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Trump Wants An Airport Renamed After Him While His Company Trademarks Those Same Names (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] 55 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The Democrats already had four years to prosecute and convict this sack of shit. South Korea prosecuted and sentenced their former president in just 12 months. I don't expect anything from them this time around other than a PR slap on the wrist.

We need other parties but this country's elections are so fucked already we are only ever going to get two options of completely corporate-captured parties.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Your best bet, and that is tiny, but is still there, is to fill the Democratic party with Bernie Sanders-types and the like. AOC may run for president. She probably won't win, but she is a more progressive candidate than your typical centrist democrat. And it all started with her getting elected in New York. Talarico vs Crockett is the next opportunity to elect a more progressive candidate with Talarico.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Our best bet would be to collectly stop believing the lies of the DNC and start a new party that minimizes or forbids lobby from corporate goons.

    But the capture of the two party system is very strong and any talk about that gets self-policed by well intentioned folks. The DNC propaganda is strong. I'm all for minimizing harm in the moment, but the harm of the status quo is building to many many decades of past "we have to vote DNC one more time" moments. And with climate catastrophy here already what harm are we minimizing? If there isn't a future for our descendants due to corporate-caused climate change catastrophe, then what are we even fighting for?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    The Democrats already had four years to prosecute and convict this sack of shit

    The Democrats would require a two-thirds supermajority in the Senate to convict without at least some Republican senators. They have not had that and are unlikely to get that.

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