Why I refuse to normalize this president: Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist. www.mlive.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

dananessel.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Why I refuse to normalize this president:

Appeasement is not workable strategy with a fascist.

https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/03/michigan-ag-on-trump-no-common-ground-with-a-wannabe-king.html

Comments

ohyeahisee.bsky.social•3 days ago

POUR A GLASS OF WINE. SIT DOWN THIS WEEKEND FOR JUST 2 HOURS.
WATCH THIS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE CREDITS.

ohyeahisee.bsky.social•3 days ago

THERE ARE POINTS IN HISTORY, INARGUABLY, COMPLACENCY BORN OF FEAR HAVE LED TO DESTRUCTION.
IMAGINE IF BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTROYING MILLIONS OF LIVES UNILATERALLY, HAD BEEN OPPOSED.

TRUMPISM IS A DISEASE THAT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INFECT THE WORLD.

THANK YOU FOR OPPOSING.

jamesearlweeks.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes

“Appeasement is not markable strategy with a fascist.”

#StandWithDanaNessel

The Trump administration persists in its attempts to normalize the unacceptable.

#RefuseToNormalizeTrump

slewsky.bsky.social•4 days ago

You might wanna have a word with Governor Damnroads.

robbinsa.me•4 days ago

I agree! Quote tweet unrelated:

https://bsky.app/profile/prchovanec.bsky.social/post/3lmbec5hixk2q

thomasav.bsky.social•4 days ago

Dana Nessel slowly zipping up her hot dog costume.

studuncan.bsky.social•4 days ago

You’ll be amazed to learn that Dana doesn’t work for the federal government.

thomasav.bsky.social•4 days ago

You'll be amazed to know Dana Nessel probably collaborated with the same UMich regents who just eliminated DEI to charge protestors—despite local prosecutors declining to do so. You'll also be amazed to know those charges were condemned by the ACLU of Michigan.

studuncan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sad deflection. And one side saying it doesn’t mean the other side did it. Otherwise, you’d link to the latter.

C for effort, F for facts.

Try again.

robbinsa.me•4 days ago

hey who brought the meritless charges that put that guy on the feds radar

qfabiusmaximus.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cope lmao

thomasav.bsky.social•4 days ago

And @studuncan.bsky.social you're going to be like 🤯 when you learn a US citizen and lawyer was detained at DTW by an anti-terrorism unit because he represents one of the protestors Nessel charged.

Nessel is enabling Trump to detain lawyers. Citizens.

She should drop the charges.

studuncan.bsky.social•4 days ago

You reaching for a connection, lol

agora01619.bsky.social•4 days ago

You said “probably”
Don't you need solid evidence?

robbinsa.me•4 days ago

to be entirely clear: even if she made the decision to file these charges entirely on her own that was bad and they should be dropped.

studuncan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Evidence? Not for Mr Valdez.

micah68pursuit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Drop the charges against anti-genocide protesters.

hrryan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fighting Trump takes precedence.

terraistrying.bsky.social•4 days ago

Jailing student protesters is pretty fascist too, no?

ileneann.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you!

ginsengity.bsky.social•4 days ago

“I think that when we treat him like he is a normal president and by normalizing his activities and saying, ‘Well, he’s just somebody that we have to do business with,’ I think it sends the wrong message to the American people,” Nessel said.

ginsengity.bsky.social•4 days ago

“And I hate for our elected leaders to be sending the message that, like, this is just a normal presidency and, you know we can negotiate with him and he will keep his word to the American people, or really, to anybody that he gives it to. It’s concerning to me.”

ginsengity.bsky.social•4 days ago

"But this is not a normal presidency and if we’ve learned nothing from just these last several weeks, it’s that there’s no law that Trump will not break. There’s no constitutional right upon which he will not trample."

joehandle1.bsky.social•3 days ago

She’s awesome

liesbethspanjaard.bsky.social•4 days ago

Will there be a moment to leave the USA? Together with other states?

studuncan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Talk to your friend. Because she is normalizing him.

https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedman.bsky.social/post/3lmftftighc27

hwrdhdsn.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you! There is no middle ground with fascists, kings, or dictators, or in this case, one dabbling in all three. Yield nothing.

devinsbarncat.bsky.social•4 days ago

#badass

booradley31.bsky.social•4 days ago

Shots fired

nintyfan1991.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tell that to your governor... WHO WAS ALMOST KIDNAPPED BY HIS SUPPORTERS!

tb1952.bsky.social•4 days ago

you might want to have a word with your Governor

kristinemarie67.bsky.social•4 days ago

You rock girl!! Keep it up!

paullymoonbeam.bsky.social•3 days ago

An unveiled message to our governor, perhaps?

wiccawrite.bsky.social•3 days ago

You’re really that, we need to protest the Supreme Court. That is where the protests needs to be held. Pressure needs to be put on them

blandphilosophy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good.

catbutlersr.bsky.social•4 days ago

Gov Whitmer seems to kissing the 🍊🤡 ring, though

klassmi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Against ignorance even the gods fight an uphill battle 🤠

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•2 days ago

“ I mean, he is a man who seems hell bent on destroying not just Michigan, but all of the United States”. I say more than the U.S, the world. Annexing Greenland, Canada 51st state, destroying Gaza and building “Trump Gaza”. Trump is the biggest threat to the world. Most of the World could end. 悪魔

