• Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Who could have seen this coming? I, for one, am now satisfied that the democrats did everything they possibly could do. They really sent a strongly worded letter here, and I’m all for it. Great work guys!

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      3 days ago

      What they can potentially do is have the Senate shut down other parts of the government in protest.

      ICE is already funded for years to come; it will take an affirmative vote to remove that money, and you can’t do that when in the minority.

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        3 days ago

        Optics. They need to be taking more extreme measures. The fact that ICE is funded for quite a while is not a good reason to capitulate to the republicans. They continue to prove, time and again, that they are unwilling to take drastic action to stop the fascists. They’d rather play by the rules, and lose.

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          They’d rather play by the rules, and lose.

          The rules made by fascists.

          The so-called representatives of the people aren’t doing shit. So it’s up to the people themselves.