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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:32 PM Jun 2017

if you're not in a state of rage while watching Lawrence O'Donnell, nothing's going to move you.

Ari Melber is filling in for Lawrence. He was visibly choked up and on the verge of tears.

Hope President Trump enjoys his golf weekend.

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if you're not in a state of rage while watching Lawrence O'Donnell, nothing's going to move you. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2017 OP
I was crying . I am angry. SummerSnow Jun 2017 #1
Our president is the mean one! No heart, no soul, no empathy. FM123 Jun 2017 #2
He's not MFM008 Jun 2017 #35
What's the discussion tonight? JHan Jun 2017 #3
the pain and suffering handmade34 Jun 2017 #5
Hard to explain accurately. A disabled boy and his mom, addressing TrumpCare Miles Archer Jun 2017 #7
gut wrenching. I'll look out for the repeat then. JHan Jun 2017 #9
He is pure evil. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #12
+1000 WyLoochka Jun 2017 #24
can't say that enough...they are all heartless and evil a-holes iluvtennis Jun 2017 #28
Voldemort's evil twin. Amaryllis Jun 2017 #43
No new light for any. Amoral McConnell's ideology is personal power, Hortensis Jun 2017 #34
And Kentucky loves it that way. They keep voting him in. Kablooie Jun 2017 #40
They interviewed a young guy who has a severe disability The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #10
fuck :( ... And seriously.. JHan Jun 2017 #13
And he was in good spirits about his life outside of that. Miles Archer Jun 2017 #14
He will not even make it into a nursing home without medicaid. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #16
I'm with you leanforward Jun 2017 #4
It's beyond outrageous. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #6
What kind of country is this? TomSlick Jun 2017 #8
the whole thing is sad and infuriating and it hit home a little more Doreen Jun 2017 #11
I genuinely believe my level of hate for these cretins has reached an all-time high. bullwinkle428 Jun 2017 #15
Anyone who could watch that and still support Trump and Republicans "Health care" legislation ooky Jun 2017 #17
Or you are a heartless gutless republican LOL Lib Jun 2017 #18
What have we become to allow this? Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #19
Yep Cosmocat Jun 2017 #41
It was heartbreaking Bayard Jun 2017 #20
Tears, suffering and pain ... LenaBaby61 Jun 2017 #21
If You Think That rethugs Couldn't Do It... Leith Jun 2017 #22
Yes, Beyond the pale. Then, they made fun of Obama for Alice11111 Jun 2017 #27
Snippet via Twitter Miles Archer Jun 2017 #23
Thanks. Wow. Impressive fellow. byronius Jun 2017 #36
"Exterminate the lame, the weak, the unwell, the old, and the deviates . . . NBachers Jun 2017 #25
Maybe those "Left Behind" will be the heartless OhNo-Really Jun 2017 #26
That shit tore me up stevil Jun 2017 #29
To add emphasis on how truly disgustingly evil Enoki33 Jun 2017 #30
Heart Wrenching Penn Voter Jun 2017 #31
No, he got help from the March of Dimes, which FDR founded The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #44
But her emails!!!! And "tax cuts" Hamlette Jun 2017 #32
I cannot believe there are such people in the world who are so evil. Who would do this smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #33
And tax cuts only for the very wealthy, as if they are to be paid back for something. byronius Jun 2017 #37
They are: campaign donations. And future employment. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #39
Many Republicans would "sympathetically" suggest getting help from family and church. AS IF WinkyDink Jun 2017 #38
When people start dying from lack of care, their ashes should be placed on the Capital steps egold2604 Jun 2017 #42
I just watched this posting with Ari Melber....and He is amazing...... I would like to see him onecent Jun 2017 #45

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
7. Hard to explain accurately. A disabled boy and his mom, addressing TrumpCare
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:36 PM
Jun 2017

I'm not going to venture to explain it. It was pure horror, and it will make you see Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and Donald Trump in a new light.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
9. gut wrenching. I'll look out for the repeat then.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:39 PM
Jun 2017

Btw, I think McConnell is even worse than Trump.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
34. No new light for any. Amoral McConnell's ideology is personal power,
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:50 AM
Jun 2017

and he's sold his power to those who'll help him accrue more over his entire career. It's what he does.

