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Summary
Progressive Democrats accused Donald Trump and Elon Musk of orchestrating a “constitutional crisis” after Musk moved to shut down USAID and gained access to a federal payment system.
Lawmakers, blocked from entering USAID’s headquarters, condemned Trump for granting Musk unchecked power over government functions.
Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that Musk’s involvement could trigger financial instability, while Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a “plutocratic coup.”
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Blame is a weird way to say “point out”
Was trying to think of a way to say this exact thing! Astute!
what the hell is wrong with this comment section. The problem here is not the democrats. Fixing he democrats is not going to improve republican shenanigans. Shouting for the minority democrats to do something is like shouting for the green party to do something. The problem is in this idea to blame the good for not being perfect and ignoring that people are fine letting in the bad. My prediction is every one of the the super leftists looking for things to get bad enough for “the revolution” to happen will be seig heiling like their is no tomorrow when the boots hit the neck.
The democrats are refusing to employ any of the government-breaking strategies the republicans just proved, over years as a minority party, can bring the government to crawl. Worse than that, they are enabling everything the republicans are doing. They aren’t even putting up a fight. They’d rather be “civil” and “the adults in the room” than actually stop fascism. They are controlled opposition.
I get the first picture but the second? We know democrats do not vote lockstep and we have pretty traitorous members like fettermen are among them. I see 37 voting correctly. This is one thing about when they are in power. People expect them to vote in lockstep like the republicans but that has never been the case.
I get the first picture but the second? We know democrats do not vote lockstep
They expect democratic voters to.
not really. they expect folks to choose better in the choice of better or worse.
When they won’t.
mine do. I can effect the election of two senators and one representative.
No, I mean that when Democratic legislators are presented with a choice of better or worse, just enough of them always choose worse, but expect greater loyalty from the voters.
So, you’re essentially saying this is normal for democrats? It’s normal for them to go to bat for republicans? How is that a defense?
It never ceases to amaze me how hard people go in making excuses for democrats.
no its more that some democrats are not very much of ones. usually in swing states. I actually agree they should not vote for canidates based on electability but that is a problem with the electorate of the state with the primaries. But yeah democratic canidates in red states can be very conservative but repbulican canidates in blue states will still be very conservative. which is why you don’t want to be voting for them at any level no matter what bs they spew because they will always toe the line which has mostly meant get rid of regulations and lower taxes on the wealthy.
That’s just a No True Scotsman. “The subset of democrats who vote in line with Republicans, thus making all other democrats’ resistance moot, are simply not real democrats”
Not really. Its the reality of a republic. I can’t vote for democrats outside of the ones who represent me. I am good with their voting records. I cannot effect who gets voted into other states but I can see the history. I am also good with the democratic presidential canidates like biden over trump or kamala over trump. so I vote that way with them. I would encourage people in other states to vote for better democratic canidates as better repbulican ones will 100% vote lockstep with the party no matter what they say while the democrat may do what they said they would. I honestly don’t know what those democrats campaigned on.
Why the fuck is it only ‘the progressives’ that are saying it? This makes it seem like it’s a political issue and not a hostile takeover. Fucking ridiculous.
Because the Democrats are trying to appease the center. I’m fucking tired of it.
God damn it lol my dumbass just looked up “orogressive” instead of realizing it was a typo.
I dumped that into ChatGPT to figure out what that would mean:
“Gold-progressing”: If “oro-” means gold, then “orogressive” could describe something advancing toward wealth, golden standards, or prosperity.
“Mountain-moving” or “Mountain-progressing”: If we go with the geological meaning, “orogressive” could mean progressing through or overcoming mountains—maybe symbolizing overcoming big challenges.
“Speech-advancing”: If “oro-” is tied to oral communication, “orogressive” might mean someone who is progressive in speech, rhetoric, or persuasion.
Honestly, all of those are ironically far more aspirational than “progressive”. I give it 4/5 stars for your newly-minted neologism.
Haha, sorry man. Thanks for pointing out the typo!
That wasn’t really the intention there lol, but no problem.
The liberals are just speechless with how beautifully the system is being exploited.
Please, Progressive Democrats, try to make a new progressive party. Cut ties with the Democrats.
Bipartisan succ.
