this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2024
56 points (80.4% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26890 readers
1902 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected]


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I'm interested to see what lemmy thinks of this, I honestly haven't kept track of the potential options.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

I like Buttigieg the most, but I don't think he has enough time to be built up for this election. I'd be excited to see him as a VP ticket, or for next election.

I think that Kamala is our best choice, but I worry that our country isn't ready to vote in a female president. We're still so ridiculously misogynistic that it would be comical if it wasn't such a fucking travesty

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Pete needs to go mayor some more. He had a few good ideas during the primary, but as Transportation Secretary I'm astounded at his lack of ambition.

There are a handful of administration officials -- Lina Khan first among them -- who've learned to use their power assertively to make changes to broken systems. And Pete... he seems like he just pops up when another piece of infrastructure breaks to let us know that he's on it. Maybe he's doing something more, but if so he's doing it very, very quietly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Bro... Lina got put in place to show that feds are "trying"

The judiciary is clearly not impressed.

Wall Street Pete is there to cover up railroad accidents and Boeing bullshit. I don't think he even has good intentions, just management consulting zombie being put in place to do corruption for the elites.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If I can be frank, I'm reading from your tone that you're not here for polite, factual persuasion. But if I'm wrong, or someone else sees this, I gotta drop a fact check on the 'Lina can't win cases' myth:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/out-with-a-bang-as-ftc-beats-the

More practically, this loss discredits the main argument from Wall Street. Dealmakers, and thinkers like Larry Summers, have often said that while Biden antitrust enforcers are aggressive, if corporations are willing to go to court, the government is likely to lose because judges won’t let them rewrite the law. This narrative was so strong that Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter were questioned in Congress as to whether they were even trying to win. It’s always been a narrow and bad faith critique, but this victory, plus, the win in the Fifth Circuit over Illumina, should put that narrative to rest. Antitrust lawyers will tell their clients to go to court at their peril.

It's kind of a deep dive, but it's worth it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This issue won't be solved via executive agency.

It requires an act of congress since the current regulatory regime is broken.

She just got put in place for act like feds are doing something. It is a circle jerk.

I get that y'all spinning anything you can latch on as a W for the Democrats such as people are making more money under biden ... lol

If you think that limp dick FTC has the power or the legal underpinning to regulate mega corps in 2024... Have fun!

load more comments (2 replies)