“But I never thought leopards would eat MY stock portfolio!” - ThreadSky

chriswarcraft.bsky.social • 1 day ago

“But I never thought leopards would eat MY stock portfolio!”

BREAKING: Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) introduce legislation to require all new tariffs to receive Congressional approval.

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ilbassfisherman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Congress could stop all of this using various powers they have been afforded. Don't have to wait until next time, next year, next month, start right now.

lucys2nddad.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's a beautiful theory, but thanks to the spineless speaker of the house, that will die and never see the light of day in their chamber.

bathory1971.bsky.social•1 day ago

What do you expect when they sign a pledge to their party only.

And don't forget that Moses sent down the speaker of the house and he will ONLY vote for something that IS IN the Bible!

lucys2nddad.bsky.social•1 day ago

This. This is exactly what I expected. They have spectacularly met every expectation I had on election day. 🤬

bathory1971.bsky.social•1 day ago

Try before election day.. i saw it all coming

bsfromwis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh, shit. For a second there I thought that Chuck Schumer did something.

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think we all know what the answer to “did Chuck Schumer actually do something useful in the current political climate” is

geraltofphilly.bsky.social•1 day ago

“New tariffs”—they need to take away all his tariff making authority and rescind these

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

They sure do! Impeachment and removal also needs to happen, but we’ll see how it goes

geraltofphilly.bsky.social•1 day ago

If republicans and democrats can get 2/3 vote to override the tariffs and remove his ability to do this again in the future, I’ll take that W

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah I would too

vijaysagar-cmu.bsky.social•1 day ago

If only i would eat right an exercise regularly, i would be in great shape. Sounds great in theory, it aint gonna happen. That said, i think even susan collins would sign on to this

stismail.bsky.social•1 day ago

FWIW, if you projected the Florida race results (+15 swing to Dems) to the next House elections, it would go from 220-215(*) to about 260-175.

(*) 213 rn, with two vacancies in likely Dem seats

spanish-dog.bsky.social•1 day ago

“My retirement fund is taking a shit, but we owned the libs!” - *breathes through mouth*

jdublow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Coup delenda est
The coup must end!

pdxpixie.bsky.social•1 day ago

"I never thought it'd impact MY insider trading!"

rootwyrm.com•1 day ago

"And now that this horse has completely left the barn we are definitely going to show our comradery and collegiality by putting the cat back in the bag."

emote-control.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I was under the impression that Congress has the sole power to enact tariffs already, according to the constitution, if you ignore all the fan-fiction people have written about it.

Do they think Trump will obey their new rules the way he studiously obeys the existing ones?

krismutter.bsky.social•1 day ago

his donors gave him the go ahead

rickterscale.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Too little too late, no?

raebabs13.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And the billionaires scoop up all that cheap stock and won’t feel a tiny bit of remorse in their disgusting greed. “Let them eat cake” amirit?

soonerchick.bsky.social•1 day ago

All old tariffs are supposed to have Congressional approval. It’s like these elected officials have never seen #schoolhouserock

mclit123.bsky.social•1 day ago

They already require Congress!!!! Everything Donald and Elon are doing is ILLEGAL!!! Put them in prison, NOW!!

oxahath.bsky.social•1 day ago

If only there were some way they could have known ahead of time that Trump had some really batshit ideas about how the economy works and no impulse control.

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

One of the true mysteries of our time how no one saw this coming

bathory1971.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Honestly, my dog groomer and her family are diehard Magas, according to her which freaked me out!

I mentioned about the Save Act, she admitted she doesn't read, listen, nor watch the news, I looked her and asked how she could vote then. Oh I am die hard Maga!

kenacct85.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ah yes, we are at the point where "rich people are getting hurt, so now we will do something to fix this problem."

thedirtylowdown.bsky.social•1 day ago

Chuck Grassley woke from his 15 year nap. What a gomer

freddyv.bsky.social•1 day ago

too little too late

foxj10.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'll take anything at this point. Any resistance at all.

royfookingkent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Listen, I’m glad they are attempting to do something, but this is kabuki at this point. Even if this somehow managed to get thru the House and Senate, there’s zero chance the Fanta Menace doesn’t veto this.

