Opinion | As a Republican senator who likes to invoke Reagan, I know America can't afford to have a Russian asset running our national intelligence. But it also can't afford for me to have a primary challenger. Therefore, I will be voting for Tulsi Gabbard as DNI. - ThreadSky

nytpitchbot.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Opinion | As a Republican senator who likes to invoke Reagan, I know America can't afford to have a Russian asset running our national intelligence. But it also can't afford for me to have a primary challenger. Therefore, I will be voting for Tulsi Gabbard as DNI.

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amessner.bsky.social•14 days ago

I wonder where we’d be as a country if politicians weren’t so pants pissingly afraid of primary challenges

rwillemann.bsky.social•14 days ago

Ah the rampant selflessness. "Where do we find such men?"

martinstett.bsky.social•13 days ago

tl;dr: "My constituents are morons who'd vote for Dracula if he had enough ad buys."

kath-55-1.bsky.social•14 days ago

Pretty much the whole gop right now😕

lisagec.bsky.social•14 days ago

🛎️ 🛎️ 🛎️

jimtranr.bsky.social•14 days ago

The Republican Party should scrap the elephant as their symbol and replace it with the jellyfish.

6continents.bsky.social•14 days ago

wisewon.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yep!

tslq.bsky.social•14 days ago

Democrats should replace it with this

gerkinov.bsky.social•14 days ago

Hey!

Why's Stanley taking a stray here?

rowyourbot.bsky.social•13 days ago

Mah primary!

tamarainlincoln.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yep, that sounds about right...🖕 GQP

youtwitface.bsky.social•13 days ago

The way that should be read; I care MORE about ME than anyone who VOTES for me.

greenhombre.bsky.social•14 days ago

More likely, "I fear the violent flying monkeys Trump just let out of prison."

you-talkin2me.bsky.social•13 days ago

Fuck you! It’s all about you and not the country!

bgun65.bsky.social•14 days ago

Traitor

jjj8819.bsky.social•13 days ago

@raskin.house.gov Please start a class action suit against Trump as you described on The Weekend! Millions of us are waiting for a leader and event that will bring us together in force.This would generate huge energy and could be a beginning of the end - our SOLIDARITY! Please be our Lech Walesa!

schatzkin.bsky.social•14 days ago

pandmr1.bsky.social•13 days ago

Look at his hands!

piattodelgatto.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah, of all of the nominees, she is the most likely to be on Putin's payroll

georgebaum.bsky.social•14 days ago

So good! A+ content.

tiomomo.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is taught reasoning. Like good haiku

tiomomo.bsky.social•14 days ago

*taut*

jhwardrobe.bsky.social•13 days ago

You suck!

grumpyoldscientist.bsky.social•14 days ago

My best interests uber alles

chirokaren.bsky.social•14 days ago

Fact not fiction

kathwertheim.bsky.social•13 days ago

Sadly, more truth than poetry here.

cor10ee.bsky.social•14 days ago

KKKoward is as KKKoward votes.

bewellgroomed.bsky.social•13 days ago

Aw, c’mon … too close to the quick on dis one

plunderdog903.bsky.social•14 days ago

Susan Collins

deadeyedbirdman.bsky.social•14 days ago

SUSAN COLLINS

blueoregonian.bsky.social•14 days ago

Reagan sold arms for hostages. He was not the national defense genius that Republicans pretend he was. He should have been impeached. There was a smoking gun, despite his cynical assertions.

cmit11.bsky.social•14 days ago

Another profile in courage.

evancisme.bsky.social•13 days ago

coward

horsechops.bsky.social•13 days ago

Savage. But oh so true.

meander061.bsky.social•14 days ago

That's just accurate.

sewmichelleu.bsky.social•14 days ago

So you will threaten our security, let Putins girlfriend, be in charge?? What about your oath? Your integrity? Safety of 330 million Americans! Because you MIGHT lose your job? You WILL lose it amid you go ahead and vote for this disaster!!!!

celiawinkler.bsky.social•14 days ago

Hypocrite

barry-semple.bsky.social•13 days ago

Was literally thinking upon this very idea minutes ago.

That Republican lawmakers live under threat and fear that one word: primary. They could be courageous and call truth to power and abide by their oaths, but they are too in love with their own inflated sense of power.

Ergo…

slivkasteve.bsky.social•13 days ago

...and I'll also be voting for witting Russian asset Crash Patel.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kash-patel-fbi-trump-tucker-carlson-russia-ukraine-putin/

2smiggy.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cuts a bit close

easterbrooksj.bsky.social•13 days ago

Damn NYT Pitchbot

clifftruesdell.bsky.social•14 days ago

“As United States Senator, it’s important that I protect America from our adversaries, but it’s even more important that I protect myself from the violent followers of the leader of my party.”

caliproudsteve.bsky.social•14 days ago

Typical GOP senator

authorhenrywiggen.bsky.social•14 days ago

The Gipper breaking the world record for RPMs right now in his casket.

paul.bsky.social•14 days ago

Nah, he knows what he did.

expanse.bsky.social•14 days ago

Just gonna close my eyes and dream about term limits.

dottyeyes.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cover your delicate ears, politicians. I'm gonna say some bad words.
Term limits
Campaign finance reform
Rescind Citizens United decision

expanse.bsky.social•14 days ago

Brace yourself:

No more insider trading.

dottyeyes.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yeah, that's another one. How in hell are congressional members allowed to actively own stock? It's mind-blowing.

walnutstwhip.bsky.social•14 days ago

That’s spot on.

mauames.bsky.social•13 days ago

linaboo8.bsky.social•14 days ago

Why are you afraid of a primary? Our Democracy is not worth it to you?? You might not have a job if she gets in office and tRump declares himself the Dictator in Chief. You need to think long-term.

zugernat.bsky.social•14 days ago

“If I lose an election, I’ll have no money, no limbs, no eyes, no ears, no mouth. I’ll just be an asshole.”

pitchbotturd02.bsky.social•13 days ago

The illegal takeover of the U.S. government by my friend Elon Musk, who I do not support, is not nearly as concerning to me as the shadowy sinister activities of an M$DNC shitlib like George Soros, who I also do not support.

by Glenn Greenwald

foxdm.bsky.social•14 days ago

The conclusion I draw from this is that GOP senators are just vapid people who don’t care about their jobs. They just like the title and prestige of being a senator. They’d confirm Caligula’s horse if it ensured they wouldn’t face a primary challenge.

gerkinov.bsky.social•14 days ago

I have a hard time keeping these people straight ... is she the one in the Hawaiian cult?

oldhorse.bsky.social•13 days ago

What do you mean "can't afford"? Fight for your country, then get another job if you have to. Good grief. So reinvent yourself, like the rest of us minions. Herein lies the source of the problem. Your job sucks anyway.