Wags
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I am mostly just here to read posts from people whose opinions I respect, many of whom moved from another site because it got taken over by a basket of deplorables. (He/him/his)
They aren't though, except for Durbin. Losing control of 8 Senators in a morally complex game of chicken is not actively helping the fascists. We're 1 year away from the most important midterms of our lives. Now is not the time to fix the party. Now is the time for solidarity if ever there was one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
They aren't though, except for Durbin. Losing control of 8 Senators in a morally complex game of chicken is not actively helping the fascists. We're 1 year away from the most important midterms of our lives. Now is not the time to fix the party. Now is the time for solidarity if ever there was one.
"They permit themselves not to doubt of it [the Bible], and they carry the ideas they form of the benevolence of the Almighty to the book which they have been taught to believe was written by his authority...It is quite another thing; it is a book of lies, wickedness, and blasphemy." - Thomas Paine
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"They permit themselves not to doubt of it [the Bible], and they carry the ideas they form of the benevolence of the Almighty to the book which they have been taught to believe was written by his authority...It is quite another thing; it is a book of lies, wickedness, and blasphemy." - Thomas Paine
"As to the book called the bible, it is blasphemy to call it the Word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions and a history of bad times and bad men." - Thomas Paine
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"As to the book called the bible, it is blasphemy to call it the Word of God. It is a book of lies and contradictions and a history of bad times and bad men." - Thomas Paine
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary." - Ben Franklin
"Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another." - Ben Franklin
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies." - Ben Franklin
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - Ben Franklin
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - Ben Franklin
“As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?” - John Adams
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation. But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?” - John Adams
"It is the fable of Jesus Christ, as told in the New Testament, and the wild and visionary doctrine raised thereon, against which I contend. The story, taking it as it is told, is blasphemously obscene.” - Thomas Paine
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"It is the fable of Jesus Christ, as told in the New Testament, and the wild and visionary doctrine raised thereon, against which I contend. The story, taking it as it is told, is blasphemously obscene.” - Thomas Paine
"And the day will come, when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.” - Thomas Jefferson
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"And the day will come, when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.” - Thomas Jefferson
"We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication." - Thomas Jefferson
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication." - Thomas Jefferson
I sincerely believe it's the former. Unfortunately, rebuilding the party from the top down is not something that can be done in a year, while we are at war with fascists. Unless we want our asses handed to us in '26 and maybe lose democracy thereafter, attacking current leadership is the wrong play.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I sincerely believe it's the former. Unfortunately, rebuilding the party from the top down is not something that can be done in a year, while we are at war with fascists. Unless we want our asses handed to us in '26 and maybe lose democracy thereafter, attacking current leadership is the wrong play.
In your condescending post, u implied that Democratic leadership not calling for the heads of the 8 Senators proves that Democratic leadership secretly supports the CR. It doesn't. Normal people don't attack colleagues for disagreements. All but 1 Dem leader voted no and came out against the CR.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In your condescending post, u implied that Democratic leadership not calling for the heads of the 8 Senators proves that Democratic leadership secretly supports the CR. It doesn't. Normal people don't attack colleagues for disagreements. All but 1 Dem leader voted no and came out against the CR.
So if you're wrong, given your total lack of proof and Schumer's statement, you'd rather the 8 be attacked as treasonous fascists, & Schumer imply they be executed? He's not doing that because he's not a sociopath, so your suggestion it supports the argument of a grand conspiracy doesn't hold water.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
So if you're wrong, given your total lack of proof and Schumer's statement, you'd rather the 8 be attacked as treasonous fascists, & Schumer imply they be executed? He's not doing that because he's not a sociopath, so your suggestion it supports the argument of a grand conspiracy doesn't hold water.
Or, maybe, normal leaders that aren't mob bosses and career criminals DON'T call for the heads of colleagues for political disagreements. Trump is a piece of shit, and Schumer is a decent human being. He made his disagreement for the CR very clear. Attacking colleagues is not how normal leaders act.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Or, maybe, normal leaders that aren't mob bosses and career criminals DON'T call for the heads of colleagues for political disagreements. Trump is a piece of shit, and Schumer is a decent human being. He made his disagreement for the CR very clear. Attacking colleagues is not how normal leaders act.
Yes, I'm talking to the Democrats. All of us. Everyone's messaging matters. Plus, I don't think the leadership is entirely to blame for this. Individuals cave for different reasons. I don't believe this was some master plan of Schumer's. It may be a failure of leadership to keep individuals in line.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yes, I'm talking to the Democrats. All of us. Everyone's messaging matters. Plus, I don't think the leadership is entirely to blame for this. Individuals cave for different reasons. I don't believe this was some master plan of Schumer's. It may be a failure of leadership to keep individuals in line.
Yeah, I keep wondering if the unfaithful eight did it out of self-interest or perhaps too much compassion for starving Americans. Millions on SNAP are probably very relieved they don't have to fear imminent starvation. All Trump's doing, but nonetheless.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yeah, I keep wondering if the unfaithful eight did it out of self-interest or perhaps too much compassion for starving Americans. Millions on SNAP are probably very relieved they don't have to fear imminent starvation. All Trump's doing, but nonetheless.
Sorry, I don't believe that. The 2 retiring & the 6 not up for reelection in 2026 are just more likely to break ranks because they care less about being primaried. Those up for reelection in '26 will need party support so won't break ranks. Schumer came out against the CR. I'll take him at his word.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sorry, I don't believe that. The 2 retiring & the 6 not up for reelection in 2026 are just more likely to break ranks because they care less about being primaried. Those up for reelection in '26 will need party support so won't break ranks. Schumer came out against the CR. I'll take him at his word.
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday. A no vote is a no vote.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday. A no vote is a no vote.
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR (Continuing Resolution) that fails to address the health care crisis.” - Chuck Schumer, yesterday