This is immensely embarrassing. Sen. Grassley has been in Congress for *fifty years*. He is president pro tempore of the Senate. His *own Senate website* says "An often overlooked role of Congress is to ensure the laws it passes are faithfully executed." www.politico.com/live-updates... - ThreadSky

rudalev.bsky.social • 5 days ago

This is immensely embarrassing. Sen. Grassley has been in Congress for *fifty years*. He is president pro tempore of the Senate. His *own Senate website* says "An often overlooked role of Congress is to ensure the laws it passes are faithfully executed."

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/chuck-grassley-musk-doge-trump-00204687

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thesoundings.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Embarrassing" doesn't seem quite right. More like "willfully ignorant" or "outright lie".

susan-lol-in-nad.bsky.social•5 days ago

There is one other thing that Grassley et al can do:

IMPEACH & REMOVE THAT JACKASS

markbrandriss.bsky.social•5 days ago

Republicans could impeach Trump for openly violating numerous laws passed by Congress. That's what the Constitution says they should do, anyway. But we already saw in 2020 that Grassley and his Republican colleagues don't give a rat's ass about the Constitution, so I guess it's moot.

ggmom615.bsky.social•5 days ago

Tsk, Tsk! Oh my! Wringing my hands! Ooh ahh! Grassley and his buddies are cowards. Deal man Elon is not an elected official. He has no say whatsoever.

ridder.bsky.social•5 days ago

Classic self-gelding avoidance. Talking ourselves out of doing (what we know is) the right thing by rationalizing that it's too hard, won't work, improbable, not enough. Choosing to fail by not even trying. When we inevitably fail, we feel good about ourselves because it wasn't possible anyway.

feder122.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’ve been thinking a lot about the 3rd volume in Robert Caro’s LBJ biography “Master of the Senate”, and the details he went into regarding the history up to that time. The current Senate seems to be completely disconnected from anything in the book (with or without poetic license).

mikesinnc.bsky.social•5 days ago

Go home Chuck. You are not needed. Musk will fire you. And, for a change, he's right. You're incompetent. Luckily bye!

bryanfichter.bsky.social•5 days ago

In his defense he's like 112 and probably can't remember what the Senate does

eddiedolan.bsky.social•5 days ago

I wonder if they'd find some way to do something if the President was a black female democrat.

petroshat.bsky.social•5 days ago

he doesn't know what a website is

cdoherty13.bsky.social•5 days ago

Hmmm Vichy France? Petain, a policy of collaboration because "nothing we can do anyway"

rudalev.bsky.social•4 days ago

A brief follow-up: yesterday, Sen. Grassley voted to confirm a Secretary of Commerce who supports high tariffs against Iowa farmers and to advance the nomination of a totally unqualified FBI director. And today, he will complain again about how he has no power.

patsobkowski.com•4 days ago

Do you think he actually believes what he’s saying? Or is he just a sycophant?

rudalev.bsky.social•4 days ago

Going with Door B, I think. Which is even more depressing - I mean, what does he actually have to lose by showing some spine?

In 2013 Grassley complained about "overreach by the administration to unilaterally decide which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore.”

rudalev.bsky.social•4 days ago

In 2013 Grassley complained about "overreach by the administration to unilaterally decide which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore.”

tulliuscicero43.bsky.social•5 days ago

44 years, but yes, it might as well be fifty. And I am absolutely certain that if it were a Democratic-controlled executive branch that was torching the Constitution and the rule of law, Grassley would not be wringing his hands and claiming there's nothing Congress can do.

smullins3000.bsky.social•4 days ago

Fucking cowards.

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