There has to be a truth and reconciliation type process on the other side of this to hold these people accountable in large numbers and the fact that I simply do not believe this country can do that is why I am so pessimistic. No one will be punished and we will pause and do it again. - ThreadSky

edburmila.bsky.social • 3 days ago

There has to be a truth and reconciliation type process on the other side of this to hold these people accountable in large numbers and the fact that I simply do not believe this country can do that is why I am so pessimistic. No one will be punished and we will pause and do it again.

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objectiveunlocked.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not excited to be right there with you.

edburmila.bsky.social•3 days ago

Whenever someone other than Trump is in power we will get some talk and a quick pivot to “looking forward, not at the past” and it will be 2009 all over again and what rises from the ashes of this administration will be even worse than it already is.

mylifelesshusk.bsky.social•3 days ago

Americans are self-indulgent, sentimental, and memory-less. We’re a nation of born rubes, of lottery players and penny stock investors. We’re not evil, but we’re lazy and ignorant, and we will collectively fall for the cheapest appeal to our low nature.

bertthekitten.bsky.social•3 days ago

Kitchen table issues!

edburmila.bsky.social•3 days ago

You can already see them pointing to Trump’s approval number is on the immigration and thinking OK well half the country seems to like this let’s just let it be

bertthekitten.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’ll brag about how they deported more people than Trump did.

kduffchicago.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's the only thing Matt Yglesias has ever been good at, pointing at a chart and saying "fyi, polls show this country is kinda racist, better be at least half as racist and we'll win half the voters. "

edburmila.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Just ignore the fact that this has literally never worked”

yeahjeetsyeah.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fuck that.

There is no healing without accountability.

Ford's pardon of Nixon is what started us on the path that led directly to Trump.

The only way to change course is to prosecute.

sigridroen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Should have dealt with decisively this at the end of the first civil war

sackofsorries.bsky.social•3 days ago

I can see the 2028 Democratic nominee being Elissa Slotkin and her campaign slogan will be “looking forward” and all about NOT holding anyone accountable. Makes me weep for the future.

chrisedelson.bsky.social•3 days ago

yes. this is basically what happened in 2021.

iplayguitarbad.bsky.social•3 days ago

The moment a Dem is sworn in Rs will begin screaming about the Constitution and rule of law, with literally zero acknowledgement of the Trump years. Dems will agree with Rs that the rule of law is all that matters, and express gratitude that their colleagues also want what's best for America.

iplayguitarbad.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dems will return to calling Repubs the "loyal opposition" who just hold different preferences for obscure policy details, but are nonetheless patriots. Dems will thank their colleagues and agree that only by sharing power and including Rs in a Dem administration will America be healed.

frizbgreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s why this can’t be a “get back to normal” recovery.

They broke normal. It’s done.

We need these people in jail. We need to rebuild the US’s standing by imprisoning the lawbreakers & techbros.

The world is watching & we’ve already lost our position.

Dems need to create the new normal.

frizbgreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

New normal (to start):
-No fed income tax for less than $250K/yr.
-Tax the shit* out of the rich & corps.
-End citizens united
-End Privatized Healthcare by taking 3% of pentagon budget to pay for Medicare for all.
-pass the John Lewis voting act

*- I can expand in detail, but you get the point.

jimmytwohands.bsky.social•2 days ago

I want military tribunals, straight up nuremberg these motherfuckers. Of course they’re gonna nominate someone with the charisma of a wet bag of flour who will manage to lose to JD Vance instead

bweiny.bsky.social•3 days ago

This rampage was a fait accompli when there wasn't swift prosecution for the attempt to overthrow an election. A country is unbelievably lucky to survive that. If it does, dithering around for 18 months for a "committee" doesn't cut it. You bring the hammer down swiftly or it just becomes politics.

trampschool.bsky.social•2 days ago

It was over when the Republicans failed to impeach in January of 21.

officialjplosman.bsky.social•3 days ago

“But liz cheney made a powerpoint presentation!”

daniellakelife.bsky.social•3 days ago

😡😡

uncle6.org•2 days ago

Should have happened in 2009. Should have happened in 2021. Stop fanning them with it and shoot.

kduffchicago.bsky.social•3 days ago

The child separation policy in Trump's ft was a chance for the Dems to confront both how depraved the right is and how insane their hatred for immigrants is. Instead, they chose to [unsuccessfully] find middle ground with unmitigated cruelty and sadism. Fuck them just as much.

bestbeehave.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stalin wanted 50,000 Nazis executed after the war. We could try a different approach then "looking forward"

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