Democrats have way more leverage than they're willing to use. The GOP is as fractured as ever and they have the house with a razor thin margin. Now is exactly the time to play hardball. The GOP will likely need their votes to do anything.
But instead I foresee Democrats making weak ass concessions at every turn because "we can't risk having the government shutdown!?!?"
Don't you see? They've earned it by being in Congress since the 80s and doing nothing but dismantling the government for kick backs. Now let them retire in office in peace, it's a lot to ask an 80 year old to put up a fight.
The Senate: the only tax payer funded nursing home that is suitably staffed.
Oh it's simple "we've hired too many employees. Instead of laying people off we'll treat everyone like shit until enough people leave to meet our goals".
Let's talk about motives as well.
Meta did all this to make a chat bot they could sell. Aaron did it because he thought tax payer funded research should be available to everyone.
Doesn't matter. The most important thing for dems to do right now is signal they don't like this. Their goal is getting the house in 2026 so they can run hearings for the second half of the Trump presidency.
No no, you see they are being "ironic"! Don't you understand their alpha brained comedy? /s
Should be noted it's considered legally leased by the US government. Cuba has been telling the US to get out for decades now.
And this is why every state needs anti-slapp laws.
Why was the army running a night flight training mission in DC?
Such a crowded airspace and I'm sure the military didn't coordinate their flight plans with the local air traffic control.
They do not have the votes. There's still the filibuster in the senate and unless they are willing to blow that up (they likely aren't) this bill will be dead in the senate.
They've already done a trial run of that. Look up the Joe Arpaio death camps. ICE already has detention centers and the Trump admin is trying to figure out how to ensure states have enough chemicals to continue executions.
Trumpers are also already calling every undocumented worker a violent criminal/rapist/pedophile/etc. We are honestly at a 1 + 1 = 2 for the admin. The real only hope is that this trump admin ends up backstabbing each other like the last one did and it falls apart into total dysfunction.
Virtue signaling is an important act for a minority party. It lets the base know what you stand for and what your opponents stand against. This is something with broad public appeal yet low congressional support (because politicians like monies). It's something you can hit your opponents with and, with a snowball's chance, you might actually make progress in passing.
"I want to take money out of politics, my opponent is captured by rich billionaires. They don't serve you, they serve the billionaires" It's an ad that writes itself.
This is something dems should be doing, especially since the last election was them running away from policy and instead doubling down on how much their policy isn't different from the average republican's. We saw how that turned out.