Elon has started talking about going after the F35. There's nothing that'll get you a CIA vacation faster than messing with the military industrial complex.
I say let him send Big Balls or whatever his name to our top military brass and start making demands of four star Generals. Hell Elon's a crackhead he will do it.
Why are so many prominent dems silent?!?!?! Where is Pelosi, Obama, Hillary Clinton? Why are they not screaming from the rooftops. And why are congresspeople throwing up every single roadblock they possibly can? I feel like we citizens are screaming into the abyss
Desperately grasping at the trappings and appearance of power while willingly giving all actual power away. What pathetic, weak, men. Doing anything they can to avoid actually wielding the power invested to them by their constituents.
It is an interesting thought - but obviously income taxes go straight to the USG from employers on behalf of individuals, submitted quarterly. Companies would have to do that.
It would be interesting to know what a state could impound on its own and in what amounts.
No courage. I saw one of the news folks reporting the Republicans in Congress would only vote against Mr. Trump as a group. There is no leadership.
They don’t soar - like eagles.
They flock - like chickens and crows.
Seriously…nut up and pass a law that prevents DOGE from doing anything with these budgets. Pass a law that gives congress an enforcement arm for their laws or one that gives the judiciary a department staffed by their own employees to enforce judicial rulings.
They are absolutely not protected by the Constitution. They don't even know what's in the Constitution except the bits that they use as talking points and the stuff they want to destroy.
Cowardice almost feels a little too charitable. It implies that there’s this better version of them waiting to come out the instant they work up some nerve. It’s just cynicism all the way down. Begging makes them look like they’re not really on board with it.
For a group that embraces performative masculinity to the extent that they do it’s really something else to see them completely abdicate any sense of being their own man.
Their version of masculinity is fascism. They understand they have to be subservient to the men above them, so long as the ppl beneath them are properly subservient to them.
the love looking in the mirror and seeing someone who was cucked by a 19-year-old Northeastern freshman with the gamertag “BigBalls”. This is who they are, and they are proud of it. Like, it’s deeply twisted, but this is actually the person they want to be. They love it!
🤔could it be there will never be another election? tRump as much as said so...Elon fixed the "big beautiful computers". Somebody needs to take out Elon.The S. American rascist fascist nazi needs to go! Before the 2026 midterms! Also, they need to check those voting machines...do a hand recount.
It’s a show of dominance, like everything else Trump does. He likes being a king because it means people have to grovel before him and beg for his mercy.
That’s what makes it extra pathetic. He’s a 78 year old fat man who likes to piss and moan while watching TV all day! There’s nothing dominant about any of that if you’re willing to show even the slightest backbone. But they’re not!
Gotta love Rand Paul's "they are simply halting payment to give us a list of programs they recommend cancelling, and will defer to Congress' discretion if they decide to cut the programs or not, hopefully."
Trump has been saying the Impoundment Act is illegal for years; he isn't going to do that.
It's puzzling that the Democrats have yet to create team of spokespersons that could function as an effective opposition which the general public (including prominent Americans) could rally around
I'm not interested in blaming the Democrats for losing the election. I do think, however, they now have to get organized quickly so as to provide strategic leadership/support to a resistance movement. The time is now.
No I have to disagree. Partaking of a hostile takeover of a government is not for the faint of heart. They just want their voters to hear that “they tried” to claw back money. They don’t really give a flying f about their people. Anybody who wasn’t all in left a long time ago. Do not be mislead.
Government spending is a major economic stimulator. When we cut these programs we are mostly hurting ourselves. But the literal billionaires in power will get richer
I think a lot of them just like feeling important and having cameras in their faces. They like being pseudo-celebrities and the lifestyle. Not that deep, and not surprising they stand for nothing.
A not insignificant portion of the GOP actively desires an autocracy. Making congress ineffective is part of that goal. It has been for years. Every time congress polls dismally by Americans who think they’re worthless, it furthers their agenda to dismantle its power
In an autocracy, congress doesn’t exist to BE useless. They’re selling that idea. To get people compliant toward lavishing the president with unlimited power, you need them deeply unhappy with the system that checks the president. So any action that grinds congress to a halt benefits them.
…so… how… protesting… not buying for a day… someday… in the future… social media your way to freedom… telephoning the rep or senator… the one that sends you to voicemail…
The current group of Republicans are pathetic. I do not want anyone as
WEAK as these sycophants in any leadership role. When you put Trump above country and the people you represent, you have zero integrity, in my opinion.
What's really gross about this is that if they beg hard enough, he'll let them have some of what they're asking for. This is how abusive relationships work. Then they'll have to say how grateful they are for getting back what was rightfully theirs to begin with.
The Founders created a government with 3 branches, so they would check and balance each other and no individual branch could get too powerful. Franklin famously said that the government the Founders had given Americans was "a republic, if you can keep it."
Awesome! That means their constituents are feeling the burn and so are they, as they should. They need to be as sleepless as every Federal worker they fired.
The MAGA legislature has acquiesced their power to KKKing DonOld and Prince Elmo. They have to know once you give up power it is almost impossible to get it back.
It's that possession is 9/10's of the law thing.
Finally someone is saying it! These feckless clowns ceded all their power and now hope to get it back. Fat chance!! They’ll have to grovel to their master, the felon, for the crumbs they’ll barely get.
So pathetic and selfish. They’ve actively supported this disgusting regime, saddling the country with the destruction it’s causing, and they are begging for relief for themselves and their state, to hell with the rest of us. Hard not to hate.
Let’s put on some pressure. Share this: The Research Triangle in NC is renowned as a powerhouse for medical innovation
Where are the two North Carolina Senators while Trump and Elon destroy the local economy and community? #WheresThomTillis #WheresTedBudd
#NIH #NSF #USDA
This is exactly what they planned - large scale extortion. Withhold money from people, then when they beg for it to be released, you tell them they need to do something for you in exchange.
Alternate (worse) possibility. They're performing cowardice to reinforce the Unitary Executive
If you beg for the funds rather than demand them, it implies the funds are the Executive's to do with as they please. If you want a king, you have to bow before the throne
They lie all day, every day. Thier followers believe Musk found billions worth of corruption & right-wing news hosts & podcasts repeat it!
Why do they get away with it?
Dems are terrified of going on their news shows & podcasts.
Dems need leaders not terrified of appearing on Fox
@chuckschumer.com
His co-president Musk is a self-admitted illegal drug user. He likes ecstasy and has prescriptions for Ketamine. I watched at least one interview where he bragged about his drug use. How is it possible Musk has so much power?
Bulls disregard challenges facing Tesla. Instead, they see Tesla's real value in its ambitious bets on the future. Cybercab/Robotaxi and humanoid robots like Optimus. For Bulls, the driving force is the outlook on Tesla’s long-term potential. HOWEVER, THEY FORGET, YOU NEED CONSUMERS! BOYCOTT TESLA!
The lack of spines in Congress is making this term feel more hopeless than the last one. Maybe also just cause I was younger and more optimistic about the future
Mike Johnson and John Thune set the tone, or they should, this is an abdication of their constitutional duties. Don’t think the founding fathers ever thought that the legislative branch would cede power.
A handful of republicans could potentially be the most powerful people politically on the planet right now yet they are sitting in the corner in their cuck chairs asking Daddy for permission for everything.
What really frosts me is that if any previous congress and senate were this cowardly, we’d have lost our democracy long ago. Made it through endless wars and a lot of injustice and I guess we were just hanging by a piece of paper all this time.
To be clear, these Republicans are not advocating for all the illegal funding impoundment and delays to be reversed in order to maintain constitutional boundaries and laws ; they just want their money for their red states. They'd be cool with money illegally being withheld from blue states.
The alternative is, they give revenue to Red states and the Blues states get nothing back. Or worse, Blue states have to destroy stuff to get their own revenue back. Blue states need to prepare for seceding from the USA: Unthinkable in the USA, and given the current approval for Trump, unlikely.
If you live in a state with a special election coming up, it’s your job to do EVERYTHING you can to vote in democrats. The 3 house and 2 senate seats can be flipped if you GET OFF YOUR ASS.
Senator MAGAts forfeited their constitutional power of the purse to an unelected Nazi and his stooges and NOW it occurred to them that was a phenomenally brain wormed decision?
Even more contemptible than Senate Dems and that takes some fucking effort!
They'll probably get it. This is exactly what Trump loves. Next he will be saying in that mocking voice of his how they came begging to him, "Sir, blah blah blah," just like he said about Musk a few years ago.
It’s time to call for all registered Republicans who believe in defending Democracy to change their voter registration to either Democrat or Independent…
Consensus here is this would really help bring to light the suppression from this last election.
Power hungry sycophantic dolts give up their greatest power, scratch their heads wondering how that happened (DUH!!), then get on their knees asking for some crumbs back.
Huh.
(You can’t fix stupid.)
Wouldn’t it be great if all of his personal security workers were posted somewhere. Shouldn’t we know about them and their family and friends? I’m guessing there would be stuff we did Nazi coming.
Not cowardice. They're complicit, operating under the realized framework. Stratum is precisely what conservatism is all about and always has been. This is natural order for them - not a sudden loss of integrity. Obvious if you refuse to treat them like some kind of misguided innocents.
I agree with you ,They have no shame or conscience.Our country is slipping away.Just a few of them in both houses with guts could slow down this purge ,and help save our democracy.Mitch M had the chance ,needed only 3 more votes to impeach .This nightmare would have been over.God help us please
…ok… but ya can’t recall em… could recall some red state governors… that is an act that is concrete… how about an act… real business instead of clickbait complaints…
By allowing all the unhinged firings of employees, the shutting the doors to buildings, accessing private information, could it be that the Repugs are violating their oath of office, by not defending the congressional laws and the constitution? They are cowards.
