• @nicky7@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      While I don’t want to discourage anyone from contacting their representatives, mine refused to show up to a rather large town hall meeting. Went so far as to refuse to respond to all inquiries from multiple parties and news media whether or not he would attend. Over a thousand people showed up by my estimates to address their grievances to an empty chair.

  • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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    12 months ago

    Just to be clear: Durbin doesn’t misunderstand. He’s pretending to be stupid because someone’s paying him to be that way.

          • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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            12 months ago

            A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader, such as a president, rather than by a monarch or any hereditary aristocracy.

            • @EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml
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              -12 months ago

              We have a Republic in name only, oligarchy politicians like the DNC and RNC only represent the monied class in government. We are left to fend for ourselves.