> opposition party has no power in the US, as designed explicitly
The Republicans have shown this to be superbly untrue when they were in the opposition.
The Senate should be hellbent on delaying and disrupting. The House should be constantly throwing a spanner in everything.
Governors? Arrest the DOGE kids for breaking state law. Arrest the ICE agents defying court orders. They’ll be released, eventually. But you’ll buy time until the midterms. Ban Tesla FSD and promise to pardon people who non-violently cross the line. Ban the law firms who struck deals with Trump from state business for 20 years. Fight like the Republicans do; laws and republics don’t survive if the side defending them lays down its arms.
This unfortunatey highlights an assymetry between the two parties. The Republicans want to delay and disrupt, the Democrats want to keep things running. Shutting down the government works for Red team because that's their goal. If Dems start to throw spanners into the works, that will just add to all the spanners the Republicans are already throwing into the works.
> If Dems start to throw spanners into the works, that will just add to all the spanners the Republicans are already throwing into the works
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I’m not advocating for shutdown, mind you. Just delay, distraction and disruption.
The Republicans have shown this to be superbly untrue when they were in the opposition.
The Senate should be hellbent on delaying and disrupting. The House should be constantly throwing a spanner in everything.
Governors? Arrest the DOGE kids for breaking state law. Arrest the ICE agents defying court orders. They’ll be released, eventually. But you’ll buy time until the midterms. Ban Tesla FSD and promise to pardon people who non-violently cross the line. Ban the law firms who struck deals with Trump from state business for 20 years. Fight like the Republicans do; laws and republics don’t survive if the side defending them lays down its arms.