@[email protected] to United States | News & [email protected] • edit-25 days agoPeople in congress have been getting ~1600 calls a minute vs the usual ~40/min. Directed pressure can work. Keep it uplemmy.mlimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1imagePeople in congress have been getting ~1600 calls a minute vs the usual ~40/min. Directed pressure can work. Keep it uplemmy.ml@[email protected] to United States | News & [email protected] • edit-25 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•5 days agoThey should have been opposing them for being unqualified and corrupt regardless of his shitty policies…wtf
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink4•edit-25 days agoKey word being “every nominee”. He’s still been against most of them And has now been using more of their ability to delay nominations (though they cannot fully block without Republicans support)
minus-square@finitebanjolink1•5 days agoTwo of the earliest nominations were former congressmen which are actually qualified, corruptness aside, but Hegseth got 0 Dem votes and was still confirmed.
They should have been opposing them for being unqualified and corrupt regardless of his shitty policies…wtf
Key word being “every nominee”. He’s still been against most of them
And has now been using more of their ability to delay nominations (though they cannot fully block without Republicans support)
Two of the earliest nominations were former congressmen which are actually qualified, corruptness aside, but Hegseth got 0 Dem votes and was still confirmed.