ryan cooper

lol Steve RATTNER (who oversaw the auto bailout) pissing his pants about Biden visiting the UAW picket line is excellent. superb www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Sep 26, 2023 at 19:22 UTC

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Matthew T. Cushman @astragalus.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:30 UTC

Eat a fat bag of dicks Rattner

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yellowstoneten @yellowstoneten.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:49 UTC

scabby the rattner (stolen from David Dayen over on the birdsite)

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Cosmik Slop @brightanimal.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:28 UTC

"The president is supposed to nod and say 'I hear you', not actually do anything"

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David Moss @davidwill.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:59 UTC

Breaking the railroad strike was good for the economy but getting a photo-op with the UAW is unforgivable and not staying neutral.

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Ned @thewesterhazys.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:12 UTC

No precedent! No thumbs on the scale ever! If you get paid enough are able to just blank out any information that might get between you and your money?

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Paul Knox @popsknox.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:33 UTC

A blatant enemy of the working class. Mr Austerity himself

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Pé 🍸 @forevernever.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:43 UTC

The only thing the federal government should do is provide billions of dollars in bail-out money to the Big Three while shepherding them through bankruptcy proceedings where they can discharge their obligations to workers.

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Willard @climateball.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:46 UTC

the name rings a bell

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_...

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F.I.G. Notorious! @notoriousfig.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 21:26 UTC

Hahaha eat shit Rattner

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 21:32 UTC

When Biden said "Wall Street didn't build this country" Steve Rattner is exactly who he meant.

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Gloomy Gus @gloomygus.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:23 UTC

Love to see these people crying about it

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Dumbstash @dnlmsstch.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:28 UTC

This is extra silly because of the auto companies make an offer that Biden thinks is fair he has the juice to tell the UAW "take the deal" If he was neutral the UAW could say no you are actually on the side of the companies. Problem is companies dont want a fair deal even by Biden standards.

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Southern Violet @southernviolet.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 21:15 UTC

Uh I'd say the massively unpopular bailout that actually made everything worse in the long run for workers and consumers was a much bigger thumh tbh

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skyybeans @skyblu.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:45 UTC

can you imagine a president who advocates for his citizens?

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Charter School Abolitionist @maniccage.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 27, 2023 at 01:06 UTC

I'm checking to see if Steve Rattner had anything to say about Biden squashing the rail strike and he didn't say nothin

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Charter School Abolitionist @maniccage.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 27, 2023 at 01:04 UTC

*hit dog noises*

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Justine 🏳️‍⚧️ @lostinberkeley.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:21 UTC

Biden already screwed the Rail workers this year so the invocation of a tradition of neutrality is pretty headass.

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Just here to chill @garbagearsonist.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:30 UTC

"The tradition of the president is to stay neutral in these things [at least after the guy who signed the NLRA, who purely coincidentally was so unfathomably popular he kept getting reelected and we had to amend the constitution to make sure it didn't happen again]"

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@thirdarchon.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:37 UTC

The idea of "neutrality" in the class war even being an option, let alone presuming it's obviously the most 'noble' choice, LET ALONE thinking that of POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS, is just a perfect snapshot of everything wrong with US politics generally and Dems specifically. Which side are you on?

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Kye @kyebarker.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:26 UTC

You love to see it

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Yuki Fivesnoda, Michelin-Star Chef @dfives.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:49 UTC

I've got this Rat(tner). This... gnawing, cheese-eating, fucking Rat(tner).

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fka augmentedballot, library craftsperson @jtd.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:30 UTC

was not the perfect guest, imo @weisenthal.bsky.social

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James Leckie @jamesleckie.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:53 UTC

Obama really was totally weak on labor issues. Was a real New Democrat.

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:36 UTC

LOL at the idea that there's a "tradition" in which Republican presidents have stayed neutral in labor disputes.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 27, 2023 at 04:22 UTC

Steve Rattner went on to tell a group of billionaires that he should have made the UAW bleed more during the bailout, and that he regretted only freezing their wages—in the middle of a contract—and not actually cutting their salaries. I am not making this up, he said that in 2013, 10 year contract.

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Empathy for the Devil @sashiebgood.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:31 UTC

Cry more, Steve. Kind of nervous that Biden will do the photo OP and then undermine the workers in some other way, like listening to this fucker right here. I think Fein is incredibly smart to hold UAW endorsement back, and if he's smart (and we know he is) he'll continue to hold it.

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Angeball Illuminati @pedroharry.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:20 UTC

Can we mandate a Morning Joe Green Room Party and conscript these ghouls into it?

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:29 UTC

I'll never defend why I watch Morning Joe (certain guests, the awfulness of other morning shows at 6am) but if there's a segment I fast-forward over every time, it's Rattner and his charts. You can read the data but some people like Rattner never seem to truly understand the data.

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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 20:00 UTC

Like Harding stayed neutral in the 1921 coal workers’ strike? Like Eisenhower stayed neutral in the 1959 steel workers’ strike? Like Reagan stayed neutral in the 1981 air-traffic controllers’ strike? What “tradition” is he talking about?

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Peter Feld 🍉 @peterfeld.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:30 UTC

Obama having ever appointed him is good justification for my hatred of Obama.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social
[ View ] Sep 26, 2023 at 19:33 UTC

I truly don’t understand how anyone could look at what his administration officials (and him) are doing now and defend Obama as anything left of a centrist

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