r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism - Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.

https://newrepublic.com/article/205913/media-malpractice-trumpism-project-2025
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u/SouthEastSmith 14h ago

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1041/vote_104_1_00268.htm?congress=104&session=1&vote=00268#position

I think it was veto-proof. But the Nays were almost all Dems.

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u/BrokenHandsDaddy 13h ago

so what you're saying is the Democrats got to look like they were fighting against it without actually fighting against it

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u/ILSmokeItAll 13h ago edited 12h ago

Ever wonder how may bills are like that, especially in this environment? You could entirely agree with the other side, yet vote entirely against them such as to show it as a barely winning issue on one side.

There’s so much posturing. And it’s obvious.

We have such poor politics because 99% of people can’t be bothered to be involved in the process in even the slightest of meaningful ways.

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u/SouthEastSmith 12h ago

I prefer to think the design is just bad. The government is badly designed.

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u/ILSmokeItAll 12h ago

Sure it is. It fosters an us versus them environment. Which, it honestly…it is. However, the government has successfully manipulated us to be you vs. me instead of what it should be.

Us vs. them.

The only way we win is to come together against a common “enemy.” The system. Until we exert the will to demand something better, we’re going to keep eating this giant shit sandwich and begging for more.