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You earned a block. No great loss for me.
That earned you a block. Bye, boy
No, you didn't offer a YouTube mashup posted by Mike Johnson as a response to someone telling you this was a right-wing disinformation campaign. Oh, wait. You did. The campaign worked so well that you are helping them wage it and have no idea how badly you've been played.
Yup. Republicans know we love to eat our own and they played it beautifully.
And anyone who thinks Hunter ever said or implied his father is perfect is more delusional than they think Hunter is.
"The Democrats" didn't go after his Dad. SOME Democrats did - don't smear the whole party because of the behavior of a handful of people. And Democrats DID stand up for Hunter. Go back and look at what congressional Republicans tried to do to him and how House and Senate Dems fought back
Compared with Don Jr. who never shuts up.
The same goes for the common saying that "Washington is broken." DC isn't broken - not one of these people came from DC and neither did the people causing problems now. Folks out in the so-called "heartland" sent them here. Stop blaming us for the mess y'all keep making.
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Black voters, especially Black women, ARE the Democrats in large part. And unlike some on the left, Black women know elections are binary choices, not popularity contests, and we're too politically sophisticated to smear the entire party because of what a handful of elite Dems did four years prior.
You also fight fascists by NOT demanding our side mirror fascists and attack, smear and undermine them when they don't. Using fascist tactics against fascists doesn't fight fascism. It just spreads it around and makes it impossible to tell us apart from them - because we are then all fascists.
Doing one interview and answering a question honestly is not "yapping." False equivalence.
Some of us tried to explain this to folks back then, but were drowned out by the "Schumer needs to go/Vichy Dems" crowd who refused to listen to anything but their own voices.
The world benefits exponentially more from hearing what Hunter Biden thinks than anything Chris Cilizza has ever had to say
Black voters, especially Black women, ARE the Democrats in large part. And unlike some on the left, we know elections are binary choices, not popularity contests, and we're too politically sophisticated to smear the entire party because of what a small handful of elite Dems did four years prior.
Jim Comey must be so glad he went out of his way to put his thumb on the scale for the Republican nominee in 2016. It's really worked out nicely for him.
My ancestors who barely had one drop of African blood certainly were "really Black" back in the day. Funny how that has changed ...
I asked you nicely to go away. Now I'm blocking you. Bye.
Truth.
My, what a whiny and defensive response to having a woman tell you she is not responsible for providing you a fundamental political education upon your demand.
I'm sure you believe that
If, at this point in your life, you truly don't know what real political work is, a stranger telling you on Bluesky is not going to do much good. But if you make the effort to talk to activists in your own community to find out what they're doing and how you can help, you'll likely learn a lot.
Actually, the people who are repeating anti-Democratic talking points trying to kneecap Democrats and our leaders are the ones demonstrating MAGA-like obtuseness. Actually, for many of you, it's not obtuseness at all, but a clear effort to undermine the Democrats.
The first impeachment helped us defeat 45 in '20. But people like you were too busy whining about Democrats that they couldn't be bothered to do the work necessary to give the Biden-Harris administration a second term. You'd better start supporting the Dems if you really want anything to change.
If your "activism" is limited to marching and screaming into the void, no wonder you're frustrated. Because it sounds like you're engaging in performative acts while real activists are doing the actual work.
He was speaking out. So were many other Democrats. You just weren't paying attention, perhaps because you were too focused on the shiny objects the mainstream media dangled in front of you.
And you also seem to think that Democrats now have the power to do anything about what you're complaining about. Yet, you brag about having "screamed into the void" as if that's some kind of activism. Takes like yours are why I can't and don't take some people seriously.
You think ripping up a speech is the only thing Pelosi or the Dems did since 2016? Apparently you missed 2 impeachments (which the "DO SomeThiNg!" troops demanded), Biden's election, major legislation, student loan forgiveness, the J6 hearings, and many other things Dems did with their majority.
What are YOU doing to "rally others"? Because I'm pretty sure you have far more influence over the people in your world than Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer do.
I was being sarcastic ...
I don't doubt that at all.
But that's not only on the House and Senate Dems. It's on ALL Democrats, including us - ESPECIALLY us because people on the ground are more likely to be influenced by us than by any elected official. And when they see us trashing the Dems and accusing them of being weak, that suppresses the vote.
House and Senate Dems can't "repair the damage" as long as they're in the minority. And one of the reasons they're in the minority is that too many people spent a lot of time and effort calling them weak - and still are. It's time for folks to stop demanding the Dems fix the mess the voters made.
