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All I hear is a story - have any substantiating evidence?
Proof? Let me suggest that you Google Frio County Judge election fraud, and see what come up. Not an R by the way and not exactly only one D either.
 
Yeah, and he got fired for it. As he should have. Thats what happens when you're a fuck-up, you get fired. Ironic that the guy made famous in part for saying "you're fired" is incapable of firing his own incompetent people.
False- he was fired because he made the narrative look bad; not for incompetence!

It wasn’t until the 3rd stolen suitcase victim and the security footage came out.
 
I was going to explain that Presidents don't create deficits, because Congress creates budgets. And "Tax Cuts" affect revenue, not spending, and it's possible for revenue to go up, but spending to go higher.

I was going to explain total US Spending is about $10Trilion, and total US Defense spending is about $1.3 Trillion, which is a really strange way to get to about 85%. And that $1.3T breaks down as:
  • $877 billion was spent on national defense
  • $323 billion was spent on support for veterans
  • $71.9 billion was spent on foreign affairs
  • $25.9 billion was spent on immigration and border security
I was going to try and explain that when one says "Dissolve the DoE", they mean the Department of EDUCATION, not the Department of Energy. The issue with Education is despite all the money we've spent on this department, we don't seem to be improving anything.

There's so much more. But explaining this all is both tiring and boring. Not sure if Frosty came up with a new username or whatever, but it's easier to simply hit the ignore button.

Right behind you on that...

Big_Easy? ...

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1. Republicans control all 3 branches of the federal government so stop trying to blame the dems for TSA agents not getting paid.

2. I've cited sources in the past but they're just ignored here, so why even bother? But bc you asked nicely, I'lll get you a few at the bottom.

3. Dissolve the DOE? WOW! You're even more liberal than I am. Even I don't advocate unilateral nuclear disarmament. You do realize that the Energy Department is in charge of the Nuke's right, via the Nat'l Nuclear Security Admin. Its more than half their budget in any given year. The DOE is also home to americas main research labs. As the US federal gov is the largest researcher in the world, I dont think that would bode well for our economy.

4. "If you own a business that has a number of employees who cost money to keep on payroll but have no substantial contribution to your businesses or are a liability to overall performance, you would fire them." If they weren't making money, than yes I would. My family has been in and out of self-employment since the 40s. But we don't fire people who make us money. My first job out of college was for a company that had recently been bought out by some private equity assholes. A few months later they laid-off three people in my department. The reason? They weren't making the company enough money. They were still profitable, but equity's net target return was between 15-17%, and their project was now below 10%. Not bc they were losing the Company money. P. Equity was so fucking greedy that 15% was their new minimum. In my grandfathers day a 9% net return would have been entirely reasonable. After I left, they raised their target to over 20%. These large multinational trillion dollar companies laying ppl off aren't loosing money buddy.

5. Government is also different. It's not about making money, its about providing services to its people. By your standards the military loses over $1.5 trillion a year. Ppl on the right don't seem to mind that. But the post office or Amtrak "loose" a couple hundred million, and they go ape-shit and demand layoffs.

6. You, like many seem to misunderstand where federal monies go. 85% of all federal dollars is Mandatory or Military discretionary spending. We could eliminate ALL non-defense discretionary spending and still have a deficit. These "bloated" programs and salaries and spending are mere rounding errors to other programs.

7. Democrats didnt bury this country in debt. Republicans did. Lets go through that then and we can save the medical discussion for later. Reagan takes over in 1981, the country is in 0.9 trillion in debt, after 10 years of Reaganomics the country is in 3.7 trillion in debt and climbing. Bush's daddy tries to reign in these uncontrollable deficits. His fellow republicans loose their mind about broken promises. But it wasnt enough, deficits continue. Until Clinton. One of the first bills they got passed in 1993 was a tax increase on the rich. Go watch old CSPAN videos of republicans coming to tears on the house floor talking about how bad these tax increase will be. And what happened? The largest, longest, continual economic expansion in the history of the republic. Tax increases on rich didn't hurt us at all. Within 5 years we had a balanced budget...due to increasing taxes on the rich. Enter the Bush administration. Bush got elected and immediately said that budget surplus were proof that the gov collected too much money (or maybe we should keep paying off debt with it), time for another tax cut for the rich...oh shit...here we go. He turned 100 billion+ surplus into a 100+ billion deficit within one year. Adjusted for inflation thats more that double in todays dollars.

