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It was pretty goddam quiet

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:47:04 +0000

It was pretty goddam quiet under No Drama Obama - #TakeAKnee started under him. Purity towards police says if you can't do your motherfucking jobs without a weekly scandal terrorizing and torturing normal people, we're coming for your fucking jobs and will find a real way to "serve and protect". Goons with guns is a PR disaster the police have created, and they're always fucking defending themselves no matter how badly they fuck up. Hard to name another field where you can show up at the wrong apartment, kill an unarmed person, and have your boss defend you.

There are over 15,000

NCD — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:57:20 +0000

In reply to Maybe her community cares

There are over 15,000 separate and distinct police departments in the US. Obama had a DOJ program to work with departments across the nation with civil rights violation issues. Trump ended it.

Purity posturing (disband border enforcement, get rid of police) gets nothing done but helps the GOP enrage and fire up low information and racist voters.

Maybe her community cares

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:29:34 +0000

In reply to AOC voted not to reopen the

Maybe her community cares greatly about pulling immigrant/refugee kids from their parents and putting them in concentration camps.

I don't doubt the value of police, but as long as they keep attacking civilians - largely black - in atrocious ways, I'd back a bill to disband them and start some new approach - perhaps one not based on leftover Iraq War weapons and accessories this time. And they'd call me weak on crime, I guess for not seeing the necessity of banging a black guy's head into the ground with other cops looking on, or tasing a 13-year-old for acting scared.

Well that sorta does sound

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:49:07 +0000

In reply to AOC voted not to reopen the

Well that sorta does sound like a deal to let her vote that way because they knew they had the votes. Though I don't really buy that her district is all up in arms about ICE (and it is right next to mine) but it's entirely possible she might have promised that to some crucial new support, such as people that normally don't vote in primaries....which is basically how she got in-GOTV of those that don't normally vote--normally the Dem machine guy gets reelected no problemo...

don't know enough about the rest

Edit to add: I guess one does have to keep in mind that this bill in the end is a symbolic vote for all lof them, given the Senate situation...Don't misunderstand, I hate the ravages of purity police just as much as you do. Just trying to figure out what's going on here. If you hadn't pointed this out, we wouldn't have noticed!

AOC voted not to reopen the

NCD — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:32:30 +0000

In reply to House used massive spending

AOC voted not to reopen the government in 1/2019, with the GOP, because she felt ICE should be eliminated:

from link:

"We didn’t vote with the party because one of the spending bills included ICE funding, and our community felt strongly about not funding that.”

Don't know if that is still her position, it plays right into Trump's "Democrats want open borders to let rapists and muderers into your neighborhood to kill you". She makes Bernie seem like a practical middle of the road politician.

House used massive spending

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:07:11 +0000

In reply to AOC, Omar Vote with GOP to Protect Trump Powers

House used massive spending bill to block Pentagon from enforcing Trump’s ban on transgender people from serving openly in the military - via @rollcall https://t.co/4PSV21PjHt
— CQ Now (@CQnow) June 19, 2019

House adopted amendment to its fiscal 2020 Defense appropriations bill that would bar Pentagon from spending funds to aid the Taliban insurgent group in Afghanistan - via @rollcall @johnmdonnelly https://t.co/mXe0tTRn97
— CQ Now (@CQnow) June 19, 2019

Dem Rep Ami Bera, M.D., of

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:57:44 +0000

In reply to AOC, Omar Vote with GOP to Protect Trump Powers

Dem Rep Ami Bera, M.D., of Sacramento County, CA, crowing about his vote to constituents (wikipedia says he had tough races in 2014 and 2016):

Proud to have just voted for an appropriations bill that provides major investments in:

✅our planet
✅our troops
✅our health

This is smart legislation for #CA07 and #Sacramento County! pic.twitter.com/VMCxiv0ApM
— Ami Bera, M.D. (@RepBera) June 19, 2019

$50 million for CDC research

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:50:20 +0000

In reply to Have you seen anything

$50 million for CDC research on gun violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence pleased:

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill has passed the House! pic.twitter.com/FSyWudwgFM
— CSGV (@CSGV) June 19, 2019

A huge win for @RepBarbaraLee

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:47:11 +0000

In reply to AOC, Omar Vote with GOP to Protect Trump Powers

A huge win for @RepBarbaraLee and the American people. Alexander Hamilton saw to it that our Constitution prevented never-ending wars, and the '01 AUMF was an egregious loophole. Push it through and make it law.
— Sam Klein (@SamKleinOnline) June 19, 2019

Have you seen anything

artappraiser — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:35:58 +0000

In reply to AOC, Omar Vote with GOP to Protect Trump Powers

Have you seen anything explaining WTF those Dem nays were even about? I haven't yet!

I found this on the bill itself, with a few more goodies listed than yours:

Democrats take aim at Trump policies by passing $1T spending package @ TheHill.com

I'm not passing judgment one way or another until I see more on it. It's a known trick that sometimes when the a Whip knows they got enough votes,especially on a big complex one like this, they let a few quietly vote against party line if there's something in it that causes trouble for them. As in: just to keep a campaign promise to constituents about something in the bill that they said they would never vote for.