They will sleep easy and eat eggs for breakfast while vacationing because they have the deets on the dips and will buy it up, then make millions on the upswing. It's all in their plan.
If they are going on foreign junkets, those governments should refuse to let them land (or to leave military bases). They could still go to Russian China, Belarus, N Korea, El Salvador and a few other lovely vacation spots.
Trump crashes the markets. He goes golfing & ignores the soldiers killed in Europe. The market crashes because repube senators & representatives won’t reign in trump’s stupidity, and then they take a vacation. Fucking asswipes
The EXACT reason Y We, The People must get these millionaire criminals out of our #Democracy. We need GOOD Americans, not political parties, running for office. “When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands….impel them to the separation.”🗽⚖️🦅🇺🇸
Of course they are. We have the most dysfunctional political system on planet earth at present, except perhaps for N Korea.
Our Congress under GOP "leadership" has completely abandoned any pretense of governing or of checking absurd executive overreach. So they'll go fiddle while the nation burns.
Sounds right their going to their bribed donors and the true people politicians will go see their constiuents guess what SOCIAL SECURITY SSA.GOV server IS DOWN for days now you cant Login never happened before !
Good luck traveling ANYWHERE without being harassed. Used to be they could go international to avoid harsh feedback, but this time even the penguins on uninhabited islands are going to give them hell.
Democrats should seize this and hold a shadow Senate/news conference outside the locked Senate doors - don’t go home- use the Republican absence to gain the entire attention of the media
It’s political theater &the media gravitates towards stunts, circuses &theater as evidenced by Corey Booker.
In volatile times -political theatre is invaluable as ONE of the tools you can use.
No one strategy is going to be the single key to solving everything- but getting attention is imperative
That’s not how it works. Majority leader opens/closes -sets agenda & calendars. And if you think the media is going to pull away from Trump for 5 minutes to show democrats.. you’re not remembering our media is dead
Plenty of time for republican senators to whisper to "journalists" that they don't like the tariffs so they get glowing apologia pieces in WaPo and NYT
Of COURSE THEY ARE! What difference does it actually make!?!? That they are there or not?? They have bent over and allowed this PATHETIC POS 🎪🤡💩4BRAINS TO do whatever the hell he wants anyway! He is a lawless SOB
The average American has a median retirement savings of $65,000 verses the oligarchs hundreds of billions of dollars. So when we all lose 50% or more because he crashes the economy - they can swoop in & buy everything for pennies on the dollar. Simply put, that’s how they will own us.
I hope you have money, 'cause regular Americans might not and won't be able to keep up with rent plus other essential shit we have to do... thanks for nothing.
Well, we could just have a general strike until Congress or Trump overturn the tariffs. The American economy doesn’t function without our labor and consumption.
HELL NO!! THEY BETTER REMOVE TRUMP FROM OFFICE BEFORE THEY GO!!! HE ISN'T PRESIDENTIAL!! 4 SOLDIERS CAME BACK TO DOVER!!! TRUMP WOULD RATHER BE GOLFING SO LET HIM GOLF 24/7 & STOP RUINING THE WORLD
That doesn't mean that Dem senators can't continue their work via zoom meetings. They can work out a plan to undermine the Republicans and tRump and be ready when they come back. I'm sure they won't sit around twiddling their thumbs. This is WAR against fascism, you can't stop fighting until you win
How many times in the last twenty years has it done good things for society? I can think of just two: ACA (absurd Dem supermajority) and in response to COVID (forced by crisis). It makes society worse instead of fixing things.
Considering their responsibilities and the pressure they have to fundraise, it’s wildly too low and increases the likelihood that even well meaning reps are made subject to special interests just for the campaign contributions.
Yeah... I think i read somewhere that they have to raise 11.000$ every day just to stay in the office...
Now, don't hang me on this... I haven't fact checked it...
But it sounds true..
And we have made sure this is how it must be done. We have failed to protect representatives from these forces. We have sat by and allowed ourselves to be distracted while Citizen United unraveled a coil of corruption around Congress.
Of course. Politics is iterative progress if you’re doing it right vast majority of history is riven with state mafia families and/or corrupt bureaucracies.
with all the Repub. talk about needing to run govt like a business.... if there's a crisis, you work whatever amt of OT is necessary to fix it. No breaks, no vacays. So unless every single one of them will be spending every day hosting town halls, they need to stay in DC and fix this mess. FFS
They mean a business like Amazon where Jeff Bezos spends his days doing something mysteriously selfish and not at all involving in any way helping to run the actual warehouses or anything.
You mean their fundraising business? I forgot about the endless ask for $ (for their mysteriously selfish and important work) from people just trying to make it through the next news cycle with their rights and livelihood relatively intact. They simply have to make time for that.
