Summary
Republicans have won control of both the House and Senate, solidifying their alignment with President-elect Donald Trump and his aggressive “America First” agenda.
Trump’s allies, including new House Speaker Mike Johnson, aim to overhaul federal programs, enact conservative policies, and investigate Trump’s legal adversaries.
Trump nominated loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, raising concerns among Democrats and some Republicans.
The GOP’s slim House majority could complicate legislative unity, while the Senate’s 53-seat majority provides leeway for confirming Trump’s Cabinet, including potential Supreme Court nominees.
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The continuation of draining the swamp by…
Replacing it with THEIR swamp, yeah! That’s how it goes! /s
I personally think draining the swamp is an apt metaphor… wetlands are critical environments, so draining the swamp evokes the anti-environmental bent of the republicans, as well as a metaphor for their erosion of our democratic institutions. Not that a trumpet would see the irony
Now, we watch America fall.
That’s not the victory Republicans will think it is.
The House Freedom caucus routinely has at least one or two who dig their heels in over “this bill doesn’t go FAR enough!”
With a 218 majority, that means 100% of the Republicans have to toe the line. Not a single person can be out of line, something that rarely happens with either party. There’s usually at least ONE person who doesn’t like the outcome.
This is going to put a lot of people who are known for digging in their heels into very precarious situations. Either they toe the line and have to accept some compromise because of Democrats in the Senate looking to filibuster. Or they alone hijack the Republican plans.
And woe if someone dies, gets sick, or retires in office on their side, something that also happens at least once per year on either side.
And woe if someone dies, gets sick, or retires
Out of over 200 people, all of those are statistically likely over a 4 year period.
Representatives are elected for 2 year terms.
With a 218 majority, that means 100% of the Republicans have to toe the line.
They’re already working on that. Seems they want to go after anyone who doesn’t toe the line.
Tommy Tuberville threatens to end career of any GOP senator who blocks Matt Gaetz
Okay MAGA, show us your thing.
I hope the Republicans beat their old score when it comes to confirming a Speaker.
It’s just like how Putin wins his elections! Neat!
Are you saying that it was…dare I say…RIGGED?!!
THERE IS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT ELECTIONS IN THE US CAN BE RIGGED!!!
Well, you start by legitimately winning an election by stoking fear. In Russia it was bombing an apartment block and blaming it on Chechens, in the US it’s… the possibility of electing a woman
People: America is too racist to elect a black man.
Black man runs as a progressive and wins two consecutive elections handily.
People: America is too misogynistic to elect a woman.
Two women run as neo-liberals and lose, one gets crushed.
People: See? Women are too controversial.
How absolutely DARE you!!
They are women!! Their policy positions should not have had ANYTHING to do with the vote!! Everyone should have voted for them because they are women!!
I was thinking because they weren’t fascists, but jerk yourself off bro
No need. I get off on pointing out hypocrisy!
It’s like you guys are running my Lush vibrator with your posts!
There’s no helping you, poor child
Stoking fear? Like telling everyone that if you vote a certain way, it will be the LITERAL downfall of not only US civilization, but of civilization on the entire mother fucking PLANET!? Like stoking fear by saying that if they vote a certain way that LITERAL DEATH CAMPS will be common place? Like telling people that they are going to LITERALLY LOSE ALL OF THEIR RIGHTS!!? Like telling people that YOU ARE LITERALLY VOTING FOR LITERALLY HITLER!!!?
Like that kind of stoking fear?
Wasn’t SOOOO cute when families were ripped apart after 2016. Kids were kept in cages. You remember that little peccadillo, Covid .
Fuck off
I remember when Obama was doing that. I also remember when even MSNBC was boasting that the Biden administration deported more people than Trump did, ON ELECTION NIGHT! They were parading that stat around like it was the best thing ever!
Oh, you guys just don’t like it when it’s a non Democrat that is putting up record deportation numbers?
Got it!
Families ripped apart you say?
Since much of that can be shown by simply quoting things Trump says verbatim, what are you on about and why are there so many random bold words?
Are you implying that Trump has “verbatim” said that we will have “death camps”? And that we will “loose all our rights”? And that “he is Hitler”?
Source please.
“Why are there so many randomly bold words?” Sorry, I was just trying to match the tone of the room. Nobody listens to you unless you are screaming in their face that they are “literally being assaulted” on the internet. Also, I have to give you SOMETHING to attack beside the actual point! Sure, it’s my formatting that is the REAL problem!
Difference there is that most of the fear of trump in the white house is based on the things he himself has said and already done.
…already done.
You understand that he was President once already?
And that you guys said all of the same shit the first time around?
And here we still are?
Member?! I member!!
Here some of us are. How many are dead because of how he fucked over the covid response? How many women died because his stacked court allowed abortion bans? How many people has his favorite Nazi groups killed?
That’s not even to mention how much worse he made everything in this country or how verifiably corrupt he was and still is.
Well, putin won this one too.
Well, in 2 and 4 years when they have accomplished nothing useful despite have all three branches, people will be ready for a big change. At least I can hope, right.
Now the people can really get what they want!
We’re all going to get what they deserve.
And they’re gonna get it good and hard…
I’m trying not to accelerationist but this clown car is getting pretty fast.
aim to overhaul federal programs, enact conservative policies, and investigate Trump’s legal adversaries.
“America First” was always an oxymoron. MAGA always means great for certain people. It’s going to be surreal to have to listen to both the gloating of tasting liberal tears while asking why the Democrats aren’t doing anything to help the country.
