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A clinic blames its closing on Trump’s Medicaid cuts. Patients don’t buy it. (www.yahoo.com)
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CURTIS, Nebraska - The only health clinic here is shutting down, and the hospital CEO has blamed Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation. But residents of Curtis - a one-stoplight town in deep-red farm country - aren’t buying that explanation.

“Anyone who’s saying that Medicaid cuts is why they’re closing is a liar,” April Roberts said, as she oversaw lunch at the Curtis Area Senior Center.

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[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

But Kemp, a lifelong Republican and Trump supporter, doesn’t hold that against Trump and suggested he might change course. “I really think he’s gonna do something,” she said.

It's this kind of thinking I find staggering. Trump has done something - it's his bill that caused the problem he's not going to change course. I don't understand why Trump voters want to judge Trump on his words rather than his actions. They're amongst those who are going to suffer to preserve tax cuts that won't benefit them.

[-] Wytch@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's not thinking at all, really. It's feeling. They don't know the difference. They feel like Trump should, or will, do something. So that makes it true for them.

The "participation trophies are bad" crowd have embraced the idea that all opinions are equally valid rather than judged on merit. So they get to live in a world where they can shape reality on vibes. They have no use for critical thought.

When they say "I think..." what we should hear is "I wish."

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

The "participation trophies are bad" crowd have embraced the idea that all opinions are equally valid rather than judged on merit.

This is an interesting sentence. It is accurate, but seems contradictory. People who are bad at sportsball don't deserve recognition, but people who are bad at thinking should be treated with the same respect as scholars and people with real world experience.

[-] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

people who are bad at thinking should be treated with the same respect as scholars and people with real world experience.

This reminds me of a quote from Isaac Asimov:

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Why would Biden do this to us?!

[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks Obama

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

I realize you're being sarcastic, but I'm going to answer you anyway. Biden didn't do anything meaningful to change things because he and his family were profiting handsomely off the status quo.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

People say this knife i stuck in my neck is the cause of my bleeding.

Horse feathers!

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

[-] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Needs more middle fingers and dicks hidden in the embroidered border.

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