I apologize, I posted this in the wrong thread before, so I've moved it here.
I don't expect this to happen in the first 100 days or even the first 1000 days, but at some point it will be necessary before any other reforms have any real chance of success.
We must pass a Constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United. It cannot be done legislatively because any attempt to do so will be met with lawsuits and end up being struck down. Until this egregious abuse of the definition of "personhood" is eliminated, we will never be able to pass any truly effective campaign reforms, and any attempts to pass many other needed reforms will be gutted by special interests with deep pockets well before they even have a chance to succeed.
However, in passing such an amendment, we cannot define what a person is; that could easily get sidetracked with anti-abortion arguments among other things. No, we must rather define what a person is not by simply declaring that "any artificial entity created by legislation or regulation for the purpose of engaging in commercial activity of any kind shall not considered a "person" under the laws of this nation".
There is not a single rethug who has any right to speak of impropriety, no matter how slight. They lost that right when they stood in defense of a traitor. I really hope we don't start hearing cries of letting bygones be bygones from Democrats either. Not this time. Justice must be done.
Unfortunately, they have already started doing that, despite what they have already done to belie their feigned integrity, but at least this time, they're getting called out on it a bit
I think Mr. Biden has more steel than you give him credit for. He hasn't survived nearly 50 years in public politics by being soft, and I can almost guarantee he knows how to play hardball politics behind the scenes.
Oh, I know he has nerves of steel, and you are absolutely right about him knowing how to play hardball behind the scenes.
I guess I am just highly irritated right now by any move that casts any rethug in a positive light. I was very annoyed by Biden's speech today praising Moscow Mitch. "He's ashamed," says Biden.
No, he's not. That kind of comment is exactly what I'm talking about. The only regret MM has right now is losing his SML power. That's it. I am convinced he is on Putin's payroll. May this be the year that the truth about this administration's ties to Russia and all the people in our government who sold this country out for money and power and dirty dealings comes to light.
I also hope Garland has the teeth to be AG. I know his history and he is very admirable, as is Biden, but these people MUST be criminally indicted. This can never happen again.
"A republic-if you can keep it."
I am convinced he is on Putin's payroll
I just wanted to pull this out because his wife, Elaine Chao - who just resigned - had several questionable deals with Chinese companies that snagged a lot of Chinese funds for Kentucky firms a couple of years ago, so while there may well be some Russia connections, I suspect it's more of a China thing with him.
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Chiming in because cards are my thing and I am darn good at them if I do say so myself. I pulled cards on Biden back in November and ended up with a table full of cards showing me the whole four years. I saw the legal challenges and post-election turmoil, I saw Biden inheriting a shell-shocked American people. I pulled Temperance and Two of Pentacles on him, so I do see him doing a lot to heal us. I saw a very active VP in Kamala Harris.
But what I saw very strongly is change. Good change. Lots of it. Then he hands the reins to a woman. He's going to be a really great President. I talked to an acquaintance of mine who is psychic, she's visions, I'm cards- and we agreed that Biden is going to go in, and free of concerns about being reelected, is going to FDR the shit out of things (pardon my language). I'm looking forward to the next four years.
Biden is going to go in, and free of concerns about being reelected, is going to FDR the shit out of things (pardon my language). I'm looking forward to the next four years.
FDR is my favorite President, and the fact that he...well...to quote you, FDR’d the shit out of things and got re-elected. And then re-elected again. And then re-elected again. (Thus resulting in a Constitutional amendment) is one of my favorite things in the world.
@theungamer thank you :)
I think I'm going to be on. My cards for Trump have played out. The thwarted legal challenges, etc. I pulled the Death card on him four different times, which I took to mean the death of his presidency, and that definitely come to pass, but being such a strong card I did not fully understand what was going to happen.
I also pulled the Six of Swords for him, which is a man sailing away on a raft, so he's leaving, it even tracks with him fleeing, which it looks like he's going to attempt.
I'm never reading him again, though. When I read his energy, it was so awful it gave me a migraine. He's a terrible human being- his conduct Wednesday did not surprise me.
@writerjenny Your Death card may representing a variety of endings and I'm not referring to death. He thrives on the energy of others and without the social media energy infusion, he may implode. Agree that fleeing is an option as its the only way to avoid prosecution. Can understand not wanting to tap into that energy. Sometimes a part of it taps back. Onward to better times!
@theungamer oh yeah, I know it wasn't literal death, just complete obliteration. He smashed it dead.