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Sounds like maybe Trump did know something about Project 2025 after all...

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 139 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Equivalent, right?

So fucking equivalent.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Destroying is always easier than building.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Oh, they are building something

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Democrats when elected: okay but we only had all three branches of government for two years and Joe Lieberman was kinda mean :(

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 days ago

"Why do you dislike us? Our last major victory was a watered down bill by conservative think tanks 15 years ago! We can do more! ...We just never wanna."

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

May I steal this for the body of an image to post on !leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com?

Absolutely, also pls tag me :3

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Yeah, where the fuck is this “rules don’t apply” when it’s legal weed or college debt?

We don't have empathetic leftist polititians who are also willing to "go low".

[–] Fuhgeddaboutit@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely, if the conservatives want to play dirty I say we play just as dirty. Hell lets go lower, we the workers should do absolutely everything in our power to destroy tyranny.

DEATH TO THE TYRANTS

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago

Ok buddy. Bet those tyrants are just gutted that you say this.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you saying you don't like being a democracy with laws?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

We haven’t been a democracy with laws since Bush stole the 2000 election and lied to the world to murder a million Iraqis.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Democrats when they win an election: Wahhhh we dont have a congressional majority :c

... because they didn't.

Republicans when they win an election: FUCK LEGAL PRECEDENT I AM MORE POWERFUL THEN THE COURTS AND GOD, I WILL MURDER ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY

... because they HAD the majority. And they stacked the Judicial.

How is this hard to understand?

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

... because they didn't.

...and when they do, it becomes because they don't have a large enough majority. If they had a filibuster -peoof majority, it would be because they don't have a veto-proof majority even if they also held the executive.

To put it another way, Biden had the power to fully legalize marijuana at any time because drug scheduled can be changed by process from either the legislative or executive branches. Instead he had it rescheduled. Because Dems only operate in half measures federally, because they are controlled opposition.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To put it another way, Biden had the power to fully legalize marijuana at any time because drug scheduled can be changed by process from either the legislative or executive branches. Instead he had it rescheduled. Because Dems only operate in half measures federally, because they are controlled opposition.

He didn't even do that. He asked the DEA to do it, but they never moved the needle on it. It's still as illegal as it was in 2020, federally speaking.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You're right, it's currently still hung up in procedure. Even then, he could have ordered his DEA to deschedule it, and instead had them do what they've done. He also waited long enough that when it happens, Trump will get the credit despite having had nothing to do with the process.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Instead he had it rescheduled

Except no, he didn't.

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They distinctly did under Obama and in the first two years of Biden. They just complained and fucked up

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

The parlimanatarian said we can't do it, too bad :c

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Okay so the Democrats are just shit at winning elections, got it.