Well sounds like the Democratic leadership to aggressively court disgruntled voters and listening and addressing their concerns is off to a great start with this.

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    I used to think it was Russia that had infiltrated US politics. I mean it did, but Israel got there first.

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      Israel, Russia, Trendy Aqua, whatever. Ultimately the USA has failed to maintain its obligations to civil society, allowing those who operate the mechanisms of power and policy to be susceptible to such exploitation. Classic blunder.

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      Israel has the United States government occupied. It’s pretty clear we’re at war with Israel and we’re losing

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      Yes but look at the long game. Imagine what happens when we lose relevance. It’ll be Israel vs Russia.

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    Every one of the fucking rotating villains needs to go. You vote for any of that shit, you’re out.

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        That’s true but don’t fool yourself. There are younger dirty politicians waiting to replace them if we aren’t careful, and probably in some places even if we are.

        Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

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    Ain’t it weird that we can all see these politicians that make weird, nonsensical decisions like Schumer does are Israeli plants, but the politicians who sit right beside them everyday when they go to work can’t? Either they are willingly stupid or just trying to play dumb in our faces.

    ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. Anyone who even conceives of throwing more money at it or thinking these animals just have to be “trained” is not living in a state of reality. ICE agents act exactly like the cartels and do not value human life. They are damaged goods, who come from a different culture, that are not compatible with American society. The only solution for them is hard therapy and those dogs are too far gone for that.

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    Guys, you just don’t understand. His job, as he stated, is “to fight like hell for Israel.” This other stuff is just peanuts for him.

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    It’s time for the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries to get the hook, and get dragged off stage.

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    Yeah this clown and like half the Dem establishment needs to go. Maybe more than half. I’m not one for the “both parties are the same” bullshit, but between the enablements and the not listening to constituents, it is clear that many of these people are incapable of performing the duties for which they were elected.

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    The DNC is controlled opposition and the fact that centrists are in denial about it puts all of us in great peril.

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        I dunno, even if they aren’t, they are so ineffective that they kinda are doing that anyway

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          When you’ve got one side that mostly follows the rules and one side that mostly cheats, the side that cheats will usually win.

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            Most of the Dems aren’t really trying to follow rules or not tho. They’re just kinda sitting there watching it all happen.

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              Realistically what do they have the power to do that they aren’t doing? Republicans have control of the House, Senate, Judiciary and 27 state governorships.

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                Realistically what do they have the power to do that they aren’t doing?

                Off the top of my head: Not support the funding of the Gestapo. That would be an excellent place to start.

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                No facts or historical perspective here, only “both sides same” on .world

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        Even if they aren’t controlled opposition and just completely incompetent, worthless, hypocritical assholes, their actions results in the same so F these guys.

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              That has been the position of nearly every US politician in both parties for the last 40 years. He also calls for a real ceasefire and a two party state, recognizing Palestine has just as much right to statehood as Israel.

              Meanwhile when Trump was asked if it’s his job to uphold the Constitution, he said " I don’t know".

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              By your logic, AIPAC is running the government based on how much they donate. If you are being logically consistent then you should also believe realtors are running the country.

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                …they kinda fucking are lmfao. Realtors play a role in property ownership. They benefit from things like… wealthy people buying real estate to rent out.

                Anyway. Let’s not act like publicly visible donations are (the government of) Israel’s only vector for bribing and influencing US politicians.

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        No, proven fact. Proven again and again and again.

        What is preventing you from knowing what your eyes can see?

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          The Washington Generals were controlled opposition for the Harlem Globetrotters. They never actually tried to win.

          Democrats do try to win and succeed about half the time. What my eyes see is that Republicans don’t want Democrats around to stop them from enacting more fascist policies. Democrats so far are one of the only major obstacles to that end.

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            If that obstacle is a speed bump that just lies there while it’s rolled over then sure.

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                Well they could have held up funding the entire budget, easily. They had that power and they pissed it away for nothing. They could also constantly bring up impeachment votes for trump and his appointees to get the republicans on camera backing unpopular actions up. When they fail to do that they fail to pin accountability on the republicans that would hurt them during reelection time. These are trivially easy things to do.

                Why do you keep running interference for failure Chonky? You seem to have a vested interest here. Ah I see. perusing your previous coments, I see pro AIPAC stuff. Got it.

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        If you don’t have at least one of the phrases “controlled opposition” or “manufactured consent” in your comment, you’re not really a good bootlicker for left-wing authoritarians.

        In b4 “All authoritarians are right-wing” and “No True Communist” objections.