In the wake of the most recent SC rulings on both abortion access in Texas and the eviction moratorium, the general talking points and/or criticisms of leftists/journos/academics I follow emphasize the fact that democrats literally control house/senate/presidency and should take action **right now. ** Blow up the filibuster, pack the courts, etc.
Although I fully agree, it's hard to overlook both ghouls Manchin/Sinema being an immediate wrench in the process of actually doing something. Even more so if we believe the reporting that Manchin/Sinema are essentially fall guys for like 15+ other reactionary dems who don't want to enact progressive policies.
When pressed on this those same leftists/journos/academics sort of just say vague things like "well if Trump could rally for x,y,z with slim majority so should Biden", or don't provide any actual tactics.
I wanna know some like actual fucking tactics Biden could use to whip the dem congress in line. One I've heard is for Biden to essentially weaponize the DOJ to investigate Manchins daughter for price gouging on EpiPens which netted her like $19 million - scare his ass into line.
**For the wonks out there who understand the unfortunate yet real levers of congressional maneuvers - what are some actual tactics Biden can actually do to fucking get things done? **
NOTE: I understand these all require a spine which Biden/Dems don't have nor does Biden even want to eliminate the filibuster. Consider this a thought experiment in the marketplace of idears.
Politicians can do literally anything to get what they want. Think of all the corrupt stuff they're already doing. The president could use their power to openly harass politicians, political parties, capitalists, whoever, into doing what they want. You can organize protests and sit-ins. Start economically destroying American companies with self-sanctions until they comply. Ignore whatever "rules" are in place and just implement whatever policy you want anyways without waiting for a response. Trump did that a bit (but he was on the side of the ruling class obviously). Just ignore courts, use every stalling tactic. That's how people who actually want something behave. Problem is as you already know, nobody in power wants anything different than what they've already implemented. Everything is working exactly as it should but Americans are so easy to convince otherwise.