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ROFL Democrats are pretty useless these days...I've been calling my representatives, sending letters, and generally being more politically involved to make sure this terrible reconciliation bill dies in a fire. I hope to oust the republicans who represent Kansas too. They are so cursed and incompetent, spineless and weak in the face of donor daddies telling them what to do.
They're not useless. They're complicit.
Yeah, they are enabling this hostile takeover of government by not actively fighting against it. Even voting yes for some harmful legislation as the good little accelerationists they are, for donor daddies whispering in their ears.
Like helping Donald avert a government shutdown.
They're not even willing to make it inconvenient for fascists to take power.
They've stated their plan is to let it happen until it's so bad people vote Trump out which is hilarious considering everyone wanted to call people on the left accelerationists. Now accelerationism is the only strategy the Democrats have, and where are all the people who so loudly opposed accelerationism? I can barely find anyone even using that word anymore.
dems and gop are codependenant on each other, gop needs dems to improve the economy so they can rail on it, and adding anti-immigraiton and racism and culture is a bonus because they cant use the economy is bad bit forever, and dems depends on gop messing up things so bad dems get elected, its a neverending cycle, and they all work behind the scenes on this.
Are they though?
Jesus Christ. Pure evil.
The nazi's didn't cause the deaths of over 100 million people because they were kind!
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
weaponized incompetence
You clearly don’t read congress.gov or watch CSPAN. First, they have no power due to minority. Secondly, they cannot filibuster a reconciliation bill. All they can do is debate provisions and propose amendments. That’s it.
They debated every provision, line-by-line, over four 24+ hour oversight committee hearings. Then Schumer forced the Republicans to read the entire reconciliation aloud over 12 hours. Then they held a record 23-hour amendment “vote-a-rama” to try to limit the provisions.
This is how it went: https://files.catbox.moe/1lwoem.mp4
They can filibuster. They could have forced a shutdown. They can abuse reconciliation. They can bully their opponents when they have power. They Congress and the presidency for two years and all they did was sit buy while people got poorer and angrier.
It's time to stop making excuses. I want to see a Dem whose willing to talk for two days and piss their pants in order to stop fascism.
A filibuster cannot be used on a reconciliation bill. It’s time to understand our system before going back to hive-mind finger pointing. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/budget-reconciliation-simplified/
My favorite thing about our political system is that, no matter how hard Democrats capitulate, grift, and collaborate, they will always have people like you to make excuses.
It’s not an excuse. It’s literacy. There are plenty of reasons to criticize the Democrats. You don’t need to misinform people by making one up.
I am aware of their lack of majority and inability to filibuster a reconciliation bill. While these actions seem useful, it is merely born of desperation. Regardless, these are at least steps that can be taken to minimize the massive oncoming harm.
There is a reason behind this lack of majority though: they've failed to energize voters, they've let the cult of personality Trump win over reason. They've lost seats because of a lack of attention, and complacency. If they hadn't, we'd be in a very different situation right now.
The few nominees that had a chance to keep Democrats in control of vital offices, were either sidelined or actively fought against, Zohran Kwame Mamdani is a recent example of a candidate for a Mayoral position that the DNC pit a controversial sex pest Andrew Cuomo against...Even dusting off Bill Clinton to back Andrew, but at least Zohran is still in the running, ATM. I can only hope young candidates like him can help shift the political landscape for the better in the future. If America can endure, at least.
The candidates you want aren’t backed by donors. We need to vote for the progressives that often run in primaries. Take it from a political analyst if you don’t believe me.
Stop rewarding the people who can afford to reach you in your living room. Research the candidates on your primary ballots and vote in every election.
Oh trust me, I know the reality of what is going on. This is why I vote in every election: local, state, and national because that is what really matters. Change can only happen if we participate in all the elections possible, which I have certainly done regardless of the outcome. As apathy and losing hope is going to let those corporate and ultra wealthy donor backed candidates win.
Yup. That’s exactly how they’ve taken control over the last 40 years.
Also, Dems could have abused the reconciliation process in order to pass legislation too, but didn't.