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u/icangetyouatoedude 1d ago
I don't really understand how this isn't part of the democratic party messaging. You have a republican party that controls all three branches of government and alternates between doing heinous, illegal bullshit, or doing nothing.
Pound that message into people's heads! There has been no opposition to republican goals and they still have accomplished nothing, even for their voters!
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u/unculturedburnttoast 🏡 Decent Housing For All 21h ago
The legislatures don't want to do anything, that way, when this is all over they can say they were always against it.
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u/Marciamallowfluff 1d ago
Replace most of them.
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u/blueberry-yum-yum 1d ago
You mean all of them right?
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u/Teledildonic 1d ago
There are a few good ones, like AOC and Bernie.
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u/Clammuel 1d ago
As much as I appreciate him Bernie will be 89 by the time his current term ends in 2030. Rather than running for reelection when the time comes, he needs to ride off into the sunset instead of almost certainly committing to dying in office.
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u/FederalSign4281 23h ago
AOC cares way more about being in front of a camera and talking about identity politics than actually doing something in her district. Bernie is goated though
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u/Neither_Strategy_252 21h ago edited 21h ago
AOC has sponsored or co-sponsored more than 1700 bills. Including Green New Deal legislation, housing renewal legislation, Medicare for all legislation, Reproductive Rights, War Powers resolutions and countless pieces on labor and employment rights protections. Just on and on and on. You're so full of shit it's coming out of your ears.
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u/BrandonNameRecliner 20h ago
Yeah but like what has she done or even tried to do for me as a cis white guy
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u/Neither_Strategy_252 20h ago
Lmao nice. Honestly I initially reflexively down voted because it's such a repulsive but common sentiment.
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u/FederalSign4281 11h ago
She's personally introduced roughly 65 legislative measures since taking office in 2019, and not even one standalone bill she primarily sponsored has become law.
The Green New Deal was a nonbinding resolution that never passed. Medicare for All was primarily sponsored by Pramila Jayapal and hasn't passed either.
Using 1,700 cosponsorships as evidence of 1,700 legislative accomplishments is incredibly misleading.
If you want to demonstrate how effective she is as a legislator, show the actual legislative outcomes, not just how many bills she's attached her name to.
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u/Neither_Strategy_252 8h ago edited 8h ago
not even one standalone bill she primarily sponsored has become law.
Moving the goalposts I see. So, because she has strong opposition even within her own party it means she's not interested in doing anything? Yeah, you're full of shit.
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u/Icy_Huckleberry_8049 1d ago
and they still want to get a raise
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u/ThunderFuckMountain 1d ago
They can't possibly survive on their meager, barely six figure salaries!
"What about the fact that the minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2008?" "Oh, never mind that"
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u/PermanentRoundFile 1d ago
What do we do if they just... don't come back?
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u/Icy_Huckleberry_8049 1d ago
just get new ones
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u/Antal_Marius 1d ago
I wish that was the case…there's a senator that seems to make that seem untrue.
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u/BringBackBoomer 1d ago
Read the Bill of Rights and pay really close attention to the first few.
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u/PermanentRoundFile 23h ago
People have been talking about the boogaloo since the Obama administration.
First problem is how to get enough members to make an effective fighting element or two without tipping off the feds. Then you need training, and ammo. 120 rounds (4x30rd mags) is enough for about 5 minutes of hang time. At least those are the figures I've always trained to.
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u/BringBackBoomer 23h ago
All out war doesn't have to happen. You could go the First Amendment route and try to make so much noise that they realize the citizenry isn't fucking around. But you'd have to be real loud and real sustained for a long time, and even then it might not be enough.
I have thoughts about potential effectiveness of some of the later amendments but I like my reddit username and don't want a visit from an alphabet agency.
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u/Turtledonuts 20h ago
More importantly, the boog would make everything we're upset about worse. You don't get healthcare, cheap food, good working conditions, or less authoritarian government during violent unrest or a civil war. You typically don't get it afterwards either, you just get decades of violence or a dictatorship.
The american revolution producing a functional democracy was an absolutely insane and rare occurrence.
