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(4,267 posts) Fri Apr 17, 2026, 08:11 AM Yesterday

Norman Ornstein: Don't ever let anyone refer to Cassidy or Murkowski as moderates.

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Here is the name of every senator that should be voted out after this unprecedented and abhorrent vote. They favor a foreign mining companies over our own country. There is a bullseye on all public lands by greedy capitalists starting today #VoteThemOut

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BREAKING: The Senate just passed the legislation allowing the devastation of the Boundary Waters.

The motion passed 50-49, and now goes to Donald Trump’s desk.

The way Republicans passed this bill that prevents future administrations from issuing protections for Superior National Forest, so this pristine land will be exploited in perpetuity unless Congress intervenes to reverse this decision.

The state of Minnesota can still block the Chilean mining corporation from operating in Superior National Forest and protect the Boundary Waters from pollution.

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There has been nothing conservative or moderate about Republicans since before Eisenhower; they're thieves.

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Norman Ornstein: Don't ever let anyone refer to Cassidy or Murkowski as moderates. (Original Post) Passages Yesterday OP

He's got to be stopped!!!! 1WorldHope Yesterday #1

That goes back further than Reagan, try Eisenhower RainCaster Yesterday #2

That's true and a more accurate reflection of their immortality and lust for an advantage Passages Yesterday #7

My Firefox blocks trackers (and content) from X. . . . . h2ebits Yesterday #3

I hope this helps. Passages Yesterday #8

It does. . . .thank you! h2ebits 14 hrs ago #11

I'm more than a little curious... GiqueCee Yesterday #4

Congress can reverse this anytime they vote to do so. House of Roberts Yesterday #5

Well... GiqueCee Yesterday #6

Medical Doctor Cassidy was the DECIDING VOTE to put rfk jr in charge of CDC spanone Yesterday #9

True, there is no reason to be surprised by any of them. Passages 23 hrs ago #10

1WorldHope

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1. He's got to be stopped!!!!

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:45 AM

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RainCaster

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2. That goes back further than Reagan, try Eisenhower

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:54 AM

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Ike removed a democratically elected leader and installed a Shah in IRAN so that our oil companies could claim ownership of their oil.

Every single GOP president since then has:
1. Dropped benefits for the poorest in our country
2. Dropped taxes for the wealthiest
3. Tanked the economy
4. Started a war in the middle east
5. Added heavily to our national debt

Passages

(4,267 posts)

7. That's true and a more accurate reflection of their immortality and lust for an advantage

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:01 PM

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they wanted oil they had no rights to.

h2ebits

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3. My Firefox blocks trackers (and content) from X. . . . .

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 10:57 AM

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Would you please post the article that is in X for those of us that don't use it?

Passages

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8. I hope this helps.

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:04 PM

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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/16/minnesota-boundary-waters-mining-congress.html

h2ebits

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11. It does. . . .thank you!

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 09:53 PM

14 hrs ago

GiqueCee

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4. I'm more than a little curious...

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 11:00 AM

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... to know how the Dark Side booby-trapped the bill so that a future administration with the sense of decency that the present poseurs lack would be unable to issue protections for the area, and cut rapacious mining companies off at the knees.
The stench of the Republican sewer of malice in strong in this one.