we need elected leaders afraid for the country, not their careers open.substack.com/pub/contrari... - ThreadSky

jenrubin.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

we need elected leaders afraid for the country, not their careers https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/words-and-phrases-we-could-do-without-e4d?r=230tr&selection=14ed5876-efc7-47b1-a214-aef12c020011&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web

Comments

zencker.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Every time we posit term limits as some kind of panacea, politicians have to line up their next gig. Did term limits for Presidents give us better Presidents? No, it got us Trump, since Obama would have run and won had he not been ineligible.

finnjr.bsky.social•19 hours ago

jeol2.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Just wrote to Hakeem Jeffries essentially telling him just this, telling him I love & support David Hogg's plan. Step up with us here or step aside! We don't have time to waste with these weaklings.

ouisiem.bsky.social•22 hours ago

What kind of country do they think they will be living in? Because many will most decidedly NOT be part of elite

vtgal.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I’m pretty sure their fear is not only for their careers but also for their own and their family’s physical safety. I believe they’ve all been given the mob boss’s ultimatum… kiss the ring and share in the grift or we destroy you.

nancyroyers.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Look at what Murkowsky (R) said about the threats and I’ve read that many R’s have said quietly that they’re afraid too, to our democrats! We’re being run by the nazis ffs

vtgal.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yep. American Gestapo.

ojtphd.bsky.social•22 hours ago

beverlymann19.bsky.social•22 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/beverlymann19.bsky.social/post/3lnfrvfemfs2x

jcorley3.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Amen!

jkcreative8.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Completely agree with this article. Stand up and do your job or get the fuck out.

fog627.bsky.social•22 hours ago

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞…𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝟐𝟓, 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧…𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧…
1/4 ⬇️⬇️

fog627.bsky.social•22 hours ago

𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐎𝐉…𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐮𝐬…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝…𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧…𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.
2/4 ⬇️⬇️

fog627.bsky.social•22 hours ago

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚.
3/4 ⬇️⬇️

fog627.bsky.social•22 hours ago

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧…𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭…

𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑…𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒.
END

tiffanygill.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Cool story. But you left out one of the most fundamental steps: Come to a concensus that white supremacy is bad, harmful to everyone, and must be stopped at all costs. There will be no collective movement until you do...

emoontxwriter.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yes.

navinpokala.bsky.social•21 hours ago

justneedtosay.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If Congress is afriad for their careers now, fucking wait to see what America's voters have in-store for these cowards.

gonecoastalms.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I want them to say if their inaction is to save their careers. I don’t want their silence. I need to know why. Let them speak and remember what they say.

zorbagarprules.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Agree! Yet with Murkowski her fear may have been for more than her career.

ngrippel.com•22 hours ago

We need elected representative who represent "the People" & the interests of their nation. We don't elected representatives, who are most interested in advancing themselves, their own wealth & power. Unfortunately what the USA has at the moment is an overabundance of the latter.

hallijayne.bsky.social•23 hours ago

"Leaders" are a dying breed.

margie1000.bsky.social•23 hours ago

There are no longer 2 parties with one consumed with fear.

ehowell.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Exactly. I have been railing about this nonstop - but since the reach from my kitchen is "decidedly small" - thank you for this

rbsnst.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Indeed

buskettigirl.bsky.social•19 hours ago

If they are afraid, they should resign.

klassmi.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Party before country 🙋‍♂️

zivadoodle.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I’ve noticed DOGE didn’t cut any benefits that Congress gets. Make them pay for their own damn healthcare like everyone else. And make Trump pay for his own damn trips every weekend to play golf.

mke-voter.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Such reasonable proposals will never make it through Congress.

inklake.com•23 hours ago

Yeah - the word "fear" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

oijans.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You need to kick Trump out of office

And have more people support pressuring members of Congress to decide how they can kick him out.

@jessicadenson07.bsky.social is on the track

@senategabe.bsky.social

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fpONi5hvVc

arresthim.bsky.social•23 hours ago

⚡ Rise up now! April 29 2025: protests across America
#Resist2025 #Unite

🎯 https://antimagaclub.com
📢 @antimagaclub.bsky.social

bigtimmylittle.bsky.social•23 hours ago

While I agree, Murkowski's self-serving 'fear' was a pathetic excuse for inaction I cannot escape the fact that we, yes we, elected her.

fkameridian13.bsky.social•18 hours ago

"Remember back to your early teachings, Anakin. All who gain power are afraid to lose it."

canericanisms.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Senators, fear for your seats is cowardice; fear for the Constitution is duty. Stop cloaking self-preservation in faux gravitas. True courage means standing for the people, not cowering before a wannabe despot. Words matter—so does the spine to back them.

salongroupnyc.bsky.social•23 hours ago

chellecon.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Absolute!!

ilaura66.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I once read that politicians don’t produce change they take talking points and vote on what others create. It really made sense. This era requires a different type of politician and I don’t know that they currently exist.

