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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Where's that whiny lemm.ee lib that was like 'hE wAs DoInG sOmEtHiNg' when it happened

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They've been banned so I'm not sure if the ping will work, but it was @[email protected]. Hope they see this lol

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They shouldn't have been banned imo because they were increasingly hostile because I was increasingly annoying. I mean sure they're a lib too but what do the mods expect when i start responding to lengthy replies with varying equivalents of "lol suck me off liberal," that'd engender hostility in most people

(but he called me an idiot so i checked out, i'm not gonna read 10 paragraphs from someone talkin shit at me)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah I'm with you there. I don't think people like that should be banned so quickly. Like yeah they were rude but now they're most likely back in a lib space where they won't be exposed to this kind of information which could possibly help them to keep moving left. Instead now they'll just keep on libbin' with maybe a bit of extra "the tankies were mean to me" to go with it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

on the other hand, telling a liberal to suck off me and then seeing them immediately get banned before they can reply is one of the best parts of the site

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Their name would have led me to believe they weren't a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've noted that a good % of new libs seem to think hiding behind left-adjacent names and/or non-cis pronouns will protect them from moderation.

I recall this one lib in particular complaining/defending their ass-takes by repeatedly reminding the thread their name was taken from a leftist.

They still got banned haha! Goofy, the lot of em

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

I got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn't have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I mean that's almost the entire thread on lw and reddit/stormfront

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Haha now his doing this on April fools Day makes waaay more sense. Yaknow that hadta been eating at him, the way libs live for vibes. Stompin around in a pointless fingerwaggin show while actively avoiding actual governance... Amazing, its too perfect. chefs-kiss

[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Should be Strom Thurmond above

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Here's an extremely high effort edit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So

Much

Cringe

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Haha he looks so angry looking down at him. "Good Trouble!? What the fuck...."

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago (3 children)

They can't help but keep losing. They're like the opposite of the Globetrotters.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 days ago

They're the Washington Gereral(concensus)s

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

The Globetrotters if they never met up with the Mystery Gang all those years ago

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

GlobeTrotskyites

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 days ago

I knew it had to be more stupid than it sounded at face value. Democrats must be stupid and evil and complicit.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago

Meaningless performative gesture that some blowhard does and libs tripping over their own dicks to fawn over it. I don't think anyone can name a more iconic duo!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

has Sirota abandoned zionism yet or is he just crying that the imperial machine isn't working right

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago

Imperial core "left" be like waaaah the conservatives didn't oil the baby crusher's engine correctly now it's gonna break ooooooooooooooh

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago

Honestly, they're very good at doing stunts that are meaningless. They're wilely. Does really highlight how they chose not even to appear to be in the way of the genocide of Gaza

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago

It's very funny how seem to do the utmost to announce their performative bullshit is, in fact, a performance.

Everything the democrats do starts with a little disclaimer like the beginning of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. "Just so you know, we're just dancing, I don't endorse the occult or actually turn into a werewolf."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm trying to find info on this Trump nominee but can't seem to find any articles/websites announcing it, does anyone have more info? I subscribed to the Lever but I didnt see anything about that in particular

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/former-acting-ag-whitaker-confirmed-as-us-envoy-to-nato-00006035

Edit: this was not unanimous. I think people are confused because the motion to invoke cloture was reached by unanimous-consent agreement (at a previous date). This just means that everyone agreed not to debate anymore about the nomination and set a date for the vote, which was Tuesday, and which was 52-45.

Most Americans have very little idea of how their government works, so it is not surprising that this misunderstanding has spread so much; I've seen quite a few people saying he was appointed through unanimous-consent. Appointments are never passed through unanimous-consent agreements, they always go to vote.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Ahhh I see; that makes sense. Ugh thats so disappointing how this stuff gets spread around even by USians who seem to have decently sharp political analysis. I think I probably have a somewhat better understanding of our government than the average person and I cant even decipher some legislation and the language used to explain the decision processes. Sad

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

I checked the Senate floor proceedings and these were the only 2 items on the agenda.

  1. PN12-39 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) — Dean Sauer — Department of Justice Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Elizabeth Prelogar, resigned. Date Received from President: 01/20/2025 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 04/02/2025 - By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 4/3/2025. (All Actions)
  1. PN12-11 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) — Harmeet Dhillon — Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Kristen M. Clarke, resigned. Date Received from President: 01/20/2025 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 04/02/2025 - By unanimous consent agreement, vote 4/3/2025. (All Actions)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago

Real Democratic Heroes filibuster themselves so they don't have to do their jobs

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

Another day, another dem L biden-horror

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Mans voted to confirm rubio as secretary of state but sure he did a little lonf speech

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

The us concept of democracy is based on magical thinking

This guy managed to talk really long, let's disregard everything we were supposed to talk about, they must be right

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

I was sure Mayor Pete was the most insufferable lib to ever lib in libtown. But Booker is shooting up like John Belushi in a bathtub.

The next season of Election might be very funny.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

Lol. Lmao even.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago