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~20 hours ago I wrote...

I'm really shocked they didn't cave [within the first week or two]. I was nearly 100% certain they would.

I'll work on my Nostradamus more.

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[–] halfpipe@hexbear.net 86 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They spent the past year pathetically whining about they just couldn't fight Trump and their supporters just needed to wait and vote. Then they cave in not even one week after a wave election where just about every single Democrat who was running for something won their seat.

Why do the liberals hate it so much when the Democrats get called a controlled opposition, it's so self evidently true.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 37 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

yOu JuSt DoNt UnDeRsTaNd PoLiTiCs

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 77 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So its like you unionized went on strike and then after a couple of weeks you go back to work with worse conditions from the bargain than what you went in with.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 65 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The democrats think a clever use of leverage is strongly stepping a rake.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 49 points 5 days ago

The democrats and their strategies

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Just when it started to work. It's so god damn fucking stupid.

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 62 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Chuck Schumer should kill himself

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 43 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] TRI_STATE_GLADIO@hexbear.net 31 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Woah woah woah, hold up there

And his family

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago

Or his imaginary friends he consults when being a little wussy boy

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No, that's not cool.

Chuck Schumer's family should kill him

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 23 points 5 days ago

I'm not the CIA, I can't make people kill themselves.

[–] Marxism_Sympathizer@hexbear.net 53 points 5 days ago (2 children)

for all the talk of "trump always chickens out" it seems like the real acronynm should be DACO eh?

joke aside, dems absolutely got a call from major donors over the shutdown saying it was time to wrap it up, id be curious to see if it was the airlines or supermarkets that was the bigger factor

[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

TACO is some of the wildest copium I've ever heard.

You had Chuck Schumer calling Trump TACO for not bombing Iran, then Trump actually goes and bombs Iran. Then people said TACO again because apparently he didn't bomb Iran enough or invade.

Libs will be saying TACO as we enter full on nuclear war at this point.

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I knew this was gonna happen because they're just controlled opposition but damn you can't even act like you give a shit? i-cant They didn't do shit all year because their strategy is to punish people for not voting em so here it looked like they were atleast going to put up a show and then... Poof i-cant The script writers are getting lazy

[–] Marxism_Sympathizer@hexbear.net 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

idk when they act like they give a shit they tend to do stuff like liberalism lol

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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 57 points 5 days ago (5 children)

The deal would include a December vote on a Democratic proposal to extend ACA tax credits for one year, multiple sources said. It would take 60 votes to pass.

Funding the government through the end of January in exchange for a vote that won't pass...

The agreement is expected to include language that would, at a minimum, undo the federal layoffs that President Trump implemented during the shutdown.

...and a bunch of people who have probably found new jobs getting offered their old ones back

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The deal would include a December vote... 60 votes to pass.

Democratic Chorus: "We got a pinky swear on shit!"

Holy fuck they really outdid themselves - didn't they.

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Democrat lawmakers are doing violemce against me.

Not their trash policies and capitulation that will almost certainly get me killed, but how spectacularly stupid they are. It's so stupid it hurts to read.

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[–] blunder@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago

and a bunch of people who have probably found new jobs

Have you looked around at the job market recently???

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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 61 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

normie lib update: my dad, who has prior peddled the "Biden was the most progressive president since FDR" line and was subscribed to Jen Rubin’s Substack just a year prior is now cursing out Chuck Schumer and calling for everyone who caves to be ostracized from politics

[–] nasezero@hexbear.net 44 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At least, when the dems cave we can get a lot of mileage out of pointing out their class collaboration. I've been doing my best to plant seeds about how our blue state gov's inaction against ICE, all while his state troopers actively protect them, amounts to nazi collaboration, and even normal libs seem pissed off enough to actually be receptive to this idea.

There are absolutely huge fissures in both dominant ideologies in this country right now that seem likely to only spiral further out of their control; it's a really unique moment for us to exploit.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago

and even normal libs seem pissed off enough to actually be receptive to this idea.

