Easy to lose sight of the significance here, but the sitting president just gave a speech condemning the Supreme Court for a ruling that expands presidential power. It’s also a president who stands to benefit from this ruling, given that his opponent is vowing to imprison him and his family.
He did the most Democratic thing ever, which was to agree with a meaningless dissent and then tell us that as President he didn't have the power or legitimacy to do anything about it and that it was up to us.
Just think: if we kept voting, we could elect a whole string of Democratic Presidents all of whom would tell us that they can't do anything and that it was up to us to elect another Democratic President who would also not be able to do anything.
America will saved if we can vote Democratic forever with no turnover -- people criticize the US two-party system but they usually don't think that there have to be fewer parties for the system to work
Democracy does not have a final win condition. Life and civilization are an ongoing process and pretending otherwise, that there's an ultimate destination, is the fascist fantasy. We don't need one-party rule, but we must win elections against the authoritarians forever, that's the "ever vigilant"
So what you’re saying is that you are willing to bargain with, and concede political ground to, fascists and right-wingers forever in the name of your Enlightened Liberal Values About Democracy.
I’d rather not, thanks.
We need to win enough elections to give us the power to expand the court, enshrine Roe in law, and write ethics/anti-corruption laws with actual teeth. To say “gratuities” are the same as bribes, etc.
I was only able to retire early because of the ACA
I am looking forward to the $2K annual out of pocket limit on Medicare drugs starting next January
Medicare btw was LBJ
I remember him
He did mess up on a Supreme Court appointment
Fortas, who resigned
That has had bad effects for 55 years
I was on a basic silver plan
Deductible was $2K per year for everything
So there's no way I would have had to pay $5K/month or even $5K/year
Maximum out of pocket was 8K for the bronze plans iirc
I don't know what exact plan you're talking about
I'm an anarchist: of course I think it's up to us. We don't need a President who will do nothing for us (except hire more cops for the next fascist to use against us.)
In my opinion, the conservative members of the Supreme Court represent a clear and present danger to the ongoing stability and peace of the United States.
Given that situation, a President would be well within his Core Constitutional powers to eliminate that danger
Maybe Maggie will write another insider take on how Trump is FEELING. Or one of the others can go to the diner again, or interview a GOP operative posing as a concerned citizen.
It’s almost like no one cares that he’s whining and promising to take no action against a dangerous threat to the U.S. They could report on it, but the headlines would give you the vapors. “Biden promises to do nothing,” etc.
