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I’ve voted against him every time he’s had a primary challenger for the last 26 years. Maybe we’ll finally get more people to show up in 2028. I’m sick of retirees picking my Senators.

- No vote is useless, though getting arrested before you can do anything to assist meaningful change is.
- did they say that they were skipping action, protesting and organizing?
  no. no they didn’t. they just talked about their voting habits.
- ¿Porque no los dos?

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.

All part of the plant
- 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.
- Okay, fine: he tried to be counterproductive and still managed to fail at it.
also like it clearly didn’t solve anything even optically bc this website is still up https://www.whitehouse.gov/obbb/

I'm going to call my senator and ask him to stuff Chuck into a fucking locker.

senate is joever it’s house now
but yeah for locker stuff that’s fair

Not a dollar to the DNC or a DNC candidate.

Never, ever again.

Honestly, I'm at the point where I support the full-on dissolution of the United States. There's just no coming back from this level of decay of political norms and culture. This isn't going to end without either a peaceful dissolution of the country or a civil war that kills millions of us. I say we just skip the civil war part, grant all 50 states independence, and let the states come back together into whatever new nation or collection of nations they wish to form.
- can we get like a 30-day musical chair countdown?
- I want to agree, but I've spent years and incurred a ton of debt getting credentialed enough to enter a career where you're licensed state by state and I can't just transfer my license to another state. I'm in a red state because I really love the area and finally found where I belong, and it just so happens to, unfortunately, be a red state. I would really rather not be thrown to the wolves like that. I'd much prefer a radical restructuring of the existing federal political order aligned with democratic confederalist principles, a very radical kind of Third Founding, especially because my municipality in particular is very blue.
- MAGA is a cancer that has metastisized. It's time to lop off the leg so we can save the torso. Money that would've gone towards red states can instead go towards getting people out
- lol, this is the kind of political thinking that results from an evening in a parent's basement zooted on edibles.
- grant all 50 states independence, and let the states come back together into whatever new nation or collection of nations they wish to form.
  Kind of reminds me of this map from the Unofficial Fallout TTRPG:
  Here the 48 contiguous States are divvied up between 13 Commonwealths with Alaska being part of the Northwest and Hawaii being in the Southwest.
like they give a shit,
Their corporate and rich donors will give them some kickbacks as a thanks. which will be much more than any average citizens can pay.
The Republicans thank you for your commitment.
- And they thank you for your compliance.
  We're all making friends here aren't we.
  But seriously, the party doesn't even respect the primary elections that I have been voting in as a registered democrat who has given many small-time donations and all of my votes over the years.
  They didn't follow our own organizational rules, why should I trust them with my money? They already have my stinking vote.
They are all useless. Grassroots independents all the way!!!
- look into the DSA find your local chapter. join.
  that's how we got Zorhan
  if you disagree with my specific choice of party, that's valid, join another grassroots movement, but join.
  (in case you already are, I'm giving you a high 5, and I apologise for assuming you didn't)
You've given money to those leeches?

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.
- 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.
- Are they though?
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- weaponized incompetence
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?
- 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.
- 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.

And he came out against Zohran, too. Useless old bag. UPDATE - this was based on a list of Dems that weren't supporting* him that I saw on Lemmy elsewhere. Looks like Schumer has since congratulated him but still not endorsed him. I don't live online and have a job so excuse me for not updating immediately.

“vote blue no matter who” my ass
edit: also im seeing there’s some nuance and the person im replying too might not have been perfectly honest or trustworthy
- This makes no sense. The vote was blue vs blue, and the guy defending him and people who aren't sure about him are blue.
  You can't vote or be for against anything but blue in the primary for a democrat.
  Unless of course you are just saying no one should have voted for the candidate that you seem to want in?
his name is Eustace Bagge. Eustace! Not Useless!

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.

WE GOT HIM!

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.

this has to be satire

2017 - this has to be satire
2018 - oh wow, I didn't know that was a thing
2019 - oh wtf nobody's going to stop him?
2020 - Oh cool, pandemic. He wants to inject bleach and horse juice. Cool cool cool.
2021 to 2024 - the great unfucking
2025 - haha we're so fucked
- A bit bold there with the 21-24 bit, more like "the era of the bated breath"

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.

its like senator klobaucher doing the flag bit, its called half-assing, pretend they are actually doing something when its too late.

Quiet quitting
- Loudly losing

pelosi is a big tech agent who shamelessly does insider trading in millions every month while sabotaging policies for working class. schumer has been a zionist who has openly said that his goal is to keep democrats pro-israel.
how da fck are they leading the “progressive” party for common man is just beyond me.
- Because the Democratic Party intentionally ceased to be that in the 1970s. The modern Democratic Party is not the Democratic Party that passed the New Deal or the Civil Rights Act.

The whole Israel thing was just the Democrat Party Establishment practicing how get away with supporting Fascism, abroad were Americans are safe from the consequences so it was easier to get away with it.

Now they're applying all that practice at home.

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.

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

So uh... what's its name now?

That's just about as close to doing nothing as you can get to doing nothing.

I'm amazed he was capable of even that.

Thanks, Chuck! I'll totally send you three dollars because of this great victory.

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

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.

Gerrymandering: “I did this.”

This is what you get when politicians are not afraid of being voted out. They no represent their constituents.

Along with endless, legal bribery and a host of other issues, of course.

He's a senator. Can't gerrymander a state.
- Yeah, good point.

Now trump's just gonna say it's Schumers bill...fucking may a's well be

Edit: goddamn auto correct

People keep spelling Cuck Schumer wrong.

hey at least cucks have a hobby that doesn’t hurt anyone

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.

How I imagine Chuck Schumer and Mike Johnson interacting after today's vote.

These old Democrats need to be replaced.

https://youtu.be/wjkdynBFHuQ

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.

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.