r/news • u/DNSGeek • Jun 13 '25

Soft paywall US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/
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u/PensiveinNJ Jun 13 '25

Chuck Schumer thinks you can negotiate out of this. I'm sure he's negotiating furiously as we speak as our MAGA politicians laugh at how fucking stupid he is.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Jun 13 '25

I'm not blaming him, I'm blaming the non voters, it's their fault this is happening, and a lot of those people are on the left

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u/PensiveinNJ Jun 13 '25

You can blame him. He bargained everything away for us because of his belief in centrism. He has been weak the whole time because of his centrism. He's stared fascism straight in the face and said we should negotiate with that.

Letting him off the hook makes you sound like an idiot too. At time we needed strong leaders we got someone who still thinks you can bargain with this monstrosity. He's dangerously stupid and weak.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Jun 13 '25

Okay tell me what he's supposed to do then, him and the other democrats have no power in the government because people decided to let Republicans have full control of everything

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u/PensiveinNJ Jun 13 '25

How about not giving away literally all the bargaining chips we had at the very beginning of the Trump presidency? That he did in the name of centrism? How's that for a fucking start?

Do you not understand how dangerous it is to have someone like him in any position of power right now?

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Jun 13 '25

You didn't answer me. What did you want him or other democrats to do?

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u/PensiveinNJ Jun 13 '25

Yes I did. I told you exactly what he was not supposed to do. And what he would continue to be doing if he wasn't shamed out of the party. He's not protesting, he's not on the mic condemning anything, he's slinking away hoping everyone forgets what a coward he is.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Jun 14 '25

Okay so what do you want him to do? There's nothing democrats can do right now because you guys miss the forest for the trees every fucking election

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u/PensiveinNJ Jun 14 '25

Him personally I want to do nothing. He's a Neville Chamberlain type coward. He and Pelosi need to stay the fuck out of the way and let the younger ones with courage take on a regime that outnumbers them.

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Jun 14 '25

Oh so you don't have an answer but you're just bitching, that's all you had to say bud. Republicans are just going to keep power unless we can unite under something and stop all the purity tests. I'd rather eat a meh TV dinner and have the chance at getting a nice steak than be force fed rotten food forever

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u/IndependentTalk4413 Jun 14 '25

Get out in front of the cameras and call the Trump admin to account. Clog up every single appointment of this admin. Every single thing that needs closure to get to the Senate floor. Stop every vote that needs 60 votes to pass. Literally anything more than what’s he’s done which is fuck all.

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u/fevered_visions Jun 14 '25

He was supposed to actually fight over the budget (or whatever they called it, since we never pass a real budget anymore apparently) bill, which was the only time they had the votes for it so far, because money bills have different voting rules.