‘People want change’: Democrats flip their script for Trump’s second term | Semafor
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Party lawmakers are starting off on a surprisingly collaborative note amid a quiet progressive activist base.

With the progressive “resistance” quiet ahead of Donald Trump’s second term, congressional Democrats are making their own shift: They’re turning away from past portrayals of Trump as a human wrecking ball and toward more potential collaboration.

After ignoring a Republican crackdown on undocumented immigration for months last year, Senate Democrats holstered their filibuster power on Thursday and prepared to work on the bill — which Trump could end up signing into law thanks to their support. Democrats are currently debating whether to also advance a GOP plan to debate sanctions on the International Criminal Court for targeting Israeli leaders with arrest warrants.

On top of that, several Democrats met this week with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    23 days ago

    Chile is another chill, well-functioning and developed country with a long democratic tradition.
    (apart from that one time when the US staged a military coup and installed a murderous regime that abolished democracy and terrorized millions, because the Chileans had dared to vote for a leftist president in a free election.)

    Quote by Kissinger, US president at the time:

    “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people.
    These issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”