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Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers
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Nobody can fight them right now though. Executive Order wouldn't work, and Dems don't have enough control in Congress. Dems need both to pass legislation that the Republicans definitely don't want passed.
Republicans have done nothing but fight this type of legislation for decades, because they know they will never win the general populace come election time. This is why they Gerrymander, this is why they pass laws allowing themselves to unilaterally throw out election results, and this is why we're seeing the Supreme Court making insane rulings right now. It's all to try and disenfranchise the majority population opinion, and try to rewrite it with indoctrination.
Voters don't expect everything to get fixed overnight
We expect the people we elect to fight for progress, even if they lose.
It's a very low bar that the DNC isn't meeting.
Well, you're right about the fighting part, but wrong on the attempts.
Dozens of states tried to pass election integrity bills after the Trump fiasco. Few got it passed due to Republican intervention.
Same in Congress in both the 117th and 118th. Attempts to make a bipartisan bill always fails because of GOP additions that are absolutely insane.
The opposite has happened in GOP controlled state sessions in places like Texas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, where bills have been passed that are very obviously skewed towards the GOP controlling the seats, and getting the benefit of either limiting Democrat control directly, or limiting future abilities of such.
It's absolutely foul, and though the Democrats are working hard to fight these things, it looks like abject failure before any real attempts can even be made, which voters seem to see as weakness. Maybe that's just a defeatist point of view though.
Great.
Literally and unrioncislly great
But we're talking about the federal government, not states...
You're also ignoring that the reason we need a supermajority, is Dems won't get rid of the fillibuster.
A cynic would say because that removes their best excuse for why they can't do what their voters want.
Federal law puts elections in the hands of the States.
Voters aren't even clear on what separation of powers means, much less the realities of the political processes of the government. Voters absolutely expect everything to get fixed overnight, and throw fits when it isn't. Remember 2010?
Imagine how powerful leftist grassroots organizations would be if folks like you would dedicate the same amount of time and energy to voter engagement and activism that you devote to ranting and raving on political message boards. This country would be completely transformed in a matter of months.
Edit: Seriously, 6,800 comments over a 12 month period is almost 19 comments every single day of the year. That's borderline obsession, and it can't possibly be good for your mental health.