Wai- wai- wait. Hang on a sec. "on a 220-207 vote".. So are you telling me that if those seven dirty turncoat Dems had done the *right* thing, it could've been defeated?? Cause 220-7=213, and 207+7=214, yes? As if I was not already furious enough..
>>Here, for future reference/primary voting/rotten vegetable distribution, are those seven Democrats: Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (North Carolina), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), and Tom Suozzi (New York).<<
BTW?
That last one was one of the dudes who tried to tell us that Trump is president and Dems don't control the senate because some trans 6th grader wanted to play softball and was thinking that when they get to 8th grade and it becomes an option, they might even try out for the girls' ski team.
I am a liberal independent voter who has watched as the democratic party has moved further and further to the right for 51 years (from the age of 18 when I could vote). It's a shame to see that most democrats have become republican even though they have a D after their name, and ALL republicans went from republican weird to full fledged Nazis. When the democratic party allows a forever trumper in the party because they don't do litmus tests there is some major cancer in the party. Democrats need to quit "working across the aisle" and start working across the table with progressives and liberals. It's so sad to think that now Hubert H. Humphrey would be considered a far left extremist by a majority of sitting dems. As an old fart myself it's time to get the old corporate farts out of the party and let the young ones in to run the party. Yes I'm looking at Jasmine Crockett, AOC and others like them. Get you shit together and start fighting, really fight dems or you won't give anyone a reason to vote for you. Too bad there isn't a 3 party system! (I haven't found a rethugturd worth considering voting for in those 51 years.) I'm from Minnesota so Craig and Morrison can kiss my ass.
Jeffries has got to go. Not whipping a bill to defund ICE is inexcusable. As well as the seven cavers. You can't fight oppression with wishy-washy Democrats.
To be picayune, but I don't think it's the donations. It's that they hold stock on the companies of the donors. It's their own stock dividends and insider trading that make them kill us, the planet, and everybody else
Food for thought. In the 1960s there were approximately 6,000 registered lobbyists in DC. Today that number is estimated to be over 25,000 with other estimates being much higher.
Of interest is Foreign Lobbying. Since 2016 their spending has skyrocketed.
I have sent the following to my useless mechanic - sorry, House Rep, she used to be an auto mechanic and hopefully didn't suck as dismally at that, who knows.
Anyway, sent this to Glusenkamp-Perez, who is about as useful as pubes on a fish:
***
Liam Ramos, age 5, is in ICE detention.
YOU FUNDED THIS ATROCITY.
Your actions are reprehensible.
Get out of office. Maybe you were good at fixing cars. You SUCK at fixing social and political problems.
Hi! Friendly clergy person here who knows a number of the clergy arrested. They were actually arrested by police, not ICE, and are already out with a misdemeanor fine. They had a permit for protest but exceeded the number of folks on the permit, hence the arrests. Just wanted to add some clarification!
Terrorizing a 5 year old kid. Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. I can’t adequately describe my hatred for these motherfuckers. Don’t know if I can handle much more of this.
Don Davis is my representative in North Carolina. I'd say primary him, but since he's being gerrymandered out of his seat due to mid-term redistricting (which he did not even bother to fight against, as far as I could see), why bother? He'll be out of a job soon enough. What a milquetoast! When DOGE eliminated Social Security centers in the district, he didn't even mention it in his weekly mailer! To be honest, I just might vote Republican to get rid of such a disgrace--no, just kidding, nothing could ever convince me to do that. So yeah, we're effed here in NC on the local level. Hopefully, though, Coop will win the senate seat. They can't gerrymander that!
From all accounts he was a terrible rep. Anti LGBTQ, never held town halls, ignored his constituents, helped himself to ag subsidies for his rice farm, blah blah.
I don't fault Gavin for leaving the seat open and not holding a special election until August.
I used to live in the Bay Area; in LA now. And they say SoCal is the land of the fruits and nuts. I beg to differ.
Thank you for sharing the Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket link. I just finished reading it; it's astonishing. I'm in awe of the courage, creativity and resilience of the people of MN. They can't do it, but they have to do it. They're making history.
Hakeem needs Chuckle's McFlip Phone Schumer's Strongly Worded Note Generator.
