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Micah@rincewind.run |
I think this is the fundamental asymmetry underlying every aspect of the conflict between the parties; you see it in the Senate, in gerrymandering, in the use of executive power I don't want King Biden either, but it's long past time to make the GOP afraid of the consequences of endless escalation
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D_Girl
@dgirl.bsky.social
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This makes a lot more sense when you understand the DNC as a backstop against socialism.
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Perry!🀄
@experimilk.bsky.social
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They need to put real southern dems in charge. I want these people to be as scared as we are. I want them to feel despair. I want -them- to make plans to flee the country.
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brockmeyer.bsky.social
@brockmeyer.bsky.social
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It definitely seems like a structurally untenable situation when only one side ever need bother to ask "what if my enemies had the power I'm proposing"
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ricky friar
@deepfriar.bsky.social
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You know he won't; he and his Administration have the political instincts of jellyfish.
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How Do I Skeet?
@howdoiskeet.lol
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I legit want him to start abusing the new leeway SCOTUS opened up today, not because I want him to be a king, but because I want him to force the courts to constrain the office. MAKE them put in limits. They won’t do it if Trump is the one doing the same shit, so force their hand now!
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Eric Carlson
@9ericcarlson.bsky.social
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Biden just couldn't bring himself to push for court packing. He has been a contributor to the asymmetry.
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Dag.
@3fecta.bsky.social
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One other aspect is the debt limit, budget agreements. GOP not caring if people starve, freeze, go without services, pay etc gives them extra leverage in negotiations.
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Kernel Decoy
@kerneldecoy.bsky.social
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Liberals are too up their own ass to make any moves that don't give more ground to fascism
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J
@poouliinhanawi.bsky.social
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The biggest issue they have is that nonstop propaganda that the GOP has with Fox, Sinclair and most media outlets at this point. They gloss over the GOP actions but will blow even minor Dem ones into a week long controversy.
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ₚᴀɴᴺᴼᴺɪᴄₐ
@acinonnap.bsky.social
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The Republicans' job, as they see it, is to sabotage and obstruct government function when out of the Oval, and abuse power in favor of wealthy corporatists when in. It's a much easier brief
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Raven Onthill
@ravenonthill.bsky.social
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Problem is, you can't restore the rule of law by breaking the law.
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Jonathan
@jginsburg.bsky.social
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Biden needs to just cut down some of the worst Republicans, just go full US backed dictator on people
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Russ Silva
@russellsilva.bsky.social
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Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.bsky.social
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And here's the thing: we don't have to be as ruthless as they are. We just have to be aggressive and principled and work to do good things and hold bad people accountable.
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J. A. Baldwin
@jocetta.bsky.social
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Talking about "the only morally acceptable course would be to have..." is useless. Maybe it would have changed things, maybe it wouldn't, _it doesn't matter_. We're not in that timeline. Will you make common cause anyway with those you blame for it to try to DO something NOW or just keep whining??
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Dr. LurkHer
@lurkher.bsky.social
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And Biden proved them correct about that assumption in his weak sauce speech tonight.
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As A Dog-man ☭
@scooterdavis.bsky.social
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When you get down to it you have one Party that serves it's base and another who base serves the Party. Give Biden all the lasers eyes in the world. If the base can't turn on them for not delivering the Dems will never get off their ass.
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LaserTK
@lasertrapperkeeper.bsky.social
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There is no greater proof that the Democrats are an abject failure than the fact that the GOP isn’t worried, not even a bit, about the prospect of Biden having criminal immunity.
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Mike Keating
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they are so incredibly toothless. "this will just get fillibustered anyway, so we wont bother." ok, make them filibuster! if nothing else, make your opponents fucking work for their victories
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Malaclypse the Fetus
@omfproductions.bsky.social
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There comes a point where even if you lose you gotta give the bully a fat lip he won't forget or he is just going to keep taking your lunch money every day.
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Temple Drake
@templedrake.bsky.social
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There won't be any consequences.
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TNaj
@tarikn.bsky.social
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Gotta wonder what the world looks like if the Supreme Court gives the 2000 election to Gore. And if Obama didn't play softball on Merrick Garland last and the ARRA + ACA before that.
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@eoellrich516.bsky.social
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At the very least start doing the shit they said Obama (I vividly remember the “he wants to be a king” talk)was going to do to get some traction on reeling in the presidency.
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Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
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This administration can have a little ruthlessness, as a treat
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strive for pithiness. land on glib.
@scruffymane.bsky.social
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Adam Murphy
@adamauntiem.bsky.social
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So could a president make an official act sending seal team 6 to assassinate the Supreme Court and Donald Trump?
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