During their protest of Russell Vought’s confirmation, Senate Democrats sounded the alarm about Vought’s role in drafting Project 2025 and his support for vastly expanding the power of the president.
Vought, said Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin at 10:30 pm eastern time on Wednesday, “has openly called for the president to defy congress and take control of federal funding decisions that are constitutionally vested in the legislative branch.”
Schiff accused the Trump administration of unlawfully attempting to break down the separation of powers and said Vought would play a role in aiding that effort.
“This is an effort to try to consolidate power, all the power of this government, in the hands of Donald Trump and a few of his hand-picked very wealthy, billionaire friends,” said California Democrat Adam Schiff.
It is almost like project 2025 is something the Orange turd knew about and was his plan.
The alarms been going off since fucking November when he won the election and y’all haven’t done a god damn thing except bend over and take it like a bunch of cowards.
Since November?
…try 2014.
I spent ten years trying to point out this stuff, ever since the alt-right first emerged and tried to popularize the term “Cultural Marxism”.
Had to counter that one by becoming a Wikipedian, and that sucked.
Since November? Nope. Your alarm is broke, mine went off way too early.
What choice do we have? Leftists stayed home during the election because of gEnOcIdE. So now democrats don’t have enough elected officials to do anything. Thanks leftists!
I voted for Harris. I’m scared shitless because I’m a trans woman
And I’m really fucking tired of posters on Lemmy blaming the left for not voting for more genocide and more center right politics from the Democrats.
If the Democrats want leftists to vote for them, they can start running on leftist policies and start running leftist politicians. Instead of running center right politicians on center right platforms.
They need to fire up the voters so that people want to vote for them. Instead their whole game is be scared if we lose. And blame voters for our loss.
It doesn’t inspire confidence and neither has the last two months since the election.
And comments like you post, that are just parroting the Democrats platform of blaming their voter base, when they don’t know how to inspire that base…
It’s getting old. And judging by all the downvotes on you’re comment, I guess it’s getting old for a lot of other people too.
This is why leftist keep losing elections and their legislation doesn’t get passed. They refuse to work with other ideologies and they don’t have enough voters to accomplish anything alone.
Democratic Party is made up of people the voters chose. Many of whom are moderate.
If leftists can’t get enough voters to change that, it won’t change.
Politicians don’t cater to groups that don’t vote.
You say leftists stayed home because genocide, but look…
I am firmly on the left. Most of the people I choose to associate with are as well. All of us went to marches for Palestine when it was possible for us. We did what we could and…
All of us voted for Kamala Harris. We participated in electoral politics because we heard what people like you were saying about broad outcomes. I know it’s not the same everywhere, but most leftist spaces that are very critical of the Democrats that I frequent shared this sentiment.
I know it’s anecdotal, and other leftists can dunk on us for it, whatever, I don’t care.
But I’m tired of seeing threads with comment after comment being specifically about blaming the left abstainers. It’s fucking over! The election is over and pointing fingers blaming people isn’t helping anyone. You want to feel good for being right? I know you’re angry, I get it, but what is your point? You just want people to feel bad? Okay, they feel bad. The situation is shit and getting worse by the day. How is this building a unified resistance? How is this helping anyone but yourself?
FUD works by sowing apathy to discourage a behavior. In this scenario, all that criticism is used by bad actors to convince people who would vote democrat to just stay home or believe that voting doesn’t matter because bother sides are the same.
Leftists fuel the anti-democratic propaganda machines with their ‘criticism’. Those ‘criticisms’ have consequences and in the end, prevent leftists legislation from being passed.
Are there not legitimate criticisms to be had? Should we pretend that there are no problems with something just because an alternative is worse? That seems to be just as discouraging as any FUD for those who have valid critical observations.
It’s about timing. Voicing the criticism as loudly as they were during the election, is the wrong time. During the general election it’s too late. Candidates and policies are set. All the criticism does at that point is get the fence sitters to stay home. The day after the election is the time to start getting loud. Make them well aware that midterm results depend on them listening. Start working on primaries. Find people running for office that actually do support your ideals more closely and work on getting them nominated.
Long story short, the election is just damage control. To force change, you got to put in the work in between elections.
So I’m Canadian. Take what follows from a social democracy that has its issues but still mostly tries not to be fascist.
America needs to stop (IMMEDIATELY) the idea that the Dems will change to become the savior the US needs. Fuck 'em. Nothing will change unless Americans make the change themselves.
So why not support 3rd party candidates for Senate and Congress? It would be great to have an independent as POTUS, but they’d get stonewalled by everyone over everything without outside support.
Better to push to have independents voted into the Senate and Congress to get the ball rolling … 'cause your 2 party system sucks.
If you don’t have enough elected officials to do anything then criticism is pointless.
Criticism is for when there is no threat to your ability to get elected.
Criticism before an election is secured, gives the opposition talking points to use against you. It also gives voters a reason to feel apathetic and not vote.
This guarantees leftist legislation doesn’t get passed and leftists politicians don’t get elected.
Being defeatist speeds up the defeat.
Yup, staying home on Election Day because of genocide leads to defeat.
What about now, are you gonna live up to your ideals and be involved, or live up to their preconceptions of liberals and only do politics on election day?
