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% if 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?

All part of the plant

Good question, maybe FOIA requests but it will probably be all redacted for “national security concerns.” Congress should be able to get the info as well, and could release it at their discretion.

The $175 billion in new ICE funding that’s coming with this spending bill is what they’ll use to build it. Follow that money and you’ll find the mass extermination facilities.

I definitely agree with your last paragraph here. Try to vote in progressives in every primary we have access to in order to use voting to make a difference, yes.

However,

the donors want to win

You mean they want everything for themselves by buying politicians, right? Because often times Dem strategy is so incredibly tone deaf the only thing that’s clear about it is that they aren’t trying to win an election, they’re simply doing what the donors tell them to do. In this case, it’s the classic pretend fight, send strongly worded letters, and then let the republicans narrowly pass the massive tax break for the rich. Which is in fact a win for the donors, but nobody else.

Fight club style

Hmm, looks like slavery is back on the menu boys!

Blatant racism aside, look around at the devastation wrought by repugnantcon policies buddy. Zohran is already in a 3rd world shithole, and he has the audacity to try to make it somewhat more tolerable for those in his city.

Yes, but you need access to get them for such a price. You can’t just walk in off the street with $10k and buy one afaik.

It can last for several years after harvest if preserved properly (jarred for curing and occasionally burped)

Officers were impounding his vehicle for parking in a handicapped zone

Damn bro cosplayed the jackboots just a smidge too hard.

“Money is speech” might have a whole lot to do with it.

We don’t have representation of the electorate, we have a system of open bribery for the rich to control everything with their bought politicians.

Fiber is just better, period, and these Comcast fucks have been teaming up with the likes of ATT to fight it every step of the way. Organized regional monopolies, incredibly subpar service, inevitable price hikes, and terrible customer service - fuck em.

Laughable. The one I’m worried about is Kushner.

I’d give him about as much of a chance as Sarah Palin.

Omega OOF

So funny to see in real time the difference between their phony outrage over Trump’s arguably monstrous policies, VS their genuine fear over a socialist winning a mayoral race.

This is why everyone who claims the way to fix Dems is via primaries is wrong. Dems will lie, cheat, or simply not hold primaries altogether, rather than risk an actual leftist winning the nomination.

One method would be an Article V convention to get rid of money in politics, abolish the electoral college, get rid of FPTP in favor of ranked choice voting, and mandate a fair and impartial redistributing system which must be applied nationally before the midterms.

Essentially, our last shot at a “peaceful revolution”.

100% - the Dems are a fundraising organization, not a political party.

Sure it will benefit us to be more politically active, but we need to put that energy into a new party. The Dems will not save us.

I’m saying it’s not over until after the general.

With that said, even this is an amazing victory and I’m celebrating. Happy for New Yorkers!