Unconstitutional. Appropriations bills are laws. If the president is not bound by them, he can make laws by fiat and is acting like a dictator. No Democrat can vote for any appropriations or debt ceiling bill while this is happening. - ThreadSky

jonmladd.bsky.social • 8 hours ago

Unconstitutional. Appropriations bills are laws. If the president is not bound by them, he can make laws by fiat and is acting like a dictator. No Democrat can vote for any appropriations or debt ceiling bill while this is happening.

Reposted from The Washington Post

Breaking news: President Donald Trump has decided to pause all future deliveries of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in an extraordinary move aimed at pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table with Russia.

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jhborchers.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You might want to consider linking to sources other than the Washington Post, which is now just a Bezos propaganda tool.

lesliead717.bsky.social•8 hours ago

abandoning our Ally. Shameful

win-with-nature.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Democrats should refuse to grant unanimous consent to any nomination and anything period until President Musk and his assistant Trump start abiding by the constitution

judnl.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Against the Budapest agreement signed by Clinton and other world leaders in 1994.

gretagroots.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This is what this felon was impeached for the first time. #impeach him again

oeishik.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Exactly. He doesn't have the power to stop Ukraine aid. This case will also go to Court. He has vast discretion in the area of foreign affairs, but not once Congress steps in & codifies an international transaction. https://youtu.be/i9If_4f_604

jerseytigerfan.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Who can bring suit?

lesismore24.bsky.social•4 hours ago

You guys are funny. With no one to enforce the law, looks like he can do what he wants. Your “guardrails” are laughably
Inadequate.

jxkstraw.bsky.social•6 hours ago

What stops them from abiding to debt ceiling law at this point? He'll issue a decree that funding will continue. Sure it's against the law, but they don't care, and courts are taking too long to issue judgments, that also aren't being followed at this point. No enforcement.

islandnana64.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The Democratic leaders have f’cked this up already. Trump has been breaking laws since day one, and the Dems are like, “We’re gonna sue!”. Judges are backing the Dems, but the Trump team has ignored any rulings, and they’ve since cleared out ANYONE who was capable of arresting Trump.

islandnana64.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I mean, Trump & his regime have proven themselves to be a Russian assets and have tossed the board game rules, but the Dems are still trying to play by the rules. Who’s left to make any arrests? Look at what they did to Social Security! And they’re still not behind bars?! 😡

spinsnstitches.bsky.social•6 hours ago

arijojo.bsky.social•8 hours ago

ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL! 🚨🔥 The U.S. is halting military aid to Ukraine while Russia keeps murdering and destroying! 💀🛑 Blood is on the hands of those who look away! 🩸 Freedom dies when we abandon those who fight for it! 🇺🇦✊ Shame on anyone allowing this to happen! 😡 Follow me

njcnlr.bsky.social•8 hours ago

So? What are members of Congress going to do about it? I don’t know what it’s going to take to get these guys’ heads out of their butts and put an end to this tyranny.

code-impact.bsky.social•7 hours ago

No Democrat should vote for anything Trump puts forth

bkshep.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Art, deal

69cletus.bsky.social•8 hours ago

rorystolzenberg.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Unfortunately I don't think that's true here, because this aid is not an appropriation, and is instead in the form of drawdowns under 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act, which is explicitly exercised at the president's discretion.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title22/html/USCODE-2023-title22-chap32-subchapII-partII-sec2318.htm
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8035/text

lynn0908.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Either way. Dems need to not agree to anything unless they give big concessions somewhere. It’s the only real power they will have for now.

georgewilliams79.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Yes Thank You! The Democrats need to BE TOUGHER! That means PAIN! They must not vote to fund the U.S. government until (*) Appropriations approved under Biden are restored (*) IGs are restored to their posts (*) DOGE personnel and Musk are interrogated on what was done and IGs audit what is said.

hillaryshouldawon.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Lucifer

djonesbrew.bsky.social•7 hours ago

who is going to stop him? Laws and judges orders don't matter to him. Congress really is the only ones that can and the gop are Ok with him doing this

davidkarol.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I think the Court would say Commander in Chief foreign policy, "pause for diplomatic purposes" is not impoundment or something like that. Maybe even the pre-Kavanaugh Court would.

jonmladd.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I like to focus on what is legal and what the SCOTUS should say. No guarantees at all on what they will do. If the finding bill had a provision saying the president could pause funding or otherwise exercise discretion (as some bills do) then it's not impoundment.

