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[–] [email protected] 184 points 2 days ago (33 children)

Would still be more effective than...whatever it is that they're doing.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 2 days ago (11 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (81 children)

Genuinely curious what people want the Democrats to specifically do right now, apart from vague calls of "something" and "more" and "better." At least on a federal level, aren't they pretty much powerless at this point? What even can they do?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Obstruct fucking everything instead of being the complicit bastards they are.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I mean, I'm not an expert by any means but haven't the republicans been able to very efficiently stifle democrat majorities before? If they just follow that playbook (delaying things, being pains in the ass, constant insistence on funky rules) they can at least annoy the shit out of them and hopefully slow things down. They're way too polite for that tho, they'd rather just let it happen and hope they come out okay in the end then to risk the wrath of the annoying orange and his minions.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

One thing they could do is stop voting with republicans to confirm Trump's appointees. Have you seen. how well the Republicans obstruct? They can get everybody in their rank and file out on network TV to call for banning a book by title while the democrats can't even get their best faces on TV to call what's happening with NY's mayor blatant quid pro quo corruption

EDIT: Trump energy chief says there are upsides to ecological collapse

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

agreed. that's literally their job. oppose the other party by whatever means at their disposal. use the press, support union actions, so many ideas. be bold be creative.

they at least should stop pretending that "playing by the rules" and "trusting the system" is an appropriate response to illegal orders, illegal firings, violations of constitutional doctrine, and open defiance of judicial and legislative oversight. relevant video from InnuendoStudio, sadly aged like wine

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