And now he needs to go do his job by protecting his constituents from the rapidly accelerating and wildly illegal chaos in DC. This entails more than making speeches about how disappointing it is!
Any senator can object to a unanimous consent request, forcing Republicans to take the slowest and most painful route to pass anything. Remember how Tubberville blocked over 400 military appointments? He must commit to that. Voting no on fascist cabinet isn’t enough.
I was not called but my question was going to be about tangible slow down actions he could take like doing away with unanimous consent. They are bringing knives to a gun fight.
My wife and I attended Sen. Merkley/Val Hoyle’s Newport town hall. Democrats must establish a shadow government and find real patriots in our military who’ll honor their oaths to the Constitution and remove Trump and his cronies.
Unfortunately, Trump, DOGE & P25 are looking for those military personnel, too, in order to purge them. Clandestine meetings with Democrats is pretty much a dream scenario of the CNs.
I'm Merkley's constituent in PDX. I'm very glad this was his first question, but I don't suppose he offered any details as to how he look to "stop it"?
First question was asked by a building inspector. Second question is from a representative of the local food bank asking about Trump’s unconstitutional and illegal freezing of federal funds.
Third question was about marches in state capitols on February 5. Fourth question is about impeachment. Rep. Salinas says behind the scenes some Republicans are beginning to recognize how chaotic and illegal these actions are by the Trump admin.
The tough part: "...although they support Trump." For these people to change their minds takes two big steps: 1) To say that they don't agree with what his excellency is doing, and 2) to admit to themselves that they had no idea what they were supporting in the first place, beyond pure hate.
jesus there have been so many off-ramps in the past *decade* for republicans who disagreed with trump to take and aside from a handful of neocons the party has blown past every single one. stop waiting for them to do the right thing, they won’t. just be a goddamn opposition party
Lol comical. How many years have we been forced to listen to this "behind the scenes, Republicans say" stories that have never once led to Republicans doing anything in the actual public eye? @salinas.house.gov is either a gullible fool herself or thinks her audience are all rubes
Really don’t care what MAGA Republicans say behind the scenes. We are not doing this gullible stuff after last 9 years.
And House Democrats need to publicly start making noise about impeachment on table and point out how the Trump regime sure appears to be breaking our laws.
We need more drastic measures, not another presser to tell us "We've done everything we can". I want to see the news showing them on site fighting to kick them out or people in the treasury office demanding to be seen.
Early in the pandemic I was running a COVID drive thru test site, and Wyden came and toured. I loved that he was wearing a suit, but had the most beat to shit Oregon Ducks cap on as well. Both of them are just 100% Oregonian.
Yaay....my people and their leaders in Oregon showed up!
.There is NEVER a good excuse to shrink away from #FASCISM
-especially when this CLOWN is running the show.
Mom said when it was announced it was a general update for constituents. But now, I’m guessing ( I don’t know)it probably on the current Trump coup attemp
And they are wholly out of touch with what younger parents and parents of school age kids are dealing with. Boomers are grandparents. Was child care provided for this meeting? Food? Or was it smack dab in the middle of dinner time as usual?
No, many do not. It is a widespread topic among parents with school age kids. I zoomed on this pic, I’ve been to dozens of organizing meetings, and do not suggest telling a parent who has gone through COVID pregnant with a 3 year old at home while running a business as her loved ones died otherwise.
Many do not. Okay. But your story of distress and catastrophe isn’t unique and I don’t get why you denigrate people who showed up. The complacent old people you describe aren’t the ones turning out on a weekend to pack middle school gymnasiums to question their senators.
Please tell me someone will ask them what their plan is other than offering empty platitudes and silly posts about how Trump is gonna make us pay more for tomatoes. Which all any of them have done so far.
They frequently have whispered concerns but then get pressured into obeying Trump because he threatens them with destroying their career. These should not be careers and if they can’t maintain ethics process law and Keep the Country safe from nut jobs they need to step down.
Meanwhile everyone on here is whining that Dems “took a 3-day weekend” because no one has any clue what’s actually happening and everyone jumps to the worst possible conclusion and complains about it online like that conclusion is absolute fact.
Ask them how one of our closest allies in Canada can be thrown completely under the bus by Trump. They fought Nazis and died along side of us. Now Trump is talking trash about them. It’s an absolute desecration of what we hold sacred in this nation.
I was there and appreciate their commitment to democratic principles.
I’m deeply concerned about Musk’s takeover of key federal tech infrastructure and the constant attacks on career federal employees trying to keep their oath to defend the Constitution.
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https://indivisible.org/resource/how-senate-democrats-can-shut-down-trumps-agenda-procedural-hardball
(started to respond with this link, saw that you beat me to it!)
~Jim Gaffigan
She's all in with Trump.
We are going to have to be creative. We are going to have to earn our freedoms back.
Democrat politicians are unlikely to help.
If you live in a red state with Republican reps, CALL THEM. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Input your zip code and use the icons beneath their portrait in the lower left.
That’s TWO YEARS away! Congress must address Trump AND especially Musk, now!!
And House Democrats need to publicly start making noise about impeachment on table and point out how the Trump regime sure appears to be breaking our laws.
And even if they were, they're not actually going to do anything about it.
https://bsky.app/profile/padjen.bsky.social/post/3lhaazsjtok2q
The whole nation is going to be divided into us and them.
#ISureAintUs
.There is NEVER a good excuse to shrink away from #FASCISM
-especially when this CLOWN is running the show.
But given your last name, please -- PLEASE -- tell me you live in Wagontire.
I guess I just have a thing for rhymes.
If that's not the first step in a response.....
Oh, it's not.
Because anything they do will be largely performative unless they have a few R votes.
I’m deeply concerned about Musk’s takeover of key federal tech infrastructure and the constant attacks on career federal employees trying to keep their oath to defend the Constitution.