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[–] 86 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

Sorry, Pelosi, I just don't think anyone who is running for the "Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award" would allow themselves to miss voting to impeach one of the most vile people responsible for abusing military power. For any reason.

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  • [–] 43 points 11 hours ago

    There is no such thing as coincidence with these establishment Dems. A Hegseth impeachment should be a slam dunk. And yet.

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  • [–] 27 points 12 hours ago

    once you start gettin awards for achievin' you don't even have to achieve anymore

    a lot of you are probably too poor to understand

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  • [–] 11 points 5 hours ago

    A lifetime of insider trading

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  • [–] 11 points 6 hours ago

    Yeah, she's great at achieving insider trading and being a centrist masquerading as a progressive.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 hours ago

    If she got a lifetime achievement award, does that mean her lifetime is over?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 hours ago

    Most stock trades by a member of Congress.

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  • [–] 31 points 6 hours ago* (6 children)

    Johnson called a snap vote.

    He made sure all the GOP stuck around, then when the time was right he called the vote and these Dems could not get back in time.

    Furthermore, there are many reports of a traffic jam caused by a police escorted bus that literally trapped Dems in traffic.

    Shady shit went down.

    I'm not a pelosi fan, but you all should know what really kept these 11 from voting.

    This reporting is terrible and slanting the narrative of what Johnson and the GOP did.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    They are not beginners in politics. They have dealt with Johnson long enough to know his shady tactics.

    Is a dem majority going to have years of excuses instead of achievement AGAIN?

    (Not my country, but was it here, I would send a nasty message to my representative.)

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  • [–] 15 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    They had also been told they were in recess for Veterans Day and some of them had scheduled events to attend.

    I'm not making excuses for anyone, but this was clearly a bad faith stunt by Johnson and the gop and 100% done to prevent votes. It's despicable.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    If they actually gave a shit about vets and service members skipping out on this vote was a pretty terrible way to demonstrate that

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago*

    I'm pointing out the gop ratfucking, that actually fucked themselves over, even if it does put 11 dems in the billionaire run press negatively, It's all theater ramping up to the Lame Duck à l'Orange last two years, and the hell he and his regime have coming for them.

    I see it this way. If they succeeded in impeachment then the gop get to quickly vote someone else in. This way in January they can impeach, and imprison Hegseth, then control who gets the job, and at the same time get rid of Blanche, and get the doj away from just the loyalist.

    Then they can start going down the list, of which fElon Musk sits at the top of.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 hours ago*

    2 out of the eleven have no excuse.

    Sounds a lot like a dog ate their homework. With a vote as consequential as this one, they should have been their hours early. Even with the most charitable take that these poor wittle naive politicians got stuck in traffic, that still means they're inept - as opposed to blatantly complicit.

    Lawmakers Report That Some Democrats Missed Hegseth Impeachment Vote to Attend Event for ‘AIPAC Front Group’

    Keep in mind that all 11 of these losers are taking AIPAC money.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago

    What a piece of shit.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago

    Look, if she gets a lifetime award for what she has accomplished: mostly serving herself, she'd better not change anything right before getting it!

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  • [–] 5 points 8 hours ago

    She don't care. She got all her insider trading money.

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  • not sure if there's a clever german word for "one who is useless and simultaneously filled with contempt for others" but in english we can always just say "nancy pelosi".

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    Go away already Nancy. You're the Dennis Hastert of Democrats with your self enrichment and lack of principals.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago

    Let's face facts and understand this was never going to pass in this lame duck session anyways. This needs to be done in January after new members take their seats

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago

    Maybe she's tired of the rigged system and decided to sit it out in protest.

    /s for all the muted intelligence owners. You know who you are.

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    [–] 1 point 10 hours ago* (3 children)

    Can anyone explain to me how any of these votes were importtant at all, and how this isn’t just terminally online screechers?

    What do you think these magical 11 votes were going to do in a republican stacked Congress?

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  • [–] 9 points 9 hours ago* (2 children)

    The vote was 211 to 204. An additional 11 no votes would have forced 5 more republicans to go on record. They would presumably have been from 5 districts which are less safe from criticism of Hegseth than the 211 who voted yes.

    Perhaps more importantly; those 11 votes would have showed that it takes more than 8 days for the DNC to wipe their ass with the will of the people.

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  • [+] -6 points 9 hours ago*

    So more ceremonial dance that will be utterly forgotten and pointless. The trump voters left ain’t changing because of this shit they’ll change even ice is at the door attesting their neighbors and gas is $10

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago

    to quote the great saint Joe Biden: "Nothing will fundamentally change"

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  • [+] -8 points 7 hours ago

    Wait, she skipped the meaningless vote that would not pass anyway because Republicans still have the majority? I'm outraged!

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