In the past week or so, the courts have begun to try to set some boundaries on the Musk–Miller–Trump administration’s early blitz of recklessness.
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This judicial review provides at least a small reprieve, hope that some of the administration’s most destructive impulses will be stopped. Or at least pared back. But even with the courts stepping up, and even with the reality of the administration’s ineptitude sinking in, this early Musk–Miller–Trump blitz remains very—maybe irreparably—damaging. Of course, there are a lot of moles to whack: the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are being dismantled at an alarming rate, and the court system is not known for being nimble. The administration is betting, perhaps rightly, that at least some of its thoughtless, lawless efforts will slip through the cracks.
But even if the courts caught them all—and even if every court facing each lawless escapade said, “Nope, that’s not a thing”—still the entire process would be doing serious damage to our institutions. Think of it as someone spoofing your identity and going on a shopping spree with your credit cards. Even if the goon gets caught, you still have to go store by store to argue that the fraudulent purchase wasn’t legitimate and hope the debt is forgiven. And all the while, perhaps long after all the debts are dealt with, the torrent of uncertainty kills your credit score.
This is not the Democrats fault. It is the fault of those that voted for Trump. The knew exactly what he was, and still voted for him. They wanted this.
I’m suspect of posts that blame Democrats, are these posts put up by paid shills?
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IS THE FAULT OF TRUMP, AND HIS MAGA FOLLOWERS!!!
Poor Democrats. They’re only a ragtag group of activists that are the largest political party outside of Asia with billions of dollars at their disposal! What leverage do they have? /s
The paid shills aren’t the only ones saying that D isn’t doing anything. D is saying they’re not doing anything. Critically reexamine your unquestioning loyalty and need to give them the guac guac at every turn.
Please, before you suspect anybody of being a shill, read carefully what’s written. He described what the Democrats are doing. And you say it’s not the Democrats fault! What?
It’s apparently true: The people who voted for Trump are responsible for Trump being in power.
And nobody claims otherwise. But Trump becoming president has an economic backdrop that goes a long way back. It’s rooted in the neoliberal economic model that become popular in the 1960s and had taken over the whole world by the 2000s. It took the chains off of capitalism that workers united in Unions and parties had imposed on it. Because the old Social Democrat parties who people obviously trusted due to their history suddenly sided with the capitalists, everybody was caught on the wrong foot. Many fell for the lies that were peddled for why public services suddenly had to be privatised and made them their own fetish.
Since then a massive amount of wealth was being shifted to the capitalists while social services eroded. And now many people just feel completely left alone. Because they are. And they suddenly see the world as a place of dark forces, where everybody has to fight for themselves, where scamming people is a viable business model, where truth is a concept from some other time. Yeah, so some people say the Dems have their fair share in all this, because they sold out to the capitalists, thereby creating a feeding ground for fascists like Trump.
On the other hand OP was mostly saying how despicable the Dems are acting right now. So yeah.
No blame goes to the Dems at all?
None?
Not even any blame for running bad campaigns, with bad candidates? Three times in a row? No blame for relying on “Not Trump” as a campaign strategy? No blame for insisting the economy is grand, even though all the voters are saying otherwise?
You get the govt you deserve.
Some. But it’s not equitable.
“You can lead a horse to water, but can’t make it drink.”
For months, people tried to warn others about p2025, and were ignored. For months, tried to warn others that tariffs would actually make the economy worse, but were ignored. For months, people warned others that Fuckface 45 would be worse for Gaza, but were ignored.
The fucking 3rd party / protest / non voters are also to blame.
Guess what, it’s the politicians job to get the horse’s head into the water. If they fail to do that they were either incompetent or didn’t work hard enough. You should go find Chuck Schumer’s words from the mid 2010s where he says he doesn’t mind losing blue collar votes.
For years, we were warning the Dems that they need to represent the working class, and they chose instead keep representing their campaign donors.
So, who is ar fault again?
Pelosi defends lawmaker stock trades, citing ‘free market’ https://apnews.com/article/business-nancy-pelosi-congress-8685e82eb6d6e5b42413417f3d5d6775
The fascists are worse. I voted Harris with a funeral dirge in my heart out of harm reduction, but make no mistake, all we’ve been arguing for half a century is the rate of decline. A little slower under neoliberals, a little faster under Fascists.
NOTHING CAN IMPROVE until our government knocks our oligarchs down to size. Both parties are very well paid by the oligarchs to defend them from us. The oligarchs are running the asylum because both parties let them.
Republicans having no meaningful opposition on the shape and priorities of the economy for so long made them this bold. Every cycle in most of our lifetimes, both parties have been marching rightward. I fully expect next cycle for neoliberals to advocate “more humane” concentration camps in their never ending March to the new middle, already deep into fascist crazy town.
why even bother focusing on this? “it’s this guy’s fault!” ok. so what? it will be four years if we even get a chance to vote again. the only thing we should be talking about is resistance.
You got midterm elections coming up. Also local elections. One could argue that the success of R comes from the fact that they bid their time, slowly but surely spreading their fascist poison via local elections. The presidency isn’t everything!
if trump gets his way, it actually is. the time to think about how we’ll do it next time has past.