Mike in the Box
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Mike in the Box
@mike-in-the-box.bsky.social
Pro-democracy American.

I ignore all DMs, so please don't take it personally.
And, instead, 42 million Americans just received a stark reminder that voting for Democrats prevents them from dying.
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Salience?

You want 42 million people to starve for a year, to maintain "salience"? You want millions of government employees to lose their jobs forever, so you can have 3 extra months of "salience"? When the next election is a full year away?
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Perhaps my last post was too complicated for Granny to understand in her current state of batshit delirium. So I'll make it simpler for her:

Republicans made your insurance premium go up. Not Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just to bring you back from the delusional fantasy world you now inhabit, Pissed Off Granny:

The Democrats created the ACA, and they created ACA subsidies. But Americans voted last November to stop those subsidies. So now there's nothing Dems can do to bring the subsidies back.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is utterly absurd.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Mike in the Box
And 5 R senators defected against Thune just last week to pass dem legislation outlawing Brazil tariffs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Honest people can disagree regarding whether it's worth having 42 million people starve, and leave federal workers furloughed or permanently fired, to keep the heat on for ACA subsidies for 3 months. But honest people cannot tell disgusting MAGA lies about why those 8 Democrats did what they did.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Senate agreement funds SNAP for the rest of the fiscal year. It reinstates fired federal workers, and gives them back pay.

It does not continue the Biden administration's ACA credits. It defers that fight until January 30, when the government will shut down again.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Another putrid, disgusting lie from a MAGA propagandist.

During the shutdown, millions of federal employees aren't getting paid, and many are being fired. 42 million SNAP recipient families are hungry. And ACA premiums shot up.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Thats another of your filthy MAGA lies.

The Senate agreement funds SNAP for the rest of the fiscal year. The current court battle is about requiring USDA to use its reserve funds to fund SNAP during the shutdown.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The subject of this conversation is that you lied.

Insurance premiums cost lives. It's reasonable to feel that 42 million Americans should starve so that 40 million more can afford their health insurance. It's not acceptable for you to tell pro-fascist lies about it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The only Miracle Mile Shopping Center that I'm aware of is on the Las Vegas strip. It's 1.2 miles long, with 475,000 square feet of retail space, and 170 tenants.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
8 of them voted to stop 42 million American families from starving, in exchange for deferring the fight for ACA subsidies until January 30.

You're welcome to your opinion that 42 million American families should starve so your premium can be lower. But don't tell flat-out lies about what happened.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Actually, lying MAGA propagandist, the Democrats were the ones who gave you those ACA subsidies in the first place. In fact, they gave you the ACA.

None of them voted to raise insurance premiums. All of them want the subsidies to continue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is exactly the kind of ratfucking pro-fascist lie that gets Republicans elected.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They are.

It is, precisely, a hostage negotiation with a psychopath who gets off on killing hostages. And that's how the Democrats who "caved" are describing it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM