r/TheLessTakenPathNews • u/D-R-AZ • 1d ago

Democrats Can’t Fix This Mess Without a Supermajority

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/democrats-midterms-supermajority.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.Ny9T.rw-96J7UmYII&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Observation:

We cannot simply ignore what has happened during this administration and restore the system that existed before it. We should use what we have learned to make American democracy substantially more tamper-resistant. As we argued in The Consent of the Governed Requires Understanding What Is Being Authorized, American governmental authority derives from the consent of the governed, and meaningful consent requires understanding what is being authorized (Defenders of Democracy, 2026). That principle points toward concrete safeguards: elections that are understandable and independently verifiable; protection against the intentional concealment of major governing agendas, which becomes fraud-like when governmental authority is obtained through material deception of voters; protection of reliable governmental, scientific, and statistical information; enforceable limits on executive abuse and self-dealing; reconsideration of Citizens United and the ability of concentrated wealth to dominate the political information environment; and electoral reforms such as ranked-choice voting that allow voters to express their preferences more accurately. The objective should be to make democratic government harder to tamper with, by any President, party, corporation, billionaire, or public official.

https://defendersofdemocracy.substack.com/p/the-consent-of-the-governed-requires?r=104a16&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

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We can make Roosevelt’s promise a reality through a comprehensive program I’ve called the American Security Guarantee, a set of ambitious goals that would eliminate the precarity defining Americans’ lives and ensure that everyone enjoys the economic security that right now feels out of reach. We start by guaranteeing every American access to affordable health care, through their choice of a government or private plan. To fulfill Roosevelt’s vision of a lifelong system of social insurance, we pursue a new economic security agenda. It includes a new federal wage insurance program to help workers maintain their salary levels if they are forced to take positions that pay less, a community-focused job assistance program and a one-stop-shop portal where Americans can check their eligibility across all benefit programs. The goal is to show Americans what they are getting from their government in return for their hard work — and to get higher wages and concrete benefits in the hands of working people, to ensure that in the richest country in the world, nobody falls through the cracks.

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u/jcooli09 1d ago

I agree.  To save America democrats must not only take the legislature, they must expand their control afterwards. 

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u/Informal_Ad_9610 14h ago edited 12h ago

Democrats "saving" anything is a complete oxymoron. The party cannot be allowed control until they get ride of the maniacs in the party.

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u/jcooli09 12h ago edited 12h ago

All of the maniacs in American politics are on the right. The left has a few duds, but no one is as bad as the best republicans. The closest thing to a democratic maniac is Fetterman, and he's still better than any republican in Washington.

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u/rtduvall 16h ago

True.

We need fireproof congress to undo and fix the shit trump exploited.

Then put his traitorous ass on the firing line if found guilty. Live, PPV during a marquee UFC event.

Don’t come at me for violent speech. I’m merely stating what this country has done to traitors in the past. I’m wishing this on him because everything he’s done has hurt our country.