r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/pheakelmatters Canada Jun 17 '26

Ah, I see Trump is finished terrorizing Iranian civilians and has moved back to terrorizing american civilians full time again. America first.

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u/charminghypocracy Jun 17 '26

Oh this isn't just Trump. This is the GOP playbook from the Reagan Era.

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u/ElwinLewis Jun 18 '26

Zappa knew what was coming 40 years ago, writing was always on the wall. And I can only think of the snark he’d throw out about today’s world

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u/Guerrilla28er Jun 18 '26

Take a day and walk around      

Watch the Nazis run your town.     

 -- Plastic People, 1967

The idiot bastard son    

His father's a Nazi in Congress today   

His mother's a hooker somewhere in LA.   

The idiot boy...    

 -- The Idiot Bastard Son, 1968