It doesn’t get more pathetic than this.

Oh I disagree that the Democrats won't be more pathetic than this.

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[–] 352 points 1 year ago (19 children)

It literally was. His approval was collapsing. Why the fuck is this so hard for anyone with an ounce of power?

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  • [–] 128 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    They like retaining power more than actually standing up for what is right.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I got news about that retention with the direction we are going

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Pretty sure all the ones that did this aren't up for election.
    These slimy fucks just used the shutdown to win the elections.

    We need to impeach them, or somehow get the electorate to have a memory longer than a goldfish

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The ones that voted are either A) Retiring, or B) Not up for Reelection in '26, yes.

    They almost certainly did this either under pressure from the air travel lobby to not let this disrupt the thanksgiving air travel season, or because they were actually worried that Trump was going to get enough votes to nuke the filibuster.

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    Oh, I think about the rich... Lately, I've been thinking about them a whole lot.

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    Ezra Klein had an interesting take which was that the shutdown was to actually to bring attention to the healthcare subsidy issue in a very public way, even though they knew Trump would never negotiate on the issue in the end. But now they have a massive policy cudgel, and the media initiative heading into the midterms.

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