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The truth matters — even when it’s inconvenient.

There are people posting obnoxious memes (most memes are) blaming Republicans and Donald Trump for “starving Americans” and “refusing to feed our own people.” Note...I am a Constitutional Conservative; I have problems with both parties.

Think about something for just one second. This government shutdown/showdown isn’t about helping Americans; it’s about politicians choosing illegal (operative word being "illegal") immigrants over U.S. citizens. Full stop.
The Republicans are no saints other, but in this instance I have to put most of the blame on the Democrats absolute hatred for Trump.

We are one of the wealthiest nations on the planet, yet somehow we’re expected to fund unlimited housing, healthcare, education, and benefits for millions of non-citizens before we take care of our own? That’s not compassion, that’s insanity. People who have entered our country illegally are not entitled to those things. Yes, they are entitled to be treated with the same respect as any other human being, but the only housing they should be entitled to is a detention facility while they await being sent back home. Come here legally...got no problem with that.

Democrats, as well as some Republicans, have voted MULTIPLE times to keep pushing the same failed continuing resolutions that prioritize illegal immigration spending while ignoring the spiraling costs on American families. Now, suddenly, they “care” about hungry citizens? No…what they care about is scoring anti-Trump political points. They care about headlines, not households. If they truly cared about the people they post about, they’d fix the border. They’d stop incentivizing illegally entering the country. They’d put AMERICANS first for once. Instead, they’d rather blame Republicans for refusing to fund their chaos.

Here’s the bottom line:
It is NOT the responsibility of the U.S. taxpayer to fund every nation in the world. It IS, however, the responsibility of our elected officials to take care of Americans FIRST. America First should not be controversial. End this idiotic shutdown now. Pay our military; take care of our veterans; feed the homeless. Maybe if we make the path to US citizenship less complex, we wouldn't have as many illegals entering this country. The system is broken; fix it.

Again, there's plenty of blame to go around. If the Republicans really cared as much as they say they do, they wouldn't always cave to the demands of the Democrat Party. Republicans need bigger cojones. Ironically, the toughest Republicans seem to be women. Maybe the men need to take a page from their books. Maybe it's time for both wings of the same bird to put aside their petty crap and remember their oath of office.

It's time for all these self-serving politicians to go...both sides of the aisle need a massive cleaning out. There should be no such thing as a career politician.
I know a lot of people who have been negatively affected by this shutdown. There are many people who absolutely need those SNAP benefits. It's no joke. Both parties need to pull their respective heads out of their respective butts and honor their oath of office for a change, and not their monumental egos.
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You mean like this?

CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@CougarLisa If one poor person is well fed, then they must ALL be well fed, right?? Impeccable logic🤣😂

CougarLisa · 36-40, F
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@CougarLisa Ivermectin gets rid of several different parasitic worms, but double-blind trials show it did NOTHING against Covid.

... A total of 3515 patients were randomly assigned to receive ivermectin (679 patients), placebo (679), or another intervention (2157) ...

Conclusions
Treatment with ivermectin did not result in a lower incidence of medical admission to a hospital due to progression of Covid-19 or of prolonged emergency department observation among outpatients with an early diagnosis of Covid-19.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115869

... Among 1800 participants who were randomized ...

Conclusions and relevance: Among outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19, treatment with ivermectin, compared with placebo, did not significantly improve time to recovery. These findings do not support the use of ivermectin in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36269852/

Ivermectin and poison control

Texas has a 590% spike in poison control calls about ivermectin: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/30/fact-check-590-spike-texas-poison-control-calls-ivermectin/5643254001/
Utah - fivefold increase in ivermectin calls: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-poison-control-center-seeing-five-fold-increase-in-calls-about-ivermectin
Alabama & Mississippi: https://www.news4jax.com/health/2021/08/26/poison-control-in-2-states-fielding-influx-of-calls-about-ivermectin-related-to-covid-19-treatment/
Florida: https://www.wmfe.org/florida-poison-control-says-ivermectin-near-poisonings-on-the-rise-drug-is-usually-used-to-treat-livestock/188786
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@ElwoodBlues I hope somebody reads that...lol...
@CougarLisa Yeah, we already knew you were functionally illiterate🤣😂😝🤣😂

Ivermectin gets rid of several different parasitic worms, but double-blind trials show it did NOTHING against Covid.

... A total of 3515 patients were randomly assigned to receive ivermectin (679 patients), placebo (679), or another intervention (2157) ...

Conclusions
Treatment with ivermectin did not result in a lower incidence of medical admission to a hospital due to progression of Covid-19 or of prolonged emergency department observation among outpatients with an early diagnosis of Covid-19.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115869

... Among 1800 participants who were randomized ...

Conclusions and relevance: Among outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19, treatment with ivermectin, compared with placebo, did not significantly improve time to recovery. These findings do not support the use of ivermectin in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36269852/

Ivermectin and poison control

Texas has a 590% spike in poison control calls about ivermectin: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/30/fact-check-590-spike-texas-poison-control-calls-ivermectin/5643254001/
Utah - fivefold increase in ivermectin calls: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-poison-control-center-seeing-five-fold-increase-in-calls-about-ivermectin
Alabama & Mississippi: https://www.news4jax.com/health/2021/08/26/poison-control-in-2-states-fielding-influx-of-calls-about-ivermectin-related-to-covid-19-treatment/
Florida: https://www.wmfe.org/florida-poison-control-says-ivermectin-near-poisonings-on-the-rise-drug-is-usually-used-to-treat-livestock/188786






Hydroxychloroquine. Randomized double blind placebo controlled study shows it does nothing for Covid-19 with or without AZ. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30389-8/fulltext

A MUCH BIGGER retrospective study (96,000) was done by the US Veterans Admin https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/500021-va-hospitals-drop-hydroxychloroquine-as-coronavirus-treatment
"VA has almost completely stopped prescribing an anti-malaria drug touted by President Trump to veterans with COVID-19 after studies questioned its efficacy in treating the disease."

