Thank God! Let's get in someone that will fight for the people. Let's pass universal healthcare, 6 months paternity and maternity leave, childcare, etc

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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

She was a good Speaker of the House during her tenure, and she terrified the Republican caucus. Many thanks to her for that!

Maybe she stayed a little too long. She, and RBG, and Biden and so many more old-school Democrats that just couldn't let go when they should have. So many people will be remembered not for the things they accomplished, but for enabling the chaos that came after them because they were not willing to let go of power.

Tolkien was onto something with the rings of power. Humans can't let go of it.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 1 year ago

    She was certainly better than Mitch McConnell, but in addition to being there too long, she enriched herself by hundreds of millions of dollars with insider trading - making her corrupt like Donald Trump, he is just doing it more by several orders of magnitude.

    Also, she could have pushed for more progressive reforms, but she didn't, she was/is a corporate Democrat. She knew who she was accepting donations from.

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

    There is more to it than that. Her current net worth is $246 million. In 2021 it was $120 million. In 1987 she was worth $3m. Her stock returns put hedge funds to shame. I don’t see how that can be anything other than corruption.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    all you have to do is keep your eye on what’s about to happen

    Doing stock trades in what you think is about to happen is fine. Doing so while you work in Congress regulating the industries that you are betting on is corruption.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I think AOCs former chief of staff has been running for this seat?

    edit: AOC’s Former Chief of Staff: The Democratic Party Stands for NOTHING (w/ Saikat Chakrabarti)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    For me, she lost all credibility when she refused to impeach Bush for war crimes. Seriously, Abu Ghraib? The torture memos? Nothing?

    If we had gone hard on Bush, Trump never would have run.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, I just saw an interview with him the other day with Mehdi Hasan and he sounds like he would be excellent!

    https://youtu.be/zQVGqOa0Lr0

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    She only doing this because democracy is over and no one that will replace her will make the rich accountable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    She's leaving but someone has already been groomed to fill her shoes and will continue defending the status quo

    Edit sp

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It's sad that she will never get the firing squad.

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