Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged countering the Trump administration’s policies by resisting at every turn, arguing that its incompetence makes it vulnerable.

Her remarks followed chaos caused by a rescinded executive order that temporarily shut down Medicaid portals nationwide.

She encouraged activists to take offline action, citing ongoing mobilization efforts.

Her strategy focuses on making governance difficult for Trump, calling his administration “dangerous and cruel” but also “shockingly dim.”

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    5 hours ago

    That would be a great plan if the Dems were not spineless at best and complicit at worse

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      3 hours ago

      People see comments like this and get discouraged to vote or do anything meaningful. Life is choosing the lesser of two evils. By not choosing you have chosen the greater evil thus making you complicit.

      • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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        44 minutes ago

        Bullshit. Electoral reform in the blue states must happen. Red states as well but we all know republicans stance on more democracy.

        Democrats have lost their “we are the only people resisting the republicans” privilege. They should have lost it long ago but we sure gave em every chance we could. No more chances, no more safe states/seats.

        This shouldn’t be hard to pass. Alaska already has a Ranked choice voting system. Plus Democrats are huge democracy supporters… right?

        Videos on Electoral Reform

        First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

        Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

        STAR voting

        Alternative vote

        Ranked Choice voting

        Range Voting

        Single Transferable Vote

        Mixed Member Proportional representation

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        That lesser evil still don’t want Medicare for all, raise the federal minimum wage, and building more affordable housing-- all of which are actually what suffocate many Americans in the ever worsening wealth inequality. That’s why people took the chance to vote Trump who promised tax cut, even though most Americans know they it doesn’t actually benefit them but the 1%.

        Look outside of the American mainstream news bubble and discourse that want you to pick the two lesser evils, instead of thinking outside the box. The only way for ordinary Americans to win basic rights is to organise and mobilise by advocating both ranked choice voting and promoting third parties. It won’t happen in federal level so start on the local and state levels, and the changes will go up the chain to federal level. It’s not like Americans haven’t gone and out mobilised before for a better change. The people simply need to rediscover that they have the power.

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          Bad Change - Republicans
          “Fundamentally nothing will change” - Democrats
          Change Americans need - ?

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            You will be happy with the breadcrumbs we give you or you are getting a bad change from Republicans. - Democrats

            Americans want Medicare for all, raising minimum wage and affordable housing, which Democrats are voting down. If you don’t recognise that then you benefit from the status quo and refuse to admit it.