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AIPAC is blue NRA. They both need to be disbanded.
They aren't even blue. They do not care about our political parties. Their interest is as a lobby group to benefit Israel. It's full name is The American Israel Public Affairs Committee. And the contents match the name on the tin.
They aren't alone, just to throw a dart and find a couple from the hundreds of organizations as an example, there's the Japan External Trade Organization and the Irish National Caucus. That there is such a group isn't alarming. What's alarming is their level of influence in Democratic Party Politics while obviously preferring Trump and conservative Democrats. Other groups simply lobby for their interest, whereas AIPAC seeks to shape the field of play for our domestic politics, in the favor of Israel.
The fact that there is such a group absolutely is alarming. If the DNC had just some SCOTUS picks or a senate supermajority they could end Citizens United, add new maximum political donations, and we could all put this nightmare behind us, but that's never going to happen.
Biden had a trifecta, they could have pushed legislation to reorganize SCOTUS. This is yet another issue on the flaming pile of things Democrats could have done but did not because it's better to be able to campaign on it.
Dems had 48 to Republican 50 under Biden's first two years, only got to pick a majority leader who calls votes because of 2 independents caucusing and the Vice President Tiebreaker.
After 2 years it became 48:3:49 and they no longer held the House, either.
Dismissing SCOTUS judges would require supermajority, while expanding the court was highly controversial.
Re-organizing the court is a normal bill. And yes the Republicans are going to make sure anything they don't like is highly controversial. If that's why you aren't doing something then you're just keeping their seat warm for them.
Controversial as in even getting 48 Democrats on board would be difficult, but even if they did then they still couldn't pass a normal bill without Republican help as I outlined they were outnumbered for all 4 years.
The independents are more progressive than them, not less. And keeping the filibuster is a self inflicted injury.
I have no sympathy for the boy who does nothing more than cry wolf while he loses his sheep.
Sinema voted alongside Trump's policy stance more than 50% of the time. Angus King Jr 37%. Now Joe Manchin is also an Independent.
But on average you might be right, because Bernie Sanders weighs the average down with 16.7%.
Using Trump as a measure for conservative, the average Democrat is quite a bit more progressive than an Independent.