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Paladin

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5. Does Democratic leadership ever get tired of Republicans dicking them in the dirt?

Reply to lees1975 (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 12:06 PM

Nov 11

We've got solid replacements for the current weaklings, now. Major changes are called for---while we still have a country to save. Like I keep saying: trump is essentially handing the nation back to us, with his overwhelming criminality and ineptitude. We're just not taking full advantage of it...

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Democrats rebel after 8 senators cut a deal to end the shutdown without ACA funds [View all] Dulcinea Nov 11 OP

it was a waste, they got ZERO Historic NY Nov 11 #1

Not true . . . Scubamatt Nov 11 #4

Can't two things be true at once? littlemissmartypants Nov 11 #8

Very Good Point Scubamatt Nov 11 #9

Well, naive idiots is spot on, BUT I'm leaning more heavily toward pleasing the Wall Street overlords... PatrickforB Nov 11 #11

"New faces with bold new ideas." Paladin Nov 11 #2

ok Historic NY Nov 11 #7

They just don't get it. lees1975 Nov 11 #3

Does Democratic leadership ever get tired of Republicans dicking them in the dirt? Paladin Nov 11 #5

We need new leadership. Now is not the time to cut deals with the Republicans. Schumer and Jefferies would be perfectly Fil1957 Nov 11 #6

If we just keep letting him have his way . . . . Scubamatt Nov 11 #10

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