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  • leadore@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Read the room! Chuck Schumer's glaring disconnect shows he's already in way over his head
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    1 day ago

    So what are the ways to boot him and Jeffries out now? Not in 6 months, that’ll be too late.

    The leadership positions are elected at the beginning of each term, which will happen at the beginning of January. Between now and then, we can write our Dem Senators and Representatives (be polite and clear–staff tally these), and we can hold demonstrations as two ways to express our demands directly. The more who do this the better.

    Bloggers, columnists, and podcasters should be writing articles and conducting interviews publicizing what the people want.

    We can’t let the old guard redefine goals and set a false narrative. For example, Jeffries just came out and said,

    “The American people don’t want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf, because life is way too expensive”

    He’s trying to frame our expecting accountability as just petty “wanting to get even”–don’t let him!

    When you write your representative, you could include this quote (or one from Schumer along the same lines if writing your Senator). Say that enforcing the Rule of Law is not “getting even”, rather it is the only way to cure corruption, which thrives when people in power who break the law are not held accountable. We demand a leader who understands this. Say that he is also implying that we have to choose between holding bad actors accountable or tackling the other issues. We demand a leader who can deal with multiple issues at the same time (or “walk and chew gum at the same time”).

    IMO we also have to continue with the demonstrations, holding signs that state our demands. If we don’t they’ll think we’re complacent now that the elections are over, and that they can just go back to business as usual. But if we do, they’ll realize we are serious and have certain expectations of them. The newly-elected Dems are going to be paying a lot more attention to us than the others (at least for a while!), so we should take advantage of this window of opportunity to make ourselves heard.

  • leadore@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Odds of large-scale domestic backlash after midterms?
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    4 days ago

    1. 100%. Obviously. That’s what he has done (culminating in Jan. 6, 2021), is still doing, and will continue to do. Get ready for hundreds of lawsuits, illegal confiscation of ballots, rhetoric that the Dems rigged the elections, etc. Supposedly Dems have been preparing with an army of lawyers, but Dump and minions are sure to come up with stuff they aren’t ready for, including outright refusal to seat the winners and saying “Who’s gonna make us?” And before that, we still have to get through Election Day first.

    2. Very high. He has already been saying for some time he’s waiting until after the midterms to escalate in Iran. Of course you never know exactly what he’ll do when since he’s easily manipulated by Putin, Netanyahu, Stephen Miller, etc.

    3 & 4) Not very likely, especially #3 which they should have done sooner if they were going to. Also remember this buffoon is mostly a drooling dotard signing whatever papers are put in front of him, so better to ask what the technofascist broligarchs and the fascists running the administration have planned, not him. It may depend on the margin of victory at the polls. Larger margin/more states won = less chance the people will go along with their rhetoric. Low margin = higher chance. They’ve set it up for challenging Alaska already, but if enough other states go Blue, that shouldn’t matter.