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Only 34 Democrats Sign Letter on ICE Making Students Disappear (newrepublic.com)

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 109 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Between the House and the Senate, there are currently 258 Democrats in Congress.

And 224 of them are fascist collaborators.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Dems just making sure the 2 party system dies forever.

[–] ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago

When I said I didn’t want a 2 party system, this isn’t what I meant!

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Or maybe more accurately, the illusion of a two-party system.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 4 days ago

"No way to prevent this, say the Democrats who are actively collaborating with the fascists"

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

now it's on the voters to make some democrats disappear.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 74 points 5 days ago (48 children)

The Democratic party is a party of cowards.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 days ago

Most politicians are cowards.

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 64 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The dnc is controlled opposition. We have to get actual progressives elected at local levels and it’ll be a fucking process but it’ll eventually make the party actual opposition

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You'll have to throw Chuck Schumer into a retirement home (or a volcano) first.

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[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We've been doing pretty good at that in Oregon in the Portland area especially, we got a fair few DSA people elected to the city council and to the state house in the last election. Although I doubt that will ever really convert the Dems into an actual progressive party, it's a lot more likely that the Democratic party dies with the rise of new progressive candidates and new progressive parties winning.

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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They didn't used to be this way, for some reason under Biden they went super anti-immigration

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

"For some reason."

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What a load of shit. What time period are you referring to when you believed Democrats were pro-immigrant? Let’s factcheck that shit.

Even Obama deported way more people than Trump, built the immigrant cages, and vastly expanded ICE. Clinton was equally anti-immigrant.

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[–] derryt@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sigh, I see I can't trust my senator to do the right thing anymore. Edit: meaning he didn't sign it. POS trader.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, not the letter!!

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago

Just shows how cowardly the Democrats are now. Most of them were afraid to sign a piece of paper that means literally nothing.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 19 points 5 days ago

Here is the letter.

https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rumeysa-Ozturk-Letter.pdf

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