8. The Reagan tax cuts were never paid for, the bush tax cuts were never paid for. And then he goes to war without paying for it. Remember why we had income taxes to begin with...TO PAY FOR OUR WAR EXPENSES! Previous presidents knew that, but somehow that escaped GW. So then he doubles down, and doubles down again. Another war in 2003 in Afghanistan not paid for, another round of tax cuts not paid for in 03, then another in 2005, and some more sprinkled throughout his admin. No child left behind, Medicare part D...etc. Then they crash the world economy with deregulation and dump a 1.4 trillion dollar budget deficit in Obama's lap. But somehow it's the Dems fault. Yeah ok. After 8 years the budget deficit under Obama is back down to $520 BIllion. Then Trump gets elected and in his first year doubles that to $1 trillion dollars. Why....because the 2017 tax cuts for the rich thats why!
And then things went downhill fast from there.

9. You see D and R are both financially irresponsible, but the Republicans are by an entire order of magnitude. Obama's big spending bill, the ACA? It actually Paid for itself through new taxes, even reduced the deficit by 15 billion per year. When Dems spend money they pay for it, when R's do it, its all deficit spending buddy. Remember what Dick Cheney once said..."Reagan proved that deficits don't matter"....well, they will soon enough.



Well Frostbite, you certainly like to wallow in you're own bullshit.
The Dems are directly responsible for blocking DHS funding.
 
1. Republicans control all 3 branches of the federal government so stop trying to blame the dems for TSA agents not getting paid.

2. I've cited sources in the past but they're just ignored here, so why even bother? But bc you asked nicely, I'lll get you a few at the bottom.

3. Dissolve the DOE? WOW! You're even more liberal than I am. Even I don't advocate unilateral nuclear disarmament. You do realize that the Energy Department is in charge of the Nuke's right, via the Nat'l Nuclear Security Admin. Its more than half their budget in any given year. The DOE is also home to americas main research labs. As the US federal gov is the largest researcher in the world, I dont think that would bode well for our economy.

4. "If you own a business that has a number of employees who cost money to keep on payroll but have no substantial contribution to your businesses or are a liability to overall performance, you would fire them." If they weren't making money, than yes I would. My family has been in and out of self-employment since the 40s. But we don't fire people who make us money. My first job out of college was for a company that had recently been bought out by some private equity assholes. A few months later they laid-off three people in my department. The reason? They weren't making the company enough money. They were still profitable, but equity's net target return was between 15-17%, and their project was now below 10%. Not bc they were losing the Company money. P. Equity was so fucking greedy that 15% was their new minimum. In my grandfathers day a 9% net return would have been entirely reasonable. After I left, they raised their target to over 20%. These large multinational trillion dollar companies laying ppl off aren't loosing money buddy.

5. Government is also different. It's not about making money, its about providing services to its people. By your standards the military loses over $1.5 trillion a year. Ppl on the right don't seem to mind that. But the post office or Amtrak "loose" a couple hundred million, and they go ape-shit and demand layoffs.

6. You, like many seem to misunderstand where federal monies go. 85% of all federal dollars is Mandatory or Military discretionary spending. We could eliminate ALL non-defense discretionary spending and still have a deficit. These "bloated" programs and salaries and spending are mere rounding errors to other programs.

