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Progressives criticized House Democrats for choosing Rep. Gerry Connolly over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the top Democratic seat on the House Oversight Committee.

The 131-84 vote, reportedly influenced by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sparked backlash against the party’s “gerontocracy,” with critics like MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others arguing it prioritizes seniority over fresh ideas.

Connolly defended the decision, citing his experience, but progressives argued it reflects the Democratic Party’s resistance to change, hindering its ability to address future challenges and energize younger voters.

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[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't bullshit with a big fake smile, and that's all Americans are willing to buy, so no, I don't have what they want to buy to sell.

You're the one that started with trees and traffic lamps as paramount issues. I started with the capitalist rot, the blight that creates or informs all others. Clearly traffic lights and trees are your top ticket items. Good for you I guess. And we can barely do anything, so I always find it hilarious when you guys talk about us doing many things at once. We can't. We've proven we can't. The signature legislative achievement in most of our lifetimes was a healthcare bandaid that further enshrined the profit for murder capitalists into the system we begged them to remove and end as an industry. We the people aren't permitted to effect anything that would diminish private profits for the sake of the public, let alone several at once. Way, way, way too much credit being given.

If we can't reshape our economy to start rewarding prosocial vocations like teachers and nurses and start actively punishing runaway avarice, very little, and none of the most destructive issues, can begin to be addressed. There is profit to me made in human cruelty and murder, so long as it rolls downhill exclusively.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago

I always find it hilarious when you guys talk about us doing many things at once. We can't. We've proven we can't.

I don't know how you mean - we got here somehow. By doing many things at once, was my take on it.

I don't bullshit with a big fake smile, and that's all Americans are willing to buy, so no, I don't have what they want to buy to sell.

Yeah me either, so I hear you on that one. Still - with all this old "new media" maybe someone will figure out how to run for office with it and we'll see some fast change for the better.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Doesnt matter much if we dont get a chance to vote for the better candidates.

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