The problem is, they do remember.
They’re using that power to steal from us, to plunder our treasury while we sit around like idiots waiting for them to take a stand.
The only thing that can move the needle away from plunder & lawlessness is epic numbers of peaceful Americans convening in DC.
I have no doubt hems stole funds...You don't go through all this BS and say "well that was fun we did nothing." He is in it for the recognition but what a sorry fight he his going to be in for...
America, Trump has the power to sell his soul to the devil. But as president, he does not have the right to sell America soul. United America shall stand and prosper, divided America shall fall and wither. Is America still the lands of the dreamers, or has lethargy replaced the dreams?
In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. (Wikipedia)
Thanks for posting this. I was just going to do so. He literally said, “I can’t do anything about it,” while saying cuts are necessary. AND, he’s on the DOGE committee. Sad my fellow Alaskans voted him in. 😓
This is because he agrees with what this administration is doing. He seems unaffected by how working Alaskans (who rely heavily on federal dollars) will be impacted by these sweeping, unethical (illegal) cuts.
No, they do not. We cannot count on congress. Failed entity. An entire party has decided that having a king is acceptable and our system was never designed to handle that.
Expulsion. They'll care when many of their own are thrown out the door on corruption, obstruction of justice, Aiding and Abetting, and several other charges related to not holding their oaths. 1/2
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and ..3/3
I'm still trying to figure out why the Executive branch is dealing with the money. I don't see it in article 2--not a lawyer and looking for guidance here. Why shouldn't Congress just have its own Bursary and cut all the checks from there?
Spineless republicans! Complicit in all Trump atrocities. They fly a lot right, commuting home? Pretty dangerous right now. Hope to send their families condolences and prayers soon.
Does Congress even remember that it has the power of the purse? https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...
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It seems to have completely slipped the minds of the GOP (The Gone Off Party).
Johnson currently has his feet up on his desk. He’s having a toke, drinking a cool one, contemplating how happy Jesus is right now. That’s the power of the congress.
Congress doesn't remember that they are an equal branch of government never mind that it is their duty to provides Checks & Balances to the corrupt Executive and Judicial Branches.
We need to preach this to the House Republicans, the Democrats ARE doing their part. Now we need to step up and protest the offices, buildings and homes of the GOP. We need to tell them we are going to vote them out for not doing their jobs.
A scant few in the body are trying to do their job while the rest are steamrolled by Trump & Musk.
Looking for waste in Government? How about their salaries.
They seem to be experiencing amnesia on all fronts….chief among them, having taken an oath to defend the Constitition.
It’s almost as if they were on auto pilot in reciting the oath and are now just hearing
George Will said this about as well as anyone, years ago, when he said that the Real Reason people didn't speak up against, or act against #Trump - was simply Fear of Physical Harm To Them Or Their Family From #MAGA.
Until Trump Finally Harms MAGA, this will continue to be the case.
Congress doesn’t remember shit, one side has their collective head up the orange pus bags ass and the other side just throws up their hands and says what can we do!! Bunch of gutless wonders
Oh i don’t think so and if anyone is wondering i think our democratic folks in office are just waiting for trump to really anger this country before they can take control again and trump is doing a great job on anger part i know I’m watching
Though he’s red in a red area, my rep must be super frustrated. He thought he had a political career but now he has to use it for a chair cushion.
No need to think about what to say.
Filled with fear of losing their elections bc of Musk threatening to back others to primary them, the GOP has neither loyalty or courage, let alone an iota of patriotism.
They probably do, they trot that line out every now and then. They just currently have abdicated that authority over to the Oval Office. When they need the power back they will remind all of us they hold the purse strings.
You do realize that the GOP in Congress are accessories to the crime? That is why Merrick Garland should have never allowed the ones involved with January 6th to remain in office. That is how I knew he was a fraud back when people were still singing his praises.
The majority party in both houses of Congress are compromised and/or are in it for self-gain. Either way, they absolutely do not represent the citizenry of the US.
We should all spam our representatives with copies daily.
At the very least, forward the various portions of our beloved foundational document that are being shat upon thanks to them.
But look what they are doing to their own voters...Do they think they are going to play dumb and stupid while they are starving? They haven't even begun to feel what trump and musk are doing. Alabama has, they already feel the $100 added to every electric bill, the state has no funds to pay the
employees because thump hasn't sent the funds he owes them, but even if they do get it, more than 3/4 of the state is without jobs...he stopped all medical research ...Every state college is going to suffer for this.Almost every kid who ever wanted to go to college in the fall can forget it, unless
their parents have the cash or want to take personal loans which can interest up to 36%. Their are no federal loans and no Pell Grants or any grants from the federal govt.
