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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 76 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Recall them all. Democrats refuse to learn and won’t step down, recalls are our best shot at getting non-corrupt representation.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 4 months ago

I would love to see their reaction to that happening

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Less than half of US states allow recalls of state representatives and the constitution prevents recall of any federal Congress person by states. We can't.

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[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wonder how that would work

According to the constitution, it wouldn't.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 68 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I get the sneaking suspicion that all the "but both parties are the same people" are going to end up kind of right -- but maybe not in the way they thought.

From my vantage point, there is only rich vs poor. Any other ideological divide either a) has been worsened by rich vs poor, or b) was invented to keep attention away from rich vs poor, à la divide and conquer.

[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Lol. "Kind of right". Rich vs poor. Yeah. Same thing dude. Most dems and Republicans get more money while in office. Not 2 times or 3 times. No hundreds of thousand or more. There are a few better than the rest but all of our politicians who can make waves are owned by an outside party with an agenda.

[–] Tillman@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD (Nov 8th, 1964) – Senator Underwood was a top contender for the Democrat presidential nomination in 1924. However, he obeyed his conscience by speaking out against the Ku Klux Klan, one of the Democrat Party’s most powerful forces.

His courageous stand cost him the presidential nomination and then his senate seat

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[–] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I've been screaming this for a while now. It's the 99% VS the 1%. Funny how they can control us with such a small percentage.

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

I'm only donating to progressives, notably AOC.

I've unsubbed from most Democratic lists.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 4 months ago

But we don't have the MAJORITY, everything is supposed to be THEIR FAULT!

IT'S IN THE PLAYBOOK!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What horses do these morons think they're trading?

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

They're trading magic beans

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

They literally don't have a horse to trade. Look at Hegseth as an example: 0 Dems, only 50 out of 53 Republicans, Still Confirmed. Cabinet positions and judges can't even be filibustered since 2013 and 2017 respectively.

In the end, it doesn't matter what Dem Senators vote for on this issue. It literally does not matter unless hypothetically GOP senators vote no on a Trump appointee but DNC vote yes, which is pretty much impossible.

[–] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People, teach your kids politics. We need to arm our next generation.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Teach your kids survival and weapons skills. Understanding politics won't be enough to save them

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

not a democracy, and that was so for long at this point

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Christ, I'm just hearing that Curb Your Enthusiasm music all the time. Imagine a slow zoom on Schumer's goofy look up there along with....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYAGyZlBY0

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