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An enraged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) again lashed out at Senate Democrats over what she called Friday evening an "inexplicable abdication."

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[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Chuck you fuckin fuck you. Always plenty of Democrats to give Republicans what they want, and then when the shoe is on the foot they pretend to be overpowered at every step. Ohh won't someone not think of the Senate parlitarian. Fucking worthless sobs.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I can understand that some people become afraid of Nazis and bend the knee, but these people didn't even put up a fight.

[–] pno2nr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Democrats are past cooked. I'm not sure it will.matter to primary these losers, I don't think Dems will ever win a majority ever again.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 days ago

The are owned. They are responsible to what happens now. They are not for the people, they are for themselves.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 130 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's frankly incredible just how devoted the US Democratic party is to losing. They're so ridiculously ineffectual.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They are a manufactured opposition, and crucial to the success of the fascist coup. Americans should remember that when the civil war starts, and hold them accountable.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ten years ago I would've called you a conspiracy theorist. Now however, I am in agreement. We need a new party for the working class because both parties are a bunch of filthy traitors.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yep, when i’m in the reeducation/reparenting camps, losing my ability to form new memories or access old ones, i’ll remember how the democrats betrayed their voters

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Getting relocated is death, don't allow it

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://socialistra.org/

They weren't serious, but they should have been.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah fuck yeah. Didn't know this was a thing but I'm on board.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not quite what we really need, but it does have some resources to get started.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 2 points 23 hours ago

We need to form large groups of like minded individuals that have enough voting power to sway the parties. If a socialist gun club had 4 million members you'd have congresspeople and senators lining up for meetings like they do with the NRA or used to do with large unions.

We're all isolated now, therefore weak. The more groups we form the more we amplify our voices. Most of us are voting "anything but Republican" not for the change we actually desire.

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It won't pass, and even if it does Tum Walz won't sign it into law. This is just posturing.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't even realize it was state level. That's reassuring. I assumed it was at the national level. Should have read a bit closer.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My urge to stab people in the face is slowly, slowly rising.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Stabbing is so passe. I'm predicting the new rage will be small pov racing drones with incendiary devices strapped on.

Don't need line of sight, cheap, can train in the comfort of your own home.

Mine has been boiling since childhood but is impotent due to the fact that those in my reach would be neither cathartic or useful. This whole load of bullshit is not helping, can we just get to the civil war portion so I can find out if PTSD is a stacking modifier or if im immune to new forms of it.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They are paid to lose thanks to bribery (lobbying) being legal in the USA, go check who are their biggest donors.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago

Some guy in a young democrats group called me out for being stupid in 2005 when I held the position that lobbying was bullshit.

"Well how do you get your needs met and points heard?"

"Because it's their fucking job and if I have bribe them to do it, the whole system needs to be shut down"

"You just don't even understand what you don't understand"

"I think I understand enough to call it out as bullshit"

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 116 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My YES vote is not an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR. My YES vote is [100 percent] about refusing to shut our government down. I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos. -Fedderman

For fuck sake man, have you looked around? Shutting down everything and nerfing this tool's ability to direct anyone to do anything would be less chaotic than it is right now.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can't blame him. He is brain damaged. That's why he's conservative. He's the only DEI hire that should be removed.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

alot of stroke often turn into a nutty right winger, or a nutty right winger christian. tila tequila, kevin sorbo, or had brain damage from other sources. i was watching a video of someone with schizophrenia and how he fell into the right wing/fundamentalism rabbit hole and said it was a very dangeorus mix.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

fetterman was always a hack, i dont think he really cares about "working families" after his stroke.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can we start SLAMming people like we did in Bloody Kansas? 🤔

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago (2 children)

She needs to run for NY Senator in 2028. Schumer and Gillibrand both voted yes.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I want her so bad as president, but I don't know that misogynists would let it happen. I think there's way more misogyny in this country that we expect.

source: I'm a guy, and when they're left to their own more than half the people I know are horrible to and about women.

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I want her and Walz to be on the ticket so fox news has an aneurism

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And fuck it. We're appointing Obama to SCOTUS.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

Both Michelle and Barack. Why not?

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 points 2 days ago

Interesting thought, she potentially could put Obama as VP to flip their lids as well. The 22nd amendment says 'no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice' it doesn't explicitly preclude service by succession if the president resigned or died. Not that I'd hope anything bad for AOC but it would be funny to see the reaction.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I want her to try, but DNC will never let it happen.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

All the more reason to dismantle the DNC

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[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They knew they were going to get crapped on for this. I'm glad she's saying it, but Fetterman and Schumer don't give a shit you can believe that, and I see no reason to think the rest of them do either.

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[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 days ago

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck

Also https://democracy.io/ is good for US citizens who want to voice their opinions to their congressional reps.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

And the consequences to them will be...???

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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