DC born and raised. Building the union in MD. We’ll know all lives matter once Black Lives Matter.
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This was a failure of Democratic leadership. We cannot have Hakeem Jeffries fumble the ball when the new Dem majority gets sworn in. There's too much at stake.
Kamlager-Dove on Hegseth Impeachment: We knew that this vote was coming, so people should have gotten their raggedy selves up these steps to vote. There is no reason why we should have lost this vote because of attendance issues.
You know this man should not be in this position. That’s why he got up at 8 o’clock in the morning with his sorry self to plead to the American people.
So shame on folks who are not here. Because these people lost. They lost, and they still found a way to show up to table this bill. Shameful.
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This is quite an anecdote from @JoeBiden about his conversation with Trump after the 2024 election: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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Split screen at Capitol Hill today:
Hakeem Jeffries is arguing that he should be the leader of the Democrats — and then, as the current leader, he couldn’t get enough Democrats to show up to impeach Pete Hegseth
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Exactly what the 2A was written for btw, not so uncle chucklefuck could bring his RPG into Dunkin’ Donuts
Amid unverified reports of an increased ICE presence in Scarborough, several protesters have posted up outside the ICE facility with ARs.
Chellie Pingree reacted to the reports of increased ICE presence:
"This cruel, chaotic, and out-of-control agency needs to be abolished. And we need ICE out of Maine. Period."
The protester pictured below has been stationed outside of the facility for months on end, although in our previous interactions with the individual, she was not armed.
Additionally, @WGME has photos of other protesters patrolling outside the facility with rifles:
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Democrats will have a 56-seat majority in the US Senate. We need to use it. Pass Medicare for All.
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BREAKING: Thomas Massie’s resolution to impeach Pete Hegseth fails in the House 211-204, after 11 Democrats failed to show up for the vote.
If those 11 Democrats had showed up, Hegseth would have been impeached 215-211.
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The 11 Democrats who didn’t vote on Hegseth’s impeachment:
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the lack of consequences will continue god damn it
Nancy Pelosi on Kicking Haley Stevens Out of the Caucus:
We have a few more weeks of being in Congress, so I don’t think we should start making judgments about anybody in the caucus at this point.
I was disappointed. I conveyed that to her. I want to be helpful to her in terms of how she deals with this, but I’m not supporting kicking her out.
Let’s focus on the very positive
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Troy Jackson makes like $80k a year. Him and his wife's biggest asset is his wife's retirement account which is under $250k. He is one of us. And we need 100's more in Congress just like him.
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Sen. Warnock declines to back Schumer for leader, saying: "I think we're at an inflection point in our country. Voters are demanding that we stand up and fight for them; and so any member of my caucus that feels like they should lead in this moment, I look forward to hearing their case."
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This alone should justify replacing him
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The disgusting privilege and entitlement from a guy with HALF Trump’s approval rating. Nuke the seniority system and the egos of these pricks squandering the massive democratic energy.
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One thing that’s been overlooked is how Jeffries’ initial response to the Iran attack was to (1) not issue a single public statement about it for 6 full days after Trump began building his armada on Feb 18 (2) when prompted for this thoughts, mumbling process concerns then
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Hakeem Jeffries is asked if he will follow the lead of Sen Chris Van Hollen and others who’ve demanded the upcoming spending bill end the Iran war or else the government shuts down.
He says: "We're going to end the war in Iran one way or the other, but with respect to the Appropriations Process, right now, that's in the hands of Rosa DeLauro on the House side, and Patty Murray on the Senate side"
Jeffries feeling absolutely no pressure to end this war, clearly very confident he’ll become Speaker regardless.
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Van Hollen says he’s played phone tag with Schumer.
“I do think there’s a growing view, first of all, that there should not be a coronation and … the Senate Democratic caucus needs a little bit of democracy itself in this moment.”
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Van Hollen:
“We have two members in that room, newly elected senators, who would not be there if Schumer and the DSCC had had their way. [They] sided with the crypto industry and AIPAC against these candidates, and my strong view is only under very, very rare exceptions should the DSCC be weighing in.”
