• Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      maybe-later-honey if we can portray the other side as "too extreme", and help them do that, then we win.

      maybe-later-kiddo It's "pragmatic" strategy sweetie. Trust the liberalism

  • VILenin [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Dems when asked to do good thing: umm there are laws sweaty we can’t do anything maybe-later-kiddo

    Dems when doing bad thing: what do you mean that’s illegal? I just made it legal, jack whywhywhywhywhy

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    We oppose building the orphan crushing machine but now the money has already been earmarked to build one we have to do it. Otherwise the money would be wasted!

  • Owl [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    This is a major win for progressive principles; Drumpf would have had to waive at least 30 federal laws if he was the one building the wall.

  • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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    1 year ago

    This man literally could have said, "Well you can't build it because the it would violate federal law so I guess it'll have to be used to create checkpoints for asylum seekers."

    • underisk@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      From what I’ve seen they’re focusing on the “budget already allocated, nothing could be done” argument and just completely ignoring the part where something was in fact done, but not to prevent it.

      • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        Even if it was a contractual thing, it would've been better to breach the contract, pay damages, and not build the wall. Monsters.

      • ditty@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Exactly what's so shitty about this. The MF waived 26(!?) laws to get this to go, just because the money was there? The hell?

  • JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Next time I get pulled over for a speeding ticket I'll let the cop know that I didn't violate the law, I just waived it so there's no issue.

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    By the way those laws they mention are things like the clean air and clean water act.

    For the people who like to pretend libs give half a shit about the environment

  • NotErisma
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    10 months ago

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  • emizeko [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Biden will cite this during his 2024 campaign to try to woo Republican voters