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  • Hope does live on - with the people. That's where the power has always lived if we the people are willing to use it

    Right now they're thinking the 5 million protesting last Saturday was a fluke. Let's show them it's not. Sat April 19th is the next day of nationwide protest

  • Next day of nationwide protests is April 19th. 5 million showed up last Saturday. Let's make the next one larger

  • Dems actually did introduce a bill to do essentially that in the Senate for tarrifs on Canada. It passed 51-48 with only 4 republicans breaking rank. Notably in this case, Ted Cruz voted against that bill

    I should note it's unlikely Mike Johnson will ever put it up for a vote in the house. If he did and it passed, it will likely get vetoed. Without more republicans breaking rank it's not going to be able to get to the 2/3 of congress needed to veto override

    Need to see more republicans with spines for this bill to get through

    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00160.htm

  • Schimel already conceded and said that they had to respect election results. (To a booing crowd of supporters)

    Kind of something that what used to be 100% standard by all is now suprising

  • Plenty of states are directly rubuking Trump right now and actively going against what he's telling them to do. We don't have to imagine them enforcing things that they don't want. Many are already doing just as much

    Statewide dem parties have been better at standing up than much of the national dems have

    NY still has the congestion prices going despite his demand they pull it

    Maine's governor is not bowing to Trump's demands on trans rights even after direct in person confrontation

    And so on

  • State courts can carry out arrests and penalties themselves without federal government involvement

    Primarily in the context of Musk that's going to matter with his active cases in the WI court

    Other states governments can extradite him too even if he never steps foot in Wisconsin. He'd have to basically never go anywhere other than federal territories or deep red state to avoid that. That's assuming they'd block his extradition in the first place which is quite rare to begin with

  • Musk spending $25 million and also reduces his grip on congressional Republicans

    They have been worried about him funding challangers against them. If he can spend this kind of money and heavier time investment and still lose badly, that reduces a motivation to go along with him

  • Both appear to be happening in the specials lately

    Higher comparative dem turnout and some degree of persuasion is likely

    Can't directly tell because individual votes are anonymous, but you can tell what party a voter is registered with in some states.

    Generally seeing higher turnout among registered dems and margins large enough to suggest that many independent and likely some Republicans are shifting their votes

  • Elon Musk does. He poured $12 million into it for a reason. He has cases before the Wisconsin court system for violations of Wisconsin law. They can carry those penalties out without Trump being able to pardon for them either (can only pardon for federal crimes)

  • This is for a state court, not a federal one

    State courts make decisions about state laws and are enforced by state officals

  • *In deep red districts. Like R+33 red

    Dems overperformed by like 20 points. They probably would have outperformed more if Republicans didn't notice the close polling and start pouring millions into the race

    Yes, don't be complacent, but don't look at it strictly in a binary way

  • No senate business can take place because of this even though it's technically not a filibuster of a specific bill. The senate was suppose to open under normal operation at noon EST, but he's still speaking as of me writing this comment

  • Not that I forgive Schumer for what he did on the CR, but Schumer actually was on the floor helping Booker

    Schumer along with many other dems have been asking super long winded questions to give Booker a break speaking for a few minutes

    (Procedurally, you can take and answer questions without yielding your time on the floor)

  • If you want to get stuff through, no, but it you want to help him, then yes

    Various Dems senators have been helping him by asking super long questions to give him a few minutes break from speaking

    In any case, Republican senators leaving without being able to voting on nominees and other stuff is helpful

  • Not that I forgive Schumer for what he did on the CR, but Schumer actually was on the floor helping Booker

    Schumer along with many other dems have been asking super long winded questions to give Booker a break speaking for a few minutes

    (Procedurally, you can take and answer questions without yielding your time on the floor)

  • Mostly through taking a sledge hammer via executive branch right now

    Which needs things like confirmation of appointees from the Senate

    Plus in a broad sense they're also trying to codify some of their currently illegal actions. It's good to slow stuff like that down

  • The Senate is still not able to go about their normal business because of this. It was suppose to start going through their schedule at noon today

  • Weird, no paywall for me but you can read on archive.is

    https://archive.is/fBdZh

    For the last bit, that's more or less what the article suggests

    There’s no clear path to breaking the meat industry’s grip over American politics on the horizon, but there is something anyone can do — starting today — to push back against the kinds of horrific allegations made against Mountaire and other poultry giants: Eat less chicken.

