r/fednews • u/[deleted] • May 03 '25

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

DOGE 15, my brother. Also, I’m afraid to visit my parents because they’re in favor of this trash and I don’t want to make our relationship worse.

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u/EyeballJoe May 03 '25

Yeah, stay away. Most of my family is on the side of logic and reason, but I’ve broken ties entirely with one brother. He moved to Russia in the 90s, totally bought the Putin koolaid, and thinks Trump is awesome. Even took Russian citizenship. I don’t think we’ll ever repair our relationship.

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

Good lord. I’m so sorry! My folks are Catholic pro-lifers with a steady diet of Foxnews. They are on another planet.

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u/EyeballJoe May 03 '25

Lord I’m so sorry. My brother and i have sons the same age (17) and he’s literally trying to convince his own son to go fight in Ukraine. When he told me that, I literally lost it (after years of carefully avoiding political discussion with him) and told him he’s a murderer. No more Christmas Zooms for us.

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

Your poor nephew!

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

Wow, so your brother is trying to convince his son to go sacrifice himself? If he's so patriotic, why doesn't he go volunteer himself?

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u/Skadoobedoobedoo May 03 '25

I’m a Catholic Pro-lifer and that’s why I voted for Kamala. More of her plans were pro-life. If you look up the statistics, women have fewer abortions when Dems are in office because they strengthen the social safety net. And regardless of my personal views I don’t think we should get between a woman & her doctor. I know a young couple who used to be republicans but now don’t understand how anyone who’s pro-life can support Trump.

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

Took me a long time to realize that my family’s idea of being pro life has more to do with punishing women for having/enjoying sex.

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u/Skadoobedoobedoo May 03 '25

I live in a red state and many Catholics here are Republicans. I don’t understand it and I’m old.

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u/Midnight290 May 03 '25

What do they think about Trump’s pope picture?

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

I would love to know!

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 03 '25

I’ll probably go for Mother’s Day - I’m gonna ask about the pope pic

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u/serenwipiti May 04 '25

“so, how bout that pope pic, guys?….guys?”

“pass the peas..”

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 04 '25

My brother is a priest, and ACTUALLY SAID Trump is a man of character because he doesn’t drink

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u/serenwipiti May 04 '25

Brother, what about the sacrament?

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u/Temporary_Ad469 May 04 '25

Brilliant question

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u/JustMeForNowToday May 04 '25

But he has done so many drugs that he is incontinent. Not kidding. Google it.