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Tax 'em. They don’t get to have religious exemptions AND be proactively politcal for their own gain.

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How does that work with the tax exempt status from IRS?

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Evangelicals have been trying to get rid of the Johnson Amendment for many years so they can receive tax freedom and engage in politics more freely: https://www.npr.org/2018/03/22/596158332/another-effort-to-get-rid-of-the-johnson-amendment-fails

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They’re not skeptical of mail-in ballots, they’re skeptical of non conservative mail-in ballots

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So they’re ballot harvesting? I thought rePUBEicans were against ballot harvesting. Does that mean that 2000 mules was a DIY video instead of false and misleading information?

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Their accusations are usually confessions, after all…

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Boy are they going to be upset when they learn what Dejoy did to USPS processing infrastructure putting mail-in ballot processing at risk. Truly a “leopards ate my face” event here.

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Nah, they’ll just blame Muslims or immigrants or something fucking stupid, they’re not intelligent people.

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Haitians are eating our ballots!

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Oh, damn, I just found my ballot in the basement. Oops!

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Can someone explain to me how four years into the Biden administration, the USPS is still saddled with that Trump-era turd?

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Podcast I’ve been listening to for years has been signing off with “Fire DeJoy!!!” on nearly every episode… (The Professional Left)

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I need a new podcast, pitch it to me?

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if slate is to be trusted, it’s not trivial: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/biden-cannot-fire-usps-louis-dejoy.html

The republican party is a pervasive blight on our government.

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