Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
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We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
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Because no elected Democrat is going to do anything if there is no reason to do so.
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/constitutional-crisis?source=web-share-api-button&utm_source=web_share_api&share=a3bbaefc-c2c7-4390-bb75-ff8b2c5d5198
Get in the fight god dammit.
Can't imagine if it was a constituency of thousands or an entire country sounding an alarm regarding the entire US Treasury being raided.
They do not control the House or Senate. What are you looking for? Aim the fire where it belongs.
Put them in jeopardy over that for starters.
I can't imagine Latino gop members are thrilled seeing their peeps hunted by ice. They must be pissed .....hope springs eternal.
I will STAND for ALL. I forgive the hate anyone has spewed, I will work towards reducing unnecessary suffering, I will defend rights to privacy, body, and self-defense. I will DENOUNCE corrupt regimes.
HELP ME HELP YOU
MAY LOGIC & EMPATHY GUIDE US ALL
When media is left to its own devices, they cover for Trump. That’s why democrats have to be out there
https://bsky.app/profile/ezralevin.bsky.social/post/3lh7kpovdm22c
https://youtu.be/mWz8lxtUB8I?si=BHGjgOrm8YsLoV-l
They need to take a page from your book and get out there - on every media platform- driving the narrative.
What are you going to do!!??
Think Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Jeff Flake, Tom Corker, etc.
All Rs who crossed Trump.
And Trump either got them primaried or reduced their polling #s.
So they quit.
Trump has mob boss-style intimidated the R Congress.
SCOTUS ruled he’s a King.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Where is our Congress?
@SenSchumer
@SenMcConnell
@RepJeffries
@LeaderJohnThune
If she's putting things in place behind the scenes, I'm more than willing to wait.
THEY ARE BACKED BY RUSSIA AND POLITICIANS IN RUSSIAN TV ARE BOASTING IT OPENLY
https://meidasnews.com/news/russian-state-t-v-host-calls-kash-patel-and-tulsi-gabbard-russias-boy-and-girl
Think about it.
Of all the nincompoops American voters continually send back to Washington, you are not one of them.
Why are poorly paid public servants trying to protect our private data more than you all?
And keep jumping it until You get results!!! 😡
Let's get it Going!
IMPEACH him for his Insolence!!! 😡
so yell at mike johnson to get his party's shit together and put out a vote, she literally can't do jack shit
Absolutely "we the people" need to show up -- especially to the offices of our lawmakers, governors, state AGs. Call if you cannot show up in person. Imperative to put pressure on NOW.
It's looking like they have obeyed in advance and have no plans to do anything.
A few more days and it will be all over. It will be too late.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
Do Democrats have any leverage in this debacle? Johnson must know he's expendable. He'll need some friends. I hope someone makes a difference. There's no consequence for this that I can see.
Democrats can't do good things if no one talks about the good things they're doing.
https://www.atg.wa.gov/pressrelease.aspx
Strategically speaking, letting some of this unfold is necessary. Do you want to win or do you want a performance? Either way, adios, chaos chorister!
This has BEEN unfolding for 48 hours. They have downloaded federal treasury records on their own servers. Who will stop them and when? After the personal data of millions of Americans (including agents working undercover) is shared with U.S. enemies?
They wanted to be elected officials, time to put on the big people pants and do their job.
The Collusioners make up the #VichyDemocrats. 🔵🐀🔵
🔥 As they say in Law and Order, "these are their stories":
#EgoJoeBiden is clearly the first of these stories:
https://bsky.app/profile/sethcotlar.bsky.social/post/3lhacf6g7xs2z
My dear, please. If they had stayed in DC you'd be screaming they were ignoring citizens. You want to be angry at them. Well, nope.
THEN DO THEM.
You. Personally.
Stop fucking posting and get out there. Set the example. The spectacle of it would be enough to bring the press around.
End the grifty obvious fundraising and lead.
People lost faith with you, and you're proving them right. PUTIN'S opposition had more spine.
Navalny went to jail. You're brunching.
You didn't need to literally hit the brunch spots before your afternoon press conference
Is mandatory accounting in high schools a difficult concept?
Adam Smith used the word 'education' EIGHTY Times in Wealth of Nations. He wrote "read write and ACCOUNT" FIVE Times.
Can economists Read?
Heard of Planned Obsolescence?
It sounds like you are experiencing a Flight of Ideas: a thought disorder characterized by a rapid flow of thoughts and ideas that are often superficially related or disconnected.
This can be characteristic of bipolar disorder. Just wondering if you are good
https://www.spectacle.org/1199/wargame.html
Someone at the London School of Economics sent back, "What are we supposed to do about it?"
There is a 300 character limit here.
Are YOU coming up with psychological BS!
Planned obsolescence is diff. entirely. It is consumer protection
When have you heard an economist about NET Domestic Product.
Consumerism with Planned Obsolescence is just high technology share cropping.
people fall for it every time
What the hell was that?!?
@sanders.senate.gov
His playbook also included stopping legislation and government spending.
Republicans have no key legislation to stop. They’re fine with nothing happening.
