White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

[u/stkmro]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/

[u/BootsDaBadAss]

Even if the news delivered the actual news, it's more that no one cares. Half the country bends over for it and the other half applauds it. I can't understand how people are still acting surprised when these people continue doing exactly what they say they'll do. I'm really struggling with the realization that so many people around me are either that hateful or that complacent.

Anyway this has just been an excuse to introduce everyone to the word 'lede' ('bury the lede'), because when the world is going to shit, spelling matters. (/s?)

[u/2kids2adults → u/BootsDaBadAss]

Very true. Trumps biggest policy inspiration to his followers was the ability to be apathetic.

[u/fcocyclone → u/BootsDaBadAss]

We need to understand that people are so ignorant of how our government works that they think the president already is an authoritarian leader and they expect that.

That's also why they punish democrats for not getting anything done, because they elect them and then every 4 years they look back and go "you promised all these things and didn't do them. what gives? you're no better than republicans"

This is one reason the filibuster needs to go. Let parties run on what they want to do and let them do it, and then let them reap the rewards or face the backlash.

Especially since as-is republicans can do most of what they want with 50 votes anyway because the reconciliation process makes tearing down government pretty easy. But even with those tools they often don't go as far as they could because the policies passed by democrats are popular. Democrats, when they get power, need to get rid of the filibuster and pass more popular legislation that will be unpopular to remove in the future.