Donald Trump has unleashed a “flood the zone” strategy: a cascade of executive actions aimed at rapidly reshaping the federal government and the country. The scope of changes is staggering: massive reductions in the federal workforce, the dismantling of USAID, signaling departments of labor and education are next, and the firing of Justice Department prosecutors.

Amid this whirlwind, a critical question emerges: Where is the opposition? What concrete steps are Democrats taking to counter this aggressive agenda? Senior politics reporter Akela Lacy says there are some very obvious things the Democrats could be doing. “Movement people are asking the obvious question right now, which is:

Why are there any Democrats — at all — voting to confirm a single Trump nominee? That’s one of the lowest hanging pieces of fruit,” she says. The Democrats had no plan, Lacy says, despite there being “no confusion about the fact that these nominees were going to be coming up for a vote. And still there were Democrats who voted for several of Trump’s nominees.”

  • @surph_ninja
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    12 days ago

    Funny how liberals only talk about compromise with conservatives. Never the left.

    Thankfully, the conservative & liberal boomers are dying off. We can end this psychotic devotion to capital above all else.

    • @Snapz
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      01 day ago

      Stop trying to subdivide, ding dong… I’m left as fuck, protest actions for over 20 years for progressive cause and in defense of marginalized groups. I’ve stood face to face with swat teams in riot great and rifles while shutting down major intersections. Donated a year of my life, without pay in prone earning years, leading up to the 2020 election to get people registered and voting to head off fascism for another 4 years. I doubt you’ve done shit of value to progress, beyond clutching your ideals in online fights - happy for you to prove me wrong though

      • @surph_ninja
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        01 day ago

        LoL. “Stop trying to subdivide,” after that’s all you’ve done. Pretending to be a leftist fighting fascism, and brags about devoting your energy to getting a genocidal party more election wins.

        You’re a joke.

        • @Snapz
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          020 hours ago

          Yeah, so you won’t prove me wrong. Got it.

          Well you better get back to doing absolutely nothing meaningful and then patting yourself on the back at the end of the day.

          • @surph_ninja
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            19 hours ago

            We get it. You feel entitled to demand things. That lines up with the rest of your behavior.