• Black AOC
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      11 months ago

      That’s the Designated Villain playbook. As long as there’s just one or two a year, in a field where typically everyone is vetted, double-vetted, and receipt-checked, the pork train trundles on unobstructed.

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      11 months ago

      It’s not that Dems don’t try hard enough. They’re one faction in the organising committee of the ruling class. They’re not trying to work for the working class at all.

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      Just look at the defense budget every year that easily dwarfs that of other countries (and continues to grow!) It passes with no contest from either party.