The Pentagon plans to shake up DC’s National Guard, criticized for its response to protests, Jan. 6 - eviltoast

The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd, The Associated Press has learned.

  • mercano@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The House passed the DC Administration Act last time the Democrats held it. The problem is the Senate filibuster. The GOP would rather disenfranchise than cede any bit of their power. The situation is eerily similar to those around the Kansas-Nebraska Act 170 years ago.

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      The problem is the Senate filibuster.

      Don’t you find it odd that there is always some sort of republican scheme or “problem” keeping the democrats from getting anything meaningful done?

      At what point are the Republicans political strategy masterminds that can never be beat, even when not in power?

      Or

      At what point do we realize that corporate democrats don’t actually want to win or play dirty politics to beat the obviously cheating Republicans?

      Why is it that only the Republicans can “play dirty” to advance their agenda? Why can’t the democrats, who are supposed to be fighting for the people against the Republicans, ever get anything major done?

      You don’t need to think too hard to realize that it comes down to class and that American politics is smoke and mirrors for us and power for the corrupt/elite and lawmaker/lobbyist class. The corporate democrats (the only ones who have had any power in the last 3 decades) haven’t done fuck all for us. They are a pressure escape to keep us from realizing the system is bullshit all the way down and burning it to the ground.

      Don’t get me wrong, Republicans are still the biggest cancer in the system. I’m just tired of democrats getting power and then not using it to make the middle class’ life better consistently over time.

      The whole system is broken and I’m done hearing about how hard democrat politicians have been trying for the past several decades when things continually get worse and the republican party remains the minority.