I'm sure it'll give them something to use for kindling.
The ineffective Democratic leadership ain't going away unless we make them.
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gastroglizzy 9 points 7 days ago
stickyprimer 2 points 6 days ago
Better than just posting here like most do.
resipsaloquitur 31 points 7 days ago
Fuck Chuck.
YiddishMcSquidish 17 points 7 days ago
YiddishMcSquidish 2 points 6 days ago
Gang shit.
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Tollana1234567 2 points 7 days ago
and his joke stealing cousin? amy schumer, not surprise she supports israel too.
QueenHawlSera 31 points 7 days ago
Schumer's the best man the Republicans have in office
Tollana1234567 4 points 7 days ago
2nd favorite is fetterman, and gillibrand comes in 3rd, another is from texas who has been pardoned by trump.
FiniteBanjo -2 points 7 days ago
There is no comparison between any Republican and any Democrat. The worst Democrat is probably Fetterman, who became more conservative after a traumatic brain injury, the only DNC senator to support funding the ICE, and even he opposed 11 Trump cabinet appointments while the most any Republican opposed was 3, Mitch McConnell. Every Democrat is better than every Republican, hands down.
BarneyPiccolo 28 points 7 days ago
The MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries have been on the stage long enough, and nobody has found them entertaining at all. Time to give them the hook, and get some real talent on the stage.
The rise, and re-rise, of MAGA is 50% their fault, and they haven't done one single thing to demonstrate that they deserve a THIRD chance to protect us from the MAGA Monsters. Both of them are entirely useless, and Schmuck is even worse than Jeffries, if that's even possible.
All this corrupt old fuck cares about is Israel and Insider Trading. He has never done one single thing to advance a true Democratic agenda, or protect this nation from being conquered by Treasonous Pedophiles.
When this is all over, and we are putting MAGA Traitors in front of a tribunal, Schmuck & Jeffries need to be heavily investigated, too, and we'll probably find out they were collaborating all along.
Mulligrubs 26 points 7 days ago
I've always despised Chuck; 40 years in office and counting.
They're not going away unless they die. Wake up
Look at Mitch McConnell, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Trump.
When this country was founded, there was no way to conceive that we'd live for 80+ and people would hold an office for their entire life, accumulating treasures like Smaug
(about 80% of R&D voters want term and age limits, about as much as want universal healthcare and higher minimum wage. it's nice to want things)
atomicbocks 17 points 7 days ago
When this country was founded, there was no way to conceive that we'd live for 80+ and people would hold an office for their entire life
Ben Franklin died at 84 in 1790 just 2 years after serving as President of Pennsylvania… but okay.
BeardededSquidward 1 point 7 days ago
I wonder how that compares to the average life span at that time. It's not unheard off but it was rarer back in his time than ours.
atomicbocks 4 points 7 days ago
Largely averages from back then are skewed by child mortality rates. Looking at the median age of adults at death results in a number around 75 for the late 1700s. He lived a little longer than the norm but not by enough that it was an anomaly.
QueenHawlSera 3 points 7 days ago
Republicans want to abolish the minimum wage and keep healthcare tied to employment
DudleyMason 4 points 7 days ago
And Democrats just want to never raise the minimum wage again and keep healthcare tire to employment. That's why Schumer is still going to be Senate Leader, he's a.safe bet for the donors.
QueenHawlSera 2 points 6 days ago
I remember the "Fight For 15" and how it didn't go anywhere
UnderpantsWeevil 24 points 7 days ago
Fundraiser-in-chief
Senate Majority Leader isn't House Speaker. You command little procedural power and have no real tools to discipline rogue Senators.
The post is largely just an award for sucking up the most private money and distributing it to friendly Senators during tight reelections. The real power of the office is to throw $30M into a Michigan primary on behalf of your friends in Israel.
UnderpantsWeevil 3 points 7 days ago
Procedural power over nominations and when to vote on bills
Is set by the Senate Committee Chairs, not the Senate Majority Leader. The Judiciary Chair holds significantly more power over SC nominees than Schumer, which is why Dick Durbin holds so much clout within the party and John Cornyn losing his primary was such a big deal within the GOP.
The Judiciary Committee also happens to be a Whose Who of People Planning to Run For President.
BeardededSquidward 22 points 7 days ago
As long as you have people like Chuck in charge of the Democrats you'll never see anything meaningful happen. That they fight tooth and nail against the DSA is also telling.
Tollana1234567 3 points 6 days ago
CHuck and hakeem, even they are shielding for people like slotkin, booker, and others in the DNC theres about a dozen+ for each house.
PhoenixDog 14 points 7 days ago
He's 75 years old, considered young for most representatives of the USA.
FlexibleToast 13 points 7 days ago
Him and half of our leaders. They're addicted to the power and won't leave it. It's just one reason you know corruption is rampant. These people don't want to retire despite having a guaranteed paycheck and healthcare for the rest of their lives.
Aneb 9 points 7 days ago
Yeah they are welfare queens who just sit and collect paychecks. Then they vote to ban welfare for the poor and disabled. Cuck Shumer like his cronies on both sides of the aisle take from Americans and receive buyouts and bribes from Oligarchs.
PhoenixDog 2 points 7 days ago
What's funny about power is usually when you have power, you do something with it. You get high off the authority you wield.
What have these old fucks done with their power other than just taking in tax payer money to line their own pocke......