That guy that keeps yapping, Pritzker, all the libs seem to love him and yet he has done less than shit against ICE.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

calling for everyone who caves to be...

I want to finish that sentence another way. But that would be fedposting.

[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 32 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

yeah he’s not there yet, but who knows how things will play out. it’s interesting how even some hyperpartisan laymen are beginning loathe their masters. Very interesting that the only base of uncritical support left may be party staff and colleagues. I will watch this situation with interest. I am quite interested in what may result from this.

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 54 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Meanwhile on Bluesky.

just left snippy messages for schumer and gillibrand. first time for everything i guess!

202-224-3121

"Snippy", eh? I'm stealing that for my parodies. What a fantastically lib word.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Bluesky is in "Call your senator right away!" mode. It's pathetic.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

lol they “left a message” for a senator’s public number that gets probably 100k calls a day? Literally screaming into the void. Zero difference from yelling at a wall in your house, except that if you did that your neighbors might hear you instead of nobody

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

when you realize this is happening a month before the luigiversary 🤔

They're doing it to avoid the people rising up. Siding with fascism rather than risking even the mildest forms of leftism.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago

god it's only been a year?

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So the shutdown was pointless?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not for Schumer. I assume the donor class called him up to kvetch about horrible holiday air travel. They will be very pleased with the shutdown ending and they'll throw the necessary millions at him he needs to win his reelection. For the people of New York State - I'm sure he has a PR plan about what he claims is some shit like what the dems agreed to is "good deal for the American people". Sadly it will probably work. He's never lost an election.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 38 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Per the NYCrimes

It contains something that many Democrats were quietly pressing for: a provision that would call federal workers who were laid off during the shutdown back to their jobs. It also would provide funds to ensure that federal workers who were furloughed during the shutdown can receive retroactive pay.

lol they're trying so hard to pretend they got literally anything out of this shutdown. Hooray! We got concessions to address the effects of the shutdown that would not have existed were it not for the shutdown. Amazing win for the people!

The short-term spending bill would additionally bar the Office of Management and Budget from implementing any additional mass layoffs of federal workers through Jan. 30.

Did you hear that? They're going to have to wait 2 entire months!

The shutdown never-surrender shtick served its purpose for the elections, now that that's over with it's time to wind down.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 23 points 5 days ago

The shutdown never-surrender shtick served its purpose for the elections, now that that's over with it's time to wind down.

Holy shit did that make me laugh!

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[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago

The Democrats got their press long enough to get a CIA agent governor and an overall high dem turnout (with donations to match I'd wager), now they can give up because there's nothing more to gain for them.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 40 points 5 days ago

The spirit of James Buchanan has never left the Democratic party. The mindset that led to the compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act runs in their blood and through their souls.

[–] Nopeace@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago

I knew they were controlled opposition but this is going above and beyond the call of duty blob-stabby

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So, how will they keep that vote about didnt-kill-himself out of the house next?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know how but they will find a way. The dems are big on Idiotic Grand Bargains.

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not

https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaerlich.bsky.social/post/3m5a7x5nark2q

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[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago

so chuck gets what he wants, but he votes no to keep his hands clean. classic.

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago

fell for it again back to back world champions

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 30 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Bluesky libs are making me laugh.

Anybody who votes for that bullshit needs to be primaried.

Pilloried, too.

https://bsky.app/profile/empath75.bsky.social/post/3m5acwkcy522e

Pillory as a verb - nice. They're mad! But I would bet money that next year the average Blueskyers (and those two accounts too) will be doing what libs always do. They'll be talking about the importance of voting(!) even if the candidate isn't "perfect". All this primaried and pilloried stuff will be long forgotten.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The pendulum is going to keep swinging back and forth between vapid democrat HOPE^TM^ and CHANGE^TM^ and Trump clones until the climate death of the earth. Enjoy the ride, the spectacle!

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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago

The Dems are acting like controlled opposition? Say it ain't so!

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago

voting caused this

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Scumfucking useless motherfucking DEMOCRATS anti-italian-discrimination

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