disguy_ovahea @ disguy_ovahea @lemmy.world

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I don’t fall for defeatism.

Exactly right. This is extremely dangerous legislation.

Congressional primaries are honest, they’re just not attended. The average Democratic congressional primary turnout is ~20%. You know who always shows for primaries? Old people, and lots of ‘em.

So it seems. The Russian business receipts may be more useful, but I’m not really sure how this data can be used.

Who said this is fine? I’m simply saying it’s not over.

This is very different. These are the active checks and balances of our government, not a criminal case against a former president. This is necessary for our government to function.

Dyslexics of the world untie!

If that really were true, the English would’ve been the first ones there.

We all are. The problem is we have no hope other than the courts succeeding. Projecting defeatism while they’re actively doing their job is unnecessarily discouraging to most. There are still more steps that can be taken to stop this.

Just courts are slow, but they’re getting there. First the judge issued injunctions, and they defied them. Boasberg was right not to charge them with contempt prior to a ruling to prevent evidence of bias during the inevitable appeal. They defied the ruling yesterday, and Boasberg immediately began the case for contempt today. They have until the 23rd to substantiate their defense. Boasberg has already stated that he will appoint an attorney if the DoJ refuses to do their job. The only way they’re getting out of this is with pardons, which is an outright admission of guilt.

No members of his administration have been charged yet. Courts are slow. They ordered injunctions, which were defied. The judges didn’t hold them in contempt to prevent evidence of bias prior to a ruling. As of yesterday, they have defied rulings. Today, they set the contempt of court charge in motion. This is how the courts work.

Duh. Thanks for the correction. Edited for accuracy.

Ignorance is preventable. Stupidity is assigned at birth.

The ones where they all block voted no, the ties were broken by Vance. Like I said, they haven’t tipped a vote that Republicans wouldn’t have won.

I’m not a fan of centrist Democrats, but there are many progressives in Congress now, and they’re doing what they can to stop this. Branding them all as the worst of them is ignorant.

Did you not read the article? They’re facing contempt of court charges and have until the 23rd to support their defense. If the DoJ refuses to enforce the charges, the judge said he’ll appoint an attorney to do so.

Happens to the best of us lol

By holding them accountable in court?

I have. What vote are you challenging? The CR was not the leverage people say it was. A shutdown would permit Trump to terminate non-essential workers under the lack of funding portion of his emergency executive order. None of the other votes are problematic in that they passed with simple majority and Democrats have minority.

They did, however, take every opportunity to confirm Biden’s pending judge appointments when Republican attendance was low, prompting Johnson’s push for proxy voting. They also mandated a 15-day vote against Trump’s emergency EO, which prompted Republicans to redefine the congressional calendar to avoid holding. They’re also the ones partnering with the ACLU to bring these cases to the courts, and are now flying to El Salvador to press Bukele into compliance.