Bernie Sanders voted to confirm Marco Rubio. If that doesn't encapsulate the state of US government, nothing does.
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2026
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We need a secretary of state, it would be rude not to confirm the secretary of state
Bernie Sanders is trying to "save" the demon cracker nation and if that isn't the biggest strike against him then I don't know what is.
Nooooo! Your apostasy against our Chosen One will not be tolerated! To the cross with you!
this one is misleading because if you vote to approve rubio it means he leaves the senate and you don't have to work with him anymore.
They're not the same. One serves as controlled opposition to the other party that speedruns the decline.
no but you see, 99% nazi is better than 100% nazi.
you know, so we can prepare for the nazis effectively.
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Huh aren't there some anti Israel folk in parliament too, surely there's some reason behind this?
there's a couple in the house. the senate has some "anti-netanyahu" liberal zionists but even they aren't really interested in pretending
Both parties aren’t the same.
<--- you after EVERY single election
You're right, they're not the same, they each play a different role in achieving the same end goal which is reinforcing and reproducing ruling class hegemony. The two parties aren't the same in the same way that the two cops in the "good cop/bad cop" ruse aren't the same but still serve the same shared ultimate purpose.
Yeah, one is openly evil. The other one fails to fake niceness.
In seismic shift, more than 100 House Democrats vote to end Israel aid
Both parties are not the same.
Btw, what is the minority leader in the congress saying right now?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/us-military-aid-israel-house-democrats
Yeah, Jeffries voted against it.
Hakeem Jeffries for Nobel Peace Prize?
*FIFA peace prize
They voted for something that obviously wouldn't pass? You can have your guys take credit for something when they actually do it, i.e. when you can even attempt to claim that there was an actual victory and not just a symbolic victory.
One of the parties is rapidly moving closer to your position on the issue most important to you, and the other one isn’t. They aren’t the same.
The issue most important to me is the establishment of socialism, but setting that aside, you're missing the point. This doesn't represent rapid movement, it represents a rhetorical shift from a party that needs to sort of pretend to care what any of its supporters think to reduce the extent that they are hemorrhaging support. It is unlikely that the dems will actually "change their position on Israel" to something half-unconscionable until Israel's condition has decayed so rapidly that the old position is irrelevant, which doesn't actually represent a change in position because they would still support Israel if it was still viable.
It's moving closer to our position because we (communists) are taking it over and replacing them. Not because they are moving left. They would not be moving anywhere without the leverage that is being generated.
Taking it over by running as Democrats, yes.
You're a fucking idiot
I’m not though. And most people who aren’t don’t share your worldview. Why do you think that is?
Nice sentence lmao
You don’t understand it? Need it diagramed?
Weren't you just mocking someone else in this comment chain for resorting to personal attacks? Shame on you, nice principles you've got there
You think your whiteness makes you intelligent?
What a bizarre question.
You're pathetic
You’re the one making weird racial comments on lemmy. Seek help.
I'm glad you've come in here acting like you know more than everyone and this is all your gigantic fucking brain could come up with
You’re making up fights in your head. You’re not well.
I’m not though.
After funding the genocidal state for 78 years?
Yes, it was today.
And they still keep supporting the aid to Israel. Why?