jonmladd.bsky.social•8 hours ago

People sometimes falsely say that President Jefferson impounded $50,000 appropriated to pay for the gunboats. But I learned from @joshchafetz.bsky.social that the law in question appropriated "up to" that amount for gunboats, so the law actually gave Jefferson discretion. That wasn't impoundment.

davidkarol.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I think if they even hear it, they are going to say the President has discretion in this area as to the timing of disbursal, and they won't say for how long, which amounts to an impoundment carve out. I don't see the point of "Sam Alito should do better!" posts, (he won't) but to each his own.

heiz16.bsky.social•8 hours ago

lol. When has the law ever mattered to him?

ghostndragon.bsky.social•7 hours ago

@amyklobuchar.com This. Nothing should get through Congress until the separation of powers are restored. Not one damned vote.

wendy315.bsky.social•7 hours ago

If the Senate had convicted him when he was impeached for this very thing, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

snogg3.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It seems the current Dem reps need this explained to them with pictures and a second grade vocabulary.

Perhaps then, they will "get it".

tenkay23.bsky.social•7 hours ago

They should impeach him.

lol.

mattison.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The coup has already happened. America isn’t America anymore.

https://bsky.app/profile/mattison.bsky.social/post/3ljhzqrgup225

pokethebully.bsky.social•7 hours ago

What ya' wanna bet he announces a trade deal with Russia for crappy cars and, I dunno, track suits and fake designer watches. Oh and real estate deals.

whenwefightwewin12.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I don't think I have ever hated a man as much a I hate that mango Mussolini. 🤬

jerry1.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Well our Spoiled Little Petulant Child president feelings are hurt, and is taking OUR AID to Ukraine, and holding it until President Zelenskyy signs the deal, that Putin Dictated.

josettewea.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Why is Congress not screaming about the money that has been voted on and appropriated by them and is being interfered with by the man in the WH and his bestie handler?

miamichefpapi.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Where is congress? Anyone?!? Hello?

sherylmomof5.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Hey Collin’s and Murkowski I guess he didn’t learn his lesson. He just stated he is going to commit the same exact high crime and misdemeanor he was charged with in first impeachment.

edithd.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Except this time, he doesn't want dirt on Biden. He wants to extort Ukraine for its mineral wealth.

fernandocastro.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This is what he was impeached for the first time. He can keep fucking around and eventually he will find out.

woollahra.bsky.social•8 hours ago

In this case, we could say that Trump's recent actions to ignore such bills are... inappropriate.

amwoolfolk.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Why does the press ignore that is unconstitutional?! I feel like they are rolling over and playing dead when it is their job to point out that Congress appropriate and controls these funds. Same for all the illegal firings.

macinwa.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Hopefully the gap can be filled with Britain and Europe’s recent commitment.

johngage1.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Americans, do you still have a constitution if your President can simply pick and choose which part of the constitution he wishes to obey and which to ignore?

nofolly.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Hmmm, I recall a certain impeachment proceeding...
Silly me, that was in a different era

geordie6.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You all need to get out in the streets. While you're at it see if you can find any of the Democratic Party.

lrvelaa.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It seems to me that the felon doesn't care about laws or the constitution. And he has a majority in congress.

scaypgrayce.bsky.social•8 hours ago

We’ll see what the dix SCOTUS Rs say.

paulcurran.bsky.social•7 hours ago

“Pause”? Seriously? We’re actually letting them get away with downplaying this by calling it a “pause”?

nancynina.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He’s a fucking, vindictive asshole. How can Congress get around this monster? @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @repaoc.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov

allisonlevin.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He is not a king!

osteoconnor.bsky.social•47 minutes ago

Vote? You think Congress will get an opportunity to vote on this or anything else?

tonyhig67.bsky.social•8 hours ago

He got impeached for this crap last time. Congress needs to step up or just go on recess the next 4 years.

salsantamaura.bsky.social•8 hours ago

In the voice of Alfonso Bedoya: "We don't need no stinking constitution."

chimborazo1351.bsky.social•8 hours ago

As a very old veteran officer I’d say it’s time to call communist America with a dictator sycophant.

lavinemma.bsky.social•7 hours ago

So who is suing?!

invictusghost.bsky.social•8 hours ago

This money has been impounded by Congress. This EO is worthless. Get a Court Order, and enforce it.

