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[–] 108 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

OMG. This would be an epic "fuck you" to AIPAC.

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    [–] 35 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    Holy shit, is our reality being generated by AI and/or The Onion these days?

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  • [–] 29 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

    Biggest regret I have is voting for him and not Kenyatta. I worried too much that the vote would split between Kenyatta and Fetterman and Lamb would sneak in. The vote for Fetterman vs Oz later on was a bit more black and white.

    Part of me would like to see Summer Lee take a shot at the senate, but I also enjoy having her as my rep. One of the few that doesn't accept AIPAC money, is vocal against ICE (and has been showing up to try and get access to their facilities without warning), and doesn't stand for Israel's bullshit. Campaigned for Sanders in '16 and endorsed him again in '20. Great voting record, and has good subcommittee experience.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    I worried too much that the vote would split

    This is the fear they use to corral us, one by one. "Bernie is unelectable!"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago

    To be fair, at the time both were in the camp with Bernie. Fetterman was a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights, supporting people on picket lines, a bunch of union endorsements, and his glaring blindspot for Israel wasn't clear yet. For a time he wasn't even taking PAC money. I mean Lamb was running ads calling Fetterman a self proclaimed Democratic Socialist, and that sounded fucking great to me. He was also the local candidate for me. He was actually doing hands on work to change the very depressed town of Braddock for the better, in ways no other politician had bothered.

    In the moment it didn't really feel like the choice between the lesser of two evils.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 hours ago

    He supports a nationwide billionaire tax. Damn.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    Worst part about Fetterman is that it's not entirely clear if his stroke made him Republican or just broke his brain enough to make him go mask off and more extreme with his "not Republican" actual beliefs.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    For about 1.5 years after the stroke, Fetterman's voting record was one of the bluest in the senate. If anything, it was kind of weird how a guy who campaigned on being different from the usual corporate democrats toed the party line so well.

    The narrative that his stroke turned hin conservative is fun, but does not hold up under scrutiny. I think AIPAC just got to him.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    Good. Quasimodo needs to go. Dumb fuck can't be bothered to come into work and should be sent packing.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 hour ago

    Than you OP for including Ahmed Moor's name on your post. A lot of these posts don't include it, be sure to add Ahmed Moor's name to help with his name recognition.

    Also donate/volunteer if you can:

    https://www.moorforsenate.com/

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  • [–] 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    I feel like the DSA is currently the left's tea party and I'm all for it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 hour ago* (1 child)

    Except the Tea Party was astroturfed as fuck, by big GOP donors.

    This isn't.

    I know this, because I was once a Ron Paul Republican. End the Fed, Stop the Wars, that kinda thing. They co-opted that movement, at the time.

    They saw the 4chan driven 'money bombs' timed to coincide with reporting on campaign funding level announcements, and that Paul's campaign was literally self organizing... just a random organization sprung up, rented a fucking blimp, put Ron Paul ads on it, and flew it around the country.

    This had nothing to do with Paul's own campaign organization.

    It was literally just some guys.

    The GOP saw that kind of enthusiasm and then aped it, co-opted it, re-directed it, and called that the Tea Party.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 hours ago

    You love to see it. I'd vote for him if I could.

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  • [–] 19 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

    What is this framing? Am I out of touch? There's not challenge here, Fetterman is already done. His position was weakened the moment he decided to betray his constituents. Even his own staff hate him. All he has is his current seat and when it comes to re-election he's going to bomb out regardless of who he goes up against. I think it's great that Ahmed Moor is going to run but his fight isn't going to be with Fetterman. There's a small chance the establishment dems realize they need to work with the socialists to get anything done but I doubt that'll happen so the fight will be with whomever the establishment puts in to replace Fetterman.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

    We understand that Fetterman's rep is over, but that isn't the problem. His replacement by another Dem is not assured. He barely won his seat, remember? We need to replace him in the primary with a great candidate who can beat a post-Midterm Republican, who will almost certainly NOT be promoting MAGA views, thus making him a challenging candidate.

