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I don’t care if it’s cloture or the actual bill itself…
There should be zero Dems voting “yes” on any-fucking-thing these MAGAt bastards want.
Blatant and complete obstruction is the only way to play this hand for the foreseeable future.
Those Dems that do vote yes… 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕
Fetterman was a given, since he's been cozying up with the GOP as of late
Well no, when MAGA wants something that’s actually good, there’s no reason to oppose it.
The Republican leadership just instructed the DOJ to put LGBTQ+ activist groups on a fuckin' watch-list like they're goddamn terrorists (and they're gonna fuckin' do it). The Trump Administration is doing everything possible to break the US Constitution when it comes to the freedom of expression, the freedom of and from religion, the Presidential Term Limit, and birthright citizenship which regardless how you personally feel about it is baked into the US Constitution.
So why don't you tell me what they're doing that you find so goddamn appealing. Because I just don't get it. Maybe I'm too fucking stupid, but I just don't see it.
And just when do you truly think any MAGAt will propose something "good"....???
Don't be daft.
🙄
controlled opposition within controlled opposition. Aka rotating villains.
Anything I would have to say would get me permanently banned from the site for advocating violence.
Remember, as Napoleon Bonaparte said to Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, "Violence never solved anything."
I don’t think it’s time for violence. It’s time for new leadership.
Of course it's not time for violence; violence have never solved anything. Asking nicely and remembering to say 'please' and 'thank you' will surely convince them to step down.
Don't forget to say "pwease" and "tank you"! At this point, I'm shocked but not surprised that the Democrats are just rolling over.
You dropped this: “/s”
Oh, no, I would never be sarcastic about that. Being sarcastic would mean that I was condoning violence directed at democratically elected officials that are surely doing what the people want and expect them to do, and are fulfilling their duty to the country and constitution.
Traitors. Remember their names and primary them as soon as possible!
There have been some discussions this week about AOC running for Senate to take Schumer’s seat, however 2028 is a long time away.
We won’t make it to then.
Maybe there will be enough support to replace Schumer as the Democratic Senate leader?
The shutdown will still happen...
This does away with the habitual earmarking of funds, and instead just puts things in a handful of piles.
So they can just not fund parts of the government that they don't like, and give everything to shit like ICE. CBP, or fucking Teslas.
They didn't avert a shutdown so much as freely give away what power they had.
Democratic Sens. Richard Durbin (Ill.), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Gary Peters (Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Brian Schatz (Hawaii) (Nev.) all voted "yes" in addition to Schumer, — as did Maine's Angus King, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats.
Man I’m sure glad I called Fetterman.
That wasn’t a waste of my goddamn time nosirree
Unfortunately the only thing getting through to Fetterman at this point is more brain damage. What a waste of potential.
Big GOP win.
Big ~~GOP~~ corporate sex worker win.
That's an insult to sex workers.
Did they even ask for anything? Not that they would have gotten it, I just bet they didn't even ask for anything
No, they didn’t.
“Who else are you gonna vote for” - ten democrats, probably
Some of them are not up for reelection for many years. They might be banking on most people forgetting about this, and they may be right.
They are right. Americans are idiots and we deserve every bit of suffering we’ll get.
Fuck this country.
Let’s not get discouraged and push for the Democratic senators to elect a new leader.
Schumer did manage to get GOP leadership to agree to hold a vote to ensure that the D.C.'s budget did not suffer a $1 billion cut. The House's bill was written to include the budget reduction, sparking concern.
Chuck Schumer is the biggest coward on either side of the Mississippi