No one HAS to do illegal, corrupt, wrong things, They CHOOSE to. Or not. Bravo to the SDNY and Main Justice Lawyers who are showing America what it is to defend the rule of law. What a contrast to sniveling Rs in Congress.
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To those that take an oath to protect the laws & constitution & follow them.
You are a patriot & a person of honour & integrity.
To those that choose greed & power instead, you are cowards & criminals with no moral integrity.
You are a waste of skin in this world.
I would just be careful with equating "illegal" with "wrong" as this administration continues. I think we will shortly reach a period where "illegal" and "right" will be closer for most of us than the first two.
Time to choose.
The choice, as it was in Nazi Germany and EVERY authoritarian regime, is between individual integrity, moral courage, honesty and bravery.
OR
Self interest and cowardice.
Exactly. I understand why congressional republicans aren't speaking up against Trump - he is a very powerful toddler who can wreck their careers and their party. But this makes them cowards. Cowards who are damaging their own country and its institutions and their Constitution. And they all know it.
Honestly..the majority of people in Congress are intelligent, well-educated. GOPers mainly come from a tradition of a strong US, active in the world, and of free trade. They despise Trump. He's the cancer that keeps coming back. He's stupid, nasty and bullies them. BUT he can break their party.
3…into a failed government is a
Pyrrhic victory—never ends well annihilating.
Those with socioeconomic problems will suffer the most-women, minorities, LGBT, immigrants—because politicians love power & money— public distrust of Congress that favors corruption.
If your choice is between accepting corruption and your children starving; well, that's a far cry from having 800 billion dollars and trying to exceed one trillion in total assets because you'll make the other billionaires jealous, and the supermodels will say you are virile.
trump-vance PARTY:
out of touch more so than two losing parties: GOP & Dems.
t/vPARTY: "all men are NOT equal. WE are superior"... as proven by (assbrained
philosophy) survival of fittest bs they use to ruthlessly hold power.
Strategy: lie cheat steal- get/keep power. Tactics: ANYTHING necessary.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I always thought resignation in face of a direct order is a rebuke of the order itself. It implicates the issuer of the order as incompetent.
Hundreds (thousands?) of the laid-off workers don't live near DC. They're around the country in a variety of Federal agencies, from the Forest Service to regional EPA offices to US Attorneys and FBI offices and much more. And they're not our paid picketers. If you want that, go to DC yourself.
🚨Can SOMEONE, ANYONE explain...Where the Hell are the 4 Ex-Pres. & why they're HIDING?! 🤔 They NEED to come forward, offer up some guidance, & explain to the ppl...Who aren't getting the seriousness of all this... Exactly how bad this insanity is!!🚨
Exactly said the same thing. They need to be holding campaign rallies for democracy until 2027
We will pick a nominee and continue the campaign
Trump been campaigning since 2021
Trump HASN'T stopped his grift & BS since the day he came down the damn escalator! He's STILL selling cheap ass Chinese crap for HUGE amounts of $$...And those fools continue to buy (God knows why?? 🤔)! At this point I think the 4 Ex-Pres. could sell out a huge football stadium w/100 Mil TV viewers!
"You don't always do what you want, but you have the right not to do what you don't want." Mario Benedetti, a poet from Uruguay, wrote this in a poem titled "Imprisoned man looking at his son", during the military dictatorship in the late 70s.
Can you please ask Mark Cuban to help these ethical lawyers find new jobs? It only took three tries before Nixon got Bork to do his firing. Last I counted these wonderful people number six so far.
And total denouncement of the DOJ lawyer choosing to cooperate & sign off. Bove/Bondi could do this - their decision to coerce a rank & file prosecutor to keep their hands "semi-clean". Put the blame on ALL those responsible for this reprehensible decision
Instead of a petition, what's needed is people with GOP House members to deluge them with phone calls demanding impeachment. (It's only going to happen if/when the GOP House decides to. I doubt they ever will, but feel free to ask.)
