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Titled "An Urgent Conversation with the American People," the livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress' return to session on Monday.

A statement released by both officials' offices said in part, "Republican leaders have made clear their intention to use the coming weeks to advance a reckless budget scheme to President Trump's desk that seeks to gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what's at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations."

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Waits until the guillotine is half way through the neck

Bro pls bro we have to stop this bro

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I hope you have the day you voted for

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I didn't vote for fascism as you're snidely implying. You know what they say about faulty conclusions.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean it plainly, I hope that you have the day that your vote directly influenced.

To be more specific, not voting for fascism is not the same as voting against it.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then what is the point of you quipping a line that has been almost universally targeted at Trump voters to me?

As walkbacks go, this is particularly cringe.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually the line has always meant people who also did not vote, or voted for a third party knowing that it was just a vote that didn’t go against Trump.

I’m not walking back anything.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The line has always been used to silence and bully into coerced obedience the people who most wanted progressive change. The people who have been calling for the party of Fascism Lite to step up their game.

Let me speak plainly: unconditional support for the Democratic Party from people like you is the mechanism by which we've landed where we are today. You refused to hold your party accountable so they put Trump into a position to win 2016. And I mean that quite literally, they did everything they could to make sure he won the primary because they knew they were putting a loser candidate up.

So get off your fucking high horse. I blame you for where we are. And before you come at me: I voted for Bernie in the 2016 & 2020 primaries. I voted for Hillary, Biden, and Kamala in the generals. I've voted in the way that would maximize opposition to fascism at every step. My conscience is clean. You continue to spew insults to people to your left to blame them for your Party's failures. I blame only people to my right who want to keep running in that direction.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope you have the day you voted for.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I hope you don't, because yours is today. Maybe actually read my comment to see what day I voted for, jackass.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I hope you enjoy the party you refuse to hold accountable.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago

At least I don’t love Trump like you.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

So edgy. So reactionary. While I can't speak for Jeffries, Booker has been working: https://www.distractify.com/p/why-is-cory-booker-filibustering

From March 31 to April 1, 2025, Cory Booker, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, delivered the longest recorded speech in United States Senate history while protesting the second presidency of Donald Trump and the operations of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Booker began speaking at 7 p.m. EDT on March 31 and concluded at 8:05 p.m. on April 1, 2025. The speech lasted twenty-five hours and five minutes, surpassing the previous longest recorded speech in Senate history: Strom Thurmond's twenty-four-hour and eighteen-minute-long filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker%27s_marathon_speech

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cory Booker is working for himself, Israel, and Big Pharm, in that order.

Please note that you and I are conspicuously absent from this list.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is protesting cuts to Medicaid and social programs helping those you listed, and not benefiting you and me?

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

These are just trolls trying to continuously crush The United States by convincing people not to vote for the Democrats, creating A majority Republican voting pool.

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My name is Jake Gless. Google me. I stand up straight for my positions. Nothing troll-like here from me. I am a bleeding heart.

Have you considered the possibility that I’m right and maybe you’re not? Cory Booker is NOT the answer. CORY BOOKER IS THE PROBLEM. I will not support self-serving neolibs.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Send me a face pic holding up 3 fingers to prove you are you.

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

wtf…I’ve been supporting you in another thread this morning about the Vancouver massacre. Cory “Spartacus Tears-of-Rage” Booker is as fake and performative as a slimy politician could ever be. I despise him.

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

image sent, check your DM

***edit: wait a sec…are you a komradebot? maybe you need to send me a photo with the hang loose handsign.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Confirmed an image holding up 3 fingers. However I will note that googling your name got no matching faces. Are you saying you’re the Lakewood teacher? Or?

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

*Was. No principals ever had the backbone to hire me again after I stood up for what’s right.

That is me. Not a right-wing troll, not remotely. Who are you?

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was a pretty shitty situation.

This was not a back and forth identity deal.

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okaydokay komradebot. Looks like we can both agree now which one of us is legitimate and which one of us is not.

I despise internet anonymity for its duplicitousness almost as much as I despise Cory Booker for his duplicitousness.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t know who komradebot is, but I can promise you I’m not Russian nor interested in anything ML has to say.

And yes, booker doesn’t really shine, to put it mildly.

Did you vote in the 2024 presidential election?

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you brush your teeth this week? I got all A’s in college and a National Merit Award before that. Get to the point and just tell me why you think I’m not as intelligent or as informed as yourself, please.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I never made those accusations.

Did you vote or not?

[–] GrassCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still can’t access the newest comments to reply directly to them.

Of course I voted, you stablegenius. I only told you that to see where you were trying to go. You are trying to claim a snooty highroad over me. I voted. I always vote. You have severely lost credibility by attempting this highroading. You have NOTHING over me. Do better.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago

So, you voted for whom?

[–] VanillaFrosty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or they're people that actually want change and a better life for us all. And that's not coming via either current party in the US.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago

Very true. I hope they have the day they voted for.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not interested in self indulgent showmanship, I'm interested in supposed left wingers espousing left wing views and acting up on them.

Maintaining the ratchet effect for the right and insider trading your way to a comfortable retirement isn't admirable, it's pathetic.

We'll all continue to vote to slow the progression to the far right but why shouldn't we expect more than that?