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Democats filibuster medicaid cuts for 12 hours live.
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Fuck no. This is exactly the time to hold their feet to the fire and demand they be better and do more... They're handing everything over to the fascists to try to get the oligarchs back on their side
The last thing we should do is believe they're an effective resistance
Yes, that's correct. What I'm trying to get away from the "both sides" thing is because it does the exact opposite which is foster complacency.
Correct. Brooker standing up and talking all night long, for 18 hours to give voice to Americans who have reached out to him is democracy. This is the good side. These guys are crying tears as they try to hold it together and get the longest filibuster in history.
This should draw support and applause from everyone. This is holding them to the fire. No one sleeps. No one negotiates. Endless filibuster until Congress gets reigned in.
And I applaud Booker
Where are the other 40ish senators and why aren't they helping him?
Why are all of you coming here and commenting without looking at the video im trying to share? I want to talk to you about the content of the filibuster that's been happening for 20 hours. How do you think he's been standing for 20 hours straight? There's 10-20 other Dem senators there helping him by taking questions, giving speeches and allowing him to get bathroom breaks.
And they're doing the bare minimum. They should've been on rotational shifts from one week in, and this especially should've been going on when they signed away all their power with the budget approvals a few weeks ago.
I promise I am not attacking you personally, let's just not mistake this as the Democratic party fighting, this is one man fighting an uphill battle with the bare level of help.
He's litterally calling to hit the streets and fight? What exactly do you want the senate minority to do? Especially after the minority leader sold them down the river.
Why are they asking us to risk getting thrown in an ice internment camp when they are the ones who standing by in DC abiding by legalities that no longer exist?
Man you got a lot of opinions for a guy afraid of protesting and boycotting? Are you afwaid of a wittle ice at your wokal pwotest? What are you suggesting here?
Sorry I don't want to join your parade I'll keep doing real mutual aid work
Hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha THE TRUE COMMUNIST EVERYBODY. He's soooo much better than us he just can't articulate why. Please do tell what is this mutal aid you're doing and who's financing it.
I've got some extra firearms if you need one to defend yourself. Im pretty sure ice isn't gonna come arrest me and the retired old ladies protesting in front of the capital, but it would make good news for the cause. Idk i refuse to live in fear. I refuse to live like a impotent fool. Go do something besides discourage people from being productive.
There's two kind of "both sides"... There's "we need a middle ground" which is horse shit, it leads to a choice between fascism and fascism-light
Then there's "our politicians are decrepit zombies, so let's do a leftist version of the tea party"
People want change, not stability. Not anymore. Everything sucks, so who are they going to vote for... An openly fascist snake oil salesman saying he's going to fix everything, or someone composed insisting things aren't as bad as they seem?
It's a toss up, apparently.
Change. Remember that campaign slogan? Because it won, and Obama delivered so little of it