Oh I hate nothing more than some mega corporation of any kind expecting me to fund charities, like where are all your millions and billions going, then?
Gotta love these guys. Rome is burning and they go on vacation while The Fuhrer plays fucking golf.
And THEY complain about the Elites.
When will the 75million that voted for him wake up?
If you find a Senator, meet a Senator during this "recess", nail them, grill them, shame them.
They take a recess to campaign (empty promises), engage in other political activities, and to prevent the President from making recess appointments. The games, sabotage, and propaganda is why neither party can make any real progress for We The People. 🙁
Congress has been giving away our rightful power of representation for decades. They give their power to the president so they don’t have to risk election challenges using their voting record, come election time. It’s infuriating.
It's time to get serious. How about May 3rd or sooner millions of us show up in DC with tents and sleeping bags and canned food and SHUT THE FUCKING THING DOWN UNTIL HE'S OUT.
I didn't work my whole life to see this chucklefuck wipe out my retirement account in 2 months.
Some are saying he plans to impose martial law as soon as April 20th and fences have started going up around the White House. Not sure if you should prepare to start your sit-in sooner or if that will just give them the excuse they are looking for to impose it.
Some of the military troops and leaders are MAGA. I have no doubt their twisted, brainwashed minds would relish in shooting some Americans. Other troops will stand by in fear and a few might protest.
just as many police are ... probably a similar percentage. Trump did say he'd "indemnify" them.
But for the military, every soldier will have to decide whether to follow orders, or the Constitution.
not that the latter, or oaths to it, mean much now.
Perfect idea. The entire country needs to shut down and demand the removal of both Trump and Vance from office. Theune and Johnson need to also step down.
Did you ever wonder what we need a Senator for anyway? Hell, any Republican member of Congress? Why? These useless chodes are voting for cutting back Medicaid at the expense of their own Constituents and State coffers!
Excellent NYT article about financially hurting 3 States. Fascinating.
Our Senators need to rush home for a face to face with their Brokers. For example a Markuswayne Mullin, Senator, professional plumbers helper, newly made inheritance baby and now an accomplished 'insider trader.'
Markus says, These tips were good as gold!!!!! This can't happen!!! What is a stock?
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I’d be shocked if they put the nation’s security ahead of their holiday.
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Dem Senators had better hold some Town Halls!
Our Congress under GOP "leadership" has completely abandoned any pretense of governing or of checking absurd executive overreach. So they'll go fiddle while the nation burns.
In volatile times -political theatre is invaluable as ONE of the tools you can use.
No one strategy is going to be the single key to solving everything- but getting attention is imperative
Hint.. not democrats
Their functions will be reassigned.
And we should remove Trump, Vance, Musk, and his cabinet - not just overturn the tariffs.
DJT & Co are taking scissors to our economic nutsack & are cutting it clean off
Prong 1: DOGEings, clawbacks, shutdowns & defunding
Prong 2: currency & stock manipulations, tariffs, CryptoCrap, sovereign wealth fund & 180 alliance shifts
When the country is in fresh crisis - maybe these very important positions can f-ing work overtime.
Represent…do your job
Start making sense
AOC is giving a master class
WishfulThinking 😡
How have you helped today?
Your bio says plenty.
You’re wanting Bernie to slogan us out of tyranny.
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How many times in the last twenty years has it done good things for society? I can think of just two: ACA (absurd Dem supermajority) and in response to COVID (forced by crisis). It makes society worse instead of fixing things.
The 180.000 salary is too low to be in a full job..
Now, don't hang me on this... I haven't fact checked it...
But it sounds true..
The Distinguished Gentleman from 1992 starring Eddie Murphy..
It pretty much summens up how USA politics works..
And THEY complain about the Elites.
When will the 75million that voted for him wake up?
If you find a Senator, meet a Senator during this "recess", nail them, grill them, shame them.
@schumer.senate.gov
@pattymurray.bsky.social
@cantwell.senate.gov
I didn't work my whole life to see this chucklefuck wipe out my retirement account in 2 months.
IT'S FUCKING TIME.
FL (Mar-a-Lago) has permitless concealed carry for legally owned firearms for all U.S. non-felons 21 and older.
Just sayin.
The military is going to have to make a choice - the orange dictator or us, a.k.a. the Constitution they swore an oath to.
But for the military, every soldier will have to decide whether to follow orders, or the Constitution.
not that the latter, or oaths to it, mean much now.
https://concordmuseum.org/250th/
https://maydaystrong.org/
I gather that's a no
Excellent NYT article about financially hurting 3 States. Fascinating.
Markus says, These tips were good as gold!!!!! This can't happen!!! What is a stock?
That's what our Senators are...
We should all phone daily to make sure they're having a wonderful time!