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At this point the dems seem to have little option but to allow trump to destroy everything at lightning speed or drag it out. Maybe a short sharp shock will wake up the stupid half of the US citizenry.
Oops, did I use the naughty w word?
Maybe I should use the term 'not-sleep'?
AFAIK the Dem votes have had no effect on any Trump nominee. Hegseth had 0 Dems and only 50 out of 53 Republicans and still got confirmed. These appointments can't be filibustered, either. Even if a couple of Dems thought Rubio would be a better option than some conspiracy theorist, it's a moot point when they can do nothing to stop it.
People, teach your kids politics. We need to arm our next generation.
Teach your kids survival and weapons skills. Understanding politics won't be enough to save them
I'm guessing they're doing it because A) they keep playing "the nice guy", B) they want a precedent for their next possible administration, or C) all of the above.
D) They are controlled opposition, and have been for several decades at least.
E) they’re all kleptocrats in on the grift, and just playing “good cop”
This is the most likely answer.
What precedent? McConnell already set that in stone. And Gingrich before that.
Also, what "next possible administration"?
D) they are spineless cowards and don't want trump to put is crosshairs on them
not a democracy, and that was so for long at this point
Christ, I'm just hearing that Curb Your Enthusiasm music all the time. Imagine a slow zoom on Schumer's goofy look up there along with....
I get the sneaking suspicion that all the "but both parties are the same people" are going to end up kind of right -- but maybe not in the way they thought.
From my vantage point, there is only rich vs poor. Any other ideological divide either a) has been worsened by rich vs poor, or b) was invented to keep attention away from rich vs poor, à la divide and conquer.
My good comrade, this is what literally every "both sides are the same" person I know believes. Are you sure that they ended up being right in a way they didn't think, or could it be that you weren't really listening and are just starting to realized what they realized years ago?
The current tax plan was written by republicans in Trump's first term and expires in 2026.
Kamala Harris' tax plan was to tax the rich.
Trump's tax plan is to stop taxing the rich while he attempts to reduce deficit by removing 70 Million American's healthcare coverage.
There is no "both parties" about this, people just keep choosing the obviously worse party.
I've been screaming this for a while now. It's the 99% VS the 1%. Funny how they can control us with such a small percentage.
Lol. "Kind of right". Rich vs poor. Yeah. Same thing dude. Most dems and Republicans get more money while in office. Not 2 times or 3 times. No hundreds of thousand or more. There are a few better than the rest but all of our politicians who can make waves are owned by an outside party with an agenda.
OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD (Nov 8th, 1964) – Senator Underwood was a top contender for the Democrat presidential nomination in 1924. However, he obeyed his conscience by speaking out against the Ku Klux Klan, one of the Democrat Party’s most powerful forces.
His courageous stand cost him the presidential nomination and then his senate seat
Goddamn rich white people. Always doing the worst smgdh
What horses do these morons think they're trading?
They literally don't have a horse to trade. Look at Hegseth as an example: 0 Dems, only 50 out of 53 Republicans, Still Confirmed. Cabinet positions and judges can't even be filibustered since 2013 and 2017 respectively.
In the end, it doesn't matter what Dem Senators vote for on this issue. It literally does not matter unless hypothetically GOP senators vote no on a Trump appointee but DNC vote yes, which is pretty much impossible.
They're trading magic beans
But we don't have the MAJORITY, everything is supposed to be THEIR FAULT!
IT'S IN THE PLAYBOOK!