Massie has been taking a lot of incoming from Trump supporters for standing up to him on the budget, and may also be facing another Trump-backed primary challenger. He responds.
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Fk i mean i both despise a lot of his and Rand's principles, AND think the fact that they actually HAVE principles make them leagues preferable to their caucus.
Think about the real danger: he could put through a constitutional amendment, which he does require a 2/3 percent majority. No chance? What if he imprisoned half of all Democrats in the Senate and the House? It’s not legally required to have everyone there.
As bad as it is, we need to focus on the big picture.
Trump is establishing a dictatorship faster than in any time in human history. He will never leave in 4 years time. He will have changed the rules of the game. This guy is the greatest threat to US democracy in its existence.
He will attempt to get through a constitutional amendment that does not limit his term. Just imagine how Putin or Kim Young Un would handle that. T will do the same. Plus, add to that how he would abuse all social media post, messages, click etc, to get his political opponents imprisoned.
I know. Just have a look at this one, at 1:44. Just imagine what Artificial Super Intelligence could do in the hands of that crook. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZ_-yy3gVo
Tristan Harris? in the Social Dilemma said ppl obsess over tech exceeding human ability, but there's this earlier moment when tech overwhelms and exceeds human *weaknesses*. It's overpowering human nature, and it is checkmate on humanity.
Trump isn't the problem. He's an elderly narcissist with Alzheimers being used as a meat puppet by the Republican party, the oligarchs and foreign powers who control it, sociopathic tools like Massie who carry out its policies, and members of the voting public who give them their power.
1. That may indeed be true, but the real problem is the threat to democracy. Think about this: he could put through a constitutional amendment, which he does require a 2/3 majority. No chance? What if he imprisoned half of all Democrats in the Senate and the House?
2. My point is that we need to look less at his individual actions, however imbecile they are sometimes. We need to look more at the underlying trend- we should stop seeing him as anything other than a tyrant. (you're correct that there may be powers hidden behind him, but that doesn't change)
1. Correct. But bear in mind that that is the State legislature. Currently, 28 of those are Republican controlled. So he would need just 10 more. He could attempt things like declaring martial law in some states, imprisoning state senators ( or worse), filling a SCOTUS cade that certain states….
2. …would be invalid. Or he could just declare martial law for the US as a whole. Or he could say st SCOTUS that it is an amendment in process, and therefore, he could stay on. The point is this: we need to adjust our frame of reference.
Me too. Also, we cannot rule out his own autocratic intentions. It may be the people behind him, but I'm sure he'd love to be the next Putin of America.
While Trump himself can do indescribable damage to this country, he is a means to an end. He did not get where he is on his own. There’s a substructure that has allowed this rot to infiltrate and then propagate. That is where the power lies.
Typical autocratic behaviour. Loyalty over competence. The autocrats themselves are often stupid af, but they may be audacious in their criminal behaviour. It takes long for smart people to understand that someone could be capable of such things.
💯 Newly elected Rep Massie was seen on video, holding back the Chamber doors on Jan 6th in the Capitol from rioters.
A few days later…Massie claimed it was “nothing but a peaceful tour of the Capitol”
G-rifting O-ligarchy of
P-erverts in our RepubliKKKans
The lack of integrity is what gets me⁉️
It appears that a whole lot of people in the USA haven’t got the slightest clue which way is up, right, wrong, the good guys or the bad guys. X is still their go to fun house.
Canada needs a king to save us from the king down south. Putin is being protected by trump.
What a shit show.
Hold on… wait for it…………………………..
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Nope, couldn’t give a shit about him. I really tried but my DEI woke heart couldn’t muster up a single fuck to give that MAGA dipshit!
It feels like periodically each GOP member gets to flex their muscles against the party on something but it’s still within the number who would turn any vote or anything at all. I think it’s all just for show because they are afraid of losing bigly in the midterms. I don’t think it’s ever real.
Wow. Massie grew a spine? His fiscal hawk nonsense is yet another example of a decades old bullshit GOP position. They’re only “responsible” to be cruel. They DGAF about the budget. Just who the money is being spent on.
