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Last night, 16 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to advance a crypto-friendly bill that will enable Trump’s corruption. Instead of standing up to Trump, these 16 Democrats decided they’d rather do a big favor for the crypto industry and legitimize an avenue for Trump to collect bribes.

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Golly Gee! I wonder why we're having such a hard time finding young people to vote for us.... 🙄 THEY CAN RECOGNIZE HYPOCRACY!!!!!! I think today is probably a good day for me to take a break from news/bullshit.

I voted for Harper in the 2024 primary, despite a very problematic fundraiser he did w. Dave Chappelle. Slotkin as a House member was always on the lookout for every chance to move the ball rightward.

“In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to these policies. As is most of the population.” ― Noam Chomsky

Makes me so mad. When your enemy is winning, learn their strategy. Maga vote in sync, like a big stupid hive mind that only McConnell has freed himself from. Dems need fetterman out, schumer replaced & to start voting in sync for the rest of this corrupt administration. Its the least they could do.

Most of them took big money from crypto donors during their campaigns. This is a kind of a corruption, too, and it utterly undermines Schiff, Gallego, Booker, Hassan, Ossoff, etc, when they stand up and denounce Trump and others over public corruption. They are part of the same swamp.v

I Don't Know Anything. Never been accused of having an original thought. But, I just Have to believe-there's much more to these votes than we're hearing/seeing/reading about now.

Stablecoin is just a digital dollar. It does the same thing just as crypto. It’s redundant, far less regulated, and I honestly don’t see any real benefit to it. Would love for someone to explain why we need this?

I get Fetterman who’s my senator who is mental, but the others on this list is a real disappointment….all of us who defended him in Pa. are finished with him,especially since he’s friends with Netanyahu…and his votes with the likes of Bondi….WTF we are truly on our own. No to donations

Bad take. The democratic parties refusal to pass bipartisan legislation to advance the democratization of finance via legitimate crypto applications was a huge factor in enabling Trumps return. Yes, now we have to confront Trump’s corruption but we’re in this situation because of the prior stalls

Per Slotkins’ website she introduced the End Crypto Corruption Act which would address the corruption issue. As I understand it, the bill passed last night imposes regulations on this form of investing, just not enough to prevent the Grifter-In-Charge and his slimy colleagues from their dirtywork.

It’s okay to disagree about the best ways to expand healthcare coverage or make housing more affordable. Those disagreements are a healthy part of a big pro-democracy tent. But it shouldn’t be hard to get every Democrat to oppose helping Trump accept bribes from billionaires and foreign governments.

A vote like this feeds cynicism about the Democratic Party not being real and not being about what they purportedly stand for. It’s pathetic that some of our senators are still not operating as a unified opposition to all aspects of this authoritarian regime.

“In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to these policies. As is most of the population.” ― Noam Chomsky

There’s no “cynicism” about them “not being about what they purportedly stand for” - it’s objective truth. They’ve abandoned American people and done everything they can to ensure republican rule for the last 20 years. The party is a joke, they stand for nothing

I feel deeply cynical right now and utterly disappointed. I was fooled last month w/ Booker's floor show to donate money. But he votes to let his NJ constituent who served time in jail who just HAPPENS to have a lot of money be the ambassador to France? WHAT?!

The dems can’t even talk a convincing argument anymore after once again supporting the administration.And they can’t figure out why voter’s are screaming for new ldrshp.SHAMEFUL,they’ve lost all credibility

John Fugelsang had a guest on his Sirius XM show (Progress channel) on May 19 talking about crypto and politics. The guest said Dems are split because they saw crypto donors flooding Trump & the GOP with $$. They're afraid if they don't support the crypto industry, the donors will primary them. /1

I've always voted independent before 2024, where I changed to dem to vote for Kamala. I'll be switching back to independent. It wasnt till after the election that the dems showed hoe ineffective and spineless they are. They are talking shit now, but that's all they do. There's no action.

2/3 Shame on you If and when we ever have a free election again, I can assure you I will remember you voted to enable the crooked regime in power to continue benefitting from crypto scams that enrich them and allow them to continue destroying our democracy.

Under Trump, the USA may very well have the most corrupt government on Earth, surpassing all those "shithole" countries. Not exactly a "shining city on a hill" anymore.

You’re throwing people under the bus for passing legislation on technology that already exists. They’re putting regulatory frameworks in place to protect people and make sure it’s audited and fully backed. It’s very clear you don’t understand this legislation.

cory booker ? adam schiff ? Ossoff? Padilla ? right now regardless of intentions .. not a single dem should vote on any bill supporting republican agendas.. not till the GOP show that they will standup to their dictatorship wanna be leader..

Hadn't seen that, was actually considering some of them as next POTUS - but 2nd thoughts now - at least till they can prove there is some substance behind it!? Even so there is still a man in jail for his crypto Ponzi deal!?

This should be a list of 16 Democrats who need good primary challengers. May these people never be forgiven for what they did. May they pay the price for their vote. I hope they will be constantly reminded the way they vote years from now. I hope this vote follows them for their entire career.

We are the consumers. We are the voters. Actions = consequences. Our belief system has been shaken to the core, you have the platform to explain. But, only when it’s helping you? We are intelligent and will remember.

Corey Booker keeps voting with the 🟠💩. His long speech didn't mean shit. He talks a good game but his votes do not support what he says. Half of the Dems on this list have sent me boohoo emails that they need money because of what 🟠💩says about them. Then they vote with him. WTF is wrong with them?

I mean I have limited space but I will say that every transaction is transparent and traceable fully etched in cryptography to the point it can't be manipulated or hidden. Even if he wanted to accept bribes, everyone would be able to see it if he attempted to cash out.

Padilla too. So much for always blue California. Between this vote, and how Newsom has turned into a Joe Rogan type, seems our current Blue state has gone purple, in favor of fake money Ponzi schemes.

I live in a blue state, too. MAGA is here but seems to be a minority. You're never too late to find out what's going on. Now you are enlightened so please engage in the fight for our democracy.

I was done with my party @democrats.org when they walked away from Human Rights - when they became okay with the slaughter of children. Now they show us they have zero spine…to let Trump get away with corruption overtly smacking us in the face with this shit - we need a new party.

Sorry, wrong take imo. Crypto is an emerging technology that we need to support to remain competitive. Trump’s corruption doesn’t justify falling behind. We’re not going to shut Boeing down because Trump got a free plane. Right?

As to donating $ to politicians, I submit that this time around, things are so dire, so existential, that those who have goods or services which a campaign would normally purchase, must give those goods or services, free of charge, to any real leader.

A politician who accepts money should be scrutinized by real journalists. Speaking of which, a real journalist would investigate and tell us if any of these Democrats have anything to gain by supporting this bill. If so, they need to be fixed.

Let’s be clear here, the #Crypto legislative maneuvering will do nothing to solve the challenges faced by most Americans. This “industry” has evolved into another wealth siphoning exercise of certain putridly wealthy types at the expense of credulously unsophisticated “investors” #USPolitics