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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:02 AM Jul 2019

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Is Congress this impotent?

Families are still being separated.
Privatised torture camps are still running.

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Is Congress this impotent? (Original Post) SHRED Jul 2019 OP

As long as the half "led" by McConnell does nothing Retrograde Jul 2019 #1

yes elleng Jul 2019 #3

Nancy has one half of one branch of goverment, not a magic wand. RandySF Jul 2019 #2

People are refusing to testify SHRED Jul 2019 #4

Like what? RandySF Jul 2019 #10

No! sheshe2 Jul 2019 #5

The POCs have to be smarter. murielm99 Jul 2019 #8

Perfectly said, muriel. sheshe2 Jul 2019 #9

YES Skittles Jul 2019 #6

With the Senate in the hands of McConnell's GOP, there's not much the House can do. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #7

They're just playing 11 dimension chess. And stop yer bashing! Crunchy Frog Jul 2019 #11

Pretty soon we'll be begging them to show up for House hearings dalton99a Jul 2019 #12

Retrograde

(10,132 posts)

1. As long as the half "led" by McConnell does nothing

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:03 AM

Jul 2019

yes, yes it is.

elleng

(130,857 posts)

3. yes

Reply to Retrograde (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:06 AM

Jul 2019

RandySF

(58,706 posts)

2. Nancy has one half of one branch of goverment, not a magic wand.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:04 AM

Jul 2019

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

4. People are refusing to testify

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:13 AM

Jul 2019

Tell me why there are no consequences for this?

RandySF

(58,706 posts)

10. Like what?

Reply to SHRED (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:20 AM

Jul 2019

sheshe2

(83,718 posts)

5. No!

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:19 AM

Jul 2019

Stop it! Stop blaming congress.

The Senate and White House are run by racists, bigots and an insane need to make America as white as the driven snow. They are terrified when we will no longer be a white America. They are terrified of the repercussions of centuries of abuse of POC is going to bite them in the ass.

Frankly I think POC are much smarter than the whites in power. They don't want to get even, they simply want equality.

murielm99

(30,730 posts)

8. The POCs have to be smarter.

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:52 AM

Jul 2019

They understand us better than we understand ourselves. How do you suppose they have survived living with us in this country for four hundred odd years?

Power can be shared, but bigots don't want to do that.

sheshe2

(83,718 posts)

9. Perfectly said, muriel.

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:56 AM

Jul 2019

Power can be shared. Yes it can.

Skittles

(153,138 posts)

6. YES

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:20 AM

Jul 2019

and FUCK them

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,660 posts)

7. With the Senate in the hands of McConnell's GOP, there's not much the House can do.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 12:46 AM

Jul 2019

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)

11. They're just playing 11 dimension chess. And stop yer bashing!

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:29 AM

Jul 2019

dalton99a

(81,432 posts)

12. Pretty soon we'll be begging them to show up for House hearings

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 02:45 AM

Jul 2019

"Please, please, don't throw our invitation letters in the trash"

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