no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good

March 14, 2025 - 00:55 UTC

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I don’t know. The Democratic establishment and their mainstream media co-capitulators spring into action like a well-oiled panzer manned by meth-fueled commandos when Bernie and M4A posed a threat to their real constituents.
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We may have given up all of our leverage, but at least we capitulated at every turn
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any day now obama is going to unleash that political capital he's been hoarding for the last 16 years and we're gonna get medicare for all
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When you’re that old everything feels hasty
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Why don’t people understand that this powder can’t keep itself dry?
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This is, incidentally, also the most miserable way to play literally any video game. Or any "game" generally. Or life itself.
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I still have a crush on Gorbachev
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They're saving their energy for a situation they actually oppose (popular leftist movement)
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We won't quit until we strip Mamdani of his citizenship and send him back to El Salvador! - Democrats
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When the Referee Of Politics checks at the end of politics season, whoever has the driest powder wins.
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Trying to win by TKO
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That's just being a coward.
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Meanwhile, they are self serving by worrying about their stock portfolios and next election. While quality of life on this planet is destroyed.
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If any of them have managed to keep their portfolios in order after the past week then I understand the lack of focus on doing their actual job. That shit would have been hard work!
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A month or two ago some dipshit on here was talking about Hakeem Jeffries and saying "watch the hands," as if he had some secret wizardry he was planning to pull out. Lol, I could not have more contempt for that kind of bullshit.
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They might as well be waiting for the Singularity or some beneficent AI. Acting today is like their kryptonite.
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Schumer was obviously cut in on some Israeli land grab.
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Plenty of good gets done by them while they are being made the target.
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No matter what the circumstances, you still talk shit like the fuckwit you are. 🫵🤡😂😂😂
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I can’t believe they tricked me into thinking they were being smart for like 8 hours :(
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Any… moment… now…
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Just wait until...

...The voters see what Trump is really like
... We have a majority in the Senate
...Sinema and Manchin are gone
... Trump has a disastrous debate
...etc.
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One of these decades it will finally pay off! Lol
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Much like how I refuse to write in some of my fancy notebooks because I’m saving them for something *good*
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Chuck Schumer finishes the RPG with 700 potions in his inventory.
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Reminds me of how they'd stretch the hell out of DBZ battle arcs by charging up for 5 episodes but there's never a pay off
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AFTER we do the work to get them elected.
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Virtue signaling in the flesh
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There’s a reason these people always seem to roll over for the GOP…
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f*ck. this hits hard. i hate that this is as true as it is.
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But your alternative to them is destroying you government and country. You folks need a third party.
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Two party system run by the same donor industries that does not represent you.
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Oh my god I hate this party so much for enabling fascists
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They're going to kick the fuck out of the football as soon as it isn't yanked away... maybe next time
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bsky.app/profile/malaclypse.bsky.social/post/3lkc6ch2ges2z
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Well they’re “keeping their powder dry” …. because some of them were fucking alive when we used muskets!
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The spirit of 1864 lives on in today's Democratic party
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They can FO and live in reality, which means NO campaign funds if they vote for the CR.
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The dem establishment politicians never actually stand up and fight if there is anything like risk.
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Democrats, man. Pretty broad sweep. If you go over to the dark side you can have unity in pursuit of evil.
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i love rationalist longtermism
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No one needs a billion dollars!!!
That’s 1000 million.
Let’s put a global cap on that!!!

Pass it on!! ✊
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a mythical future fight where there are no risks
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With friends like Chuck Schumer, who needs Tulsi Gabbard?
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If the Dems personally knew Superman they wouldn't call him during a FEMA level crisis because of all of their what if down the line.....