murphysgirl.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Tell that to Lisa Murkowski.

pnw-4-life.bsky.social•23 hours ago

👏👏👏

massdisillusion.bsky.social•23 hours ago

We could do with:

FUCK REPUBLICANS!
ALL Republicans are Nazis
Fusk Muck #neverTesla

zomneydomnitz.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Cowardly careerists v. Bumbling ineptness v. Enabling judiciary

What a country

ruthieruthn.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If she's so " 😱 " afraid,then resign, obviously she doesn't know how to put her big girl panties on, and just be the right b----.

richardnighbert.bsky.social•22 hours ago

To this I would add that elected leaders need to be afraid of their electorate, even more than they fear being "primaried". Mass rallies in cities and towns across the country must continue until Congress realizes it is there to do the business of "We The People", not billionaires.

syk1331.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Yes...Enough Selfish, Self-Serving public servants!

trainpcs.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Hopefully, they find the courage before it is too late.

realimgroot.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Imagine the CEO of IBM being afraid of the CEO of Microsoft?
New CEO in 3… 2… 1…

utahalumnus.bsky.social•21 hours ago

margot44.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Absolutely correct. They are the ones who can vote for change and help get America back - we just need some brave Republicans who are willing to stand up, against all the wrongs being done, for what is right!

nancyroyers.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yup, they’re way too comfortable and someone said that as all the chickens are in congress being the reason why we have no eggs, lol

we-are-toast.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I don't care what your reason for supporting brutal fascism is, if you support it, you ARE a fascist! These senators have so many options I don't buy the "fear" excuse. They want the permanent power as much as anyone in this regime.
https://bsky.app/profile/we-are-toast.bsky.social/post/3lmfd4pzqjs2h

nancyroyers.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I don’t care if the people in congress are afraid, don’t they think that We are Afraid too? They need to get a different job if they’re afraid, especially the repugnants

cg13.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Where are the Republicans? The Republicans in Congress, in addition to being corrupt, are cowards and hacks. They are merely servants to Trump and the billionaires. Spineless minions! Shameful and disgraceful! We must loudly speak out! Every single Republican in Congress must be voted out!

reysjones.bsky.social•20 hours ago

They've proven they are cowardly and are in it for the money. to H with all of them

myhouseofcats.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I do not pretend to know what tools these elected officials have available to do their job, but it sure seems that the current strategies and tactics are not working.

myhouseofcats.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Who or what are these elected officials scared of? The first one who stands up will get the most backing (and $$$). Or is it that they like the easy $174,000 salary and all the benefits regardless of whether they do their job or not?

lhass943.bsky.social•23 hours ago

So true

esotericintegrity.bsky.social•10 hours ago

You see, it never made sense to me. How is a multi millionaire supposed to understand what it is like to live as a blue collar worker?

Yet I have never seen a middle class president or prime minister take office.

Just pointing out the obvious.

bemoangamble.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Agreed. Your piece reminds me of the book, They Thought They Were Free
by Milton Mayer.
The public & their politicians have become complacent, especially since the military draft ended in the early 1970s, causing a “lack of skin” in the country syndrome for both the public & their politicians.

rosscoleman.bsky.social•1 hour ago

This daily avalanche of horse shit from these people. This isn’t what life is supposed to be like. This isn’t what our nation should be. Why are our elected officials cowering? Why can’t they hold people accountable? It’s such a simple

rosscoleman.bsky.social•1 hour ago

proposition against insurmountable odds from the shittiest, most evil, most asinine, inept, incredulous group. Protect this country and its people. At all costs. Humor isn’t dead, but making jokes, memes, witty posts, indirect jabs, little asides…need to fucking stop. Serious folks who can ACTUALLY

rosscoleman.bsky.social•1 hour ago

do something worthwhile, substantial, meaningful, of great necessity MUST ACT NOW. Stop delaying. Stop second guessing. Aggressively push back with adequate force and prove love conquers hate. That light shines bright when good people stand together and are a spotlight on the heinous darkness ahead.

capdance.bsky.social•22 hours ago

THIS!
EXACTLY THIS!

veevee65.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And to some degree, we need elected leaders that are afraid for their life and not their careers...

hankingalong247.bsky.social•21 hours ago

….Or OF: a raging criminal and lunatic.

bigmama17.bsky.social•23 hours ago

madredeidraghi.bsky.social•23 hours ago

christopher-french.bsky.social•22 hours ago

How do you generate a link to a section of text like that? That's neato!

christopher-french.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I thought it was so neat, I answered my own question.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/text-fragment/

Unfortunately it doesn't work for mobile.... Yet

harrytuttle76.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Yes, but they aren’t. So we have to make them afraid of us instead

kibbitz.bsky.social•22 hours ago

How about elected leaders who are NOT co-opted by Russia?

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply