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donut4ever ,

Oh dude, please don’t threaten with a good time. Take that asshole Sinema with you, too, please.

BraveSirZaphod ,
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Oh no, the Dems have now lost the Senate and will be unable to appoint any judges, the importance of which I think has become abundantly clear over the past several years, but at least, for a brief moment, we got a little ideological satisfaction.

donut4ever ,

And you think this dude and Sinema would ever help the Dems in any way?

middlemuddle ,

I don’t want to just angrily respond to a quip, but have you not been paying any attention at all for the last 2 years? Every big win for Biden, along with countless federal judge positions, have gotten approved through Manchin’s involvement. Sinema’s, too, unfortunately. Sinema is a liar, deserves no respect, and Arizona would be happy to elect a progressive democrat in her place. But Manchin, as annoying as he is, is probably the best we can expect from West Virginia. Him switching to Independent doesn’t mean a GenZ progressive is going to win his seat from him next election, it just means we lose an ally that is helping hold on to a very tenuous “majority” in the Senate. I don’t like him, but you cannot discount the fact that he has helped the Democrats a hell of a lot in the last couple years by mostly voting alongside them.

BraveSirZaphod ,
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Justice Jackson is on the Supreme Court, and would not be if Manchin (or Sinema, for that matter) hadn't approved.

So yes, they have helped the Dems. Not to mention, every significant piece of legislation that passed in the last Congress could have been killed by either of them.

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