Wai- wai- wait. Hang on a sec. "on a 220-207 vote".. So are you telling me that if those seven dirty turncoat Dems had done the *right* thing, it could've been defeated?? Cause 220-7=213, and 207+7=214, yes? As if I was not already furious enough..
>>Here, for future reference/primary voting/rotten vegetable distribution, are those seven Democrats: Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Don Davis (North Carolina), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), and Tom Suozzi (New York).<<
BTW?
That last one was one of the dudes who tried to tell us that Trump is president and Dems don't control the senate because some trans 6th grader wanted to play softball and was thinking that when they get to 8th grade and it becomes an option, they might even try out for the girls' ski team.
Limpid pool of morality, that one.
I am a liberal independent voter who has watched as the democratic party has moved further and further to the right for 51 years (from the age of 18 when I could vote). It's a shame to see that most democrats have become republican even though they have a D after their name, and ALL republicans went from republican weird to full fledged Nazis. When the democratic party allows a forever trumper in the party because they don't do litmus tests there is some major cancer in the party. Democrats need to quit "working across the aisle" and start working across the table with progressives and liberals. It's so sad to think that now Hubert H. Humphrey would be considered a far left extremist by a majority of sitting dems. As an old fart myself it's time to get the old corporate farts out of the party and let the young ones in to run the party. Yes I'm looking at Jasmine Crockett, AOC and others like them. Get you shit together and start fighting, really fight dems or you won't give anyone a reason to vote for you. Too bad there isn't a 3 party system! (I haven't found a rethugturd worth considering voting for in those 51 years.) I'm from Minnesota so Craig and Morrison can kiss my ass.
These are dems who said all socialism is bad.
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-of-democrats-voting-to-condemn-socialism-as-mamdani-comes-to-town-11088383
Here is the list:
Pete Aguilar of California
Gabe Amo of Rhode Island
Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts
Ami Bera of California
Sanford Bishop of Georgia
Brandon Boyle of Pennsylvania
Nikki Budzinski of Illinois
Salud Carbajal of California
Ed Case of Hawaii
Kathy Castor of Florida
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida
Gil Cisneros of California
Katherine Clark of Massachusetts
Jim Clyburn of South Carolina
Herb Conaway of New Jersey
Lou Correa of California
Jim Costa of California
Angie Craig of Minnesota
Jason Crow of Colorado
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Don Davis of North Carolina
Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania
Shomari Figures of Alabama
Bill Foster of Illinois
Lois Frankel of Florida
Laura Gillen of New York
Jared Golden of Maine
Vicente Gonzalez of Texas
Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire
Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey
Adam Gray of California
Josh Harder of California
Jim Himes of Connecticut
Steven Horsford of Nevada
Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania
Hakeem Jeffries of New York
Julie Johnson of Texas
Marcy Kaptur of Ohio
Bill Keating of Massachusetts
Greg Landsman of Ohio
Susie Lee of Nevada
Mike Levin of California
Ted Lieu of California
Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts
Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island
John Mannion of New York
Lucy McBath of Georgia
April McClain Delaney of Maryland
Kristen McDonald Rivet of Michigan
Gregory Meeks of New York
Grace Meng of New York
Joseph Morelle of New York
Kelly Morrison of Minnesota
Jared Moskowitz of Florida
Seth Moulton of Massachusetts
Frank Mrvan of Indiana
Donald Norcross of New Jersey
Jimmy Panetta of California
Chris Pappas of New Hampshire
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington
Scott Peters of California
Brittany Pettersen of Colorado
Nellie Pou of New Jersey
Josh Riley of New York
Raul Ruiz of California
Pat Ryan of New York
Andrea Salinas of Oregon
Brad Schneider of Illinois
Hillary Scholten of Michigan
Kim Schrier of Washington
Eric Sorenson of Illinois
Daren Soto of Florida
Greg Stanton of Arizona
Haley Stevens of Michigan
Marilyn Strickland of Washington
Tom Suozzi of New York
Emilia Sykes of Ohio
Dina Titus of Nevada
Ritchie Torres of New York
Lori Trahan of Massachusetts
Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico
Eugene Vindman of Virginia
James Walkinshaw of Virginia
Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida
George Whitesides of California
Frederica Wilson of Florida
Jeffries has got to go. Not whipping a bill to defund ICE is inexcusable. As well as the seven cavers. You can't fight oppression with wishy-washy Democrats.
