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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.bsky.social |
really cannot emphasize enough how plainly all this proves that the first priority of the next Democratic administration needs to be democracy reform --filibuster --electoral college --court reform --dc and pr statehood --new voting rights act --gerrymandering
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Owen
@oweniverson.bsky.social
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This was my list on the other site. Figuring the electoral college would be hard to dismantle, I think we should make voting 1) a paid national holiday 2) ranked choice 3) compulsory That would buy Dems enough time to push major policy like the ACA and IRA - things that benefit millions.
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Silly B Man
@lawnerd.bsky.social
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*presidential purge
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Glenn Muir
@glennmuir.bsky.social
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Wanna ask - What reforms here do you think are more likely to pass in the next democratic administration? My ranking has it likely as: 1. New Voting Rights Act 2. Gerrymandering 3. Filibuster 4. DC and PR Statehood (SHOULD apply to all of the territories Imo) 5. Court Reform 6. Electoral College
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Ruby
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There is no reason that Biden and other elected Dems didn't get to work on this in 2021. They thought it was too radical to expand the court, etc. I don't know if they are even capable of change at this point. By the time they realize the seriousness they will have absolutely no power at all.
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supermoonie
@supermoonie.bsky.social
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Would have been great if maybe someone in the Democratic Party had started on any of this when we voted them in, instead of infrastructure week
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cdpositive
@cdpositive.bsky.social
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-- codifying Roe
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Mike
@mjlahaye.bsky.social
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Wasn’t that supposed to be the deal last time????
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Jorge Rivera Marín
@jlrmarin.bsky.social
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Puerto Ricans do not uniformly want statehood, the party that drives statehood is a group of authoritarian scammers who have run the island into the ground while perpetuating racist stereotypes of the value of Puerto Rico and its people.
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BygoneBegotRisk
@bygonebegotrisk.bsky.social
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How is any of this possible with the Roberts court? Whatever the answer is, that has to be item 1 on the agenda.
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@deepvoice.bsky.social
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National Holiday by Biden to make elections a day off, so everyone can vote!
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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿
@p-no-nwa.bsky.social
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Same as the last time, weirdly enough.
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DTaylor 🌄🤓🌿🗳️
@scrabbyone.bsky.social
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...Campaign finance reform...
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Jennie Dusheck
@solenodon.bsky.social
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Overturn Citizens United ERA
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Lawson Soward
@lawsonwest.bsky.social
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legit thought this post was from 2019
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Ryan SilverFox
@silverfoxr.bsky.social
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The craziest thing right now is that, since SCOTUS pretty much ruled that a president can do whatever they want without fear of legal reprisal or consequence, the current president could, theoretically, force all of this to happen any way he can/wants and nobody can do anything about it.
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Jose Munoz
@ringslinger.bsky.social
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There will not be another Democratic administration.
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Arkenor
@arkenor.bsky.social
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I don't see that happening under Biden. Not seeing any sign that he's changed his mind on those being out of bounds.
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ryan
@youfoundryan.bsky.social
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pass the wyoming rule!
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haden steward
@hadensteward.bsky.social
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Which senators are you speaking to who wouldn't allow that?
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iskeptici
@iskeptici.bsky.social
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Lest you forget, these things were all definitely needed and on the table in 2020... and yet here we are. One could reasonably conclude that the dems aren't interested in these ideas...
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@booond.bsky.social
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If there is a next one.
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Agent NaN
@thaxter.bsky.social
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The Dem party project has been like freshmen buying elevator passes instead of taking care of this shit
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V-Rider 🏍️
@vriderch.bsky.social
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But will they actually do it? That's the big worry.
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Big Edith
@bigedith.bsky.social
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I hope there will be a next Democratic Admin.
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WAP
@wetasspword.bsky.social
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Why not the current one lmao such defeatists
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los gatos 🐈🐈⬛
@losgatos.bsky.social
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Agree, however, why would any of these law changes go unchallenged when the far right judiciary is there, all the way up the chain, to say it's all unconstitutional.
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Kyle Morgan
@profkmorgan.bsky.social
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I don't see anyone in the democratic pipeline with the skill or will to do this. Unfortunately.