GOP loves doing this 'fake accountability' thing all the time. They say "We need to do something!" precisely so that nothing happens. They know that social media companies MASSIVELY favor the GOP, but they have to *feign* ignorance to make it "seem" like somehow it's part of some nefarious Dem plot.
Perfect example of this is the Epstein files. They hem and haw and raise hell about it and now that they have the power to do so, it's not happening. Cuz they know it won't implicate (far as we know) very many Dems/libs/Leftists, but it absolutely implicates Trump, Musk, and many more on the Right.
I am not on X any more, but where I am, I try to influence voters to vote for Democrats to save our Constitutional Republic from a fascist regime. And I do it free of charge. Like it or not, we are a two party system. Republicons are poison.
I…agree with Thomas Massie? What is even going on?
He has this weird tendency to sometimes be very correct about things. Generally they are for shitty reasons, but at least his stands by his convictions. I’d rather deal with that then MAGA that just do whatever Trump says.
I disagree with him on A LOT of things, but the fact that Massie is the only Republican in congress to not blindly go along with Trump for everything is well deserving of respect.
This guy may have the highest natural IQ in Congress, BS and MS in electrical and mechanical engineering from MIT, but yet he chose to be in the party of bigotry, hate, anti-science, a party that became the Trump cult. At least he's making a stand against Trump even if it's only on one issue.
Greed and bigotry are unrelated to intelligence, and intelligence can be used to further any interest. Many of these folks with degrees from elite institutions, especially law schools, are disappointing and dangerous.
They're not "unrelated".
That's just incorrect (no offense). The less intelligent someone is the more likely they are to be bigoted, xenophobic and greedy. There is a direct correlation, which means they ARE related. Education counters ignorance, and greed and bigotry are a function of ignorance.
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https://apnews.com/article/russian-interference-presidential-election-influencers-trump-999435273dd39edf7468c6aa34fad5dd
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unconstitutional-under-any-view-judge-enjoins-entire-trump-executive-order-targeting-law-firm-that-previously-employed-top-mueller-lieutenant/ar-AA1Fwjdn?cvid=C23AE028BDB845E6991D1F10C9CAF1E7&ocid=sappioshp
https://youtu.be/I_1Y-8PKmfQ?si=FZ-kf9j_mAM5ZBcQ
Trump is establishing a dictatorship faster than in any time in human history. He will never leave in 4 years time. He will have changed the rules of the game. This guy is the greatest threat to US democracy in its existence.
https://www.newsweek.com/hitler-incompetent-lazy-nazi-government-clown-show-opinion-1408136
Good for him!
It doesn't matter who is giving who how much for whatever..
But it's in a public ledger, every penny.
A few days later…Massie claimed it was “nothing but a peaceful tour of the Capitol”
G-rifting O-ligarchy of
P-erverts in our RepubliKKKans
The lack of integrity is what gets me⁉️
They are not.
He is not.
I try to see these small actions as "cracks in the dam of Republican group think."
That, once the dam breaks, it will be broken.
Canada needs a king to save us from the king down south. Putin is being protected by trump.
What a shit show.
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Nope, couldn’t give a shit about him. I really tried but my DEI woke heart couldn’t muster up a single fuck to give that MAGA dipshit!
CALL your senators
Some senators don't think this ☠️ DEATH ☠️ budget is horrible enough.
CALLING works
🛑 STOP 🛑 this horrible budget
(202) 224-3121
If it is a sin in your heart, then it’s a sin. The ends do not justify the means. Life is about how you get there, not where you end up.
https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1927381274085163378
"This is a great first step! Millions of children will now be spared the known and unknown side effects of the COVID shots." (1/2)
So, no compliment for him!
now that they’ve enabled beyond even their own breaking point..😏
He has this weird tendency to sometimes be very correct about things. Generally they are for shitty reasons, but at least his stands by his convictions. I’d rather deal with that then MAGA that just do whatever Trump says.
Hey Thomas:
I can't believe I just typed that.
Basic acknowledgment at most. Begrudging at that. 😁
Maddie knows some things and it would be fun for him to out a few of these shysters.
That's just incorrect (no offense). The less intelligent someone is the more likely they are to be bigoted, xenophobic and greedy. There is a direct correlation, which means they ARE related. Education counters ignorance, and greed and bigotry are a function of ignorance.