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[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 16 minutes ago

Every two posts. Can we just vote tomorrow? Let's all promise to never vote Republican ever.

[-] ALilOff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Well Minnesota is a donor state in taxes, sounds like Minnesota could you know…not pay federal taxes this year

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago

Fucking MAGA losers are going to murder more Americans. Minnesota is a contributor state and should withhold payment to the federal government. In fact, all the Blue States should do the same.

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

It's a great idea, but the problem is people file their federal taxes as individuals and pay the IRS directly, so how are the blue states supposed to withhold the money?

[-] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Wouldn't be all of it but the state could instruct any businesses in the state to not submit any federal tax it collects

[-] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 8 hours ago

Oh this is just murder, isnt it

[-] cpaq47@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

With extra steps

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

Something non-Minnesotans might have missed: Prosecutors from the Minnesota US attorney's office have been quitting en masse, thanks to political pressure from Pam Bondi and others

This has certainly hampered fraud investigations, in addition to harming other prosecutorial efforts

In short, the federal government is hampering fraud prosecutions while punishing Minnesotans for the fraud

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

May all these monsters in this administration hang from their necks soon.

[-] lukaro@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

That's going way too easy on them, they don't deserve such a quick painless death.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Very true, it needs to be painful, it’s needs to be embarrassing for them, and it needs to be public.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

Give em the old William Wallace

Wallace was taken from the hall to the Tower of London, then stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered—strangled by hanging, but released while he was still alive, emasculated, eviscerated (with his bowels burned before him), beheaded, then cut into four parts. Wallace's head was dipped in tar and placed on a spike atop London Bridge

[-] happydoors@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

My baby is losing healthcare because of this. Edit: This was a bit reactionary. Based on what I’ve learned, this will not directly affect us. Still, it affects millions others for political motives

[-] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 3 points 8 hours ago

I'm very sorry to hear that. Hope things work out for you and your baby.

Trump and all the other ghouls in congress are monsters.

[-] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

They are sanctioning the state of Minnesota like it’s a foreign narco or terrorist state

[-] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

We need to get them out of office and into prison as fast as possible. A government bound by no laws will start murdering thousands of us just to make a point. ICE has already murdered almost a dozen americans, and ZERO of them have even been investigated.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago

Face it, this is a fascist nation. They're going to starve us into obedience.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 41 points 16 hours ago

This little tidbit was buried:

“We’re announcing a six-month national moratorium blocking all new enrollments for durable medical equipment– prosthesis, orthotics– supplies across the board,” he said, later adding that the move was “going to be effective, and it’s not going to touch the people who need these services.”

So good luck if Grandma needs oxygen, tell her to breathe deeper.

Also how do they block these services, and then say "it's not going to touch the people who need these services?" Unless, y'know, they need these services.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Blocking new enrollments.

So if Grandma is already on oxygen, she's fine. But if Grandma's doctor decides she needs to START supplemental O2, well, too bad, your grandma is clearly trying to scam the system and will need to wait 6 months (at least).

Some for prosthesis. Terrible time for people to be losing limbs. Clearly there must be a significant black market for prosthetic legs, funded entirely by our tax dollars. (/s in case not obvious).

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago

Like I said, Grandma can just breathe deeper, and I guess we'll start seeing YouTube videos on "how to carve your very own pirate-style wooden peg leg, using common household items!"

[-] Janx@piefed.social 22 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Kind of a shit article. Just parrots the Trump administration's claims, with no fact-checking or comments from anyone with actual knowledge of the Medicaid system.

The truth is, the courts will obviously reverse this punitive action. The fact they are doing it anyway shows they care more about hurting Americans who resist Trump than focusing on the economy, world relations, housing prices, etc...

[-] BioDriver@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Again? Did they forget their last court slap down?

[-] Wilson@lemmy.today 5 points 7 hours ago

I don't think they really care. See response to the tariffs ruling.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 23 points 17 hours ago

Jesus, it's murder. They're murdering them.

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

So, I guess we're now doing embargos inside the country as well. Fascism really is just colonialism turned inward.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago

Why would the VP be telling us that?

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 12 points 17 hours ago

Not in the US. How are people from Minnesota fighting back against this??

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 18 points 17 hours ago

There's been massive protests. ICE responded by murdering peaceful protestors

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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 15 hours ago

Hopefully with trebuchets, oxygen containers, and a lighter.

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[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 157 points 1 day ago

Causing harm to civilians in order to coerce the submission of a government is the very definition of terrorism

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