The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions
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The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions
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One where Republicans block all Democrat court appointments, then push through their candidates at high speed when Republicans are in control.
What I can’t figure out is why the Democrats can’t use similar tactics successfully. This is how we got a Republican Supreme Court.
Somehow they were able to stonewall Obama’s nominees for over a year, then pushed through conservative appointees fast enough to give us whiplash - legal problems be damned.
Because many democratic politicians are very conservative and are in favor of things like austerity. There are more Manchins and Sinemas off in the wings, it’s just not efficient for them to out themselves if they already have someone designated to be the villain who will put a stop to any legilslation they’re not in favor of. They know that being pro-austerity is not popular with their base.
It’s critical that people use a politician’s history and where they get their funding as the real measuring stick of how they will behave in office, not simply what they say or vote for when they know it won’t matter.
https://www.opensecrets.org/ is a useful resource to research candidates and politicians. You can look up where their campaign funding comes from, get spending data of lobbying groups etc.
Neat link. I really like using https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page when researching local candidates.
“When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.”