Watching Elizabeth Warren talk about Trump’s fascism as a distraction last night really broke something in me. Where I used to have this anger at the Democrats for folding to Trump I find myself numb. I don’t know if it’s going to last, but I don’t feel anything about their inaction anymore.
House Democrats could force a vote on impeaching RFK any time they want. Of course it would fail. But do you want to make an issue of it or not?
I understand the sensation. I voted for Fetterman.
once in a while i wonder if i was too harsh on Warren, but i was right about the person who insulted First Nations, lied about her dear dead colleague harassing her, torpedoed prog colleagues at Drexel, tried to co-opt Bernie’s movement, kneecapped him on a live mic, and took $$ from Arpaio’s funder
I really thought she was one of the few who actually got it. Its all fucking performative. Sock puppet ass party.
This is why Bernie has the crowds. This is why they didn't want Bernie to win the nomination. He was actually bringing the hope that people needed. I don't care what people say, Trump didn't win. The Russians did.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!
Where are the Epstein Files ?Asking for a friend
Agreed. Where are our allies in power???
I had a similar feeling earlier on, and I just left the Democratic party and felt a lot better
It’s especially disappointing coming from her. She’s usually smarter than that, and she’s always been one of the Democrats’ best communicators. I’m not giving up on her, hopefully it was just a blip.
She’s someone I have/had higher expectations from
I didn’t see that. Where did that happen?
i dont think dems are willing to destroy the system they helped build.
It's not that the Dems do not have any power to fight the Administration. It's the language. Using the word distraction puts me beyond the point of anger. Words matter. Using the word distraction to describe every purposeful lie and destruction is as weak as weak can be.
If it makes you feel any better she's pushing a bipartisan bill to get better/cheaper vendors to fix the MRAPs they're using to occupy the city she works in.
I'm with you Matt. I don't know why the base should or would donate or show up on election day when @kenmartin.bsky.social and the @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov are not fighting at all. They're busy instead working on the DEMS fight song.
Blue Rose Research may as well be a Republican op.
That group has democrats calling one of the single biggest crises in American democracy in decades a "distraction from kitchen table issues."
I have felt politically despondent since both my Senators voted for the Genius Act. Like, tech bros want to reinvent slavery. And we can't even say no to obvious corruption. These people are supposed to be leaders and don't understand the moment. It's terrifying. And you just want to shut down.
Olds gotta old. They don't know anything else. This is why they need to be removed from office. Every last one.
If I hear her or Hakeem or Schumer or any of them say it’s just a distraction I am going to scream. Tariffs were a distraction from the big ugly bill, Epstein was just a distraction from tariffs, tanks in streets is a distraction from Epstein & on & on. They are so worthless.
What is his fascism a distraction from? Did she say? She is so not the voice of this moment. She sounds like my grandmother.
She said it’s a distraction??
You're beginning to sound like Matt Taibbi.
Unfortunately, there is a loud echo chamber punching down at any miniscule action of ANY Democrat to demonize the whole party and misdirect our anger at softer targets.
Circular firing squads every day only reinforce the fascist regime.
Lucky. I can’t stop the pure rage I feel at their inaction.
How many government guns can Democrats command if it comes to that? Does this bill promote social ties between upper military command and the Democratic Party?
Like, if we’re talking a shooting war, things like this won’t be the difference makers but yes, currying favor with the brass does count
i did not see this but Warren using the "distraction" trope is highly disappointing
She is literally pushing some bullshit issues like "fixing military equipment is too expensive" completely disconnected from reality.
Well it is just a distraction if you’re a successful politician like Warren. After all life goes on as usual for them The donations keep rolling in as they maintain a status quo from the comfort of the hill.
I think the most frustrating part is they literally ran on creeping fascism and Trump is going to be a dictator and what has been revealed is they never actually believed it beyond any another focus group tested messaging.
maybe they can't pass any bills, but they can be as angry as we are. they can participate in the same rallies and marches. they can be as vocal as Newsome. current dem leadership all seem like Neville Chamberlain, thinking it will all work out eventually.
Look: She's human, she's pressured on many sides, and she frequently feels like she must "say something". Don't over-interpret this.
Of all the people who would sell us out, Warren is among the very last.
It can be hard to swallow for those attuned to the reality of what's going on/what it portends, but I don't think her messaging instincts are off-base. She's trying to break through to enough of Trump's fragile coalition that the fascism's just cruel theater to distract them from his robbing them.
Seems all of the Senators are in the pocket of big donors. So they push marginal policy differences while ignoring the collapse of freedom and democracy. They don't care who's in power as long as they're getting $$.
It’s like words don’t mean anything anymore. A distraction is when you point and say “look over there” and then steal someone’s wallet. Trump and his cronies are just stealing the wallet while dems tell us to ignore what we just saw.
For my money, the single most effective thing everyone could do is focus on the separation of church and state. I remain puzzled as to why everyone in power just continues to roll over on that point. bsky.app/profile/criq...
95% of them have lost the plot, to put it mildly. New people need to hold office. Everything is terrible, but the responses from the left kinda make me understand why we're here... depressing
Nov 5 you lost. you LOST IN A LANDSLIDE BABY, go cry.
