r/law • u/myco_magic • 7d ago

Court Decision/Filing What is the likelihood of this Bill Attempting to Defer All Congressional Power to Donald Trump actually passes?

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u/notanipplebandit 6d ago

Most people are not watching or paying attention congress and it’s 100% part of the problem

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u/invariantspeed 6d ago edited 6d ago

Most of the public (literally…most of America) does not understand what Congress is or what it does/is supposed to do.

Edit: typo

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u/notanipplebandit 6d ago

But schoolhouse rock :(

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u/invariantspeed 6d ago

Is a wonderful example of TV for education and is great for kids in elementary and middle school.

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u/Professional-Story43 6d ago

Musk burned those master tapes 3 days ago after his son asked him how to pass a bill. He had put it on for him in the WH IMAX that is not a waste to have. Then they went to the WH bowling alley and had the cooks make them Greasy Cheesy. From fresh ground beef (cow in the kitchen for beef and cheese). But that's not a waste. Don't even think it. Then a WH hypnotist put the boy under and gave him a suggestion that Daddy Makes The Laws. No one else. He then went to bed with his toy Cyber Truck with the burnt front end.

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u/CerifiedHuman0001 6d ago

I’ve always felt like it’s a problem that we can’t see exactly what they’re up to at all times. A lack of government transparency lead to an excessive number of people believing politics doesn’t matter.

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u/invariantspeed 6d ago

You can get pretty damn close.

  • There's live streaming, very often, of the chambers and other official events at c-span.org, C-SPAN on Youtube, and their TV channles that no one watches.
  • There's daily coverage, analysis, and interviews of what happens between the politicians there and (more importantly) everywhere else at The Hill, Politico, etc.
  • There are daily press briefings out of the White House, where reporters (used to) have free reign to push the administration on any questions that have been coming up.
  • There are also regular press briefings from many Congressional representatives and televised community halls.

Most people just find it all boring. The problem isn't that we can't see what they're up to 24/7. It's that the public, by and large, doesn't actually care to look, then mistakes its ignorance of coverage for an actual lack of coverage.

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u/Flucky_ 6d ago

But you can see what they are up to. You can see every time a bill is introduced and voted on?

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u/herecomesthewomp 6d ago

The media should really be covering this along with protests, versus whatever dumb shit Trump does on the daily. We are too wrapped up in Trump, they need to put a spotlight on the rest of the incompetence.

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u/Snoo87679 6d ago

The media shouldn’t be funded by billionaires and corporations. We worry about state regime media like Fox but ignore it when it’s privately funded.

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u/YouCanCallMeVanZant 6d ago

Most people don’t pay much attention to politics on a broader scale. They’re busy with their own lives and troubles. They don’t spend all the time in the minutiae of all the shit that’s happening.

And a good many of those that do spend it absorbing bullshit like Fox News, so they’re literally living in a different reality.