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Petition Calling for House Speaker Other Than Hakeem Jeffries Hits 1 Million Signatures | Common Dreams
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That Hakeem guy feels snakelike but is he a snake for good or evil? Maybe it's time for a clean slate going forward. Now is the time.
Hey, if he can deliver on the mandate Democrats received in this election, and is willing to deliver, and does deliver, then the measure will be in Democrats' ability to mobilize voters again in 2028.
If he can, will, and does do that, then I will happily admit I was wrong about him.
We shall see.
Jeffries is there to ensure Project 2025 doesn't see any opposition from the opposition party.
2 things:
- The person that started the petition gets paid 30 cents for each signature
- No other candidates are up for the position
Summary: performative nonsense intended to distract the Dems. And it's working.
I’m not American so please take that into account, but my perception of the dems is they have a listening problem, both internally and externally. They can’t seem to keep their ears on the ground.
Dems are too beholden to the donor class- the Hollywood crowd- Spielbergs and Streisands and corporatists Dems like Bill & Hillary.
The way politics are financed in the USA perpetuates the need for endless cash grabbing from rich donors. Meanwhile, the common people sit at the back of the bus.
Been that way for decades, now.
That's because the establishment wing of the party since Bill Clinton's time has actually been fiscally conservative.
So they don't listen to the people's cries when they beg for progress. Because progressivism here is the closest thing we have to social democracy. And yet they get derided as "far-left" 🙄... Please.
The actual far-left calls even progressives "centrists." But there is no actual far-left in US politics; that only exists among edge lords and keyboard warriors on the fringes of the internet.
Bill Clinton removed glass-steagal to add a clear example.
I didn't know that, thanks. Could that have contributed to the 2008 financial crisis?
That is mentioned in the wiki entry. It does seem to be a contributing factor
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he was always just a DEI hire, even on his best day which wasn't all that great a day anyway.
Fuck Jeffries and Schumer, both of those fuckers are selfish assholes who just want to go back to the status quo so they can keep collecting their bribes in peace.
Fuck Hakeem Jeffries.
I mean, what more needs to be said at this point.
I understand he got the position by being the only person who wanted it.
It might be more productive to name a candidate rather than the more nebulous "anyone but Hakeem Jeffries". Ro Khanna seems like he could do a good job but I have heard no indication that he wants to do the job.
Ro Khanna for Speaker, that I can get behind!
Some more options: Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, Robert Garcia
Feel free to add to the list, and mention your top choices when you email your representatives to say No to Jeffries
FWIW, in her victory speach the other day, Jayapal said she’s heading the immigration subcommittee and that there WILL be investigations and people WILL be going to jail. 🥰
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He represents AIPAC and AIPAC won the majority so I guess it makes sense that he is the speaker of the genocide supporting majority
Yerp, a Schumer/Jeffries leadership would mean more AIPAC-funded status quo and "across the aisle" appeasement/compromise.
When will they learn that there's no compromising with fascism?
They’re not compromising with fascists because they are also fascists. They just think the killing, mass surveillance, genocide, undermining democracy, taking bribes, insider trading, war profiteering, attacks on civil liberties, for profit concentration camps and police militarization should be done more quietly
And thus, why the only real solution is becoming armed and organized. Either they end up fearing us enough to make changes, or we realize our own power as a populace and make those changes by force.
I saw that half circle infographic with colored dots showing the distribution of party members, but this one had AIPAC in black dots. Currently there 231 AIPAC seats to 164 independent democrats, 11 independent republicans, and 25 uncalled (idk what that means). It really showed how the real distribution of power is in the House, and why none of the problems are going to get fixed. AIPAC party members control the majority still.
Uncalled means they're still counting ballots.
But yeah I've seen that graphic for the previous session but I haven't seen one yet for the next one. Do you mind linking it?
This just tells us what our work is for the next primary season though. We're taking chunks out of the AIPAC biparty. Just need to keep biting off forkfulls until it's enough to make a difference.
I saved it from a reddit thread.
Well when you put it that way...
You know, I've always said we need at least three viable political parties. This is not what I had in mind...
The hidden party is not good. But there should be enough independent democrats to kick out Jeffries and Schumer, if the new blood have enough tenacity.
You ever wonder what would happen if they just started dropping like flies? Because I do.
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The reach of israel in american politics is insane. Forget the fact that tiktok is owned by an israeli billionaire. Zohran endorsed Jefferies and now Mamdani has been acting weird endorsing it and doing nothing when he promised to arrest nethanyahu for his war crimes.
Zohran endorsed Jefferies
Is that true? I can't find any sources on that outside of newsweek and politico. Got anything that isn't a reactionary right-wing rag?
Here is a clip posted by Forbes which has his full, unedited answer to the question, from a few months ago.
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Signed. These politicians either like the pac's values or they break their own, and either way shows no integrity. Do better!
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