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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Just for the record, this is what democrats always do, and it's why they keep fucking losing.

Democrats would rather have trump than have a social-democratic platform, and it shows every time they have the opportunity to fight him and chose to capitulate instead. The democrats aren't a left-wing party, certainly not now, and arguably not since FDR.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Two sides of the same coin if you will.

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[–] F_OFF_Reddit@lemmy.world 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Big surprise, old suits in the democratic party don't represent the modern democratic voter.

There needs to be term limits, especially based on age, and to whipe out any form of stock trading and "donations".

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The reason they're still in office is for 30 years the DNC has put protecting incumbents above all else, including beating republicans.

The DNC power structure is pretty much the opposite of a democracy, but we just got our furtherest left chair in over 30 years, and his performance as a state party leader shows his biggest concern is beating Republicans, and he's accomplished that to great success by just not putting the party in-between voters and the progressive candidates they want to vote for.

It's an incredibly low bar, but one Ken Martin easily clears.

Don't hate the (literally a month old) new blood for the failings of the old.

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago

Democrats need to primary all these old fucks the way the crazy maga crowd primaried Republicans

[–] TemplaerDude@lemm.ee 84 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Do-nothing Democrats strike again.

Schumer is a coward and a fraud. The weakest leader in a generation. He should resign in shame.

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Rumor is that he's doing it because he has a book tour starting tomorrow and if there's a shut down he can't go. Fucking cretin.

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[–] WorkersCorps@sopuli.xyz 50 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The entire Democratic Party leadership needs to resign and be replaced by people who will actually fight for working Americans.

In November Schumer and the other leaders suffered the worst defeat in party history yet they haven't realized the only thing left for them to do is resign in shame.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

The worst defeat in party history is definitely Reagan 1984.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 177 points 3 days ago

"The Republican bill is a terrible option," Schumer said in his remarks. "It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."

You fucking twat

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 79 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Schumer is a traitor, capitulator and collaborator.

his response to ice literally kidnapping a man for speech was three paragraphs of "oh yeah totally fuck him hate how fucking Arab he is" before finally saying "but this might be a little bit wrong? uwu" and asking for reasons rather than fucking demanding he be released immediately.

Chuck "blackbagging might be wrong" Schumer. between him and Amy I wonder how much worse a family can get.

fascist collaborator piece of shit.

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[–] ChristmasIslandZone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

I'm sure when Chancellor Trump orders the purging of opposition leaders, he'll leave you alone for sucking his dick like this. Surely debasing yourself before wild animals will keep you from being ripped to shreds by them.

Dictators kill their enemies. Everyone who isn't, and hasn't always BEEN their fiercely loyal, obedient ally is an enemy. Especially if they're a declining, psychopathic, malignant narcissist.

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 125 points 3 days ago (32 children)

OK democratic leadership, you win; I'll quit voting for your party.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (1 children)

OK democratic leadership, you win; I’ll quit voting for your party.

May not matter at the rate we're going.

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[–] killabeezio@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago

I said the same shit to my senators and Schumer https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck. If they don't vote no, I won't vote Dem ever again. Tired of it.

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[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 98 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I quit. American politics are a circus sideshow full of dancing turds. At this point, let it burn. The side that I vote for won’t even stand up against this shit, so what good is my vote now?

Just a bunch of rich assholes doing whatever they want.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's why the American people have to do it themselves. Take to the streets. The system has failed you. No one will save you but yourselves.

[–] OutForARip@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It won’t burn on its own. It will only get worse if left unattended.

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[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Come to Europe. We got ice cream and free healthcare. Also you don’t need a gun to protect yourself when going out for a walk.

[–] littlebrother@lemm.ee 28 points 3 days ago (12 children)

I think those of us who want to leave cant..

I mean I KNOW I'm fucked, I'd save my wife...but who would accept us? Likely not one single European nation.

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[–] oakey66@lemm.ee 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Call your democratic rep and demand that they insist Schumer resign.

(202) 224-3121

At this point, I am Not donating a single dollar more to the party. I won’t vote for a democrat at the top of the ticket and will pick a DSA candidate or green candidate. If the democrats aren’t willing to fight for democracy or strengthen it when they’re in power, I won’t reward them with votes.

Every democrat senator needs to be primaried.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Perfect encapsulation of the state of the Dem leadership:

"Chuck Schumer caving and saying he’ll vote for a blank check for Trump and Musk is demonstrative of why Democrats lose," lamented progressive activist and writer Jonathan Cohn. "Voters so often don’t believe what they [Dem leadership] say because they don’t believe what they say."

(Emphasis and clarification in brackets mine)

[–] Hoomod@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

Literally less than 24 hours after saying democrats wouldn't support the CR

Absolutely pathetic

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 34 points 3 days ago
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (16 children)

"VoTe BlUe no mAtTeR who"

Liberals as always would rather side with fascists.

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago (1 children)

'People Will Not Forget'

They always forget.

[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago

opposition party? these motherfuckers may as well be on the same goddamn team.

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Probably in the minority here and I'm not a fan of establishment Democrats, but his reasoning that Trump would use the shutdown to move without court interference seemed logical to me.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 2 days ago

You know Trump could have just vetoed the spending bill and then got his shutdown right? Or the Republicans could have not submitted a bill or even voted against with that argument that it was better for Trump to have his way.

This has just legitimized him further in that when push comes to shove people (Democrats) do agree with giving him what he wants. He's an unchecked bully.
This is not logical it's easy.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We need a Tea Party of the Left

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Instead of the ‘Taxed Enough Already’; the left needs the ‘Tax Elites Already’ movement!

[–] raymm3852@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"People will not forget!"

Ron Howard: "They Would."

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[–] SomeChick@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All the progressives should unite under a NEW party banner

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[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 55 points 3 days ago (11 children)

"I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."

What's his reason for saying this? How does a government shutdown give Trump more power?

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Citing what I saw on Philip DeFranco earlier, apparently in a shutdown the executive branch has a lot of power in terms of what specifics get shutdown and how.

Was news to me considering the shitshow that happens every time the budget needs to be voted on but with all the DOGEness going on makes sense that there's extra caution around this. Still sucks that Dems rolled over so easily.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 46 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Nothing is stopping the republicans from shutting it down themselves if it was so beneficial to Trump.

And it’s not like they wouldn’t lie and blame it on the Democrats, so there’s minimal risk in voter agitation vs alleged reward.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A congressional recess during shutdown means that nobody would be left to hold Trump accountable. Except, they're already not doing that, so...

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[–] donnager@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Chuck is a pussy and needs to go ASAP

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 47 points 3 days ago

What the fuck.

Cowardly traitor.

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Did he and or his family got death threats from trump or what?

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