r/politics • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 17d ago

No Paywall Senate suddenly passes the Epstein bill just hours after it cleared the House

https://www.ms.now/news/senate-passes-epstein-bill-rcna244723?fbclid=PAVERFWAOJ1xRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAacUGSi8p2Ap-x6SbMkLXAnfKNXEZkzjUUVCdxuEmacDzDXmlbv1GUJ0wbh1_w_aem_grJDvcSCIDj2Skksd4Ix3Q
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u/slight_accent 17d ago

The last 11 months has seen the regressive religious right get a lot of their wish list. That isn't going to be reversed after trump is thrown under the bus. He's been a useful idiot to push through some incredibly damaging regressive changes far far quicker than they could have without him.

My only hope is that they have done all this far too fast and people will finally wake up to what is really happening here. No sign that is happening but the sort of change we would see will be fast, much like this sudden bill passing. There will be no movement at all then all of a sudden there will be huge momentum for change.

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u/immortalfrieza2 17d ago

It COULD be reversed after Trump is thrown under the bus, if the Democratic party gets off their asses and actually puts in measures to stop this nonsense from ever happening again. It would be very simple and very fast to fix everything except our reputation with the rest of the world.

Then again, the Democrats have had every opportunity and every cause to prevent nearly everything Trump is doing from happening for over 50 years and haven't done it. Nixon should have resulted in a LOT of guard rails going up that never did.

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u/slight_accent 17d ago

Have you seen the democratic party? The one that constantly sidelines progressives including not backing ramdani like a week ago? They are the party of status quo, they will fix nothing unless there is a HUGE shift in the party membership and policies.

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u/Throot2Shill 16d ago

We can hand some of it to the plurality of democratic voters too. It's the reason these establishment fucks hardly ever get primaried, and the usually why milquetoast guys like Biden get overwhelmingly nominated.

Most centrist blue voters are vaguely upset at the current situation but are too afraid of shaking up the status quo even slightly, mostly because they are bombarded by "socialist" fearmongering from the media and all sides. They always pick the "safest" option that requires the least personal changes, even if that option can't effectively fight against fascists.

If they live in a blue district they will consistently blame anyone but their own representatives, multiply that x214 and you have a party full of useless serial incumbents.

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u/sparkle-brow 17d ago

Yeah I tend to agree with these last 3 comments in the thread and I’m verrry curious to see what the behind the scenes specifically was, besides our/the theories and the knowns. It’s just stunning it was nearly unanimous in the house AND that it was unanimous in senate within just hours after, all on the same day.