  • https://archive.is/ITR1e for the paywall

    The laws these industries are trying to overturn are just ones that set such low standards it's truly insane. Cage-free still means plenty of cruelty and yet that's still much for the egg industry

    For instance, practices like chick culling exist in most of the world including the US. Billions of male chicks are shred alive around the world right after birth

    Or forced molting is quite common in the US where they intentionally starve a flock for a 7-14 days to increase egg production rates after it

    Among other broader problems like how they've been bred to produce eggs at such high rates they start getting tons of bone health problems. I could keep going on and on, but I think that's enough to get the idea

  • politics @lemmy.world

    Austria is getting a new coalition government without the far-right election winner

    apnews.com /article/austria-new-government-coalition-stocker-2d39904a00c33d382b1c94cb021d0c0c
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social

    Protestors at the Iowa Statehouse As Republicans Push to Pass A Bill Stripping Civil Rights Protections on the Basis of Gender Identity

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    US judge halts Trump administration's calls for mass firings by agencies

    www.reuters.com /world/us/us-judge-halts-trump-administrations-calls-mass-firings-by-agencies-2025-02-27/
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    'Thoroughly disgusted' state lawmakers refuse to help Elon Musk sell Teslas

    www.rawstory.com /thoroughly-disgusted-lawmakers-refuse-to-help-musk-sell-teslas/
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    Six Fired Federal Workers Reinstated by Civil Service Appeals Board

    news.bloomberglaw.com /daily-labor-report/fired-federal-workers-reinstated-by-civil-service-appeals-board
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    House Democrat introduces bill to reinstate veterans fired from the federal government under Trump

    apnews.com /article/veterans-firings-doge-musk-congress-tran-bill-f97b19b83cef4a7b1b5a279162a92762
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    Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Over $2 Billion of Federal Funding Is Unfrozen for Pennsylvania

    www.democracydocket.com /news-alerts/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-sues-trump-administration-to-release-over-3-billion-in-federal-funds/
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    Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Over $2 Billion of Federal Funding Is Unfrozen for Pennsylvania

    www.democracydocket.com /news-alerts/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-sues-trump-administration-to-release-over-3-billion-in-federal-funds/
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    Longtime Albany County Republican switches to Democrat

    www.timesunion.com /news/article/longtime-albany-county-republican-switches-20180005.php
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    The Tesla takedown has begun. A national protest movement seeks to strike a blow to Elon Musk’s net worth

    www.thestar.com.my /tech/tech-news/2025/02/24/the-tesla-takedown-has-begun-a-national-protest-movement-seeks-to-strike-a-blow-to-elon-musks-net-worth
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    Federal Judge Blocks DOGE Access to Sensitive Data At Education Department

    www.democracydocket.com /news-alerts/judge-blocks-doge-sensative-data-education-opm/
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    Another member of Trump’s inner circle rebels against Musk’s productivity email | Tulsi Gabbard joins Kash Patel and the Department of Defense in instructing employees not to respond to the email

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-elon-musk-email-federal-workers-b2703241.html
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    Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Musk’s email as signs of power struggle emerges

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-doge-email-federal-workers-b2703006.html
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    Trump Admin Halts Defunding Nation's Financial Watchdog Agency After Lawsuit

    www.democracydocket.com /news-alerts/city-of-baltimore-sues-to-stop-dismantling-of-nations-financial-watchdog-agency/
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    Overflow Omaha crowd launches U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour

    nebraskaexaminer.com /2025/02/22/overflow-omaha-crowd-launches-u-s-sen-bernie-sanders-fighting-oligarchy-tour/
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    White House restores 9/11 health program funding after uproar

    thehill.com /policy/healthcare/5158570-white-house-restores-9-11-health-program-funding-after-uproar/
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    Conservative News Outlets Defy Trump, Side with AP in Fight Over 'Gulf of Mexico' Usage

    www.latintimes.com /conservative-news-outlets-defy-trump-side-ap-fight-gulf-mexico-usage-576285
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    North Dakota House rejects bills to increase vaccine exemptions, ban fluoride in public water (

    www.inforum.com /news/north-dakota/north-dakota-house-rejects-bills-to-increase-vaccine-exemptions-ban-fluoride-in-public-water
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    NYC congestion pricing tolls staying on after Trump administration moves to end the program

    www.cbsnews.com /newyork/news/nyc-congestion-pricing-trump-mta/
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    More Tesla showroom protests planned for this weekend | Tesla is getting more blowback from Elon Musk’s efforts to take over the federal government

    www.theverge.com /news/612912/tesla-protest-showroom-vandalism-elon-musk-doge