• plz1@sh.itjust.works
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    So if he had another stroke, would he go further right-wing, or would it reverse the process?

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      My conspiracy theory is he is paid to be the sacrificial lamb, if it weren’t him it would be someone else. I am more angry at Schumer and then the rest of the Democrats for letting Schumer lead.

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        Yeah this is a well known tactic in the US government. Backdoor dealings outline how to make a split vote and pick a fall guy to protect the party’s image.

        I.e. the Democrats failing to stop Trump’s war in Iran a few weeks ago where some random nobody was the fall guy that time. It looks like Democrats tried but failed and they can blame it on some inconsequential Rando who isn’t up for reelection

        The military industrial complex owns everything. The machine exists for their benefit.

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    There needs to be recalls on elected officials who drastically change their views like this fuckup.

    He basically turned into a Con and still got to remain in his position!

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      It’s what happens when neither the press nor the party actually vet candidates. Instead they ignore any compromising history and then collaborate with them to sell the public a new image.

      He has always been a lazy contrarian. His dad basically paid for his first public office as mayor where he did nothing for the town but raise cost of living by marketing the town as a vacation spot for tourist. During this tenure he also held one of his constituents at going point for the crime of being a poc and jogging near his home.

      As Lt governor he was out of office 115 days out of the year and only had 4-5 hour days the time he chose to show up. He was also largely absent from presiding over the state Senate…which he was legally required to do.

      Anyone who’s ever worked with him has gone on the record about how he doesn’t want to do anything unless he gets to do it his way, even if his way is the worst way possible. He’s just a spoiled nepo baby pretending to be blue collar. His dad is literally a CEO and owner of a huge insurance company, is a large conservative donor, and bankrolled his sons life well into his 40s.

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      I don’t think all Democrats are working directly with MAGA. But I’d believe it if these Republicans hiding in the Democrat party meet together to find the absolute minimum number that would need to support MAGA bills to get them to pass. They probably cycle who betrays US citizens so they can deny claims they only ever vote MAGA.

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        This kind of maneuvering is exactly what the elected officials spend all their time doing, and no they don’t spend any time actually writing laws. Laws are written by corporations and sold to the politicians who are just playing a dumb fucking popularity game.

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    3 hours ago

    Has there been a time when he voted with his “own” party? It feels like he votes MAGA every chance he gets.

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    Fetterman is a piece of shit, but ANY single vote would have been the deciding vote. I don’t care for headlines that try to pin the blame / credit for this kind of thing on a single person

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    C’mon PA, recall this feeble fucking moron already. Not surprised tho, most of PA is a straight up hell hole. Even going to Philly isn’t worth the effort when NYC is close by

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      There are no Republicans anymore, that was just their larval stage before they morphed into their final form - MAGA. Republicans should only be referred to in an historical or scholarly context.

      The Republican party is as dead as the Whigs. They’re all MAGA now.