Republicans are poised to create chaos and dysfunction as they take over Congress today. But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly. It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out. Don't fall for it. - ThreadSky

rbreich.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Republicans are poised to create chaos and dysfunction as they take over Congress today.

But remember: the chaos isn't happening randomly.

It's part of a manufactured plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out.

Don't fall for it.

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edsmommy.bsky.social•65 days ago

His plan to deport on his first day. Watch what he and Congress does. Don’t be distracted by the carnage.

jerseycitymods.bsky.social•65 days ago

I am sick of waiting for people to wake up. Even if there is a landslide in the house in two years [there wont be Btw], the pendulum will swing back to MAGA when the price of eggs is noy lowered within 8 hours of the new administration taking over. Better to move to Mexico.

the-chieftan.bsky.social•65 days ago

They will still have to provide results in action, not words. 2 yrs to fix ALL they said will be fixed w/no help to do it. Thats how we must hold their feet to the fire. By complaining about the economy and prices just like they did. To demand results now with no wait time and no cuts to do it.

gregcarrhope.bsky.social•64 days ago

They are not as smart as you give them credit for they unfortunatly for you outnumber you by a few million and they have more money.

arvrrob.bsky.social•65 days ago

This has been part of their doctrine since Watergate, making people think that voting does not matter and that "all politicians are the same."

misterpatrick.bsky.social•65 days ago

The best we can hope for is more of the do-nothing chaos Congress that we’ve had the past couple years.

theresistor.bsky.social•65 days ago

Nah I’m checking out because otherwise I’m checking out permanently.

digitmusic.bsky.social•65 days ago

Any ideas on why or what will happen because Trump supports crypto?

digitalsack.bsky.social•65 days ago

katz7.bsky.social•65 days ago

Hakeem for Speaker of the House!

open2debate.bsky.social•65 days ago

We all hate the idea of checking out and giving up. We don't have hundreds of billions of dollars with which to fight the corrupt people in power, and the population was not intelligent enough to do what needed to be done to avoid this mess. Is it time for the Serenity Prayer?

telecomone.bsky.social•61 days ago

It will get ugly. Brace for it.

srjmsbnd.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why doesn't President Biden have Trump arrested for sedition under the Smith Act?

deadlyflowers.bsky.social•65 days ago

Because he's more interested in avoiding being the instigator of the violence that we're going to suffer from either way than he is in trying to protect the public against its harmful resolution under Trump.

srjmsbnd.bsky.social•65 days ago

Its cute when people like you play soft ball with politicians:

You mean to say the new SCOTUS concept of presidential immunity for official acts by the idiot Biden so as to allow Trump to be the first to use it against his opposition?

FUCK BIDEN & TRUMP and the horse they rode in on!

deadlyflowers.bsky.social•65 days ago

I'm not playing softball. I don't see the need to retread the obvious context, of which anybody worth having a conversation with should have existing awareness.

What I said is actually incredibly damning of Biden's inaction precisely because of that context.

srjmsbnd.bsky.social•65 days ago

Many Dems = Bullshit & do not represent the rule of law due process, equal treatment, freedom nor justice!

In 2020 I predicted Donald Trump would serve no jail time less jail time than the guy who handcuffed for eating a sandwich on the SF BART and you play softball.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/11/us/bart-san-francisco-man-detained-sandwich/index.html

rprobbins.bsky.social•64 days ago

Facts,

bestsmh.bsky.social•65 days ago

meanqweenkristine.bsky.social•65 days ago

Not checking out, but certainly not anxiously obsessing about the minutiae. I'll be here quietly observing and acting when necessary. I will not be blinded by the shit-stirring fuckery of this admin. No way.
Sometimes, you gotta let a toddler stick their finger in the socket for them to get it.

conmcn.bsky.social•65 days ago

Recount

kbanx.bsky.social•65 days ago

Too late. The 34 million registered Democrats who failed to vote in the Nov 5 Presidential election, already fell for it.

arlie.bsky.social•65 days ago

Stronger together!

