I’m talking about rhetoric. Optics. Presentation.

Plenty of times Democrats have held the a solid majority, as in the House now, and have ‘reached out across in the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship’. Etiquette. Decency. And other such flowery concepts

Filibusters don’t PASS legislation. They obstruct it. Remind me again which party needs to pass legislation in order to enact new progressive policy?

(1) My entire point is that the use of an material object is what makes an action good or bad, not who made the object. This temporary housing, in and of itself, if not inherently good or bad; it can only be used for a good or bad purpose. Trump built it to use for a bad purpose; Biden is using the same facilities for…

This situation remains horrifying. What I want to know, though, is what solutions are actually practical and reasonable in this situation. It’s clear that these facilities were re-opened because they were just sitting there and somebody was like “let’s just use those until we figure it out.” So what is the actual…

But again it’s not about the money. Even if Biden suddenly forced say $15bn at the problem today or even two weeks ago that doesn’t mean anything if there isn’t a site, materials, and transport equipment to set up a better site and it doesn’t solve the issue of what to do until then.

I have zero problem with Biden using temporary structures built under the Trump administration for a bad reason (make it less comfortable for immigrants seeking asylum), for a good reason (providing temporary, immediate housing for immigrants seeking asylum because you can’t build a new fucking building immediately).

Biden bad because he’s using temporary shelters that already exist in order to house people temporarily due to a temporary disaster. Surely Bernie would have built 10,000 permanent units of luxury housing in the middle of a pandemic in 2 months! /s

I seem to have found the source article for that (https://revealnews.org/article/everything-we-know-about-texas-regulated-facilities-holding-migrant-children-violations-numbers-and-more/) and while it has had violations (57 over three years, which is small compared to others detailed) the passage is notably weak in…

That quoted section literally has nothing but platitudes from two people who will always say what’s being done isn’t enough.

“If Trump can redirect emergency funding to his stupid wall, Biden can do the same to properly care for these people.”

Bullshit. Republicans don’t control jack in the minority. They obstruct. This is what you’re seeing.

I wasn’t against Trump for putting immigrants in Housing facilities. I was against the conditions of the facilities. The fact that no thought was given to comfort, safety or health of kids. I was against forcibly separating kids from parents, and losing track of the parents. I was against inhumane treatment and…

POWs got even worse conditions after the fighting ended where they were quickly redesignated “disarmed enemy forces” and left in giant pens exposed to the elements with little food where thousands died as the Western Allies for some reason didn’t expect conscript armies with nothing to fight for to surrender so…

It’s just bizarre how because it’s the same place it must be the same reasons.

But what’s the immediate solution though? Kids crossing the border need somewhere to go now and legally they can’t be put in existing facilities because of covid rules during a pandemic where the new administration is having to build an entire federal effort from scratch. Tents are hardly great for anything more than…

Nah, you should apologize for that article because you apparently didn’t know what the Attorney General does and proclaimed that certain politicians, most of whom lacked litigation experience or even law degrees, were better suited for the position simply because they were better known to you. (There was no mention of…

Deval Patrick

It is a popular myth around here that Democrats get owned by Republicans more often than the reverse because Democrats are seeking compromise out of mere principle. Like it’s etiquette or something.

Except the Democrats’ “seeming inability to govern” is a Republican talking point that lazy blog writers keep reinforcing. Democrats do an ok job of governing. When needed, they will try to come through. But they’re fighting against Republican obstruction and a Republican smear campaign that’s been decades in the…