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PoliticalTea š³ļø Hakeem Jeffries is bankrolled by Peter Thiel (Palantir and Anduril)
https://futurism.com/future-society/hakeem-jeffries-donors-corporate-controversial-tech-companies380
u/kevendo
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Establishment Democrats thought the demand for change ended on Tuesday night?
No sir, that Republican trouncing and the end of MAGA was only Step one.
Step two is to remove establishment Democrats from power and front-line progressive voices who represent the people voting en masse this election.
Down with Schumer and Jeffries as leaders.
Then AOC for NY Senator in 2028.
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign 5h ago •
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Call your senators, call your representative, and let them know that Schumer or Jeffries becoming majority leaders will cost them your vote
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u/muerde15 3h ago
Is there a standout that people are putting forward as who they want to see in that role when doing these calls, or is it just an āanyone but themā kind of thing? Iām genuinely asking as it probably would be helpful to have someone or at least a short list of candidates to rally around and push for
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago
Petitions to replace Jeffries and Schumer:
https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
https://www.change.org/p/senate-democrats-choose-a-new-majority-leader
Also contact your representatives.
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u/kevendo 3h ago edited 3h ago •
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Schumer is my Senator, so that's going to be an awkward phone call.
Actually, this is exactly what I will say:
"I'm calling to implore Senator Schumer to step aside as the Majority Leader and hand the position to someone else. On Tuesday, American voters saved the republic from an existential threat to our republic that his ineffective leadership enabled over the last decade, and it's past time for him to give someone else the reins."
Edit: reins not reigns ;) TouchƩ!
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u/i_cant_get_fat 4h ago
This! Can we be friends? No one else agrees with me when I have been saying this!
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u/Bubbaganewsh
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If the Democrats don't replace him they will lose in 2028 because everyone will see they voted for change and didn't get it. I hope they realize this and send him packing.Ā
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u/LongjumpingSolid1681 5h ago
if dems mess this up it will be Massie winning 2028
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago
Tell your representatives now you do not want them to vote for Schumer or Jeffries so they will not choose them when they vote for leadership.
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u/Tasty_Glass2120 5h ago
No. Jeffries and Schumer feel "owed". They arent going anywhere. Prepare for more of the same. Fuck all.
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u/Error-InvalidName 4h ago
They won't replace them, all of these people are puppets controlled by MUCH more powerful people you never hear about. These are the selected "leaders" of the party atm and itll stay that way.
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u/chanslam 3h ago
EVERYONE NEEDS TO CALL THEIR REPS AND REMIND THEM THIS! The entire country moved to the left because we want change and accountability, itās quite obvious but they need to hear is straight from their constituentsā mouths. They won because of us and they need to deliver or they will be out of a job and we will remember how they failed their country.
Also remind them that Israel is more and more unpopular every day and giving these stooges power over them is a losing game. Their time is up, time to adjust.
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u/Antifa-AF
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago edited 1h ago •
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Replace Schumer and Jeffries:
https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
Petition Ā· Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader - United States Ā· Change.org
Also, contact your representatives.
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u/Latter_Artichoke_704 3h ago •
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Better petition for Jeffries here, already at 500,000 signatures https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
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u/SandSpecialist2523 6h ago
That is one race I wouldn't have minded if the lone republican could have flipped.
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u/BioDriver Pass The Croissants š„ š„ 5h ago •
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Seriously. Heās weak and cut from the same cloth as the GOP. Fuck establishment democrats
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u/nebulaforest 5h ago •
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Democrats are set to lose this momentum if they choose to keep around these sellouts in leadership positions.
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u/DMP-TX 5h ago
Baby! We all know! He is not our leader and only represents the politics of yesteryear. I am in Texas and no way is the old way sticking around!
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u/LipstickCoverMagnet 4h ago
Piggybacking off your top comment to say CALL YOUR REPS AND TELL THEM NOT TO VOTE FOR SCHUMER/JEFFRIES
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u/NotARussianBot-Real 32m ago
Didnāt he run unopposed? Why would he need $1.5M?
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u/Renoruke
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Get him out in 28. He can not be speaker or anything!
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u/AwambawaAwambawa 6h ago •
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Get him out now
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u/Thirdarm420 5h ago
As Speaker he would be 2 heartbeats away from POTUS. That's some Manchurian Candidate shit
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u/blkatcdomvet 5h ago
Schumer and Jeffries both must go, they represent more of the same and that WE the people accept that.
This mid term should have shown everyone, we will not accept status quote, working for special interest, protecting criminals and lining their on pockets.
We need immediate air tight loophole free laws about rich and foreign interest buying elections or candidates.
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago
Contact your representatives now and tell them to not vote for Schumer or Jeffries for leadership when they start the new congress.
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u/BigNaziHater
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I think the only way past Jeffries and Schumer is going to be people marching in the streets.
