Hemry, Local Bartender: At the risk of stating the obvious this is mission accomplished for the GOP. Sure they'd prefer to control all branches of govt and do a bunch more horrible shit but the current situation where they just stand back and let scotus wreck the country for them is just how they drew it up

At the risk of stating the obvious this is mission accomplished for the GOP. Sure they'd prefer to control all branches of govt and do a bunch more horrible shit but the current situation where they just stand back and let scotus wreck the country for them is just how they drew it up

We knew going in that House Republicans would make the 118th Congress a clown show, and wow did they deliver. Number of bills passed by Congress, past 20 years: 109th 482 110th 460 111th 383 112th 283 113th 296 114th 329 115th 442 116th 344 117th 362 118th 65

I really think this is the other side of the Judges! Judges! Judges! mindset of McConnellism—a sclerotically inoperable legislature leaves a policy vacuum for an unaccountable judiciary to serve as lawmakers.

How many of the 65 were naming post offices

7 apparently

And then to retain power they weaponize the nature of the dem coalition against them by blaming the dems for nothing getting done to depress turnout because the coalition responds "if the dems aren't getting anything done there's no point in voting for them"

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