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He voted with the GOP 77% of the time in his last term, well below average.


What were the substance of the bills when he voted against the GOP? Because a lot of GOP shite is not conservative.

Massie broke ranks with the GOP on:

Ukraine aid (Massie voted against)

COVID restrictions and mandatory vaccines (Massie voted against)

Large, omnibus spending bills (Massie voted against)

Reauthorization of FISA powers (Massie voted against)

It’s basically a list of authoritarian shite that posters on this page constantly complain about but now it’s somehow the reason he should be run out of Congress.

Like on main thoroughfares? Or in neighborhoods?

If you’re complaining about people jogging on neighborhood streets, you’re a loser.

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Look at me I defeated the Joos so i can keep voting for Dems like a True Conservative' Deviant Tom


Massie is one the most consistently conservative votes in Congress
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ITEP isn’t stealing money, it’s saying business pay less.


All taxes are theft.

Given the choice between private business keeping more of their money versus wasting it in the government machine, I’ll choose private business 100% of the time.
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The state could also quit handing out ITEP exemptions and be awash in money to raise teacher pay.


You have clearly missed what the people of Louisiana are saying.

We don’t want more taxation in a state that is overtaxed.

Reduce bureaucracy, decrease wasteful and unnecessary spending, hold government employees accountable.

Do all of this before trying to squeeze the taxpayer for more.
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It's like that in private schools too. My kids last day of school is tomorrow and I think he's had maybe 4 weeks of a full 5 days in 2026.

fricking school will take a week off for mardi gras then the next week there's a half day on Friday for teacher development.


That should not bother anyone; kids are in school too much as it is. At the high performing schools in the area, the kids actually perform better when there is more down time built in to the schedule.

Unlike public schools, privates schools are directly answerable to their customers. If this really were a huge issue that negatively affected learning, there would be immediate pushback from parents.
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let teachers get paid based on their merits


This. I don’t support systems that lack merit-based pay where employees are basically immune from termination for incompetence.
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I mean I get what you are saying but Trump has been shite talking him on twitter all week what do you expect him to say



Supporting bullshite, political impeachment attempts against your party leader has consequences.

Maybe this will teach him to grow a set of values instead waiting to follow the political wind.
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I did not miss anything. The manipulation of the voting public is obvious. My vote might have helped a Dem or GOP candidate whom I align with but because I could not vote, they were not helped.


It’s not your choice to make because you are not a member of the party.

If we have open primaries then just get rid of political parties altogether because they would have zero usefulness.
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Where is the US Constitution does it say a citizen of the USA must be in a party to vote for someone running to represent them?


It doesn’t because there is no right to vote in the constitution.

But, again, everyone gets to vote for whoever they want in tne general election (the one that actually matters) - I guess you missed that part of my post.

But it makes absolutely no sense that someone not registered for a political party would be allowed to vote in that party’s primary to determine the party’s candidate. It’s quite literally the party making the decision.

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I avoid party membership like the plague.


Me too but that choice has no bearing on the substance of the issue.
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I do agree a person should not have to join a party to be able to vote for someone running to represent the person.


They can … in the general election.

Open primaries are really dumb. Our hybrid system is dumb, and this coming from an independent.

re: The Wealthy Elite

Posted by Antonio Moss on 5/14/26 at 9:11 am to
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One of the core principles of the MAGA movement was the need to remove money from politics, but it seems this idea has completely gone off the rails, and no one here cares about it.


I don’t remember that ever being a core tenant. He campaigned against political corruption but being able to spend money in support or opposition of political ideas or people isn’t necessarily corruption.

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It's being sold for over $800,000.

It's really just a further indication of how ridiculously expensive housing is today.


That's because it is in the most expensive neighborhood in Jefferson Parish. The same house, half a mile away, across Causeway, would go for $300K
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To anyone that says St George will have to raise taxes to fund schools:

The St George area generates 60 million a year for schools. EBRPSS currently spends less than that on St George schools. St George will have one of the highest funding per student in the entire State.


This should come as no shock to anyone. The City of Baton Rouge and the EBRPSS were being subsidized by the unincorporated areas of the parish (now most of which constitute St. George). It amounted to political theft.

re: ASTS, meme stock or real stock?

Posted by Antonio Moss on 5/11/26 at 6:16 pm to
Do we buy more or go on a selling frenzy?

This stock has been very good to me ...

If you are trying to avoid paying capital gains tax, DAFs are a solid choice. You can transfer earnings (actually appreciated stock) from investments (non-retirement accounts) to a DAF with no capital gains tax penalty.
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Because Republicans think that a state with a registered voter split of 1/3 Republican, 1/3 Democrat, and 1/3 No Party voters should be split up 5-1 in favor of Republicans.


Which is more equitable than Democrats who have gerrymandered New England 19-0 in their favor despite the region being a 60/40 split.


Make no mistake about it. Liberals don't give one frick about democracy, fairness, or equitable representation; they are just pissed because for maybe the first time in history, the GOP is beating them at their own game.

ETA: To answer the OP, Gravy is mad because Democrats believe that when something doesn't go their way, it grants them permission to throw aside any sense of decorum and act like toddlers in a temper-tantrum. It's not just here; it happend in Tennesee as well.
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AOTC is easily 8th out of 8, even when extending a kindness to TFA and including it in the mainline trilogies & rightfully including Rogue One.


AOTC > PM

They’re both terrible but at least AOTC has a purpose to the overall plot of franchise. If you completely removed PM, the franchise doesn’t lose anything.
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Jackson stood alone in demanding that the unconstitutional districts be effectively preserved for the purposes of this election — guaranteeing Democratic seats in the midterm that could be lost in non-racially discriminatory districts. Neither Kagan nor Justice Sonia Sotomayor would join her in the dissent, despite dissenting from the Callais decision itself.


Because it is absurd on its face. An unconstitutional act is unenforceable - not just unenforceable when it becomes politically convenient.
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And Orleans Parish elections for local officials are local matters, not state matters you miserable troll.


Your understanding of basic civics is abhorrent.
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Our forefathers for saw this as soon as you can vote yourself affluence the system crashes.Well? We’ve reached that point.

So forgive me for trying to say, maybe we should adjust the system to not have so much fricking corruption.


So your solution is to add more politicians to the corrupt system?