Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
www.nbcnews.com
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.

Absolutely useless

  • pjwestin@lemmy.world
    1·
    17 days ago

    Absolutely. I’ve been calling my Senators since Thursday telling them that if they don’t publicly call for Schumer to step down, then they are culpable for his decisions. Supporting fascist enablers is supporting fascism.

  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Here’s the actual story, Schumer relented one day after GOP and DNC megadonors threaten to pull funding away from 10 Democrats.

  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    Trump will destroy America and blame democrats if we don’t fully back Trump destroying America, including removing congressional power to block the destruction of America while it is done.

    On blame, easy path is push for clean CR that will keep government open, or reopen, when house votes on it when they feel like coming back to work. GOP will be blamed for the shutdown.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      18 days ago

      DOGE is already tearing wiring out of the walls. Crazy to get weeks of “Half Department X has been fired and the budget has been slashed” articles only to hear Schumer take the blame in advance for further defunding.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I love how these conversations happen many times every session, but then campaign time comes and everyone calls me a Russian asset for reminding people of what the “Blue No Matter Who” mentality gets you.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      The time to have that conversation is before and during the primaries. After that, it’s not a worthwhile conversation.

      The message isn’t the issue, your timing is.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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        19 days ago

        LOL

        What primaries? The Democrats invented superdelegates to subvert democracy in the primary process, and then argued in court in Florida that it was their right to do so when they were sued for it.

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          19 days ago

          Good point. Better to do nothing then. Give up.

          Or get more involved in the only party with a chance and change them from the inside?

          No, that sounds like work. Forget it.

          • kreskin@lemmy.world
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            17 days ago

            depends on what you mean by, " get more involved in the only party"

            If you mean gut the dems and start over with 100% new leadership and without being at the behest of the rich, I’m in. Otherwise its a pointless pantomime and I’m not interested in playing along in corpo-fascist games any longer.

              • kreskin@lemmy.world
                1·
                17 days ago

                tough one. Its not something that comes up often. I’d say for starters we re-register to a new party to get some momentum going. DSA maybe.

  • sudo@programming.dev
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    18 days ago

    Lol Trump called Schumer a “Palestinian” (now a threat) and this fucker just rolls over.