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Bluetus

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38. What we can and can't do
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:32 AM
Sep 2025

is 1% law and 99% conventional wisdom. Look at all the things Trump can't do, but is in fact doing.

That distinction of air waves versus copper wires was always bullshit. The wired networks (cable companies and Internet) are just as universal as radio spectrum waves. And in fact, much of the "internet" is delivered over radio spectrum anyway (WiFi, Satellite TV, Starlink).

Stop negotiating against ourselves. We lose before the debate even begins.

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This [View all] dcmfox Sep 2025 OP
Expand SCOTUS to thirteen justices. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #1
That's a GREAT idea! calimary Sep 2025 #3
Each district is overseen by a Justice. yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #5
Makes perfect sense (at least to me). calimary Sep 2025 #6
And it doesn't take a constitutional amendment questionseverything Sep 2025 #30
In other words, Trump could do this while he still has a Repug Senate, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2025 #52
Have we tried turning it off and then turning it back on again? twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #2
Trump's working real hard at turning it off.... Sogo Sep 2025 #7
Have you tried forcing an unexpected reboot? progressoid Sep 2025 #20
Thanks. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #40
Damn! Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2025 #48
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Mine's the first line of a book I loved Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2025 #50
restore all cuts that the rs have made in the last 30 years . AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #4
Everything listed LilElf70 Sep 2025 #8
Generally, I am for all of this; however, some just are not feasible. Capt. America Sep 2025 #9
You can have different salaries. I'm pretty sure that would incentivize live love laugh Sep 2025 #10
The states to make the Congressional maps soldierant Sep 2025 #14
The old paradigm is dead -- we can do whatever we set out to do Ponietz Sep 2025 #19
And we can do it just using Executive Orders, right? llmart Sep 2025 #39
Unrealized gains Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #21
I inherited a small IRA account from a relative. Delmette2.0 Sep 2025 #44
IRA withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income. lastlib Sep 2025 #53
Ban anyone who commits a crime against the united states from holding office. Reform the pardon process. chowder66 Sep 2025 #11
Remove any justice or cabinet member... returnee Sep 2025 #32
How about just using the mechanisms that are in place to remove someone! chowder66 Sep 2025 #45
Bravissimo !!!! You know what makes this uniusual? Bluetus Sep 2025 #12
Actually, many Democrats have explicitly run on many of these issues Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #23
Have they? I mean actually RUN on this. Bluetus Sep 2025 #25
Then you haven't been paying attention. Joe Biden ran on some version of most of these policies in 2020 Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #26
Thank you. Democrats know this. betsuni Sep 2025 #27
No he didn't. he TALKED about some of those things from time to time. Bluetus Sep 2025 #36
LEt me translate your post Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #41
No, that's not the message Bluetus Sep 2025 #46
That's a lot of assertions. Torchlight Sep 2025 #51
K&R ReRe Sep 2025 #13
Add one: lastlib Sep 2025 #15
Absolutely. But when people say things like that, Dems instinctively shit on it Bluetus Sep 2025 #37
Remove new hires and appointees since Jan. 20, 2025 Buddyzbuddy Sep 2025 #16
I would add a few more where minorities and women are concerned. slightlv Sep 2025 #18
I like the way you think. DiverDave Sep 2025 #22
Thank you Buddyzbuddy Sep 2025 #31
Project 2028! markie Sep 2025 #17
Reinstate USAID Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #24
Couple things. moondust Sep 2025 #28
What we can and can't do Bluetus Sep 2025 #38
The abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine may well have been the single most consequential political act of the last Wiz Imp Sep 2025 #42
The billionaires, MAGA, our enemies have taken total control of our country. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #29
Then, they will leave us with the ruins. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #33
Yes. We pay them to destroy our country, then we will have to pay for the rebuild. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #34
Great list! One more thing...., Escape Sep 2025 #35
Should have been Project 1928, but whatever........ joanbarnes Sep 2025 #43
"Fairness Doctrine" is the least of it; snot Sep 2025 #47
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