7. Democrats didnt bury this country in debt. Republicans did. Lets go through that then and we can save the medical discussion for later. Reagan takes over in 1981, the country is in 0.9 trillion in debt, after 10 years of Reaganomics the country is in 3.7 trillion in debt and climbing. Bush's daddy tries to reign in these uncontrollable deficits. His fellow republicans loose their mind about broken promises. But it wasnt enough, deficits continue. Until Clinton. One of the first bills they got passed in 1993 was a tax increase on the rich. Go watch old CSPAN videos of republicans coming to tears on the house floor talking about how bad these tax increase will be. And what happened? The largest, longest, continual economic expansion in the history of the republic. Tax increases on rich didn't hurt us at all. Within 5 years we had a balanced budget...due to increasing taxes on the rich. Enter the Bush administration. Bush got elected and immediately said that budget surplus were proof that the gov collected too much money (or maybe we should keep paying off debt with it), time for another tax cut for the rich...oh shit...here we go. He turned 100 billion+ surplus into a 100+ billion deficit within one year. Adjusted for inflation thats more that double in todays dollars.

8. The Reagan tax cuts were never paid for, the bush tax cuts were never paid for. And then he goes to war without paying for it. Remember why we had income taxes to begin with...TO PAY FOR OUR WAR EXPENSES! Previous presidents knew that, but somehow that escaped GW. So then he doubles down, and doubles down again. Another war in 2003 in Afghanistan not paid for, another round of tax cuts not paid for in 03, then another in 2005, and some more sprinkled throughout his admin. No child left behind, Medicare part D...etc. Then they crash the world economy with deregulation and dump a 1.4 trillion dollar budget deficit in Obama's lap. But somehow it's the Dems fault. Yeah ok. After 8 years the budget deficit under Obama is back down to $520 BIllion. Then Trump gets elected and in his first year doubles that to $1 trillion dollars. Why....because the 2017 tax cuts for the rich thats why!
And then things went downhill fast from there.

9. You see D and R are both financially irresponsible, but the Republicans are by an entire order of magnitude. Obama's big spending bill, the ACA? It actually Paid for itself through new taxes, even reduced the deficit by 15 billion per year. When Dems spend money they pay for it, when R's do it, its all deficit spending buddy. Remember what Dick Cheney once said..."Reagan proved that deficits don't matter"....well, they will soon enough.



R’s do not control all three branches. While they have a slight majority in the House and Senate, the 60% Senate rules keeps that from happening. And as far as the judiciary, once on the Court they are free to vote however they wish. Unlike the three liberals, who vote the D party line.
 
Changing the subject because you lost an argument. If you didnt want to hear what I had to say, then why ask?

I provided an example of racism against white people in America as to what you asked for in a previous post there super chief , put down the blunt a minute let the smoke clear from your eyes and try reading the post again.
 
Proof? Let me suggest that you Google Frio County Judge election fraud, and see what come up. Not an R by the way and not exactly only one D either.
As of March 5, 2026 no one has been convicted of voter fraud ( ballot Harvetsing )

"For now, the civil lawsuit and the underlying criminal cases are moving forward on separate tracks. Both sides say they plan to press their claims in court, and the clash has turned into another flashpoint in Texas' ongoing fights over election rules and how aggressively they should be enforced."


Where is your proof or do you often make snap judgements before a conviction?
 
I was going to explain that Presidents don't create deficits, because Congress creates budgets. And "Tax Cuts" affect revenue, not spending, and it's possible for revenue to go up, but spending to go higher.

I was going to explain total US Spending is about $10Trilion, and total US Defense spending is about $1.3 Trillion, which is a really strange way to get to about 85%. And that $1.3T breaks down as:
  • $877 billion was spent on national defense
  • $323 billion was spent on support for veterans
  • $71.9 billion was spent on foreign affairs
  • $25.9 billion was spent on immigration and border security
I was going to try and explain that when one says "Dissolve the DoE", they mean the Department of EDUCATION, not the Department of Energy. The issue with Education is despite all the money we've spent on this department, we don't seem to be improving anything.

There's so much more. But explaining this all is both tiring and boring. Not sure if Frosty came up with a new username or whatever, but it's easier to simply hit the ignore button.
Base budget for 2026 will likely be almost $1 Trillion after reconciliation package/supplementals. VA funding is closer to $440 billion. Are you adding in the NNSA budget too? I wasn't adding in interest payments on past War debt and DOD spending either.

