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gab13by13

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2. "confusion reigned inside the Democratic caucus"
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 08:26 AM
Oct 16

My posts get criticized for pointing out that the new Republican party is using new tactics and the Democratic party needs to adapt.

Here is a prime example of what I was criticized for bringing up.

Senate Magats are going to bring up a Pentagon spending bill that would fund the troops for one year using money from the Pentagon that was approved by Congress that was to be used for research and development, 8 billion dollars. This transfer of funds is illegal. Krasnov also wants to take tariff money to pay the troops when the Supreme Court hasn't ruled yet whether his tariffs are legal.

Senate Magats will probably also attach other areas of spending besides paying the military such as child care that will make it hard for Senate Democrats to stay united.

Keep calling me anti-Democratic when I report what is happening, I can take it.

Bernie Sanders agrees with me, he and AOC have been the 2 prominent people who have been taking the fight directly to the people.

Republicans are willing to talk about extending the Obamacare subsidies but won’t do so until Democrats back down and vote to reopen the government on their terms. “Anyone that thinks that tomorrow they’ll suddenly start negotiating, I think is smoking something that is illegal in many states,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who votes with Democrats, said at a CNN town hall on Wednesday night.

BumRushDaShow you posted the article, what is your opinion? Should Democrats stay united and vote no to the Thune Bill?

It's easy for people to criticize my posts without offering an alternative solution. The Magat party is not the old Republican Party, it is not following rules, norms, the law, the Constitution, and the Democratic party needs to adapt.

I believe that Democrats need to stand tall and stay united whatever they decide to do about the Thune Bill. The money to fund the military in Thune's Bill is illegal to do. It is illegal to take 8 billion dollars from Research and Development and transfer it to pay the troops.

The new Magat party isn't following the rules, imagine that, attack me all you want but people who say everything will be all right are the problem. Should not have voted for the CR back in March, before the Big Ugly Death Bill became law, that's my opinion.


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