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Sounds like GOP congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-Asheville) held a town hall meeting last night and got lit up like a Christmas tree!

https://www.mediaite.com/news/house-republican-torched-by-furious-constituents-as-town-hall-goes-off-the-rails-fck-you/

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A Republican town hall meeting erupted in a furious showdown after Rep. Chuck Edwards’ (R-NC) Asheville constituents grilled him over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy and Ukraine dealings — before the chaos spilled into the streets with protesters chanting: “Deport Musk!”

The meeting, held Thursday, escalated quickly as constituents put Edwards on the spot over the actions of the Trump administration.

It all started when an audience member hit the congressman with a barrage of blunt questions.

“Do you support the annexation of Canada and/or Greenland?” he asked. “And this is a yes or no question, I don’t want you to wander off into the woods, I don’t want to hear about your latest week in your office … so I’m trying to get your opinion on this as a yes or no.”

He continued as the crowd applauded: “Do you support Trump on annexing Canada or Greenland, and do you like the way he treats the premier or the president of Canada, calling him ‘governor’? Is that the way you’d do as a diplomat? Is that, is that the way the United States should act to our closest neighbors?”

The constituent continued: “Do you enjoy the way he’s tried to extort minerals from the Ukraine? Do you like bullying people that need your help? Do you go for kicking the guy when he’s down? Do you support Trump in these things? This is a yes or no.”

After attempting to navigate the list of questions, Edwards conceded: “The short answer to that is no, I do not.”

A lukewarm smattering of applause followed. But when he backed Trump’s stance on extracting resources from Ukraine — framing it as a way to recover the billions sent in aid — the crowd snapped and jeered.

Later, as Edwards talked to the crowd about his decision to vote “yes” on the House budget resolution, the attendees started booing again.

“And you wonder why folks don’t want to do town halls anymore?” Edwards joked.

In response, a man in the crowd stood up and identified himself as a veteran before unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the lawmaker on stage.

“You have nothing to say but lies,” the man shouted, prompting laughter and cheers from the audience. “You’re lying. I’m a veteran, you don’t give a fuck about me.”

Even as security moved in, the man continued his outburst.

“You don’t get to take away our rights,” he yelled as four security officers surrounded him. He kept shouting as he was escorted from the meeting.

“Fuck you!” he yelled as he was led toward the exit, his words met with more applause and cheers from the crowd.

Even as he was being removed from the auditorium, the veteran continued railing against the lawmaker. “You don’t get to do this,” he shouted before disappearing through the doors.

Outside, the uproar continued. A large overflow crowd — captured on video by retired Air Force veteran and former Democratic congressional candidate Moe Davis — erupted into chants of “Deport Musk!”

The wild scenes underscored just how volatile town hall gatherings have become for Republicans who are bracing for a midterm cycle marked by grassroots anger and unpredictable confrontations.

House GOP campaign chief Richard Hudson warned his colleagues this month to reconsider in-person events, claiming Democrats are deliberately disrupting town halls to manufacture viral moments. No evidence has been provided for that assertion.

Watch above via CSPAN.

 

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I was really surprised when it was announced they were doing away with pronouns (they/them) on personal profiles / badges at work. Didn't make 2 shits to me personally because I never opted in, but I know several people that did. I work at one of the Big 4 and they are very inclusive. Them taking a step back was a shock. Can't help but wonder what's coming next.

Also glad I don't have any money in stocks or crypto right now.

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16 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Sounds like GOP congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-Asheville) held a town hall meeting last night and got lit up like a Christmas tree!

https://www.mediaite.com/news/house-republican-torched-by-furious-constituents-as-town-hall-goes-off-the-rails-fck-you/

 

I hope my lesbian cousin, who's a women's coach living in aSheville (yes, she's living the stereotype), was in attendance kicking some ass, too.

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unfucking real. anyone that supports or cheers this needs a 2+2 pill asap to the head ....

The Arlington National Cemetery website "scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery" to meet Trump/Hegseth orders, via @PJMatt

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

 

a fuckign draft dodger leading all this 

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

I mean, how will a shutdown really make things worse?  It's one of the few opportunities the Dems will have until at least the midterms to flex what little muscle they have.  Sure, Donald will blame the shutdown on the libs like he does for everything else, so who gives a fuck this time?

Trump and Musk won’t shut down. 

