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[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 181 points 1 day ago

Would still be more effective than...whatever it is that they're doing.

[-] troybot@midwest.social 87 points 1 day ago
[-] Juice@midwest.social 13 points 22 hours ago

The great resignation

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[-] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 1 day ago

Genuinely curious what people want the Democrats to specifically do right now, apart from vague calls of "something" and "more" and "better." At least on a federal level, aren't they pretty much powerless at this point? What even can they do?

[-] coyootje@lemmy.world 115 points 1 day ago

I mean, I'm not an expert by any means but haven't the republicans been able to very efficiently stifle democrat majorities before? If they just follow that playbook (delaying things, being pains in the ass, constant insistence on funky rules) they can at least annoy the shit out of them and hopefully slow things down. They're way too polite for that tho, they'd rather just let it happen and hope they come out okay in the end then to risk the wrath of the annoying orange and his minions.

[-] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 102 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One thing they could do is stop voting with republicans to confirm Trump's appointees. Have you seen. how well the Republicans obstruct? They can get everybody in their rank and file out on network TV to call for banning a book by title while the democrats can't even get their best faces on TV to call what's happening with NY's mayor blatant quid pro quo corruption

EDIT: Trump energy chief says there are upsides to ecological collapse

[-] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

agreed. that's literally their job. oppose the other party by whatever means at their disposal. use the press, support union actions, so many ideas. be bold be creative.

they at least should stop pretending that "playing by the rules" and "trusting the system" is an appropriate response to illegal orders, illegal firings, violations of constitutional doctrine, and open defiance of judicial and legislative oversight. relevant video from InnuendoStudio, sadly aged like wine

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