We both know the answer 😂
Involved in what way?
What do you mean by “only do politics on Election Day”
Contact local BIPOC and other radical political groups in your area. Learn the plans they’ve had to fight systems of oppression as they’ve been at this for a lot longer than the election cycle. Learn how you can help, and what you offer, even if it’s just a body or a skin tone. Learn all the different facets of anti-state action and find your place in an organized group.
These fights have been going on longer then either of us has been alive, and almost all of the fight is done outside the ballet box, so the I am genuinely asking, are you willing to commit to what you seem to believe and do something outside? Because I think you know, arguing on some tiny sliver of a fraction of the internet isn’t meaningful fighting. So find the people in your community that are meaningfully fighting in whatever way they can and join them. Please.
Did you just Spongebobcase the word genocide
Did leftists stay home during the election and hand over the US to fascists because of spongebobcase?
We know. Stop sounding alarms and do something. It’s your jobs and why we elected you. Get off your asses senate democrats.
Remember when, in south Korea, the president tried to do this and their representatives scaled a fucking wall at 1 am to veto the marial law? Then, they impeached and arrested him?
It must be nice to have representatives that go that hard for their constituents.
What should they do?
Challenge consolidation of power, write bills to block it from happening, start impeachment processes, organize protests, be active in community and media, coordinate with states, public service messages, etc.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing
Democrats were caught with pants down. Yeah, it sucks, but it’s time to put the hot dogs away and get back to work.
File some fucking lawsuits
Too many leftists stayed home during the election. Now democrats don’t have enough elected officials to do anything. But you probably knew that.
Bullshit. The Republicans managed to obstruct even with a minority. Senate Democrats have no excuse for continuing to play along in good faith.
At least fucking filibuster everything, damn it!
Senate Republicans don’t seem to have a legislative agenda to block. Tax bills are passed through reconciliation which isn’t subject to a cloture vote,meaning it can’t be filibustered.
We’re talking about confirmation votes for Trump appointees right now.
Filibusters don’t stop anything. Just delay it. Republicans are able to obstruct by tricking progressives into electing republicans like Fetterman and Sinema.
Democrats are obstructing legislation in the house as much as possible but they don’t have a majority so their success is dependent on republican infighting.
I wish leftists knew how to win elections so we could get politicians that vote on leftist policies. But leftists are unpopular among voters and consistently lose elections.
It seems like every time a progressive gets elected they end up being a republican like Fetterman and Sinema.
But leftists are unpopular among voters and consistently lose elections.
I don’t think that’s accurate. I think progressive voters don’t show up for the primaries so we don’t get enough progressive candidates on the ballot. The primaries are where the party platform is shifted. It’s how the Republicans got first the Tea Party and then MAGA.
The primaries are where the party platform is shifted. It’s how the Republicans got first the Tea Party and then MAGA.
Which is why we need the DNC to vet candidates as much as possible. So we don’t end up getting some democrat version of Trump through open primaries.
Remember Obama’s presidency? They can at least be as disruptive as the Republicans were for that.
They have been in the house of representative by using the republicans infighting against them. But again democrats don’t have enough elected officials to pass or block legislation because leftists continue to fail at winning over voters and getting elected.
These people are using a completely different playbook than Obama. The comparison is absurd.
I do, but outnumbered doesn’t mean give up.
Who gave up other than leftists on Election Day? Democrats are still trying to block legislation in the house and senate without a majority.
From what I can tell, they are still playing defence. They need to start poking bears. Use the laws even if outnumbered. Show force; show pressure.
“Good” media is disappearing and what we have is filtered through Trump’s jockstrap. Tell us what is happening. Get the word out. We can’t help if all we hear is what has happened.
The rules have changed and democrats are still using a textbook from 1990.
Hell, I’m not politician but I’m more qualified then many bozos sitting fat and happy. Maybe I’ll run. My campaign message will be “Maybe don’t be a dick this time?” Ha!
They need to start poking bears. Use the laws even if outnumbered. Show force; show pressure.
These words mean nothing. They are not a strategy or a plan or even coherent.
You’re avoiding the fact that in a democracy, you need enough votes to make things happen.
Tell us what is happening. Get the word out. We can’t help if all we hear is what has happened.
We know what’s happening. That’s why we are having this conversation.
The rules have changed and democrats are still using a textbook from 1990.
What rules have changed? Republicans are breaking the rules by performing a coup. To even imply that democrats should do the same thing as republicans shows you’re arguing in bad faith.
The Republicans have a plan and leadership to follow through, rules or not. Democrats are stuck in a system that is stacked against them and I haven’t seen anything but reactionary chaos.
Maybe assert control over their responsibilities, such as federal budget. You don’t need the majority, last I heard, to tell the prez to bugger off out of his territory. Stop handing the president congresses powers.
They sound the alarm NOW? I knew about project 2025 like a year ago!
Donald “I dont know anything about Project 2025” Trump strikes again.
Alarm is about ten steps too late.
Has Hakeem Jeffries been taken hostage somewhere?
He’s presently being held in a donor’s basement somewhere, being forced to eat cake and drink Chardonnay.