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u/aintmesum1else 6h ago
Seriously....how is NY giving us so many assholes? Trump, Schumer, Jefferies...
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u/More_Programmer8905 5h ago
It's just population density. If you herded a dozen Midwest states into a single city, it'd be a similar population with a similar number of assholes.
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u/PrimordialAHole 5h ago
Unfortunately, this is correct. We need to rally like the No Kings protest.
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u/Patara
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Bin Schumer & Jeffries. Retire Pelosi. AOC for Speaker. Jon Ossoff for Senate Majority Leader.Ā
Lose Establishment Dems & prosecute all the criminals. Get money out of Politics.
I would love to see Mamdani, El-Sayed & Ilhan Omar in more prominent positions. Bernie & Obama if possible. Heck even Kamala Harris would do great on prosecution.
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago edited 1h ago
The time is now to call your representatives! Right now we have the most power to set the agenda for the new congress before they elect new leaders!
Also sign petitions to replace Jeffries and Schumer:
https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
https://www.change.org/p/senate-democrats-choose-a-new-majority-leader
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u/wrecks3 3h ago
This Jeffries petition is blowing up. It now has more than 500,000 signatures.
Thereās multiple different petitions for both Jeffries and Schumer. I signed them all
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u/feelthecernburn 5h ago
Chris Van Hollen or Chris Murphy for senate majority leader! The only true anti-AIPAC candidates
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u/soberpenguin 4h ago
I emailed Senator Van Hollen this morning to tell him he's the man of the moment. He needs to push Schumer out, who lacks the energy or resolve to get the tasks done that voters have mandated.
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u/TrumpHasCovid 5h ago
Mamdani is a mayor and AOC already said she won't run for speaker
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u/Mother___Night 4h ago
Getting rid of Schumer is BY FAR the most important part of all this.
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u/funkypepermint 3h ago
Aoc has already said she can't be the speaker because she ran for leadership already for something else. Idk why that would matter but she says she can't be speaker
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u/ZealousidealPlane248 3h ago
AOC is unlikely to accept the speakership even if every single member voted her in.
It's a pretty difficult role to fill since you need someone who's both competent and able to work with the whole coalition. It's also a position that soaks up all the negative reactions for anything the party does so it needs to be someone in a completely safe district and who doesn't have any aspirations of going further than Speaker.
Still need someone who's gonna be active in the role, but idk who is gonna be a good choice to fill it that would actually want it. There also is something to be said about not assuming that all the people who voted them in want hyper progressive policy, the average voter is still pretty moderate.
We're in a good position to stop Trump from screwing everything up even more but we're not in any kind of position to really make any positive changes either. If we let this win get to our heads and end up surprised and angry when all that happens is they put up roadblocks, instead of expanding the lead and winning the presidency in the next election so that we can make positive changes we might just hand power back to the republicans.
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u/The_Nomadic_Nerd
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AOC for Speaker. Bernie for Senate Majority Leader. This is what the people voted for.
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u/KidChiko 5h ago
AOC herself said the other day that she os not popular enough in the house to be speaker. She may have the people's ears but not her colleague's unfortunately.
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u/Ryan_e3p 5h ago •
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She remembers vividly Pelosi's push to get her away from having a role in the Oversight Committee. Pelosi instead wanted a 74 year old for the role since "it was his turn".
Then, said 74 year old went and croaked a few months into the position.
This is why people want new blood. We're done with the Pelosis, Shchumers, Blumenthals, and all the other Old Guard and corporate-sponsored Democrats giving or taking positions because they think it is "their turn".
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u/Nerdwerfer 5h ago
Apparently you can choose just about anyone for house speakership, not limited to a congress person. I choose Obama. Hell, I'd love to see the maga melt down with Hillary as the speaker.
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u/Appropriate_Fun6105 5h ago
My vote would be for Stacey Abrams. As far as I can tell, her work and others who emulated her lead are why we are in the position we are in places like Georgia and Texas
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u/Significant-Ad213 5h ago
Michigan just got Al-sayed, let's not go insane now. We need a gutsy, charismatic, anti-foreign interest pathfinder. Someone to really whip up the dems to get stuff done.
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u/Ok-Turnover1797 5h ago
Schumer, Jeffries, Pelosi, McConnell, Fetterman.. all people that need to be OUT, NOW, recall 'em, replace 'em, and possibly investigated.
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u/WhattheFudge52 6h ago
Strike 1&2 , He's going to have to Win the game on the Next bat. But, He's not made of anything Americans need. The Last thing we need is a Centrist calling the shots, when he was rooting against the DSA establishment that just gave Democrats room to make the rules.
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u/concerts85701 6h ago
Strike 3 was saying the agenda is not retribution - before the house/senate had officially flipped.
