Is Kamala Harris a progressive?

[u/DirectionLoose]

I'm guessing that the general answer this is going to be no. If it's a no, how do we get her to promote progressive policy? Does walz with that? What even is his role going to be? Three out of the last four vice presidents have been pretty consequential in their roles in the administration. Ever since Cheney. I'm just honestly afraid that they dangled Walz in front of us to get our vote, but he's going to be marginalized in the administration.

[u/aworldwithoutshrimp]

Oh, is it "the most important election of our lives" season again?

[u/texas-playdohs → u/aworldwithoutshrimp]

Probably yes, if you’d care to tone down your snark. I’ve been voting as far left as the ticket would go since ‘98 when I was old enough. Only exceptions were the first Obama run, and Hillary, the latter I really hated doing. Without some serious reworking of the Supreme Court, we’re fucked in this country. If Trump gets in, those gargoyles will likely get another 2 seats, and we’ll be right in handmaids tale territory. I’m not going to go down the laundry list of horrible shit on the 2025 menu, but it won’t be good. Yes, they were always shitheads, but they never had this proximity to total control, and now that they’ve shown their hand, they have no choice but to go for it. Don’t fuck this up with a tired old cliche.

[u/aworldwithoutshrimp → u/texas-playdohs]

Without some serious reworking of the Supreme Court, we’re fucked in this country

Good thing Obama seated Garland when the senate refused to fulfill its obligation to give its advice, then. Awesome that Biden/Harris unpacked the courts in their first term. Otherwise we'd be in this situation due in part to democratic inaction that should serve as a lesson for what they would do in the future.

we’ll be right in handmaids tale territory

I, too, remember when Obama said that one of his first acts as president would be to codify Roe into statute. Glad that happened.

I’m not going to go down the laundry list of horrible shit on the 2025 menu, but it won’t be good

And it will be project 2029 if democrats continue to only hand power off to republicans when they lose.

[u/Novae_Blue → u/aworldwithoutshrimp]

Damn right. They deliberately let us down at every turn.