I think what bugs me most about this line of Democratic response is the implication that if there had been concrete plans to lower prices, the rest would’ve been fine. The rest is not fine! It is very much not fine! - ThreadSky

fraying.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I think what bugs me most about this line of Democratic response is the implication that if there had been concrete plans to lower prices, the rest would’ve been fine.

The rest is not fine! It is very much not fine!

Reposted from Sen. Cory Booker

Amid the fear and division in President Trump's address to Congress I heard no concrete plans to lower prices or better serve the people.

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haroldfjord.bsky.social•3 days ago

Respecting the office of the President more than the president himself does is a loser strategy

haroldfjord.bsky.social•3 days ago

We're going to start making highway patrol respect speed limits!

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

When one side is promising a genocide against trans people and total destruction of government programs that are lifelines to us all, and the other side is complaining about prices, well, I can understand why people tune out.

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

I feel like we’re in a Godzilla movie and the monster is demolishing the city and politicians are standing in front of microphones talking about grocery prices.

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, the monster just took out a Safeway, that’s gonna make breakfast more expensive!

Like … what?!

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

I just want one person to stand up and point at the monster and say, “what are we going to do about the fucking monster?”

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

Think of it this way: If your complaint about the nazis is that their uniforms were ostentatious, I'm just gonna assume you're okay with the nazi part.

That's why the Dem responses matter - they communicate relative importance.

fraying.bsky.social•3 days ago

And one more thing. I don't go in for blanket Democrat-bashing. And I block any "both sides are the same" nonsense. But we're 608 days from the midterms and we're currently in big fucking trouble, so I think now is an appropriate time to tell our reps what we want, and what we don't.