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Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill (prospect.org)
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Thanks to a Republican vote to stop California from setting its own auto emissions, Democrats can challenge virtually any Trump administration action, and eat up time on the Senate floor.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To all of the people here saying Democrats won't use this, I agree. However, we should push them to use it, and we should spread awareness of it. Anytime a Democrat says "what can we do? we're in the minority!" someone should answer with this. We should shame them into using this; we should insist that they use this.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, they'll start using it. As soon as they get a majority and have progressive legislation that they ran on to block.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The only hope currently (within the governmental realm) is to ~~line up behind~~ gang up on these dumb donkeys and push them with all of our might.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago

dumb donkeys

You attribute to stupidity what is more reasonably explained with malice.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, tried that with the genocide supporters last year. They're still getting the only policy any centrist has ever wanted, only now they're blaming anyone who didn't spend all of 2024 publicly masturbating to dead Palestinian children.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's not really the same thing, and anyway what's the alternative? Sit around and whine post about it?

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

and anyway what’s the alternative?

This maybe?

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All the Internet talk about revolution it seems to me amounts to diddly squat.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You guys are right and I'm wrong obviously. All of the right-wing Internet talk about revolution culminated in the January 6th insurrection.

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Every time they say this, we should bring up every time Republicans were in their position and slung shit around until they got their way. They really need to squirm every time they claim they're powerless. Might be tough though since they show no capacity for shame