• tankfox ( tankfox@bookwyr.me ) 
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    That’s because AIPAC is bribing everyone in congress. What about the 200+ republican stooges who voted adamantly to continue this pathetic charade?

    It would be right in line with AIPAC to run ads against themselves now that it’s clear the wind is blowing against them. They have no human morals or values, simply an insectile level drive for nationalism, and certainly not united states nationalism.

    • 0_o7 ( 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      10 hours ago

      I always love a good whataboutism.

      It’s not the republicans who want to end Israel’s influence, now do they?

      So who do you think should be called out when democrats go out of their way to do what republicans want?

    • Just because we are talking about democrats being assholes, doesnt mean Republicans aren’t too. This is like the inverse version of “everyone’s lives matter” when discussing black lives matter.

      All of these pricks need to get primaried by DSA candidates for their next term, or it basically proves that even our “left” party has been co-opted by fascists and are simply placations to prevent true change.

      • tankfox ( tankfox@bookwyr.me ) 
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        The point of the original post is to dogwhistle that AIPAC is a democrat problem and I’m taking the ten seconds to explain that AIPAC is a pervasive problem affecting our entire government.

        • I think dogwhistle is a bit strong. They are being specific about democrats because the democratic party voting for this should have required absolutely 0 brain cells, and they are pointing out the possible reason for the cognitive dissonance.

          Anyone paying half attention knows aipac is a problem with republicans as well, but we didn’t expect them to vote to impeach hegseth because of tribalism alone, no need for further explanation.

          The audience of the message was democratic voters, to reign in their party, not to the entire voting populace.

        • Not enough. These filthy fucking traitors deserve to be stripped of every single dollar they’ve taken to sell out the American people, after they watch that happen then they deserve a traitors fate.

          Heads need to roll for anything to change.

  • Didntdoit71 ( Didntdoit71@feddit.online ) 
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    23 hours ago

    I’m sick of this story already. All of the outrage at Democrats for not wasting time on an impeachment that would have lead to Hegseth being exonerated in the Senate is just stupid. This isn’t the newly elected Democrats, it’s the Republicans who are still
    in power until January. Wait until the new Congress is sworn in in January. If they fail to impeach Kegsbreath then, then you can get mad at them. An impeachment now would have lead to a dishonest trial in the Senate and Petey looking not only innocent, but a victim of political partisanship. If anyone actually believes he would have been found guilty by the current Senate, please dm me, I have a tower in France I need to sell.

    • Cethin ( Cethin@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Why wait though? Sure, it was going to fail in the Senate, but it’s about sending a message. It’s a warning salvo. Since this was a Republican plan, it’s a signal for them to cooperate for their own political gain. They get to benefit from turning against MAGA, even though it’s way too late. They suck, but we should use their selfishness to move them away from the MAGA grasp.

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      Democrats still won’t have a supermajority in the Senate needed to convict come the new Congress in 2027, so you’re likely to see a failure to convict then as well. They’ll need 11-12 Republican Senators to cross the floor and the numbers likely just aren’t there unless there’s a rank-and-file Republican revolt in the next two months. The odds of that happening, I’d argue, are fairly slim.