"We,the people,"R already doing that.We need 2 up the ante. Signing & Circulating Petitions demanding Trump's immediate impeachment by the Congress which is supposedly representing us & upholding the laws of the US & the Constitution. &holding rallies marches & demonstrations. Even sit-ins.
Musk, Miller, and Trump are stupid. In 1933, there was no precedent for Hitler’s actions. Now, we have a clear record of his carnage, yet they believe they can act swiftly and seize control of our government. That’s not going to happen. All they’re doing is putting their own lives in serious danger.
Unfortunately it seems the Rs in Congress want this.
It would only take about 5 R reps and 20 R Senators to put an end to the power grab. They wouldn’t even have to do anything publicly since they could scare FOTUS sh!tless.
Finding 5/20 patriotic Rs appears to be an impossible lift.
The sniveling R’s will eventually not be needed since the billionaire bros are ruling not governing. Everyone is expendable once they’re done using you.
Yeah, that’s what amazes me. They are lying down and playing dead; yes, they’d be penalized if they objected, but they’ll fade into the background anyway. A revolt of some of them would have at least furnished some excitement for the Rs.
The Fascists in congress (I refuse to call them republicans) are getting everything that they always wanted without lifting a finger or getting their hands dirty. Things would be completely different if they actually had to vote on this nonsense. We see dereliction, they see plausible deniabiity.
What a great role model. This shouldn’t be the exception. This should be how we respond to corruption. Save democracy by encouraging your your legislator to grow a pair
Some of these have been longtime card carrying members of the Federalissimo SS. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to see a “night of the long knives” between the OG Federalissimo and the Felonious Rapist wing of the Federalissimos?
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ME. That is THE statement of resistance. If every person would say that, there would be no enablers and regimes would not happen.
Not only was it the ethically correct thing to do but also courageous. The trump/maga playbook requires that anyone who dares to break ranks be punished professionally and financially.
Jen, do resignations really work? I know it worked under Nixon, although Bork did do what he wanted ultimately. Now they resign and the nutcases run the asylum?
Our Republicans in congress have to know what a bunch of sniveling cowards they look like to the rest of the world-but are they so bereft of intelligence, that they don't realize how tarnished their legacy will appear in just a few short years?
LET'S BE HONEST BEFORE WE ARE ALL IN REPUBLICAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GOING TO SAVE US. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOES NOT HAVE A LEADER. SO THE RESISTANCE DOES NOT HAVE A LEADER. WE KEEP WAITING ON DEMOCRATS TO LEAD. DEMOCRATS GAVE THE COUP A PASS. DEMOCRATS ARE A VACCUME OF POWER.
So sad to lose these talented non partisan, rule of law attorneys !! Good for them standing up for truth and justice. Sadly Trump will just appoint someone else who will do exactly what he wants 😞
It’s true. Consider the fair, equitable world we’ve been working on - the one that the billionaires hate so much - it STILL made them insanely wealthy so stop thinking this is about money. This is a cruel, overfed child pulling the wings off flies. It’s pure malice and you all just allow it. 😐
This isn't a choice anyone should try to lecture someone else about. There are pros and cons either way. A loud principled resignation is often better than getting fired and then trying to explain and justify why you were really right.
Resigning isn't mounting a defense. While it sends a message, that message falls on deaf ears. Worse maybe. It's likely exactly the result Trump wants. It let's him expedite the hiring of sycophants who will do his bidding.
I worry about the DOJ single mothers or others who have no monetary cushion to fall back on and therefore can’t resign. AG Biondi is thick and corrupt. She has demonstrated that she won’t be moved by honor and respect for the law. A Democrat-majority House would move to impeach her.
That's known as "golden handcuffs," and lawyers do get stuck that way. But when the boss is demanding you violate every ethical rule in the book, it may be a short-term temptation, but it's long-term folly.
I'd advise everyone in Federal jobs right now to think through a Plan B, just in case.
