The Daily Populous Saturday March 15th, 2025 day edition
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Snip3rjoe on March 15th, 2025 at 01:10 UTC »

When was this picture taken? This dinner is usually held in October

Choice-of-SteinsGate on March 15th, 2025 at 02:58 UTC »

In his decision to vote for the spending bill he argued that a government shutdown would be worse than ostensibly handing control of the budget over to Trump, allowing him to abuse impoundment procedures and channel his authority through his kowtowing loyalists in Congress.

Really though? Because such an act of capitulation will have rippling consequences for the economy, the working and middle classes, federal workers, regulatory agencies, the environment, our alliances, the immigrant workforce, the national debt and deficit, civil rights, social programs, public health and assistance, and the list goes on...

And keep in mind, these consequences will also translate into advantages for the rich and corporations, special interests, plutocrats and party benefactors, as well as Republicans in government who are currently doing their damndest to consolidate power, erode checks and balances, and establish authoritarian governance.

Maybe you can call it a double standard, but time and time again, Republicans successfully get away with obstruction, only to receive concessions from Democrats in response.

But now that Democrats are the ones with some leverage, the response is to simply cave? and out of fears of a worst case scenario no less. When in reality, putting up a fight may be just as, if not more likely to force Republicans to have to compromise on a continuing resolution, or just plainly compromise for a change.

And if it doesn't pan out, and some of your fears come to pass, cave in later... At least you tried, at least you put up some fight.

I guess I understand the impetus, but the optics alone are bad. Democrats will not only be playing into the hands of Republicans, but they'll be further legitimizing the current narrative that the Democratic party is sitting on their own hands and doing very little to challenge Trump's destructive, unconstitutional and undemocratic agenda.

And I get that you may be fearful of Trump's reckless actions, but how does this move prevent Trump from being any more reckless?

While maybe it's just as important right now that Democrats not act on fear, but on conviction. Too late...

Adventurous-Media416 on March 15th, 2025 at 03:25 UTC »

Got us Americans divided into red and blue while they divide the green.