fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff
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They're going to play it safe until things get bad enough that regular people have to take things into their own hands. Even then, they'll wait to see who is going to come out on top before picking a side.
It's not a couldn't, it's a wouldn't. They slow rolled it for years and then let literally corrupt judges get some important cases, do ludicrous amounts of judicial malpractice with no pushback, and only really brought up the cases when it was too late to do anything.
I blame Garland & Biden more than I do Congress. The January 6th committee did god’s work, and in all likelihood Garland would never have even begun any criminal cases against Trump if not for the the committee rubbing the dogshit in DOJ’s face.
Me,too. Except the staff that doesn't change when the President does. Plus, impeachment for Trump and his entire cabinet. I mean, if I'm gonna fantasize , I'm gonna go for it 😉
We shouldn't have to rely on the 'right mix' of politicians just to keep power in check.
We need to create a system where the people have the final say on executive overreach.
Direct democracy would mean no more hoping Congress does the right thing
seems like a fantasy, but if only 10 or so Republicans in both chambers peel away, it could turn the tide. But I know, I don't have any idea who those folks would be. Murkowski, perhaps...
Who are we kidding. Our system is f*cked. Even if/when we regain power, will it just be until the next power hungry Republican comes along? We need a reboot.
Manifest it. I said Congressmen should be holding town halls and rallies. My congressmen is holding a town hall, at my kid’s high school. It is a start.
Do you mean an opposition Congress including the GOP? Otherwise, how do they defund the WH? Actual steps. How if you can’t even get a vote for it on the Floor? I see replies talking about cowardly Dems who would never do this as people reading this thinking this is a real option being ignored. 🤪🤪
I fantasize about a world where more than a handful of our leaders are actually opposing what's going on at all. It seems the majority are either complacent or apathetic.
I came to realization that the disconnect is that we, the people, expect the Democrats to be in opposition mode but they, the politicians, are already in campaign mode and think they're building thr case for running in 2028.
leave three guys who do nothing all day but drive to McDonald's, get a cheeseburger, and deliver it to the orange fucker. Like, every twenty minutes, 24 hours a day, another burger lands on him until he panics at the sight of one or the crinkle of a paper bag.
The 3 upcoming special elections for the House are in districts that went 62%, 65% and 66% for the GOP Rep that resigned from them. They're not going to go blue. Not even close.
They're so scared, but when the ones who aren't trying to step up, Pelosi puts an end to it. They're relying on being the minority party to not do shit. AOC is out there, Jasmine Crockett is out there doing something and communicating with us. Jeffries and Schumer are posting recaps about trump/elon
It's going to take the American women working together to fight for OUR rights and for the freedoms of every American. These asshats are thieves, predators and criminals who are trying to 1) ruin the economy 2) cut spending for our most vulnerable 3) erase our laws and constitution. We must fight.
Legislatively, maybe they can't do much. But I think it would matter if they at least tried. They could speak as a bloc, rally their constituents, keep exposing the graft. Start exposing and keep exposing these people for who they really are.
dem minorities in congress obviously can't pass legislation but it's important to signal where they stand, to draw bright lines declaiming these anti-constitutional acts
the refusal of the democratic party to treat trump's lawless, autocratic rule as an emergency makes me think we're cooked
Does anyone know if Trump has rounded up all those people that were supposedly eating off everybody's pets the dogs and the cats? I remember him harping and every one of his political rallies does anyone know please let me know if they caught the dog eaters and cat eaters? Thanks!
If they had the votes to override his inevitable veto, they'd also have the votes the impeach & convict him on impeachment to remove & disqualify him from office.
For everyone talking about the great turnaround that will occur in the Mid-Terms: STOP IT.
Assuming there will actually be Mid-Terms (which I doubt), having a majority in the House means nothing if the Dems still hemorrhage votes. Jeffries and Clark are completely weak and ineffective leaders.
Yeah no seriously can blue States withhold our money like can we? I'm for real here I don't know.
It's so mean of me to think that; I really don't want people to suffer. I really don't, but I also don't want Elon and the fuck-nuts to get any richer
Why is that a fantasy and not a strategy in play right now? The tactics for resisting are in novels, movies and television. Fictional characters seem to be more prepared than our elected Democrats.
They haven't even considered this idea because none of them have had it. Seems to me that as a whole Dems are on the same team as Republicans. Always have been when it comes down to it because we're in a class war.
I am so close to switching my Dem registration to Independent. Talk about a party and leadership that's completely MIA. The only ones quieter than them are their GOP colleagues who have the excuse of being scared to death of Trump and Musk...Uh oh. Wait a minute.
