Fatmango retweeted
AOC is what *everyone* becomes who enters the Democratic Party machine: a weapon against genuine class struggle and anti-war politics.
This is her throwing support behind AIPAC-owned Hakeem Jeffries. And she'll feed you a word salad to divert attention from her opportunism.
“More than a million people signed a petition asking @HouseDemocrats to not elect @RepJeffries speaker— will that carry weight?”
@AOC reiterates that nobody is running against Jeffries, telling @JulianAndreone “it’s not a race right now” so 40+ Dems opposing is unlikely
Fatmango retweeted
The support for Hakeem Jeffries is not organic. It is from those being paid, and those in Congress who are being threatened. Stop this so that we don't become like Trump's MAGA. NO @hakeemjeffries!
The opposition is organic, sincere, and growing.
Fatmango retweeted
Incoming elected Democrats are in middle of having their brains warped right now. They're going through indoctrination about unity and racial politics and how they have to be good team players. Let's see how many populists come out the other side of this brainwashing. Worried.
Fatmango retweeted
If Hakeem remains speaker, the chances are high that the blue wave will be for nothing, currently he has no "challenger" so he'll be placed in leadership by default.
Some reps also report being intimidated if they don't offer unconditional support. That's not acceptable.
Fatmango retweeted
If the Speaker of The House is already “selected” before a single vote is cast, it’s time to stop pretending we live in a democracy.
Fatmango retweeted
The funniest thing about so called free market economics is that the super rich have had 40 years to piss on the rest of us, and there are still people standing underneath them with their mouths open, calling it economic freedom.
Fatmango retweeted
I don't care if a less-experienced Speaker of the House makes a procedurally-amateurish move.
We've got Congressional Aides and Parliamentarians to correct those errors and we would expect no more mistakes going forward!
What I DONT WANT someone who knows every lever and every pressure point of our Republic, and every failure point and knows where all the skeletons are buried and USE THAT POWER on behalf of Zionism.
That is who AIPAC SHAKUR, Hakeem Jeffries, and Chuck Schumer ARE and what they will DO!
And even those of you who support them know this.
Fatmango retweeted
There is an opportunity for Democrats to have REAL CHANGE and an OPEN PROCESS to determine who runs the Democratic party.
I believe that Schumer and Jeffries are the wrong leaders for the future of our party but let's have an OPEN PROCESS and REAL DEBATE and TRANSPARENCY.
Fatmango retweeted
The Democratic establishment treats members who flip red seats like enemies the second they refuse to bow to AIPAC and corporate dark money.
Don Leonard wins a Trump+10 district on a grassroots campaign, demands an end to forever wars and Citizens United, and Hakeem Jeffries' enforcers immediately resort to mob-style threats.
Hold the line, @DonforOhio. Zero blank checks for warmongers.
Incoming Rep. Don Leonard says top House Democrats have threatened to “make [his] life a living hell” and cost him re-election if he continues attaching conditions to his support for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
His conditions: 1) a vote on an amendment to end Citizens United and 2) “end U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it.”
He says Jeffries is refusing to meet with him and the threats are like something “out of a movie.”
Fatmango retweeted
Bernie Sanders announces he will NOT be supporting Chuck Schumer for Senate Majority Leader
“If this campaign was about anything, it was about change and the need for the Democratic Party to move in a new and bold direction. I personally have known Chuck Schumer for over 30 years. I like Chuck, nobody who works harder than Chuck Schumer, but in my view the time is now for change and I will not be supporting Chuck to be re-elected as the Democratic leader”
Fatmango retweeted
A vote for a man funded by AIPAC is a vote for AIPAC. A vote for a man who won’t abolish ICE is a vote for ICE. A vote for a man who won’t fund healthcare is a vote for American deaths.
If ever there was a time to fight it’s now.
No Jeffries. No Schumer.
Fatmango retweeted
Senator Chuck Schumer just voted to advance the BAAJA bill, which would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act while harming Indigenous communities.
In case you wanted another reason why he should not be the Majority Senate Leader.
Fatmango retweeted
Jeffries is threatening to withhold committee assignments from anyone who does not pledge their support for him to become speaker. So a loyalty pledge — sound familiar? Haven’t we had enough of governing by threat?? Isn’t this exactly what we just voted against?
Fatmango retweeted
If true this is outrageous.
It seems that Andy Burnham’s latest version of ending 40 years of neoliberalism is handing Thames Water over to US hedge funds.
Labour have stopped even pretending to serve us or our communities anymore.
Labour stand for the hedge funds.
🚨BREAKING
The Financial Times has just revealed that Thames Water’s US hedge fund creditors are close to agreeing a ‘last and final’ deal to take over the company.
A handover to US hedge funds. A continuation of the privatised chaos. And a huge reward for the people who have run our water into the ground.
The deal would see them allowed to pollute our rivers and seas without consequence - in exchange for an upfront payoff.
This deal is absolutely outrageous, in every regard.
112 MPs have already called for special administration of Thames Water.
A cross-party group of MPs - who scrutinise the Environment Department - have said that the creditors’ proposal should be rejected and Thames Water should be brought into special administration.
And the former Environment Secretary rejected a previous version of the creditors’ deal in June. This new version is not better in any way.
@andyburnham promised to reverse Thatcher’s legacy of privatisation. He promised public control of life’s essentials.
This really is the moment of truth for Andy Burnham. If he allows the water supply of 16 million people to be sold off to US hedge funds - how can we take him seriously about any of his promises?
NO DEAL to the Thames Water creditors. Special administration now.
Fatmango retweeted
Award-winning journalist @jeanguerre literally wrote the book on Stephen Miller, Hatemonger. “He is, above all, a sadist," she told me on @connectmsnow.
Fatmango retweeted
Whoever made this "The Impeachment Countdown" music video deserves an award!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fatmango retweeted
Incoming Rep. Don Leonard says top House Democrats have threatened to “make [his] life a living hell” and cost him re-election if he continues attaching conditions to his support for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
His conditions: 1) a vote on an amendment to end Citizens United and 2) “end U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it.”
He says Jeffries is refusing to meet with him and the threats are like something “out of a movie.”
