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As an foreigner and outsider. Does USA not have a system of designated opposition? Isn't it their duty to keep the government in check? Am I missing something? I don't even know who is the opposition leader no more. I assume the president nominee who didn't win is the opposition leader? Haven't seen or heard anything major since the election.
The opposition party has very little to no power in the American system.
Their cute little system they attempted at checks and balances are no longer balanced.
I saw the piece about 'shadow docket" by Last week tonight this morning on youtube. It is quite timely, very infuriating, and scary.
There is no specific appointment for the losing presidential nominee. They just lose and move on.
The idea with the US government is checks and balances between government branches. Congress and SCOTUS have some degree of power over the president and each branch can keep the other two in check. Historically it has worked well, but things have been changing quickly in the last 10-20 years, but especially with the two Trump admins.
The current situation with Trump is particularly different for a few reasons:
Trump has a perfect storm of control over the systems normally in-place to hold him accountable.
Once we have an administration ran by adults in power again, we're going to need to seriously re-evaluate and update our system of checks and balances, or future administrations will continue to exploit these problems until the country rots and dies.
The problem is, it's the thing that happens with the current government doing things so their place in power is secured. And the other thing about boiling the frog slowly with very short temperature rises, so it doesn't notice it's being boiled until it's too late.
At some point it will be too late to change as change prevention will be written in the system, if it already isn't. People like to throw in the word 'status-quo' but I don't understand that term at all.
Chuck Schumer
Stares sternly and considers penning a letter in opposition.
Fragile ignorant white people are afraid of losing their privilege. It's going to require white people to step up and stop voting for fear, for ignorance, for bigots.
The problem is us.
Arresting BLACK PEOPLE who want to Vote is how you KNOW Republicans are NOT Racist!
-Log Cabin Republicans!
Yes and according to the conservative super majority of the Supreme Court, racism in election polls doesn't exist anymore apparently.
What the fuck is going on here? It can't get much more blatantly fascist. I implore anyone who can leave the Untied States to do so
Leaving would just let them consolidate power
I doubt anyone here is doing anything to prevent that now though
Don't leave, stay and fight. The US is taking problems that will follow you if you leave.
I am middle aged with a bad back and gout. My ability to fight is pretty limited.
But Obama's tan suit.
You guys need to switch to preferential voting and an independent election authority like here in Australia.
Our local racists specifically want to get rid of preferential voting specifically to gain power
In looking into this, what I am able to find indicates that this is a lawmaker (Rep Justin Pearson) and his brother (KeShaun Pearson) who is not a lawmaker and was there protesting GOP lawmakers splitting the city of Memphis where they both live into three districts, diluting the Black vote after a Supreme Court ruling badly gutting what was left of the Voting Rights Act. It appears that KeShaun was detained. Rep Pearson was not, and I am unclear from the video and article whether state troopers forcibly removed Rep Pearson or if he chose (understandably) to leave in order to watch out for his brother who was being detained.
This is the article on it i was able to find. https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/05/08/video-shows-tense-moment-between-rep-pearson-state-troopers-brother-detained-tenn-capitol/
Just so we're clear, this is still a bad thing that happened and is happening. Jim Crow is returning before our eyes. I just believe, based on what I've been able to find, that this screenshot contains inaccurate specifics of the details.
this is still a bad thing that happened and is happening
Yeah, but being accurate matters
Muddying the waters always helps fascists more than anyone.
Facts still matter.
Riots are the language of the unheard. I don't ever want to hear pissing and moaning from Republicans when there shit hole state burns down
What people aren't realizing is that MAGA may well have screwed themselves worse, especially in such a hostile political environment as this one.
Before all this redistricting, it was going to be a bloodbath, not just because EVERY Dems is going to vote against MAGA, but a lot of Republicans are as well. Even more aren't going to vote at all.
None of that has changed. In fact, the dishonest gerrymandering is going to make many people even angrier and more determined. They can gerrymander all they want, but the votes don't go away.
Take Tennessee, for example, in which they eliminated the single Democratic district - but they didn't get rid of the votes. They just spread them across 3 other strong Republican districts, weakening them badly. In a normal year, it might not be anything to worry about, but in a year in which the waters are flowing hard AGAINST the Traitors, it could easily lead to 3 districts going Blue, instead of just one.
Always remember this one important axiom of MAGA: they are profoundly ignorant, and virtuosically incompetent. They fuck up literally everything they contact, and they will fuck this up, too. The real problem is that we have to have leaders that will pounce on those inevitable mistakes, and exploit the shit out of them. We can't be polite, and say "Oh, MAGA stumbled, let's help them back up," we have to kick them when they are down, then drop a giant rock on their head.
They can gerrymander all they want, but the votes don't go away.
Are you sure you know how gerrymandering works?
I really hope you are right.
Because the alternative seems not just dark but pitch black
Ever since the nazi learned to boil the frog, they have kept those burners running.
Should have hanged every confederate and this wouldn't have happened. But America has never had the balls to do good when money can be made and evil can be done instead.
Obama didn't deal with Bush, and Biden didn't deal with Trump. There are no consequences for anything Republicans do, so here we are.
and all im hearing is *crickets" offline....
Mainstream media is owned and controlled by the ruling class, so yeah, only independent media will report such things
Don't worry white Americans. You did nothing because this did not affect you yet. Everything is fine, and there is a new show on Apple TV.