DOE means the department of energy. DoED or just ED is the department of education. Who is frosty? Are you having a medical episode? You seem confused?
 
As of March 5, 2026 no one has been convicted of voter fraud ( ballot Harvetsing )

"For now, the civil lawsuit and the underlying criminal cases are moving forward on separate tracks. Both sides say they plan to press their claims in court, and the clash has turned into another flashpoint in Texas' ongoing fights over election rules and how aggressively they should be enforced."


Where is your proof or do you often make snap judgements before a conviction?
I unfortunately cannot comment on that case. But they are Presumed Innocent until proven guilty. I can say that the Judge has been removed from office by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (Public Record) which is automatic upon a felony charge.

Election tampering has a long history in South Texas. You might google George Parr and see how LBJ became Senator.
 
I don't think this is the link you posted, this is literally a list of election fraud cases, because proving the point for the Save Act.
Thats literally the link I posted when debating @mdwest , it demonstrates that the SAVE act is pointless. 99 cases of illegal aliens voting in elections since 1982. How many billions of ballots were cast? It's seriously a handful of cases per year. I wonder if more than 99 citizens will be denied the right to vote by the SAVE act?
 
Thats literally the link I posted when debating @mdwest , it demonstrates that the SAVE act is pointless. 99 cases of illegal aliens voting in elections since 1982. How many billions of ballots were cast? It's seriously a handful of cases per year. I wonder if more than 99 citizens will be denied the right to vote by the SAVE act?

There are literally pages and pages of people getting caught and arrested related to false identify, voting twice, etc.

You have proof that it happens, you just dont like the number, and then present an argument in which you have no proof of (i.e. how many citizens will be denied theb right to vote) that is complete speculation.

This is an 80% issue which is super rare in politics today.
 
Ok fellows. It’s at that point again. The whole wallowing with pigs scenario
 
I unfortunately cannot comment on that case. But they are Presumed Innocent until proven guilty. I can say that the Judge has been removed from office by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (Public Record) which is automatic upon a felony charge.

Election tampering has a long history in South Texas. You might google George Parr and see how LBJ became Senator.
Seems there is little doubt about that one but I would think that in 78 years there would be improvements in how votes are handled. This one meets all my requirements as to it effecting an election. My question is why was no one held accountable. I am sure man being man regardless of the party that he will always find a way to cheat. The question is how far do you go down that hole. When individuals are caught breaking the law they need to feel the full force of the law coming down on them regardless of thier position.
 
Elections are insufficient accountability
I don't know what accountability you want. Voters decide if a President made the right or wrong decisions and that decides if the keep the job or not.
 
Thats literally the link I posted when debating @mdwest , it demonstrates that the SAVE act is pointless. 99 cases of illegal aliens voting in elections since 1982. How many billions of ballots were cast? It's seriously a handful of cases per year. I wonder if more than 99 citizens will be denied the right to vote by the SAVE act?
Once again, you do nothing but try and push a false narrative.just because they haven't been caught, doesn't mean it's not happening on a grand scale
Texas alone, has found thousands of illegal aliens on the voter rolls.
I can only imagine how many are on the voter rolls of the blue states
Judicial watch is constantly suing states for voter records and to force states to purge the voter rolls of people who shouldn't be on them
 
WTH! Just saw a “No Kings” protest in NYC by a bunch of geriatrics demanding release of Maduro. Another example of CNN induced mental illness of those already on life support suffering with TDS
 
WTH! Just saw a “No Kings” protest in NYC by a bunch of geriatrics demanding release of Maduro. Another example of CNN induced mental illness of those already on life support suffering with TDS
You have an issue with older people? Far as I can tell they were critical in getting Trump elected.

You might not want to build a football team around "geriatrics" but they seem to make perfectly fine citizens to me.

I guess you were just running out of names to call people who disagree with Trump?
 

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