25 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Sounds like GOP congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-Asheville) held a town hall meeting last night and got lit up like a Christmas tree!

https://www.mediaite.com/news/house-republican-torched-by-furious-constituents-as-town-hall-goes-off-the-rails-fck-you/

 

I'd have loved to watch that vet at the end kick his ass.  And fuck those pigs, too. 

If or when we pressure Greenland to join us, how would that be any different than if Russia pressured Finland to join Russia for national security reasons? Or pull Estonia back into Russia (obviously the Soviet Union but the same thing.)

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1 minute ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Trump and Musk won’t shut down. 

saw a blurb yesterday that musk would use a shutdown to basically nuke very large groups of govt employees 

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Elon is going to nuke very large groups of government employees no matter what. Shut it the fuck down and see who emerges as a true leader to right the country.

 

At this point what do we have left to lose?

30 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Sounds like GOP congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-Asheville) held a town hall meeting last night and got lit up like a Christmas tree!

https://www.mediaite.com/news/house-republican-torched-by-furious-constituents-as-town-hall-goes-off-the-rails-fck-you/

 

Less reported but Edwards was asked why it was ok that the VA or other agencies are firing 20% of their workers but Edwards is keeping his full staff. Edwards' reply was that he needed his team of 15 to fully support his district.

Obviously it doesn't take an intelligent person to identify the flaw in his logic that maybe just maybe the agencies also need most of their staff as well.

3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Less reported but Edwards was asked why it was ok that the VA or other agencies are firing 20% of their workers but Edwards is keeping his full staff. Edwards' reply was that he needed his team of 15 to fully support his district.

Obviously it doesn't take an intelligent person to identify the flaw in his logic that maybe just maybe the agencies also need most of their staff as well.

Well, it doesn't sound like he or his team of 15 are even attempting to support his district. Fuck'em.

See, he needs 15 cuz another rep has 14, and they made fun of him when he only had 13.

The size of these staffs are funny. We have entire embassies with less people than on a staff. The number of US Government officials in a country can triple when a congressional delegation comes to visit.

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Charles Pierce of Esquire magazine:

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"In my life, I have watched John Kennedy talk on television about missiles in Cuba. I saw Lyndon Johnson look Richard Russell squarely in the eye and and say, ‘And we shall overcome.’ I saw Richard Nixon resign and Gerald Ford tell the Congress that our long national nightmare was over. I saw Jimmy Carter talk about malaise and Ronald Reagan talk about a shining city on a hill. I saw George H.W. Bush deliver the eulogy for the Soviet bloc, and Bill Clinton comfort the survivors of Timothy McVeigh's madness in Oklahoma City. I saw George W. Bush struggle to make sense of it all on September 11, 2001, and I saw Barack Obama sing "Amazing Grace" in the wounded sanctuary of Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

"These were the presidents of my lifetime. These were not perfect men. They were not perfect presidents, god knows. Not one of them was that. But they approached the job, and they took to the podium, with all the gravitas they could muster as appropriate to the job. They tried, at least, to reach for something in the presidency that was beyond their grasp as ordinary human beings. They were not all ennobled by the attempt, but they tried nonetheless.

"And comes now this hopeless, vicious buffoon, and the audience of equally hopeless and vicious buffoons who laughed and cheered when he made sport of a woman whose lasting memory of the trauma she suffered is the laughter of the perpetrators. Now he comes, a man swathed in scandal, with no interest beyond what he can put in his pocket and what he can put over on a universe of suckers, and he does something like this while occupying an office that we gave him, and while endowed with a public trust that he dishonors every day he wakes up in the White House.

The scion of a multigenerational criminal enterprise, the parameters of which we are only now beginning to comprehend. A vessel for all the worst elements of the American condition. And a cheap, soulless bully besides.

Watch him make fun of the woman again. Watch how a republic dies in the empty eyes of an empty man who feels nothing but his own imaginary greatness, and who cannot find in himself the decency simply to shut …. up even when it is in his best interest to do so. Presidents don't have to be heroes to be good presidents. They just have to realize that their humanity is our common humanity, and that their political commonwealth is our political commonwealth, too.

Watch him again, behind the seal of the President of the United States. Isn't he a funny man? Isn't what happened to that lady hilarious? Watch the assembled morons cheer.

"This is the only story now."

 

28 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I hope my lesbian cousin, who's a women's coach living in aSheville (yes, she's living the stereotype), was in attendance kicking some ass, too.

NC has some real fucked up gerrymandering because Asheville is not a place I’d pick to go red. 