elmobronowski.bsky.social•8 hours ago

In all seriousness, is there a "what to yell at my spineless congressman so that a five-year-old can understand it" guide for the next few months?

dianapet.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Tell them you are concerned about the unelected billionaire running the country. Tell them you don’t want them to have your Social Security information or your tax information. Tell them to stand up for the American people. This is a participatory democracy. Do your part.

elmobronowski.bsky.social•3 hours ago

True, but I'm looking for what I should be telling them to do with regard to specific votes or issues. There's so much "but we're just Congress, we don't have any power" that I want to be able to say "no, you should do specifically this"

dianapet.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Democrats need to be united in voting no on anything the Republicans propose even as far as shutting down the government. That would even stop musk. They must vote NO on the budget bill that aims to cut Medicare and food stamps or anything else that hurts average Americans.

prissymoore.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I hope defense stocks crash tomorrow

lkthompson.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Who is going to file a lawsuit to try & force the Trump Admin to fund these programs that Congress authorized?

lkthompson.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I guess my question should be, who has standing and has enough spine to file a lawsuit?

secondthrowaway.bsky.social•8 hours ago

anyone who doesn't want an angry mob in front of their house

jaystu.bsky.social•7 hours ago

FUCK YOU TRUMP.

ladydoz.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Who is going to “do” something that actually stops the orange dictator?

carlabean.bsky.social•8 hours ago

musk and trump are breaking the law right in front of us. We know they're breaking the law. The "remedy" of choice appears to be litigation. It's a good thing musk and trump aren't black kids walking home, or they would already be dead.

dr-lungs.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Thought your supreme court had decided that whatever president does in course of his job as president it can't be illegal.

psatts3.bsky.social•8 hours ago

“Pressuring Zelensky to the negotiating table with Russia”….is this the same Saudi table he blatantly excluded Zelensky from recently?

indivizual.bsky.social•6 hours ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/SiBpgZCkRzc?si=Lae_odm7EHf5xF79

rini1983.bsky.social•8 hours ago

And yet they will. Because decorum and precedent and bipartisanship and a party full of traitors.

dianapet.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Call Hakeem Jeffries. Call Chuck Schumer.
You can tell them what you want. You want them to be loud. Forget decorum. They should boo every lie. You can do this you this too. I called them this morning and also my representatives .

poodlemom58.bsky.social•4 hours ago

#ImpeachTrumpNow #FireElonMusk
#NotMyPresident

joeynyc.bsky.social•8 hours ago

NEW: Another major development tonight. Trump exploring plans to lift sanctions on Russia.

katiecannon.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Constitution: Our government creates our national currency when Congress votes to pay for something

We could have just had single payer healthcare, debt free education & Job Guarantee

Would have been so easy

hagridsmom.bsky.social•8 hours ago

He’s finally getting his pay back at Zelensky for not helping to trash Biden. That phone call also leadto trump’s first impeachment.

sofreshsoclean2.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Literally what he was impeached for the first time.

karakoy.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The pisser is Fatman and Robbin' couldn't care less about Ukraine. Oligarchs believe all public revenue rightfully belongs in their personal offshore accounts. Usaid, Medicare, Social, OSHA, education, whatever, it all belongs to them personally.

jonnyd.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He was impeached for this wasn’t he, amongst other crimes, correct?

dam71.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The rest of the world needs to seriously come together and cut all trade to America and Russia right now. Especially if the reports of Russia being on the verge of collapse

olasaltas.bsky.social•6 hours ago

One man is doing this to America and the world right now. One man. Yes, he has surrounded himself with sycophants but none of this would be happening without this one evil man. And nobody seems able to stop him. What is going on, America?! Where is the Million Man March? What will it take?

shroomigator.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Who will arrest this man?

craigdodge.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Isn’t this more or less the whole first impeachment thing?

rouxblanche.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The Democratic Party needs to grow a spine, and stop playing by rules that the GOP doesn’t believe exist.

oaktownhappy.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Won’t be clicking on anything wapo, but, if you think unconstitutional or laws
mean anything these days, the joke is on you.

ravenisland.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Unless Republicans stand up, it won't matter.