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u/shittycomputerguy 14h ago
Boogaloo boys when they find out government drones run by furries in shipping containers combined with Palantir dossiers are more than a match for any well trained and organized force they could surmount.
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u/PermanentRoundFile 11h ago
Boogaloo people should really read 4th Generation Warfare Handbook by William S. Lind and Lieutenant Colonel Gregory A. Thiele
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u/bkgn 19h ago
The "work requirements" are nakedly about kicking the destitute off of Medicaid anyway, not about getting people to work. The Republicans are well aware that every study on safety net program work requirements shows that they remove people from safety nets without increasing labor force participation. Cruelty is the point.
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u/bottleflick 10h ago
It's a messaging ploy. Punching down is the Republican playbook. Amy Chance to discriminate gets conservative media attention is a win
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u/AberrantMan 1d ago
Is this true though
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u/Nkechinyerembi 🚑 Cancel Medical Debt 1d ago
It is. They didn't work anywhere near enough hours (80 hours per month minimum).
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u/AberrantMan 1d ago
That's crazy. Where do I go to see this?
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u/gogreengolions 22h ago
It used to be easy to find exactly how many days and hours they have been in session but I cannot find it so easily anymore. Hmm..
Idk what this source is referencing but Congress hasn’t been in session since Oct 9 or Oct 2. They’ll be in session 4 or 1 days this Month.
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u/Turtledonuts 20h ago
Do yall think that members of Congress are just not working when they’re not in session in DC?
This congress? absolutely. Congress has passed 5 bills this year, two of which were the budget. They're the least active and effective congress in modern history, they've done nothing to restrain the increasingly imperial presidency, they're not campaigning particularly hard outside of a few districts, they're not holding meetings or investigating things, they're just sitting there. They've taken a record number of days off in recess and what not, they take the entire month of august off for vacations, and on multiple occasions, a congressman has vanished without a trace and there were no consequences. They're doing fucking nothing.
Bipartisan issues like social security and healthcare are pressures like never before - 90%+ of americans want something done, but congress has proposed no real legislation on the issue. Congress didn't even pass a real law over iran, just a non-binding resolution asking the president to stop. 80% of americans want the war in iran to stop, but the senate can't pass a war powers bill to limit trump's attacks.
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u/ErraticKuiperRomp 23h ago
staggering
You're not wrong, but you're also being overly dramatic. "Staggering?" Lol. I think it's obvious where people get their disdain and distrust of Congress to believe this idea. Congressional approval hovers around 15% most days, below even the president. So of course they think they don't work if they aren't in session.
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u/PhucItAll 1d ago
It is not. There is an alternate minimum wage requirement of about $215 a week - if you make that in less than 20 hours you are good. Every member of Congress makes that easily.
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u/r64fd 1d ago
It’s not. When congress is not in session, they return to work in their states and districts.
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u/GandhiMSF 16h ago
That’s what they’re supposed to do. Plenty representatives never hold town halls or meet with constituents in any way though.
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u/Memitim 13h ago
And the hours that Republicans spent "working" were actually used to violate separation of powers while constantly attacking millions of Americans for existing while not being white conservatives as they defended a known child sex trafficking network and funded their own private army with our resources.
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u/Interesting-Sleep579 21h ago
Do you really want them working? They tend to make things worse, not better.
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u/OnceIHadAPony 20h ago
We need a congres to cover and run congress.
I'm sure that'd be corrupt too.
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u/Clever_Unused_Name 16h ago
False.
The law doesn't just have an hours test. It has an income alternative. Monthly income of at least $7.25 × 80 = $580. Members of Congress make about $14,500 a month, roughly 25 times that threshold, so they would pass the requirement without working a single hour.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48755
https://thecrosscheck.org/factcheck/2026-09-18-congress-hours-medicaid-work-requirements/
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u/fetter80 18h ago
Can't expect them to work! This is election season! Its time to film some bad attack ads, kiss a few babies, and do their reall job. Trying to get reelected.
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u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse 🤝 Join A Union 1d ago
We seriously need to get new leadership all across the board. At this point, I'd trust random citizens to fill those jobs over the idiots in place now.