@pattymurray.bsky.social
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@repricklarsen.bsky.social
@cantwell.senate.gov
@aoc.bsky.social
@wyden.senate.gov
@amyklobuchar.com
@sanders.senate.gov
@jeff-merkley.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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Someone please find him
At a $$$ donor event
Or taking a long nap
Or maybe checking with his $$$ handlers
He’s a multimillionaire & deserves no free passage
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-takes-down-two-largest-cybercrime-forums-in-world
Remember the railworkers strike?
Remember who voted against it?
Are we really surprised excuses are being made for why they're rolling over for fascism?
Sending cards/letter mail stacks up can't be avoided
Even if tossed, the garbage people see them
Send get well soon cards j/s
Be creative
Courage before money.
Facts before misinformation.
Hope before destruction.
Country before party.
How much money did the DNC raise in the 6 months leading up to the election? $1b? It's time to step in and start funding these programs ourselves, and let everyone know it's the Dems who care.
I didn't help flip CA-27, as an example, for nothing. We have 215 seats in the House. We really can't be that pathetic...
Now it's like an insane asylum with Republicans being the screaming patients and the Democrats quiet nurses.
We are getting more fearful because we don’t see our elected Democrats fighting back .
Scream and keep screaming!!!
On the daily!!!
Don't miss even a minute of opportunity to scream.
Get into these offices and find out what's going on!!!!
Make arrests!!! This is NOT LEGAL!!
Don't hide behind...well our hands are tied!!! Your mouth and actions are not tied!
BUT...you're right. The people are marching at 12 noon at state Capitol buildings. Again in March.
Making calls to their reps in Congress. We have to go nuts!!
I’m not ignoring that we have elections in 2025. And I didn’t help send these people to Congress so they can beg donations instead of working on keeping freedom as we knew it a month ago.
Why take ownership of it if you can just let Elon do it for you?
Here's how conservatives showed up during the pandemic, and they got what they wanted.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496514
It's not that I want people to suffer, but it's basically inevitable at this point.
Please.
They are bleeding all of our liberties dry.
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Maria Cantwell
Cory Booker
Chris Coons
John Fetterman
Ruben Gallego
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
John Hickenlooper
Tim Kaine
Mark Kelly
Gary Peters
Jeanne Shaheen
Mark Warner
Elissa Slotkin
(1 of 2)
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Y24QtY/
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raines_v._Byrd
I feel like everybody is severely underestimating how much Trump is beyond the control of all the normal restraints, already.
Any claim of the law stopping him must be followed with “…and what army?”
Claiming otherwise just does part of the work for him, so please don't.
She's not your maid. She's done more than all the white folks combined.
She is definitely not anyone’s maid and as I wrote, I have great respect for her clarity and willingness to speak out. It is because AOC is one of the few who actually believe in grassroots change that I would respond. I Btw, I wrote something similar to Sen Warren, but I take your point. Thanks
It was also said in that post to do where you can where you are at. Find community and join or build it up.It doesn't matter what others are doing only the individual~
We know the supreme Court is bought out and our gov is corrupt yet still trying to play nice. The time for nice should be done.
Why do you need your hands held?
That’s your problem. You think rules based order still exists while your opposition is literally in the processing of burning your rules to the ground.
Conservative voters showed up to demand the end of the pandemic protections by protesting. I was appalled when they showed up with guns, I personally thought it was awful but they got what they wanted. Maybe that's the only thing that works
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52496514
You have to look to find the ones resisting:
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
Website: https://50501movement.carrd.co/
Because he’s an unelected private citizen running an illegal federally funded org called “DOGE” that was never approved by Congress.
He also now has access to your social security number and is getting public servants fired over fascist loyalty tests.
Military members took an oath to protect and defend the constitution, just as I did.
Biden, hate him, blame him, or like him, said so himself: Your oath is to the US Constitution, not to a man.
Military members took an oath to protect and defend the constitution, just as I did.
Biden, hate him, blame him, or like him, said so himself: Your oath is to the US Constitution, not to a man.
Biden, hate him, blame him, or like him, said so himself: Your oath is to the US Constitution, not to a man.
I am just wondering if the generals could put things right.
No one else is doing a fucking thing.
The difference is tech. People are much easier to track and find these days compared to the past.
We have to beg Dems for info, help & guidance & we only hear from a few. ☹️
Dems need to act as a solid block that rapidly responds/updates us so we can act, too.
The Dems must communicate more with us, acknowledge hearing our concerns and empower us to act when needed because this constant blitzkrieg of fascist nonsense is not mentally sustainable.
They should be spending their time today getting people to attend
https://bsky.app/profile/moveon.org/post/3lhcmtcej2u23
The question is, how far does Musk have to go before the GOP says, “Enough!”
If they refuse to do the job they were elected to, then they should vacate their position.
Also, only 2 genders so they can enforce “god’s” law.
Literally we’re asking you all to do anything instead of tweeting and doing hits on CNN.
In the past 48 hours he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.
This is as serious as it gets, and it puts the entire world in danger.
https://FireElon.org
However every member that voted no against 1/6/21 should be in immediate peril of getting the door.
And they're digging their own graves.
You don't even need any original ideas, just cut and paste.
FFS
Democrats are failures and incapable of fighting fascism
That's what all Harris voters
want to know regardless of party.
The 5 Ws..and how.
Lawsuits?
Physical impediments by dems against musk or his kind congress and senate.
Fact checks and reporting
Etc.