@bklynnyc4ever Yeah, because poor white Americans are not actually against socialism. They just want distribution of government resources to prioritize them and those that look like them.
They're more nationalist socialists. That's kind of a mouthful though. Is there a shorthand for that?
@BlackManCritic @JStein_WaPo @RoKhanna Other opportunities? The min wage has been 7.25 for almost 12 years. If we let them, they'll make us wait another 12.
@mebulbal @MustweSuffer @AOC People have intrinsic value. It isn't assigned to them by gov't/economic system.
Everyone is entitled to benefit from the social contract.
@MarkMNYC@ztomass@AOC People are dying now. Whether from not getting survival checks, the shit min wage, or our shot health care system.
The filibuster is about party power, not passing legislation that people want.
@caitiedelaney TBF, in a similar situation, a lib would have left it up, doubled down, and only deleted it once they were being nominated for a cabinet position.
I think deleting it was the right call, but your sentiment is 100% not wrong.
@BidenHarrisBro Yeah, people can't eat/live in a cute memorial. Also, memorials are what you do once you're past the tragedy, not because you've hit a new milestone.
The own is libs patting themselves on the back for thoughts and prayers.
@marcorubio You can't be pro-family and plead ignorance to the reality that modern wages do not stack up to the cost of living. The avg. American is more productive than they've ever been but their pay is stagnant.
If welfare is good enough for industry, it's good enough for the rest of us.
@Reuters lol at everyone who wants to live on Mars.
They could solve for cosmic rays, violent wind storms, and food/O2/water and it would still be a miserable place to live because of reduced gravity. Also, because you'd be Elon's indentured servant.
@bgrpctr@socialistdogmom The people who are being most severely impacted are immigrants, impoverished people, and people of color.
Ya know, people who have historically NOT been the most enfranchised.
@joshtpm Manchin sucks but Tanden's identity as a woman of color is at odds with her political identity as an imperialist. Wish both could be moved as far away from the levers of power as possible.
@JohnDiesattheEn That time period in my life has already done it's damage. Reliving that will suck, but I'll be back to my regular mental dysfunction 5 million bucks richer. Sounds like the way to avoid more trauma.
@pattonoswalt Forget white liberals.
Leftists &/or marginalized ppl who were hoping that since dems weren't handing out the 2k day-one survival checks, that they would at least make their best effort at providing a semblance of justice.
Voting to hear witnesses and then backing out is not it
@SparrowOnTheEye We already know who the republicans are. We know they're bad faith actors.
If you start the process, then you see it through. They failed at either convicting in the senate or in the court of public opinion.
You don't get points for trying.
@adampasz @BennyGarza9090 @torturedtoffee@Grey_Obelisk@Acosta You still have to walk away with something, though.
Either you convict in Senate or by public opinion.
By pushing past the vote for witnesses, and then backing off, they failed to secure the former and damaged their case against the latter.
@transgamerthink Right?
LG threatened against calling witnesses a few days ago. Then he voted w/ the dems to call witnesses. What ugly, sordid thing do they have on the dems that they immediately backed off.
Everyone acting as if this was some master chess play is deluding themselves.