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Nancy Fancyboy's avatar

"Lazy young men" has been used recently and frequently by Vance, Mike Johnson, and some members of Congress. They're preparing the landscape for? I think the draft.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

In most red states there is no general public assistance like there is in blue states and in a few other states. In my state, Florida, we do not have Medicaid extension, so the "working poor" don't qualify. In SSI the first step of the sequential evaluation is "substantial gainful activities." which refers to work activity that involves significant physical or mental effort and is done for pay or profit. The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses SGA to determine if someone can receive disability benefits under Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Generally, work is considered SGA if it is the kind of work usually done for pay or profit, even if no profit is actually realized.

In 2025, the monthly income threshold for Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) is $1,620 for individuals who are not blind. For individuals who are blind, the SGA threshold is $2,700 per month. These amounts are used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to determine if someone receiving disability benefits is engaging in work activity significant enough to disqualify them from receiving those benefits.

Same for Medicaid.

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Sha's avatar

How can undocumented immigrants be getting govt help if they’re undocumented .

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Murray Smart's avatar

This is what Republicans do ALL THE TIME. Take any issue and message it to their benefit, even if it the worst possible thing that could happen to people. And they have developed such a WIDE RANGING Propaganda Machine (with their taking away of the Fairness Doctrine, part of their long term planning that continues today...remember DOGE is working EVERY SINGLE day dismantling our government and taking control of OUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, "Big Balls" 19 year old Edward Coristine (his family must be so proud of him)is in the Social Security System RIGHT NOW working away on YOUR DATA) in America that they can get their messaging out and keep it out 24/7/365 with little to no push back that is CONSTANT and WIDE RANGING and ACCURATE and not full of LIES across America. (I fear that part of their plan is to KILL and have DIE Americans (or terrorize and drive out of America) so they can shrink the number of people that they have to take care of. They want them gone, so they do not have to deal with them. And burden the states and families so that they cannot sustain programs (like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security) and that those programs will collapse. And then the billionaires and people like Peter Thiel who hates democracy can swoop in and takeover.............

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Here's the kind of campaign I've been getting:

Dear Voters,

Now is the time to ask how our faith and values are calling us to act. Now is the time to email and call the offices of our representatives in Congress as the House moves toward the final vote on the reconciliation bill. This bill would decimate the clean energy tax credits at the heart of our nation's progress in combating climate change. Calls to congressional offices are especially needed in the following districts if you have friends or family members to whom you can forward this email:

• Rep. Bacon – NE-02

• Rep. Bresnahan - PA-08

• Rep. Ciscomani – AZ-06

• Rep. Fitzpatrick – PA-01

• Rep. Garbarino – NY-02

• Rep. Hurd – CO-03

• Rep. Joyce – OH-14

• Rep. Kiggans – VA-02

• Rep. Kim – CA-40

• Rep. LaLota – NY-01

• Rep. Lawler – NY-17

• Rep. Mackenzie - PA-07

• Rep. Malliotakis – NY-11

• Rep. Miller-Meeks – IA-01

• Rep. Newhouse – WA-04

• Rep. Nunn – IA-03

• Rep. Valadeo – CA-22

• Rep. Van Drew – NJ-02

• Rep. Wittman – VA-01

Constituents can call the offices of their representatives using the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. There are multiple reasons a representative might vote against the bill, including the impact on rural healthcare if Medicaid is slashed. Thus, a sample script might be:

My name is ______________, and I’m a constituent from ______________. As a person of faith, I’m morally outraged about the reconciliation bill. Whether it is slashing Medicaid or making cuts to SNAP, there are countless reasons to be upset with this bill. I am personally concerned with clean energy tax credits which have helped people across the country to lower their utility bills. We do not need the chaos and harm that this bill would inflict. I urge Rep. ______________ to vote against this bill.

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Mary-BethSMontgomery's avatar

Also mention all those cuts will be cutting jobs!!!

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Karen Van Trieste's avatar

I called Andy Harris' office this morning. He is a physician and knows how much harm this is going to do to people, families, nursing homes, primary care practices and hospitals.

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

You gotta be kidding.

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Nancy Fancyboy's avatar

He's lying.

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Jo Burns's avatar

Single parent teachers qualify for snaps and medicaid. They have education, often advanced degrees and work hard, plus all types of additional training. I'm so over this republican regime denigrating others while they sit with the best Healthcare for life.

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Margaret Redus's avatar

💙💙💙

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David Holst-Grubbe's avatar

Somebody has to die for the billionaires.

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Dennis Doherty's avatar

In every war, every day.

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The Fact And Just The Facts's avatar

Personally, I prefer lazy, fat men sitting on a golden toilet.

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Andy's avatar

🍁 Elbows UP! 🏒

The Big Billionaire Bill passed the Senate 51 - 50 on Canada Day, with JD Vance casting his tie breaker vote.

This is the guy that wants to be president, and just screwed most Americans without a care, because it's "immaterial" that:

"when the bill becomes law, millions will lose their health care coverage. Millions will be hungrier. Rural hospitals will close. The debt will grow by trillions of dollars. Struggling families will have less money in their pockets. Businesses that rely on immigrant labor will fail."

All so that ICE can get four times more funding, and be the highest funded agency out of all of them in the states.

JD Vance: Future President

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/01/vance-medicaid-cuts-ice-spending-tax-bill/84429757007/

Jade Bird - American Pie (Official Video)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbQMVHMW5Q

Unlike most songs, the timing of the chord strumming in this one follows the words, and not the other way around. The chords themselves are easy.

STEP-BY-STEP American Pie Guitar Lesson for Beginners!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjaNGTDzDSU&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

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People will be celebrating Independence Day this long weekend, so there will be a lot of drinking.

Booze and protests are a volatile mix. There aren't a lot of protests scheduled on America's birthday for this reason.

Instead, the next major nationwide protest is being planned for mid July.

There are still some less confrontational protests planned for the 4th.

Free America Weekend

https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend

No Kings Day 2.0

Friday July 4th 2025

https://www.mobilize.us/freedomoverfascism/event/806059/

https://www.mobilize.us/freedomoverfascism/?accessible_only=true&date=2025-07-04T04%3A00%3A00.000Z

Bring signage to make your message and numbers passively visible to events you attend, such as 4th of July concerts, parades, bar-b-ques, and fireworks.

Wear T-Shirts with your own messaging written on them. Use a permanent black marker on white, yellow, orange, or pink material if you have to.

Don't give Trump the legal means to deploy troops through an excuse that there were riots.

Show the courts Trump is full of BS.

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NEXT MAJOR NATION WIDE PROTEST IS: GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON

No Kings, What's Next?

https://www.nokings.org/next

Good Trouble Lives On

Thursday July 17th 2025

https://goodtroubleliveson.org/

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Juzzie Smith - SUPERHEROS Offical Video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=37J2vb81Z8o

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

It isn’t able-bodied was, it’s the paperwork up to monthly which has caused chaos in two states that tried it. Lots of eligible people were making mistakes or were late…

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Wayne C's avatar

It’s hard to remain calm when you hear these reptilian GOP arseholes spew their bull 💩. At some point someone will snap.

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S. A. Linden's avatar

I really appreciate this video. It should be widely shared, and also on our media! Please educate these people who are siloed as hell and believe this mythology. Save them from themselves!

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Fred Wellman's avatar

Thank you!

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Leu2500's avatar

But isn’t the lazy man lying on a couch a Trump voter?

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Donald Hodgins's avatar

I was a paid member of Robert's site, and I got booted for reasons unbeknownst to me. I won't pay to belong anymore. I give my thought for free, and I expect the same from others.

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