I think #Democrats would be wise to try to postpone the #TikTok ban, to avoid being labeled as the censorship party by #Republicans.

#GOP would capitalize on the outrage, which could hurt progressives in the midterm election with younger voters.

👉🏾 US lawmakers urge #Biden to extend TikTok Jan. 19 ban deadline reuters.com/technology/us-lawm…

@the5thColumnist @mloxton @KathyLK

#trump wants #israel to "finish the problem" in #gaza while #biden started withholding arms at one point because of the #genocide

both the #democrats and #republicans suck

but one is better, and one is worse

if you hew to the standard of perfect and don't #vote or vote 3rd party, you help get us worse

i don't like that. but that is reality

you *never* get perfect as a choice

you must choose better, and *iterate*

#toxicidealism is self-destruction

i agree #democrats need a stronger backbone

however i disagree with this phenomenon:

1. #republicans do something awful

2. people blame democrats for not stopping it

let's keep our blame game squarely focused on the #right where it belongs, while we also makeover the democrats in the #midterms with more strong #left #candidates

#primaries2026

… #Biden has faced pressure from #Democrats to use his #pardon powers more sweepingly while he can. Monday’s act of clemency comes after he issued 1,500 commutations for those who have been in home confinement since the pandemic, a record number for a single day. Biden has already issued blanket pardons, including for thousands of people convicted of federal possession of #marijuana & veterans convicted of engaging in #gay sex while serving in the #military.…

#law

#Democrats are still pushing #Biden in his final days to issue more acts of forgiveness for those behind bars under outdated laws that contributed to disparities in drug sentencing & the mass incarceration of #Black Americans. >60 Democrats, including close allies, signed a letter last month urging him to help the thousands of people whose sentences would be effected if some of the provisions in #Trump’s First Step Act were applied retroactively.

#law

"This is the year in which it became obvious that the right-wing #media has more power than the mainstream media. It’s not just that it’s bigger. It’s that it speaks w/one voice, and that voice says #Democrats & liberals are treasonous elitists who hate you, and #Republicans & conservatives love God & country...

And that is why #DonaldTrump won. Indeed, the right-wing media is why he exists in our #political lives in the first place"
- @newrepublic

newrepublic.com/post/188197/tr…

#Politics #News #US

Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?

It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

^{The New Republic}

Justice #ClarenceThomas failed to disclose 2 additional trips from a #billionaire patron than have previously come to light, #Senate #Democrats revealed on Sat after conducting a 20-month investigation into #ethics practices at #SCOTUS.

The findings were part of a 93p report released by Democratic staff members of the #Judiciary Cmte along w/~800pgs of docs. It said the 2 trips, both…previously unknown…, took place in 2021 & were provided by #HarlanCrow…

#law #corrupt
nytimes.com/2024/12/21/us/poli…