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submitted 4 days ago by WeUnite@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world

Sorry it's a few days late, I just saw this and thought it was really interesting.

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 60 points 4 days ago

The dems checked out of this fight.

She's in Hawaii, and the dems who lost are not showing up for judicial appointments, and they are barely squeaking by.

They talk a big talk but are absolutely limped dicked when it comes to actual fighting.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Where did you see they aren't showing up for judicial appointments? I haven't seen that anywhere. Quite frankly I've seen two articles saying the opposite

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/politics/judges-trump-biden-missing-senators/index.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4998960-senate-republicans-frustrated-judicial-nominees-vance/

It's why Trump is calling for his followers to slow the process

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reversal-thune-seeks-slow-bidens-judicial-nominees/story?id=116010653

[-] Gointhefridge@lemm.ee 57 points 4 days ago

Falling on deaf ears at this point. The ~~controlled opposition party~~ Democratic Party has already handed the keys to the kingdom to ensure a smooth transition of ^unchecked^ power.

[-] SnotFlickerman 49 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

People forget that Biden wrote the PATRIOT Act. Which opened the door to unprecedented spying on US citizens.

"It's a big club, and we ain't in it."

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If trump and the project 2025 architects are as dangerous as they say and I believe they are, they have been extremely limp-dicked and complacent from Biden saying he was gonna "give it his best" to his shit-eating grin "welcome to the white house" to trump.

Something is off here...

[-] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago

The majority of the American people voted for project 2025 to run the US... What do you want him to do? It's the will of the (very stupid and bigoted) people

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, but he didn't have to be cheery about it like it's nothing and they were bullshitting about him being a fascist all the time.

PS: ok, it seems to be a nonchalant "tis but a scratch" reaction to incoming doom.

[-] reliv3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Hmm, careful. It was not a majority of American people. Trump didn't win over 50% of the popular vote, and this doesn't consider the people who did not vote.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

this doesn't consider the people who did not vote.

If you chose not to vote or vote for 3rd party, you supported Trump.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

I'd be interested to see what the 600 "bullet ballots" in Maricopa County are all about. As a hotbed of election denialism and a swing state it'd be interesting to see if there really were that many people who were only interested in voting for president and nothing else.

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Talk to people. This is actually fairly common. Many people don't follow politics closely enough to make informed decisions about ballot questions, and plenty of others simply don't care. Lots of people couldn't name the mayor of their town, their US Representative, or even their Senators. Plenty of people will go there to vote for one thing and ignore the rest because they either don't know or simply can't be bothered.

If I recall reading correctly, I think the average for this is about 1-2% of voters per state. I know there's some controversy because that number is higher in battleground states, but these are Trump voters we're talking about here, and I could easily see them turn out in droves for their god-king and ignore the rest of the ballot, because the only thing they cared about was getting Trump back into office. No reason for a Trump voter to do that in California, because it isn't going to matter. Pennsylvania is a completely different story, which is probably why we're seeing it happen so much in battleground states.

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