Comment by whyage
5 hours ago
I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
5 hours ago
I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
Sadly I think not. They had their opportunity in 2020.
Biden ran on a platform of Back to Normal. That’s what voters wanted after four years of crazy.
I think the zeitgeist today is different. Because Trump has dialed the crazy up to eleven in his second term and a lot of Dems are now pissed. That’s why democratic socialism/leftism is having a resurgence. And, based on what I’m seeing on the ground, there’s now a strong appetite for justice and retribution.
We're a little over 1 year in and the sudden ramp up feels absolutely nuts. In 2028 people will start to feel like it's normal. Just look at places like Russia. Everyone is used to the corruption and thinks it works well enough for them, so they fear any change will be worse. A lot of Americans have already stopped denying the corruption like they did last term, and have retreated into saying, "yeah, it's bad, but (other candidate) would be worse." Same terrifying mindset.
Progressive resurgence is because the economy and housing is unaffordable thanks to tariffs and a pointless war.
And the president who repeatedly says he doesn't care.
The dems need to run on fixing the economy and not retribution. They can go after him once they're in power, but don't run on it.
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Jack Smith is tanned, rested and ready to resume the prosecution.
Assuming the house impeaches him he won't have to wait 2 years.
Unfortunately, it would seem the majority of dems are just jealous that they don't have the chutzpah to be so flagrantly, blatantly corrupt, and stick to less lucrative and more established corrupt practices.
See, discussions like this go nowhere productive, but it's not because the people are incapable of productive discussion, or because the subject matter is incapable of being discussed productively. It's just that there's literally nothing productive to say about this complete and utter fuck show. We live in a world where the most accurate prediction of the world 10 years from now is current-day satire. There is nothing sensible to be said about the state of affairs of politics.
It must be talked about though and resisted where possible (i.e. when voting). Otherwise, the US will be Russia 2.0 in no time.
After Biden pardoned his family members, I would be surprised if Trump didn't complete his term by pardoning his family and all those that he works with.
It is – to my knowledge – an unsettled question, technically speaking, whether a president can pardon themselves. I would be unsurprised if he tried anyway, though.
Of course, states could still pursue actions against them, but I wonder in which cases they'd have standing / clear cases to pursue.
> I would be surprised if Trump didn't complete his term by pardoning his family and all those that he works with.
As we have learned, we can ignore all of that, or they can find ways around this. The Supreme Court has made it clear the President has amazing powers.
the system is such that the only incentive career politicians (and we don't have other kind anymore) is the campaign. they make the same money if they lose. why would they win? its a lot more work! they just have to keep it at a minimum to be considered for next campaigns.
You don't get up the ranks over years and decades by not caring.
Politics is not foremost about money, but about power. You can make a lot of money, obviously, but the driver is power.
Oh sweet summer child. Both Republicans and Democrats won’t do anything.
Given that many of these members of congress of both parties were stock trading ahead of key legislation being announced they won’t do anything to change that.
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