Summary

Two senior staffers, Charlie Hills and Tré Easton, are leaving Sen. John Fetterman’s office amid his shift toward a more Trump-friendly stance.

Their departures follow other high-profile resignations, including his chief of staff last year.

Fetterman has evolved from a Bernie Sanders supporter to a vocal pro-Israel Democrat and critic of his party’s anti-Trump approach.

He has backed some Trump policies and nominees but opposed others. Despite this shift, he remains a reliable Democratic vote.

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    How does he remain a reliable Democratic voice exactly? Who the fuck writes this shit?

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        Man I read so much cyberpunk in the 90’s and was so excited for the future, even though those books pretty much predict that all the cool future shit will be used to make our lives stupider, I was optimistic back then. But they were absolutely right. The world just continues to March towards dystopian nightmare, and I hate every piece of new technology that I should love. There was a time that having a computer in my pocket and being able to talk to literal robots in my 30’s was an idea that would have excited the fuck out of me. I’ll never forgive capitalism for turning my dreams into nightmares.

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          You’re not allowed to enjoy things in the way that you would like to. All ruined by someone else. Only able to hold on to whatever is left.

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            The one thing the upper classes have never been able to figure out how to take from us is culture. That’s why they’re obsessed with AI. But the thing is we’ll just kinda change what we like, just like every time they try to create something to control and manipulate us. TV and Radio have tried to dictate taste, but still underground acts have become beloved and have reached audiences through the ages. AI can only mimic what already exists. It cannot mimic anything that doesn’t exist yet. So start making art. Make physical artifacts of your creativity that a machine cannot replicate. Record a poem on a cassette tape. Practice calligraphy. Make some shrinky dinks! Whatever it is that you create by hand, create it by hand. The techniques you use cannot be replicated by a machine without access into physical space.

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    At this point calling him a pro-Israel Democrat is stupid. This sack of shit is a GOP dick sucker.

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    So just throwing this out there, a lot of these shit bag traitors require 24/7 assistance to stay alive. Instead of resigning, STAY ON THE JOB, note everything important, names addresses, numbers, private plane serials, etc. odds are, one of the assistants are getting his medication ready in the morning. That’s a lot of opportunity for a fatal error that could happen with no one at real fault

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      There’s no kompromat. He’s just a fucking snake. If you look back before the election he wasn’t too much different than this.

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        This isn’t mentioned often enough. He only looked good next to Oz. He was always a shitty person who behaved shittily. The people that actually dealt with him in their local government know. He’s always been a bit of a dumb ass and a bully. Just one slightly more relatable to the average person than that loon Oz.

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        I’m just referencing the time period when everyone loved him, but…

        This sure seems different.

        Denouncing Trump as a fascist to saying that Trump’s fascism is no different from Biden seems like at least a bit of a journey.