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No, we don't really know anything that proves Schumer et al are "caving."
BUT
It's so easy to believe because that's what has happened so often (read: almost every time) in the past.
So, I'll pardon the doomsayers for expecting the worst, while still hoping for the best myself.
Irish_Dem
(79,410 posts)TBF
(35,458 posts)senseandsensibility
(24,205 posts)but I think the point is that there's decent reporting even from "liberal" sites like MSNBC that this possibility is a real thing. I think the point of these threads is to get people to call their reps before it's too late. I'm sensing kind of a "trial balloon" element to this whole thing, and Dem leadership needs to hear from us.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,552 posts)that now is not the time to give up, we just handed them a HUGE win on Tues, don't blow it.
IbogaProject
(5,565 posts)Why do I doubt any negotiations are happening today. Sounds fishy and isn't Axios a sketchy source?
quakerboy
(14,699 posts)IbogaProject
(5,565 posts)I wasn't aware that the Wealthy were suddenly inconvienced enough to open their wallets. Private flights were grounded at the 12 largest airports. We got played again.
bronxiteforever
(11,063 posts)rational words.
What we all see is that GOP logic dictates that some people must suffer but dont ever touch the purse of Bezos, Musk, Thiel and Zuckerberg.
Javaman
(65,055 posts)And if he cuts a deal, he know his ass is grass
LW1977
(1,611 posts)But hes the biggest yellow bellied chicken shit to ever be a Senator! And Im saving this post to my journal just in case some cuck sends it to a jury!