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•4 days ago

You get it! By selling her soul to the orange Hitler, Gretchen Whitmer will
bring jobs to Michigan. Starting at $3 an hour or less with no benefits, this is kind of jobs that await MAGA and bipartisanship Blue MAGA dems. くだらないナチス https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.bsky.social/post/3lmg5b7ga5k2z

chipaustin1.bsky.social•4 days ago

You are much stronger and more articulate than your weak kneed governor. Thank you!

jamerman.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wish some of America's elite law firms understood that appeasement is not a workable strategy with a fascist. Hopefully corporate CEOs know better, but I'm not holding my breath.

studio528.bsky.social•4 days ago

Tell that to your Trump ass kissing governor.

laiker.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for your courage and integrity.

geoffreymoses.bsky.social•4 days ago

More Nessels, fewer Whitmers, please.

observer0420.bsky.social•4 days ago

The last time governments tried to appease a fascist leader, it literally led to World War II. The fascist in question was Hitler himself.

Trump would be refused the chance to run in the first place, made to resign, or impeached and removed, by any sane government. The GOP is not sane.

martyolliff.bsky.social•4 days ago

Please loan some spine to Big Gretch, though it’s too late to save her presidential ambitions.

slewsky.bsky.social•4 days ago

Is it me or does Botox and cosmetic surgery cause people to become more sociopathic?

martyolliff.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t think it’s just you.

msjacobs.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let's all agree not to use the "p" word when referring to the demented mob boss...
🙏

groverhaustenbosch.bsky.social•4 days ago

please say it louder for and to your governor thank you

chiprogressive.bsky.social•4 days ago

Check, Big Gretch.

cookncolorado.bsky.social•3 days ago

Would you ask Gov. Whitmer to avoid him like the damn plague?

lbluth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you. Thank you. More of this.

arcatadave.bsky.social•4 days ago

She's awesome.

shunnar.bsky.social•4 days ago

Drop the charges then!

bowpeople.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you!!!!

nccaniac.bsky.social•4 days ago

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT... STOP NORMALIZING THE TYRANT.

house-razor.bsky.social•4 days ago

🫡🫡🫡🫡

ethicsshouldmatter.bsky.social•4 days ago

You are not alone. We may not be visible but we are next to you, behind you and clearing the brush in your path forward. We are here and appreciate you standing up for us. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🫶

gartmartin9.bsky.social•4 days ago

100%!
You and Tim Walz are doing great work right now (along with some of the Dems in the House), while Democratic party leadership in Washington (and a certain someone you know well) are failing to meet the moment.

bdruk.bsky.social•4 days ago

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

darkdaysahead.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you. Shameful that Whitmer did.

mikethemadbiol.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

kateculliton.bsky.social•3 days ago

You. You are who we need, Dana.

biggusd.bsky.social•4 days ago

You might want to have a word to Whitmer because yesterday a disgrace.

ryanmichael80.bsky.social•4 days ago

More of this!

oddkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

Should have a chat with Whitmer.

danaclark.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump is trying to frame it that way, but I suspect Whitmer plays him whenever she can. Like when trump sat her next to him at a luncheon to try to intimidate her, but she talked to him about the invasive carp in the Great Lakes the whole time. Don't buy the narrative he is putting out there.

oddkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s more about the optics and timing.

hrryan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fuck the optics/timing. People need to think more seriously and not have such a shallow understanding of reality.

oddkins.bsky.social•3 days ago

You have a nice day.

suannelqr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Don’t sulk, dear.

lbluth.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think the whole point is that she and Whitmer take very different approaches ( Iam personally team Nessel here, all the way).

naniej1998.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is a ridiculous stance. Her appearance in the Oval Office has been explained. Stop beating up one of our best and brightest.

oddkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

No. It is not. The optics are terrible, and the timing worse. She knows better, she’s a pro - even the best can get caught up in Trump’s dog and pony show.

naniej1998.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is a distraction dreamed up by Trump to get folks to chatter about nothing, while he takes down the country.

oddkins.bsky.social•4 days ago

It perpetuates a theme of Democratic impotence and subservience. But you are right, it’s a distraction.

grammarpurist.bsky.social•3 days ago

Has she spoken with her governor?

lauriemac916.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you, AG. Thank you from my heart. You've been here for us since day 1.
You, Joslyn Benson & Mallory McMorrow, give me hope for our tomorrow. 👊🏼💙

jacksonmcbride.bsky.social•4 days ago

Exactly right. A tyrant will ALWAYS demand more. Look at what he is trying to do to Columbia after they appeased him.

Resist.

heartlesscreatures.bsky.social•4 days ago

Appreciate you.

Unclear what's up with Big Gretch.

hiramhaus.bsky.social•2 days ago

What is a compromise with a Nazi?

You don’t do that
Shouldn’t even consider it
That should come naturally
Be a decent person

agora01619.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you.

jcools.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you AG Nessel! You get these times and we need leaders like you right now. Please keep speaking out!

alexis8.bsky.social•3 days ago

Too late for you to get your foot out of the mud @govwhitmer.bsky.social.

belligan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Please relay this to Governor Whitmer. As a supporter of hers, I beg you. She got straight up clowned yesterday & is getting dragged online for it - rightfully so.

prance.bsky.social•4 days ago

So, my theory is : Whitmer is acting in her state’s interest flattering Trump like a responsible governor who is aware of realities like the fact that Trump is president, loves flattery and has a whimsical approach to policicies impacting her citizens. For example tariffs.