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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

~20 hours ago I wrote...

I'm really shocked they didn't cave [within the first week or two]. I was nearly 100% certain they would.

I'll work on my Nostradamus more.

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[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

The Dems are acting like controlled opposition? Say it ain't so!

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

so chuck gets what he wants, but he votes no to keep his hands clean. classic.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

kelly Desultory of the Cave

[-] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

so

a. they get jackshit except a promise to vote on the extension, which won't pass at all.

b. it only funds through January so this all happens again then? jfc. or dems just cave even faster.

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

when you realize this is happening a month before the luigiversary 🤔

[-] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

They're doing it to avoid the people rising up. Siding with fascism rather than risking even the mildest forms of leftism.

[-] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

The Democrats got their press long enough to get a CIA agent governor and an overall high dem turnout (with donations to match I'd wager), now they can give up because there's nothing more to gain for them.

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