Congratulations to any American who did not vote for Democrats.

holyunknown.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I've been speechless since Friday.

ejn71.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Easy to go around. European states will buy directly from the US and then sell to Ukraine. F**k you, Trump, you vindictive arrogant swine! You have no right to interfere with Congressionally determined funding!

andrewbrook.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Only if we can’t supply European arms. Nobody is buying anything from America if they can avoid it. Apart from Russians rich enough to get round sanctions.

tbayw.bsky.social•8 hours ago

My understanding is that Ukraine was not invited to the negotiating table.

dmad56.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It’s been happening the last 3 weeks

suburbanhell.bsky.social•1 minute ago

Well really, what are laws anymore?

louisamiller.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Maybe not. But will that stop anything from passing? Repubs shouldn't be voting for anything while it's going on, either.

rreynoldsjr1.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He got impeached for doing something not even 10% as wrong as this.

robertomitchelli.bsky.social•1 minute ago

rreardon.bsky.social•8 hours ago

If Dems dont walk out tomorrow in total they are implicit cowards
No way around it

bentheamerican.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Republicans, don’t cower to the traitor Trump. History will judge you not just by what you do, but by what you fail to stand up to. Honor your love and respect for this country—speak out.

numb.comfortab.ly•8 hours ago

What good laws are if they're not enforced

mwsl.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Fascist create laws that serve but do not bind them as well as laws that bind but do not serve the masses. Laws are very good to elites that are not bound by them.

ttuk.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The only laws they'll enforce are the ones that keep the people from overthrowing them.

joparkerbear.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Question of the YEAR, apparently.

gothamgirlblue.com•7 hours ago

All time question, depending on your interpretation of “qui custodiet ipsos custodes”

sybilltrelawney.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Why should Dena vote for a new budget if Trump thinks the appropriations are just suggestions that he can ignore?

timc.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What good are Senators if they are all stuck in the cloakroom high on propofol and ketamine watching Bonanza reruns.

Powerful my ass.

loyalstingray.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Been saying this since March 2020.

dnhyre.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Surprised? Anyone could have seen this coming from day one.

ablativmeatshld.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Sic semper etc etc

moon4841.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I think democrats at speech should wear Ukraine 🇺🇦 flags or colors

napier03.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Surely the Democrats will do something…

I bet a quiet, dignified appearance at the State of the Union will show Trump!

kwebb08.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Clinton v. City of New York, SCOTUS ruled that the President does not have the power to amend laws without going through congress. “Did the President’s ability to selectively cancel individual portions of bills, under the Line Item Veto Act, violate the Presentment Clause of Article I?” SCOTUS: yes.

apg20.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Fucking Felonious Traitor!!

jackwoodhome.bsky.social•8 hours ago

If it’s unconstitutional impeach him.

observerbs.bsky.social•8 hours ago

FOX News was on in a public space I was just in. Trump called the US "Ukraine's ATM." Mainstream Dem messaging needs to be more along the lines, "Better than being Putin's lap dog" repeated like 1000 times. "Unconstitutional" needs to be there too but the Dems need to get in the gutter with the SOB.

bruinspatssox.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Illegal

goodgreatokayish.bsky.social•7 hours ago

📌

jandom.bsky.social•8 hours ago

How would you democrats classify your president breaking a treaty that he negotiated with Canada and Mexico? Clearly you don’t care about these disgusting tariffs that will effect your country as much as ours.

lucasaurelius.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Exactly what the first impeachment was about, but seriously, what would get the Patriot missiles headed back to Ukraine. A judges order? A new impeachment? Short of a counter coup(made that up?), what is the plan?

pajaritoazule.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It is called extortion plain and simple. It is exactly what Russia wants to see, that Trump is all in and making good on his original failed plan dating back before 2020.

rodrose2.bsky.social•5 hours ago

You assume that Trump will acknowledge he is constrained by the law. You forget that the Supreme Court essentially made him a king.

katupstate.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He breaks laws every day and no one stops him.

retiredlibn123.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I'm sure the Supreme Court will declare it's totally in keeping with the job of the Presidency, and look the other way.

buddy-sattva.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ah, so he’s just doing the thing again…you know, the thing which got him impeach the first time? Hmmm….history DOES rhyme.

robtaylor91.bsky.social•8 hours ago

he has crowned himself king

pissedoffvet.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Why can't he be impeached????????

dianapet.bsky.social•4 hours ago

It’s the house of representatives that has to present articles of impeachment. Republicans have the majority in the House. Democrats cannot be pass a resolution to start impeachment proceedings because spineless Republicans would not vote. Republicans have no guts.

