Wasting time and resources refusing to clean up Republicans’ mess, and focusing on punishing them and their voters is the peak of selfishness.
My hope is voters have the courage to elect and demand their representatives pass legislation to expand the court, and that senators kill the filibuster in order to do so.
Once the court is expanded, my hope is we have elected politicians willing to govern fearlessly, with no regard for what republicans might do if they ever regain power, but instead focus on ways to restore rights, repair the damage and destruction of the Trump era (lots of good jobs in that, paid for by increased taxes on billionaires) and generally make life better for all Americans.
With the court expanded and the MAGA majority neutralized, laws can be rammed through (starting in 2029) without obstruction from the filibuster, and without fear of being overturned by SCOTUS.
That’s how you control the political capital, not by punishing the opposition, but by out-governing them.
Through the politics of courage and compassion, governing fearlessly and progressively, like FDR did, voters will reward Dems with the trifecta for a generation or more,
But only if we elect leaders who have the courage and conviction to do so.
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