It's not about which state, it's about your character. Mayor Adams sees that same Statue of Liberty, and he's as sleazy and corrupt as they come. And there are plenty of solid ethical people in the "red" states, many of them actively resisting the coup (even if not in the headlines).
Individuals are moral agents and decide to do right or wrong. Groups are not moral agents. A group doesn’t decide. Its leaders do. That is why individualism allows for morality and collectivism is inherently amoral (or even immoral if the group leaders are immoral, which they often are).
It comes at a cost. I wonder how many folks would walk out of a job and a solid career path to stand on principle. I'd like to think I would, but I've never really had to.
It is time to stand our ground and hold our elected officials accountable for their crimes. No elected official should be allowed to be less ethical than I had to be as an Rn during my 37 year career.
If you have a high $6figure job and a child with leukemia, & the boss says to do something abhorrent or lose your job, your
insurance & be blacklisted, do you 'have to' do it?
Some choices involve far more sacrifice, & so require far more courage, than others do.
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You are a patriot & a person of honour & integrity.
To those that choose greed & power instead, you are cowards & criminals with no moral integrity.
You are a waste of skin in this world.
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The choice, as it was in Nazi Germany and EVERY authoritarian regime, is between individual integrity, moral courage, honesty and bravery.
OR
Self interest and cowardice.
They are not afraid of losing an election—odd huh? Almost like they fell they’ll get a win always.
However being cowards/fearful of a primary in hopes you promise to stand up for the Constitution after you are reelected is essentially moot.
These elected officers chose to run for office for their constituents as…1
He is in essence removing their power by continuing to cower that nullifies our democratic republic emerging into an autocracy.
Not pleased with both parties at this point, but EM running roughshod over federal infrastructure..
Pyrrhic victory—never ends well annihilating.
Those with socioeconomic problems will suffer the most-women, minorities, LGBT, immigrants—because politicians love power & money— public distrust of Congress that favors corruption.
Occam’s Razor 101
out of touch more so than two losing parties: GOP & Dems.
t/vPARTY: "all men are NOT equal. WE are superior"... as proven by (assbrained
philosophy) survival of fittest bs they use to ruthlessly hold power.
Strategy: lie cheat steal- get/keep power. Tactics: ANYTHING necessary.
We could help them help us!
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
🚨Can SOMEONE, ANYONE explain...Where the Hell are the 4 Ex-Pres. & why they're HIDING?! 🤔 They NEED to come forward, offer up some guidance, & explain to the ppl...Who aren't getting the seriousness of all this... Exactly how bad this insanity is!!🚨
We will pick a nominee and continue the campaign
Trump been campaigning since 2021
“The Rule of Law” still means something to some, especially Danielle Sassoon! 👏👏
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(Evidence says they do not.)
It would only take about 5 R reps and 20 R Senators to put an end to the power grab. They wouldn’t even have to do anything publicly since they could scare FOTUS sh!tless.
Finding 5/20 patriotic Rs appears to be an impossible lift.
https://bsky.app/profile/bradheath.bsky.social/post/3li5qniqcsc2s
What Trumputin and Vance are presenting:
Trump is paving their way. The legislation will follow.
We need to change the Rs are cowards message and let the country know they are co-conspirators.
https://vote.withyourwallet.app
https://bsky.app/profile/purplett.bsky.social/post/3li5rev2l3226
Stay and do the good work until they throw you out.
I'd advise everyone in Federal jobs right now to think through a Plan B, just in case.
1) uphold & defend the 🇺🇸 Constitution/Rule of LAW.
…or…
2) Do the bidding of a psychotic orange CLOWN.
The vault door is unlocked.
Who shrugs and proceeds to 'get their piece'🤨
If you have a high $6figure job and a child with leukemia, & the boss says to do something abhorrent or lose your job, your
insurance & be blacklisted, do you 'have to' do it?
Some choices involve far more sacrifice, & so require far more courage, than others do.