selenemiranda.bsky.social•64 days ago

I agree; the most intentional chaos we’ve ever seen.

rodharme.bsky.social•65 days ago

DEMs are responsible for this and their catastrophic failure to stop the orange scum bag, giving away the presidency, senate, house and the Supreme Court. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🙄😡

trishsohle.bsky.social•65 days ago

Bullshit.

rodharme.bsky.social•65 days ago

Facts speak for themselves. Even Biden himself acknowledged that Garland was too slow. 🤷‍♀️

trishsohle.bsky.social•64 days ago

Garland isn’t ‘Dems’. Trying to hang this failure around the necks of Dems is bullshit.

rodharme.bsky.social•64 days ago

Get educated! DEMs had four years and they did absolutely nothing!

trishsohle.bsky.social•64 days ago

That’s not at all true. And it seems you’re the one in need of some schooling. You seem oblivious to the legislation passed and the economic recovery of these past 4 years. Dems improved the lives of Americans in education, gun reform and health. It’s Republicans who sat on their hands for 4 years.

mrbrimm.bsky.social•65 days ago

America deserves to crumble. Progressives tried to lead the way to a better world, to lead a fight against the corrupt rich, but all the moneyed forces came together to crush us. Now, let the country pay the price.

jbmagni.bsky.social•65 days ago

How wild are these next four years going to be?

barry2u.bsky.social•65 days ago

In the same way I eat my Mother-in-law cooking, ill be here.

gabbydp.bsky.social•65 days ago

Thank you for being a voice of reason

gbvvictimadvocate.bsky.social•65 days ago

Chaos is a tactic for them.

countrymoocher.bsky.social•65 days ago

It is the old practice of despots; to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order. And those who have once got an ascendancy, and possessed themselves of all the resources of the nation, their revenues and offices, have immense means for retaining their advantage.
Thomas Jefferson.

lawprofpaul.bsky.social•65 days ago

Have no fear. We won't check out. See https//paulfordnc.com
Jason is our son.

hlaferrara1.bsky.social•65 days ago

Any D candidate better show the plan and the math to fix scotus.

6-3. Any law we pass they will overturn.

Bring scotus to heel.

Without fixing this nothing else will matter

kill3r-t0fu.bsky.social•65 days ago

Here's the problem. We were all aware before the election. We lost. Now people are still aware, but checking out. There will be even less now.

trishsohle.bsky.social•65 days ago

I checked out Nov 5th. Won’t be checking back in. It’s now proven positive that America is a lost cause. The GOP is falling all over itself to surrender to Putin… Putin can have it. It’s no longer worth the fight.

markhathaway1.bsky.social•65 days ago

I doubt the car violence was random. A big rig truck was stopped in NC and the driver said he had a bomb in the back.

Trump desperately needs people to stop thinking about the political processes.

If voting didn't matter, Republicans wouldn't make so much effort to win it or to rig it.

chimpanion.bsky.social•65 days ago

We haven't and we won't. Thanks Mr. Reich.

irisnoir88.bsky.social•65 days ago

I have a question. I tried to google it but for some reason didn't get an answer. Do the incoming first time representatives get sworn in first so they have a say in who is speaker? Or do they have to wait until the previous House sticks them with someone and then get sworn in?

neil-1936.bsky.social•65 days ago

NO ONE tells Trump he MUST do something. So expect him to ignore the ‘command.

terileemcclain.bsky.social•65 days ago

They don’t need us to check out! We have randomly checked out.

I need a closed sign for the next 4 years 🤪

ohduhh.bsky.social•64 days ago

The FAFO begin!😂🤣

def-539.bsky.social•65 days ago

donnie is not only full of shit but full of diversion to keep what he is actually attempting. Conman.

libertyjustice.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's said that the Devil is the creator of chaos. Evidently whomever said that knew Republicans.

thepenguinsays.bsky.social•65 days ago

Doubt they will get through the voting part of the day today. 3 different votes in the GOP.

therealjeffstein.bsky.social•65 days ago

There’s this, and there’s also “this is the House of *Representatives*” America’s free-willed grown-ass adults chose to vote for”.

