We are going to need a wholesale reconstruction of the U.S. federal government if we are ever to restore anything like rule of law and pluralistic democracy in the U.S. I know I have said this before, but it bears repeating. If Democrats gain control of one or even both houses in the midterms they may be able to limit just a bit of what Trump, with Roberts Court, can do but that will be only a small patch on a government that must be completely overhauled. 1/
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@heidilifeldman they have absolutely killed the goose that laid the golden egg. For just a little more in tax breaks and a little less regulation they’ve squandered the American privilege. It’ll be so much harder to convince poor Americans to fight and die for stupid wars or for people to transact in the markets or for people to generally to trust institutions and process
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I'm not convinced the Democrats could bring effective change if they got 100% of both houses and the Whitehouse.
@heidilifeldman It's going to take more than one generation to repair the damage this administration has wrought on the country. This will not happen in 4 years.
@heidilifeldman and this is the problem, far worse in the US now, but an example is British Columbia
For 16 years the BC 'Liberal' party shaped the civil service, policy direction for the province and it became a conservative mindset, almost a religious ideal on caving to industry and vested interest groups
Booted out by the more 'progressive NDP, but nearly 10 years of them and little has changed - unless a new government cleans house, it's screwed
The Constitution is a full diaper made of fishnet.
@heidilifeldman There's a powerful reason why there's more than monarchies and duopolies in modern nations. A minimum third party must be established, asap. You can't sustain one of the most powerful nations in history, on a crippled foundation of only two legs. It's NOT sustainable, unless the species is put back in caves, near extinction, to start the same genocidal cycle prior - never evolving beyond our recent peak.
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Liz Oyer just dropped a hidden detail in the Blanche-driven IRS settlement. It basically cuts Trump and all his companies and family members free from any legal recourse, ever.
It's time to call any Republican friends we have left.
Reporting = repeating (sorry just catching a typo
Future government roles such as infrastructure, social services, defense will be crowdfunded, not taxed.
Death to taxation.
@heidilifeldman goodbye USA, good riddance.
welcome China, Meet the new Boss🖤🇨🇳
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https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116603685891243921
Top on my list would be the inverse codification of Citizens United v. FEC, term limits for SCOTUS, new States, such as Puerto Rico, killing the (unconstitutional?) (unlimited filibuster), Impeachment a long the lines of the late Roman Republic, oh, and holding each and every incumbent of government accountable, aber (s)he loses "imperium", similar to France and Brazil ;), a revitalization of early 1900s trust-busting, among other things.
assuming we can get back to a sane and functional congress, the work list is long:
- election reform (ranked voting, no electoral college, campaign finance reform, federal term limits)
- fix SCOTUS (12 seats, term limits, ethics standards, oversight)
- fix congress (no stock trading, better ethics reviews, trash seniority as the means of committee assignment)
- review what we've learned about all the gaps in the constitution that undermine separation of power and have substantive constitutional review and changes.
@heidilifeldman I agree that the trump/maga thing has revealed significant flaws and weaknesses in our Constitution.
And it is going to take amendments.
I suggest doing it one amendment at a time rather than risk a convention that will possibly start from scratch (bad idea) or be taken over by the maga klansters.
I have a few amendments to propose:
Redressing the Distortion of Elections and Political Speech by Corporations (1st URL)
Redressing Excess Corporate Power (2nd URL)
We also need some statutory changes to change the structure of the Federal judiciary:
Do We Need Rubber Rooms for Federal Judges? Two Plans To Reduce The Long Tailed Impact of Trump Judicial Appointees (3rd URL)
Building A Firewall Around A Radical Supreme Court (4th URL)
Reformation of the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) (5th URL)
https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/corp_amendment/
https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/redressing_corp_power/
https://www.cavebear.com/cavebear-blog/rubber-rooms/
