This is all well and good, but I doubt they’ll get anything past Trump.

It’s just gridlock for the next two years.

  • Mediocre_Bard_Redeux@lemmy.world
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    So prosecuting corrupt officials and eliminating the electoral college are what? Second? Just more of the same bullshit (I hope I am wrong, but I have seen the Democrats go from “radical change” to “now is not the time for radical change” too many times).

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    Whoa what monumental goals! Restoring tax credits for healthcare to what they were a couple of years ago when healthcare was equally expensive and ending a war that’s comprised of two sides occasionally lobbing bombs at one another every few weeks.

    Nevermind all the corruption and crime coming out of the white house or all those people being illegally rounded up and locked in cages for being brown. Let’s ignore the epstein files too. Let’s also ignore the warrantless surveillance being conducted by Flock and Axon along with all the AI data centers going up along with them that siphon all our energy reserves away. Nope! Renewing tax credits to funnel tax dollars toward the medical industry is definitely our most pressing issue.

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    First thing the Dems need to do is bring in new leadership for House and Senate.

    Hakeem and Chuck have long outlived their usefulness and will do more harm than good when it comes to pushing for what needs to be done in the future.

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      As much as I agree that criminals and corrupt politicians have no business being in government, prosecution is unlikely to be successful in the next 2 years. Congress only has the authority to investigate then makes a referral to the DOJ, but the president controls the DOJ.

      The recourse after a referral like that falls flat would be to impeach and remove (until someone is in place that will honor an independent DOJ) but they’d need the opposing party to cooperate and reach the 2/3 threshold needed for removal. Prosecution may need to wait for the next president to unblock the DOJ and empower them to do their job.

      Some of the ideas being floated might be more attainable in the short term, especially in the cases of regaining control over responsibilities enumerated in the Constitution as belonging to Congress, such as passing budgets and declarations of war.