• SeedyOne
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    11 months ago

    I feel like some people think he can wave the “Executive Order” wand and there wouldn’t be repercussions or other roadblocks.

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      11 months ago

      Largely because Trump did a lot of waving around of the Executive Order wand.

      Problem is, that only works when you have flunkies that can back it up for you. Trump had a horde of goons that were eager to drink the kool-aid and support anything he said, reasonable or not. Biden is working with the opposite, with a congress full of people that will reject anything he says even if it’s a genuinely good idea. Obama struggled with similar problems, being stonewalled by congress.

      The Republican party long ago abandoned any pretense of actually governing and has simply become anti-democratic. This, in part, though not completely, is what has halted Biden’s progress, just one in a line of many of his forebears and probably several of his successors unless America collectively pulls its head out of its ass.

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        “Largely because Trump did a lot of waving around of the Executive Order wand.”

        And, honestly, a lot of his executive orders did f*** all because of that. He claimed to have passed an EO to do something, but nothing really happened in actuality, he just got to claim it did.

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        11 months ago

        The Republican party long ago abandoned any pretense of actually governing and has simply become anti-democratic.

        I’ve been wondering for years now how long it will take until the majority of your population finally recognizes the fact and hits the streets about it. So far I’ve been dissapointed repeatedly and crushingly. Voting repeately against your own interest seems to be some kind of national sport in the US 🤕