#failed democracy

[howifeltabouthim]

Democracy is only as good as the people can make it, and we're a country of idiots . . .

Catherine Lacey, from Biography of X

[thepeoplesbasics]

Yet another reason not to trust the system. - Mod Smoky

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Three screen shots of Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson on twitter

1/ I have some bad news. After multiple calls I have some extremely grim news. As of now 1/6 commission is dead already, and will not enforce the subpoenas. Trump wins. The 1/6 terror plot will go unexamined and unpunished. To say I'm livid is putting it mildly.

2/ This is staffed wrong, led wrong, and a gutless exercise to get back to talking about infrastructure. They're not taking the risk seriously, they're not taking the data before them seriously, and they're eager to run out the clock. Livid.

3/ I'm told that the whole plan is to bring in academics to examine the information from that day, when it should be a LE/IC style counterterrorism investigation. The leadership has already decided to slow roll it and write a tsk tsk memo at the end.

4/ "They're afraid of 1A implications." The FUCK? How about being afraid of a mob coming to fucking kill you? Democrats, never tell me again "We got this." Because you don't have this.

5/ Stay locked in your bubble that the modern GOP won't have a mob of Bannon's terrorists burn you to the ground and piss on the ashes. An unpunished coup is a training exercise. End.

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[aakhirtak]

Rahul Gandhi on US Trip Slams Failed Democracy

Rahul Gandhi in US: ‘Yatra Was Forced Due to Failed Democracy’ Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, currently on a three-day visit to the US, described the Bharat Jodo Yatra and Nyay Yatra as responses to the failure of democratic institutions in India. Speaking at a press conference in Washington DC, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha explained that the Yatra was politically necessary as the…

Rahul Gandhi on US Trip Slams Failed Democracy

[sorryforcaringlover]

"Dont they realize they can't distract us with consumerism if we can't afford to consume?"

[mrman247]

Ijust need to go. I need to leave. I wantto move. Please for the love of god I can’t take it anymore

[gwydionmisha]

Report: Caputo Accuses Scientists Of 'Sedition,' Warns Of Leftist Revolt

Michael Caputo, assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, claimed Sunday that there is a...

[science-criticaltheory]

Gerrymandering - Election Manipulation Tool Reaches Supreme Court (Again).  

The corrupting influence of big money receives much of the focus of voters, but gerrymandering has been the behind-the-scenes way both parties have used to gain an edge over each other in state elections for years. Kathay Feng of Common Cause discusses the cases that recently reached the Supreme Court

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