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#OldDemocrats

Yehuda TurtleIsland.socialYehuda@turtleisland.social
2025-06-15

Everyone knows I'm 69. I'm Native. I respect elders a great deal. Our wisdom can be unsurpassed and of great value. But we need people in the prime of their life on the front-lines. It is critical for the future.

AOC speaking about Cuomo and ending the gerontocracy.
#Gerontocracy #OldDemocrats #OldPoliticians

Yehuda TurtleIsland.socialYehuda@turtleisland.social
2025-06-11

This is such crap. I am so tired of these ancient politicians, especially Democrats. So harmful, such disregard for people, so selfish.

#OldDemocrats #OldPoliticians
nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/poli

The reasons are obvious to those who have watched her closely on Capitol Hill. Ms. Norton, who will turn 88 this week, is the oldest member of the House and has become frail. In hearings, she often sits quiet and alone, sometimes relying on staff aides to remind her where she is. She rarely attends meetings of the Oversight Committee ahead of votes, even though members are encouraged to do so. She sometimes does not seem to recognize people she has known for years. Ms. Norton’s story is a familiar one in Congress, an institution littered with towering figures who have stayed around well past the prime of their lives. By the time many of them reach the point when colleagues are urging them to step down, they are no longer capable of seeing that they have turned into someone that a younger version of themselves would not recognize.

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