    Fetterman's seat is going to be a ferocious battle.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago

    A great candidate who can beat a post-Midterm Republican

    Unfortunately, for the Democrats this means a right wing establishment Dem like Fetterman. In reality, this means a socialist who runs on working class policies.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours ago (3 children)

    I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm disagreeing with the framing in the article that implies Fetterman is somehow in the race (how else are you going challenge him?) when in reality he has no shot at running again.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago*

    Surely his name will be on primary ballots as the incumbent if he chooses to run again. He can decide and file as a Democrat like anybody else who can fill out a form and write a small check to the elections office.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

    This past election a number of centrists vocalized such a disdain for the left that they would rather a republican win than have a progressive win.

    While he's not well liked amongst his peers, Israel loves him so that might be enough to keep him in.

    It will not be easy.

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    [–] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Surely he won’t run again

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago

    His MAGA friends will talk him into it. They'll try to compromise as many Dems as possible, frightening them that the dangers of Socialism are worse than MAGA.

    It won't work, we'll just elect more Socialists.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 hours ago

    How do I donate monthly?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago

    Dooooo ittttttt!!!

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  • [–] 3 points 41 minutes ago

    Who's uncle Fester?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago

    I'll be watching his interview over my lunch break.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (1 child)

    Would it be considered elder abuse if he just has a stroke during a debate?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago

    Start campaigning now :)

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago (4 children)

    Will DNC fund his campaign? I mean Fetterman's of course. Will DNC fund his campaign after he switches to GOP?

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  • [–] 1 point 45 minutes ago (3 children)

    Wow. It sounds both absurd and likely simultaneously! They already spend millions against any progressive Dem, so why not just fund the GOP candidate directly?

    The Dem Party is completely co-opted by neoliberal conservatives and must be demolished and rebuilt if we are to convert it into a progressive party.

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  • [–] -1 points 39 minutes ago (2 children)

    They already spend millions against any progressive Dem, so why not just fund the GOP candidate directly?

    Can you give me a single example of this DNC (meaning since February 2025) spending money against any progressive?

    Like, is there any reality you're basing your predictions on?

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  • [–] 2 points 18 minutes ago

    They backed Hailey Stevens against Abdul. Most primaries were against progressives. There is usually a bias for encumbents, but a bigger bias to go with AIPAC in primaries. They gave extremely little to Angie Nixon in final senate race (FL). BS against Graham Platner with mediocre support for Maine winner was explicit attempt at losing. That is just the high profile stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 22 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

    You are basing your position on the false premise that the DNC does not have outrageously close connections to PACs like Fix The City and Defend NYC that funded Cuomo and ran millions in ads against Mamdani (as a recent, nationally recognized example). All while the DNC withheld millions from Mamdani they would normally spend to support any other candidate in his position.

    Those PACs lifted talking points and language directly from DNC leadership, as they always do, because they are deeply intertwined with Dem establishment leadership. Pretending it's not happening is to side with the billionaires who fund those PACs while also spending excessive time at dinners, events and coincidental vacation destinations with their establishment, neoliberal DNC leadership friends. Are you going to pretend that's not happening too?

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    [–] 25 points 12 hours ago

    Oh fuck yeah. Please be real.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

    Ahmed Moor. Saying it here because he's not a genocidal piece of shit, so his name isn't in the headline.

    Fetterman won by running as a progressive. It was a lie, clearly. He's governed as a centrist.

    That hasn't changed what the voters want. Fetterman and the centrist wing he represents defrauded his voters out of 6 years of representation.

    Go ahead, centrists. Protect the incumbent from a primary challenger like you did for Henry Cuellar but not Cori Bush or Jamaal Bowman.

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    This should be the easiest fucking primary ever.

    Fetterman's a conservative. Any centrist they run will be a genocider that doesn't care if you can afford groceries or not. If this person pulls a Zohran and sticks to the message, they'll win.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    There will likely be a centrist primary challenger making it a three way race.

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    [–] 11 points 9 hours ago

    Fetterman is such an abject disgrace. I'm ashamed I voted him in and relish the opportunity to replace him.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 hours ago

    America first policies vs Israel first policies. This would be an interesting debate to watch.

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    [–] 5 points 9 hours ago

    I hope he gets flattened like the sack of shit he is.

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