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  • Jan 14, 2026, 1:21 AM

    Looking past Trump, here is what I want: I want politicians to understand that the political order that used to govern the United States is now dead, and to use that for the good of the actual people

    I don't want to hear that we can't do universal healthcare because the insurance companies and blah blah blah, fuck the insurance companies, do universal healthcare without them

    I don't want to hear that the second amendment means we have to have daily mass shootings, if Trump can argue that the plain text of the fourteenth amendment doesn't mean what it clearly says, then you can argue that "well regulated militia" actually means something

    I don't want to hear whatever this year's excuse for why we need to transfer more wealth to rich people is, the verdict is in, this has been an awful policy for decades that has hurt basically everyone, I don't give a shit how much money rich people spend complaining, do wealth transfer in the opposite direction

    "Tough on crime" and "war on drugs" have always been bullshit, some people hated law enforcement before but basically everyone hates them now, this is a good time to end that shit and spend money on things that help people, not oppress them

    Lean in to the "Department of War" nonsense, spending more money than God has on "Defense" was bad but they had arguments for it, but who really actually wants to spend so much money on war, cut that shit

    Exactly zero people are excited about all the companies rolling into one like some kind of hellish capitalist Katamari, I don't care if the CEOs came to your inauguration, get out that trust busting axe, everyone will cheer you on

    IDGAF about any kind of immunity anyone supposedly has because they get a government paycheck, end that shit with laws, and prosecute the violent and the corrupt

    I will no longer accept excuses that you are not doing things because they are not politically possible, we have ample evidence that this is no longer a thing: if you continue to not do them, we know it's because you don't want to, and you can fuck off so that we can have representatives who actually want to make this country better

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  • Jan 14, 2026, 1:25 AM

    @ricci

    Agreed. Although a key thing to remember is that the time to make a difference in your own party is during primaries.

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  • Jan 14, 2026, 1:34 AM

    @ricci
    I agree, the republicans have demonstrated how fast things can be broken, now lets have the democrats demonstrate how fast things can be fixed; I know its a harder job so lets start now.

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  • Jan 14, 2026, 4:33 AM

    @ricci This is a great start, but let's be bold on institutions as well as policies. America's political institutions failed to protect us from fascism, they must be completely reconsided to keep this from happening again.

    The presidency as a legitimate institution is dead, it now serves only as a threat to democracy. End it. Civil servants can run the executive branch better without it.

    This supreme court is poisoned, it needs to be dissolved and reconstituted with justices who actually give a damn about the law. We need judicial term limits, and a larger court to avoid capture by extremists like the Federalist Society.

    The Senate is a fossil and must be retired. Elevate the House of Reps, and make a new lower house from citizens' assemblies, with membership selected by lot and vetted like with jury duty.

    Fix the damn voting rules, and the districting process.

    People think this is nerdy shit, but our government broke because it was weak, we have to make it stronger.

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  • Jan 14, 2026, 6:07 AM

    @biogeo the best suggestion I've seen for the supreme court is to *realllly* pack it - make it work like the district courts. Put 100 judges on it, randomly assign judges to each case. Get rid of this shit where entire legal theories and cases are constructed to meet the preferences of one 80 year old dude.

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