Never the now with them, never, my whole life.
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We’ve always shown weakness and whining, we need a loudmouth ass kicker unafraid to b*tch slap upon arrival
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ah yes, the “bizarro scrappy doo”
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Well you never know when there will be a fascist government in power and they'll be on the verge of losing democracy. Then they'll be using every ounce of their strength to stubbornly resist it, supporting anyone as long as they oppose dictatorship.
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They treat their energy the way I treat my potions in an RPG.
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Yep, always putting ourselves in a great situation to win the next election…which we’ll only weakly start trying to win a couple of months before voting day.
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grabbing the leash before hesitating at the door my human says “no, you know what, i think i will take you on a walk tomorrow”
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the dems arent made to do something good theyre one half of a party, the republicans being the other half
they will agree on the same exact fundemental points and only differ on implementation
whatever the gop is, the dems will be
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The weekend I think. Or retirement.

No wait you literally have to drag their corpse out of there.
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Sure, you're cynical that day come, but it will be all rainbows.
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They are the political equivalent of the Shepard Tone, always building up but never actually resolving in something.
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As a gamer I sympathize, but these aren't one-shot nuke launchers here. They're refusing to use the god-damned starter knife.
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With Schumer and Jeffries in leadership, Dems from the rest of the country are now experiencing the rot of the New York Democratic Party, whose leaders' primary concern has long been holding onto their own power *within the party* and staving off primary challengers, rather than fighting the GOP.
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Saving all that political capital for so long, maybe there's enough in the account to really splash out and get the footlong, cookie, and a drink next time
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JUST ONE of the many problems with two viable political parties, each representative safe and secure in their nearly solid red or blue district. Now with one lunatic party the choices and talent are limited.
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When our representational gov abandons us, we are also forced to abandon it as a means to protect ourselves. We cannot peacefully petition for recognition therefore we must forcefully insert ourselves into wielding political power.

Dems changed the rules, d only fight for us is out on d streets.
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Democrats are to using their political capital like I am to using potions in video games. I know I need to GET them, but I never want to use them in case the NEXT thing needs it more.

(Ask me how many ultraballs I have in Pokemon Go)
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the fucking george b. mcclellans of contemporary american politics
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Just like my fucking D&D players
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And in that future there will be unicorns 🦄 under rainbows 🌈 singing Kumbaya as democracy dies.
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Also, Dems always bring a plastic spork to a Repube knife fight. Utterly clueless milquetoast morons. If FDR were still here, he’d thrash them to a pulp with his crutches.
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They need to stop falling back onto this draconian way of doing things. The old ways are dead, they need to resign if they can't fight this war.
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The Dem leaders are like that player at the poker table who keeps on waiting for that pocket pair of aces to go all-in while bleeding the blinds. At a certain point he’s left w/barely enough chips to cover the blinds and going all-in, even with that elusive pocket aces won’t matter anymore!
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When everything's a distraction, you don't gotta do shit.
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That's been part of the grift. They were never intending to deliver.
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Highest stakes episode(s) of Hoarders ever.
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As long as there is hope, I will be a Democrat and I have. all my life. been a Democrat. Because I see the other side as hopelessly worshipping gold over humanity. I've been active in politics since 1976 and have striven to move the country to the left in each election.
As long as there is hope.
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Maybe if we vote harder, hope harder, that day will come?🙏🤞…Nah, just kidding. I though Obama would bring change, he didn’t. I thought Bernie would bring change, then they used dirty tricks to ensure he wasn’t their nominee, twice. Corporate money MUST be removed from politics. How do we get there?
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You elect enough dems to get the campaign finance reform passed that they tried to get done when Biden was in office. Tossing the filibuster isn't the way. A simple majority right now would be a complete nightmare.
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very relatable, you should see how many rune arcs my elden ring character has managed to hoard
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i.e. during the Primaries,if there is a left- populist challenger.
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any day now
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Fucking exactly. Feckless assholes.
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No no saving that energy to fight the left
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Feckless
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You laugh now, but I bet you'll eat your words when barechested gun-totin' Chuck blows up the alien mothership.
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I mean they have to keep their powder dry. You realize the next election is the most important one of our lifetime?

It's also the year of Linux on the Desktop.