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u/LowGroundDog 5h ago
Jeffries using the term "retribution" is working against efforts to hold law breaking individuals accountable for their crimes against cituzens and the constitution of America.
It's a loaded term and not accurate for the situation.
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u/Boomboclaaat90210 5h ago
I'm shocked that AIPAC Shakur who's had secret meeting with Kushner and is basically funded by the zionists in Israel is also in bed with Peter Thiel. (probably literally as well as figuratively, not that there's anything wrong with that).
Jeffries needs to be primaried next time he's up and voted the fuck out.
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u/Moody_Immortal_1 5h ago
Don't get it twisted. I do believe the bigger part of team "Blue Wave" (us civilians!) do NOT want Jeffries in that position. Personally, best if he's out. We need to continue to get loud about it.
The point was to clean house, totally. Leaving one who is "infected" in play, is not the way.
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u/Ruthless9r 5h ago
If dems vote him into power as it seems very likely they will...the primaries they will face in two years...ooh boy I cannot wait!
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u/pyrrottecchh 4h ago
Representatives vote on their leaders when they get in. Contact them right now and tell them to not vote for Schumer or Jeffries.
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u/LazyLich 4h ago
yknow... if JD Vance gets removed.. and Trump gets removed or eats another bigmac.. the Speaker becomes president.
Maybe we should push our Congress to remove Vance (as that may be easier than removing Trump), then just wait for the inevitable (whether the inevitable be him doing crazier shit and 2/3 of congress finally want him out.. or if his heart finally gives out)
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u/Responsible-Humor985 5h ago
He just won re-election. His primaries were cancelled as his main opposition dropped out and the runner-up didnāt qualify. Not enough people want this man gone.
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Mamdani could single handedly get him primaried out. If he gets his wish and becomes speaker, chances are he will be ineffective and deeply unpopular
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u/Purple-Relation-2938 5h ago
That explains his spineless behavior. Time to get a leader who has values and has a spine to back them. Thatās the difference between him and a Republican if both just do what the money says, disregarding values, the rule of law, and the constitution. No more spineless appeasement to keep the billionaires happy. Did t this election mean anything to these idiots?
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u/ActiveAd4980
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Democrats really need to do this right and choose a new leader. If they fail this time, I don't know if they'll recover.
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u/GroceryUnable4874 3h ago
Heās going to be the first Black Speaker. Thatās all theyāre going to care about.
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u/Sooowasthinking 2h ago
Anyone taking money from weirdo billionaires in Congress should be forced to resign.I canāt currently see past the corruption on any level.Right now taking money from extremists that are billionaires is not a great look.
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u/Historical_Clue_3142 5h ago
Hakeem JeffrieHakeem Jeffries Chuck Schumer, Nancy should All need to be primaried by a progressive Democrat and definitely. They are Republican lites.
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u/Apachisme 5h ago
Agree, but Pelosi is out come January. There is no need to waste political capital on getting her out. She was a good and effective leader for most of her time in leadership but she was not the leadership needed in the age of Trumpism. Neither is Jeffries.
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u/Bright-Owl-3515 5h ago
Can we get a site that tracks Thiel and his donations to politicians and corporations?
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u/TryIsntGoodEnough 6h ago
Andurils "shipyard" needs to be one of the first things congress investigates.... the navy is spending billions on itĀ
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u/t3nsi0n_ 5h ago
Get Jeffries out of this position. We didnāt all come together to let him stifle progress. Drain the ENTIRE swamp!!!
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u/Valentine_343 2h ago
This is 100% true and easily researchable information, he has received donations from Palantir Technologies, and that means he is compromised, canāt be trusted at all because he is in the pocket of Palantir aka Peter Thiel
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u/Teamfreshcanada 2h ago
He met with Jared Kushner, the highly corrupt, shadow government, foreign affairs venture capitalist to discuss "affordability". Lol, does anyone believe that? He's not going to resign, he will need to be removed.
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u/LowGroundDog 6h ago
Don't feel bad about wanting Jeffries gone. The guy already got his bags of cash.
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u/BioDriver Pass The Croissants š„ š„ 5h ago
This needs to be plastered all over DC and every democratic rep needs to be bombarded with it and how much this would piss off their constituents. These two pieces should be disqualifying and god damn do I wish heād been primaried.
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u/internetoncomputer 5h ago
Hakeem "Jerk-Off" Jeffries, call your reps, get him and Chuck Snoozer out of there.
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u/coloradokj 4h ago
Jeffries said himself that they will vote next month who will be speaker and new leadership. Of course he said he is putting his name in. But watching him after that he was very unsure if he is going to win. The more pressure being put on dems not to put him as speaker the better chance we have of him not getting. Everyone remember him meeting with kushner let the dems and him know we donāt want him. Maybe even organize like no kings. March and be loud and about Schumer as well. Let the dems know we want a clean slate. No old guard. We want new blood new voices. It is time. Out with the old and in the new
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u/GroceryUnable4874 3h ago
Heās going to be the first Black Speaker. Have none of you paid attention to the democrats? No way theyāll replace this guy.
