(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 311 to 112 - and it took critical months, and thousands of LIVES, just because of Trump. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-04-20 The Russian summer offensive is almost here. The preparation for it has been largely successful thanks to Traitor Trump and his GOP Fascist Goons. The final vote for Ukraine aid just passed at 311-112. I couldn’t believe it. I thought with all the fuss and obstruction the vote would have to be closer than that. Almost HALF the GOP voted to fund Ukraine aid. How can 3/4ths of congress want something and have issues even getting to vote on it? Honestly we should have a Constitutional amendment which simply settles a few required rules that Congress follows instead of letting those fucking corrupt shitballs let themselves make their own rules to maximize the LEAST amount of people can control the entire institution as possible. That and an anti-corruption clause for the Supreme Court. What a joke. Alexander Tocqueville wrote a great book on America’s early Democracy. In it he was very concerned about the “Tyranny of the Majority” where he hypothesized that if the country was divided just 51% of it could terrorize or do anything they wanted to the other 49%, and that was a major weakness of the new democracy. He was alive under both the French Monarchy and Republic after its revolution. Great book, I digress, How ironic we now find ourselves under the “Tyranny of the Minority.” A place with the legacy of slave-holding conservatives (conservative as in those that don’t want change) have screamed and threatened, even gone to war, to preserve their precious racism and hate. If only we were rid of such a past our nation really could be a beacon of world order and freedom. I guess old habits die hard as they say… [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/20/2236321/-311-to-112-and-it-took-critical-months-and-thousands-of-LIVES-just-because-of-Trump?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/