Useless. Time for the Social Democrats to form their own party.

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[–] 314 points 1 year ago (34 children)

Here is the full list of Democrats that voted to table the articles of impeachment.

Find yours, call them, and let them know they've failed to represent the people interests.

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  • [–] 106 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ro Khanna doing his standard move of cycling back and forth between pretending to be a progressive and just being utterly spineless.

    I truly hope "refused to impeach President Trump" becomes a purity test in the next primary. That's a lot of incumbents to kick to the curb, but with this vote it's well warranted.

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

    Only problem with this method is that there are those who voted for his first few impeachments but not this latest one, so they can say they have in the past but not specify which one.

    Also it's a sad state of affairs that we have a President whose been impeached several times.

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

    My guy is on the list, so he'll be getting a call from me today. He's useless anyway. I wish he'd get primaried by a tough progressive.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hey, have you considered running? I'm not trying to be snarky, some of these mfs basically go wholly unopposed, and you can't possibly do worse than not running at all.

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

    I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Unaffiliated Independent, which makes it almost impossible to win.

    Besides, I have too many skeletons in my closet. I would get blown out in a dozen ways. I'm also too radical, I'd say something to end up disappeared to a Black Site.

    Keyboard Warriors like me also serve a key role in spreading the message. The MAGA Nazis have the Conservative Propaganda Machine, so I can do my best to do my small part to fight them on the Left. That's my role.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Please bear in mind that I'm trying to be helpful. If you were interested in doing more, maybe you can start a stream on Twitch, then? It would certainly get a lot more reach than Lemmy. I think Lemmy has a great role as a way for leftists to network, but its reach is really limited.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I hear you. I was a fairly big poster on Reddit, with a 12 year old account, nearly a million Karma, and a lot of followers. Then I got permabanned during the post-inauguration bloodbath.

    Lemmy's reach is growing. It feels very much like Reddit when I first started, and nobody knew what it was. Today, Reddit is on its way down, and will continue to slide as they kick out any MAGA opposition.

    I'm still reaching a lot of people, and I believe Lemmy's influence will continue to increase, as Reddit's influence and reputation continue to plunge.

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

    God damn it. My local rep is one of those assholes.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I wish the office came with a mandate that they'd personally have to field constituent calls 4 hours a week.

    But like so much else, they aren't going to legislate accountability for themselves.

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

    Don’t do this. Just primary them.

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

    Remember these cowards names when they are asking for our votes.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Thank you. One of my representatives, Gabe Vasquez, is on the list and I messaged him. Funny that he put out a press release condemning the actions of bombing Iran but doesn't want to support impeachment. What a turd.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago*

    TBH they're representing my interests pretty well in this case. An impeachment trial would have just been a huge waste of time unless 20 Republican Senators joined the 47 DNC caucus to remove Trump and I can tell you right now with a 99.9% certainty that wasn't going to happen.

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

    There is a new website tracking whether politicians will go on the record to be against bribery.

    I wonder if they will note this?

    https://www.broad-center.com/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I hate questions like this. Because for conservatives, taking bribes isn't an exclusionary issue. They would vote for the literal Antichrist if it meant they could oppress someone.

    Sure they might care that their particular conservative representative not take bribes but if that representative took bribes but was also racist, they are going to vote for them.

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

    God your country is fucked.

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

    Put him in a bigger peach this time, so he can't get out

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

    Here's the full list of House Democrats who voted to table the impeachment articles.

