By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Whenever I raise this, Obama's apologists come out of the woodwork to tell me that "the president isn't the Green Lantern," and that Obama couldn't act without help from Congress and the Senate, who wouldn't back his plays. 1767
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026I think that Trump's presidency has shown us how much power the president really has even when the legislature won't play ball. 310613
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026But even if you accept the Green Lantern apologetics, the fact remains that Obama *could* have had a clamoring army of ardent supporters in the streets, defending his agenda against recalcitrants in his own party and wreckers in the GOP. He *chose* not to have that army. He sent that army home. 112017
Jim @jimc5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump uses 150% of the bully pulpit of the oval office. Obama used maybe 25% of it. 000
John Millington @zapitron.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I hate to distract from your main message, but I'm stunned by "Trump's presidency has shown us how much power the president really has even when the legislature won't play ball." Congress has nearly dedicated itself to playing ball with Trump! Without their support, he'd likely be in prison by now. 120
