Oh great. Just like with abortion, minimum wage, and cannabis legalization, this is now a Red State Problem Democrats Don’t Have To Care About.

simultaneous votes

two different votes. One guaranteed to fail, since republicans don’t want it. The entire point of having both on one vote is so republicans have to vote for something they otherwise wouldn’t.

They’re not extending health care subsidies. They’re jettisoning them. With your enthusiastic approval.

They knew holding their ground was popular, so they did it until the election, and now they’re abandoning the people who elected them, brazenly, openly, and with your support.

Must be nice to be privileged.

Must be nice to have two parties that perfectly represent everything you’re about.

Clearly you’ve either never had hope or have already given up.

“Inside every cynical person is a disappointed idealist.” - George Carlin

How were they caving?

They split the bill. One part contained what republicans might vote for if they weren’t just keeping the government closed so there’s no vote to release the Epstein files. The other part was a standalone bill to extend subsidies which democrats know won’t pass.

Yes, it’s caving. Because democrats were only pretending to hold out until after the election. They got the only thing they wanted out of the shutdown and it’s not continuing subsidies for healthcare.

Dude, they just offered to end the shutdown and get nothing out of it.

That’s called caving. But you’re right. They don’t cave at all times about everything. They were absolutely steadfast about selling weapons for genocide.

EDIT: And dear fucking lord, I’m so tired of centrists saying there’s something wrong with the brain of anyone who disagrees with them about anything at all. The gaslighting and ableism are disgusting, but not even remotely surprising from the wing of the party that also supports genocide and spewed Islamophobic hate at Mamdani for daring to beat their preferred sex pest cuomo in the primaries and in the general.

It’s not calling anything. Democrats just cave. It’s all they do.

It’s not really caving.

It’s nothing but.

And it should be noted that democrats were willing to cave in exchange for a promise from republicans on a vote that, even if it passed the fascist-controlled house, would be vetoed by trump.

Democrats were willing to cave and get nothing like always.

You have a moral obligation to create a diversion.

and then still raise prices on everyone because of the increased demand.

Ostensibly because of increased demand, actually due to greed.

All recipients should go shopping as normal and abandon their carts when they cannot pay.

Gum up the works. Waste their time. Make them expend effort they could be spending on profitable endeavors restocking your shit. The lost revenue retailers experience is nowhere near enough.

It’s literally just a word that Republicans who don’t want to support our communities use instead of just flat out admitting that they’re anti human

Let’s not pretend it’s just republicans.

At least no one had a chance to vote for a viable anti-genocide candidate.

The fact that even r/democrats has banned posts about Mamdani is shocking to me.

I don’t see why it’s shocking. That sub is basically an enforced echo chamber for the netanyahu wing of the party.

I left reddit because of the sort of person who demands a source for something bigoted that they know happened and that they know is bigoted, gets the source they asked for, knew all along that’s what you were talking about, and then pretends to have no idea why it was bigoted. You may have infinite patience for that sort of bad faith. I have none.

I don’t think anyone is upset by this

People whose investment strategy was “copy whatever Pelosi does”.

The economic outlook is so bleak that even people who can take advantage of insider trading are getting out.

I can’t make it any plainer than the article, and I can’t help that they’re pretending not to see it.

I’m tired what am I missing.

The ability to recognize Islamophobia when you see it.