    Pete Aguilar (California)
    Gabe Amo (Rhode Island)
    Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts)
    Wesley Bell (Missouri)
    Ami Bera (California)
    Don Beyer (Virginia)
    Sanford Bishop (Georgia)
    Julia Brownley (California)
    Nikki Budzinski (Illinois)
    Janelle Bynum (Oregon)
    Salud Carbajal (California)
    Andre Carson (Indiana)
    Ed Case (Hawaii)
    Sean Casten (Illinois)
    Kathy Castor (Florida)
    Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Florida)
    Katherine Clark (Massachusetts)
    Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri)
    Jim Clyburn (South Carolina)
    Herb Conaway (New Jersey)
    Lou Correa (California)
    Jim Costa (California)
    Joe Courtney (Connecticut)
    Angie Craig (Minnesota)
    Jason Crow (Colorado)
    Henry Cuellar (Texas)
    Sharice Davids (Kansas)
    Don Davis (North Carolina)
    Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania)
    Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)
    Suzan DelBene (Washington)
    Chris Deluzio (Pennsylvania)
    Debbie Dingell (Michigan)
    Sarah Elfreth (Maryland)
    Cleo Fields (Louisiana)
    Shomari Figures (Alabama)
    Lizzie Fletcher (Texas)
    Bill Foster (Illinois)
    Lois Frankel (Florida)
    Laura Gillen (New York)
    Jared Golden (Maine)
    Dan Goldman (New York)
    Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
    Maggie Goodlander (New Hampshire)
    Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey)
    Adam Gray (California)
    Josh Harder (California)
    Jim Himes (Connecticut)
    Steven Horsford (Nevada)
    Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania)
    Steny Hoyer (Maryland)
    Val Hoyle (Oregon)
    Hakeem Jeffries (New York)
    Julie Johnson (Texas)
    Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
    Bill Keating (Massachusetts)
    Timothy Kennedy (New York)
    Ro Khanna (California)
    Greg Landsman (Ohio)
    Rick Larsen (Washington)
    John Larson (Connecticut)
    George Latimer (New York)
    Susie Lee (Nevada)
    Mike Levin (California)
    Sam Liccardo (California)
    Ted Lieu (California)
    Zoe Lofgren (California)
    Stephen Lynch (Massachusetts)
    Seth Magaziner (Rhode Island)
    John Mannion (New York)
    Lucy McBath (Georgia)
    Sarah McBride (Delaware)
    April McClain Delaney (Maryland)
    Jennifer McClellan (Virginia)
    Betty McCollum (Minnesota)
    Kristen McDonald Rivet (Michigan)
    Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky)
    Gregory Meeks (New York)
    Grace Meng (New York)
    Kweisi Mfume (Maryland)
    Joe Morelle (New York)
    Kelly Morrison (Minnesota)
    Jared Moskowitz (Florida)
    Seth Moulton (Massachusetts)
    Frank Mrvan (Indiana)
    Richard Neal (Massachusetts)
    Joe Neguse (Colorado)
    Johnny Olszewski (Maryland)
    Frank Pallone (New Jersey)
    Jimmy Panetta (California)
    Chris Pappas (New Hampshire)
    Nancy Pelosi (California)
    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington)
    Scott Peters (California)
    Brittany Pettersen (Colorado)
    Nellie Pou (New Jersey)
    Mike Quigley (Illinois)
    Jamie Raskin (Maryland)
    Josh Riley (New York)
    Deborah Ross (North Carolina)
    Pat Ryan (New York)
    Andrea Salinas (Oregon)
    Mary Gay Scanlon (Pennsylvania)
    Brad Schneider (Illinois)
    Hillary Scholten (Michigan)
    Kim Schrier (Washington)
    Bobby Scott (Virginia)
    Terri Sewell (Alabama)
    Adam Smith (Washington)
    Eric Sorensen (Illinois)
    Darren Soto (Florida)
    Greg Stanton (Arizona)
    Haley Stevens (Michigan)
    Marilyn Strickland (Washington)
    Suhas Subramanyam (Virginia)
    Tom Suozzi (New York)
    Emilia Sykes (Ohio)
    Paul Tonko (New York)
    Ritchie Torres (New York)
    Lori Trahan (Massachusetts)
    Derek Tran (California)
    Lauren Underwood (Illinois)
    Juan Vargas (California)
    Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico)
    Marc Veasey (Texas)
    Eugene Vindman (Virginia)
    Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida)
    George Whitesides (California)
    
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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My representative, who is generally a pretty progressive guy, is on this list. A local journalist asked about his vote, and the statement from his office was that the congressman is waiting for a classified briefing on the Iran strikes to help determine whether the president broke the law.

    I know that we live in a world where we expect not only a 24-hour news cycle, but 24-hour resolutions to all issues. Having a solid argument and proper evidence for impeachment is the sort of thing that moves more slowly than we would like.

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

    Looks like there are 212 Democrat reps in the house, which puts it at a large majority which would rather “not cause a fuss” or whatever the fuck excuse they’re trying to bullshit this time.

    Useless people. Worthless people.

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    [–] 195 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Every politician over 50 besides Bernie needs to be 'retired'

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    All that does is make a whole new generation of politicians become attached to their privileges.

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

    I don't understand what this comment means. The alternative is to... let them serve until they're 80-90 years old? We need younger politicians who are personally invested in the future of this country and the planet. And term limits. We need them both.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    You're advocating a reset without a change to the underlying system. Expecting a different outcome is insanity.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Meanwhile, you're advocating doing nothing

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

    Am I? Please copy/paste that bit.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Don't be coy, people are pushing for change and all you have to say in response is that the fundamental systems are still in place.

    No shit, but your revolution won't come from sitting around and waiting for it to start.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    So that was what I'm advocating, sitting around and waiting? I'd have to ask you again to copy/paste that bit...

    You do realize It's not binary, right?, It's not a choice between voting for democrats or sitting around waiting.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Is there a list of names? Because if any of my reps show up on this list, I will never vote for them again.

    I don't want these fucking dinosaurs running the goddamn party anymore. I want some progressives with teeth who have the backbone to fight the fascists head on. I don't care how petty or how low they have to get, I want to see them at least try.

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    Both Dem reps from Indiana voted nay against impeachment. I can's say I am surprised, but I am disappointed.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    For reasons I don't understand, "nay" means for it and "yea" against. AOC voted "nay."

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Thanks. My guy ain't on there, luckily. But geez, there's a shocking number of CA representatives who voted Aye.

    I hate this political party so much. Not as much as the Republican party, but enough to make me want to quit following politics because it seems like nothing will ever meaningfully change.

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

    Well that was nice of them to make a list of who wants to be primaried

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