mylifeisabanquet.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Most likely because the Republicans are scared to death of him and right now they have the Senate and the House. Doubtful they would get enough votes.

ncountylocal.bsky.social•7 hours ago

We don’t have the numbers yet

turtle1cat.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I wish. This Senate will never ever do it though. They are bowing down to the wannabe dictator ands it’s both disgusting and terrifying.

madatu.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Other nations should back stop Ukraine, no money spent on US weapon systems.

kosmav.bsky.social•1 hour ago

THE US FIGLEAF IS SHRINKING BY THE DAY
If US/Trump wish so desperately to capitulate openly to RF/Putin, why bother using Ukraine/Zelenski as the figleaf/middleman? Just change the address, send the next weapons shipment directly to Moscow, let everyone know about it and be done with it.

vmcf.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Except every freeze on money he has done so far has been the exact same kind of illegal and yet he has not been stopped- and is ignoring court orders that have ordered the money to go be distributed

democrats-watch.bsky.social•2 hours ago

@democrats.org every single one of you pulling the “bipartisan” shit right now and normalizing him deserves a place in hell and out of your office. That’s you two idiots @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov. And stop with the strongly worded letters! Read the moment!

eugener.bsky.social•7 hours ago

"How does the Administration decide which laws to follow and which to ignore?"

marcashrsn.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Ah yes the old constitutionality concern. It doesn't mean anything until it does.

grace2002.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Next he will try to pressure Europe to do the same.
Good luck M0R0N.
Europe knows tariffs are coming their way in all cases.

afoster.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I wholeheartedly disagree with his decision, but, genuinely, how does this differ from Biden pausing military aid (certain types of armaments) to Israel that was appropriated by Congress and signed into law by him? The pause of congressionally appropriated funding is either constitutional or not.

karakoy.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Constitutional isn't the only factor to consider, and that's something the SC can rule on. Both Gaza and Ukraine are being demolished by vastly superior adversaries. Biden tried to help the underdog, 47 wants to hurt the underdog.

afoster.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I agree, but that's not what Jonathan stated.

karakoy.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Idt this data point is necessary in order to say he's a dictator. He wants to profile an ethnic minority and confine them in camps. He's a nazi.

rolandsamuel.bsky.social•8 hours ago

When the criminal becomes the sheriff, he rules the town. It’s in every western.

10smomaz.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Isn’t this why he was impeached the 1st time?

flexasauruswrex.bsky.social•7 hours ago

spezaled.bsky.social•5 hours ago

🖕🏻Trump!!!!!

dreamyaj.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Of course it’s illegal. This is an attempt to implement a line item veto. SCOTUS has ruled repeatedly that it is not constitutional.

nikkicolumbus.bsky.social•8 hours ago

What is the procedure by which the president turns off spending? How does it happen? And how does he even have access to that procedure since it’s unconstitutional?

rosemaryd52.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Please note last sentence here. @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

summerseve80.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Serious question - people keep saying "he can't do that," "that's illegal," "that's unconstitutional," etc. Since SCOTUS gave him immunity for "official acts"... is anything he does actually illegal??

I hate this timeline.

mikewph.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The things he’s doing are illegal and he should be prevented from doing them; the courts should reverse the illegal actions. Presidential immunity just means that he would not be criminally/civilly liable, not that the acts themselves are legal. He just wouldn’t end up in jail for doing them.

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Kind of hard to argue that the president can't stop the shipping of weapons into a battlefield.
Plus, we've been hearing for years that he's not allowed to do stuff from outraged government types who turned out to be wrong.

banana-jam.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Isn’t this exactly what he got impeached for the first time?

mrsfanster.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Fuck Trump. Fuck Musk. Fuck the Vichy Media. Starve the Regime. Boycott. Do NOT tune into pressers of the SOTU. Do not support Musk, Bezos or Zuck.

bethindallas.bsky.social•8 hours ago

So, does it require a lawsuit? And who has standing?

shaltsch.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Concerning that SCOTUS hasn’t ruled yet on USAID. Will they allow him to be a dictator?!

highestbitter.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Fat Donnie just halted aid to Ukraine - a violation of the Budapest Memorandum, violation of the separation of powers. This would be impeachable had the electorate not 💩 the bed and allowed R’s a trifecta. Consider throwing a few bucks to United 24 that directly supports Ukraine. 🇺🇦❤️ https://u24.gov.ua/

bluelassie.bsky.social•7 hours ago

And for those not in the know, this is the official website of the Ukrainian gvt so this, for me, is a great place to donate.

landisr.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Got impeached once for the same conduct, but Senate Rs let it slide.

vivian38.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Didn't he try this before and was impeached?

denewjohn.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Except all Dems are completely MIA: tacit complicity or incompetence.

