Random Politics Thread

Virtual ghost · Mar 13, 2025

Trump's 'assault on science': Bad for the US, good for EU?

EU to invest $5bn in South Africa after US aid withdrawal

Since the topics came out in some of the posts I will add this into the mix.
Because loss of influence and control over supply chains is what makes all of this basically irreversible.

ceecee · Mar 13, 2025

Totenkindly said:
Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight

Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution that passed the House Tuesday is a “horrible” bill, but there’s growing sentiment within the Senate Democratic conference that it would be too risky to block the legislation and risk a government shutdown that could drag on for...

www.yahoo.com

When they ask what radicalized people to vote for the actual left, I think the response is going to be "the Fourth Reich Repubs & the Do-Nothing Dems."

They are just handing them the keys at this point.

This ^^ is exactly why voting for a centrist for president like Gavin Newsom will never work. Never. I do anticipate Secretary Mayor Pete announcing a run soon since he turned down gov. and Senate in Michigan. I think he could have won the Senate seat too, what a dummy.

ceecee · Mar 13, 2025

BTW, the Bernie rally was a bright ray of fucking sunshine - 9000+ people at a high school gym.

Thousands gather at Bernie Sanders ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally in Warren

Thousands of people came out for the Senator Bernie Sanders rally in Warren Saturday.

www.clickondetroit.com

This is a Trump county. Lots of auto and auto adjacent workers getting fucked.

Totenkindly · Mar 13, 2025

So after having a brief hurrah about "We're not voting for the screwball GOP plan," now we're back to this, just as anticipated.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/g-s1-53495/senate-democrats-funding-bill-government-shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, says he will vote to keep the government open, signaling a path for Democrats to vote with Republicans to overcome a filibuster in the Senate and pass a six-month spending bill ahead of the Friday deadline.

Schumer delivered a lengthy speech explaining his decision, arguing that a shutdown would give Trump more power and "is a far worse option."

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option," Schumer said.

Schumer also said he believed Republicans would weaponize a shutdown to reopen "only their favorite departments and agencies." He went on to say a shutdown is not a political game...

This appeared in my Facebook feed posted by NPR, and everyone is tearing in Schumer.

SensEye · Mar 13, 2025

The Democrats are a rudderless ship. That we can agree on. Schumer really needs to go, he has been worthless since the rise of Trump.

The Cat · Mar 13, 2025

When you stop mistaking collaboration for confusion centrist dem leadership makes more sense. Its sucks but it makes sense.

The Cat · Mar 14, 2025

Go Fuck yourself Chuck.
Go Fuck yourself Hakeem.
Seeing as how you're not going to do your thrice damned jobs.
Sold out Collaborators.

The Cat · Mar 14, 2025

Wouldnt want "mentally ill" people being functional members of society.
They need to go to work farms to make up for the immigrants who are being deported.
>_<