MAGAts have no idea what is about to hit them. When
Think about it this way, like,me hating trump since his lifestyles of the rich & famous appearance in the 80's, I may suffer, I may perish, but I didn't vote for orange menace, but his fans will suffer with me LoL
They will suffer, but they will suffer more, because most of them are so delusional they don't think he would do it to them! Again no critical thinking skills.. How do they avoid the Recession his tariffs are going to puts in. How do they avoid
working when they are laid off and there is no funds in the state for unemployment because there are a extra 2 Million laid off also? But you are correct, I never voted for him either. I can sleep at night as I'm sure you can but the ones who did vote for him won't be sleeping for long!
That's why they have to be expelled. Every pub there now should be in watch some should be seriously afraid of getting expelled as many of them can be brought on the same charges.
If they are getting rung up on the same charges, they can't "save themselves."
Block. Obstruct. Challenge. Do what the GOP did when they were in the minority!!!
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Congress has abdicated its power and its responsibility. What exactly are they doing to earn their pay? Perhaps we should save money by slashing their salaries.
I'm sure they do remember. The problem is that they are in the dictator wannabe side. That happened because the members of Congress who were active participants in the 1/6 insurrection from the inside are still there.
So when do we queue in the Hamilton cast to start singing:
Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da
Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da
Apparently, that doesn't matter if Musk threatens to bankroll other candidates if they don't tow the line. After all, it's about getting reelected when they don't even do the job they were elected to do in the 1st place. They don't realize that they won't have a democracy to run for reelection in.
It's a bit worrying that the executive has quite a bit of freedom to set and lift economic sanctions and sanctioned individuals on the Magnitsky Act list.
There’s a memo on Facebook where they say Trump is going to change Congress. IE no pension no health care after term.
So no they flunked US government class and political science
The 3 branches of government no longer are functioning as intended.A planned internal coup.
The Executive is filled with Rats & Traitors hell bent on destroying our democratic republic & usher in their techno- kleptocracy
The Legislative is corrupt & weak
The Judicial also corrupt& partisan
Most of Congress is complicit ,bought by techno billionaire dollars , promised their own little feudal kingdoms if they bend the knee to the Oligarch overlords or frightened out of their underoos because they are getting threatened by Magan thugs
Yesterday i was speaking with a financial advisor. Social Security came up and he told me not to worry because Congress would never let Social Security go away. I just started laughing....couldn't help myself. He thinks we still have a Congress. Bwah, hah, hah.
Of course they do Joyce. What’s also obvious is they have completely abdicated their duties. Why do we even have them there? They r do nothings and they want trump to do the cutting for them so they don’t have to
Apparently the Dems are finished bailing out the Republicans so apparently they're just going to let the Republicans burn the country to the ground so they can say I told you so. Instead of trying to do something about it.
What do you think the Dems should do? We do't have the House, the Senate or the Oval Office...Just what do you think they can do?
File lawsuits, go to court, but its not enough for those who are ready to blame but have no solutions.
The impeachment has to go through the House first. There was already an impeachment on the floor from last week, they wouldn't bring it to a vote. We don't have control of the agenda.You also need 2/3 of the House 290 votes to go to the Senate. The Dems have 215. They would need 75 MAGATs.
By now they should have their presumptive alternative government in place with the “president in waiting” and “shadow cabinet” out there campaigning, running media stunts, town halls, TikToks, you know, getting the community on side, the press excited and the GOP scared.
And how are Americans okay with Elon literally posting that we can "roll around in the mud with our fellow pigs" for entertainment now that the billionaires have decided they owe this country nothing? The very country that made him wealthy!
Now they only have the power of the purse if they get permission from FOTUS "or else." I guess it'll be that way until we get all the corrupt Republicans out of office starting at the top.
Where are all the smart honest judges, lawyers, and legislators who can stop the surge
infiltration, corruption and overreach happening in real time by the Right Wing Fascist movement,,
Do they really? They can Appropriate but the Executive Distributes. Are 'appropriations' legally binding law that the Executive must obey? At what point is not obeying an appropriation a Constitutional violation? We're in new ground.