For malaria prophylaxis, HCQ doses are around 500mg/week When HCQ is used in Covid-19, doses run 400-600mg/day.  YUGE difference in dosage, and it makes a huge difference in causing arrhythmia.

Hydroxychloroquine at 500mg/day causes arrhythmia that can be fatal. Hydroxychloroquine at malaria dosage - 500mg/week, doesn't protect against Covid-19.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16615675 https://www.dicardiology.com/article/covid-19-hydroxychloroquine-treatment-brings-prolonged-qt-arrhythmia-issues"
pdockal · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues

the Trump administration wants to pay the troops and has directed the Pentagon to use available funds to ensure military pay continues, including reallocating funds and accepting a significant private donation
The Senate also rejected a Republican-led plan to pay active-duty military and select essential workers because Democrats insisted on a broader proposal that would pay all federal workers.
The Speaker will administer the oath of office after a full government funding bill is passed by the Senate, an argument he links to a "Pelosi precedent"
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
@CougarLisa !!! UPDATE !!!
Fox News says tRump just CAVED !!!

Nov. 3, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running.
https://www.fox8live.com/2025/11/03/trump-administration-says-snap-will-be-partially-funded-after-judges-rulings/
pdockal · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits but it will pay out only half the amount people normally get.

The administration says it will use money from an Agriculture Department contingency fund. The $5 billion in that fund falls well short of the full cost of SNAP benefits — $8 billion — each month. In a court filing, officials said depleting that fund means "no funds will remain for new SNAP applicants certified in November, disaster assistance, or as a cushion against the potential catastrophic consequences of shutting down SNAP entirely."
@pdockal And that's a far cry from tRump's previous rhetoric:

Oct 27:
The USDA confirmed in a new message on its website that no SNAP benefits will be issued come Nov. 1.

"Bottom line, the well has run dry."

Oct 31:
WASHINGTON — As the government shutdown hit the 31-day mark, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins insisted on Friday that her agency’s contingency funds are not available to provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November.

Bottom line, the tRump admin was caught lying and has to walk it back.

BTW, Johnson swore in two Republicans the day after their election in April 2025 even though the House was out of session.
JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. No, we — we couldn’t. We wouldn’t. There was an exception for two Floridians earlier in this Congress. But the reason was, they were duly elected. They had a date set. They flew in all their friends and family and the House went out of session unexpectedly.

KARL: So — so, if she flies in friends and family, then you would —

JOHNSON: We don’t have a date set. She was elected after we went out of session.

AND. Representative-elect Letlow's delayed swearing in was due to Covid social distancing; she replaced her husband who DIED of Covid before he could be sworn in. It's a Covid precedent.

P.S. the House holds a pro-forma session every 3 days or so, gaveling in and gaveling out prevent a longer recess thereby blocking recess appointments. A person could be sworn in during any pro-form session.
CougarLisa · 36-40, F
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@pdockal In this particular case, my point is that the meme is essentially correct.

My point is that your orange pedophile felon is cruel enough to try to cut off food for millions of American children and lie about the reasons, and get his toadies and balllickers to lie as well.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues

He isn't the one shutting down the government
That's congress
@pdockal Tяump is CLEARLY trying to add fuel to the shutdown fire by trying to starve millions of American children. The man's capacity for cruelty is staggering.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues

Get over it
President can't do anything
Only congress can
One side wants more then to pass extending what's been approved (pork)
The other side wants only to pass what's approved
The people suffer either way
You should focus on congress with respect to this issue
Unless your so blind that you find/manufacture ways to blame the president for what's out of his control
@pdockal says
President can't do anything

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

Only Congress can levy taxes. Yet this president has single-handedly imposed over $200 billion in new taxes so far!

And this president has created a national secret police force that ignores Miranda rights, Habeas Corpus, and all the other elements of due process guaranteed by the Constitution. And this pedophile president gives marching orders to balllickers in Congress every day. Why are you defending him?
pdockal · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues

What taxes ?
What secret police ?
Are you talking about following laws signed by President Clinton regarding ILLEGAL immigrants ?
@pdockal (1) Tariffs are a form of tax, paid at the border by the recipients, i.e. American businesses and citizens.

2a) Longtime worker at Trump's golf club gets wrongfully deported

2b) Masked ICE thugs struck this American citizen's car, then forcibly dragged her from it. No charges against her though.

Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen and paralegal, said an unmarked government vehicle struck her car at the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street in Chicago on the morning of October 10, while she was on her way to get coffee before going to work.

"I was in shock and terrified," Figueroa told Newsweek. "Instead of handling the situation as a routine traffic incident, the masked agents, armed in hands, forcibly removed me from my car without questions and without informing me that I was under arrest."

[media=https://tiktok.com/7568614715379780877]

2c) We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
Americans Detained: The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests.

Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldn’t find them.

. . .

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.
@pdockal Your level of misinformation is staggering.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@SomeMichGuy

your entitled to your WRONG opinion
I could educate you but I doubt youll understand the truth