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controlled opposition
(hexbear.net)
“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party … and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt — until recently … and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.”
Ok I've tuned out of a lot of American politics recently. Anyone want to clue me into what the dems excuses were and what Trump has accomplished?
Since Obama:
Can't pass bill because you need 60 votes to end a filibuster (it takes 50 votes to ban filibustering, repubs did it in trump 1, "Biden" put it back)
Can't appoint Supreme Court Judge cause you need 60 votes (same as before)
Biden specifically:
Can't pass budget bill because parliamentarian says no (takes 50 to replace the parliamentarian)
Can't do a ceasefire in Gaza (Trump on day minus 1*)
Biden can't do X (student loans, etc) because that's illegal (DoJ and the SC both said they would not prosecute a sitting president) (Executive Orders are legal until challenged in court)
*Political fuckery ala Iran Hostage Crisis
and just like the hostage crisis, whoooooooooo cares
in a different way in this case, in that the means to end the genocide (stopping aid) was available to the prior regime as much as the incoming one