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149 House Democrats Join 192 Republicans to Pass Sweeping Military Spending Bill (truthout.org)
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[–] [S] 81 points 8 months ago* (13 children)

The Democrats are giving Trump and his lickspittle Hegseth the money to keeping being able to throw their military dicks around.

The so-called opposition Democrats are just handing the trumpists the means to make threats towards Greenland and Denmark, to make interventions in Latin America, to fund genocide in Palestine.

If you're a US citizen, do your fucking duty to the rest of us, call these Democrats and give them shit for arming the mad king: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202645

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    I'd rather not talk to them & just vote them out - they've already shown who they are, and I believe them.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    They're not going to let you vote them out. That ship has already sailed.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    I think it's prudent not to assume it's impossible until it is. When they leave absolutely no room for doubt that's the way it's going to be, then there will be far less hesitation when it comes to opposing them. Let them force us to unite against them. As it stands, there are still too many afraid of going outside the status quo so they need to be given little choice.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    When they leave absolutely no room for doubt that's the way it's going to be, then there will be far less hesitation when it comes to opposing them.

    Sure, but in return they'll be far more powerful, and the math here is overwhelmingly in their favor. Both authoritarianism and resistance require time and preparation, so there's no time to waste on electoral politics when it's already known that it won't work. Any resistance movement that tries to establish itself after the authoritarian takeover will simply be crushed; the time to stop the Nazis was before the Enabling Act, not after.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    The bill is a consolidation bill which funds countless non-military agencies.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    One of those "shut down the government" situations then that allow minorities to say the agenda and make the majority have to spend cycles managing the crisis. So is there any particular reason why the Democrats should not be triggering any political crisis they can trigger right now?

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