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[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 66 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Where's that whiny lemm.ee lib that was like 'hE wAs DoInG sOmEtHiNg' when it happened

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They've been banned so I'm not sure if the ping will work, but it was @ScrewCapital@lemm.ee. Hope they see this lol

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They shouldn't have been banned imo because they were increasingly hostile because I was increasingly annoying. I mean sure they're a lib too but what do the mods expect when i start responding to lengthy replies with varying equivalents of "lol suck me off liberal," that'd engender hostility in most people

(but he called me an idiot so i checked out, i'm not gonna read 10 paragraphs from someone talkin shit at me)

[–] seas_surround@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

on the other hand, telling a liberal to suck off me and then seeing them immediately get banned before they can reply is one of the best parts of the site

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Their name would have led me to believe they weren't a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've noted that a good % of new libs seem to think hiding behind left-adjacent names and/or non-cis pronouns will protect them from moderation.

I recall this one lib in particular complaining/defending their ass-takes by repeatedly reminding the thread their name was taken from a leftist.

They still got banned haha! Goofy, the lot of em

[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

I got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn't have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

I mean that's almost the entire thread on lw and reddit/stormfront

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Haha now his doing this on April fools Day makes waaay more sense. Yaknow that hadta been eating at him, the way libs live for vibes. Stompin around in a pointless fingerwaggin show while actively avoiding actual governance... Amazing, its too perfect. chefs-kiss

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 56 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Should be Strom Thurmond above

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Here's an extremely high effort edit

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

Haha he looks so angry looking down at him. "Good Trouble!? What the fuck...."

[–] Maturin@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So

Much

Cringe

[–] ANarcoSnowPlow@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They can't help but keep losing. They're like the opposite of the Globetrotters.

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 47 points 3 months ago

They're the Washington Gereral(concensus)s

[–] dat_math@hexbear.net 29 points 3 months ago

The Globetrotters if they never met up with the Mystery Gang all those years ago

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

GlobeTrotskyites

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 49 points 3 months ago

I knew it had to be more stupid than it sounded at face value. Democrats must be stupid and evil and complicit.

[–] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago

Meaningless performative gesture that some blowhard does and libs tripping over their own dicks to fawn over it. I don't think anyone can name a more iconic duo!

[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

has Sirota abandoned zionism yet or is he just crying that the imperial machine isn't working right

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

Imperial core "left" be like waaaah the conservatives didn't oil the baby crusher's engine correctly now it's gonna break ooooooooooooooh

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 32 points 3 months ago

Honestly, they're very good at doing stunts that are meaningless. They're wilely. Does really highlight how they chose not even to appear to be in the way of the genocide of Gaza

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 26 points 3 months ago

It's very funny how seem to do the utmost to announce their performative bullshit is, in fact, a performance.

Everything the democrats do starts with a little disclaimer like the beginning of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. "Just so you know, we're just dancing, I don't endorse the occult or actually turn into a werewolf."

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

Real Democratic Heroes filibuster themselves so they don't have to do their jobs

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm trying to find info on this Trump nominee but can't seem to find any articles/websites announcing it, does anyone have more info? I subscribed to the Lever but I didnt see anything about that in particular

[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/former-acting-ag-whitaker-confirmed-as-us-envoy-to-nato-00006035

Edit: this was not unanimous. I think people are confused because the motion to invoke cloture was reached by unanimous-consent agreement (at a previous date). This just means that everyone agreed not to debate anymore about the nomination and set a date for the vote, which was Tuesday, and which was 52-45.

Most Americans have very little idea of how their government works, so it is not surprising that this misunderstanding has spread so much; I've seen quite a few people saying he was appointed through unanimous-consent. Appointments are never passed through unanimous-consent agreements, they always go to vote.

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

Ahhh I see; that makes sense. Ugh thats so disappointing how this stuff gets spread around even by USians who seem to have decently sharp political analysis. I think I probably have a somewhat better understanding of our government than the average person and I cant even decipher some legislation and the language used to explain the decision processes. Sad

[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

I checked the Senate floor proceedings and these were the only 2 items on the agenda.

  1. PN12-39 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) — Dean Sauer — Department of Justice Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Elizabeth Prelogar, resigned. Date Received from President: 01/20/2025 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 04/02/2025 - By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 4/3/2025. (All Actions)
  1. PN12-11 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) — Harmeet Dhillon — Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Kristen M. Clarke, resigned. Date Received from President: 01/20/2025 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 04/02/2025 - By unanimous consent agreement, vote 4/3/2025. (All Actions)
[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 24 points 3 months ago

Another day, another dem L biden-horror

[–] DickFuckarelli@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

I was sure Mayor Pete was the most insufferable lib to ever lib in libtown. But Booker is shooting up like John Belushi in a bathtub.

The next season of Election might be very funny.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

The us concept of democracy is based on magical thinking

This guy managed to talk really long, let's disregard everything we were supposed to talk about, they must be right

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

Mans voted to confirm rubio as secretary of state but sure he did a little lonf speech

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Lol. Lmao even.

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago
[–] Civility@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago