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Congratulations, dipshit [Schumer, not OP], you’ve done something perfectly counterproductive by (a) making it sound like (presumably) something that’s less of a blatant Orwellian farce that turned people against it just because of the name, and (b) creating confusion that makes it harder to organize against it because now there are two different names out there.
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I know him irl. Not personally, not well, but I’ve interacted with him several times. He is cheap despite being well off. He is not nice unless he thinks you could do something for him. He looks down on people he perceives as beneath him. He has a mean streak. Him making a show of being a good guy but doing nothing in actuality makes sense.
Him making a show of being a good guy but doing nothing in actuality makes sense.
I just kind of assume this of career politicians. How can you sit in there for so long, doing nothing, just taking payout after payout
Those who don’t of it, don’t get any votes.
Okay, fine: he tried to be counterproductive and still managed to fail at it.
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All part of the plant
also like it clearly didn’t solve anything even optically bc this website is still up https://www.whitehouse.gov/obbb/
Whew, and at first I thought the US might have a problem, but good ol’ Chuck stepped in to save the day. Back to work, everyone, democracy has been saved.
I read https://spectrejournal.com/chuck-schumer-in-america-a-warning/ today because it was posted on Lemmy, good stuff, I can recommend it
Call it what it is: the Onerous Bloated Billionaire Boondoggle.
Then insert “no” and “not” strategically throughout in order to bring to an end the tax cuts for the grotesquely wealthy (you can leave the ones for ordinary people) and continue funding essential services.
And insert the requirement that any military or police or patrol force receiving government funds must be fully identifiable while conducting arrest/capture operations.
I’d be more impressed with him if he tripped on the Senate floor and accidentally gave Ted Cruz a black eye by landing on him.
Eh, they took out every bit of democracy-breaking bullshit they possibly could without a majority as far as I know. They’re trying now. I’m holding out a little hope that it won’t make it through the house again, even.
ROFL Democrats are pretty useless these days…I’ve been calling my representatives, sending letters, and generally being more politically involved to make sure this terrible reconciliation bill dies in a fire. I hope to oust the republicans who represent Kansas too. They are so cursed and incompetent, spineless and weak in the face of donor daddies telling them what to do.
They’re not useless. They’re complicit.
Jesus Christ. Pure evil.
The nazi’s didn’t cause the deaths of over 100 million people because they were kind!
weaponized incompetence
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Yeah, they are enabling this hostile takeover of government by not actively fighting against it. Even voting yes for some harmful legislation as the good little accelerationists they are, for donor daddies whispering in their ears.
Like helping Donald avert a government shutdown.
They’re not even willing to make it inconvenient for fascists to take power.
They’ve stated their plan is to let it happen until it’s so bad people vote Trump out which is hilarious considering everyone wanted to call people on the left accelerationists. Now accelerationism is the only strategy the Democrats have, and where are all the people who so loudly opposed accelerationism? I can barely find anyone even using that word anymore.
dems and gop are codependenant on each other, gop needs dems to improve the economy so they can rail on it, and adding anti-immigraiton and racism and culture is a bonus because they cant use the economy is bad bit forever, and dems depends on gop messing up things so bad dems get elected, its a neverending cycle, and they all work behind the scenes on this.
You clearly don’t read congress.gov or watch CSPAN. First, they have no power due to minority. Secondly, they cannot filibuster a reconciliation bill. All they can do is debate provisions and propose amendments. That’s it.
They debated every provision, line-by-line, over four 24+ hour oversight committee hearings. Then Schumer forced the Republicans to read the entire reconciliation aloud over 12 hours. Then they held a record 23-hour amendment “vote-a-rama” to try to limit the provisions.
This is how it went: https://files.catbox.moe/1lwoem.mp4
Weird, I seem to recall the senate parliamentarian pumping the brakes on much of the Dem agenda before reconciliation votes in Biden’s term. Just couldn’t pass 85% of his promised agenda because of that darn parliamentarian and “the rules.” All we heard from Dems then was how there was nothing they could do to counter the revered senate parliamentarian.
Last week, there were whispers about the parliamentarian pushing back on some of the massively problematic portions of this bill, and then whoosh, it was gone. Dems didn’t utter a word further. Media completely silent on the matter. What happened? Millionaire senators all want their tax cuts too huh?
Republicans also just ignored the parliamentarian when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed during Donald’s first term.
That happened with this bill as well. The Senate Parliamentarian is a non-partisan position, who is charged with the responsibility of verifying the legality of provisions.
Elizabeth Macdonough, the Senate Parliamentarian since 2012, declared the Republican’s provision to exempt Alaska and Hawaii from the Medicare and SNAP cuts was invalid due to the Byrd rule, for example. Murkowski voted for the bill anyway, because she cares more about pleasing Big Oil than her constituents.
https://time.com/7296762/big-beautiful-bill-byrd-rule/
The media wasn’t silent. It was overridden by Trump’s Accusations Auschwitz. You need to watch CSPAN if you want to know what’s happening in the government.
I am aware of their lack of majority and inability to filibuster a reconciliation bill. While these actions seem useful, it is merely born of desperation. Regardless, these are at least steps that can be taken to minimize the massive oncoming harm.
There is a reason behind this lack of majority though: they’ve failed to energize voters, they’ve let the cult of personality Trump win over reason. They’ve lost seats because of a lack of attention, and complacency. If they hadn’t, we’d be in a very different situation right now.
The few nominees that had a chance to keep Democrats in control of vital offices, were either sidelined or actively fought against, Zohran Kwame Mamdani is a recent example of a candidate for a Mayoral position that the DNC pit a controversial sex pest Andrew Cuomo against…Even dusting off Bill Clinton to back Andrew, but at least Zohran is still in the running, ATM. I can only hope young candidates like him can help shift the political landscape for the better in the future. If America can endure, at least.
There is a reason behind this lack of majority though: they’ve failed to energize voters
Also, Dems could have abused the reconciliation process in order to pass legislation too, but didn’t.
The candidates you want aren’t backed by donors. We need to vote for the progressives that often run in primaries. Take it from a political analyst if you don’t believe me.
Stop rewarding the people who can afford to reach you in your living room. Research the candidates on your primary ballots and vote in every election.
Oh trust me, I know the reality of what is going on. This is why I vote in every election: local, state, and national because that is what really matters. Change can only happen if we participate in all the elections possible, which I have certainly done regardless of the outcome. As apathy and losing hope is going to let those corporate and ultra wealthy donor backed candidates win.
Yup. That’s exactly how they’ve taken control over the last 40 years.
First, they have no power due to minority.
They can filibuster. They could have forced a shutdown. They can abuse reconciliation. They can bully their opponents when they have power. They Congress and the presidency for two years and all they did was sit buy while people got poorer and angrier.
It’s time to stop making excuses. I want to see a Dem whose willing to talk for two days and piss their pants in order to stop fascism.
A filibuster cannot be used on a reconciliation bill. It’s time to understand our system before going back to hive-mind finger pointing. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/budget-reconciliation-simplified/
My favorite thing about our political system is that, no matter how hard Democrats capitulate, grift, and collaborate, they will always have people like you to make excuses.
It’s not an excuse. It’s literacy. There are plenty of reasons to criticize the Democrats. You don’t need to misinform people by making one up.
What if my rep is Mike Johnson? I dont think he’s ever cared about anyone but himself. I couldn’t even protest vote against an under dog last election because the opposition was somehow more MAGA and I didnt want to embolden them with votes.
I live in Oklahoma.
Suicide is really the only option.
How about moving to a blue state? That’s barely going to help but it’s a better option than suicide.
With what money?
Because I live in Oklahoma, it’s legal to fire me for being trans, and there is no help for DV, so my ex emptied my bank account and maxed out my credit cards after torturing me.
I’ve applied for jobs elsewhere no luck.
it’s fucked. I’m so sorry. I know it’s a million times easier said than done, but I can’t help myself to not give advice:
join social media groups for the trans community in a blue state, look into the orgs there, see if there’s a couch you could crash on. save up what you can for gas or a bus ticket. once you get there, plug into the community, connect with services, find work. it’s risky but it’s better to try than to give up and die.
I have already done that.
There is no hope. There is no help. I am sick of people pretending there is.
my partners got out of Georgia and they were both broke as fuck. it is possible.
With a support system perhaps.
I don’t have one. I have adhd and ptsd and can barely manage to survive where I am. I’ll go down with the ship. I’ll put up signs, and someday they’ll arrest me, and I’ll be the eleventh death in Oklahoma County jail for 2025. There has never been hope in my life, and there’s no reason to hope now.
So in his mind it could be a law that allows shooting every child you don’t like, but since it’s called “My Little Pony Happy Law” nothing is wrong?? What a clown.
Omfg this is real isn’t it
Jesus wept
Not only is it real, I saw a video that his team cut together of the moment like it was a damn Play of the Game highlight of him “owning” the Republicans. Words cannot express the depths of my hatred for Democratic leadership at this moment. This bill is going to be one of if not the most catastrophic pieces of legislation ever passed and THIS is all their so-called “resistance” amounts to?
I hate them and their strategy of “Do nothing, give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves, then make it the responsibility of the voters to get rid of them so they don’t have to promise anything or stand for anything.” They gave 'em though rope alright, except they’re not hanging themselves, they’re diving off a cliff and the rope is tied around our waists too.
So uh… what’s its name now?
Trusting democrats to do anything helpful is like trusting Vichy France to do something to stop the Nazis. Collaborators only put up token resistance to act as if they are on your side, when really they are all in for the fascists.
its called virtue signalling or half-assing, they know it already has happen and pretend to act as they are against it. its the same thing murwoski did, voting for bbb while telling the house not to vote for hit.
if you are unhappy with the dem representatives, why not enter politics yourself? Always only see whining people but never people willing to actually tackle any problems. Greetings from Europe, get your shit together dems, finger pointing isn’t going to resolve anything in your favour.
Unhappy with your favourite football teams results? Why not play for the team yourself?
The reality is, if you want to work in positions capable of making change, it is an incredibly difficult and expensive uphill struggle to get there; any position of power is a position people are normally groomed for from a young age.
Anyone can play football, but playing at your local field isn’t going to change a champions league final, just like being elected as an independent would at most, prevent the majority from becoming a super majority.
So as much as the gentry may want us to think it’s an open game, most politicians come from a rather specific private schooled background. Sure you get a few that break the mold; and just because someone is private schooled, doesn’t mean they won’t be socially minded. I’m just pointing to the fact that it’s silly to insist any laymen can just be elected into office and make a difference; you need significant resources (especially in America where everything is commercialisation dialled up to the max) or you need to compromise and toe the line with one of the existing parties.
Just look at NYC mayoral candidates; The democrats are losing their mind and would rather the republicans take the position than their prime candidate; simply because he’s not someone from their very specific definition of an appropriate background for a candidate.
That’s not even at the federal level. That’s just a city mayor… Either you play their game, or you’re not allowed to kick the ball.
what you are doing is called victim blaming and it makes no one fucking respect you as an individual
Burger muncher moment
90 million americans didn’t even bother to vote. I am not saying we don’t have fascists trying to topple the establishment, but we didnt vote them into power, we are actively and loudly fighting them and our protectorate of the constitution have already termed them as unconstitutional and are preparing a ban order spanning the entire federal state of Germany for the entire party, and legal consequences of officers and civil servants who were members in the AfD and should have protected the federal state, instead they promoted anti-establishment sentiments. The USA is a lot further down the road towards Oligarchy than we are, Trump already dismantled the courts that you need for balancing power
90 million americans were repressed from voting via a system that disproportionately benefits the higher income
300 million americans have been gerrymandered by capital owners (from both major parties) for decades
300 million americans have been systemically restricted from education funding
fixed that for you. educate your damn self.
So you camouflaged the bill. Congrats!
People keep spelling Cuck Schumer wrong.
hey at least cucks have a hobby that doesn’t hurt anyone
