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		|  07-29-2022, 09:06 AM | #121 |  
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				 | I'm not sure that holding up the PACT Act for legislative revenge is the winning play the GOP conference thinks it is.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  07-29-2022, 09:35 AM | #122 |  
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					Originally Posted by Got Stripers  Save the fetus, but Fu*k our veterans who had to burn our war debris, republicans really are pathetic. |  A five time draft dodger who attacked a POW, degraded a Gold Star family, accused a grieving military widow of lying & called the fallen heroes of war “suckers” and losers” is the de facto leader of the Republican Party. 
Is it any surprise they turned their backs on our veterans?
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		|  07-29-2022, 10:13 AM | #123 |  
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					Originally Posted by Pete F.  A five time draft dodger who attacked a POW, degraded a Gold Star family, accused a grieving military widow of lying & called the fallen heroes of war “suckers” and losers” is the de facto leader of the Republican Party.
 
 
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		|  07-29-2022, 10:32 AM | #124 |  
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				 | Scott, I was worried something happened to you.  You've missed a few typos. |  
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		|  07-29-2022, 10:45 AM | #125 |  
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				 | If you judge Republicans by their words, they’re horrible.
 If you judge them by their actions, they’re even worse.
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		|  07-29-2022, 10:47 AM | #126 |  
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					Originally Posted by Pete F.  If you judge Republicans by their words, they’re horrible.
 If you judge them by their actions, they’re even worse.
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		|  07-29-2022, 07:17 PM | #127 |  
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					Originally Posted by scottw  you should write a coffee table book  |  kind of hard when you’re wearing a straight jacket.
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		|  07-30-2022, 11:36 AM | #128 |  
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					Originally Posted by Jim in CT  kind of hard when you’re wearing a straight jacket.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-02-2022, 09:08 PM | #129 |  
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				 | NO is gonna win in Kansas.
 This is a political earthquake. Roe woke up a giant.
 
 Complete game-changer heading into the midterms.
 
 They tried every dirty trick in the book. It didn't help.
 
 “Let the states decide.”
 
 …5 weeks later…
 
 “No, that’s not what we meant!l!”
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		|  08-03-2022, 01:37 AM | #130 |  
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				 | Georgia residents can now claim embryos as dependents on their tax returns, after the state banned most abortions.
 Wow talk about bribery.  Why else would GA do this ?  They could have have done this prior to Roe being overturned
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		|  08-03-2022, 01:39 AM | #131 |  
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					Originally Posted by Pete F.  NO is gonna win in Kansas.
 This is a political earthquake. Roe woke up a giant.
 
 Complete game-changer heading into the midterms.
 
 They tried every dirty trick in the book. It didn't help.
 
 “Let the states decide.”
 
 …5 weeks later…
 
 “No, that’s not what we meant!l!”
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You won’t see red states putting abortion on the ballot anytime soon
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		|  08-03-2022, 05:11 PM | #132 |  
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				 | Hoping that turnout by women saying FU for thinking you can take my rights away transfers to the midterms and even 24.  Kansas is as red as red gets and women turned out in big numbers, could be the Row decision comes back to bite the GOP. |  
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		|  08-03-2022, 06:16 PM | #133 |  
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					Originally Posted by Got Stripers  Hoping that turnout by women saying FU for thinking you can take my rights away transfers to the midterms and even 24.  Kansas is as red as red gets and women turned out in big numbers, could be the Row decision comes back to bite the GOP. |  yup. great sign for the left, sincerely.  going to be a fascinating midterm.
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		|  08-03-2022, 07:29 PM | #134 |  
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				 | Make no mistake, the anti-choice movement is going to look at what happened in Kansas and decide that their best path to criminalize abortion is a federal ban.
 That’s what they’re planning, and that's what's on the ballot this November.
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		|  08-04-2022, 06:53 AM | #135 |  
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				 | I believe the GOP has started to experience the “find out” portion of the programCecile Richards said that 20% of the ballots in Kansas had no votes cast for anything other than the Abortion issue.....
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		|  08-05-2022, 04:57 AM | #136 |  
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				 | IN state Rep. Davisson (R) argues for requiring forced birth of non-viable fetuses.
 Asked what he would tell children of a mother going through pregnancy resulting in stillbirth: "[None] of us are guaranteed tomorrow. We must accept death as a consequence of life."
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		|  08-05-2022, 08:19 PM | #137 |  
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				 | IF indeed the Catholic Church gave $3mil to defeat the Kansas referendum then the Church needs to be taxed. They have forfeited the right to not pay taxes. They have become directly political. Tax them.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-06-2022, 05:20 PM | #138 |  
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				 | Eli Lilly and cummins both major Employers in Indiana said they will start hiring more people outside of Indiana because of the abortion ban.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 05:24 AM | #139 |  
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				 | abortion saves greedy corporations a lot of money.....maternity/paternity leave and replacing those workers during that time is expensive |  
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		|  08-07-2022, 09:19 AM | #140 |  
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				 | Don't worry, Indiana has that covered.  I don't think they offer parental leave. |  
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		|  08-07-2022, 10:25 AM | #141 |  
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					Originally Posted by PaulS  Don't worry, Indiana has that covered.  I don't think they offer parental leave. |  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Eli Lilly made significant changes to parental leave benefits for its employees.
 
New mothers, fathers, adoptive and foster parents will now be able to take 10 weeks off from work without missing a paycheck.
 
A birth mother will also have 8 weeks of paid leave for physical recovery for a total of 18 paid weeks. In addition, all new parents may take 10 weeks of unpaid leave.
 
The new program takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.
 
Cummins Maternity & Paternity Leave 
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		|  08-07-2022, 10:30 AM | #142 |  
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				 | Snarky one those aren't State mandatedPosted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 10:41 AM | #143 |  
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					Originally Posted by PaulS  Snarky one those aren't State mandatedPosted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 11:07 AM | #144 |  
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					Originally Posted by scottw  who cares? |  If you don't care, why did you comment.   Cant you control yourself?
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		|  08-07-2022, 11:29 AM | #145 |  
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					Originally Posted by PaulS  If you don't care, why did you comment.   Cant you control yourself?Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 11:32 AM | #146 |  
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				 | It shows that certain States are concerned with the fetus but don't care about the baby.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 05:46 PM | #147 |  
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					Originally Posted by PaulS  It shows that certain States are concerned with the fetus but don't care about the baby.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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		|  08-07-2022, 05:55 PM | #148 |  
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					Originally Posted by PaulS  It shows that certain States are concerned with the fetus but don't care about the baby.Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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I've never heard a pregnant mom refer to the baby inside her as a fetus, though I've been hearing "certain leftists" insisting recently that a baby in the womb is not a baby, maybe this is the plan to change yet another definition.....pete doesn't even consider it life....sooooooo |  
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		|  08-07-2022, 05:59 PM | #149 |  
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					Originally Posted by scottw  you'd think they'd figure out if the just kill the baby in the womb they wouldn't have to not care about the baby after it's born....
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		|  08-07-2022, 09:02 PM | #150 |  
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					Originally Posted by scottw  I suspect the "certain states" you attribute this comment to believe the fetus is a baby.....
 
 I've never heard a pregnant mom refer to the baby inside her as a fetus, though I've been hearing "certain leftists" insisting recently that a baby in the womb is not a baby, maybe this is the plan to change yet another definition.....pete doesn't even consider it life....sooooooo
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Would I prefer an 80% chance of being born and having 100% chance of being a full citizen with rights, or a 100% chance of being born and a 50% chance of having rights?
 
It's not hard when you look at it that way.
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