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

The size of these staffs are funny. We have entire embassies with less people than on a staff. The number of US Government officials in a country can triple when a congressional delegation comes to visit.

given that the district is comprised of 750K constituents, I think 15 is ridiculously small. Take out the staff that do not deal directly with the public, and you probably have 5-7 people who help constituents with questions or problems. No wonder none of feel any connection to our congress member.

4 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Charles Pierce of Esquire magazine:

 

What lady is he talking about (he has unfairly and nastily riducled too many to narrow it down, unfortunately)?

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

given that the district is comprised of 750K constituents, I think 15 is ridiculously small. Take out the staff that do not deal directly with the public, and you probably have 5-7 people who help constituents with questions or problems. No wonder none of feel any connection to our congress member.

I stand corrected. I should have said DC based staff. Local staff are critical and probably not enough. As long as they are real people and not some third cousin on an internship.

What lady is he talking about (he has unfairly and nastily riducled too many to narrow it down, unfortunately)?

Probably E. Jean Carroll.
NC has some real fucked up gerrymandering because Asheville is not a place I’d pick to go red. 

Was thinking the same thing.
Just now, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s so perfect. 
 

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And you know rubes are going to believe it.

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1 hour ago, C-Man said:

“And you wonder why folks don’t want to do town halls anymore?” Edwards joked.

This shit infuriates me. These people are supposed to represent the interests of their constituents. They are hearing, loudly, across this country that they are not happy with what is happening in DC. Instead of listening and saying “Hey, I hear you loud and clear and I don’t agree with all of this shit, either. It’s time for me to get back to DC and caucus with my colleagues to come up with a plan to stop this bullshit” they turn tail and hide. Spineless traitors with zero courage and with a singular interest of self preservation. Pieces of shit.

3 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s so perfect. 
 

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Unsurprising, I guess, but Howard is proving to be a complete shill.

31 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

NC has some real fucked up gerrymandering because Asheville is not a place I’d pick to go red. 

Oh, no. It’s the @Ag with kids and @Bozo_Casanova bat signal.

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10 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s so perfect. 
 

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I wasn't an economics major, but seems like balancing the budget, then wiping out tax revenue from a huge portion of the country's population, might result in an unbalanced budget.  

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

I wasn't an economics major, but seems like balancing the budget, then wiping out tax revenue from a huge portion of the country's population, might result in an unbalanced budget.  

Tariffs will make up for it, duh. And the top of the end of earners in this country already don’t pay taxes, might as well let some on the lower end get in on the action.

Unsurprising, I guess, but Howard is proving to be a complete shill.

I suppose so. He called the Dotard tariffs “the most important thing America has ever had”.
1 hour ago, RPM said:

I was really surprised when it was announced they were doing away with pronouns (they/them) on personal profiles / badges at work. Didn't make 2 shits to me personally because I never opted in, but I know several people that did. I work at one of the Big 4 and they are very inclusive. Them taking a step back was a shock. Can't help but wonder what's coming next.

Also glad I don't have any money in stocks or crypto right now.

We were given the option to at work as well. I didn't do it, others did. Some people felt really passionate about it, so great. I think it was mostly a generational thing, but not exclusively.

I don't feel the need to belittle it or cause pain to others by taking it away. I don't get why others feel the need to or even feel delight in it.

15 minutes ago, Red Five said:


I suppose so. He called the Dotard tariffs “the most important thing America has ever had”.

And said prices would reduce under them.

And, I'll say it again, if tariffs are truly effective -- stopping US "dependence" on imports -- collection of them will dwindle to nothing.

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

And said prices would reduce under them.

And, I'll say it again, if tariffs are truly effective -- stopping US "dependence" on imports -- collection of them will dwindle to nothing.

No, see, they're Schrodinger's tariffs: simultaneously 1) generating trillions in revenue, because trillions in foreign goods will keep flowing into the US, thus providing a revenue stream that will replace all taxes on Americans, just as Trump promised, while also 2) causing the flow of foreign goods to STOP coming into the country, thus immediately boosting American manufacturing etc. so we will become the manufacturing economy we were in the 1950s.  Both a massive inflow of goods, and no inflow of goods....happening at the same time.  That's the Trump economic miracle!

And we have fucking morons around here who still think that's great, although they insist that "they don't support Trump."  FFS, they engage in magical thinking of the impossible.

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Shumer is actually voting to give trump and musk money to continue destroying the government? 

