I think they also assume that any attempt by Dems to use the same powers will be met and defeated by the full force of their media apparatus
and while that is true for some Dems, I’m not so sure it’s true for the kind of Dems this administration is going to produce (or AOC, particularly)
and while that is true for some Dems, I’m not so sure it’s true for the kind of Dems this administration is going to produce (or AOC, particularly)
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I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.
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Be it climate change disaster, a complete rework of the Constitution, transformation into a guided democracy, I think they are betting heavily on never losing power.
That’s almost certainly true, but also makes Trump’s escalating campaign against court power pretty damn risky.
But if you seriously think she's gonna do it be able to do what is necessary to fix the problems, I have a bridge just south of her district to sell you.
The best we can hope for is a good first step. Which is needed. But the work is going to take decades. It's not her's.
They are counting the "Not Fight" branch of the Democratic civil war to win.