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- Comment on Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland 2 weeks ago:
Pasting something I posted elsewhere:
I’m convinced that Trump only wants Greenland so that he can say he has an even biglier piece of stolen land than Putin has with Ukraine. It’s all a tiny dick-measuring contest.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Who hurt you?
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 1 month ago:
If they were capable of thinking critically, they wouldn’t be Republicans in the first place.
- Comment on What are the democrats actually doing to help? 1 month ago:
They’ve been doing as much as they can, such as stalling votes and filing lawsuits. They have literally no power, so there isn’t much they can do short of committing violence.
HOWEVER, one thing they could be doing is more attention-grabbing stunts. The octogenarians in party leadership don’t understand that attention is the most valuable commodity these days. If they formed a human shield to block people getting into the Senate chambers to further delay Trump’s nominees, they’d get heaps of attention and far fewer people would be asking what they’re doing to stop the fascist takeover. At least their objections would be visibly plastered all over TV and social media rather than confined to the vote tallies in the Senate.
Down the road, when (or if) Trump needs to have actual legislation passed, he’s going to have a major problem in the House. The House Republican caucus can’t agree on what to order for lunch, so they’ll likely need Democratic votes to get any legislation passed. This is the only area where Dems have a modicum of power.