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Here is my bipartisan compromise and before you say anything and call me a centrist, hear me out:
Schumer and McConnel BOTH tied together and in cement shoes at the bottom of a deep sewage pond.
I know neither side gets much out of it at a glance but think of the implications and ROI.
We could pay down a significant amount of the national debt just with ticket and PPV sales.
McConnell is a Republican and any Republican is worse than any Democrat, but as far as Republicans go he voted against the most Trump cabinet picks.
That doesn't undo the other 40 years of his time in gov. He has been instrumental in damning this country.
Well yes, like I said, any democrat would be better.
McConnell was instrumental in putting Trump into office and letting him get away with Jan 6. No one should let him off the hook for all the damage he’s done.
As would any Republican piece of shit, which is why I wish him luck in his primaries.
Huh, I wonder which Democratic member of the House or Senate said that
For Roginsky, a self-described establishment Democrat
Who?
Julie Roginsky, a longtime Democratic strategist, television commentator and author of the Salty Politics online newsletter.
Again, I agree Schumer should be replaced, but not in a heated coup that shakes up the Epstein investigation just in time for House Democrats to finally have enough votes to release the files.
I find it so very, very odd, that other than Ro Kahnna, there seem to be no House or Senate Democrats jumping on this bandwagon (including the actual progressives members who aren't owned by Peter Thiel).
The entire DNC needs to go
And what should take its place?
Replacing First-past-the-post voting will allow yhe democrats to run alongside other 3rd parties without a spoiler effect.
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I would never want blue conservatives to be unable to vote how they want. I would never want to do what they do to us.
Just fill it in with AI.
/s to be clear, but also not an unlikely solution if people keep falling for this propaganda
It's just a structurally bad system. Disband parties, change the voting system to one that doesn't create a "vote against the other thing" dynamic (I like STAR voting) and fix campaign finance once and for all - the solutions exist but the ones in control would never allow them.
Two points:
No one was calling for Chuck to go when he approved the previous budget without a fight. This is not because he folded but because he dared to fight. He will be replaced with someone who will never try to fight Trump
The 8 Democrats that voted for this are not some traitors to the party. Republicans needed 8 votes so Dems gave them 8 votes. If they needed 20 votes they would find 20 Dems to vote with them. They chose the ones that are ready to retire or have no chances at re-election but if needed they would just go down the list and find more people. If you think Dems have a problem with 8 members you're delusional. Both parties have the same owners and the same goals. Don't get fooled by the theater.
I'm sure he'll write a strong letter
Democrats are honestly a bunch of fucking pussies at this point.
There's a literal fascist authoritarian wannabe in charge and where's the resistance? Christ, MTG is being more critical of Trump than they are.
It's almost as if Democrats have been controlled opposition funded by the same people trump plays golf with.
It's not cowardice, its calculated evil.
Democrats are controlled opposition, or they act exactly as controlled opposition would act.
We need to start judging them based on their actions and get rid of them at every chance possible.
Resistance should be grassroots organized, please don't rely on the Democrats (or any political party) for that.
Why not both?
We're organizing locally, and won the last set of elections. But that doesn't mean we can't still expect resistance on the national level when there was an overwhelming victory in the last slate of elections.
Anyone quoting Joe Hill is all right by me.
Now, Roginsky is “thoroughly disgusted,” she said. “I don’t understand why they would subject people to hunger and to layoffs and to flight delays and to missed paychecks for the past 40 days, if only to get nothing out of it now.”
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Schumer, who was the target of near-universal vitriol among Democrats in March when he backed down in a budget battle that threatened to evolve into a shutdown, was quick to announce his opposition to the deal and he voted against it Monday night.
But in fact, his fingerprints are all over it.
Get rid of this useless piece of shit, Schumer needs to be in a nursing home.
needs to be in a nursing home
Specifically, in the medicaid wing of a nursing home.
An Andrew Cuomo-era nursing home.
Get rid of his weak Nazi appeasing ass...40 days for nothing
It's so fricking infuriating because, literally we were actually seeing the cracks form. Trump admin is violating the hatch act, pushing "dem's have shut down the government", and yet poll after poll shows the american people put the blame on the republicans. Trump was constantly boo'd to his face at the commanders game... and the democrats had an amazing election where they won every contest they were in. I can't fathom a worse time to fold
I can’t fathom a worse time to fold
Democrats_IRL
the democrats had an amazing election where they won every contest they were in. I can't fathom a worse time to fold
That's your answer right there: the moment the election was over, they went back to screwing over the voters on behalf of their owner donors.
If the election had been a week from now, they'd have caved by Thanksgiving at the latest.
Yup big daddy airplane was starting to get worried about thanksgiving.
They saw Zohran win and decided the people had had enough fun, but it's time to put us back into our place before we get an ideas about making America better for the common person
His whip voted yes. Either he can't even control his whip, or he orchestrated it.
He absolutely orchestrated it, the reason he is the minority leader in senate is because he has the connections and political capital to influence or even order the votes of his party. I am only somewhat curious if they knew he was going to back out and vote no to try to wash his hands of his own capitulation. It's wild because it signals he still thinks he has a future.
Schumer represents a weird kind of old-school political capital. Whereas Trump's power comes from a literal horde of orcs carrying weapons and flags, arguably an even older kind of power to wield, Schumer carries the Elder Conclave of Ancient Liberal Liches who delight in social parties and ritual and systems. If you've ever listened to the old-guard dems talking among each other it sounds like a Victorian-era socialite gathering, like aliens from another dimension. While wildly out-of-touch, the reason he has power is because this kind of thing appeals to older institutional bankers, elder community leaders, and people with old money.
Old money is the reason he still stands as the "head" of the Democratic party and I am actually unsure if efforts to unseat him will be successful for the same reasons that Trump and his warband face no consequences because their own political capital. Nobody wants to challenge the base. If you go against Trump you get people breaking into your house and shooting you, if you go against Schumer, you lose your 7-figure retirement and your vacation house on the beach. For many people with a lot to lose, either of these outcomes is equally terrifying.
It’s the latter. Just magically the 8 that are retiring or aren’t up for reelection just manically all got together at the same time to do this? Right…
Chuck the Chuck.
Every single elected democrat should be primaried from the left in 2028, full stop.
The leftists candidates are no longer the spoilers. The Democrats are spoiling it for leftists. The center is just gone.