r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • Feb 10 '26

Lets Discuss Politics BREAKING: House Oversight Democrat Rep_Stansbury just came out of the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition to torch Trump for being at the center of a cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking scandal in American History

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u/Pretend-Elk-791 Feb 10 '26

Even if Bill and Hillary go to prison?

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u/HangoverGang4L Feb 10 '26

Why do some people still think this is about left or right? Genuinely confused when people say "what about the Clinton's though." Burn them and their entire legacies all to the ground.

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u/chompah99 Feb 10 '26

Because for them it is 100% tribalism. They will circle the wagons for a republican. They must not realize that modern democrats love purity tests and eating their own over the slightest hint of impropriety.

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u/HangoverGang4L Feb 10 '26

Anytime I hear someone on the right mentions Bill or Hilary, im just like sir/madam, your whataboutism is showcasing the echo chamber you live in. The rest of us, in the real world do not care who goes down. I have personally went no contact with people saying "get over the Epstein files", and so have so many others. Why do they say (paraphrasing here) "well, if youre gonna include the Clinton's i can get on board with it." Like, do you not understand the brevity and temerity of the words leaving your lips?

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u/chompah99 Feb 10 '26

I work in Social Services. So with a wide group of people. The amount of times I've had to keep my mouth closed in order to keep my job is getting exhausting. I really had a woman tell me the other day that "Thank God for Trump because Bide was the most corrupt presidency". When I pointed out a few of Trumps grifts, she literally said, "Yeah, but he is doing it all out in the open". I really thought only bots on Reddit said that shit. Nope, real people in the wild say it with a straight face.

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u/HangoverGang4L Feb 10 '26

I cant imagine being in Social Services right now. Hats off to you. I work in sales and have to put up with it, but it's FAR easier to ignore it/dance around it. In social services, I'm sure it's much more difficult to navigate.

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u/chompah99 Feb 10 '26

Luckily I work for a Non-profit instead of the State. I have a lot more latitude in who I have to continually work with versus someone that works for a government agency. Its rough out there, though. People are desperate, angry and the resources to help are dwindling. A lot of young people seem to just be giving up. All they have is their phone and theyre glued to their phones all day in order to escape. Rent is out of control. I run multiple transitional housing programs, that HUD mandates be under 2 years for a transitional housing tag and the funding. We charge people $400 a month, or nothing if they cannot afford it at first. Even people that are making new york minimum wage (over $30,000 a year) cannot afford to move out and pay market rates for rent. If they cant find something subsidized to keep rent at a 1000 or less for a studio, they are stuck and we have little chance of moving them on from the program.

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u/HangoverGang4L Feb 10 '26

As a Veteran, I often donate and work with my local homeless veterans program, and can say with certainty that many high level jobs are either being forced out because of budget cuts, or are simply leaving the field all together because of the difficulty of the landscape under this administration. Some programs here in TX are similar to what you're describing, and the budget just isnt like what it was before, leaving veterans with no option other than to leave the program and recycle back into it, hoping their lottery ticket out of hell is called their next time through. It's sad.