Dems advanced 2 major bills to protect abortion rights this summer. They failed because they don’t have the votes to clear/get rid of the filibuster. Biden isn’t king; Congress has to pass protections. So, yes, the answer is to vote for more Dems so we can clear these hurdles.
We are witnessing a judicial coup in process.
If the President and Congress do not restrain the Court now, the Court is signaling they will come for the Presidential election next.
All our leaders - regardless of party - must recognize this Constitutional crisis for what it is.
If you have a state legislature with no check on its ability to gerrymander that also has total control of federal elections, unchecked by courts, you don't actually have a functioning democracy in that state.
"Biden and officials are concerned that more radical moves would be politically polarizing ahead of November's midterm elections, undermine public trust in institutions like the Supreme Court or lack strong legal footing, sources inside and outside the White House say."
Thread. A cautionary thought: the GOP can read polls. They *know* that a solid majority of Americans intensely oppose them on abortion, gun control and insurrection (to name but a few). They know these are big losers, in national electoral terms. Yet they persist.
Given the fact that Republicans have been systematically and viciously slandering the LGTBQ community as “groomers” and “pedophiles,” is it really a stretch to believe that they’d put people in camps?
Stating the obvious: but so everyone is clear. It is *absolutely* the case that the very first legislative priority of a Republican trifecta at the national level will be a federal ban on abortions. It will be HR 1.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday it was appropriate for the Arizona Democratic Party to censure moderate Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for her vote against a filibuster carve-out for voting rights, a key priority for Democrats https://t.co/i1CoRO0gWo
I don’t think the guy who went to bat for the credit card companies has any intention of relieving student loan loan debt. God forbid we do anything for regular Americans.
If the student loan payments pause isn't extended, borrowers will be slammed with hundreds of dollars a month in payments. @POTUS can fix this and #CancelStudentDebt with the stroke of a pen. Waiting any longer will harm families and drag down our whole economy.