"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
โ Mark Twain (long misquoted, but useful) #GoYankees #GoDodgers ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
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"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
โ Mark Twain (long misquoted, but useful) #GoYankees #GoDodgers ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
Good God, so many of the responses here are depressing. No, in fact, I donโt want my senators to respond with clapback & insults. I want them to do what they are doing. Keep repeating the questions, list the questions she is not answering, etc. I do not want to be Trump but from a Dem standpoint.
07.10.2025 20:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ok, my Virginia peeps. This is it. All hands on deck. I donโt want to hear Dem leadership whines, single issue divisive nonsense, any of it. My family got the memo. My retired lawyer mom is poll watching. My 95 year old grandma voted, I am doing speeches and thousands of postcards. letโs go.๐ธ
07.10.2025 20:13 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Purely poll driven, is my guess. The Epstein polls, even from GOP voters, are absolutely devastating for those hoping it would go away.
07.10.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I laughed and then sighed.๐ธ
07.10.2025 17:45 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You, personally? Like from your own bank account? I mean, it is awfully generous, but have at it.๐ธ๐๐ธ
06.10.2025 21:09 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0How is that a news story?
06.10.2025 20:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I love that movie so much. It shows up so rarely because Criterion has it (same with All That Jazz). Thank you!๐ธ
06.10.2025 20:57 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I agree. I feel the same way about people bitching about political leaders not responding within 20 seconds of something happening. I oddly still believe that a well thought out response combined with actions means more than instant clapback, particularly before the facts are established.๐ธ
06.10.2025 20:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0While the bulk of the press repeat the attached. They have to ability to stop this both sides nonsense, follow up with every GOP member until they get straight answers, have the gaggle repeat questions until they get answers, provide real time fact checks with chyrons/videos, etc. yet they do not.
06.10.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Hope those guardsman know how to pick up garbage and mulch.
06.10.2025 08:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I have never heard of a cable company needing to drill into someone elseโs condo for cable access. Never.
06.10.2025 01:25 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They used their by far best pitcher versus our fourth or fifth best. I am still remarkably calm. ๐ธ๐ธ
04.10.2025 23:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0And will *still* get zero credit from certain factions and pundits.๐คช
04.10.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Lotta contradictions in this story.๐ธ
04.10.2025 20:29 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That wasโฆunpretty.๐
04.10.2025 19:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I donโt want him either. At all. Things he has said & done are unacceptable and revolting. But, we are nowhere near the potus cycle yet and I will say that, unlike a few online/pundit faction favorites, he is at least running parallel legislative pushes, as well. Speeches & clapback are not enough.
04.10.2025 01:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I give up. You are ignoring facts and receipts on both her tax plans and her policies for a bizarre narrative that serves no one. I have no clue what your goal/agenda is, but it is certainly not to help anyone *now* and I donโt have the patience to wait for your actual point. Best of luck to you.๐ธ
03.10.2025 19:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0she proposed to make a point that simply does not hold through. Single payer is *one method* of universal care, and not one all successful countries choose, rather using hybrid systems.
03.10.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Again, most Democrats *want* universal care (some SP, some hybrid) Itโs in the platforms. The ACA was just one step. The fact is FDR cut it off of his bill (during a huge Dem majority Congress) and never got back to it. You are ignoring Hillaryโs early health plan, and a lot of the policies
03.10.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I know I am not allowed to post a โthisโ meme, so I will just say:๐๐
03.10.2025 18:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0just Not fully true. Are you really calling programs Hillary pushed like universal pre-k neo-liberalism? Head Start? The anti-poverty Earned Income Tax Credit expansion or the Childrenโs Health Insurance Program? Not to forget that FDR sliced universal care right off his SS bill to appease the AMA.
03.10.2025 18:41 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This literally made me chortle. Thank you.๐ธ๐ธ
03.10.2025 04:54 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wait, your argument just shifted from they didnโt talk about it to they didnโt say it loudly enough? Seriously?
03.10.2025 04:50 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0He has been doing this all along. People just listening now have been spending way too much time following the narratives of others with their own agenda. He has been holding together the caucus. We need workhorses doing the actual House business and show ponies. Both matter.
03.10.2025 04:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good God. That is not what he said. His words are literally right there and you simply ignored them. Come on.
03.10.2025 04:29 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0V is for victory. Yankees and Dodgers both moving on. I will be taking my moments of joy where I can.๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
03.10.2025 02:57 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0