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Damage control for the party. People are accepting that the Dems are not possible to reform, and abandoning the party in droves. They’re trying to lure back reluctant reformists.
Too little, too late. The reform attempts were last decade’s plans. We’re not going to follow capitalism to its grave.
There's a much simpler reason.
CNN is hemorrhaging viewers. Bernie draws crowds. If you want people to tune in so advertisers think you're useful you gotta find something to bring an audience.
You mean you're frustrated with the performative, but useless, Democratic opposition? (Like how Cory Booker saves his marathon speech for when it accomplishes nothing but good PR?)
Or are you angered by the outright collaboration with fascist Republicans, like that time we needed them to vote against Trump and DOGE and force a government shutdown, but instead, gave Trump and DOGE everything they asked for?
Agreed. They're not even a 'lesser' evil at this point. They're doing fascism too.
He was blocking Trump's confirmation of the ambassador to NATO, but yeah, we should've had it during the budget vote.
Not true. He was avoiding a hearing that would have put him opposite his big tech buddies.
could you elaborate? was he not blocking the confirmation?
No. There was nothing being blocked.
how so? they were in the middle of the whittaker nomination.
Source?
No, any source where Booker states that it was his intent to block the Whitaker nomination. Bumping up to it in the schedule seems to be reported as coincidental, and not the intent of the Booker stunt.
Stating it was his intent would draw attention away from so much more of the focus on Trump's havoc. "his speech technically isn’t a filibuster because they're debating a confirmation" doesn't sound like "it's coincidental" to me.
which organization are we going to?
Let's see what rises from the ashes. The Dems aren't worth supporting unless they get their shit together and start representing us, and evidence for that over the last 20 years is sparse. They are just Republicans without the racism.
I like the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Just waiting for the rapture / glorious class revolution it seems.