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Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by tehwebguy on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @07:13AM (#42851451)
Plus it’s not like there are Democrats doing anything to fight it.
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by DFHippie on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @07:30AM (#42851574)
What things do you think the Democrats should do but aren't doing? Your "anything" suggests you think there are many such things. A list would be helpful.
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by lawn on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @07:28AM (#42851560)
Oh, when the republicans are turning to fascism let's blame the democrats that lost the election completely and has no power to do anything anymore.
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by FollowingTheDao on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @07:16AM (#42851476)
Exactly. There is no need for fascism because there is no left opposing him. That is what people do not understand. We have corporate government that will be dictating your lives and you are focused on Trump and not the Oligarchs that control everything.
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by rbanffy on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @07:19AM (#42851506)
They lack the numbers. And it seems everyone is frightened by everyone else's obsequiousness towards borderline illegal orders.
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by nozzlegear on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:00PM (#42857928)
What would a hypothetical "left" do differently than the current Democrats? Assuming this "left" is similarly handicapped like the Democrats are, having just lost control of the House, Senate and White House?
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by mrguyorama on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @05:46PM (#42859131)
You don't get to blame the Democrats anymore. They were voted out in November, and are no longer in power in any way.

There is no "opposition" power structure in the US system.

If congress brings a bill to a vote, democrats can threaten to filibuster it, but the GOP can pretty easily call that bluff right now.

That's it. That's the only "power" a minority party has in the US system.

Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by leovingi on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:02AM (#42887237)
Imagine being a party so pretentious, so horrible and disgusting that you lose to a fascist
Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by throw0101c on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:19AM (#42852549)
> Plus it’s not like there are Democrats doing anything to fight it.

Can you enumerate some of the things that they could do, given recent actions have all been Executive Orders, which is the prerogative of the Executive branch.

Unless things start happening in the legislature, where perhaps things like filibustering are an option, what options do the Democrats have against purely Executive actions?

Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by anonymousab on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:53PM (#42855536)
> Can you enumerate some of the things that they could do,

Biden had a very long time to do a lot of things. You can get a lot done with a bit of creativity and a willingness to cause a few constitutional crisis'.

Re:US pauses all Federal aid and grants by bagels on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:23AM (#42862158)
He was even given a blank check for crime by the Supreme Court.