There’s like 3 of them bro
Problem is that if the DNC splits, both parties will be even weaker than they are now
The Democrats don’t have to field a candidate if they’re that worried about splitting the vote.
It’s not like they try to win anyway.
If anything they’d be relieved to no longer have to play heel to the Republican party.
A valid concern.
I strongly recommend looking at what the Polish did. We can have multiple movements all trying to influence outcomes. They don’t even need their own candidates, they just have to endorse ones that party elsewhere or have a chance of being picked up by a major coalition (e.g. Sanders, AOC). Over time, that movement gains traction and notoriety, further influencing elections.
Yeah, but that won’t last forever. Give progressive dems a chance to campaign in earnest for their platform, without the chains of establishment pro-corporate policies around their necks, and you might be surprised how quickly the 90-million non-voters come around.
you might be surprised how quickly the 90-million non-voters come around.
Good. I’d rather know what the score is with the actual, entire, electorate than left to yet another situation where a huge number of people just stood by.
I’m not from America, so I don’t really get why you’re not all forming militias into battalions and organizating command structures and overt/covert lines of communication and national plans.
A counter coup if you will. Aka trying to find a majority based path to a bloodless civil war. Ideally a series of stand offs where fed forces have been prearranged to stand down.
Of course if that fails Trump would declare marshall law which is part of his agenda as it legitimizes the executive having more power so…
Death by 1000 grifters I guess is the alternative.
Not sure where you’re from, but we have some problems that stand in the way of coordinating any kind of resistance. At least, not proactively.
In short: we have no living memory of domestic war, famine, epidemic, or wholesale financial hardship lasting longer than a few years. We’ve had tastes of those things, but they always effect people disproportionately, usually along class lines. So being proactive by taking up arms, or preparing for economic catastrophe, is literally unthinkable for most.
Meanwhile, the usual kind of political corruption that we’re accustomed to just came to an end, and is changing shape before our very eyes. Nobody knows what to do with that, yet.
Most of us are in denial. You probably would be too if it was your way of living and life on the line. Most people aren’t mentally prepared for shit to get that kind of real…
I think we’re waiting to see if they fire like half of the FBI to work with them…
Isn’t it obvious that this administration is a government for the wealthy?
Americans are so out of touch… remember that some people that voted didn’t even know Biden dropped out.
everyone’s just sat around looking at thirst traps on instagram
I watch an ungodly amount of porn and still manage to do some basic keeping up on politics. The problem isn’t the other things people want to do, it’s that being up-to-date on politics is straight up a faux pas. Everyone can agree that our current government sucks, but start trying to tell the vast majority of people about anything specific, such as, I dunno, how Mitch McConnell stole Supreme Court appointments from Obama, their eyes glaze over. People think it’s cool to bitch about your own problems, but if you learn enough to do anything about it and advocate for political action, you become a tryhard.
but do you get your news from porn or from social media? because a disturbingly high proportion of the population gets their news almost exclusively through facebook, instagram, twitter, and reddit
their eyes glaze over.
As someone who’s eyes glaze over, what should I be doing? I can’t vote McConnell out. I have a job and responsibilities to deal with just keeping myself alive so I can’t travel around protesting. I vote but my vote gets drowned out by the overwhelming majority of Republicans surrounding me. It’s overwhelming to think about.
DO SOMETHING YOU WORTHLESS FUCKS
Since 2016: “Trump will be the end of democracy!”
After election: Hands over the reigns without a fight
“No you!”
-Nancy Pelosi or some shit
Meanwhile all the Dems in leadership positions are conspicuously silent.
We cant afford to keep letting geriatric procorp moderates be the only alternative to fascism.
We just saw it the last four years, even when we “win” things don’t get better, they just stop getting worse for a few years.
It’s never been sustainable, and we’ve wasted decades on “the lesser evil”.
We need to actually run a good candidate Dem voters already agree with.
I think it might take something more drastic to deal with the actual Nazis running the country now. They are gaining more control over people’s lives and speech every day, and they have stated their intention to keep Trump as leader for at least another term after this one, and to do away with elections. Running appealing candidates may no longer be enough to topple them.
I think it might take something more drastic to deal
Gets truer everyday as long as we the only other option is neoliberalism and “the lesser evil”.
Progressive Democrats accuse ocean of containing water.
progressive democrats are oxymorons
