Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.

Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.

  • Netrunner@programming.dev
    1633·
    2 days ago

    You hate that democrats led a commanding rebuke against trump in the best way possible?

    Are you an edgy teenager or something?

    This is the result we wanted.

    It was a rebuke of more than just gas prices despite what some of the media reported.

    Alot of people voted for pretti and good.

    So much negativity on a day of such positivity.

    One major difference between lemmy and reddit. Feels like teenager vibes.

    Edit: thank God my notifications are off

    Edge Lord city

        • TrainsAreCool@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 days ago

          You can enjoy the win, but also recognize that enough of the criminal Trump loyalists in the GOP got re-elected that it’s doubtful we’ll see any impeachments or charges for those disdainful fucks.

          The fact that this criminal administration has any support is disgusting.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      113·
      2 days ago

      The Democrats are very nearly as unpopular as the Republicans. People supported them not because they like the Democrats, but because they hate the Republicans. Socialism is still a necessity for a system that works for the people, and that still requires revolution. Revolution isn’t just something you do, or something that falls into your lap. It happens when there is a large, revolutionary socialist party, a class conscious working class, and a crisis in the capitalist class. We can directly contribute to the first two by getting involved with a socialist party. Both Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation have two tiers of membership, general membership which is low commitment in time and money, and cadre membership, which requires significant time and money. See which is more active near you (almost certainly PSL, but varies), and consider joining the general membership!

    • NXVX@lemmy.world
      92·
      2 days ago

      Just like Ender’s Game. “How we win matters”.

      Not that I care either way tbh. And I agree it does sound a bit childish to put it that way but I feel you’re missing the point of what they said.

      Voting out high prices and voting out pedophiles / “nazis” are not the same thing.

    • deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Make fun of people all you want; we as Americans have a responsibility to hold our elected officials, yes even ones YOU VOTED FOR, accountable. You are allowed to have a good day and be happy about this but remember that fighting fascism doesn’t just end at the ballot box.

      Nobody is trying to spoil your awesome blue wave feeling, just don’t get complacent and use this opportunity to shit on the left.

      Funny enough I got off Reddit to specifically avoid this sentiment.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      21·
      2 days ago

      I mean it’s great that a bunch of shitheads were removed from office but we haven’t seen the results yet. It’s not like democrats haven’t shit away their opportunities to actually fix things before. There’s a great deal of precedent for us to be worried about.