Incredibly excited for the future where both of our parties reach across the line on putting together concentration camps and anti-trans legislation. Beautiful to see such teamwork.

(half sarcastic)

I dunno, I think the Dems are going to have more success picking very specific and important battles.

If things go as bad as they might, the Dems will need to appeal to more than just the converted, they’ll have to win over some percentage of those who chose not to vote or voted trump.

Why? Going full bore works for Republicans. Democrats need to adopt the Republican strategy of simply voting no on literally every single committee hearing, bill, and budget proposal for the next four years.

The voters clearly don't give a shit about analyzing actual policy. They don't consider who is responsible for the world around them. They simply ask themselves if they were better off four years ago and act accordingly.

At this point, I don't think Democrats should even vote for debt limit increases. Republicans have complete control of government. They have the votes to pass a debt increase. If they can't whip up their own votes; that's their problem.

I am fucking tired of Democrats bailing out Republicans. Democrats should simply refuse to engage at all while Trump is in office. Let Republicans try to endlessly gain a few Democratic compromise votes, only to refuse to support a bill at the last minute.

This milquetoast "choose your battles" crap clearly doesn't work. What does work is sticking to your guns and refusing to help the other side at all. So I say Democrats stand by and let Republicans do what they want without a single Democratic vote. Whatever they propose is going to be a disaster anyway. Let them have the entire blame.

Bipartisanship is actually a huge trap in the current regime. Republicans want to propose bills that are seriously damaging to society, human rights, and the economy. A few Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with them won't change the fact that a profoundly wicked bill is still profoundly wicked. But it will mean that instead of being purely a Republican bill, it is now "bipartisan."

No. Leave the Republicans to their demons. Refuse to vote in favor of a single bill. Force Republicans to own it. If this results in a default on the national debt? So be it. It's time to give the electorate what they voted for. If digging in our heels saves democracy at the expense of the economy, that is a bargain I will take every time.

Being whiny bitches who can’t shake their opponents hand or whatnot isn’t going to help and makes us look petulant instead of serious, which may diminish the effectiveness of pointing out serious future transgressions.

Trump can incite a riot to attempt to overthrow democracy but Democrats are the ones who want to avoid looking petulant? Fuck off.

And since when has Democrats pointing out serious transgressions EVER done anything but make them say “cry harder, lib?”

Clearly voters don't want an adult in the room, so Democrats need to stop acting like it.

Either democracy is dying or they lied about democracy dying to get votes and it didn't fucking work.

While the republicans where attacking democrats, the democrats where attacking themselves.

This whole thing is so soul crushing. I've always stayed informed to the point that I consider it a part of who I am. Now Trump and the Republicans control all branches of government, he's putting in literally the worst possible choices for cabinet positions, they're actively planning on some of the most abhorrently racist actions, and Trump is spinning up his grift machine. All of the checks and balances have been removed and replaced with loyalty assessments, and so we're sitting here with no reasonable way to avoid the disasters. My chest is constantly tight and I just don't think I can keep tuned into live coverage of the national disaster.

Whether this is about a general vibe or a specific picture that just got published somewhere