Thank you.
Except they're not being quiet. They just moved the goalposts.
They demand Dems speak up and speak loudly, and when they do, they dismiss it as "just words.".. These are not serious or credible people.
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Of course, they're going to try. But that doesn't mean, as some folks here are trying to convince us, that they're going to succeed or that we should stop fighting.
Some of the same people who just days ago insisted the Dems ain't s**t because they don't fight hard enough, are now flooding social media trying to convince us there's no point in fighting because the game is rigged and the battle is lost. These are not credible people. Don't listen to them.
I can't help but notice that a lot of the same people who just a few days ago were smearing Democrats for supposedly not fighting hard enough are now claiming there's no point in fighting because all is already lost. See what they're doing?
That's what they want us to think. They don't need to illegally suppress the vote if we don't for them. Don't fall for this bs.
"What good has fighting or voting done?" Are you serious? If you really believe what you're saying, why are you even here? To whine and try to piss all over people who are actually doing the fighting? You should just go away and sit this out. Because you're dead weight
Please go away. We have work to do and you are just dead weight. You think it's over. So go sit down somewhere and let the rest of continue the actual work or saving this country from the GOP and people like you.
Dumb take. But please, go on and tell people it's all over so they won't bother fighting or voting. Takes like this do more to suppress the vote than any voter suppression law the GOP can come up with. Fortunately, there are still plenty of us out here fighting while you try to piss all over us.
So, you've just given up and are doing your best to crap all over everyone else so they give up, too. Gotcha. Fortunately for you, most of the rest of us aren't giving up and aren't spitting all over our fellow Democrats. And you will no doubt be more than happy to enjoy the fruits of our labor...
No. I want you, given your certainty of how the Minority Leader should do his job, to explain what you think he should do and how that would change things. You've been offered ample opportunity, but keep deflecting, proving you got nuthin. Some folks ARE all talk, but it's not Hakeem Jeffries...
We knew this was likely to pass, so I'm not surprised, discouraged, or defeated. Now it's time to pivot and actually make the AP's description of a "defining moment of his second term" - and the terms of every single Republican who voted for it - a reality. Vote them out in 2026! Let's DO this!
And these are these same people who constantly attack Democrats, and when it's pointed out that they don't have the numbers to do much, insist "They should be speaking up!" But when they DO speak up, they dismiss it as "just words." It's clear they're only interested in attack Dems, nothing else.
Exactly.
So he should have just kept his mouth shut? But let's play this out ... What does "reaching out" mean to you and how would that have changed any GOP votes? Should he have offered them something? What? Appealed to their decency? How? Exactly what would "reaching out" have done? Be specific.
LOL. "Reaching out"? Because there is a Republican in the House who would have changed their vote from yes to no if only Hakeem Jeffries had "reached out" to them. You so funny.
I'm fascinated by how quickly the "Speak LOUDER!" "Slow things down!" crowd is dismissing Leader Jeffries doing just that as "empty talk." I'm starting to think they don't really want the Dems to do any of the things they're demanding, but just want to trash them and will no matter what they do.
Oh, good Lord. Folks demand Dems "SAY SOMETHING!" and "slow everything down!," but when they do, y'all dismiss it as "just words." But I'll play. What exactly do you think Jeffries should DO that would prevent the passage of this bill? Please be specific.
I'm sure it wasn't accidental that the Minority Leader ended his record-breaking floor speech surrounded by Black women
It's positively Pavlovian with these people.
"Stop calling it a cult! Oooh, goodie! I'm gonna get my picture taken with him!!!"
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Exactly! If only we had something like that ...
If only there were an institution that explained things to the American people so they could be knowledgeable about the consequences they are facing and who is responsible for them ...
People want to be entertained ...
The reason those other recipients aren't also below the poverty line is that MEDICAID IS KEEPING THEM FROM FALLING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
Obama said plenty when he warned us for months not to let this happen. After 47 took office, there was nothing he could do to stop this. The responsibility shifted to Republicans. Bush is another story. He could have made a difference before and after the election. Don't lump Obama in with him.
Not Alligator Alcatraz. Alcatraz held people who had been convicted in a court of law. This is Alligator Auschwitz, which will hold people who are not charged with anything other than the crime of being brown, just like Auschwitz held those for the crime of being a Jew.
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Why do you need to be inspired at this point? And why is Obama the only person who can inspire you? You can't think analytically, stay woke, and protest on your own without an amazing and brilliant man with superpowers to encourage you?
