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by colechristensen 52 days ago
Again, you're disconnected from reality.

Do you want Donald Trump to be in charge of public healthcare? Please stop suggesting we make all of those changes unless you're willing to say you want him to be in charge of it.
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toast0 52 days ago
Has he broken Medicare or VA health more than it already was?

I'll acknowledge he's playing games with Medicaid eligibility, but is he messing with the administration of care?

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colechristensen 51 days ago
VA:

"Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released a comprehensive report detailing the harm and impacts of the Trump Administration’s draconian directives and cuts on veterans. The report, Breaking the Pact: Impacts of Trump, DOGE, and Doug Collins’ Ongoing Assault on Veterans, was released ahead of the Committee’s oversight hearing with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins next week.

Blumenthal’s report reveals historic staffing losses at the Department resulting in dire workforce shortages, increasing wait times for life-saving mental health care, and veterans’ care and benefits being put at risk as a direct result of the Trump Administration’s harmful policies. The Committee report—compiled from extensive reporting, firsthand accounts, and ongoing conversations with veterans and VA employees across the nation—details the Administration’s systemic assault on VA over the past year and the tangible impacts its cuts are having on veterans."

https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2026/1/cuts-cover-ups-chaos-...

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ssl-3 52 days ago
I'm thinking much longer-term than Donald Trump. I intend to outlive that orange cretin by a good number of years.

(You are, of course, free to be as myopic as you wish -- just as everyone else is.)

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colechristensen 52 days ago
I'm also thinking longer term and am not so optimistic that he's just going to go away and the pattern he created won't be taken up by someone else (and the thing to be afraid of is someone else who isn't quite so stupid).

The dam may well be broken, Congress has proven to be full of cowards and the next aspirational autocrat might well win and do better.

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ssl-3 52 days ago
I intend to live longer than that potential outcome, too.
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