It's pretty bizarre to have abortion rights depend on the Supreme Court instead of positive legislation
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During the Presidential primaries, the debate was between taking our medical system to full socialism, or making a pit stop first at Scandinavian style social democracy. And now with the House, Senate and Presidency we can't even safeguard reproductive choice? It's fucked up.
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What is the purpose of electing a party that given full power can't pass bedrock parts of its legislative program?
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"Maintain our ineffectual majority or you'll be sorry!" is a real stirring slogan for 2022
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I propose the more forward-looking "see if our leadership can make it to 90!"
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Keep the temperature high. It’s far more difficult to fundraise off an accomplishment vs. the evergreen doomsday email subject line.
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I mean, the specifics here are that the Senate blocked a Court appointment because the correct states did not elect Democrats, so despite overall popularity and aggregate vote totals, the minority party controls the Court.
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I guess the idea is that you have people in place that are not afftected by political pressure (because appointed for life) that can block stupid rules/laws. I guess they should be neutral and handle in the publics best interest
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But yeah, when a president appoints people that he/she knows are not neutral at all kinda defeats the purpose.
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