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PatSeg

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24. The use of too many executive orders

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 02:35 PM

Mar 2022

gives the appearance of a weak president who abuses his authority and so much of them can be undone by the next president and as you said, tossed out by the courts. Whenever possible, lasting change through legislation is the better way to go.

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AOC's Warning for Democrats: 'We're in Trouble' [View all] brooklynite Mar 2022 OP

Nothing like the hubris of youth. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #1

I call foul Cartoonist Mar 2022 #2

She's just saying she's smarter than he is. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #10

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #18

I think you are misreading this Casady1 Mar 2022 #4

She thinks she's smarter than Biden. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #8

Yeah, I found that rather insulting PatSeg Mar 2022 #16

Biden DID get played by Manchin NickB79 Mar 2022 #41

Explain how he got "played"? nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #48

Manchin's incessant demands, vague promises and goalpost-moving. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #51

What could Biden have done to prevent that?nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #55

It was clear Manchin never intended to support BBB as a standalone NickB79 Mar 2022 #53

What makes you think he would have supported Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #58

He will vote for parts of it...they should work to get what can be agreed upon passed and come back Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #75

He will vote against anything that matters. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #100

It is easier to give up and not even try then not get exactly what you want for some. I suppose. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #103

It's easy to waste this year courting Mancinema. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #104

EO's are not the answer...the courts will not got along with it as it as the right owns the courts Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #105

I think Rebl2 Mar 2022 #64

President Biden & the rest of Dems. Snackshack Mar 2022 #45

Do tell how the Dems should go about getting rid of Manchin? nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #49

Can't do it right now, FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #54

If we lose Rebl2 Mar 2022 #67

This is not the... Snackshack Mar 2022 #69

"Put him out in the south 40" changes nothing. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #73

Manchins ego, Snackshack Mar 2022 #76

A definite possibility that would have cost us the majority. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #79

It changes everything...it is one more Senate seat that we will have to win for a majority...where Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #95

We can't kick him out of the senate. That's not how it works. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #99

If we didn't have Manchin, we wouldn't have any judges...and not for nothing there are parts of BBB Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #89

We are about to get a new SCOTUS judge...and have gotten many more lower court justices Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #77

A Justice? Snackshack Mar 2022 #80

I can't even believe this reply...like Lieberman you say...Connecticut is reliably Democratic state. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #90

Senate & House seats... Snackshack Mar 2022 #98

Does she offer any suggestions on how to get this legislation passed? Walleye Mar 2022 #3

Ocasio-Cortez and the other 97 members of the House Progressive Caucus are calling on Biden to issue Celerity Mar 2022 #7

I don't think she knows what can be done by EO treestar Mar 2022 #38

Huh Doremus Mar 2022 #61

Yes, we don't have an Executive treestar Mar 2022 #63

I figured that's what you meant. Not thrilled with the phrasing tho. Doremus Mar 2022 #70

See the border wall. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #101

non paywalled link Celerity Mar 2022 #5

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #6

What you call hubris I call sharp, future-forward, outside-the-box thinking. Celerity Mar 2022 #11

Using executive orders many of which will be tossed out by courts...I await Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #19

You do not know until you try. Celerity Mar 2022 #22

The use of too many executive orders PatSeg Mar 2022 #24

That's right, but the obstructionists block everything. Justice matters. Mar 2022 #50

The only way out of this mess is the same as always...elect more Democrats. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #74

I agree PatSeg Mar 2022 #85

Yes, I know PatSeg Mar 2022 #83

She does NOT represent the longstanding Democratic Progressive Caucus, Hortensis Mar 2022 #30

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #34

Disagree profoundly, other than I do admire Lauren Underwood (her last name is not Underhill). Celerity Mar 2022 #35

Legislation AOC has sponsored or co-sponsored Arazi Mar 2022 #44

Hm, looks like there are 9 pages full Doremus Mar 2022 #62

If one followed congress he'd never know it. Check these out Hortensis Mar 2022 #72

Goalpost moved again Arazi Mar 2022 #78

I'm talking about character and goals. The Tea Party types and Hortensis Mar 2022 #84

I like this. All Dems should do this like AOC Arazi Mar 2022 #88

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #15

Maybe start criticizing Republicans mcar Mar 2022 #9

she does a shedload of that already Celerity Mar 2022 #12

Really? mcar Mar 2022 #14

You must not be looking very hard. nt Celerity Mar 2022 #17

I'm pretty up on news and social media. nt mcar Mar 2022 #25

I don't get it. demmiblue Mar 2022 #26

It sure doesn't make DU that often treestar Mar 2022 #39

How could you have missed it? FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #57

I'd love to see a few links mcar Mar 2022 #68

Try Google krawhitham Mar 2022 #86

I did try google...I saw all sorts of posts from AOC but none that really went after Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #91

You have a link to that? Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #21

Google is your friend. Celerity Mar 2022 #27

She seems to do that much more than the Duers who constantly come out to attack Progressives SunImp Mar 2022 #31

She seems to spend a lot of time promoting mcar Mar 2022 #36

That's only a small fraction of what she does. The news media & her haters tend to amplify & SunImp Mar 2022 #37

Why does she campaign against Democrats at all? treestar Mar 2022 #40

The only way we have ACA was "backroom dealmaking" (compromise) because there were betsuni Mar 2022 #13

Those days are done and dusted. nt Celerity Mar 2022 #20

The Democratic Party is a big tent and Manchin and Sinema betsuni Mar 2022 #23

Their 'compromise' so far was to eviscerate over 90% of Biden's Celerity Mar 2022 #28

That's the reality, though. betsuni Mar 2022 #33

Bookmarking for November. I won't say I told ya so. Just gonna bump this Arazi Mar 2022 #29

Well perhaps if we can't count on support from ...our Green Party friends and Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #94

She's 100% right budkin Mar 2022 #32

True..nt helpisontheway Mar 2022 #42

NO we are not! llashram Mar 2022 #43

...whose votes will be neutered by laws passed in Red States. FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #59

Swell, guys, let's stand in a nice big circle, elleng Mar 2022 #46

Well said, Thank you. PdamnedQ Mar 2022 #47

The Republicans are only too eager to provide the guns an ammunition, too. n/t DFW Mar 2022 #66

Those living in the bubble think she's the one who's out of touch. jalan48 Mar 2022 #52

The country has moved right...where could AOC get elected in Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #96

I hope she runs for the Senate. nt jalan48 Mar 2022 #97

Can't wait DownriverDem Mar 2022 #56

New Yorker WA-03 Democrat Mar 2022 #60

I'd say let's revisit this thread after the midterms, Doremus Mar 2022 #65

Yup. Voltaire2 Mar 2022 #102

"... I was never under the illusion that we can bring Manchin along." myohmy2 Mar 2022 #71

If so, she'd better get moving doing everything she can to get out the vote for Dems gulliver Mar 2022 #81

Someday, she'll make an excellent leader relayerbob Mar 2022 #82

She's not wrong krawhitham Mar 2022 #87

Yes she is. Scar Tissue Mar 2022 #93

How much trouble would they be in if they didn't get either done Thrill Mar 2022 #92