From Bruce Lindner: Dear Republicans; We get it. You all saw what he did to Liz Cheney, and you don’t want that to happen to you. Short of outright political banishment, if you displease him in the slightest, he might even mean-tweet you from his golf cart in Florida. - ThreadSky

conifergirl.bsky.social • 1 day ago

From Bruce Lindner:

Dear Republicans;

We get it. You all saw what he did to Liz Cheney, and you don’t want that to happen to you. Short of outright political banishment, if you displease him in the slightest, he might even mean-tweet you from his golf cart in Florida.

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chelittle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Grow a fucking pair and fight him Republican cowards.

darkdaysusa-uk.bsky.social•1 day ago

In the UK we're waiting to hear when Trump begins sending the "boys" round to those who challenge him.

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

You all tremble at the mere thought of that. And he knows it, which is why he does it; to control you. To get you to confirm the most unqualified Cabinet secretaries in American history. If the gravity of that situation wasn’t so solemn, it would be comical.

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

But what’s done is done. You didn’t want to suffer the indignity of being mean-tweeted, so you seated a drunk who paid a woman $50,000 to buy her silence to become America’s Secretary of Defense,

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

an anti-science conspiracy theorist for Health and Human Services and a man who openly hates the FBI to run it. You’ve watched in silence as his hatchet man—or should I say his chainsaw man—has wiped out the careers of untold thousands of Americans, the

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

cascading effects of which will no doubt threaten the very existence of poverty-stricken communities who rely on America’s bounty and generosity. You fidgeted in your seats a bit when he shook his fist at Mexico, Canada, Panama and Denmark.

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

But no outright condemnation from any of you, because again, you can’t: the spirit of Liz Cheney might haunt you.You’re in a unique position. Hard as it is to believe, you’re the gatekeepers. Once upon a time, in a magical epoch known as pre-Trump, Congress was a coequal branch of government.

conifergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

That means YOU had it within your power to keep lawlessness and tyranny in check.
But that was then and this is now. You’ve ceded your authority because; say it with me: Liz Cheney.

drmuddyboots.bsky.social•1 day ago

@maddow.msnbc.com

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