A caller wants revenge, not Kumbaya. Hakeem Jeffries says voters don’t want Democrats to get even. The new majority’s first three tests, and a precedent its own party set.
I want both justice and peace. Another thing is I want religion out of politics along with Israel and uber rich in politics! We must draw a line in the sand immediately!
This is not about "following the rules" that are arbitrary and favor a few.
I want the rule of law and equality under the law restored. I want actions and injustices that were enabled by corrupt processes reversed and people who were harmed made whole. I want ongoing corrupt practices stopped. Ds won big because enough people finally realized that Rs were actively hurting them and the hurt got bad enough that it broke through and motivated people to switch or get off the couch and go vote.
Rs are going to position everything that Ds do as retribution or revenge. When people know that they have done wrong, have been caught, know they are going to be held accountable for the wrongs they have done, they are going to fight it tooth and nail. The first and most obvious defense to being held accountable is to accuse the people imposing accountability of "breaking the rules" or "enacting revenge". Attempting to equate the two positions is normalizing evasion of consequences with imposing accountability under rule of law.
People are expecting the new Congress to actually do something even though trump can still use a veto. The new Congress should do things that help the public, reverse wrongs that have been done, impose accountability on those who have done wrongs, and stop further wrongs from continuing. In order to do this in the face of opposition that will stop at nothing to avoid consequences, the new Congress is going to have to effectively and continuously communicate to the public what it plans to do and what it is actually doing. By effective I mean some of the best communicators in the country even if not in office. People like AOC, Warren, the Obamas, Buttigieg, Sanders come to mind. It's time for Congress to establish its own coherent and unified "bully pulpit" as a coequal branch of government not the media soundbites of 435 Representatives and 100 Senators trying to get reelected.
The communication should clearly state what the new Congress is trying to do and very clearly state who is opposing the effort and who is supporting the effort. The new Congress needs to enlist the aid of hundreds of millions of people to start putting pressure on those who support continuing to extract the wealth of this country for their own benefit. It is long past time for the public to know who is trying to harm them and who is trying to help them.
Voters: If Congress will not do this, vote out those who won't do this repeatedly and continuously until they get the message. This government is supposed to work for us. It's long past time for those elected by us to realize that and act like it.
Some good things to do:
1) Pass universal healthcare and increase taxes on the wealthy by raising the top brackets and corporate brackets to pay for it. It’s disgusting that the U.S. is the only nation out of the top 33 without universal healthcare.
2) Increase the minimum wage to match where it should be if it had been inflation adjusted.
3) Solve the social security problem. There are multiple things that can be done and top on the list of things that can be done is eliminating the wage cap on social security taxes.
4) Get the epstein files released completely. Impeach the AG and continue to impeach any acting AG appointed afterwards until those files are released completely. The law is passed. Not releasing the files is blatantly illegal. This would be better than impeaching trump. The country should know what trump has done, indict him if crimes have been committed, try him in a court of law, and if found guilty, impose appropriate punishment.
5) Defund the Iran war and impeach hegseth. Until a Secretary of Defense starts bringing back the top commanders and JAGs, impeach any acting Secretary. Let the competent military people who have been purged figure out how to get us out of this mess, advise Congress and Congress should require the Executive Branch to take appropriate action to end an illegal war.
6) Refuse to confirm any further trump appointments of any kind.
7) Impeach Roberts, Alito and Thomas and pass legislation to expand SCOTUS.
8 Claw back all of the monies stolen from the Treasury by illegal and corrupt actions with interest and penalties.
9) Remove all of the tariffs imposed by trump under the guise of an emergency.
10) Restart support for Ukraine. They are the wall stopping Russia.
We can’t be soft . Trump and his supporters Shoot Innocent people in the streets . Democrats Take Control of the House and Do Something to actually Help Americans
Playing by rules isn't always the thing. It is playing by the LAWS that we should demand and hold accountable. Which "rules" are even necessary, have lost their purpose, have held back action just for politeness?
I want both justice and peace. Another thing is I want religion out of politics along with Israel and uber rich in politics! We must draw a line in the sand immediately!
This is not about "following the rules" that are arbitrary and favor a few.
I want the rule of law and equality under the law restored. I want actions and injustices that were enabled by corrupt processes reversed and people who were harmed made whole. I want ongoing corrupt practices stopped. Ds won big because enough people finally realized that Rs were actively hurting them and the hurt got bad enough that it broke through and motivated people to switch or get off the couch and go vote.
Rs are going to position everything that Ds do as retribution or revenge. When people know that they have done wrong, have been caught, know they are going to be held accountable for the wrongs they have done, they are going to fight it tooth and nail. The first and most obvious defense to being held accountable is to accuse the people imposing accountability of "breaking the rules" or "enacting revenge". Attempting to equate the two positions is normalizing evasion of consequences with imposing accountability under rule of law.
People are expecting the new Congress to actually do something even though trump can still use a veto. The new Congress should do things that help the public, reverse wrongs that have been done, impose accountability on those who have done wrongs, and stop further wrongs from continuing. In order to do this in the face of opposition that will stop at nothing to avoid consequences, the new Congress is going to have to effectively and continuously communicate to the public what it plans to do and what it is actually doing. By effective I mean some of the best communicators in the country even if not in office. People like AOC, Warren, the Obamas, Buttigieg, Sanders come to mind. It's time for Congress to establish its own coherent and unified "bully pulpit" as a coequal branch of government not the media soundbites of 435 Representatives and 100 Senators trying to get reelected.
The communication should clearly state what the new Congress is trying to do and very clearly state who is opposing the effort and who is supporting the effort. The new Congress needs to enlist the aid of hundreds of millions of people to start putting pressure on those who support continuing to extract the wealth of this country for their own benefit. It is long past time for the public to know who is trying to harm them and who is trying to help them.
Voters: If Congress will not do this, vote out those who won't do this repeatedly and continuously until they get the message. This government is supposed to work for us. It's long past time for those elected by us to realize that and act like it.
Some good things to do:
1) Pass universal healthcare and increase taxes on the wealthy by raising the top brackets and corporate brackets to pay for it. It’s disgusting that the U.S. is the only nation out of the top 33 without universal healthcare.
2) Increase the minimum wage to match where it should be if it had been inflation adjusted.
3) Solve the social security problem. There are multiple things that can be done and top on the list of things that can be done is eliminating the wage cap on social security taxes.
4) Get the epstein files released completely. Impeach the AG and continue to impeach any acting AG appointed afterwards until those files are released completely. The law is passed. Not releasing the files is blatantly illegal. This would be better than impeaching trump. The country should know what trump has done, indict him if crimes have been committed, try him in a court of law, and if found guilty, impose appropriate punishment.
5) Defund the Iran war and impeach hegseth. Until a Secretary of Defense starts bringing back the top commanders and JAGs, impeach any acting Secretary. Let the competent military people who have been purged figure out how to get us out of this mess, advise Congress and Congress should require the Executive Branch to take appropriate action to end an illegal war.
6) Refuse to confirm any further trump appointments of any kind.
7) Impeach Roberts, Alito and Thomas and pass legislation to expand SCOTUS.
8 Claw back all of the monies stolen from the Treasury by illegal and corrupt actions with interest and penalties.
9) Remove all of the tariffs imposed by trump under the guise of an emergency.
10) Restart support for Ukraine. They are the wall stopping Russia.
There are more but that’s my top 10.
We can’t be soft . Trump and his supporters Shoot Innocent people in the streets . Democrats Take Control of the House and Do Something to actually Help Americans
I want accountability and policy change!
Playing by rules isn't always the thing. It is playing by the LAWS that we should demand and hold accountable. Which "rules" are even necessary, have lost their purpose, have held back action just for politeness?