House Minority Leader Jeffries, NJ Sen. Booker hold sit-in protest on Capitol steps
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Titled "An Urgent Conversation with the American People," the 8-hour livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress' return to session on Monday.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBejfVOUmBs

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Titled “An Urgent Conversation with the American People,” the livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress’ return to session on Monday.

A statement released by both officials’ offices said in part, “Republican leaders have made clear their intention to use the coming weeks to advance a reckless budget scheme to President Trump’s desk that seeks to gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what’s at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations.”

According to the statement, Rep. Jeffries and Sen. Booker plan to speak to shared American values and the nation’s religious and moral underpinnings, and how the budget bill opposes these beliefs. They also plan to affirm to Americans watching the livestream that their voices matter, especially in this moment in time.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    21 hours ago

    It’s fucking hilarious how you all try to change the meaning of “the left.”

    The left has always been the Democratic Party, bud. And while it can be inclusive to other sociological and political ideologies, at its core, the democrats have been at its epicenter.

    Maybe look up when the term originated from?

    To me, all attempts to co-opt the term appear to only be accepted by those that like to misuse it, constantly.

    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
      21·
      14 hours ago

      Uh, no? The Democratic Party doesn’t define the left. The Democratic Party left the left. Here’s a bit right from Wikipedia.

      The left seeks social justice through redistributive social and economic policies, while the right defends private property and capitalism. The nature of the conflict depends on existing social and political cleavages and on the level of economic development.

      I haven’t seen the Democratic Party pay anything but lip service to the definition of the left in a long time. Neoliberalism, which is the party line right now, is a right wing ideology.

      • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        12 hours ago

        From your own article:

        “In France, where the terms originated, the left has been called “the party of movement” or liberal”

        And since “liberal” is synonymous with democrats…

        The left are democrats.

        This was fun!

        • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
          22·
          3 hours ago

          The Republicans don’t call themselves Nazis, and yet they are the party of Nazis. Turns out you can’t trust a group’s self-applied label to accurately describe what they stand for in perpetuity.

          • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            26 minutes ago

            Turns out when “leftists” are proven wrong, they resort to whataboutism, and strangely compare themselves to the Nazi party.

            Oh, and by the way, remember what I said you aren’t the left?

            Turns out you can’t trust a group’s self-applied label to accurately describe what they stand for in perpetuity.