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BooBees@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The dnc leadership, the neo-liberals, are definitely slaves to the same masters, but you absolutely can’t earnestly say with evidence that both parties pass the same fascist policies. Pretending or claiming they are the same after the Trump presidencies shows immediately the claimant is either ignorant and just parrots divisive rhetoric they read on edgy social media outlets, or they’re actively pushing destructive narratives to divide what has been shown to be a very cohesive movement when it needed to be. Both parties do not appoint the same quality Supreme Court justices, they don’t pass the same types of laws, the presidents don’t behave the same or treat people the same. Are there problems with both? Absolutely, big ones. But they are not the same, that’s obvious to anyone with two brain cells these days.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Because how may laws were repealed when the “blue” team were in charge last time?

Surely not signing away a strike by rail workers, maintaining ice funding put in place by previous congresses.

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- Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Biden changed almost none of all the shit Trump had done.
  
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- BooBees@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The last time? Dems didn’t have control of all three branches like republicans just did.
  
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  - Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Obama had both the house and senate when he became president, and he did exactly NOTHING with it.
    
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    BooBees@fedinsfw.app ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Sure.. I mean, other than “some of the most significant domestic legislation in modern U.S. history”, like -
    
    The Affordable Care Act (ACA / “Obamacare"): A comprehensive healthcare reform law that expanded Medicaid, created health insurance marketplaces, and prohibited insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.
    
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA): An $831 billion economic stimulus package passed in response to the Great Recession, aimed at saving and creating jobs, investing in infrastructure, and providing tax relief.
    
    The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: A massive overhaul of financial regulation designed to prevent another financial crisis, which included the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
    
    The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: The first bill Obama signed into law, which loosened the statute of limitations for filing equal-pay lawsuits regarding wage discrimination.
    
    The Credit CARD Act of 2009: Fair lending legislation that established fairer practices for credit card companies, such as restricting arbitrary interest rate hikes and hidden fees.
    
    The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products.
    
    SCHIP Reauthorization: An expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program to provide health coverage to millions of additional children from low-income families.
    
    Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010: A landmark civil rights law allowing gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces.
    
    The New START Treaty: A bipartisan nuclear arms reduction treaty ratified with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers.
    
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