This is FANTASTIC--- it dovetails nicely with that issue several of us have been talking about regarding activism fatigue, that whole issue of "a thousand terrible things" (/Qui-gon Jinn) coming at us. So maybe we need a discussion post around which issues we think are most base-breakable, and with which Senators?
In my heart of hearts, I want to take aim at Sessions' stance on asset forfeiture, since a) that is actually a comparatively big scary stick Trump can use (or have the AG's office use) on anyone who stands up to him, in exactly the way he's using Twitter and Breitbart et al now and b) it's one that's likely to be disturbing to those very one-percenter types who are the establishment GOP's base--- now Trump doesn't have to make a deal, he can just find a way to accuse you of a crime and then have Sessions and Co. take your stuff. (Also, per the Politico article about the browbeating, I might just have to send Mark Sanford an email thanking him for his comments about free speech... and reminding him that the majority of Americans who didn't vote for this mess will be watching for Republican leadership with courage.)
That said, I think the ACA might be another, better place for pushing? Edit: After reading the Jeet Heer tweets, Medicare cuts might be even better, or rather the two together! Again, discussion time!
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Date: 2017-01-10 08:03 am (UTC)In my heart of hearts, I want to take aim at Sessions' stance on asset forfeiture, since a) that is actually a comparatively big scary stick Trump can use (or have the AG's office use) on anyone who stands up to him, in exactly the way he's using Twitter and Breitbart et al now and b) it's one that's likely to be disturbing to those very one-percenter types who are the establishment GOP's base--- now Trump doesn't have to make a deal, he can just find a way to accuse you of a crime and then have Sessions and Co. take your stuff. (Also, per the Politico article about the browbeating, I might just have to send Mark Sanford an email thanking him for his comments about free speech... and reminding him that the majority of Americans who didn't vote for this mess will be watching for Republican leadership with courage.)
That said, I think the ACA might be another, better place for pushing? Edit: After reading the Jeet Heer tweets, Medicare cuts might be even better, or rather the two together! Again, discussion time!