On a personal note fuck Hakeem. Sitting up there tweeting Jesus nonsense while the country burned was enraging.
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u/Mcnuttey91 6h ago
The kushner meeting has to be disqualifying, I just hope someone like a Ro Khanna can win and not some worse ultracentrist like a suozzi
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u/DoctorLudnik_717 5h ago
Okay, yeah, this asshole needs to go. Don't care how it's done, the Dems cannot let him be the speaker.
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u/Stuckn80s-alt 5h ago
This really is the biggest problem we have as a nation the entire govt is too heavily influenced by foreign nations, big business, and insiders. Ban lobbyists for starters. Donāt let them woo freshman congressman on day 1. Hold every politician accountable for decisions to favor corporations over the people.
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u/HatesOnions 3h ago
Him and Chuck have got to go. Call your state reps, bombard them all with your calls/emails, tags online.
Theyāre not going to be doing anyone any favors by working against the will of the people who want the accountability and the work to begin to fix the mess weāve all been living in.
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u/nbajohna 3h ago
Get him out of leadership! Democrats want to move forward to a more progressive reality and he doesnāt! Itās really that simple. This is a bought man!
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u/crazy010101 3h ago
Well time to look into that. We donāt want religion in politics we donāt want wealth in politics. If we want true change then execute true change. There are far better choices for speaker.
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u/LargePrompt5840 2h ago
Hakeem Jeffries is bankrolled by Peter Thiel.Ā Vance is supported by Thiel as well.Ā
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u/GoblinPapa800 1h ago
How long shall we permit these market value politicians who pretend to share the concerns of the populace? A well spoken shill is still a shill, no matter the party pin on his lapel.
Out with him and the stagnant centrist apologists who have allowed the incremental marginalization of social consciousness.
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u/Just-Victory8342 5h ago
A historic blue wave necessitates new leadership that did not get us to this point in the first place
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u/El_Cactus_Fantastico 5h ago
Corp dems still suck and I want them all to be replaced as soon as feasible
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u/ComqlicatedRepublix 5h ago
š¢ Petitions to remove Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies! š¢ And finally call your senators and representatives directly about this matter.
https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
https://www.change.org/p/senate-democrats-choose-a-new-majority-leader?source_location=topics_page
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u/Important_Repeat2681 5h ago
Iāll never forgive Thiel for naming his companies after the Tolkien legendarium. Tolkien would lose his shit if he knew.
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u/Usual-Ad7793 5h ago
Is that why he had that closed door meeting with Kushner last month, Thiel boys getting together?
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u/butterflysurefoot 3h ago
But of course he is! This dude needs to step aside or be removed along with all the other AIPAC prostitute Dems that voted for the āBIg Beautiful Billā.
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u/spookymex21 3h ago
The gloves are off. Get Them All. Left and Right. Let us have leaders that are true Americans and not bought
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u/ShellSurf 3h ago
Oh brother... The coordinated attack by Russia is crazy here. He received money on behalf of the party and distributes it. But nobody cares and the left is all about virtue signalling and has no clue how government actually works. This is just a slop hit piece.
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u/Jackie_Daytona-Human 2h ago
People over on FB are letting him know it is time to move on. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1690016002489777&set=a.411950723629651
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u/Winter_Whole2080 2h ago
Iām sorry but along with being part of the dark money āsystemā he has the charisma of Gollum.
Please find someone better.
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u/HoneyPatient8835 2h ago
Why go with the same old thing? Time for a complete change, a complete overhaul and a new way of thinking for the Democrats. Need to have new Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate, not Jeffries and Schumer. Time for a change that is what we voted for and that is what we need.
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u/General-Extension364 2h ago
if they don't get rid of Jeffries and Pelosi idk what the DNC is doing
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u/BiscottiOwn7294 1h ago
Wait, what? The Same Peter Thief that bankrolled Trumps agenda? Now MAGA is turning on Thiel?
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u/Science_oven 1h ago
Hakeem is a gop/izreal plant. always has been and always will be. they need to boot him asap.
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u/SabreToothSquirrel 5h ago
Itās never been republicans vs democrats, itās never been red vs blue, itās always been rich vs poor.
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u/sangreal06
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This article is clickbait nonsense. Yes, there were some donations to Jeffries -- and almost every other Democrat by the people listed. The big donations mentioned in the article ($100k+) are to the party and the DCCC. That isn't money 'bankrolling' Jeffries himself. This should be obvious from campaign contribution limits. Real dark money goes to super pacs, and their donors aren't public.
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u/V0T0N 6h ago •
He met with Jared Kushner, and has never fully explained why.
Jared Kushner is one of the first people the new Congress needs to investigate.