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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) announced she will not seek reelection this year, avoiding an unpredictable three-way race in the swing state that had many national Democrats worried about holding onto the seat.

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't think she really ever intended to run again, which is why she was so brazen about burning every possible bridge to the ground. I assume she intends to get a bs job for one of the people who bought her.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 22 points 8 months ago

Yep, killing the $15 minimum wage will get her a nice job at some corporate think thank.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 38 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I agree, it is a gift link... it feels like Christmas.

As a pan person can I just briefly express how disappointing it is that Kyrsten was our first bi senator? Fucking hell.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

She wasn’t bi, she was buy. As in “you could buy me.” which we often found her happily being bought.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

"Bi" seems an apt description of her party affiliation.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 8 months ago

I thought it was apt. She'd fuck you ~~over~~ regardless of gender.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Some newspapers and online news sources require a paid subscription to read the article. Subscribers can create a link to the article so people who don't have a subscription can read it. There's a limit to how many gift links a subscriber can create, in the case of Washington Post it's 10 per month.

[–] mako@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago

Thank you for the explanation. It's a term I've only seen recently and I've waited a little while to see if I could figure it out by context but that hadn't happened yet.

[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

Good riddance

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Somebody convinced her she wasn't going to win?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Volkditty@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

This would be my guess. Most of the polling showed her hurting Lake more than Gallego.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

What a piece of shit. Bye Felicia.

[–] Cagi@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

She would have split the republican vote. This is bad news.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

That's precisely why she's dropping out. Her handlers did the math. Same reason No Labels is doing their bullshit. All the polling data says they would take more from the GOP, which is the exact opposite reason they even exist.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Sinema always reminded me of Sarah Paulson cosplaying as George Santos cosplaying as Sarah Paulson cosplaying as a politician.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Alternative headline: Grocery decides too cash out.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I am okay with this.

[–] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

And nothing of value was lost. Kick rocks barefoot you vile cunt of a woman

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

[gift link]?

This is about Kirsten Sinema.

[grift link]

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Someone read the room.