Come on man. Must be nice to be able to sit around and have random thoughts all day. The world is getting its ass kicked. We really need your serious voice out there.
the people cheering shackled deportations
also cheered lynching and slave importations
and camps to put people who meet the criteria
to punish and cause general mass hysteria
it is time for the grownups to put babies to bed
because the clowns in their circuses won't let us eat bread
#HCK
Criminals being deported are shackled because when we didn't do that they rioted in the air, destroyed the seats and overhead bins, and attempted to break into the cockpit.
Or how about a bill that has NASA absorbing SpaceX. Jk. But I need unelected official’s, outside Congressional purview, hands off our government. And a Congress that actually does something.
Kidding about nationalizing. I’m a capitalist that believes in public intervention when it leads to bad consequences, which is more often that we admit (btw there are emergencies when the Fed can)
Congress funds / directs bureaucrats. Hence, Congress “do something” about this extralegal approach
Congress funds bureaucrats, but it cannot direct them. That's the President's job.
SpaceX launched more rockets and put more mass into orbit than the rest of the world combined in 2024. There's no bad consequences in contracting with them.
The Constitution says "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America." Congress can make laws, but the President has the sole power to enforce them. They can budget money, but the President actually has the checks cut.
fantasizing about a world in which Congress is interested in doing literally anything other than fundraising for elections and whining about their impotence
Biden should've black bagged trump and sent all of his fans to summer camp to turn big rocks into small rocks until they could play nice with everybody else. The Supreme Court basically handed him the legal tools to do so and he chose to hand the keys over peacefully.
Jamelle, if congress had stood up to him in the confirmations the regime would still be mired in getting their offensive cabinet approved. Most of this bullshit would have been averted. My beef is with maga congress. they are traitors. All of them.
The House has no say in Cabinet confirmations and the Senate is +3 majority GOP. With the V.P. also GOP you'd need the D's to vote as a block and 4 GOP Senators to vote against Trump, which is not going to happen.
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A lot of people seem to be relying on fantasizing and making up scenarios to cope with the reality that they don’t have the ability to articulate why their policies are better and their candidate should be elected.
Even if the Democrats had the majority, they couldn’t defund the White House staff.
Which staff members, specifically, do you think should lose their jobs?
Call your legislators red or blue and let them know what’s on your mind. This is a tool recommended by the Meidas Touch Network who says calling makes politicians cave more than emails.
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No legal mechanism for the first. So we go all out on winning those elections.
The reason republicans are in Congress is BECAUSE they are in lockstep.
I fear that we are going to have to solve this problem ourselves. The rich assholes in Congress with a D next to their name are part of the problem.
We need to create a system where the people have the final say on executive overreach.
Direct democracy would mean no more hoping Congress does the right thing
And when that bell gets rung ..
but thinking about it....
Siding with the enemy???
Not saying don’t do it, just saying that’s what will come next.
We want action.
They want talking points.
#DefundWhiteHouse
Although, the Regime is made up of people who wouldn’t really notice being briefly defunded… 🫤
"No tax on tips...no tax on SS...No tax on overtime"
Trump just endorsed a GOP house bill that slashes $880b from medicaid for tax cuts for the $millionaire billionaire class
GOP dumped Trump's elex promise tax cuts
And Trump endorsed it
I mean, surely you aren't thinking the MAGA republicans that control the Congress now are going to defund Trumpelon?
theyre marks.
take their wallets
thats defunding em
the refusal of the democratic party to treat trump's lawless, autocratic rule as an emergency makes me think we're cooked
Assuming there will actually be Mid-Terms (which I doubt), having a majority in the House means nothing if the Dems still hemorrhage votes. Jeffries and Clark are completely weak and ineffective leaders.
It's so mean of me to think that; I really don't want people to suffer. I really don't, but I also don't want Elon and the fuck-nuts to get any richer
leave him there in the WH with a flip phone and a sack of cold McDonalds hamburgers
Now, when things go sideways because they have been constantly lied to, they still blame everyone but Trump or themselves.
MAGA can own all the bad they voted for.
Point the finger right at them.
also cheered lynching and slave importations
and camps to put people who meet the criteria
to punish and cause general mass hysteria
it is time for the grownups to put babies to bed
because the clowns in their circuses won't let us eat bread
#HCK
I have popcorn!
Or if they did, Musk could find them out of loose change
Congress funds / directs bureaucrats. Hence, Congress “do something” about this extralegal approach
SpaceX launched more rockets and put more mass into orbit than the rest of the world combined in 2024. There's no bad consequences in contracting with them.
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Power of Purse vs Take Care clause
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#BoycottMTN
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Which staff members, specifically, do you think should lose their jobs?
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This is a freaking good idea.
I've written about them in historical fiction And taught my students they exist and to trust in them
And now I'm embarrassed for myself and them.
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