight Russia 🥱
Graylight · 51-55, F
@checkoutanytime Oh, you shouldn't dismiss them out of hand. After all, they bought you a president.