• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    9 hours ago

    There is literally nothing we can do to hold him accountable as long as Republicans control the Senate and he controls the Justice Department, that’s the problem.

    Fixing the system means a major, major overhaul of, well, everything and that starts with regaining the House and Senate. That will not happen if we get sidetracked with a 3rd doomed impeachment.

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      5 hours ago

      You can’t overhaul anything without a supermajority. So throwing sand in the gears is worth the effort.

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        4 hours ago

        Sand in the gears won’t win votes. At a minimum, we need a majority in the Senate and kill the filibuster. If the Republicans want to vote down good legislation, let them, and then hang their votes around their necks in the next election.

        Current example, raising the minimum wage to $25:

        https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c2590dcd-be1b-40db-ba35-89fa602f813d.html

        The problem here is that it’s raised by Democrats, which means it won’t even come up for a vote, you can’t hold them responsible for votes that don’t happen.

        So, win the House, pass the legislation, and let the Republicans vote it down in the Senate.

        “Here are the people keeping you from earning $25 an hour!”