• Kühlschrank@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “The Democrats in Congress are deranged, weak, and ineffective, which is why their approval ratings are at historic lows.”

    I mean except for deranged he’s not wrong. They need to be making the case to the public too but they are terrible communicators to boot.

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        3 days ago

        Dems use right wing analysts to chase the voters who vote instead of energizing the potential votes. They are a captured opposition.

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        3 days ago

        If they want their mega donor money to continue flowing in, they are expected to stay bad at it.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      They need to be making the case to the public t

      Using oligarch controlled media. Just don’t forget they’re playing with that huge handicap. In addition to all hte other problems like being centre-right and pandering to the oligarchs. I’m just saying that even if they were perfect, they will still face a huge uphill battle.

      • Kühlschrank@lemmy.world
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        Can’t argue with that. Would feel a lot better if they were trying various strategies at least. As it is now they appear to have the ‘sit back and let Trump fail’ which may end up getting them congress again but I fear conceding the info space will have long term consequences beyond that.

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        3 days ago

        Using oligarch controlled media. Just don’t forget they’re playing with that huge handicap.

        There is no handicap; this is being covered on CNN, MSN, Newsweek, PBS, Forbes, Time, Yahoo, CNBC, USA Today, and damn near every other “Oligarch Controlled” media source you could name. They are even covering MGT and Alex Fucking Jones who are both advocating for it.

        I haven’t bothered to check but I’m sure it’s all over Xitter and BlueSky as well.

        Any American who isn’t seeing coverage of this simply isn’t paying attention to any news source at all.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Anyone expecting treasonous Republican Congress members to grow a spine is going to be waiting a long time.

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    3 days ago

    Here’s my uninformed guess about what’s happening behind the scenes. Republicans are joining the call to 25 Trump in April to build a high-tension timeline. It’s in R’s and JD Vance’s best interest if they replace Trump at just the right time to maximize the number of terms that Vance can legally serve as president (in case outright stealing the election doesn’t get the popular support they’re predicting). Since Vance will be the new hand on the wheel, politicians are trying to pressure him into agreeing to support them. They’re individually or collectively threatening that if they don’t get the concessions they want in time, they’ll vote for the 25th before the cutoff to give Vance two extra years and, instead, will remove 4 years from his potential reign.

    In other words, I don’t think these calls for the 25th Amendment are actually tied to any specific events or ideals other than the usual power plays.

    What evidence do I have to back up this conspiracy theory? None. I’m just a moron who’s publicly making known their distorted view of politics.

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    4 days ago

    Democrats draw… impeachment articles

    Yeah, snotty democrats spoil wallpapers with crayons again. The first time for the last year I agree with White House. “Pathetic”. Can’t describe it better.

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      Ok, so this seems to be right-wing flavored Dem hate (as opposed to left-wing flavored as in the rest of the comments). I want to ask you, regardless of who introduces the impeachment articles, what do you think? Has Trump fucked up enough to deserve to be impeached yet? Regardless if you think it’ll actually happen, do you agree with trying to kick him out?