Every single Democrat posting "of course government waste is a problem, but..." is providing cover for this plundering. - ThreadSky

spavel.bsky.social • 99 days ago

Every single Democrat posting "of course government waste is a problem, but..." is providing cover for this plundering.

Is pediatric cancer research fraud, waste, and abuse?

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Exactly. And if the public has agreed at any point that the government is bloated and needs cutting, it’s because no one offered a counter narrative.

optimist-press.bsky.social•99 days ago

I'm not voting for Congressional Democrats unless they've been replaced by a primary candidate who vocally opposes Trump. We already live in a dictatorship and our electoral integrity has been defunded. I would rather Democrats be reduced to a skeleton crew than continue aiding and abetting Trump

bearpondboy.bsky.social•98 days ago

YESSSSSSSSS!

jon9max.bsky.social•99 days ago

All of this because obscenely wealthy billionaires want more. They require more. They demand more. They are willing & ready to kill us, sorry, have other Americans kill us all so they can have more because they don’t have enough. Hundreds of billions of dollars is not enough for these motherFers.🤮

manlylibrarian.bsky.social•98 days ago

Exactly! Why is this so difficult to understand!?!?

jendick.bsky.social•99 days ago

And as if this nonsense didn't happen with businesses, either

spavel.bsky.social•99 days ago

The entire principle of being an opposition party is that you don't accept the frame! Take control of the narrative! It's what the Republicans do and they keep winning despite being shit because the Dems reinforce every single one of their narratives by saying shit like this.

spavel.bsky.social•99 days ago

The "border crisis" is the same thing. The Democrat response wasn't "this isn't actually a thing that's happening" but "would you accept 50% less pointless cruelty?"

Of course the answer is no. Why would anyone want Diet Republicans when the full-evil version is on the same ballot?

sodiumboat.bsky.social•99 days ago

Pavel, thank you! Conceding the "waste, fraud, abuse" frame is a huge mistake, as it is on the border or on any tentacle of the trans oppression movement now, and was on the BLM movement. Validating the lies just keeps everything marching rightward.

sodiumboat.bsky.social•99 days ago

(I was drunkenly making this point in a bar just two nights ago, with all the eloquence that drink provides)

diyanddragons.bsky.social•98 days ago

This is like THE mistake I see Democrats making again and again, with little evidence that the party leaders (at minimum) have realized it's a bad strategy.

dumb.baby•99 days ago

the democrats behave like they've never heard about politics in their lives

spavel.bsky.social•97 days ago

"their concerns are not your concerns" is the perfect way to articulate this

nordicson59n.bsky.social•99 days ago

Democrats are Democrats worst enemy. Sheesh.

crypto4all.bsky.social•98 days ago

The problem is that 99% of government waste is because of contracts to the private sector, mostly in the defense sector. And the defense sector has long bought off politicians on both sides of the aisle. That's why there's so little push back on federal employees being fired unless they are Vets.

shaidorsai.bsky.social•99 days ago

It is madness-inducing to realize how apparently 90+% of Democratic Congresspeople don’t have the knowledge that a one-week unit on Persuasive Communication would provide.

marselthepaint.bsky.social•98 days ago

Always trying to find the middle ground to hell

mulad.bsky.social•99 days ago

Jon Stewart has used similar qualifiers on The Daily Show, which drives me nuts too

individkid.bsky.social•99 days ago

Precisely 100% of waist is from irresponsible corporations. Fine, propaganda funded by corruption causes government to prop up irresponsible corporations, like ExxonKnew, ChevronSues, KochtapusIndustries, or BoeingGenocides, but the inefficiency is the existence of those companies.

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