We supposedly settled all this troops-in-the-streets shit with our War of Independence.

I reckon we need to settle it all again.

The War for Independence, or Revolutionary War, settled the question of quartering troops in private homes

I'm sure Cheetolini is shaking in his boots (not).

(FYI, I'm criticizing Jeffries, not the OP.)

Our politicians need to borrow a page from South Korea's playbook. They managed to restore democracy and sanity in just a few months.

They don't have the same system as the U.S. They don't have a "bicameral" legislative branch (i.e., no "House of Representatives" nor "Senate" ), just one big "National Assembly".

They don't do "Impeachment hearings" in one chamber and then switch to another chamber to do a "trial" - it's all heard and voted on in the one Assembly and the final decider is their "Constitutional Court", which is their highest court.

So there really is no comparison other than they are one of the few, like the U.S., that doesn't use a Parliamentary system of government.

with the strongly worded letter nonsense. Trump and his minions are fascists. That's who we are fighting against.

Criticizing our Democratic leaders with that tired old trope gets us nowhere.

And they had a chance to do something in power, and they didnt do it. Now we are supposed to be quiet as they do nothing still. No thanks. You keep silent though, seems to be working well.

I’m really not one for hyperbole or even imprecise use of language, but if he was trying to communicate how bad letting Trump take over police powers in blue cities, “manufacturing a crisis” or “ no basis to deploy” are words that fail to capture what road this is going down. Your comment is a Lott stronger worded than Jeffires’s. I don’t know why criticism of specific actions or statements of our democratic leaders are considered such personal affronts? Politicians are professionals. Jeffries can handle a little heckling, especially that which he’ll never hear. Messaging is one of the last weapons we got, and I’m not sure if I’m not sure his message here will move the needle of public opinion one bit. I do think that it’s part of his job to do so. I know you somehow believe if we sit back a root for whatever our leaders do, we’ll have the best chance of regaining control of our government, but there is a division of opinion about that and this is a discussion board. I think we’re on the same side, so how about a positive defense of the utility of Jeffries’s comments rather trying to shut down discussion?

Would you rather he just sit quiet and act like it's ok?
The fact that he doesn't have a majority in Congress or a fair process or the Supreme Court or the military to give it teeth is not his fault.
What he has is freedom of speech--so far--and the courage to use it despite threats of retribution from Trump.

What about when we had the majority? I mean republicans have seemed to seize power by not having the majority of support. Jeffries should get off the internet and start working.

When Dems were in the majority I had no complaints about Jeffries.
Republicans cheat (gerrymander, lie, send bomb threats during elections...) and manage to win a majority of seats despite a minority. of support.
That's not Jeffries' fault. He has to deal with the numbers in the House as they are.

Good luck!

He's not going to play his hand by showing his cards to the biased media.

I'm so tired of the Democrat bashing among what one assumes are Democrats here on DU.

It doesn't matter what our leaders do or say, we get the same tired old "criticisms."

be insulting.

Not helping... that's how we Lose Elections.

and those responsible will never admit it.

I mean just saying. This shit all happened under most of these "leaders" watch.

Seems like im talking to the wheels of justice grind slowly, and merrick garland is doing something crowd. As he did nothing for a year, but people here demanded the disgruntled dems stay quiet. Because why would they tell us they were investigating trump?

I think it is time for the weak dems to stay quiet

Here is something that MLK was quoted as saying that I have in my sig -



Unfortunately have have far too many here where that applies.

Democrats are in the minority in Congress. I repeat: Democrats are in the minority in Congress. That means, other than taking up literal arms, their options are limited.

The Senate, due to the Cloture (filibuster) rule (and their other Rules), has far more levaratge compared to the House, where right now, ALL of the U.S. Attorney nominations, where the Senate must do "advise and consent" (confirmations) HAVE NOW BEEN BLOCKED. That is why 45 has been ranting and raving and whining about "Blue Slips", but also unbeknownst to him (personally, but causing temper tantrums among the RW loon media), there are "HOLDS" that Durbin has put in place on them as Ranking Member (but obviously not "Chair" ) of the Senate Judiciary Committee - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to stall Trump U.S. attorney picks, citing JD Vance’s delays under Biden

Other nominations are also (finally) being held up -

our Dem Leaders with Facts, BRDS. Shine the Light

I'm So Sick of the Insults to our Dem Leaders On Democratic Underground.

This needs to be repeated verbatim in the daily threads that blame Democrats for "doing nothing". --- If I see them before you do, would you mind if I cut and pasted this?

And you might want to add that the infamous "sternly worded letters" are ACTUALLY "demands for answers to questions" that are listed in those "letters", with a due date for a response. About 90% of the time, those requests ARE responded to with the "answers", although sometimes needing clarification and thus they get another "letter" requesting clarifications (and the other 10% who don't respond are loons who think they are being cute ignoring a Congressional inquiry).

and ineffective".

That's your opinion.

This is Putin’s end game.

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when Posting on a Democratic Supporting Board.

They're fascists. They lie, exaggerate, manufacture crises, and declare emergencies based on absolutely nothing in order to do what they want.