Three years after the Dobbs decision, millions of American women are banned from getting the reproductive health care they need. On today's Democratic Daily Download, @chu.house.gov explains how House Democrats are fighting to restore reproductive freedom.
Lawyers call that "outcome determinative decision-making."
"Obama's being mean! He's talking down to people! How dare he tell Black men not to be misogynistic!"
This is really important but the "Dems ain't shish" crowd will ignore or dismiss it because it didn't involve yelling and finger wagging or cool TikTok videos. But THIS is what resistance looks like: making stuff happen.
But now some armchair political geniuses are demanding Obama jump back into the fray and say a lot of stuff the people who didn't listen to him last time won't listen to again.
If you are blaming anyone but Republicans and the Orange Demon in the WH for what is happening globally right now, you're easily fooled and easily led.
They never waid it. It's fake.
This isn't true
Yes, we do I also want Democrats to spend more time attacking the real enemy than they do going after fellow Democrats - who many of them claim are the "real enemy" or it's equivalent. That's my point.
It's rather amusing to see someone who is attacking Democrats rather than Republicans complaining that "Dems don't focus on the real enemy."
That got you a block. Bye
They are doing more than fundraising. It's on us to make the effort to educate a ourselves about what they're doing.
The fact that you actually believe something that ridiculous explains a lot.
That's good. And yes, our leaders need to have our backs. But we also need to have theirs. It's a two-way street.
John Fetterman is not "the Democrats." Blaming an entire party because of a handful of outliers is just lazy.
If you are in a deep red state and know Dems who have given up, perhaps you can try harder to convince them to vote this time around. You surely have more influence on the people around you than does Bernie Sanders or any other national Democratic figure.
Bernie Sanders yelling at rallies as his fans cheer and chant his name is not going to invigorate the base and definitely not going to make any disaffected Democrat more likely to vote for the party he constantly castigates.
Articles of impeachment have already been drafted and introduced in the House. Try to keep up.
Blaming "Democrats" for what a couple of Democrats did is the very essence of shallow, lazy kneejerk "analysis" that isn't even worth responding to
Please pay closer attention to what other Dems are doing. They may not be barnstorming the country speaking to cheering crowds who already agree with them, but are doing the hard work of representing their constituents and fighting the regime.
Is he changing any minds or votes or just basking in the cheers and adulation of a crowd that already agrees with him.
And these are the same snowflakes who couldn’t handle wearing a mask during the pandemic.
That is not true, but the fact that you actually believe that explains a lot.
There are plenty of sources you can consult to educate yourself. I suggest you do some research.
The shallowness and lack of thought and reason in the "Democrats are complicit" pronouncements are not attributable to limitations of typing on a cellphone. And there's plenty of room between a "nuanced manifesto" and the fact-free, buzzword-laden accusations you're throwing around here.
"They" = lazy, shallow generalization that makes your opinion suspect.
At least Manchin and Sinema served a purpose - they gave the Dems the numbers they needed to have majority control of the Senate. Fetterman performs no such function. The Dems are in the minority with or without him. So he's rendering himself pretty much useless.
"They" = more lazy, shallow generalizations. I find it hard to believe that anyone paying even a minimal amount of attention would actually think things would have turned out differently if only Walz had said "they're weird" more often. As I said, I see you ...
If the Garland-hating keyboard warriors who sat around waiting for DOJ to rescue us, gone out to do the hard work needed to get more Democratic voters to the polls, we wouldn't be in this situation. But too many people think talking smack on social media is badass activism and didn't lift a finger.
Ahh here we go with ther Vichy "they're all the same" crap. I see you.
You completely missed the point. If you believe people who didn't care about 34 state convictions would have changed their minds and not voted for him if only DOJ had gotten a couple more convictions, you're not facing reality. Garland wasn't in office on January 21, 2021, so there's also that.
Getting "mad" at the party and accusing it of being "weak," having "no intention of doing its job" and being "part of the fascist machine" because you think some Dems aren't doing enough, is not only oversimplification based on lazy generalizations, it's a counterproductive diversion of energy.
Criticism is only effective if it's strategic. The nee-jerk whining we're seeing here - much of it based on an astonishing degree of ignorance about what Congress actually does - is neither strategic nor effective. At least it's not effective if the actual goal is to successfully fight this regime.
47 was convicted of 34 felonies and still re-elected. Assuming the outcome would have changed if only he'd been convicted of a few more is just not reality-based. We're here not because Garland didn't move fast enough, but because a majority of voters wanted a white supremacist as president.