AnaMTSep 29, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

As we face yet another Govt shutdown I reflect on these absurdities. In the United States:
•1 Senator can block all military confirmations—but it takes 60 Senators to overrule him
•1 Speaker can shut down the entire government—but it takes 218 House Reps to overrule him
•1 bought SCOTUS Justice can strip away rights for hundreds of millions of people—and it's virtually impossible to remove him

This is not a functioning democracy. It is GOP exploitation. Vote GOP Out. Reform our government.

Sep 29, 2023 at 8:13pmWeb
Show threadMikeSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid 100%!!!
Show threadviralSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid I agree completely. Not to mention the worrisom promises Trump made that he’ll act out if he wins the presidential race in 2024.
Show threadSir Farts AlotSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid government workers considered “essential “ should declare a STRIKE and show the government just how essential they are!
Show threadJenniferSep 29, 2023
@horqua @QasimRashid if all air traffic controllers and TSA agents went on strike Sunday the shutdown would probably end by Tuesday.
Show threadSir Farts AlotSep 30, 2023
@Jennifer @QasimRashid Hear Hear!
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 29, 2023

@QasimRashid

Kevin Hypocrisy McCarthy is done as speaker.

The votes are there. Give it to next week.

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Show threadMcJaggerSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid it isn’t supposed to be a democracy. It is a functioning republic.
Show threadMcJaggerSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid if the senate wants to pass the bill, work with the house and remove the funding for Ukraine. 🤷 that is the reason McCarthy won’t pass it, right?
Show threadMcJaggerSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid this sort of veto power was built into the system to ensure the smallest among us has a voice. And if it is meant to pass, they will vote him out next week and choose the next person to either rubber stamp the legislation or be an independent thinker and driver of policy. He is driving the America first policy and it’s a shame the democrats didn’t have this sort of throat for when Biden withheld CONFLICT changing aid at the beginning of the war… war profiteers won
Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencySep 30, 2023

@mcJagger @QasimRashid \

The smallest among us have a voice? What fucking fantasy world do you live in?

Show threadMcJaggerOct 1, 2023
@RodneyPetersonTalent @QasimRashid the representatives that voted fridays bill down in the house were elected to reduce the budget as a priority, it would seem, so their respective constituencies, 21 congressional districts, have a minority but it is enough of a voice this term in Congress that their concerns have to be addressed. Congress was designed for these revisions to legislation be made to appease the voices of those 21 districts.
Show threadSometimesIGetBoredSep 29, 2023

@QasimRashid all of these issues are due to Democrats refusing to change the rules.

They don't change the rules because they want the Republicans to be able to block things that their corporate donors don't like.

Republicans could be voted out all day and it won't matter as long as the rules are the same.

Show threadRoy Brander🍁Sep 29, 2023

@QasimRashid

But still, no American "We Admit We Screwed Up and Should Switch to a Parliament: The Constitutional Reform Party".

Show threadAlison MeeksSep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid The US credit went from AAA to AA due to their nonsense in the summer.
https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-united-states-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa-outlook-stable-01-08-2023#:~:text=Fitch%20Ratings%20%2D%20London%20%2D%2001%20Aug,been%20affirmed%20at%20'AAA'.
Show threadG4M3R_N0ST4LG14Sep 29, 2023
@QasimRashid When the United States started they had to basically redo the entire government to ensure that the government works at a federal and local level. That was back when they had 13 states and we're now at 50 and at an even worst state that we are at we definitely need a reform.
Show threadRodneyPetersonTalentAgencySep 30, 2023

@QasimRashid

“Ask not who the shithole countries are. Ask why your country is a shithole country.”

Show threadSleightWryderSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid Our legislature is rife with abuse! WHY HAVE WE NOT CHECKED THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE LAWS? DON'T MOST OF THEM COME FROM CORPORATE LOBBIES?!
Show threadthe_blackwell_ninja [EST]Sep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid The tyranny of the minority.
Show threadFrank CoteSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid this! Times a million
Show threadLt. Commander ReggieSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid no more senate, no more lifetime appointments, no more f electoral college!!
Show threadHak Foo Sep 30, 2023

@QasimRashid The American Constitution was built with a fatal assumption of good faith.

It reminds me of the big-iron era of computing: we'll only invite mature and trustworthy users.

How many weeks did it take til people started zapping each other's files for fun or to monopolize the system?

When we first saw the same patterns in government, we called it quaint tradition, rather than asking about how to actually harden our legislative process.

Maybe we need more engineers in Congress?

Show threadseanjaSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid Don't you think you have enough military down there though? Do you really need more confirmations?
Show threadAlison MeeksSep 30, 2023
@seanja @QasimRashid You should consider learning more about what the confirmations are.
Show threadseanjaSep 30, 2023
@alison @QasimRashid "...nearly 40 percent of the total military spending worldwide"
Show threadArtoSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid Land of the free? Or something else
Show threadDavid W. JonesSep 30, 2023
@QasimRashid
#vote #no #Republicans #RepUblicanSSIANS
@NoctisEqui
Show threadJohn Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Sep 30, 2023

@QasimRashid

These are all good points, but undermined by gender bias in your writing.

If you don't like using "they" for singular cases, "her or his" or "his or her" are acceptable.

Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Sep 30, 2023

@johnlogic my points are also accurate points that refer to actual Men in the GOP. I cite very real examples of what actual Men in the GOP are doing to destroy our democracy—namely Senator Tuberville, Speaker McCarthy, and Justice Thomas. And hence why I used he.

Thanks though.

Show threadSteveBolognaOct 1, 2023
@QasimRashid Vote Blue so we can fix this shit
Show threadMarty HeymanNov 1, 2023
@QasimRashid ... I think the evidence says that the Democrats are just as interested in fixing those "problems" as the GOP.