• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    It’s the perfect encapsulation of the Democratic party to set records that sound impressive while having no tangible effect on the encroaching fascism.

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    16 hours ago

    He wasn’t fillibustering anything. Literally … no one cared. Nothing got delayed. The multiple Republicans that voted with democrats stopped all votes until Monday.

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      6 hours ago

      It wasn’t supposed to do anything like that. It was an audition for Chuck Schumer’s job, laying out what the Democratic agenda would look like under his leadership, while showing strength, all things Schumer doesn’t have.

      I’m not a big fan of Booker, but he’s miles ahead of the weak, simpering weenie Schumer. I’ll NEVER forgive him for stabbing Al Franken in the back. He’s got to go, and let AOC take his place.

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        4 hours ago

        Schumer is a Republican in my mind. Not quite MAGA level, but he is working for them and giving those traitors aid.

        Thanks for the Booker tip, I didn’t realize what he was doing. I hope he does get Schumers job, anyone with a spine would do better.

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            1 hour ago

            Do you have a quote where he says something along the lines of “With this act of protest I am attempting to become the new minority leader?”

            If not then you can’t assume that and you know it. Of that’s what he meant then he should say it using big boy words.

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    12 hours ago

    He wore a pin supporting israels war on Palestinians during his speech. At the same time the IDF shot up a pair of ambulances and buried the crews by the side of the road, and refused to let anyone into the area for a week. Booker is just another stooge looking for attention so he can keep his aipac paychecks coming. I hope he gets primaried.

    • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      Dipshits like you is what ruined Reddit, and now you MAGA Traitors are going to ruin Lemmy, too. Isn’t fucking up America and the world enough for you psychos?

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        5 hours ago

        Bro… He’s making fun of the maga traitors in the most textually obvious way possible. Did you not get that?

        • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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          2 hours ago

          I just came to Lemmy after being permabanned from Reddit after 12 years. I’ve seen plenty of very real nonsensical posts like that, so Im conditioned to believe them, if they don’t have a /S. I’ve been accused of it myself, for some of my sarcastic posts, when I failed to include /S.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      Please stop making alternating case posts. Shits annoying, not worth the trouble of hitting shift every other character.