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Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill (prospect.org)

submitted 4 days ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Thanks to a Republican vote to stop California from setting its own auto emissions, Democrats can challenge virtually any Trump administration action, and eat up time on the Senate floor.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Dems don't have to lie, cheat, and steal like the Republicans to win, they just have to play Hard Ball, and force the MAGA Nazis to follow the laws, established rules, and the Constitution, without exception.

Malicious Compliance is a perfectly acceptable and ethical form of resistance, and Dems should be using it at every single opportunity.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

If your opponent is cheating and you can't stop them, then they're not cheating and those are just the rules. If you don't use those rules, you will lose.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 points 3 days ago

they just have to play Hard Ball, and force the MAGA Nazis to follow the laws, established rules, and the Constitution, without exception.

Oh, we're fucked then.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

Yet they won't. This is why I have no faith in them.