Jesus, can the Democrats come off as many more feckless than they already are? I’ve gotten the message out to my friends but am unable to speak with any reps for my senators (Duckworth, Durbin).
I’m leaving voicemails (which I’m sure they’ll get to), but the way to avoid having your phone lines flooded to is to quickly come out with a position. They’ve known for several days that this is coming and they don’t have a stance?
It’s like asking someone if they would eat broken glass and them asking what district it’s from.
I said it yesterday and I’ll say it again today. Dems are like the black or Jewish doctor who will work to save a man covered in swastika tattoos because they have a moral obligation to do so.
Oh and welcome to the scrum as @lestatdelc used to say.
There was zero economic populism in Trump and the GOP’s agenda.
Rather, there populism was all hatred for the other guy.
That said, I offer an interesting article from Paul Krugman now that he no longer writes for the NYT.
The article concludes with:
While rule by crazy conspiracy theorists is an unquestionably bad state of affairs, let me lay out two specific reasons it’s bad.
First, it means that the people in charge won’t learn from failure. When things go wrong — when planes crash, or forests burn, or children die of preventable diseases, or the economy enters stagflation — it won’t be because policies should be reconsidered. It will be because sinister globalists are plotting against America. And the beatings will continue until morale improves.
Second, there will be a search for scapegoats. Much of the federal government is already in the midst of a de facto political purge, with professional civil servants replaced by apparatchiks and job cuts falling most heavily on agencies perceived as liberal. These purges will intensify and broaden, increasingly extending to the private sector, as the administration proves itself incapable of governing effectively.
It’s a scary prospect. I only hope that enough people get scared and angry enough, soon enough, to save America as we knew it.
Its a shit sandwich and tastes about the same from either end:
Keeping the government funded at current levels permits or even endorses the Mumps (musk+tfg) to continue their destruction of government while consolidating power.
OTOH, shutting down the government would immediately close down the agencies that Mumps would like to permantly shutter, but could prevent or delay some long term damage.
In response, the dems MUST put together a Peoples Cabinet and do daily press briefings to tell their side of this story. “The ONLY demand dems are making to continue to fund the government is that government must follow the law and pay for the services that Americans use. They wont do that.”
This needs to be said every time a dem says anything on any topic.
Unless the Trump/Musk lawless crime spree ends, Democrats have zero to gain from keeping it going. Don’t let anything pass. Shut it all down. Don’t ratify the Trump/Musk regime’s active efforts to end the Constitution and turn the Congress into a powerless debate society.
This is a no-brainer if Democrats in the Senate had any concept of their role and the Trump/Musk regime seeking to convert our country into an authoritarian dictatorship.
I’m sure the Senate Dems will come up with a new way to be utterly useless and let TSF and Elmo do whatever they want. Can’t interrupt their gravy train by, shudder, actually taking a stand on anything.
Left messages for my two useless/MIA senators, for all the good it will do me. Waste of my time and energy
