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Don’t lie.

I’m not. Biden pretended to want a ceasefire just like Harris did. There was NO daylight between the two. None. She presented NO policy differences on Gaza from Biden. Not one.

And I no longer trust promises without policy behind them. Democrats are great at promising shit they have no intention of doing and then gleefully announcing that their hands are tied.

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I’m not.

You are. I even gave the receipts. They were different, but people on the left didn’t want to hear it.

Democrats are great at promising shit they have no intention of doing and then gleefully announcing that their hands are tied.

That’s what a refusal to remove the filibuster and a razor thin majority will do. Manchin and Sinema were devastatingly effective in their obstruction. That’s what a systemic issue can do in a nutshell. With the Senate, a tiny minority can overturn the will of the majority. Our refusal to fix it is part of how we got here. And things will continue to get worse if we don’t take steps to fix it.

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You are. I even gave the receipts. They were different, but people on the left didn’t want to hear it.

You gave examples of worthless political vaguery. There was no policy difference between Harris and Biden on the genocide you’re going to bat for.

That’s what a refusal to remove the filibuster and a razor thin majority will do.

It does not matter how big a majority Democrats get. They find the no votes. It’s how they killed the public option when they had a supermajority.

Manchin and Sinema were devastatingly effective in their obstruction.

They were successful at doing the party’s work. There are always just enough Manchins.

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There was no policy difference between Harris and Biden on the genocide

The policy difference was Harris wants to end the war.

you’re going to bat for.

I want people to live free or die trying. You want to be morally pure.

It does not matter how big a majority Democrats get. They find the no votes. It’s how they killed the public option when they had a supermajority.

They managed to get to exactly 60 votes with independents twice. That’s how Joe Lieberman was able to kill the public option by threatening a filibuster. He fits the white moderate description to a T. It wouldn’t fair to do it without the Republicans. The Democrats are neoliberals, institutionalists. It only took one vote to kill the public option. They of course weren’t willing to enact systemic change to get results. I am aware. This is what I’m arguing.

Our refusal to fix it is part of how we got here. And things will continue to get worse if we don’t take steps to fix it.

They were successful at doing the party’s work. There are always just enough Manchins.

Neat conspiracy theory. Manchin owns a coal company. Sinema was bought. The Democratic Party had to work around the interests of elites, which is another reason why we need wealth redistribution.

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