It's starting to get to the point that Democrats not doing the obvious thing and drilling these assholes publicly for the shit they're doing means they're secretly ok with it all happening. They aren't poor. They aren't losing their jobs. Their kids go to private schools too. 

Not rising up as a voice for the American people at this time means they just flat out don't want the responsibility of following through on promising to help the American people. 

If we eliminate federal income tax because tariffs are covering the bills, but the increased prices due to tariffs are being paid by the people, isn’t it just a shell game?  
how are the rich going to avoid what is essentially a sales or consumption tax, when income tax creativity isn’t available to them?

Shumer is actually voting to give trump and musk money to continue destroying the government? 
It's starting to get to the point that Democrats not doing the obvious thing and drilling these assholes publicly for the shit they're doing means they're secretly ok with it all happening. They aren't poor. They aren't losing their jobs. Their kids go to private schools too. 
Not rising up as a voice for the American people at this time means they just flat out don't want the responsibility of following through on promising to help the American people. 

They’re scared. Plain and simple. Most don’t want the mob sicked on them and/or eventually sent to a camp or prison.
2 minutes ago, Red Five said:


They’re scared. Plain and simple. Most don’t want the mob sicked on them and/or eventually sent to a camp or prison.

So we need to threaten them with violence to get them to represent us? Is that what they are saying?

4 minutes ago, Red Five said:


They’re scared. Plain and simple. Most don’t want the mob sicked on them and/or eventually sent to a camp or prison.

Then it's all over, this is a dictatorship run by the dumbest dictator since Nero, and we all might as well just enjoy every day the system and infrastructure hasn't collapsed on our heads and killed us. 

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10 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Then it's all over, this is a dictatorship run by the dumbest dictator since Nero, and we all might as well just enjoy every day the system and infrastructure hasn't collapsed on our heads and killed us. 

It's okay.  We'll be distracted by the war with Canada before the end of the summer.  So we have that to look forward to.

And no, I'm not kidding.  It has ratcheted up from "no fucking way" to "maybe it could happen" to "holy shit, it's really going to happen" in no time. 

You cannot demonstrate the level of belligerence that Trump has towards Canada and NOT end up in a shooting war.  

Dear God, this is all so dumber than even I could have imagined.

3 hours ago, Red Five said:


Nothing bad has ever happened under Trump.

Is there any doubt that if he hadn’t been president in 2020, he’d be saying “Covid never would have happened with me as president!”.

Biden derangement syndrome 

1 hour ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s so perfect. 
 

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2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

unfucking real. anyone that supports or cheers this needs a 2+2 pill asap to the head ....

The Arlington National Cemetery website "scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery" to meet Trump/Hegseth orders, via @PJMatt

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

 

a fuckign draft dodger leading all this 

 

if this doesn't make your blood boil, there's something wrong with you ....

https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074#3le0od4xwtkldf9ncgh2wy4m9sol8req

 

 

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Then it's all over, this is a dictatorship run by the dumbest dictator since Nero, and we all might as well just enjoy every day the system and infrastructure hasn't collapsed on our heads and killed us. 

Gavin Newsom, perhaps the front runner for the dem nomination in 2028, started a podcast last week. His first guest was Charlie Kirk. We are so screwed.
57 minutes ago, Red Five said:

They’re scared. Plain and simple. Most don’t want the mob sicked on them and/or eventually sent to a camp or prison.

The rationale is that if the government shuts down, Trump and Musk will go hog wild destroying institutions and do far more damage than if the government stays open. Would we even hear what all they were cutting until the government re-opened?

26 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The rationale is that if the government shuts down, Trump and Musk will go hog wild destroying institutions and do far more damage than if the government stays open. Would we even hear what all they were cutting until the government re-opened?

They're going to do it anyway. Don't give them the funding and approval of Congress to do it. Make them do it on their own and fight it in the courts. 

2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s so perfect. 
 

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in other words, "all of you people under 150K, give us free reign to reduce the govt and we will reward you with no income taxes." This is the illusion of a bribe that will never happen.

9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

in other words, "all of you people under 150K, give us free reign to reduce the govt and we will reward you with no income taxes." This is the illusion of a bribe that will never happen.

... but rest assured that regardless you'll pay 3x as much in increased costs due to tariffs (while the rich folks somehow end up paying even less as we eventually gut any progressive taxes in favor of regressive sales taxes / tariffs).   

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