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Hey look, he's doing that thing you all already knew he was doing!
This sternly worded letter will certainly do him in this time.
Gosh, why are all these do nothing Democrats getting defeated by DSA candidates in primaries?
A 30 year incumbent in Colorado was just defeated by a 29 year old socialist and the race wasn't even close.
It's such a mystery!
Quick, someone give a millionaire nepobaby 'political consultant' tons of money so thery can tell us it's okay to keep aligning with billionaires.
We just need "nice" billionaires! They'll defeat all the Nazi billionaires with facts and logic when they see them at their next dinner party on their super yacht.
Exactly. They are trying to create teams - "Our" billionaires vs. "Their" billionaires - instead of just getting rid of ALL the billionaires.
This is literally an article about Democrats doing something.
I think your definition of doing something and mine are different.
"But they don't have enough votes" is the next excuse.
Well, we're literally seeing the entire democratic party worried about their party becoming too popular as DSA members drop record wins and draw massive popular support. They seem to all be very concerned about the do nothing party actually electing people that want to DO SOMETHING.
I'm critical of the Democrats because another "strongly worded letter" has deluded people like you into thinking that "pointing" to the problem will solve it.
It's ok. You and I both want the same thing I'm sure. But please don't make excuses for these Democrats in office trying to show some small backbone as the DSA just beat a 30 year incumbent with a 29 year old socialist famous for saying "Fuck Kamala Harris".
We're winning. You can come along for the ride. We're really nice, have snacks, and we're fighting for healthcare and an end to funding genocide.
There is literally one thing that can legally be done to stop Trump - impeachment. It wouldn't matter a bit if every Democratic rep was magically changed into a DSA member tomorrow. Like you said, they don't have the votes.
I'm well past the point where I will cheer on any non-legal solutions, but I don't expect that to come from elected representatives. Their job is to do what the Republicans did when Obama was in office - obstruction. That is what they are doing.
Well we definitely disagree on what obstruction means. I could list countless successful obstructions the Republicans did to Obama. The supreme court pick being the massive one.
What successful obstruction have the Democrats been able to pull off? Because all I've seen have been a couple government shutdowns that they eventually gave up on. Some unsuccessful (and questionably successful) redistricting measures at the state level? What have the federal government representatives in the Democratic party actually been successful in obstructing?
Because, so far, it's been judges and states doing their best to delay while DC seems to be happy with "setting records for longest filibuster" or writing letters that do nothing.
I could count on my fingers the number of Democrats in DC actually making any effort. And they're all the ones connected to DSA and it's momentum.
Don't defend the entire party because AoC and company are in it. Criticize them for sitting on their asses while taking AIPAC donations.
Most recently they have blocked the SAVE act so far. That's the one Trump needs to steal the election.
A bunch of stuff has been blocked that forced Trump to do it through executive order which was then blocked by Dem diatrict judges (for example Birthright Citizenship and the mail-in voting ban). Other stuff was blocked and then forced through budget reconciliation votes which necessitated stripping non-economic elements (like anti-trans legislation and immigration restrictions).
I don't blame most people for not knowing these things because it is all boring as fuck and Dems suck at advertising their successes.
Edit: Dems also need to figure out how to ditch support of Israel without getting tarred and feathered as antisemites by people who can't understand nuance.
You really need to raise your expectations. I know all the boring stuff mate. You didn't mention anything that was concrete from DC.
Also, the representatives that haven't already disconnected from Israel will NEVER disconnect from Israel. If they haven't taken the correct side by now; that is a clear sign they are immoral donation controlled robots. They should be removed at all cost and should never be taken seriously.
Raise your expectations. Join DSA.
Hollywood movies like Zootpia and Superman (2025) have taught us that exposing the corruption ends it. The problem is nobody knows what to do after the part where they expose the corruption
Dude lemmy hates democrats more than republicans.
Reply below with a 'tut-tut' to do your part for justice. Do it for America!
Tut-tut
Maybe we should all bring in our little "No" signs to hold up in silent protest. Oh and coordinate our outfits to display our displeasure.
It'll fit right in! Make sure to wear your "I dissent" pins, too!
Don't be so harsh. I believe he has learned his lesson.
I’ve submitted orders for Trump coin at 15% above market price to apologize for OP.
Yes, but it's good that they're documenting it and releasing it to the public.
Because the public is going to do what?
Oh fuck off with that. It's called transparency. If they didn't release the report then you'd be all like "wHy ArEn'T tHeY rElEaSiNg It?!?!1?1!1!?"
I wouldn't. I never demanded the release of the epstein files, I skipped ahead to demanding something be done about whatever is in the epstein files. Still waiting on that. What is the goddamn plan for holding them accountable? Just letting us know isn't doing anything. What good is transparency without action?
As soon as someone who's not a member of Epstein & Associates is in charge of the various departments and branches of the government, then maybe someone can do something about it.
For now they're limited in what they can do, but creating a report and making it public is one thing that is within their power. Faulting them for doing that is kinda strange.
What I'm faulting is the entire system that allowed criminals to be in power without any accountability and I'm faulting people who think transparency somehow fixes the issue. Transparency is worthless until something is actually done about it. It's like announcing to the world that Ted Bundy is an active serial killer but nothing being done to prosecute him
Yes, we know, the system is flawed. If "transparency" is as worthless as you claim, then so is "faulting the entire system," which is what you say you're doing. Not sure how you can apply your logic consistently and come to different conclusions for those two things.
Transparency alone doesn't fix the issue, no. And no one is claiming it does. But the issue will be much harder to fix without transparency. No transparency makes accountability nearly impossible. And right now, while anyone with an interest in fixing the issue is powerless to do so, transparency is a bare minimum that they can at least try to meet. And that's what they're doing.
So no, I don't think transparency is worthless. It's necessary. Not sufficient, but necessary no less.
If Ted Bundy controlled all the police in the nation either directly or through influence and loyalty, then congress tracking his crimes and making the reports available to the public would be better than doing nothing about it.
Isn't the point of alerting the public so something can be done about it? I'm demanding g something actually be done! That's what started this conversation, me asking what the public will DO about it! They're alerting the public so they can do what? So the public can demand action? That's what I'm doing!
Would you be able to demand action if you weren't aware of it? If they didn't do the report or if they didn't release it to the public?
They accomplished a few things at least. 1., there's an official record of it now, presumably with precise numbers and cited sources. That will be useful when someone gets in power who cares about accountability. 2., It creates a record for history that can be studied later to get an accurate count as well as corroborate other sources. 3., it let's the public know what's going on, so on the off chance there are still any fence-sitters they now have more facts to base their voting decisions on. Voting decisions which can help determine whether someone gets in power who is willing to prosecute based on the evidence in the report.
The red hats claim you know he's honest because he already has money therefore he isn't in it to enrich himself. I mean, he donated his salary guys! IDK how you fight that kind of stupid.
Yeah but Hunter Biden something something Burisma
Stop normalizing it.