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Democrats have, again, learned nothing

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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

Fuck this evil bitch, she is clearly determined to die in her fucking chair just like Feinstein and RBG. Fuck all three of those greedy fucking pieces of shit.

At least Nancy can continue to directly profit via the stock market while she continues to play the failed queen maker.

She holds plenty of the blame for our fallen democracy too.

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 0 points 23 minutes ago

Pelosi needs an Adjustor.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 hours ago

And yet the left wing of the party won't do shit.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

The left wing of the party needs to leave the party. Stop enabling the right wing. Make it clear to Americans there is a centrist party and a far right party right now.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 57 points 9 hours ago

Democrats have, again, learned nothing

They already know full well they need to make a populist shift to win. They'd rather lose than alienate big money.

[-] RedirectDeposit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

They're in too deep.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 39 points 8 hours ago

Hopefully his cancer takes him soon. That would be a fitting divine punishment for his hubris and refusal to have a shred of dignity and retire at an appropriate time. People who demand power "because it's my turn" are despicable sociopaths. Damning a nation for their own vanity. His soul is as diseased as his body.

[-] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 4 points 7 hours ago

Humans gonna human.

[-] SoupBrick@yiffit.net 109 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Literally choosing a 74 y/o with cancer over a popular leftist candidate.

https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6160

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 9 hours ago

Pelosi right now

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 71 points 10 hours ago
[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 36 points 10 hours ago

Defund the DNC. They're fucking useless now anyways

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

Somebody figure out how to make “fuck off” stop the fundraising texts.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

ive volunteered for texting campaigns. when you text STOP you believe it's triggering some program and doing it automatically, but its not. the volunteer sees your response then clicks "mute" or "remove", it depends on the campaign and the response.

if you type "fuck off", they will mute the conversation and you won't get any more messages (until next campaign)

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago

That's amazingly bad management for such a campaign, wow

The dispensary I worked at handled it automatically, the only human input needed was drafting the actual texts

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Yeah but I want to tell the person three or four levels up to fuck off, not some idealistic person who thinks these sort of things aren’t just an annoyance.

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Report the number as Spam

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago

Ah, the familiar feeling of disappointment by the Democrats

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

We have tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas!


For all the neoliberal Dems crow about Republicans choosing party over country, this is what choosing party over country looks like. The corporate wing of the party would literally choose fascism over leftism.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 hours ago

The corporate wing of the party would literally choose fascism over leftism.

They have before and they will again.

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 40 points 10 hours ago

The reason Pelosi's doing this is because she's scared shitless of the future but can't come to terms with her part in this mess. If you listen to her speak candidly about Trump (the NYT interview is a great example) you can tell she legitimately fears for her life after what happened to her husband. As a result, she actually believes that the only way to save the country is to move right. She's wrong of course and the data bears that out but there's a large contingent of the Democratic base that agrees and she doesn't have to look far for a permission structure.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

She should be scared

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 45 points 10 hours ago

Everyone please wait your turn, we still have half a century of backlog before progress can be considered.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 39 points 10 hours ago

the conservative democrats strike again. worthless, all of them.

[-] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago
[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

And has cancer, and not one of the good ones. Esophageal cancer has a ~15% 1 year survival rate in the US. Obviously if caught early prognosis is much better but it is a rare one to catch early.

[-] goferking0 4 points 7 hours ago

So they consider him one of the young bucks?

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yay let's get a geriatric to chair the meetings and fall asleep after making Hitler comparisons or claiming that the death of the Republic is upon us. We're in dire straits so it's time for our most feeble and ill-equipped to lead us still!

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Kinda sorry to hear that, but won't go batshit crazy about it. AOC will be just fine. She's evolved into quite a Congress Critter, and is one of the top communicators in the House. Her time will surely come. She'll be around for a long time if that's what she wants to do. Dems have gone new blood on 5 committee chairs.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 hours ago

It's AOC's turn when she turns 75!

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

She could get the chair in 2 years, and then it might be the ranking chair

[-] goferking0 7 points 7 hours ago

don't worry Charlie we won't pull the football away this time

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Connelly is pretty well regarded in the caucus.

Raskin wanted Nadlers chair on Judiciary. Nadler ended up telling him he was going to retire anyway and go ahead.

Committee chairs aren't the be all and end all. Looks like some people around here are probably more upset than AOC herself.

[-] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 10 hours ago
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