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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, met privately in recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

Jeffries and Kushner discussed an array of topics, including possible areas of common ground, the sources said. Although Kushner does not have an official role in the current administration, he has remained deeply involved, especially on issues related to foreign policy, and continues to serve as an outside adviser to the president.

The timing of the talks is striking. The midterms are less than 75 days away and Republicans are facing headwinds in recent polls. Democrats feel cautiously optimistic about their chances of taking the House and Jeffries would be in line to be the next speaker.

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Their common ground is trying to stop the DSA and actual progressives making them look bad. It's an existential threat to their status quo of corruption.

[–] MrErr@piefed.world 11 points 1 day ago

There is no difference between Republicans and Establishment democrats.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why the hell is Kushner involved in american federal politics?

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because Trump can't do the blackmailing himself to get Jeffries inline.

[–] Stormy@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kushner can do whatever the fuck he wants too, he's not tied to any laws beside Saudia Arabia's because that's where he lives.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone with residence outside the USA are not required to follow the law when visiting the USA? So disband ICE because foreigners can do no wrong?

[–] Stormy@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Making leaps there. He's running the US while not a citizen or under the regulations of international diplomats or anything. He's just a middle eastern(now) guy that bought trumps daughter.

[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you read your own comment?

[–] Stormy@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah. What issue do you have? He's been in the middle east for no one knows how long, he's talking to democratic minority leaders, and is running us foreign policy. He's running the US from Saudi Arabia, he lives there and he's no one but a rich boy that made a deal to marry trumps daughter.

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[–] OakTree@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Potential areas of common ground

Just sounds like Kushner is trying to buy up public land again

[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 98 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Fuck Jeffries. We have the worst possible most incompetent dem leadership at the most critical time in American history. Jeffries is an absolute piece of shit and will go down in history as one of the major players in the destruction of the U.S. because of how fucking dumb he is.

[–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They're not incompetent. They're doing exactly what they're paid to do. They are liars, frauds, and traitors, but they are paid to do so by the Epstein class.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

by the Epstein class.

By corporations. Sure some of them are run by Epsteins clients, but the underlying problem is broader and structural, not moral.

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"The Epstein Class" intentionally incorporates those that were Epstein's clients and those who are merely wealthy enough to be, but may not have been. This is good for several reasons, including the tying of the moral to the structural (as symptom, not cause) and creating pressure and division within that class. It does not suggest a lack of structural failure.
It is correct to call them the Epstein class.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm not excluding these people, but by relating this to Epstein specifically you are excluding all the corporate corruption that is unrelated to abusing children.

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[–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Quite right, which is why I referred to a class, rather than to individuals.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The whole school of corruption needs highlighting. E.g. 2bn of crypto corruption has nothing to do with Epstein, but shouldn't be overlooked.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're using "Eptein class" as a catch all synonym to the oligarch class or really the capitalist class. It avoids reactions to the word capitalist among normies who still consider themselves capitalists. People tend to "just get it." I think it's a good slogan for agitprop.

OK, as shorthand.

It's too stale, male and pale for all cases.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 days ago

Why did nobody primary him?

[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

This is the fall of the Weimar Republic, part two.

[–] postcapitalism@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

I beg to differ. He is a whole sack of shit

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 115 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A politician chosen for leadership based on fundraising ability finds more common ground with rich assholes across the aisle than with their own voters? Color me shocked.

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Look, he’s not supporting Medicare for all or universal healthcare, but he’s willing to start conversations about planning conversations about concepts of a plan to improve healthcare for undefined people, what more do you people want

Wow, he is doing a lot of things.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Translation: The think tanks haven't told me how to push back against what all my voters want yet.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't call Matt Yglesias a tank or accuse him of having thoughts.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You don't compromise with a fascist. You can only become compromised by a fascist.

[–] SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Birds of a feather

[–] _chris@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You can only ~~become compromised by~~ show that you’ve been a fascist the whole time.

[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 46 points 2 days ago

Nobody wants Jefferies as speaker. So once again it's a bag of shit the only difference is it has a ribbon on it. America is fucked.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Look, we both butter our bread at Epstein's table. Let's make a final decision to publicly support the Israeli genocidal state and only support the Saudi genocidal state on the down-low."

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 33 points 2 days ago

Jefferies sucks.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago

Let me guess, their common ground were bank accounts...

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

If you have common ground with a Nazi you're a Nazi.

[–] Winterbehere@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The fact that they are both loyal to Israel first and foremost?

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 12 points 2 days ago

Common criminal goals?

[–] breezeblock@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is absolutely what democratic voters want

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Jefferies want low Dem turnout to slightly increase his odds of pushing out Martin after midterms so they can get a neoliberal morning the presidential primary again. Even if that means two more years of Republicans having House and Senate.

He's gonna keep doing stupid shit, I've been calling it for months and it's nowhere near as bad as it can get yet.

If Dems take the House on a wave of progressives, there's no way he gets Speaker now that the DNC can't us the VF as a club to get him the votes.

For him personally his career is over if all the progressives who won their primaries win their generals. He's afraid he's gonna get Paul Ryan'd.

[–] Yewb@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

He needs to get out of politics all together he is not welcome here

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Money and corruption run strong in both cases. I'm not sure why they had to pretend like they met about other things.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Nice to know they're planning on how to enact fascism in the best way possible.

[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Disgusting fascist fellating fuckfaces. Do we need any more proof that Jeffries and the "moderates" need to be ejected from our political process? Not just the Democratic Party, the whole damn process.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Execute them both together on the same set of gallows

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