politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Boomers in about six months:
"But why would Obama do this?"
I was told today that this is “all the dems fault because they haven’t tried to stop him yet”. I can’t imagine how far your head has to be up your own ass to see that viewpoint.
I think that's the "only Democrats have agency" thing that comes up. When Republicans are horrible shits people are just like yeah they're horrible but like you don't blame the bear for doing bear stuff. But everyone else is held to normal human standards
No, you don’t blame the bear. You cage it in a zoo or euthanize it for getting too comfortable around people.
You also don't vote for the fucking bear and put him in a position of power.
If you got a bear terrorizing your neighborhood, you don't put him in charge of the HOA.
It's not all their fault, but by God it'd be nice to see them fight the republicans at least as hard as they fight the leftists in their own party.
I saw a meme the other day that said "Democrats fighting against Progressives," and showed the terrifying T Rex from the first Jurassic Park movie.
Then it said " Democrats fighting MAGA policies," and it showed Barney.
collapsed inline media
Authoritarians are masters of compartmentalization. They cannot and will not connect any dots that conflict with their predetermined world view. Their brains do not function rationally and they are incapable of drawing rational conclusions.
There is a great free book on this topic with years of research behind it.
https://theauthoritarians.org/
I mean, a lot of this stuff only kicks in after the midterms, so you will see democrats take the house and suddenly hospitals all over the country will start closing.
but of course.
Biden is the new scapegoat.