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liberalmuse

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66. This is unconscionable.

Tue May 8, 2018, 10:59 AM

May 2018

Pro-life indeed. If these degenerates are going to abandon the poor and sick, they should enact at-will right to die laws so the victims of their policies at least have the choice of living in suffering or dying on their own terms. Republicans are the death panels they so fear.

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More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana Thursday... [View all] mbusby May 2018 OP

Just in time for mother's day - nice touch jberryhill May 2018 #1

A Republican Crisis Roy Rolling May 2018 #37

Hey, Hey! Hey, HEY!!!! Grins May 2018 #48

Begin developing the appropriate plans . Wtf? drray23 May 2018 #2

My reaction is the same pandr32 May 2018 #3

They strap them into a gurney then push them in the bayou. KWR65 May 2018 #16

A majority should have family to move in with. Of course, Hortensis May 2018 #17

Many people in nursing homes require more care than a family member can provide crazycatlady May 2018 #51

Sure. Those won't be lying on the sidewalks, though, Hortensis May 2018 #60

I am afraid you are not considering the whole picture. drray23 May 2018 #74

I'm not forgetting that at all, Drray23. Hortensis May 2018 #77

Republicans have been doing this for decades. SergeStorms May 2018 #22

Totally agree! workinclasszero May 2018 #61

Republicans want poor people to die in the gutter like in India dalton99a May 2018 #4

You are 100 percent correct Bradshaw3 May 2018 #9

Yeah, what happened to..... SergeStorms May 2018 #23

You damn right they do and it's workinclasszero May 2018 #62

A change of plans is in order. nancy1942 May 2018 #5

Their new plan... mbusby May 2018 #11

What is the response of GOP Christians to this barbarism?! appalachiablue May 2018 #14

ask them if they have made modifications to their home for when grandma moves in.... dembotoz May 2018 #52

Right. If Christian GOP supporters can't care for people, then those Xians appalachiablue May 2018 #82

Right here.... workinclasszero May 2018 #63

that is literally the best political cartoon I have ever seen n/t renate May 2018 #79

+1 CrispyQ May 2018 #80

That's a great one, illustrative of the sickness and rot upon us. appalachiablue May 2018 #84

The Nazi, T-4 Euthanasia Program begun 1939 to sterilze and murder 'defectives.' appalachiablue May 2018 #90

I Can't Say What I Think I Will Get Banned From The Universe PaulX2 May 2018 #6

Plus One!!!! Bradshaw3 May 2018 #10

I'm pretty sure we're on the same wavelength. smirkymonkey May 2018 #75

Similar to the republican health plan.... Toorich May 2018 #7

The GOP plan is to bankrupt and make ill, BigmanPigman May 2018 #8

Ben Carson said a few days ago HUD residents will be paying more Bradshaw3 May 2018 #12

Brutal fascists at work eliminating the helpless. Reminds me of films appalachiablue May 2018 #13

"Useless eaters" KatyMan May 2018 #42

We all knew this was coming when the Rethugs decided to put Medicaid on the chopping block... Zoonart May 2018 #54

Takers and producers..... Was that the phrase? keithbvadu2 May 2018 #87

This administration would NEVER be compassionate to give cyanide to Doreen May 2018 #69

Oh goody. sheshe2 May 2018 #15

Show up at the homes of the legislators (and their families) and camp out. DRoseDARs May 2018 #18

Damn straight halobeam May 2018 #33

Time for Hoovervilles everybody! llmart May 2018 #45

"Hoovervilles" in the Great Depression 1930s, all over the US. For real. appalachiablue May 2018 #85

Former House Speaker Jim Tucker says, "If those notices go out, they will kill people" Elwood P Dowd May 2018 #19

"If those notices go out, they will kill people," - Mission accomplished keithbvadu2 May 2018 #88

Remember that ad with ryan pushing granny out of her wheelchair...off the cliff..? Hulk May 2018 #20

That was Alan Grayson. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #21

And he used to post right here on DU: Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #25

Congratulations, you're getting your wish. Shipwack May 2018 #36

I am pretty sure he is running again. dameatball May 2018 #76

Rep. Alan Grayson (D - FL-9) Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #26

Additional Info here: KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #24

Omg area51 May 2018 #27

Same as Hitler: different times, different people/country, different methods, but the end result is RKP5637 May 2018 #58

Trump and the GOP fascist coup are really dropping the mask workinclasszero May 2018 #64

I can't decide whether this is compassionate conservatism or tough love. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #28

A twist: "You voted Republican, so fuck you!" Grins May 2018 #50

America is rapidly becoming a 4th world nation where cruelty has no limits. democratisphere May 2018 #29

"Bring out your dead"... Kittycow May 2018 #30

Sick little fuckers, just sick bastards every one of them, what else is there to say? Canoe52 May 2018 #31

You're speaking what republicans think about Medidicaid patients? keithbvadu2 May 2018 #89

On the plus side -- everything is clear. Heartbreakingly, utterly clear. byronius May 2018 #32

and don't forget their embrace of religion rurallib May 2018 #40

The sready March towards becoming a third world nation... HopeAgain May 2018 #34

So, it isn't just about losing a place to stay. watoos May 2018 #35

Stop complainig. Abortion and Gunz.. them's what's important. Not Granny. 3Hotdogs May 2018 #38

Welcome to Louisiana Indigent Care Laboratory bucolic_frolic May 2018 #39

Just guessing here watoos May 2018 #41

All so the Republicans can cut sales tax by one cent muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #43

"Next year's shortfall was created because..." Javaman May 2018 #44

Just guessing he means 1%. watoos May 2018 #47

There is always living under the bridge. LisaL May 2018 #46

The Democratic Party needs to send a strong message in support of the sick and elderly everywhere. mia May 2018 #49

Nice! So they're going to kick out elderly patients with Alzheimer's, diabetes, congestive heart Nitram May 2018 #53

"Heckofajob!" someone once said, oddly enough - about Louisiana! NM Grins May 2018 #55

I guess lots of older republican voting folks thought we were kidding about the granny killing GOP workinclasszero May 2018 #56

The republican plan continues to implement the culling of people in America, killing them off. RKP5637 May 2018 #57

New: *MICHIGAN MEDICAID Work Requirement Comes With A Racist Twist* appalachiablue May 2018 #92

"developing their appropriate plans" workinclasszero May 2018 #59

Probaby more than 10 thousand will be DEAD within weeks. mackdaddy May 2018 #65

This is unconscionable. liberalmuse May 2018 #66

This move should ramp up the Suicide rate in Louisiana Submariner May 2018 #67

So the state is doing this????? THEN bluestarone May 2018 #68

Oh come on people, trump needs the money for his Doreen May 2018 #70

republican family values at work Achilleaze May 2018 #71

I think that the state of Louisiana just made a giant mistake... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #72

How many of the 37,000+ recipients ... aggiesal May 2018 #73

How many are Vets?? Yeah....the CONS "support the troops" and Liburls don't........ Bengus81 May 2018 #78

Appropriate Plan - Family Members, Advocates show up MarcA May 2018 #81

Hope this adds fuel to a blue wave there beachbum bob May 2018 #83

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #86

Good old southern values. joshcryer May 2018 #91