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I think the "reason" is the slight majorities in the House and Senate. But you keep feeling the reasons are unknown. Regardless, unless you are a sitting Senator or Congressperson (or an aid) I'm skeptical of your opinions.

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Now on to the Post Office where we are still DeJoyed.

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What you're saying in essence is that the right is better at governing than the left, if some portion of their movement wants something particularly badly they'll pull out all the stops and get it done, even if they're the minority. We can't do the same even when we're in the majority, the vast majority of the public of both parties want it, and we have the presidency. That's why we're about to lose abortion rights, our legislators are unwilling to go to the wall to preserve them.

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You misunderstand. I think the right CANNOT GOVERN. They can win elections and stop progress, but they can't govern. Under TFG they had the House, Senate and Prez, but did not kill the ACA or Roe. All they did was ram a tax cut for the rich through and kill people with Covid.

With SCOTUS and other judges they can do more, and as long as Manchin and Sinema play their own games Dems are in a tricky space.

But the fucking right is NOT better at governing.

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Once upon a time, when I was a kid, Americans were proud of their open boorders.Look at our rivals which were USSR, and Red China.They had wall to keep their people in, and prevented any possibility of escape.We called theirs an iron curtain, and we cheered when the Berlin Wall came down.

Now, we build a wall it measures our slide as we descend to fascism.

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Gotta keep out all those job takers coming here and taking jobs no one else wants.

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Hmm. Looking at the trajectory of our country over the last 50 years I have to disagree. On pretty much every front the progressives and liberals have lost territory, and the reactionaries and conservatives have gained.

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Elaborate.

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No ad hominem detected.

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Because nobody likes the smartypants girl.

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Biden could do plenty of things like stopping all wall activity, were he not convinced Tip and Ron are going to have a beer and solve all our problems. But he is.

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And yet the stench of his abhorrent politics continues to waft through the Capitol.No postmortem perfume will hide that.

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Over half of the federal government, including large portions of the military, still use Windows XP.

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Biden has done plenty of things. Given the four years of chaos and dishonesty under trump, Biden has a huge To-Do list. And he's been President for less than one year.

I stopped believing in miracles at a very young age. And I never, ever, believed in miracles in politics.

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If poor and middle class people had more disposable income it would hugely improve out economy because they would both spend it and pay taxes on it. Unlike the 1%.

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