Yes. It's numbing. I got there a couple of weeks ago. There's quite a bit of shaming going on when you say you feel this way. Urges just to take a time out. Rest up for the continuing fight.
I'm not a cynic. Our leaders are either out of touch or putting on media shows hoping to become president.
I am sorry to inform you that there are real issues surrounding natl security and the military that require oversight from senators.
Cannot understand how a bill aimed at savings billions in overspending - while making operations more efficient - is worthy of anyone’s scorn.
I believe we have been victims of treachery on our side of the aisle. From those who were supposed to be representing us.
I tell every Dem I know that they need to fight the MAGAs in every manner possible. There is zero remaining good faith.
No incentives encourage cooperation; no penalties discourage bad behavior.
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Just a weak ass garbage party. I’ll still vote for them but fuck it, they deserve to lose badly. They’re just begging everyone to give up on their sorry asses.
Warren said Trump being a fascist is a "distraction". Right out loud.
I suppose Hitler building concentration camps was a "misuse of resources that could've been used to grow the economy", while we're failing to see the forest for the trees? 🤦♂️
Remember when they wanted her to run for President?
5.) Acceptance
Primary them all*
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priorities right?! none of them will suffer the consequences of their inaction, they’re rich they can afford that old timey word groceries they can afford medical care they can afford to fly wherever for whatever
real action would require things they're unwilling to do
I felt this way in 2022 for Reasons but ever since then I've come back over and over to one explanation I can't rule out: they're doing this on purpose because it gets them what they want.
they’ve made themselves irrelevant
They had their little fucking paddles at the SOTU, then they censured the one guy who showed a bit of fight. This has got to be deliberate. Are they ALL in the Epstein files?
The only conclusion left at this point is that they like what he's doing, and they like that they aren't the face of it.
I simply cannot stop circling back to thinking they're controlled opposition. They not only keep hammering completely braindead messaging, the moment they accidentally land on something that works, like hammering Trump on CECOT, they immediately pull off—Schumer & Jeffries whipped to not mention it!
She took selfies once when I thought she should be serious.
Where and when? I feel sick reading this.
She/they have given up. They know there is no more Congress, no more presidency, just Dictator Trump. Everyone knows. We all know. But most aren’t willing to admit it yet.
It used to be the fascists would just call everyone else socialists. That was a distraction from their fascist programming 101 campaign. Now some of us are refusing to speak like we don't know what fascism is, but we do and now we need to reprogram the politicians to use our language instead.
I think they are even more old and depressed then we realize, but also they won't get out of the way so someone has to push them. They only want to engage when they know they can win and it's too late for that. Throw stuff at the wall and make something happen or else there will be no wall!
for me it was when I realized the Elizabeth Warren et als were taking the $11 from those "help us fight trump!" emails and using it to pay consultants who tell them to disregard the swine that shelled out that 11 bucks
Dems should vote to Impeach the felons entire cabinet.
the democrats are the Washington Generals of politics bsky.app/profile/elec...
The really grim thought: they're probably going to take the House and it won't make any substantial difference.
I thought prior to inauguration that the best way forward in minority would be to pick the most strategic battles. That would mean things like confirming a lot of awful nominees but going scorched-Earth on the truly unConstitutional stuff.
Bad idea, or a good one the Dems aren't doing?
Stop electing & supporting people who refuse to do anything that might make them miss the early bird special at the Bob Evans.
We have people living in terror & they can't be bothered to remotely pretend this isn't normal & any action is at least action to provide us hope.
How do I even yell at these people? Like Im in a red state with only Republican reps and my local county Dems are just a bunch of old people struggling to do anything within their own state
you're numb because part of you knows they aren't really folding per se
Sorry I’m confused - do you mean to say her speech was useless or that she was doing something good. I haven’t seen it
Left wing. Right wing. Same bird. Same transnational crime syndicate. General strike for as long as it takes.
She's a fucking failure.
I saw this and it won't surprise you to learn that it did not make me feel better. I find it baffling that she decided to push a "right to repair" bill for the military in the middle of a constitutional crisis. Nobody is coming to save us. And it just makes me feel numb now.
A party can't really do a genocide and then just go back to their usual shtick. They have no interest in holding anyone to account for that, or even acknowledging the fact. As though doing a genocide comes with no cost.
Putrid, worthless, shambling. I expect nothing from these freaks.
Their fecklessness is unfortunately part of who they are. They are so compromised by donor money, and so much more resentful of the left than they are of the right that I'm not sure they can be fixed.
They are quite consciously on a UK Labour Party trajectory, which is very, very not good.
Y'all done gone and lost your country. 🤷🏿
i mute it whenever she's on now. i'm sick of all these pussyfooting dems. another one is any of them that do the "excuse my language, dangit!" bullshit.
"the people opposing fascism"
Yeah, that's...a very questionable label for many of them, especially at the federal level.
Makes sense — I think seeing one of the elected members of Congress who prides and brands herself as being a “fighter,” using the same tired talking point about fascist actions being a distraction or “diversion” was pretty jarring
This hit me as a tech person during the height of the DOGE nightmare.
I was breathlessly awaiting dems to come back from break and raise hell and demand computer systems be restored and audited.
Then they came back and did... Nothing...