I called my Congressman’s office and asked sarcastically if he was aware of that power, then I said that if he planned to turn that Constitutionally mandated duty over to Trump he needed to go on home because if he isn’t going to do his job, the taxpayers should not have to pay his salary.
Allow them to circumvent law, rules & regulations, dismantle or destroy institutions, continue to rampage endangering our country & the world with famine, disease & more corruption, you leave the people with little defense and no new options. when the time comes, we may have to slap a bitch! Hard!
Does Congress even remember that it can Impeach and remove a Corrupt, Criminal, UnConstitutional, Fascist, Abuser of Executive Power & Traitor to the USA that is sitting in the Oval Office? https://tinyurl.com/3te2v3sj
Most have abdicated their responsibility, bent the knee, and kissed the ring. They are actively complicit in what we are seeing and we need to not forget that.
Sad that the Republicans in power are giving up their power to…stay in power? What good is it to have the power if you’re just going to hand it over to Elon Musk?
They will not have any power very shortly! Why does trump need them? The only thing he has asked for is a budget in over a month! He doesn't need them and they don't realize he is going to get rid of them next, they are very dumb!
He could have gotten rid of them before because he could
have placed every one of his disastrous picks but he kept them on for the budget...It's going to be very hard for them to pass it even when the Dems all vote NO, but he doesn't care! Why, because he and musk are going to shut the govt down completely on the 15th of March.
musk can take whatever he
wants split with trump and they will both screw! trump has over $500Million right now what is to stop him? He is not leaving anyone he cares about. and no one cares about him...they will hide out in Russia then whatever country like Israel if Netanyatu is still there and no arrested by then.
They are looking in the mirror, dumfounded that regime change is happening here , realizing it doesn't feel so good when it happens to them now they know how 100 nations felt when we did it to them
Gonna go all dramatic here, but maybe some Republicans (who *remember* how the Constitution works) have some real fears here. Personal safety, which includes one's family. Part of me thinks that sounds kinda weird, but more of me says it's not weird anymore.
CONGRESS is doing absolutely nothing. They have been in session for a couple of weeks. It must be time for little Mikey Johnson to call a vacation. We wouldn't want to overwork them.
They didn’t forget. They just don’t care. The power only works if the power holders want to use it. That’s playing out right now in every facet of our checks and balances system.
They are bought and paid for by Putin and the Herritage Foundation. Either that, or their very lives are being threatened.
Either way, they have zero business "representing" us.
All are fuckers
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They’re using that power to steal from us, to plunder our treasury while we sit around like idiots waiting for them to take a stand.
The only thing that can move the needle away from plunder & lawlessness is epic numbers of peaceful Americans convening in DC.
In a kleptocracy, corrupt politicians enrich themselves secretly outside the rule of law, through kickbacks, bribes, and special favors from lobbyists and corporations, or they simply direct state funds to themselves and their associates. (Wikipedia)
What a bunch of feckless, impotent cowardly traitors
every Republican in Congress are
https://popular.info/p/freshman-congressman-tells-constituent?r=x9iw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
#GOPCowards
Not hearing a lot from them😡
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It seems to have completely slipped the minds of the GOP (The Gone Off Party).
Looking for waste in Government? How about their salaries.
It’s almost as if they were on auto pilot in reciting the oath and are now just hearing
Until Trump Finally Harms MAGA, this will continue to be the case.
Separate House Republicans from House Democrats.
No need to think about what to say.
They’re about to play a major role and decide which way the wind blows.
At the very least, forward the various portions of our beloved foundational document that are being shat upon thanks to them.
MAGAts have no idea what is about to hit them. When
If they are getting rung up on the same charges, they can't "save themselves."
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Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da
Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da
The Democrats in Congress can either vote no or boycott the vote.
So no they flunked US government class and political science
The Executive is filled with Rats & Traitors hell bent on destroying our democratic republic & usher in their techno- kleptocracy
The Legislative is corrupt & weak
The Judicial also corrupt& partisan
Issue is brains got rattled when backbones weakened.
File lawsuits, go to court, but its not enough for those who are ready to blame but have no solutions.
infiltration, corruption and overreach happening in real time by the Right Wing Fascist movement,,
This omission screams in the silence
He could have gotten rid of them before because he could
musk can take whatever he
Their King would prefer they just thanked him then went home
They just slip into their Depends in order to contain their nervous diarrhea.
I will vote for someone with an iron stomach.
Either way, they have zero business "representing" us.
All are fuckers