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[–] 8 points 4 days ago

Investigation targets could include ICE raids, Epstein and DOGE

Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has outlined five priorities, including Trump family business dealings, the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Rep. Jared Huffman of California, the ranking Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, said he wants to dig into Trump’s White House ballroom and other construction projects, as well as the Trump family’s role in mineral deals.

With the House majority comes an infusion of congressional committee staff and resources, and the effort is expected to be sprawling, involving House committees with authority to conduct oversight on Cabinet officials and the agencies they lead.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I hope they realize there is a time limit? They need to hit the ground running and not drag their feet like last time.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 4 days ago

    If you read the article, it seems the relevant soon-to-be committee chairs understand that. They know the mission.

    I know these electoral cycles can feel like groundhog day. But let yourself feel some hope for once. Even if it's just for today.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I hope they can multi task. Accountability is one thing but they need to be pushing amazing policies for Republicans to and trump to oppose and never stop yelling about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (25 children)

    Wonder how many sternly written letters they will send out? Some might even contain a few choice curse words such as "damn" and "hell"

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Hey I don't have much faith in Schumer or Jeffries to do what needs to be done, but there are some really good ranking members on some important committees who are already gearing up for the road ahead.

    It's all detailed in the article if you care to read it.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago (21 children)

    Hey, I understand the sentiment. I do. But we're seeing, right now, the most decisive win the left has had in a very long time. It's okay to be optimistic, just for a little while. Honestly, it's getting very tiring having the first thing I see on almost all topics about this be something negative. Just be happy we got to where we are, and leave the negativity on hold for if it turns out to be warranted. It isn't solving any problems now, and it's just bad for everyone's mental state.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (16 children)

    Your mistake is on believing the Dems are The Left. They're center right.

    They're also beholden to the same donors as the GOP, so the comment you're replying to is far more grounded in reality than your optimism about the Dems actually doing anything at all except continuing the process of wealth transfer from the working class to the investor/donor class.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 4 days ago (15 children)

    Your mistake is forgetting just how much ground the progressives claimed this week.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (14 children)

    Lol, you're either very young or you have the memory of a goldfish.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 days ago (13 children)

    I'm old enough to remember that a windfall like this hasn't happened before. At least not since FDR's time.

    You're free to continue being bitter and cynical, but kindly keep that stink away from me. The grownups are busy celebrating.

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  • [–] -3 points 4 days ago (12 children)

    So you're not old enough to remember the Obama administration then. Cool. Bye, kiddo.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 days ago (11 children)

    Whatever you need to tell yourself to feel like a big boi 🙄

    Remind me how many progressives were in Congress when Obama got elected? Since your memory is so superior to mine, you know...

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  • [–] -3 points 4 days ago (10 children)

    "progressive" is a meaningless marketing term intended to fool Leftists into voting for Liberals.

    There were actually more Democrats in the House and Senate than have actually been certified so far in this Blue Wave, and (briefly) a filibuster proof Supermajority in the Senate.

    And just like we'll see them do again over the next two years, they whined and hid behind procedure and started all negotiations with the GOP from an already compromised position and generally helped the country continue slouching rightward so efficiently that a naked fascist started getting traction in the next GOP primary.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 days ago (9 children)

    Go home, troll. You're finished.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 days ago (8 children)

    Lol, ShitLibs are always convinced their idealism will pan out this time. It'd be funny if the rest of us didn't have to live with the consequences of your inaction.

    I'll swing back by in 6 mths to a year, once the exceedingly likely has become exceedingly obvious, to give you your Fell For It Again Award.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (7 children)

    Go on, back to St. Petersburg. Off with you!

    I hope you have plenty of thick socks. It's looking like it'll be a bitter cold winter for you.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    "Anyone who questions my precious narratives (that I take from billionaire owned media and a center-right political party) is obviously a dirty foreigner" and other fairy tales Liberals tell themselves to explain why reality keeps running counter to their belief system

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    Weak. That one is so overplayed. I guess now that so many of your data centers have been destroyed you can't come up with any new zingers? Sad.

    Remember to wiggle your toes so you don't get frostbite!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Lol, the ShitLib with his head in the sand thinks he's worth a new zinger.

