Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power | With aggressive reading of Constitution, president aims to upend balance of power in Washington
Trump Kicks Aside Congress With Sweeping Claims of Presidential Power | With aggressive reading of Constitution, president aims to upend balance of power in Washington
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I'll note that as a newspaper for the owning class, their hard-news section is much more willing to plainly describe the coup against congress & constitution that's going on than other outlets.
Edit: Indivisible is calling for people to make in-person visits to their congressmembers local offices
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Everyone in the US. Call your representatives (https://5calls.org/ is a great resource for this). Explain to them, POLITELY (because you are talking to the equivalent of a CSR who has gotten screamed at all day), that you are their constituent and you do not feel represented. Explain that you understand their powers are limited but ask them why they are quietly and meekly rolling over. Beg them to be vocal before it is even too later. And leave your name and contact information.
There isn't a lot that can be done but we can at least show our former allies that some of us care. And we can show those on the firing lines that they at least have a modicum of support.
Two of mine a MAGA Republicans. One of those participated in Jan 6.
Another is an alleged Democrat who's had a stroke and bent the knee.
None of them care what I think, and have told me so with multiple letters when I've contacted them.
It's going to take an angry crowd showing up at their district office to make them care
No, they'll just close their offices to people without approved appointments.
I know because one of mine is Scott Perry, who did exactly that.
Some will do stuff like that, and ask cops to clear the crowd too. But we don't need every Republican to do the right thing. Just enough that they can vote with the Democrats.
they can vote with the Democrats.
Didn't the democrats have a majority a few years ago, what did they do with that and why do you think they will do anything different this time?
Scott Perry, and probably also Fetterman, will never vote with the Democrats.
Do you think Fetterman was a phony from the start or is his current positions and behavior a result of the stroke?
I think it was the stroke and I’m concerned for Gisele’s safety.
It is wild how much literal brain damage is on the right. For instance, isn’t Sorbo’s story that he had some fucking illness and came out an asshole on the other side?
Wow that’s actually really sad I kinda enjoyed him as Hercules and kull when I was a kid.
Sooner or later they have to come out.
And they'll have the pigs there to ensure they don't see anyone who disagrees with them
Class traitors. Acab.
The problem is getting an angry crowd. If the majority support it where you are you're just a lone "nut case".
It’s whatever their corporate owners want
The corporate owners also didn't expect the tariffs. I think an angry crowd could give them the reason to fight for the constitution they need.
The tariffs have the potential to create serious problems if they last any length of time. Especially for food and auto.
Same thing here. Mine is hardcore MAGA and both Senators are 100% shills. Also no one in my area cares... they all think Trump is going to do a great job and save everything. There are two Democrats in Congress from my state but neither one is capable of fighting anything. I don't know what to do but watch it burn.
It might be worth calling representatives from elsewhere and pretending that you are their constituent.
Yes. The majority of republicans and even some of the democrats are all just eager to get as many kickbacks as they can and then bail.
But that isn't the entire government. There are still Democrats who actually give a shit about their constituents just like there are republicans who only want black people to get a little bit hurt. And, right now, the majority of them just hear silence.
The people who give a shit need to talk to the politicians who give a shit so that they will shout it from the rooftops and others might even know what is going on. How many stories were there about people who didn't even realize biden had dropped out?
Because just look at the defunding of medicaid last week. There was pushback and it was dropped immediately.
The hooded Pennsylvania peter puffer!
Everyone in the US. Call your representatives
So they can mark me down as a dissident that needs to be purged?