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MoosesMom's avatar

"The problem—and it is a real problem for the nation, not just for the Republican party—is that the need for some Republican-led checks and balances is more necessary than ever."

Bless your big ol' heart, Bill, but the Republican Party has shown us who they are, over and over and over again. It's long past time to believe them. They do NOT care about checks and balances in service to their orange-god-king. Period. They only care about the illusion of power in an autocratic and corrupt government now.

Maybe it's time for all of us to stop talking about the Democratic Party in terms of banding together for the sake of Democracy, holding one's nose if you have to in order to preserve our Democratic Republic.

Perhaps it's time to start talking about how the Democratic Party IS the party of strong national security, of true patriotism not just to our nation, but to our Constitution. It is the ONLY party serious about wanting to curb the epidemic of gun violence in our country, of wanting to preserve our role as leader of the free world, not cozying up to the world's worst dictators.

They are the ONLY party who believes in voting rights, a women's right to choose, the solvency of Social Security, affordable healthcare that doesn't bankrupt families when illness strikes.

I understand that all of the "wokeness" and identity politics is carried too far, in a nod to the far-left progressive wing of the party, but all of that pales in comparison to the real issues facing us today. The Democrats gave the Republicans EVERYTHING they wanted in a border-security bill, for God's sake, and that gets lost in all of the noise, rhetoric and chaos.

Maybe the only way to save our nation now is to do some soul-searching and see reality for exactly what it is now.

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Ellen Thomas's avatar

Regarding the Cheap Shots: We are already seeing how MAGA is going to handle this--create nonsensical conspiracy theories. Everyone else needs to be out there, loud and clear, asking questions like: How would freezing and defunding the federal government impact air traffic controllers? Was it a good idea to fire the head of TSA for no reason except wanting a loyalist in place? Should the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee have been hollowed out in the first days of the Trump administration?

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