The one question every single person in Europe asks me
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Of course they can. I guess you missed the chance to learn about the Civil Rights movement? Dogs, water hoses, arrests…. Remember? Read Dr. King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. Then tell us how he ended up in jail. NP |
Anonymous
Republicans favor small government. Any reduction by a Republican is politically motivated. So when can we reduce the size of government? |
Anonymous
People are protesting. Tell your European friends that the real issue is: Why aren’t media reporting the protests. Tell them too, that in the US, many police are militarized, all are armed, and many of us are particularly vulnerable— especially POC. |
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This. |
Anonymous
The Clinton administration undertook a massive reduction in the size of the federal bureaucracy. The goal is debatable. The DOGE approach is reprehensible. |
Anonymous
They think they SHOULD have lifetime employment. They are VERY upset about actual layoffs, possible layoffs, having to send emails about what they do at work, having to come into the office after five years of working from home, etc. They know they don’t have a legal RIGHT to tenure, but they got used to the idea after 30 years without any federal government layoffs |
Anonymous
The DOGE approach is being used precisely BECAUSE Democrats want to fight all staff and cost reductions by any means necessary. Demands by Dems for “process” are really demands by Dems for opportunities to block spending cuts or staff reductions. It’s the government worker party vs the private sector taxpayer party nowadays. |
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There are lots of protests but the media isn't covering them.
I'm seeing lots of protest footage on social media and nothing on our local news here in the DMV area. I saw 2 big protests yesterday that I had no idea was happening! Is there a centralized area to find when these protests are happening on the weekend? |
Anonymous
I didn't remember that initiative but I looked it up and you are correct. Some highlights below from an article describing the initiative and comparing it to DOGE. Bottom line: Clinton did it first and did it better, without disrupting government services or maligning govt employees. He's also the last president to deliver a balance federal budget. The National Partnership for Reinventing Government, or REGO as it was known, was spearheaded by Al Gore and aimed at streamlining processes and cutting red tape. The initiative was recognized as successful, having delivered four consecutive budget surpluses — the last time there was a balanced federal budget. Touting its success, President Clinton said in his 1996 State of the Union address: "We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means. The era of big government is over." The cuts that Clinton made to the federal workforce followed a six-month period called the National Performance Review, launched in March 1993, soon after he took office. The review process ended in September of that year with a report that found nearly 400 recommendations, which Clinton then implemented gradually so that essential services were not interrupted even as the workforce shrank considerably. The Clinton administration ended up making sizable cuts to the federal workforce with REGO, reducing headcount by 20 percent — some 351,000 positions — though Winogard recalled that only 10 percent of those layoffs were involuntary. How Bill Clinton Shrunk the Federal Government 30 Years Before DOGE https://www.newsweek.com/how-bill-clinton-shrunk-federal-government-30-years-before-doge-2032893 |
Anonymous
I call BS. Rs control both houses, the executive branch, AND the judiciary. The extralegal measures mean that the Rs haven't built consensus. Lazy politics. Compromise is not a four letter word the last time I checked. Time to get to work building bridges. |
Anonymous
| POC here. In my subculture there is a large group of activists that are choosing to intentionally stand down and protest differently. Why? Too much race baiting and attempts to get us into the streets. There is concern that Trump would enact martial law or abuse some sort of power to punish protesters and honestly we are sick and tired of fighting after we showed up to the polls and people still showed us who they were. We aren't going into the streets, except for those in our own community to build coalitions at the local level. |
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There is no protesting because most of the American people want this. Simple.
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Anonymous
Nope. Not nearly as simple as you would like it to be. Facts Matter. |
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I guess my first question is Why is the government using our cell phones to monitor our movements? Without a warrant I don’t think they can. So the GPS info in the article is probably false. And how many times are they going to claim Dems bus people in? And something, if true, they do as well. |
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They already have arrested legal American citizens. |