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More trump fucking up
I mean, he's doing what his people elected him to do. This is why that sort of grant authority should never be left to presidents to decide on.
It's not anything new. For generations folks have been sounding alarms about Congress leaving such authorities to presidents. Don't give them these powers because sometimes they'll use them.
Trump fucking around after his base elected him based on him being "a fighter", like hiring the WWE to the Oval Office.
@volkris it's all just disgusting. We need to NEVER let the Republicans sanitize their image.
Well, a lot depends on what your goal is, or what the priorities are.
Is the goal criticism, sort of academic debate, swaying of the history books, warning to others around the world?
Or is the main goal more practical, looking to actually change things in the US ASAP to fix the direction it's going immediately, not generations from now?
To so focus on grouping and image is great for historiography, but it can be counterproductive for actually addressing the political problems of today.
Don't forget, Trump's folks feed off of reactions like that. So often they cheer it, and it helped get him reelected.
@volkris I suspect the cheers from the maga crowd are getting weaker.
I like to watch "parkergetajob" on YouTube. It's getting harder to find the "born again trumpie" that was so combative. Now parkers guests tend to say they "don't agree with everything trump says and does". So he's asking them why they are Republicans.
Generally, the young men are against abortion. In any form. I think they view women dying in pregnancy as an ok thing. We are bringing along a truly odious bunch of young men. I feel bad for young women. There aren't a huge number of good guys out there. (Reactions to the cornell situation reinforce this belief because a lot of dudes say "the guys were drunk too and so they cannot consent".)
My personal view is that the overarching need is to address the climate. Social stuff bothers me but the climate bothers me more.
I don't think little me is any more important than a single voice among many but I keep trying.
One nice thing about the US system is that its elevation of congresspeople means little you and little me don't have to fight the whole country. Rather, we can fight just the others in our states and districts to get better congresspeople elected.
It's an easier task!
BUT it only works if we take hold of that mechanism that's grown dusty over time with outsized attention on presidents, particularly THIS president that feeds on attention he doesn't technically have.
Back to the beginning, sure this is Trump fucking around, as his supporters elected him to do, but he can only fuck around because congresspeople fucked up in granting him the power.
And so many congressmen got elected and will continue to be reelected even as they enable Trump.
The more we focus on Trump the more we support him while shielding the enabling congresspeople from accountability.
