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'They own what happens next': Enraged AOC slams Senate Dems over 'inexplicable abdication' (www.rawstory.com)

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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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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 41 points 6 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 5 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"