Ryan's a true libertarian extremist whose policies would "improve" America by allowing our "weak," "unworthy" citizens who can't pay for modern medicine or for their elder years after bankrupting themselves to just die. Not a racial or ethnic cleansing, but an "unworthy" cleansing.

Trump's a dysfunctional fraction of a man who's almost certainly literally incapable of caring about others.

Today's Republican Party leadership and big-money backers are riddled with sociopaths.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
10. They interviewed a young guy who has a severe disability
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:40 PM
Jun 2017

and talks through some mechanism (like Stephen Hawking?), along with his mother, and they were explaining about how Medicaid makes it possible for him to be cared for in his own home and live as normally as possible. He has been scared since the election that he'll have to go into a nursing home and lose the care he needs. It was very, very sad and infuriating.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
14. And he was in good spirits about his life outside of that.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:45 PM
Jun 2017

"I used to have a girlfriend. I don't have one now. I hope to revisit that."

Joan Walsh asked what kind of monster Paul Ryan would have to be for bragging about his dream of gutting Medicaid going back to keggers in his college years.

I thought the people in wheelchairs outside of McConnell's office yesterday was devastating, but this multiplied that by ten.

When Ryan was on the White House lawn, chugging Bud Lights and high-fiving his co-conspirators, THIS is what he was celebrating.

sheshe2

(83,355 posts)
16. He will not even make it into a nursing home without medicaid.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jun 2017

Medicaid is what pays for that, another lost soul due to the heartless greed of the GOP.

TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
8. What kind of country is this?
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:37 PM
Jun 2017

Surely - in the name of all that's holy - we're not going to force this young man into a nursing home to die.

The mom just said it all: "I never thought I'd see this in this country."

If I weren't so angry, I'd cry.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
11. the whole thing is sad and infuriating and it hit home a little more
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:41 PM
Jun 2017

when Ari was choking up and almost started to cry.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
15. I genuinely believe my level of hate for these cretins has reached an all-time high.
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:46 PM
Jun 2017

I'm sorry if that's too strong a word for some.

ooky

(8,889 posts)
17. Anyone who could watch that and still support Trump and Republicans "Health care" legislation
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jun 2017

is void of a soul.

And to think that there are people who will do this so they can get a tax break. What has happened to the spirit of America?

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
19. What have we become to allow this?
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:52 PM
Jun 2017

The fact that there is not more outrage over this "Wealthcare" bill which fundamentally dismantles Medicaid speaks volumes to where we are as a nation.

You take a culture that has become nearly entirely "me" focused, toss in a dash of right wing talking points that seem to dominate the television and radio airwaves, and mix in a touch of evangelical bastardization of the gospels and this is what you get, I suppose. There is a large portion of our country that has lost any and all empathy...and I'm not sure how we bring that back!

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
41. Yep
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 07:28 AM
Jun 2017

There should be riots, but 1/3 of the country could give a shit since they get the primal satisfaction that the liberals hate it, and another 1/3 of the country just tunes it all out.

Bayard

(21,806 posts)
20. It was heartbreaking
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:52 PM
Jun 2017

I would say that Rethugs should be put in straight jackets, and forced to watch that segment, but I don't think it would make any difference to them. Rump, McConnell, and Ryan are sociopaths. No empathy, no soul. They see people like Mike as completely expendable. If they see them at all.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
21. Tears, suffering and pain ...
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 10:53 PM
Jun 2017

Won't melt thuglicans hearts like tRumputin's, Paul Ryan's or Mitch McConnell's.

They are a moral, rotten, evil and racist assholes who don't CARE whether people live or die--even what's left of the white middle-class. Just as long as the monies from Medicaid cuts go to them and their fellow 1%'ers who want those delicious tax cuts

Leith

(7,802 posts)
22. If You Think That rethugs Couldn't Do It...
Fri Jun 23, 2017, 11:06 PM
Jun 2017

just think of their reaction to Newtown.

They would line up for the opportunity to pull plugs.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
27. Yes, Beyond the pale. Then, they made fun of Obama for
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:13 AM
Jun 2017

choking up over 1st graders being shot.
I think there is a gene defect or something. I've seen this before in people, who enjoy causing or watching others suffer.

The Repubs are like Akmadenajad sp?( denied holocaust ) though, as some deny it even happened.
Scary people.

NBachers

(17,007 posts)
25. "Exterminate the lame, the weak, the unwell, the old, and the deviates . . .
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 12:57 AM
Jun 2017

We're not carrying their baggage for them anymore."

stevil

(1,537 posts)
29. That shit tore me up
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:44 AM
Jun 2017

On the verge of tears. Watching it again, same effect. Lets get rid of this asshole. The investigations should bear fruit. The system might work this time. I'm ok with that.

Enoki33

(1,584 posts)
30. To add emphasis on how truly disgustingly evil
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 01:56 AM
Jun 2017

Ryan and McConnel are think of the plot they hatched to get this obscenity through Congress to blindside the public and protect their reelection. Trump is in a special class reserved for traitorous degenerates.'Cry the beloved country.'

Penn Voter

(247 posts)
31. Heart Wrenching
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:25 AM
Jun 2017

to say the least. Sadly it won't affect many members of congress because they have no heart. By the way, didn't Senator McConnell reach public funds for his polio treatment as a boy?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
44. No, he got help from the March of Dimes, which FDR founded
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 07:25 PM
Jun 2017

while he was president. It was and is a private charity. However, they are very unhappy with McConnell's heinous bill: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statement-of-stacey-d-stewart-president-march-of-dimes-on-release-of-the-better-care-reconciliation-act-300478664.html

"The bill released today fails repeatedly to prioritize and promote the needs of pregnant women, babies, and their families. No investment is made in promoting maternal and child health, or in ensuring that moms and infants can get the quality care they need for healthy pregnancies and a strong start in life.

"Under the BCRA, families can expect to pay higher premiums for insurance plans that fail to cover the services they need. Medicaid coverage for up to 6.5 million women of childbearing age will be rescinded, making it harder for them to get healthy before they get pregnant. States will be able to permit insurers not to cover maternity and newborn care, meaning women and their partners will have to purchase expensive additional coverage for pregnancy or pay all the costs out of pocket for their prenatal and maternity care. Hundreds of billions of dollars will be slashed from Medicaid for people including pregnant women and children, requiring states to cut eligibility, services, or payments to strapped health care providers.

"This bill penalizes pregnant women, children and families at every turn. The March of Dimes calls upon all U.S. Senators to vote against this ill-conceived package, and to go back to the drawing board to produce legislation that will support the needs of moms, babies and families."

Way to show your gratitude, Mitch.

Hamlette

(15,394 posts)
32. But her emails!!!! And "tax cuts"
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:31 AM
Jun 2017

I don't understand their philosophy or world view. I get the "smaller government" but at what expense? Rand Paul is right up there too.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
33. I cannot believe there are such people in the world who are so evil. Who would do this
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:49 AM
Jun 2017

to people for the sake of A FUCKING TAX CUT!! My god, these people have no souls. I can't even say what I wish upon these inhuman beasts for fear of getting banned forever.

byronius

(7,369 posts)
37. And tax cuts only for the very wealthy, as if they are to be paid back for something.
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 04:24 AM
Jun 2017

A psychotic, indefensible stance.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
38. Many Republicans would "sympathetically" suggest getting help from family and church. AS IF
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 06:00 AM
Jun 2017

such charity ever sufficed in decades and centuries past.

Apparently Republicans read Dickens to get policy ideas.

egold2604

(369 posts)
42. When people start dying from lack of care, their ashes should be placed on the Capital steps
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 08:40 AM
Jun 2017

While I am all for burying people after death, it is more symbolic to place some of their ashes on the capital steps. It will be a strong statement.

onecent

(6,096 posts)
45. I just watched this posting with Ari Melber....and He is amazing...... I would like to see him
Sat Jun 24, 2017, 09:49 PM
Jun 2017

take over Greta job.

We HAVE SOME DOUBLE CROSSING LIARS IN CONGRESS WHO WANT NOTHING BUT MONEY....
i HOPE THEY GET THEIRS SOMEDAY.

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