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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    2 days ago

    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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          I’ll admit that Douglas Adams hit the nail on the head in regards to AI. In the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, AI exists but everyone hates dealing with it because it’s so damned annoying. They avoid it whenever possible, and only interact when forced to do so via things like smart devices that use AI for basic tasks.

          For instance, doors are programmed with AI and emphatically love opening and closing for people. In fact, they love their job as a door so much that they have a tendency to loudly and repeatedly thank people for using them, to the point of annoyance.

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      his voters hate him now, especially with him running crying to bill maher last year, whining. hes more or less similar to Manchin?

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        I voted for the fucker and I am so pissed about it. He seemed cool but then became the biggest disappointment. Fetterman can get fucked.

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          I mean unless there’s a primary, it’s still the better vote. It’s the hellhole we live in… We have to go with the guy who says he’s going to do good things, then disappoints us and does less than half the good he said, and adds in some bad things.

          Or we can go with the guy who says he’s going to do horrific things… and then meets and exceeds all his promises.