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Carawou@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•This Is What American Fascism Looks Like | The WalrusEnglish
192·10 days agoAmericans expect a lot from their Presidents. But the real problem is Congress.
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In the US, you need a super-majority in the Senate to pass any legislation.
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The Senate size is small. Combined with the super-majority requirement, it means that a single individual Senator has huge power. That create incentives for corruption.
Joe Biden tried to increase taxes on Wall Street. One single Senator, Kyrsten Sinema, sabotaged him.
Biden supported a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act to to bring down drug prices. Again. one single Senator was enough to weaken his reform.
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Carawou@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.world•UN staffers back Francesca Albanese, condemn European ministers for attacksEnglish
411·10 days agoIran* 🇮🇷 Am I a joke to you? I just killed tens of thousands in 4 days.
Russia 🇷🇺: Am I a joke to you? I have been invading and killing my neighbors for centuries
UAE 🇸🇩 : Am I a joke to you? I’m funding genocide in Sudan right now
Israel is bad, but let’s not pretend it’s uniquely bad











He is also shit-posting on Twitter
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