As George Carlin said, selfish/ignorant citizens = selfish/ignorant leaders.

Checking out is a choice. Voting Republican is a choice. We collectively did this.

kevtalk.bsky.social•64 days ago

Would be super neat if the democrats would abandon the center right who enabled the fascist party and build a coalition of progressives and leftists

whereitsat68.bsky.social•65 days ago

Trying very hard to stay caring.

brandxandra.bsky.social•65 days ago

Reiterating my post that you can get involved by calling the capital switchboard and let them know if you want RFK Jr. to be confirmed or not. Don’t stop getting involved. Make your voice heard and spread the word.

202-224-3121

tericloth.bsky.social•65 days ago

I teeter back and forth wondering if they're chaos agents or fools.

jaywilliams.pro•65 days ago

EVERYONE is Falling for it - LOOK AT THIS SITE

anarchist-cop.bsky.social•65 days ago

There is a junction of mental health problems, isolation, and capitalism driven fear of loosing your job, your home, and ultimately your identity that a LOT of Americans are on the precipice of.
As billionaires suck the money out of both the middle class and mental health services, we’ll see more.

tepidlatte.bsky.social•65 days ago

That's the plan: divide, exhaust, impoverish. It's how they ensure the serfs stay docile. The reason we haven't got universal healthcare isn't "complexity" or "cost." It's because tying our very survival to our jobs is the closest the bosses can get to recreating slavery (at the moment).

anarchist-cop.bsky.social•65 days ago

Our courts have been purchased.
So have our politicians.
The bribery that bought them was codified into law in 2010.
That led to lax monopoly laws.
Our media and news was concentrated under the power of the same men who bought everything else.
We cannot vote our way out of this.

tepidlatte.bsky.social•65 days ago

You're right. The systemic problems are immense and corruption is endemic. Voting won't solve what's broken. But it could have bought time (or at least delayed the reckoning). Instead, we chose to fix a termite infestation by shooting ourselves in the head.

open2debate.bsky.social•65 days ago

Sadly, very succinctly put.

teamgrower.bsky.social•64 days ago

https://Nowmarch.org

kill3r-t0fu.bsky.social•65 days ago

ciaogirl9.bsky.social•61 days ago

Looks like a lot of collusion goin’ around to me.

atbluenight.bsky.social•65 days ago

Technically they took it over 2 years ago. I can understand the confusion given they didn't get anything done in that time

nikedomelon.bsky.social•65 days ago

All day long, the presidency from 2016 to 2020
Was run by a third rate salesman

They all learnt their lessons well.
And the shit show of 2025 begins

🇨🇦🇺🇦✌️

singsoup.bsky.social•65 days ago

Oh, I won’t, but it’s not only anger inducing, but embarrassing from a global perspective. We appear weak, thus vulnerable, and stupid.

trishsohle.bsky.social•65 days ago

We are weak, vulnerable and stupid.

thedeviantsaint.bsky.social•65 days ago

Can you help drum up support for President Biden to get the ERA enshrined in our constitution?

tristancall.bsky.social•65 days ago

Sometimes I feel like you and your son are running a grift. I read you to get the miserable news and whatnot, which depresses me, so I turn on Game Changer, Make Some Noise, or Breaking News on @dropouttv.bsky.social to laugh and take my mind off of the new real world BS I just learned. Good move!

realwuzzy.bsky.social•65 days ago

It's also much easier to do harmful things in the midst of chaos.

athenagabriel.bsky.social•65 days ago

Exactly 💯💯💯 it’s their strategy. Remember it and be aware

druidicmagic.bsky.social•65 days ago

Politics is a soap opera that is designed to dived us along ideological lines while simultaneously motivating we the employers into donating money to our preferred future employee.

If people are that gullible my cash app account is....

hecate66.bsky.social•65 days ago

People keep saying this without defining it. I’ll check out if I want to. Bitching on social media isn’t “activism”.

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