Some senior Dems are selling books now.

Dance Band on Titanic.

thinkyparts.bsky.social•7 hours ago

It’s not like anybody is going to be impeached and convicted for it.

cherylck.bsky.social•6 hours ago

If it’s unconstitutional there must be ramifications.
Or process to stop etc.
what are they?

rationalpear.bsky.social•7 hours ago

yes, Scotus will definitely get to weigh in on the illegality in 1-2yrs. maybe trump will follow the ruling, maybe he won’t. we have the best system.

lisah7.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Predictable result of electing someone at the intersection of sociopathy and narcissistic personality disorder, and likely several more DSM-5 entries.

gj352.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s NOT about pressuring Ukraine to the negotiating table. It’s about applying pressure so that they’ll cave to Putin.

First Ukraine, then the rest of the previous USSR nations. Then Europe.

Stop now before it all gets bad.

davidwmoorhouse.bsky.social•6 hours ago

killitsoonski!!!!😘

ericshowalter.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Breaking news: Collaborators at Washington Post report something but no one cares because they’re collaborators.

tnellie.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Impeach him

muddles1968.bsky.social•8 hours ago

How?

largesseadultson.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Thoughts and prayers

hagridsmom.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Again. Third time’s a charm.

dgazder.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Republicans are cowards.

srh61.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Republicans are getting death threats to ensure they continually kiss the ring.
I keep having to remind myself of this when not one republican stands up against felon34. They're terrified.

aetiology.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Scientists, physicians, public health folks have been getting death threats since 2020 and we don't get security. Very little sympathy here.

lairdryanstates.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Exactly. At least we know what motivates them. They need to be more scared of the people than the Fascists. MAKE THEM SCARED.

indivizual.bsky.social•6 hours ago

https://youtu.be/NitnZzAOeVo?si=6Tfdxjnxdo6x_7rY

jondawyoung.bsky.social•7 hours ago

They sure dug themselves into a hole when they decided to just “go along” with 💩47💩 after he won in 2016….and if they are getting death threats, why act the way they do? They seem smug and full of themselves—are they acting? (Except for Rubio the other day in the Oval Office—he looked pretty bad.)

mkwilson27.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Nothing is going to happen to them. They approve of what he’s doing.

nycnewsfeed.bsky.social•7 hours ago

If they are unwilling to do the job they can resign.

srh61.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Very true. Just like the brave and ethical attorneys and DOGE staff who have resigned for that reason.
Politicians are odd creatures 😖

archvillain.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I think such claims are CYA bullshit. If they are true, then the targets are inarguable cowards. Either way, it's unacceptable dereliction of duty.

srh61.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I agree.
I don't see it as an excuse to let the country go down the toilet.
I simply remind myself, for example when they confirm the idiot administration secretaries, why this is happening in the Republican party, even the reasonable ones.

jondawyoung.bsky.social•7 hours ago

May I ask how you know that the GOP is getting death threats? And do you mean from MAGA folks or the administration?

archvillain.bsky.social•7 hours ago

You'd be shocked at the number of Republicans who agree 100 % with the antidemocratic Trumpian agenda. The GOP is a captured institution. If you dig deep enough, you'll find a common cluster of fascist or fascist-adjacent mentors and sponsors. Mike Johnson's background is emblematic.

banana-jam.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I mean, maybe it’s time they start getting threats for NOT standing up. Their constituents are closer than the Russians, and know where they live.

lgrw1.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Many threatened people throughout history had the courage to fight back. Republicans need to search for their moral values and grow a spine.

shroomigator.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Anyone not willing to give his life for the republic has no business serving as one of its representatives

razzamatazz11.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Yeah.. don't care. Grow a spine

srh61.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I think they may have to risk their lives, and that's what it may come to.

bmceuen.bsky.social•5 hours ago

If you want the benefits of incredible power, access to vast sources of wealth, and insider information, then you need to also be willing to make the necessary sacrifices to maintain the system of government. Zero sympathy for those that rode the Trump train to power and don’t like the consequences.