The are! In fact, they don't have a set of ovaries among them, except for the women who have ovaries. The rest of them need to ovary up! They're sitting ducks as they are, just waiting for Elon's "fuck off" email.
Why are they asking for funds? They aren't doing anything. They all may as well go home and do some chores around the house. That's the only way they can be productive at this point.
It might be comforting to insult these people, but we're not going to change anything until we step back and start to understand that they're caught up in something larger. That's the thing that needs to be changed.
This, to me, is a key part of the story that @gayforcongress.bsky.social, @joshweil.bsky.social, & @blakegendebien.bsky.social need to tell in their House special elections.
It’s one thing to support Trump. It’s another thing to surrender Congress to President Musk.
I think they will be swept out of office. They are allowing a whole series of things which were politically costly in the past. I'm skeptical politics has changed enough or that voter fraud/suppression can overcome the backlash that is coming.
I wish I could read it but I canceled my subscription. The Washington Post is a fascist rag. I don’t trust them. They lick the balls of billionaires. I’m done. They are propaganda.
So is NY Times. Both papers now owned by billionaires. Totally compromised. So much for "free press". NPR, MSNBC, Mother Jones and The Atlantic still OK we think. Check out Meida Touch on internet.
Ethics are a foreign concept to Trump, Musk, and the GOP.
And based on what's happening, things will only get worse.
If you could use a laugh during these distressing times, check out "Dear Ethics Guy…Sage Advice from America's Morals Maven" at https://tinyurl.com/2fmkn2ny
The only thing worse is the dem 'leadership's' style. Crockett and AOC put the message out but - they are too new, too young, too verbal, too smart, too female.
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It would be interesting to know what a state could impound on its own and in what amounts.
They don’t soar - like eagles.
They flock - like chickens and crows.
May quite quickly make Musk the most unpopular man in the country and it also ignores how needy Trump is - spending money *is* quite popular.
And it's only gonna get worse.
Brought it entirely on themselves.
Trump has been saying the Impoundment Act is illegal for years; he isn't going to do that.
It’s a beautiful time to support a black struggling business 💪🏿💗
What does he have on them? That they would all roll over and accept even a war in Europe, where America, sides with the aggressor.
Having to beg for funds already approved?!
This is madness!
Which is all they bring.
Time after time.
Pathetic.
Cowards.
And we are coming for you in the Mid-Terms….
The most pathetic cowards on earth
WEAK as these sycophants in any leadership role. When you put Trump above country and the people you represent, you have zero integrity, in my opinion.
You've made your bed, now you must lie in it.
They are the immovable force by whose choosing Trump / Musk is allowed to remain in office.
Not weak — but brutal and without morals.
Republicans finally gave it away. Tragic.
The irony is a primary is what winning looks like and the opportunity to regain dignity.
🇺🇦🇨🇦🇫🇷💙
It's that possession is 9/10's of the law thing.
They are ALL TRAITORS.
Where are the two North Carolina Senators while Trump and Elon destroy the local economy and community? #WheresThomTillis #WheresTedBudd
#NIH #NSF #USDA
If you beg for the funds rather than demand them, it implies the funds are the Executive's to do with as they please. If you want a king, you have to bow before the throne
Why do they get away with it?
Dems are terrified of going on their news shows & podcasts.
Dems need leaders not terrified of appearing on Fox
@chuckschumer.com
When this game of duck, duck, goose is all over, these fuckers don’t get a chair.
- George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (2011)
https://bicolink.com/mcFir
Senator MAGAts forfeited their constitutional power of the purse to an unelected Nazi and his stooges and NOW it occurred to them that was a phenomenally brain wormed decision?
Even more contemptible than Senate Dems and that takes some fucking effort!
Consensus here is this would really help bring to light the suppression from this last election.
Huh.
(You can’t fix stupid.)
It never ends well for collaborators Republicans.
How pathetic.
...nah. They're not that smart.
SURELY THE LEOPARDS WON'T EAT MY FACE.
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right guys?
They really are useless.
It’s one thing to support Trump. It’s another thing to surrender Congress to President Musk.
A message must be sent.
they utilize armies and thugs but when the heat is on they’re as hard as marshmallows.
man I hate those dorks
And based on what's happening, things will only get worse.
If you could use a laugh during these distressing times, check out "Dear Ethics Guy…Sage Advice from America's Morals Maven" at https://tinyurl.com/2fmkn2ny
#Ethics #Trump #Musk #GOP
They are co-conspirators.
We need to stop measuring them with a base assumption of good faith. They have been working for this for YEARS, nobody took them seriously.