Additionally, this should have happened weeks ago when he was putting tariffs on Canada

hugojstiglitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

kaypeapod.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or my farm subsidies.

gamerstavernshow.com•1 day ago

Does the legislation also rescind the just-announced tariffs? Because otherwise, this feels a lot like closing the barn door after the cows, sheep, chicken, and goats all got out and the barn itself burned down leavinv just the doorframe intact.

beaccountable.bsky.social•1 day ago

They want to know so they can make stock trades ahead of time.

megachao24.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those leopards have been eating real good for the past 10 years.

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

need to start tariffing leopards imo

spanish-dog.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure, but those penguins had it coming, Chris!

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to Antarctica and seen penguins up close, those fuckers are wretched little filth factories

spanish-dog.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤣🤣

rileysdtr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Make Leopards Thin Again

dollparts69.bsky.social•1 day ago

?????
I thought that the law already says the president cannot enact Tariffs without the consent of Congress.

darkwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because Il Dunce declared an "national emergency"- actually he's declared SIX since taking office- this allows him to enact tariffs as an emergency measure. Congress can override this with a 2/3 majority, but... 🤷‍♂️

dollparts69.bsky.social•1 day ago

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are a lot of things the law and constitution say that are currently being ignored

toyourleft.bsky.social•1 day ago

They need a NEW law that can also be ignored.

dollparts69.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ok, well I guess saying, We're gonna invoke our power of the purse is the same as actually doing it?

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’ll see if anything actually happens. This is the first step, and it should’ve been done a long time ago, but there are many more

burlapin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just a friendly reminder that the republicans can stop all of this today.

ffpulse88.bsky.social•1 day ago

It literally breaks my brain that Speaker Johnson can claim the rest of the year as one day. Like wtaf??

raebabs13.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yeah. A way to block anything sent and passed in congress to not have to be voted on in the house. That weasel is the worst. His face has hit my top hated face list along side chicken neck McConnell.

ffpulse88.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The other side of coin is what annoys me more, why didn’t Dems pull this trick in the past?

raebabs13.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Excellent point! Dems need to get down and dirty

wewinbynotquitting.bsky.social•1 day ago

THEY ALREADY DO REQUIRE CONGRESS TO ACT YOU OLD AS FUCK DUMPSTERCUNTS.

teenaweena.bsky.social•1 day ago

A day late and millions short.

dogsnapper.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did my constant stream of messages to Chuck finally get through? His last response said something like "I don't always agree with Trump either." The last senator who was alive during WWII maybe remembers what democracy means after all. (Who am I kidding? Big ag got to him.)

awaloski.highway89studios.com•1 day ago

“Breaking: Iowa Fossil Realizes This Will Be His Legacy and Panics Enough to Work With a Left Coast Democrat”

maculous.bsky.social•1 day ago

Man, yesterday would have been a great time for this.

kevinrsours.bsky.social•1 day ago

Senators Chuck Grassley (R) and Maria Cantwell (D) introduce legislation that the barn door be closed.

muddywaters25.bsky.social•1 day ago

And if anyone was unclear, they are now seeing how this self-proclaimed businessman genius managed to bankrupt casinos.

lorejd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Talk about shutting the barn door after the horses have already escaped. Geezus.

oldcrone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gosh....a little late, no???FFS

barleslee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, that’s a little late. It’s too bad Trump didn’t talk about tariffs at all for the last 6 months, or campaign on them, or name a literal day “Liberation Day” or anything. Man. How could have seen any of this coming.

walt88.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m feeling like I “dont have the cards”.

dgol18.bsky.social•1 day ago

Exactly

deuceswildbear.bsky.social•1 day ago

It will never override a Presidential veto. All performative BS.

chriswarcraft.bsky.social•1 day ago

It can with 2/3 assent

deuceswildbear.bsky.social•1 day ago

And while I will celebrate on the day that happens, I’m not gonna hold my breath as it would require 20 Republicans in the Senate and about 80 Republicans in the House. We should keep protesting and calling…but the realist in me knows we are dealing with a cult. I hope I’m proved wrong.