Literally 0% chance to change for good if all that happens is bearing witness to corruption and wrongdoing.
This is doing something. It’s hitting on the root of so many problems which have arisen in the US since the corporate takeover of government began in 1978 in partnership with the Supreme Court. I applaud AOC for this!
bit of an overgeneralization there mate
He did remove their supreme court’s ability to try him for his crimes, his party is the majority in Israeli parliament, he’s disbanded the war cabinet, and they’re actively trying to push back the next election date. So yeah, pretty much a dictator.
Netanyahu would lose a massive amount of power if President Biden would stop sending him so much money and weapons. Even the threat of doing so would have a huge impact. So arguably, a puppet dictator is more accurate. Although the way they interact would lead one to believe Bibi is the actual puppet master.
Why is nobody finding the “Autist Autocracy” interesting as well?!
I strongly suspect his dementia-riddled brain will be too far gone for another run in 4 years. Hope so anyway.
And so, the brown shirts are making them think twice. What a sad day for America as domestic terrorism wins.
Paul Pelosi or Gretchen Whitmer likely have something to say on the matter as well.
Should have done it during Obama’s first term, when we had the votes. But it was deemed “not a priority” after we voted them into a supermajority.
So yeah, I think your skepticism of Schumer’s intent here is warranted.
I really liked her framing in this part of the speech. Another speaker said it similarly earlier in the week.
The Republicans fight for freedom of corporations to be deregulated and pollute our environment with reckless abandon.
The Democrats are fighting for freedom of people to live and be safe in their home environment. Safe to drink water, safe to breathe the air.
Highlighting the differences in how each party conceives of the notion of freedom could be a huge deciding factor in this election, and for that matter I think it’s critical for Dems to reclaim usage of the word from the republicans who have disfigured its meaning almost beyond recognition.
I’ll choose to bend over backwards here in order to assume positive intent - Harris, as VP, has almost no power in the situation currently. Biden is literally one of, if not the most, Zionist presidents in the history of the US. Biden will never stop short of giving Israel everything and more, even as Netenyahu repeatedly embarrasses him and shows himself to be a fascist head of a terror state who considers Israel beyond reproach and above international law.
Once Kamala assumes the presidency, she will be able to act on her own authority. Let’s hope that moment brings a marked turn in American support of the unfolding genocide in Gaza. And if not, we can apply pressure on the Harris admin until she changes her tune. That wouldn’t be possible at all with Trump or Biden, so at least with Harris we have some glimmer of hope for the Palestinian people.
Historically a ceasefire means to stop killing, and it is considered broken if hostilities resume.
Baking in the resumption of hostilities is essentially negotiating for peace in bad faith. This has been Netenyahu’s strategy from the start, because he knows an end to the war means an end to his reign of power.
Same, Repugs forced to defend in TX is a victory in and of itself.
We’ll give them Florida
I think the person you replied to intentionally chose “Centrists,” not “GOP.” The problem here is corporate capture of Congress. Republicans are the default gatekeepers, but when populist ideas such as this on the left start to take root, that’s when the democrats come out to squash the effort. Think Manchin, Sinema for the usual suspect scapegoats. But if shit gets real, look at how Pelosi laughs off the STOCK act whenever it’s mentioned. Because of course, policy makers should get to partake in unlimited insider trading, right? Because how else would they be incentivized to continue repealing regulations to allow for wider corporate profit margins.
All he ever does is whine and cry - it’s amazing how conservatives look up to him as some kind of strong man. I just don’t see it, like, at all.
Except for the fact that Trump’s massive pressure on Jerome Powell did exactly that. The results were historic low interest rates and printing of money by the trillions, which was the precursor to the greed-flation we’re faced with today.
Sucks about Sorbo, but thankfully Lucy Lawless (Xena) is still cool af. If you haven’t seen her in Ash vs Evil Dead, check it out! Good stuff.
Yeah, truly kabuki theatre. It starts to make much more sense once you realize the vast majority of that bribe money goes straight back to the media corporations for advertising buys.
That argument always seemed flimsy at best. The real reason establishment dems don’t support pro-labor policies is just like you mentioned - because their donors pay them not to do so. This definitely hurts their electoral prospects, as this is just one of a great many polls showing the majority of Americans support progressive policies.
In a lot of ways, it’s a disservice to the underlying ideas to call them leftist or progressive. Yhey’re just genuinely populist, and appeal to a lot of MAGA folks too. Those poor saps just get hoodwinked constantly by fake populists like Trump.
Gah, I knew it! Curse you deep state!!