Right-wing Georgia Republican insists she opposes continuing resolution because she does not want to fund the defence of Ukraine
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was furious on Thursday after Congress passed a bill that will prevent a partial government shutdown.
Ms Greene told The Independent that she opposed enacting a continuing resolution — necessary to avoid this weekend’s deadline to have budgets in place — based on her opposition to US funding for Ukraine in its defence against Russia.
The Democratic-led Senate voted 77-18, and the Republican-led House followed suit, voting 314-108, in favour of the bill.
“I’m voting no to this funding bill, absolutely. I’m not going to vote for the CR,” she said.
She then claimed the war in Ukraine was “pretty much over.”
I yearn for the day that these neanderthals are no longer newsworthy, but I suspect it will never come in my lifetime.
I feel like I’d get exhausted with being angry all the time. Surely, it can’t be good for you.
It’s actually worse than you think. Extended stress causes the amygdala (part of the brain) to enlarge. This is why abused animals will almost always be far more reactive to stress than baseline.
In humans it’s associated with reduced empathy, and more simplistic thinking (think fast, rather than deep). If those aspects sound familiar, you’re likely seeing the problem. Brain scans can often tell the difference between the brains of people exposed to high stress propaganda, compared to the baseline. This also has a strong association with right wing media consumption.
Basically, the right wing’s Bible thumping, fear inducing, shouty TV actually makes the brain more prone to short term, reactionary thinking, and makes empathising harder.
Even worse, our brains are no more immune. If we let ourselves get worked up too often, it makes our thinking change. However, if we ignore it, then things get worse. It’s a lose lose situation. 😬
More people should go to counseling, that was the biggest eye opener ever. It made a big difference and kinda changed how I saw the world for the better. Really reduced my stress too.
I’m in complete agreement. I read this headline over breakfast (my time zone) and I was mindful of how outraged I felt. I had to consciously pull back on my breathing and regulate my heart rate.
I don’t think this is a healthy state of affairs.
I was recently watching a video of a console release in the year 2000. Nobody had a phone back then, everyone was just calmly waiting for the midnight release of the PS2 or something. I want to be more like them. I’m trying to get less annoyed about small stuff.