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Ocasio-Cortez notes Schumer’s role in Democratic failure that got ‘nothing’ in shutdown fight

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Ocasio-Cortez Notes Schumer's Role in Democratic Failure That Got 'Nothing' in Shutdown Fight | Common Dreams

“We are talking about a coordinated effort of eight senators, with the knowledge of Leader Schumer, voting to break with the entire Democratic Party,” said the New York Democrat.

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4w ago

Ocasio-Cortez Notes Schumer's Role in Democratic Failure That Got 'Nothing' in Shutdown Fight

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So disappointing. She only notes when she could have slams.
- She considered eviscerating but was skewered.
  
  Who's doing the blasting?
- Not a single rips or shreds in sight.
- That’s because she’s too right and she’s taking it easy on the elite democrats.
- She should have Luigi'd but instead she went with media statement.
- Remember yesterday when she was a disgusting traitor because she hadn't commented yet?
  
  No, actually I never heard that. Where are you getting that from?
We didn't just get nothing, we lost ACA subsidies and hemp products. It was 40+ days that gave republicans a platform to blame Dems, and then they got a royal flush when 12 Democrats across Congress ate a shit sandwich for fun.
My expectations were low, but somehow establishment Democrats proved that they aren't just worthless, but a liability.
- Also,
  According to the bill text, senators may seek up to $500,000 in statutory damages if their phone records are subpoenaed without their knowledge.
  The language is inside one of the three full-year spending bills that the Senate included in its government funding package.
  "Any Senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any Federal department or agency," the bill reads.
  https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/provision-government-funding-bill-allows-senators-sue-secretly/story?id=127429007
  So 8 Senators who had their phone records subpoenaed as part of the Jan 6 investigation get a $500,000+ payout.
  
  It thought I read that it was on a per subpoena basis, so in reality it's 1,000,000+ per senator.
  I try to not think to deep into this shit because that implies there's something other that nefarious intentions, but I don't understand how this can possibly be legal or even feasible. Like, there's a lot of heinous shit that Republicans have done on a consistent basis, but to somehow write payouts like this into a bill and then, that's just it, is mind boggling. I hope they all choke on their tongues and die in fear.
- How many times do the Democrats need to twist and contort and go waaaaay out of their way to steal defeat from the jaws of victory for it to form a clear composite picture of collaboration?
  
  Every time
- I didn't see the loss of hemp products... What was that?
  
  It was a provision included in the bill by none other than that ghoul McConnell. I don't have a good link to share, but a search for "block on hemp products" yields some relevant articles.
  Effectively it will ban THC derivatives, CBD, and other hemp based products. I'm seeing numbers like 95% of the hemp industry would fucked.
It was 100% about EBT for Thanksgiving. The Dems still don't realize that The political games of the past aren't working anymore against an opponent who has no agenda beyond punishing his political rivals.
Trump wants to destroy anything that he even thinks is left leaning. He doesn't give a shit about renewable energy but democrats do therefore wind turbines are his enemy.
College educated people are less likely to vote republican therefore all universities are his enemy.
I'll bet he doesn't even understand the concept of fascism or even what a dictator is. All he cares about is hearing "yes". All he wants is the obsequiousness he sees other leaders get.
Never forget that at his core he is a barely literate diaper wearing spoiled brat with a room temperature IQ. The day he leaves will become a national holiday.
- I'll bet he doesn't even understand the concept of fascism or even what a dictator is.
  Maybe he's born with it.
  Maybe it's Mussolini.
- He does know what a dictator is - he promised he'd be one on day one. Once of the few promises he's kept.
  
  Plus the only book we know he's probably read is a book of Hitler's speeches.
- Their agenda is to destroy the entire administrative state. They want a US that is from before FDR.
She needs to be so much more aggressive we right now, be out for blood.
So call for him to resign?
- Turns out it doesn’t usually work like that.
  You can cut his tie off with scissors too, but that also won’t change things until midterms. Might be fun tho.
I haven't look into it with any depth, but I kind of feel recall elections should be possible especially for US Senators.
- They're not. It's absolutely something that should have been implemented, but there just isn't any mechanism for legally ousting sitting Senators other than them being indicted on criminal charges. Otherwise Fetterman would have been gone ages ago and would never have been able to participate in this farcical "deal".
  
  Senators can be expelled if 67 of them vote for it, but that's about it. Which means if the Republicans ever got 67 Senators, there would never be a Democrat or Independent in there again.
It got some assholes some air-time. I would like to thank Kaine for making Hillary's loss years ago easier to swallow. "How could she lose to-- oh, now I 'member."

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