House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to “get their act together” and elect the next speaker while slamming the “extremists” within their party.

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    11 months ago

    It’s not really that dysfunctional imo. The courts are doing a lot of the lifting like you mention because that is the group that has the most power at the moment (and not just the SC), but they had no problem getting Trump’s tax cuts and other big legislation through. They also extended the use of military assets and federal police against protesters during BLM, and have been establishing secret police even this year such as in NC. The corporate subsidies still get approved in a split Congress, although greenwashing is the latest aesthetic. Controlled munitions are still being approved for reloading Israel. I guess I just have to disagree that their actions have effected any reduction in government power. Bill Barr was the one literally pushing for a dictatorship just a few years ago (Unitary Executive Theory) and he’s a GOP power player.

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      11 months ago

      I guess I should have said ending democracy instead of ending the government.by getting rid of any functions of the government that insure democracy is the goal. Or the goal is destroying the institutions of democracy which defacto would destroy our government and institute a new type of government