veggiemeatball.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Time for them to defend the constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and prove they are worthy of office. The oath doesn't say "only if there is no opposition to my defending it".

fafo-10.bsky.social•8 hours ago

💯

fogbaby.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Or resign!

fogbaby.bsky.social•7 hours ago

If they won’t do their jobs these terrified Republicans should resign.

doolie11.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Diese miese Sau und Landesverräter muß eliminiert werden...Los Los...

teufelhunden0352.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Hopefully Dems get their shit together a takeback both chambers of Congress. Slam dunk, lots of crimes to choose from. They should also open impeachment cases on every RINO member of Congress that voted even once for any of Trump's illegal shit or expressed support.

eanjay.bsky.social•8 hours ago

You can force Zelensky to water, but can you make him drink?

stefflee.bsky.social•8 hours ago

If the dollars are already allocated then disperse, oh that piece of 💩

marchforsanity.bsky.social•8 hours ago

What he was threatening to do before the first impeachment. It could have stopped then.

woreally.bsky.social•7 hours ago

What if no body paid any attention & deliveries continued ??

What would be ffotus' next move ?

And what if that move turned mute ?

Send Lynsey ?

Bottom line
Paper Tiger ?

megl24.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Extortion is a FELONY.

robertcopeland.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He did this before and was impeached for it. Impeach the sucker again!

morrisstar.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Thief in chief Don thinks he owns America

jsunrise.bsky.social•8 hours ago

How can ANY self-respecting Dem attend the state of the union tomorrow, with this further example of Trump shredding Article I?

philipaubin.bsky.social•7 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/philipaubin.bsky.social/post/3ljjca6ubi22e

lovintobelivin.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Who shares garbage from the wapo rag? Trash

shroomigator.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I'm fairly certain the supreme court has already ruled that the president can ignore the constitution, and if not they've at least given him enough to credibly claim that he thought they did

lanative.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Any funding approved by Cobgress has to include funds for Ukraine. Any Democrat that doesn't absolutely stand on that principle should be challenged in the next available primary and defeated. We need to be a unified opposition to this administration of traitors.

paradigm317.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Impeach him

paradigm317.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Impeach him

jwdickerson.bsky.social•8 hours ago

This was his plan all along.

steventenraa.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Why should we trust and work with a regime that is willing to kill European citizens by suspending military aid just to blackmail an ally into submission ?

Please tell me USA

bethpdx.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Cc @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

nicoletgroen.com•8 hours ago

Watching from Europe: What has been constitutional over the last few weeks? I am reading all those decrees and Musk demolishing your government as if democracy went out of the building with Biden.

dan-occ-light.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I'm American and European and yes, it pretty much did. We can vote dems back in, but not without radical erosion of infrastructure.

nicoletgroen.com•8 hours ago

I listened well to Trump during his rallies. You will never need to vote again. I hope you will get those midterms. Will they be fair and free though?

vmcf.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Our federalist system will make it very hard for them to control elections, each state 100% controls their own elections and federal agents aren’t involved.

skottisneed.bsky.social•7 hours ago

No. He’s going to attempt to take control of the USPS to control mail in ballots, which is largely utilized by democrats. It doesn’t look good for us.

dan-occ-light.bsky.social•7 hours ago

The postal service is designated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution as constituted by Congress. Congress itself would have to disband USPS and privatize it. Trump has been trying to neuter it since DeJoy, but it turned out Republicans started to like mail in ballots also.

dan-occ-light.bsky.social•7 hours ago

This was foreseen. He will try everything, but that does not mean all will succeed. It will be nasty and discouraging, but the levels of depravity and incompetence they are waging will come back to haunt them.

nicoletgroen.com•7 hours ago

Again, I hope so…

nicoletgroen.com•7 hours ago

It doesn’t and I am so sorry for everyone that voted for Kamala!

dan-occ-light.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I don’t disagree, but the chances will favor the opposition. There will be some nasty incursions, but I feel positive that Dems can flip the House. By then there will be furious pushback against extremely unpopular measures, and some diehard GOP voters may also sit it out.

nicoletgroen.com•8 hours ago

I genuinely hope that you are right.

dan-occ-light.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Thank you. It’s really grievous how they are attempting to dismantle alliances, in defiance of so many people here. It’s a tyranny of the petty minority.

kmthrfcknt.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I think if Republicans in the house and senate ever thought there would be another election they would have taken action before this point. They are acting like there will never be another Democratic president - all Americans should be asking why they would do that.

nicoletgroen.com•3 hours ago

I agree.

amatteroffact5737.bsky.social•8 hours ago

It’s the consequence of electing a criminal as President

He breaks laws rather than upholds them

kraigpeck.bsky.social•7 hours ago

There’s been a coup. Our nation is under attack by enemies foreign & domestic. Yet Democrats in Congress are planning on attending the State of the Lies Speech as if it’s business as usual? Appeasement will be remembered.

manuele.bsky.social•5 hours ago

extortion is what Trump does on a daily basis. this will backfire on him.

cerealmom.bsky.social•4 hours ago

All of us at USAID have been screaming about this for weeks.

raefromtheville.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The president doesn’t get to unilaterally defund, remove, discharge, destroy, renege, aid our enemy, and disgrace the country. Congress is worthless and the courts too slow. Why aren’t we grabbing our pitchforks and heading to the Whitehouse to run this traitor out of the people’s house?

ebun1922.bsky.social•5 hours ago

So... Is this just more grandstanding from F47? Legality means nothing to him.

Can this actually happen, or no?

writeo.bsky.social•7 hours ago

He doesn’t care.

victorialove.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Wasn’t the fucker impeached for that once already?

nooooootofascism.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Fight like hell!!

erikday.bsky.social•4 hours ago

samsepi01.bsky.social•8 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/budbuddyguy.bsky.social/post/3likk2qafrk2j

largesseadultson.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Think we’re moving into the “unwritten constitution” era of US history

If it’s unconstitutional but the executive goes along with it, “constitutionality” doesn’t really matter any more

pcrawbmorebetter.bsky.social•8 hours ago

That feels like what the SCOTUS said in granting absolute immunity to Felon47.

independent56.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Repeated suggestions that Ukraine may need another leader to achieve peace is a set up for a rigged election followed by the arrest and incarceration of Zelensky. Scary stuff.

witwarrior.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Yanukovich waiting in the wings?

toddadam.bsky.social•8 hours ago

angelaisms.bsky.social•7 hours ago

canadianorc.bsky.social•7 hours ago

If he wants to be a king, i want to celebrate bastille day

empathee.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He's a Russian asset 💯

dwightmunroe.bsky.social•7 hours ago

This is the first impeachment again. "If we don't find him guilty, he will do it again."

Yeah, we all knew.

240gordie.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Don't do it Zelenski. Stand your ground.

n2c2.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Does anyone believe the Supreme Court will stop him? Then what?

marnie-sensfan.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Tell me you’re a dictator without telling me… oh wait he’s a dictator.

bigmrt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

FUCK TRUMP 🖕🖕🖕

eleutheriaelpis.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Democrat leadership has been missing in action for weeks. The majority of democrats, sad to say, have become just as useless as the spineless republican cowards. They should have been filing lawsuit after lawsuit. The Constitution is worthless if no one in any branch of government will uphold it.

karakoy.bsky.social•7 hours ago

As we saw with Trump br, the legal route takes too long to matter. We don't need a ruling in 3 years, we need elected D officials mounting a communication offensive the likes of which have never been seen. Call news briefings and bitch loudly if the major media doesn't cover it is how it's done.

eleutheriaelpis.bsky.social•7 hours ago

You’re right about the cases taking too long to be decided in the courts but they should still file them as a backup. Agree with what you said about blanketing all media, will they now?

karakoy.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Of course not. The day he tweeted long live the king about himself it was forgotten by the next day! Country was literally founded on "NO KING!" and these nincompoops couldn't craft ANY message out if that gift! But they ought to at least make an effort, sheesh.

batgirl2005.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Fuck Trump.

deborahmiller.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Extortion.. quid pro quo!
Rump just wants Ukraines minerals!!
Full 🛑 🛑stop
He’s gotta get em before Russia

onewheeldoin200.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I ask again: who. will. enforce. this.

nofolly.bsky.social•4 hours ago

But wait...I hadn't noticed he'd even suggested a "negotiating table with Russia." Had Marco meet with Putin alone. Offered Zelenskyy his own "take it or leave it *deal*" but set him up to fail to sign. (Does kicking him out of WH count as not coming to the table?)