MyBrainHurts

@ MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca

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21h ago

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 21h ago
Democrats have voted against almost every significant bill so far.
What would proposing bills do?
They've been doing the obstruction. You've forgotten Hakeem Jefferies' record setting filibuster because it doesn't make a lick of difference; "oh yay, the bill was stalled for two days! Mighty victory!"
The reality is that the Democrats are essentially powerless until the midterms and unfortunately, reality doesn't change because you wish it were otherwise.

1d ago

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They hold none of the three branches.

They can whine and protest, which they've been doing. Literally what else do you expect besides them to hold the country hostage via the debt ceiling or shutdown? (And, I might point out the Dems are in fact threatening a shutdown unless changes are made to ICE.)

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

The only major thing Republicans have been able to do is win minor concessions by threatening to effectively nuke the country. Democrats are not willing to hold the country hostage in the same manner because there are incredible consequences if the bluff is called. (A prolonged government shutdown stops poor people from eating, sick people from getting medical treatment etc. A refusal to lift the debt ceiling would place America in crippling debt and throw the world into a major financial crisis.)

During Biden's term, Republicans looked much stronger because the Supreme court had 6 Conservatives and the Democrats only had 50 seats in the Senate which included Manchin and Sinema. The Democrats have none of that leverage this time.

1d ago

Rita Hayworth during the filming of Gilda (1946)

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Ooooooh! I am, especially in a classic film community, a little embarrassed to say I've never seen an Orson Welles.

So this just moved up a few spots on my list!

1d ago

I am new

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Howdy! Hope you're enjoying it!

Can I ask, how'd you find out about the fediverse? (I'm always so curious, almost none of my IRL pals have heard of it despite more than a few working in tech.)

1d ago

Rita Hayworth during the filming of Gilda (1946)

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Oh fun! I'll add it to my list and hopefully check it out before too long.

1d ago

Rita Hayworth during the filming of Gilda (1946)

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Caught this awhile ago at my local theatre, was really impressed. Sometimes those old timey complicated relationship movies are pretty icky and while this one was a bit dated, it was a groovy time.

Was also my first Rita Hayworth (besides her "role" in the Shawshank Redemption I guess) so that was groovy.

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Homeslice, nothing in there says anything about millions of votes, let alone ten million.

The closest you get would be

"the DNC shared with us that their own data also found that policy was, in their words, a 'net-negative' in the 2024 election.

There were many net negative issues, like say, inflation and immigration which rated higher in most polling about voter issues etc.

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

as now everyone knows democrats won’t enforce the law against them, call them out on stuff, put forth a popular alternative.

What do you actually think the Democrats are able to do right now?

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

The primaries issue is the biggest tragedy to me. But, it also makes me chuckle when folks say the Dems answer is to just run a really progressive candidate and then masses of people will come vote for them. The same masses who somehow can never be bothered to make it to the primaries...

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

the yougov polls of pro-biden/anti-harris voters have shown us that harris lost 10 million votes because of gaza.

Imagine biting propaganda so hard that in the name of Palestiniansyou actively made things even worse for them and hundreds of thousands if not millions across the world.

I'd love to see the source on this though because 10 million is a wild number. Harris had 6 million fewer votes than Biden, so somehow losing ten million votes on something that wasn't the top election issue seems like an... Interesting claim.

1d ago

"Taiwan Independence" is a lie

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 1d ago

Ahhh, thank you! I didn't look particularly closely. Neat that Lemmy has that system, wonder if it always did.

2d ago

27 February 1989

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

Oh shit, I think this is the start of the longest plot in Calvin and Hobbes?

Certainly one of the plot points with the most long term effects as that box is the transmogrifier, the time travel something and the duplicator?

2d ago

Feelgood Friday... what are you looking forward to this weekend?

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

I agree! I try to keep in mind that however many ethical clothes etc I buy, all this fun is probably predicated on third world suffering but fuck me sideways, sometimes life is just good (even if I'm limping home because someone got too enthusiastic about bottom tier coed sports.)

2d ago

Feelgood Friday... what are you looking forward to this weekend?

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

This weekend looks great! Tomorrow, I'm gonna tey and recover from being dumb enough to be forty, go skiing and play soccer in the same day. Saturday, going to watch the local MLS team with a couple buddies. Sunday, going with a friend whom I don't see enough to catch the women's hockey team in their first game since the Olympics. In there, I hope to find time to throw some good friends' toddler around. And ideally, somewhere in there, get high and play Songs of Conquest to scratch that heroes of might and magic II itch until it bleeds.

2d ago

"Taiwan Independence" is a lie

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

Did you mean to screenshot the post?

Or if this is a "but you participate in society..." Comment, cool. I like spreading the word about piefed so folks know there is a system where you can note users and thus moderate your responses before expending good faith effort etc.

2d ago

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

??? Clinton, one of the most unpopular candidates in history, came within a couple hundred thousand votes.

Harris lost running on massive inflation, in the same wave that saw almost every incumbent government thrown out by historic margins and still came within only a couple of points of trump.

I'd also argue Harris was a bit doomed because of how hard we took the bait last time and screamed HITLER at every provocation. The independents and centrists who watched that and endured a bad but relatively normal presidency learned the lesson that the Left exaggerates and that their warnings are without merit. If we'd "kept our powder dry" maybe we could've convinced them the 6th was as bad as it was but, like my younger sister, we just screamed, took the bait and lost despite being right.

Call it the party who cried HITLER.

2d ago

MAGA-Stupdity Dealer Zuckerberg

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

Who could possibly have foreseen the enlightened child being a jerk with the people that disagree with them?

It’s partly a result of their position being indefensible, of course.

2d ago

Two facts

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

My bad, I misunderstood your question and gave you too much credit.

Your question is "why weren't the Dems a party for which I wanted to vote."

And in reality, not all choices are ideal. When it came to the Presidential election, there were two options, vote Democrat or support trump by either voting Republican or abstaining.

Enough people chose the latter and so here we are.

2d ago

MAGA-Stupdity Dealer Zuckerberg

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MyBrainHurts @piefed.ca 2d ago

Is it my fault what you wrote was completely unconnected to the comment?