3/ You see, our founders created a President with limited and checked powers. They specifically put the power of spending and taxation in the hands of the legislature.

Why? Because they watched how kings and despots used spending and taxes to control their subjects.

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@aoc.bsky.social will you please either dump Xitter entirely, or at least post on bsky with a couple of hours lead time so that quotes in the news come from here?

An apology: I deeply regret voting for Bush (both of them) and contributing in any way, no matter how small to getting Alito, Roberts, and Thomas seated because of the immeasurable damage they've done to democracy (with other GOP judges).

As I now see it Bush v. Gore was the beginning of the end.

How America’s ultra-rich dismantled democracy, one Supreme Court ruling at a time…

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Elon Musk is a terrible president.

There are many actions (or inactions) in here that are not illegal. Some people can't leave their jobs for nationwide strike, but everyone can help with a slowdown: www.gutenberg.org/files/26184/...

People are angry at a health insurance industry which denies people the care they desperately need while Big Pharma makes billions and billions of dollars in profit.

The time is long overdue to guarantee healthcare to every man, woman, and child in this country.

So my read on Biden's comments are that he knew all along what the core problems with our system are... and he did fuck all during his time as senator, vp, and pres to confront them. Fucking neo-libs are complicit in our downfall.

imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional

Yes, there are lots of negatives around the Pete Hegseth nomination -- the rampant alcoholism, the allegations of sexual assault, the hush money payment to an accuser, the total incompetence leading non-profits, and so on.

But ask yourself:

Does all that outweigh the total lack of positives?

What do you call it when someone who isn't a dad tells dad jokes?

A faux pa.

I don't think most of us (USians) get the magnitude of the killings. I grew up thinking maybe a dozen or two, which is bad enough, but there were between 40,000 to 50,000 executed, 70-80% of which were women.