• homes@piefed.world
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    3 days ago

    Jeffries incumbency not a top majority for dems once they win senate majority

    this just in from everyone hearing his weak-ass bullshit

    I can’t believe I voted for this bullshit motherfucker twice just because I thought he was cute and he flirted with me once. like I organized for him. I knocked on doors for him. I marched through slushy, snowy streets for this useless motherfucker! FOR MONTHS!!!AAAARRGHH!!!

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      3 days ago

      One of the problems with the Democratic Party is that the number one quality for choosing leadership is how well they fundraise. Obviously this makes leadership beholden to those with the biggest pockets, like AIPAC.

      We need to primary every Democrat incumbent who isn’t a progressive in action as well as rhetoric.

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        That is one strategy, the other would be to change the rules of the game and eliminate fundraising altogether or greatly limit it. Politicians should be chosen for their ability to champion needed legislation and to get policies that benefit their constituents passed. Not for their ability to cozy up to wealthy people to do their bidding

        As we can see with the current administration, fundraising has taken over politics completely. So much so that the fundraising never stops and has become the point instead of actual governance. This is a broken system that can’t be fixed by voting people in or out unless that is directly leading to serious reforms.

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          Two things are required before you can change the rules of the game. You need to have a super majority and that super majority has to want to change the rules. AIPAC captured candidates are not likely to change the rules they rely on to stay funded and in power.

          At this point Israel out spends the people on candidates, using US taxpayer money.

          As far as the current administration and “fundraising” is concerned. They aren’t fundraising, they are grifting.

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      3 days ago

      And it begins.

      “Let’s move past thus” “We have to think about the future” “We need to reach across the table”

      Fuck these corrupt politicians. They know what Trump is and just want more after a short break.

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        3 days ago

        The sound of the ratchet clanking shut as the overton window locks into place so that it can shift right once more.

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        3 days ago

        I mean, I’m not even gonna say Hakeem Jeffries is corrupt (because I don’t really know), but I sure as shit am gonna say that he’s a do-nothing coward piece of shit. And that’s just as bad. He needs to go!

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      3 days ago

      Good for you for putting in the effort though. Every drop counts, even if some arsehat comes along and steals your effort. You still did your best.