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bronxiteforever

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7. Kick.The GOP regularly uses trickery in their bills

Reply to NowsTheTime (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 01:16 PM

Jul 4

to mask the real impacts of the bill or to sandbag pain until after elections.
Really important to figure out this type of response since this is one of their go to tactics.

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Republican bill timing has some benefits first, bad news later. How do we mitigate if we are hoping for help from FAFO? [View all] NowsTheTime Jul 4 OP

Flood the airways, EVERY SINGLE Democratic rep has a town hall in a red district, Scrivener7 Jul 4 #1

This! 👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Jul 4 #2

Some of the clinic/hospital closures will happen before the Medicaid cuts are RockRaven Jul 4 #3

not much you CAN do there - other than point to the mendacity stopdiggin Jul 4 #4

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Costs are going up, we will pay more, things are getting worse. bucolic_frolic Jul 4 #6

Kick.The GOP regularly uses trickery in their bills bronxiteforever Jul 4 #7