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"Youre supposed to call them out on their BS not just repeat it." (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2018 OP
I'm Surprised They're Not Calling It The Red Apron.....nt global1 Feb 2018 #1
Or the No Apron. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #2
Or No Soupbones/ No Soup Either. Blue_true Feb 2018 #4
Ah!!! Shades Of The Soup Nazi From Seinfeld....nt global1 Feb 2018 #8
Yes. The GREEDY RepubliCONs are making wealth & income inequality reach revolutionary levels. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2018 #9
Gourmet Red Bear Boxes OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #3
or "Let them eat borscht"? flibbitygiblets Feb 2018 #17
MSM ("plutocracy Pravda") always calls everything by the Republicans' propaganda term hvn_nbr_2 Feb 2018 #5
It drives me nuts PatSeg Feb 2018 #12
"Reshaping Medicaid" is a new term for adding difficult appalachiablue Feb 2018 #15
Current rules about what cannot be purchased with food stamps. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #6
as to your last question--they don't have one. they want us all to die. niyad Feb 2018 #7
If they can't enslave us PatSeg Feb 2018 #13
You are right. And Democrats need to point that out more strongly than we have been. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #14
The GOP has no plan for people to live & eat well when working, appalachiablue Feb 2018 #16
Yes. I agree with you. And this should be a reason to vote Democratic Sophia4 Feb 2018 #18
Yes, and it's critical to somehow make many more aware appalachiablue Feb 2018 #20
the RED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE DEAD apron n/t BamaRefugee Feb 2018 #10
Across the board. Even coverage for conservatives is sorely lacking! ffr Feb 2018 #11
K&R. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #19

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
9. Yes. The GREEDY RepubliCONs are making wealth & income inequality reach revolutionary levels.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 03:45 PM
Feb 2018

The percentage of people they can actually con drops daily. By how much? The RepubliCons are gambling with the public's money.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
5. MSM ("plutocracy Pravda") always calls everything by the Republicans' propaganda term
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 02:59 PM
Feb 2018

"enhanced interrogation" instead of "torture"
"chain migration" instead of the real name "family re-unification"
"Obamacare" instead of ACA
"welfare reform" instead of starving poor people
It just goes on and on.

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
12. It drives me nuts
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 03:51 PM
Feb 2018

when I hear the MSM just repeat the phrases that right-wing strategists coined for political purposes. They are just doing the republican party's work for them, spreading the propaganda. If they must use such phrases, it should be "So called, chain migration" or "As republicans say........", and follow it up with the correct wording.

appalachiablue

(41,140 posts)
15. "Reshaping Medicaid" is a new term for adding difficult
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:42 PM
Feb 2018

and impossible new work requirements, data submission, restrictions and more. All to discourage and eliminate recipients.

MSM rarely delves into the reality of these issues, why many remain completely ignorant. Unless they face it, close up.

Kentucky "Work Requirements" for Medicaid:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210215245

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
6. Current rules about what cannot be purchased with food stamps.
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 03:04 PM
Feb 2018
https://eligibility.com/food-stamps/what-kinds-of-products-cannot-be-purchased-with-snap-benefits

No alcohol or tobacco. They can buy snacks -- as in chips for children's lunches.

They can't buy vitamins.

I was really poor at times in my life -- working poor.

I wrote down and listed every item I purchased and every penny I spent. It's a hard job being poor. It's really hard.

And Republicans want to make it harder.

What is the Republican plan for raising wages so that people can live and eat well on what they earn when they work?

appalachiablue

(41,140 posts)
16. The GOP has no plan for people to live & eat well when working,
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:51 PM
Feb 2018

it's pretty clear. Not to survive with any real shred of quality of life anyway.

Ultimate social Darwinism.

appalachiablue

(41,140 posts)
20. Yes, and it's critical to somehow make many more aware
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 06:45 PM
Feb 2018

of all the drastic policies and changes taking place with social programs, automation, health and pollution. Foremost motivate them to GOTV-D, if they intend to survive. A tall order, but must be done. Or we're done, frankly. Seriously!

ffr

(22,670 posts)
11. Across the board. Even coverage for conservatives is sorely lacking!
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 03:49 PM
Feb 2018

The conservative corporate media sucks!

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