The broader question I see here is “Why are Democrats supporting Trumps agenda?”
We’re in a position where we’re a few weeks out from the total collapse of the US political system as we know it and 15 Democrats still think its appropriate to cross the aisle.
We might be able to see this as a signal of things to come. Perhaps, expect Trump to get his agenda passed with the support of the Democrats.
I set up a survey for lemmy users here:
Given the opportunity, do you think Biden would veto bill HR 9495?
I’m interested if the community thinks this Biden would veto this bill or not.
You can make the vote duration much longer than an hour.
Your poll ran for a single hour and has a single vote in it.
What was this a Republican polling site or something?
No it’s some new voting site a lemming made and just released yesterday.
Damn. A few days ago I wrote a comment about how crack down and laws against anti genocide protests and groups under Democrat will come back to against other groups under trump. “Today the come after the anti genocide, tomorrow they come after you” I never expected to be this soon.
It is never about protecting people, it is always about controlling people.
Now we can legally recognize “Christian” churches as the terrorist organizations they are.
Unfortunately, its 100% going to be liberal nonprofits that advocate and help people.
You know, when they inevitably get this passed Senate next year, maybe the silver lining is so many people are going to be part of a “terrorist organization” they might actually do something radical.
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter, after all.
Oath Keepers?
Schumer will send this bill to Never Neverland. They will have to do it again next Congress.
I sure hope you’re right considering some Dems in the house voted for it.
That’s why they voted for it. They knew it wouldn’t go anywhere. They probably got something for it too.
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“When [Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)] was first voting against the bill, most Democrats disagreed with her. Since then, they have become concerned that a law they would have considered reasonable under a Harris administration would be dangerously applied under Trump.”
No shit. People like Tlaib must be frustrated (having voted against this bill three times)
Garbage argument anyway since they must know that even had Harris won, the next president might abuse it. To leave it an open vulnerability because ‘our guy won’t abuse it’ is asking for trouble.
So now’s the time for Democrats to use the filibuster they were so devoted to keeping.
Yeah, but just do it the Charlie Kelly way. Just say “FILIBUSTER” over and over and over.
On Jan 20, ACLU will be declared a terrorist organization
Also, probably EFF, Internet Archive, Non-Partisan and Democratic organizations sending mail telling people to vote, etc.
What a shitshow.
Also any organisations supporting birth control, trans people, and so on.
its wtf time.
ive been wtfing for a while, but somehow I always find more fucks to give about this shit
so does that mean the heritage foundation can be labelled as a terrorist group?
For anyone interested in a less bias source.
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i doubt they would have pushed this through if Harris was about to be president.
The bill was unable to meet the two-thirds majority vote it needed to make it through the House last week. But, today, with only a simple majority vote required, the legislation passed the House in a 219–184 vote. This time, it garnered far less Democratic support than it had only days ago.
In the bill’s original iteration, it was popular among both Republicans and Democrats, who saw it as an appealing way to police Palestinian rights organizations after protests last year. An earlier version, in April, passed the House easily, with only 11 votes against the bill. It didn’t make it through the Senate and was reintroduced in the House this fall.
While the focus might have originally been to silence Pro-palestinian voices and non-profits, this affects all NGOs. That means, without any evidence whatsoever, the administration can declare any NGO a ‘supporter of terrorism’ and revote their tax-exempt states, completely crippling the NGO’s funding if not the entire NGO. This is disastrous. Not only for pro-palestinian NGOs rightfully advocating against genocide, but every NGO that fights for human rights.
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I guess the downvoters didn’t bother to (or can’t) read the article:
In the bill’s original iteration, it was popular among both Republicans and Democrats, who saw it as an appealing way to police Palestinian rights organizations after protests last year. An earlier version, in April, passed the House easily, with only 11 votes against the bill.
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Hot take: They’re trying to force all nonprofit activity onto crypto. You can only donate if it makes their donors richer.
I see the legal groundwork for the first concentration camp is here
downloading intensifies
I’m building an arc.
16TB. I suggest you do the same. Fill it up.
Knowledge, books, truth. Keep it safe.
This time it’s Ark.
Otherwise, I’m with you. Anything you want, best to have it local.
fast forward 20000 years and a group of cyborg men are worshipping the remains of your corroded WD Red on a pedestal
Oh machine God, please re-awaken and expose to us your eternal wisdom
The handmaids tale is in the same category of future predictor books as 1984.
I agree, but people should also read Octavia Butler’s two books, The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents, about how she saw the future of America going before her death in 2006.
The second book, I am not kidding, involves a populist presidential candidate running on a “Make America Great Again” platform.
will check out. thanks