    You're not even worth a Certified Refurbished (tm) zinger.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)
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    See ya in a few months when I come back with your award!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    Sure we are happy, but not naive. This buzz should wear off quick because there is a lot of hard work to fix things. It could take decades to undue what has already been done and then we have a lot of work from there.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

    I thought people would be happy here but Lemmy is basically identical to reddit- full of miserable weirdos who are perpetually negative about anything and everything.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 4 days ago (18 children)

    Troll. Nobody wants your filth.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (17 children)

    you just want it to happen again in two years, openly, and not stop in the meantime? how many innocents should die on the altar of you feeling like a nice person? what's the right number? keep in mind its mostly the most marginalized people in society, so nobody you give a single shit about.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (16 children)

    [Edit: nice edit, troll. You thought I wouldn't notice? Suddenly making it about "marginalized communities" in an attempt to make me appear callous and indifferent to their plight? Well guess what. Those marginalized communities whom you're attempting to wave like a banner, they're celebrating right now.]

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (14 children)

    In case the humor was too subtle for you, I'll go ahead and explain the joke. He's a man made out of straw.

    A strawman. Get it? Like your argument.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (9 children)

    you seem to be putting avlot of effort into rationalizing and none into finding the line, or admitting its a problem. no other scenario fits.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (8 children)

    I don't have to put any effort into rationalizing my position, because it's already rational. Because I arrived at it rationally, via discursive thinking over a period of time in which learning has been continuous.

    Rationalization is what irrational people to to attempt to justify an unjustifiable position.

    And since you've approached this interaction in bad faith from the start, I feel no moral nor intellectual obligation to engage with you seriously.

    Why would I search for "the line" in a strawman argument? There's no problem on my end to admit in that regard, because the "problem" you deem so relevant is one that you made up and attempted to give my stamp of approval to. It was an argument that I never made, and so my hands are clean in this engagement.

    That's the scenario. Feel free to frame it to yourself however you like. You're in a dark room, painting the walls with your own delusion, and calling the open sky ignorant of reality.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago* (7 children)

    oh. so what's the number then? that you arrived at rationally?

    or do you think the regime hasn't killed any innocent people who wouldn't have died otherwise?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (6 children)

    There is no number. Because that's a strawman argument that you pulled out of your ass, and I'm refusing to engage with it on a matter of principle.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    so you don't think regimes like this one kill innocent people. everyone they killed was either going to die anyway, or the death was just and righteous? every kid who dies of measles everybody who ate the wrong lettuce and shit themselves to death every brown person who was shot or extradited to a concentration camp and every anarchist killed by cops as revenge for speaking up about it, every Venezuelan or Iranian killed in a stupid pointless unprovoked war, every climate casualty that comes from what's done to the climate during this time.

    they all deserved it and its fine?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    More strawmen. Is that all you have?

    I never said any of those things. In fact, all that stuff that's happening under the current regime is part of the reason why I'm celebrating the change.

    It's fairly obvious to everyone with half a brain, so it's clear that you're arguing in bad faith.

    Just give up and go back to St. Petersburg. I'm sure your mom will have a nice steaming pot of borsch ready for you when you get home after your shift at the troll farm is over.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    okay so you just deny that its still happening,happened for the entire biden admin, and will continue to happen. cool. love that. love that I have to share a world with you.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    I love how I point out how your entire argument is a strawman, and then your response is just to build more strawmen. You're ridiculous.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Shut up, loser. If you know the correct next steps to take, stop running your mouth online and do it yourself.

    Begging others to commit violence on your behalf just shows you're too chickenshit to show us how it's done yourself.

    You won't though, for the same reason as the rest of us: you have too much to lose.

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  • the Coward's fallacy, nice. just assume everyone else is as venal and short sighted as you. however you excuse your complicity, and that's really not my business until you project it onto everyone else I would appreciate you not projecting it onto everyone else.

    some of us have more to lose from this happening again, believe it or not.

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  • [–] -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Photo Ops and Soaring Rhetoric: increase 1000%

    Actual changes to policy that will meaningfully change the status quo: nothing changed.

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