Oh and we'll have full self driving.
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You must’ve been watching Chuck Schumer on All in with Chris Hayes. My thought exactly.
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NO MORE MR NICE
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We wouldn't want them to hurt the gop's feelings. That would be uncouth.
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Dems are the part of 'live to fight another day' and the GOP is the party of 'die on every hill'.
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Just changed to independent from @democrats.org. I can’t be associated with this party anymore. Ridiculous emails begging for money to fight, while the only thing they do is roll over and play dead. The fact that @schumer.senate.gov still has a job should say enough.
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And when they have had that chance, they have squandered it. Even when they had the ball, they played defense. And now the clock is running out and they may not get the ball back again.
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The baffling thing is that Democrats are pretty united on this. All but one vote in the House. Most (vast majority?) of the Dems in the Senate. Seemingly every faction of the Democratic electorate. Chuck Schumer's holding out with a handful of fellow cowards against damned near everyone else.
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He'll reach across that aisle if it's the last thing he does, and no one - *no one* - will stand in his way as he moves with steely determination toward a full and unyielding capitulation.
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How Democrats know its time to defend the principles they were elected to defend
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Fuck these assholes BTW
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They're all old, pretending they're saving their energy when they have none to begin with
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gotta keep your powder dry. that's the most important part of war, the guy with the dryest powder wins
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Like Scrooge McDuck swimming through all this dry powder
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but just think of how fucking dry it must be!

sure, most powders are dry, we can all agree on that. it’s basically the main thing that defines ‘what is a powder?’ right, that it’s dry? but this powder, man, this powder they’ve been storing up oh shit it’s like SO GODAMNNED DRY
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"never used powder" is an achievement at the end of the game, probably
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Are they aware that they’re going up against people who snort power?
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The expression on my face as all my dry powder is confiscated as I'm dragged to the gulag
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Can’t see the whites of their eyes if they’re whacked out on K
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Keep your powder dry so that the firing squad can use your own rifle on you. That way they don’t waste powder
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You should in fact keep your powder next to the fire, for maximum dryness
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It's like in a video game where you save all your consumables for the final boss.
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Dems never using the health potions in their inventories.
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“Look upon my works ye mighty and note the driest of powders in my storehouses”
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Not if the powder never leaves the armory. 🤷‍♂️

(I'm hoping you were actually being sarcastic. 🤔)
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EM: How dry is your powder?

JC: My powder is so dry, it's powdered powder.
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Best way to do that is to leave it at home
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bsky.app/profile/malaclypse.bsky.social/post/3lkc6ch2ges2z
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"At least we kept it dry for a few more moments."
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:artillery strike sends ammo dump to the moon:
You see that? You don't get an explosion like that if your powder's wet. That's how you know we've been doing things right!
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Burning gunpowder produces moisture, so the best way to keep dry is never use. Not 100% on that, but I don't feel like looking it up.
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I always leave my powder dry. I sit on it, cackling. As my enemies approach, I will ignite my extremely dry powder while continue to sit on top of it. I can only imagine their begrudging admiration for my commitment is going to haunt them forever.
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And appealing to imaginary middle-of-the-road voters who DO NOT EXIST.
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Well said.
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"just one more $5 donation and we'll <insert some really important thing they never actually do because $5 is $5>. This the most important election of our lives" etcetera
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They're the Skyrim buff potions of real life. Yeah +50% two handed damage would be useful now, but what if I need it later?
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As rallying cries go, "keep your head down and hide under a blanket like a puppy during a thunderstorm" is even lamer than usual for Dems
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They only have fight for the left.
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Shameful and disappointing .
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Especially frustrating when, as Rep Keating recently showed, Republicans often fold in the face of the least amount of push back from someone who looks like them
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📌
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What if there is no football, The Democrats are Lucy, and voters are Charlie Brown falling on their ass attempting to kick a football that doesn't exist?
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For all the "we must pick our battles" tut tutting, it would be REAL nice if they ever picked one
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That's just mean. They may have a bad reputation for slowness and spinelessness, but they're actually really quick and aggressive when it's time to shut down a popular leftist candidate or representative or talking point.
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Democrats will save their energy to fight the left.
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Remember in "The Sure Thing" when John Cusack & Daphne Zuniga are caught in the rain with nowhere to stay & a broken car and she says she has a credit card but it's only for emergencies?
...That is the Democratic party, in every situation, except they never figure it out
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We need a third party that appeals to all the regular everyday Americans.
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Sadly their methods make them money. Wake up . Not be Trump. Take a few calls not be Trump. Do some media. Not be Trump. Lobbiest give you money. Still not Trump. Trade your stocks with insider info. Not be Trump. Go to sleep. Not be Trump. Do it again tomorrow.
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But the leopards are almost full from eating faces. Just a little while longer. They’ll take a nap

