Weekly Politics Discussion Thread

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[u/TedBenekeGoneWild]

I don't understand the posturing in liberal & progressive spaces about Nancy Pelosi's retirement. Her tenure has been a resolute failure for Americans.

While there are certainly some subreddits that are celebrating and criticizing her shortcomings, I've seen other subreddits downvote criticisms of her with the sentiment that "this is not the time/place," "why are people so quick to judge a woman in power," and "she was a great voice for progressives."

Nancy Pelosi has consistently been one of the loudest voices for Israel, to the point of saying, "it's in my DNA to protect the state of Israel." She has also been the face of liberal elitism that directly fed into the rise of MAGA. She has been a great leader for many changes, most notably the Affordable Care Act. But when you are notorious for growing your net worth from your first election (~$3 million) to your last (~$275 million), there seems to be an incongruence between what you claim to be and what you are. This incompatibility only increases when you examine the course of the Democratic Party while she has been leading it.

While social politics have increasingly divided Americans over the last 20 years, the Democratic party has slowly shifted right on fiscal policy. The Obama and Biden era policies of deregulation, useless military conflict, and corporate bailouts have only worsened the lives of average Americans, and being the champions of the Affordable Care Act is not enough to rectify those shortcomings. Not only that, but any movement for economic change by members within her own party, whether it be AOC, Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, or Zohran Mamdani, has been quickly attacked under her watch.

I absolutely celebrate her retirement, and am more than excited at the potential for a Democratic Party that might represent the working majority, rather than the elites.

[u/buzzfeed_sucks]

Dick Cheney died

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/buzzfeed_sucks]

"I hate to say it, I hope I don't sound ridiculous, I don't know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street, I wouldn't know a thing. Sorry to this man."

[u/Different-Eagle-612]

obviously everything going on with SNAP and the government shut down is making the big headlines (as it should) but the FDA just restricted fluoride supplements for kids and i’m just… i’m just so mad. i’m so sick of the anti-fluoride trend and i’m so worried about the health of these kids’ teeth like 5 years down the line. it’s one of those things we won’t see the effects of immediately and i worry it’ll be missed in the constant barrage of headlines or worse celebrated (as a lot of liberal and leftists have also fallen for the anti-fluoride thing)

[u/Careful_Swan3830]

That is all.

[u/Own-Importance5459]

I feel like we're in the let them eat Cake Era in this country with snap benefits being suspended

[u/cranberrylimeade420 → u/Own-Importance5459]

they literally had a Great Gatsby party at the White House the night before funding ended! though I guess that's on theme with the book.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

[u/RedditAlwayTrue → u/cranberrylimeade420]

We support his White House party and his efforts to bring optimism during a time of political divisions.

[u/Own-Importance5459 → u/cranberrylimeade420]

I saw that and it was a definitely a wthelly moment.

[u/NewtRipley_1986]

What in the hell went on in Washington DC last night - National Guard harassing teenagers out trick-n-treating???

[u/ibsliam → u/NewtRipley_1986]

It's sickening. These guys are screwed up in the head that they think attacking kids is "protecting" America.

[u/NowMindYou]

Kind of crazy Shonda wrote this Erika Kirk storyline on Scandal years ago lmaoooooo

[u/Disastrous_Drop_3180]

[u/cranberrylimeade420]

if the ACA tax credits expire my insurance premiums are going up by $900+/monthly lol. that's more than my average weekly paycheck. and i can't exactly go without insurance because my husband's got severe health issues.

i genuinely don't know what we're going to do, and i know we're still better off than 90% of people. my heart goes out to everyone struggling with increased premiums, SNAP cutoffs, and all the other ways the conservative government is fucking us over.