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Andy S
@as58.bsky.social
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--Ethics --Accountability --Oversight --Anti-corruption
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🦀 Shawn Morris 🦀
@theshawnmorris.bsky.social
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Should have been priority of the current one.
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CKJohnsonBK
@ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social
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Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
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Jennifer R. Povey
@ninjafingers.bsky.social
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Referendums for statehood in both. I firmly believe DC would pass handily, PR is a more open question, but BINDING referendums would settle the issue. I don't have a say because I don't live in DC, but living *next* to DC I would be like "GUYS PLEASE BE A STATE" ;)
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Anthrodiva
@anthrodiva.bsky.social
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Didn't Biden try this but Manchin and Sinema stopped it? Luckily those two will be gone, but probably so will the very slim Dem Senate majority.....
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Tachyon Days
@warisill.bsky.social
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You think there's going to be another?
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Microplastics Sommelier
@leastactionhero.bsky.social
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if california felt like breaking itself into 5 states i think the rest of us would really appreciate it
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Greg Wasserstrom
@brain.rodeo
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there may not be a next democratic administration.
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cynthie
@cynthie.bsky.social
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Yes!
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@ercbk.bsky.social
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1. Administration refers to the presidency and they can't make these reforms. We also need control of congress. 2. They recently had a trifecta and should've been able to get much of this stuff done then but Manchin and Sinema happened. So they need more progressive members or a larger margin.
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Scott Berfield
@sberfield.bsky.social
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Need to vote in a lot more Democrats. None of that happens without significant majorities and the White House.
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MB
@moab-bombadil.bsky.social
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Literally what we elected OBAMA to do. And then the feckless twit we have now. Kinda seems like Dems would rather the country goes fascist than veer slightly left.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
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so much of the power and the terror of the Republican party comes from the sclerotic, antidemocratic features of the American system trump has always lost the popular vote! if that meant he *actually* lost we'd be living in a different world!
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jtadetroit.bsky.social 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
@jtadetroit.bsky.social
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The GOP works exclusively on their agenda, with no exceptions for bipartisanship. Dems need to adopt that attitude, at least for these issues.
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Michael Kaplan
@differance.bsky.social
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What we all said four years ago
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simongarlick
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It is possible that there will be, generations from now, a non-Republican administration, but the idea that it would be "Democratic" might be a little optimistic
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Life as Content
@trrrambo.bsky.social
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We are living in a looping hell. I’m sorry, the ever-feckless dems will not do this. They will plead weakness and show their belly. No one is buying this
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Monica Fitzgerald
@monicafitz.bsky.social
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Perfect!
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Nicholas Bauer PhD
@bioturbonick.bsky.social
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Agreed. Biden won't do it.
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This is BS
@thisisbs.bsky.social
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I don't believe Puerto Ricans have voted in favor of statehood but yes DC the 51st!
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Johnny X
@johnnyx18.bsky.social
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Didn’t they have majorities in all branches of government a couple of years ago and did absolutely none do these? Why would they do them now?
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@ajinbo.bsky.social
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Like it should have been in 2008
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Amanda
@electrichyena.bsky.social
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you think there's ever going to be one?
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Peter Feld 🍉
@peterfeld.bsky.social
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"next Democratic administration"
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cadillac_grills
@stephenlemarbre.bsky.social
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this wasn’t done over the last 4 years although the left called for it…it was the only chance. dems decided not to even try - this is what we’re left with. “norms” they protected that will now be shredded
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Wandering White Shark, PhD (he/him, still pagan)
@drseapearl.bsky.social
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In what, 2032?
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AO
@activeoppressor.bsky.social
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Controlling both houses of the legislature will be more important than the administration in accomplishing this. But none of this is far fetched, it could have been done in 2021 and I don't believe Biden would have vetoed any of it.
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V-E-R-G-O-G-N-A
@dmacgrr.bsky.social
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I’d also appreciate the ERA, but that’s prob too big an ask
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@gengarro.bsky.social
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"If you don't vote for the same, progressively more feckless, party every election, it will be the end of democracy" only works for so many elections before voters decide that democracy isn't worth much anyway
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Chris Wilhelm
@cwilhelm24.bsky.social
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All of which we were talking about 4 years ago. And then everyone stopped talking about it after the election.
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Michele Tepper
@michelet.bsky.social
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Fix the apportionment act!
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