Then we can do a poll. Take 3 months to do a post mortem. Just to conclude we should remove our bones because the leopards might choke and we don’t want to be responsible for their discomfort.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Attendants href="/search?t=posts&q=Downfall_of_the_eunuch_faction">#Downfall_of_the_eunuch_faction

"...Zhang Rang turned to Emperor Shao and tearfully said, "We're going to be destroyed and chaos will break out in the Empire. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself!" He then threw himself into the river and drowned."

ok u kno wat its possible
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Not all of them.
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Based on what we’ve seen in the past 24 hours, which are the ones that don’t do this?
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Maybe this ghengis khan guy will get a little worn out from all the pillaging and that’s when we’ll really show him
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When the final God of War boss fight becomes reality… They. Will. Be. Ready.
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Whoever coined the term "political capital" doomed us all.
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Hold.
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Their powder is so, so dry.
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Reminds me of any rpg i ply where i hoard all my items for the final boss except in this case we have barely anything and are getting our ass kicked
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Maybe if the majority of them were under the age of 80, they wouldn't need to save so much of their fucking energy.
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Yup…this is the @governorwalz.mn.gov quote that won me over and that encapsulates the difference between our truly progressive and productive Dems and the Dems like Schumer: “you don’t win elections to bank political capital—you win elections to burn political capital and improve lives”
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reminds me of when they caved
on the second impeachment

had they driven it home
it would have destroyed the republican party and its base
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He spent more energy fighting mamdani
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It’s gonna be so awesome though
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Schumer has got to go
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And yet they somehow mysteriously manage to repeatedly give republican shit juuuuuuust enough votes.
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SOME Democrats.
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Which of them stood up for Al Green?

Or are we gonna pretend that ten of those didn't straight-up go to the mile of voting to censure him?
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Don't worry guys, if we give them a supermajority and the presidency, every state legislature, and the entire SCOTUS,

they'll think about codifying Roe v Wade. /s
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@schumer.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
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Not this time, this was callous. This was a decision made by a guy with a guaranteed income, prestige and a cozy office. This was Trump level selfishness. While the rest of the world suffers in the tent of resistance, Schummer pitched a pup-tent of his own. Room for one! I am ashamed!
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Chuck Schumer is the feather duster we brought to the gunfight.
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the democrats are like "we need to save this for later" even when they have 99 megalixers in their inventory
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Now the Republicans can proudly go home and tell all of their hungry constituants that they bravely fought until the Democrats caved and they were able to give them their SNAP benefits back! It won't really even be a lie. Goddamn it.
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It is s lie? They didn’t fight. They’re probably not going to put the SNAP benefits back. They don’t care about their poor supporters, only the rich ones.
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There is truth to this...and sometimes it is the correct course. I am more concerned with "we need to be more like the GOP"...
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the worst edging session in world history
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Ever Fucking Green
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Pity that situation never comes...
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Big Uvalde cop energy coming from the Dems.
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Resurrecting the Reagan Dems - to honor the #ComityFairy!
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Jam tomorrow.
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