These votes demonstrate that the Democratic Party functions not as an opposition but as an enabler of the Trump administration. Its priority is to ensure the uninterrupted funding of the US military while diverting popular opposition with calls for meaningless cosmetic changes to the administration’s efforts to establish a presidential dictatorship.
Twenty-one Republicans—primarily from the fascistic House Freedom Caucus—voted against the bill. The Democrats responded by supplying the exact number of votes needed to offset Republican defections.
Were the Republicans just unwilling to accept the reduced ICE budget, or actually against it?
Irrelevant when the Democrats give them the votes regardless. America, lost in 2 terms. They said it couldn’t be done
See my other comment. Unfortunately click bait headlines abound and everyone needs to read the whole thing. Democrats signed it because it keeps the gov open until Sept while cutting ICE and CBP in 2 weeks.
America has been coming into its final form ever since Jerry Falwell successfully melded religion and politics. That gave you Reagan, Trump, and everything that comes after.
It doesn’t matter anymore
People are reading this backwards. This bill funds the gov and military through September, but cuts ICE and CBP in 2 weeks.
Good cop and bad cop, but both cops. Build an opposing faction within the DNC that refuses to cooperate with establishment dems. Take the party over.
Reform is a surefire failure
Then explain MAGA taking over the GOP. If the status quo can’t change, how could it change for them? This defeatism is useless and projection of your own sense of powerlessness.
They are reinforcing the systems that protect the status quo
What’s happening isn’t the status quo.
Yes it is, the only thing that’s changed is the mechanisms defending it.
No it isn’t, that’s an absurd claim.
Schumer and Jeffries are controlled opposition: There’s no reasonable explanation for their actions.
How the tide has turned, a year ago this post would have had 100 downvotes by now with defenders of blue fascism foaming at the mouth defending their party and their actions. Better late than never.
The worst part about being leftist is always being right too early.
Public disarmament by exploding “in place”. Might send a message even to those hard of thinking that putting random things up in the ass is a bad idea.
I, too, sometimes say words in random order.
Seriously though, what?
