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[–] tacobellhop@midwest.social 6 points 1 hour ago

Only if you’re ready for a decades long campaign to flip towns, cities, districts, and state level legislatures like it took the republicans from 1972 to just a month ago.

That’s what we’re up against.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Anyone else get the feeling he’s been compromised?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

I felt that about the lot of them since the state of the union address.

they're giving off strong "fuck you, got mine" vibes.

I doubt any of them realize the following though.

What do you get if you take everything away from a person?

you get what you fucking deserve.

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

It's long past time for Schumer and most of the timid OLD dems, to step aside. We've had enough of failing. We need to elect people that are capable of fighting back.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 13 points 4 hours ago

We're not going to give Donald Trump what he wants, so we're going to pass this spending bill that gives him everything he wants! That'll how 'im!

[–] sudo@programming.dev 7 points 3 hours ago

Lol Trump called Schumer a "Palestinian" (now a threat) and this fucker just rolls over.

[–] Rad@lemmy.net.au 4 points 3 hours ago

Dodgy governments as per usual.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 5 points 4 hours ago

Schumer clearly never learned that appeasing Nazis is not the way to go! Or perhaps he's a nazi is disguise.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Warner and Kaine have both said they intend to vote no. Unfortunately there's no chance my congressional district is going to do anything other than give Trump carte blanche.

[–] Xain52@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I called my senators in new mexico to vote no. And with senator lujan the clerk said he will be voting no. So hopefully more will follow.

Thank you for calling

[–] halferect@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Heinrich is also voting no

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Trump will destroy America and blame democrats if we don't fully back Trump destroying America, including removing congressional power to block the destruction of America while it is done.

On blame, easy path is push for clean CR that will keep government open, or reopen, when house votes on it when they feel like coming back to work. GOP will be blamed for the shutdown.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

DOGE is already tearing wiring out of the walls. Crazy to get weeks of "Half Department X has been fired and the budget has been slashed" articles only to hear Schumer take the blame in advance for further defunding.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

I love how these conversations happen many times every session, but then campaign time comes and everyone calls me a Russian asset for reminding people of what the "Blue No Matter Who" mentality gets you.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

This is the proper attitude for primaries, not general elections.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You're either with the oligarchs or you're with the terrorists

[–] nearhat@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (16 children)

The time to have that conversation is before and during the primaries. After that, it's not a worthwhile conversation.

The message isn't the issue, your timing is.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Liberals are, for all their talk, in a Stockholm Syndrome kind of love with the DNC. BlueMAGA is some combination of a death cult and an abusive relationship.

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world -4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

BlueMAGA sounds like weak bothsidesism, come up with some real criticism

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 4 hours ago

I did.

Liberals are, for all their talk, in a Stockholm Syndrome kind of love with the DNC.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It is very culty.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 57 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

no one is this meek. this is collusion. they're complicit, and it's not by accident. they've always been this way.

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

This is the correct take. Dems are owned by corporations, conservatives are owned by oligarchs (and corporations, but I don't think corporations are too happy with what's going on with Trump and Musk)

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago

Democratic politicians suck up Super PAC money the same as Republicans. It's just that Republicans just do other forms of corruption out in the open because they know their voters are too stupid to notice.

Trump scamming people with memecoin currency, MAGA doesn't care.

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 47 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

I've often been a defender of Democrats being realistic, but Schumer is on some bullshit here.

It’s unclear what, if anything, Schumer got in return for his decision to allow the House bill to proceed

Says it all right there. The Republican bill was just a list of laughably insane things they knew Democrats would oppose so they could blame the shutdown on them. It actually cuts funding of DC's local budget forcing them to fire teachers and even cops. Again, nothing to do with the federal government. It just grabs power from a local government and says that they can't use their own local tax revenues to educate kids and fight crime. It's complete rabid insanity that has no point other than to bully a blue city. And Schumer's like "Sure, ok. whatever."

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 77 points 22 hours ago (5 children)
[–] b1t@lemm.ee 50 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It's because the Moderates (aka. Republicans in blue suits) control the party and it's been this way for far too long.

It's the same reason Nancy Pelosi kept stepping on AOC's toes and even worked to keep her out of key committee positions, despite her being popular with a lot of Democratic voters.

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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 80 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (6 children)

Call your senators, they can still block this despite Schumers push. The vote is tomorrow. If all republican vote for it, they need 7 dems. 8 with Rand Paul who has said he'll vote no. (Republicans are not using reconciliation so it needs the the filibuster)

Many senate dems are publicly coming out against voting for cloture (meaning they won't vote to let it get through the filibuster). As of what I last read, around ~~11~~ 10 dems are thought to potentially vote to let it pass filibuster. Most of those are still not sure. We only need a handful more of those to become noes and it will get blocked. Some yeses have flipped to noes because of public pressure. We cannot let up now

Link to find direct numbers your senators

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Or call the capitol switch board (202) 224-3121

House dems are publicly telling the senate not to do this (and it's not just AOC on this - it's quite a few of them). Earlier read that 7 Dem state AGs are saying the same. Federal worker unions are telling senate dems not do this. Keep the pressure up

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[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 62 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

They're not meek, they're bought.

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