So the protest movement in Minnesota will be called the Minnesota Spring?
Probably Minnesota FYAO (Freeze your ass off)
I'm deeply ashamed of them, especially Vicente Gonzalez. What the fuck are they thinking?
My immediate thought is how does anyone named Vicente Gonzalez vote for this shit??
Ta, Dok. I thought it was cold here, and it is (-1º F and feels like -14), but it's not Minnesota cold.
The short answer. Funded by the Donor Class.
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors
To be picayune, but I don't think it's the donations. It's that they hold stock on the companies of the donors. It's their own stock dividends and insider trading that make them kill us, the planet, and everybody else
And then there's that cushy side hustle of becoming a lobbyist for said company when they retire. Those donations buy a lot of loyalty.
And a lot of dividends, since they all own stock in their donor's companies!
Food for thought. In the 1960s there were approximately 6,000 registered lobbyists in DC. Today that number is estimated to be over 25,000 with other estimates being much higher.
Of interest is Foreign Lobbying. Since 2016 their spending has skyrocketed.
https://www.opensecrets.org/fara
I will check that out. Thank you!
I have sent the following to my useless mechanic - sorry, House Rep, she used to be an auto mechanic and hopefully didn't suck as dismally at that, who knows.
Anyway, sent this to Glusenkamp-Perez, who is about as useful as pubes on a fish:
***
Liam Ramos, age 5, is in ICE detention.
YOU FUNDED THIS ATROCITY.
Your actions are reprehensible.
Get out of office. Maybe you were good at fixing cars. You SUCK at fixing social and political problems.
Shame! Shame! Shame!
"Shame! Shame! Shame!"
I hope that was in your best Gomer Pyle imitation.
fnord
I hope it was in her best Game of Thrones imitation.
Hi! Friendly clergy person here who knows a number of the clergy arrested. They were actually arrested by police, not ICE, and are already out with a misdemeanor fine. They had a permit for protest but exceeded the number of folks on the permit, hence the arrests. Just wanted to add some clarification!
Thanks for clarification, I'll update! And thank your friends for their service to decency and democracy!
Not trying to be picky!
No worries, already updated, with a link to the AP, and thanks again. When we make mistakes, we want to fix 'em!
Unlike ICE.
Terrorizing a 5 year old kid. Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. I can’t adequately describe my hatred for these motherfuckers. Don’t know if I can handle much more of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGr-yWEu0hc
Unbelievable ICE Memo Just Leaked
(Our Liz's new side gig Legal Eagle )
Don Davis is my representative in North Carolina. I'd say primary him, but since he's being gerrymandered out of his seat due to mid-term redistricting (which he did not even bother to fight against, as far as I could see), why bother? He'll be out of a job soon enough. What a milquetoast! When DOGE eliminated Social Security centers in the district, he didn't even mention it in his weekly mailer! To be honest, I just might vote Republican to get rid of such a disgrace--no, just kidding, nothing could ever convince me to do that. So yeah, we're effed here in NC on the local level. Hopefully, though, Coop will win the senate seat. They can't gerrymander that!
Effed in SW WA too.
I can't vote for Glusenkamp-Perez again. I just can't.
She won't have a primary challenger. The loonies will probably run Joe Fucking Kent again. I am sure as hell not voting for him either.
I hate writing in; it's useless. But so is Glusenkamp-Perez.
Mine in California died recently. His/ my district has changed since our success to redistrict and we'll have a vote come June.
I know California pretty well, but NorCal can be pretty wonky (small d democratic, as we all wish).
He was totally trumpie. I'm sorry for his family.
Look forward to your election. Maybe you should run!
Yours was Doug LaMalfa, right?
From all accounts he was a terrible rep. Anti LGBTQ, never held town halls, ignored his constituents, helped himself to ag subsidies for his rice farm, blah blah.
I don't fault Gavin for leaving the seat open and not holding a special election until August.
I used to live in the Bay Area; in LA now. And they say SoCal is the land of the fruits and nuts. I beg to differ.
I want to share Racket's article.
Every citizen and occupant of this country should read this.
I'm humbled and scared.
Thank you for sharing the Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket link. I just finished reading it; it's astonishing. I'm in awe of the courage, creativity and resilience of the people of MN. They can't do it, but they have to do it. They're making history.