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70 House Republicans voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine (www.businessinsider.nl)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Republican policies boil down to

Opposing "the commies";
Guns.

Wait. How did they end up in bed with Russia?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You forgot “anti-woke”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

But I said opposing th---

AH, you're right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh man they are definitely on the same wave with Russian government on this one. Just yesterday Russia banned all and any gender transition therapy/surgery. I wouldn't be surprised if someone particular started pushing for similar stuff in the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Russia isn't communist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The "opposing the commies" bit used to be an anti-authoritarian stance. But now republicans have openly embraced autocracy as political language. It makes perfect sense from that angle.