• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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    No, it is not fucking 4d chess.

    Yes, we were always going to lose healthcare. trump only wants to destroy Obama’s legacy.

    But the Democrats chose the absolute most demoralising time possible to cave and still only used their sacrificial lambs who aren’t up for reelection next year.

    They uses the shutdown to win last Tuesday. Now they want to go home.

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      5 hours ago

      Hey Mr. Tallyman, tally me defectors.

      Dick Durbin (Illinois)
      Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire) Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
      Tim Kaine (Virginia)
      Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
      Jacky Rosen (Nevada) John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) Angus King (Maine)(“Independent”)

      DAAAY-O daylight come and the shutdown is gone!

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      100% this. They’re getting what they wanted, personal safety. If they show thats what moves them, personal threats to their own prosperity or safety, we should take note. The Luddites and Mother Jones are watching us.

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      I think their strategy was to force the issue in January. The person you replied to is right about that.

      But they chose the absolute worse time to do it and it makes them look terrible. It was a shit play

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        No no, see, they are playing the savvy long con. They give in to all demands, at all times, and never fight. And then, they keep doing it. And doing it, and doing it. And THEN! Then, well, then we have a fascist dictatorship and they will not be executed because they were spineless enough not to stand up to the fascists, and it’ll be OK!