Nevermind.
captain_aggravated 11 points 7 days ago
He can stand up on his own and form coherent sentences, so he's neonatal by congressional standards.
hunnybubny 3 points 7 days ago
He looks like he will forget what he was saying mid sentence.
Burn_The_Right 16 points 7 days ago
Neo-liberals are traitors and need to be dealt with as such.
FlyingCircus 6 points 7 days ago
Traitors to whom? Their primary allegiance was always to the capitalists.
uriel238 6 points 6 days ago
They're supposed to be beholden to their constituency. Allegiance to their campaign contributors and to schemes to enrich them personally is literally corruption.
Granted privileging property owners over the working class is baked into the Constitution of the United States, but we've had multiple reckonings during which we collectively reaffirmed we want our society to be a pluralistic liberal democracy. And the capitalists curse and swear vengeance every time.
(And, as Marx predicted in Das Kapital the capitalists immediately look to recapturing government institutions. It's what they do. And so far we've failed to adequately punish them when they are caught trying.)
(Also, this phenomenon isn't unique to the US. After rights in France were established in the Napoleonic Code, they were rolled back during the Bourbon Restoration, requiring a second revolution and a lot more piled heads. The French public began to realize even good kings are arbitrarily followed by tyrannical kings.)
At this point the US public is beginning to understand what's at stake, why we need independent regulatory bodies, why rule of law has to apply to everyone, that capital never sleeps. And more of the Democratic party is tired of corporate shills. (More identify as moderate than progressive, but the platform they want is progressive. UHC is super popular.)
On the other hand, capitalists come better prepared with higher tech every time. The MAGA propaganda machine is very powerful and uses proven brainwashing techniques. And we don't have a cure for that.
Doomsider 1 point 5 days ago
Granted privileging property owners over the working class is baked into the Constitution of the United States
Thank you for recognizing this. So many people don't get that capitalism and the wealthy ruling class are literally baked into the Constitution. The US government was created with the express purpose of preventing the masses any real say in governance.
we've had multiple reckonings during which we collectively reaffirmed we want our society to be a pluralistic liberal democracy.
I think you mean the wealthy have produced some good propaganda that makes people feel this way. Unless you have some good examples? The one I always think about is the great depression where a ton of people starved to death and even by WWII around a quarter of all men were rejected for service because of a decade + of malnourishment. No revolution, just a new deal from the wealthy that was eventually backpedaled because blacks.
At this point the US public is beginning to understand what's at stake,
I like you optimism here, but I don't share it nor do I think it is objectively true unfortunately.
proven brainwashing techniques. And we don't have a cure for that.
There is no cure for a criminal act. We need a real bill of rights that directly spells out that politicians will NOT use psychology to manipulate people. Scapegoating, negging, gaslighting, etc must all be strictly banned and anyone using this rhetoric forever banished from leadership. Until then, might as well bleat really loudly for all the good it will do.
BeardededSquidward 3 points 7 days ago
I'm surprised you're not being heckled by the libs right now for being a useless, idealist.
boonhet 8 points 6 days ago
Mostly we heckle the people saying you shouldn't vote, or should vote 3rd party, when the ubernazis are closer than ever to total domination. I think most people are of the opinion that, between actual elections, everything possible should be done to get better nominations and replace the old guard democrats.
pomfegranate 5 points 6 days ago
I feel like those two are somehow better
cheat700000007 5 points 6 days ago
Hades was like the only responsible god
ceenote 12 points 7 days ago
The more progressives want him to step aside, the more incentives capital interests will offer him to doggedly remain in the way.
That being said, he's up for re-election in 2028, isn't very popular in New York (or with democrat voters in general), and it probably won't make much of a difference if he stays on as majority leader while Trump is in office.
FiniteBanjo -1 points 7 days ago
IDK, he was literally just elected again in Jan 2025.
Tollana1234567 10 points 7 days ago
schumer and hakeems is just covering fro the rest of the DINOs from being primaried. BOOKer, slotkin, GILLIBRAND and others.
FiniteBanjo 9 points 7 days ago
Chuck Schumer's seat was won January 2025 and he won't be up for another election until 2028, so this post is essentially useless for all purposes except attacking the party as a whole before the 2026 midterm elections.
tmyakal 13 points 7 days ago
This post is about Chuck's role as Senate leader specifically, not as a senator. When the new congress is in season next year, he intends to continue to be the chief spokesperson of the Democratic party.
Not useless per se, but the position is elected by the other senators within the party, not by the people. So if you don't want him representing the Democratic party to the White House and the Senate, you should start calling your representatives and complaining now.
FiniteBanjo -7 points 7 days ago
That might be a sound argument if instead of attacking Schumer it was promoting literally anybody else who might run for the position.
Trigger2_2000 7 points 6 days ago
Careful, he'll send you a strongly worded letter! /s
POS.
Bristlecone 6 points 7 days ago
Fuck Chuck
Tollana1234567 4 points 7 days ago
his first words is always "Israel FIRST"
Formfiller 5 points 7 days ago
Fuck off ZioNazi
funkless_eck 2 points 6 days ago
Periodtttt 💅
homesweethomeMrL 1 point 7 days ago
You gotta take the Senate to be the majority.
Baby steps. Or not. Steps. Whatever.
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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workreform
@lemmy.world
17806
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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I've already contacted my senators twice to voice my hope that they don't vote for the gerontocracy. I also contacted Schumer's office to ask him to retire, for the sake of our country. Not that I think it'll do much, but it's something.
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