U.S. Senate
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The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administration.

It’s nice to see the senate opposition functioning.

Edit: 18 hours of holding the senate floor, giving voice to the american people. Lots of tears as american suffering is read out loud for the congressional record. Testiment from Americans across the country. This is the voice of the people. Please click the link, share and watch. The media needs to know we care about the opposition more than we care about trump rambling on a plane about fort knox.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    957·
    24 days ago

    Fuck no. This is exactly the time to hold their feet to the fire and demand they be better and do more… They’re handing everything over to the fascists to try to get the oligarchs back on their side

    The last thing we should do is believe they’re an effective resistance

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
      556·
      24 days ago

      Yes, that’s correct. What I’m trying to get away from the “both sides” thing is because it does the exact opposite which is foster complacency.

      • TronBronson@lemmy.worldOP
        354·
        24 days ago

        Correct. Brooker standing up and talking all night long, for 18 hours to give voice to Americans who have reached out to him is democracy. This is the good side. These guys are crying tears as they try to hold it together and get the longest filibuster in history.

        This should draw support and applause from everyone. This is holding them to the fire. No one sleeps. No one negotiates. Endless filibuster until Congress gets reigned in.

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
        134·
        24 days ago

        There’s two kind of “both sides”… There’s “we need a middle ground” which is horse shit, it leads to a choice between fascism and fascism-light

        Then there’s “our politicians are decrepit zombies, so let’s do a leftist version of the tea party”

        People want change, not stability. Not anymore. Everything sucks, so who are they going to vote for… An openly fascist snake oil salesman saying he’s going to fix everything, or someone composed insisting things aren’t as bad as they seem?

        It’s a toss up, apparently.

        Change. Remember that campaign slogan? Because it won, and Obama delivered so little of it