https://x.com/davidsirota/status/1907809498829345238

      • WizardOfLoneliness [they/them, comrade/them]
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        4 months ago

        They shouldn't have been banned imo because they were increasingly hostile because I was increasingly annoying. I mean sure they're a lib too but what do the mods expect when i start responding to lengthy replies with varying equivalents of "lol suck me off liberal," that'd engender hostility in most people

        (but he called me an idiot so i checked out, i'm not gonna read 10 paragraphs from someone talkin shit at me)

        • seas_surround [he/him]
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          4 months ago

          on the other hand, telling a liberal to suck off me and then seeing them immediately get banned before they can reply is one of the best parts of the site

      • CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        Their name would have led me to believe they weren't a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe

        • WizardOfLoneliness [they/them, comrade/them]
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          4 months ago

          I got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn't have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists

  • ANarcoSnowPlow [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    They can't help but keep losing. They're like the opposite of the Globetrotters.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    I knew it had to be more stupid than it sounded at face value. Democrats must be stupid and evil and complicit.

  • Xenomorph [comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    Meaningless performative gesture that some blowhard does and libs tripping over their own dicks to fawn over it. I don't think anyone can name a more iconic duo!

  • miz [any, any]
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    4 months ago

    has Sirota abandoned zionism yet or is he just crying that the imperial machine isn't working right

    • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Imperial core "left" be like waaaah the conservatives didn't oil the baby crusher's engine correctly now it's gonna break ooooooooooooooh

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Honestly, they're very good at doing stunts that are meaningless. They're wilely. Does really highlight how they chose not even to appear to be in the way of the genocide of Gaza

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    It's very funny how seem to do the utmost to announce their performative bullshit is, in fact, a performance.

    Everything the democrats do starts with a little disclaimer like the beginning of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. "Just so you know, we're just dancing, I don't endorse the occult or actually turn into a werewolf."

  • Infamousblt [any]
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    4 months ago

    Real Democratic Heroes filibuster themselves so they don't have to do their jobs

  • ratboy [they/them]
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    4 months ago

    I'm trying to find info on this Trump nominee but can't seem to find any articles/websites announcing it, does anyone have more info? I subscribed to the Lever but I didnt see anything about that in particular

    • Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her]
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      4 months ago

      https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/former-acting-ag-whitaker-confirmed-as-us-envoy-to-nato-00006035

      Edit: this was not unanimous. I think people are confused because the motion to invoke cloture was reached by unanimous-consent agreement (at a previous date). This just means that everyone agreed not to debate anymore about the nomination and set a date for the vote, which was Tuesday, and which was 52-45.

      Most Americans have very little idea of how their government works, so it is not surprising that this misunderstanding has spread so much; I've seen quite a few people saying he was appointed through unanimous-consent. Appointments are never passed through unanimous-consent agreements, they always go to vote.

      • ratboy [they/them]
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        4 months ago

        Ahhh I see; that makes sense. Ugh thats so disappointing how this stuff gets spread around even by USians who seem to have decently sharp political analysis. I think I probably have a somewhat better understanding of our government than the average person and I cant even decipher some legislation and the language used to explain the decision processes. Sad

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    I was sure Mayor Pete was the most insufferable lib to ever lib in libtown. But Booker is shooting up like John Belushi in a bathtub.

    The next season of Election might be very funny.

  • mayo_cider [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    The us concept of democracy is based on magical thinking

    This guy managed to talk really long, let's disregard everything we were supposed to talk about, they must be right

  • vegeta1 [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    Mans voted to confirm rubio as secretary of state but sure he did a little lonf speech