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If democrats ran on a hard stance of "We will prosecute the fuck out of everyone involved in the current administration", they'd sweep the midterms. Then if they actually followed through on it, they'd also sweep in 2028, but we all know they won't do either.
If they ran on that, I wouldn't be surprised if the regime arrested them for sedition and thus proved their point even more.
It's not like they can do that overnight.
Also, don't pretend that the Democrats oppose this war on moral grounds. The only criticisms most national Democrats have been able to muster are either that the trump admin has failed to follow appropriate procedure (i.e. not informing Congress, which is a whole tangent alone), or that they are incompetent in their execution of the war, which...
The Democrats are happier than pigs in shit right now. They get to have their war for their precious fucking Israel while being able to avoid blame for the war.
Yep. Democrats are pretty right wing
Trump is already trying to cheat and misuse the DoJ all he can. It is not like going easy on these criminals will save Democrats.
If Democrats were capable of that sort of backbone, Donald Trump would never have become president. At least, not for a second term.
I don't have much faith in the Democrats. I'm reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. It's a great book, and everyone should give it a read. It basically sums up the entire history of America from a Liberal law professor's point of view.
... regardless. In terms of taxes, Democrats are largely responsible for increasing taxes on the poor and subsidizing the rich. They at the same time give weak concessions to the lower class, but these are flimsy enough to be overturned the minute Republicans are in charge.
He summed it up in one sentence:
In a two-party system, if both parties ignore public opinion, there is no place voters can turn.
Democrats
Taking a hard stance
Pick ONE.
They are gonnna rig the elections. It's pretty clear. But that will only happen if they have elections in the first place; something far from granted.
I'm equally worried about the republican voter base. So many of these people will hammer down and vote republican no matter what happens.
Many of them still think Trump is the greatest leader to ever walk this earth. They see everything terrible he is doing and still praise his actions. It's insanity
Counterpoint: they haven't been so far this year
It amazes me how many of them are in hard bubbles. I work with tradesmen, some of them are just the worst fucking people. I had one tell me yesterday that at least Hegseth is assertive unlike 'that black guy that went awol for heart surgery'. I'm convinced absolutely nothing will sway about 25% of the population. It's psychopathic.
Don't believe it for a second. This is just like all those articles of people walking out of Trump rallies during the end of the last election.
MAGA goons are still chugging that Kool-Aid.
Maybe it should be costing them their livelihoods and their freedoms. Throw the bastards in jail.
I've been seeing these type of headlines of Republican "fear" of losing elections due to the horrible shit they do when they are in power. The money behind Republicans don't care. It's built into the plan. Republicans just hunker down, switch to obstructionsm to limit undoing the damage they caused and wait for the voters to get fed up with the lack of change and blame the party in power (not the party that created the situation and is preventing it from changing). Then they find themselves back in power and continue burning the world and push for every more oppression.
I don't want them to merely lose the midterms. I want Republicans to cease existing. Politically AND physically.
They won't attempt to stop doing the things the country hates, however...
Democrats will take office on Jan 2nd and announce the need to compromise with Moderate Republicans about three days later. They'll pass enormous bailouts for the tech industry, a marginally increased spending package for ICE and the Pentagon, a massive tax cut plan for middle class people with over $40k in auto loans, the Joe Manchin Memorial Coal Energy Independence Act, and then advance the "Act to Declare Donald Trump a Naughty Boy" which... gosh darnit... we just can't get it out of committee because we don't have the votes!
Nonetheless, Democrats will declare that they outsmarted Trump, by tricking him into signing the "Make Israel Great Again" Act. And we'll hit a bipartisan consensus on adding antisemites to the concentration camps. Also, Elon Musk will be given a trillion dollars, in a bag, out the back of the Capital Building. Please don't ask how or why.
I will be called a Russian bot for predicting this.
Don't underestimate the Democratic establishment's ability to run godawful candidates. I think they actually believe they can run even worse candidates when the Republicans are unpopular
What about the blatant corruption, the open disregard for the law, the inhumane treatment of people, their disastrous policies across all sectors, the fact that this regime not only protects pedophiles but obviously has numerous ones in its own ranks, or any of the countless other crimes committed by these monsters?
All that is bad, but you left out the only one that matters:
Gas prices went up.
It should. There should be no question about it. But the loyalists will still vote for the world to burn.
If ONLY there was SOMETHING that they COULD have Done to Stop this War that was waged WITHOUT Congressional Approval!
The number of idiots and monsters still in MAGAcult is way too damn high.
It gets much worse in coming months.
2027 budget cuts 10% from non-military, requests $600B more permanent military. Adds $200B special funding to rebuild from Iran fiasco.
Getting a peace deal with Iran with just nuclear and SoH demands will need $100B in commitments to pay Iran.
No peace deal, just leave, will put GCC allies in Iran/China camp instead of US. Zionazi congress, led by GOP, will push for more Israel gifts. Controlled DNC opposition, Schumer, will get primaried and lose their zionazi purpose.
Asian colonies will need to get closer to China to have access to oil.
Giving Europe colonies freedom (NATO exit threats), will worsen US economic perfromance. World in general will move away from oil/NG use, that the US is all in on.
Best chance for GOP is to impeach Trump/Hegseth.
You don't amass 6 bankruptcies by not going all in on a pair of 2s very often.
Can we just stop doing this? It's exhausting. I just want healthcare. My money to stop blowing people up across the world. And stop fucking with other countries.
I don't give a shit what the midterms news is. Go vote. And keep people voting.
It wasn't Iran. They've lost literally every special election since Rump took office. Including all the solid red Rump counties and states.
Well, that's mostly right, but MAGA douche Clay Fuller just won in the Greene replacement special election by an 11 point margin, in a district that Trump last won by 35 points.
So a swing of 24 points away from the GOP, but some districts are beyond reason and influence.
Clutch those pearls, assholes. Don't worry, your base is too stupid to cast blame on you. I'm sure your war-criming, pedophile-enabling, constitution-hating ilk will do just fine.
I certainly won't be voting for anything remotely resembling GOP/MAGA, but I know plenty of people who will because they apparently can't learn what would actually be good for them. Only the "undecideds" can really make the decision...Hopefully they bother to cast enough intelligent votes.
Good. Unpopular political decisions should have consequences for those that make them. Doubly so when those decisions are to get people killed.
Shall we count our unhatched chickens?
The midterms will be decided by no mail-in voting and ICE at every polling place. Red Wave.
The magas I know are ecstatic about the war with Iran. They're also the most vocal about the gas prices. Completely unable to link the two together.
Yah, that's what'll lose you the midterms. Not the complete abdication of restraining the executive branch from destroying the US international reputation and completely fucking the economy for decades to come.
Fucking numpties.
PEDOPHILES, the fascist paramilitary executing people in the streets, AND ISRAEL COST YOU. Thank you for your attention to this matter. -DC
Right now, if anybody wants any kind of significant change to happen in une US, is the time to put yourself on the line and become a candidate for the Democrat party in your area. Knock off any of those spineless career democrats and take their place and demand accountability and justice.