We must all do our own part. Senators have actions they alone are privy to, as does the populace.
And for the populace, it is ever easier to pass a comment online from the warmth of inside than call their representatives or become an activist or protestor or striker in the cold outside.
In case you didn't notice, there is an active coup going on.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
Do something....get together with ALL THE DEM SENATORS and make a plan to sabotage this coup. If you get stuck just imagine this ......what would the felon or any of the MAGAt Republicans do if this were Biden or Obama.
serious question, why can't Dem MoC band together and make a citizen's arrest of Musk? He's just a citizen, he holds no government position, yet he's stealing our data and money from the Treasury. This is a serious question, I don't see why you can't do this? Be courageous!
Senator, with all due respect you are feeding into the COUP that is occurring this very moment. You and other Dems must call this out and denounce it. DOGE illegal access to federal systems with a team of kids, FFS! And while at it PLEASE OBSTRUCT and VOTE NO on the appointees! NO VOUGHT/ RFK JR.
So why exactly aren't all you Democrat leaders coming together and calling pressers EVERY DAY to report this to everyone? Not stopping until everyone hears? Why do other countries seem to have stronger back bones then you all do.. YOU the ones that WE ALL voted for?
#TimeForAnswers
love a good political cartoon. wanna know what i like more? CONCRETE ACTIONABLE
ITEMS THAT YOU & YOUR CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO TAKE TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE. otherwise the next political cartoons will be about politicians tweeting instead of doing their jobs. wonder what the inspo is
No more hand wringing and telling us how shitty it is. You're an elected official, start fucking resisting & leading your people to rise against this illegal power grab.
Otherwise, you need to get out of the way and let people do the job none of you seem capable of doing.
It's a 5-alarm fire, and the fire chiefs (YOU) are posting cartoons on a microblogging site.
Where are the extinguishers? How do we join the bucket brigade? How do we help put this fire out? How do we help fire victims? How do we safeguard our families, homes, democracy, etc against this fire?
Unelected Musk and his minions have their hands all over and stealing our Treasury data, including personally identifiable information on a lot of people in this country, but sure, just go on with your useless cartoon posting. 😠 #StopTheCoup
Explain in simple terms what "this" means:
Higher grocery & gas prices
Less healthcare for vets
Grandma may not get her social security nor your child school lunches
Dems must stop doing all Cong biz & only address crisis
Deport him and take away his government contracts! Is this what you politicians are doing with our tax dollars but yet we can't have Universal Healthcare!!! Do Something! https://www.adammockler.com/p/deport-elon-musk
The plan now that all the players are in place is to introduce a US cryptocoin , legitimize it and give it legs.
Weaken the dollar over time and crypto becomes the preferred tender.More revenue for the dotcom guys.
why do you think there are lines at banks to remove gold bars by depositors
@whitehouse.senate.gov
What the hell are you all going to do about ?
Stop dicking around with cartoons.
Get up and stop this bullshit. Do you job and protect the Constitution and the america people.
Any plan to stop the coup and takeover of our treasury by these unelected criminals? If this was being done by a foreign country we’d be sending in the military. You’re sending in the clowns. This is a five alarm fire. Stop pointing with your mouth hanging open and start acting like it!
Yes, but this is only phase one.
Ultimate goal is to collect most of and then crash and then cancel the dollar.
Meanwhile they have already converted all of our dollars that they have stolen into crypto.
And the whole country runs on new crypto currency system that they control top to bottom.
This is real & is already in motion.
What can WE ALL do to stop this?
March together with our elected leaders? @whitehouse.senate.gov are you in? We all march together? You help recruit your colleagues and we pick a day and a time?
Camera people and news crews too?
@maddow.msnbc.com yes?
I'm going to vomit. I do not feel safe in this world when Elon musk (a private citizen) can access my personal identifiable information!! @aclu.org @democracyforward.bsky.social @crew.bsky.social
Can we start a class action for all Americans????!!
What are you all doing about the massive breach of data and national security perpetrated by Elon Musk and his team of six 19-24 year olds, all without clearance, none of whom are elected or confirmed?
Respectfully Senator, the American people didn’t hire you to write strongly worded statements or send out cutesy memes. We hired you TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. START FUCKING DOING THAT.
Providing a "private citizen", tho an Illegal immigrant by falsifying VISA, access to personal information is a class-action tort for Data Breach. File lawsuit against Musk, tyrant cultists, and anyone else affirming such acts. This is not any 'duties of potus' so that immunity garbage is worthless
Get out there to the Treasury Building with cameras and do something.
FILE suit against this.
IT IS AN ACT of WAR.
Those who remain silent in ACTION are complacent.
No more letters & cute memes! Get a damn emergency court injunction to get those people out of our Treasury and OPM databases!! NOW. Musk is shutting down programs approved by Congress. If you all do not act forcefully this week Congress will permanently lose the power of the purse = a coup.
For once in your life, you Democrats need to act like a fucking OPPOSITION party and not a gaggle of cowards constantly genuflecting to your corporate patrons. There is a coup taking place and Democrats are AWOL. Grow a spine!
Use EVERY lever and senate rule at your disposal. Contest every confirmation. Insist on full hearings. Join in amicus briefs. Form a shadow government and speak out. Cartoons are not going to cut it.
that's funny. oh, sen. whitehouse, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT OUR TREASURY BEING RANSACKED BY A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THAT? HOW ARE YOU WORKING TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY? (yes, i've got capslock disease. it just seems fitting.)
We are seeing how the federal government is being raided and dismantled in real time. By a South African billionaire and his foreign programmers having access to federal government computer systems, data that includes our social security numbers, EINs. And this is what you have to offer? Seriously?
If you are going to have social media you should pay close attention to what is posted Mr Whitehouse... this tells me how out of touch older Democrats can be very annoying.
USAID is law! Musk cannot just shut it down. It’s just 1% of our budget. And letting his college kids plug into secure federal computers should be suspect. Did they dismantle protections? Leave a backdoor open for future use? This whole DO(d)GEy unit should be shut down. Please get serious!
DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO STOP THIS! We don’t need memes - we know what they’re doing. You’re one of the guys that’s supposed to prevent this kind of thing. Help me understand why none of you Democrats had a plan in place for what we all knew was coming. All of you have a LOT to answer for.
Yeah we get it. Now do something other than posting cartoons.
Go stand in front of Treasury & explain to Americans Elon now has sight into their data. How he can turn on or off payments. How his UNELECTED team is single-handedly deciding if govt depts live or die & how that impacts Americans.
With all due respect, we need more than cartoons from our ELECTED leaders right now—unless you’re telling us it’s over, in which case, a heads-up would be appreciated!
What can we do? What can you do? We need action not “funny” memes or cartoons.
Dumb question BUT does trump have a new wig? He looks dumber than usual with that giant bald spot right on top of his head - I saw it when the camera-overhead lighting focused right there on it?
The 'president' failed to staff the FAA leadership, leading to tragic crashes and deaths of innocent americans, and all he did in response was try to blame others. He never takes any responsibility, has any empathy for victims, or plans for any improvements for the safety and security of americans!
It’s really stunning that we’ve allowed Trump…this stupid stupid man back into office. He’s responsible for one of the biggest political blunders on history allowing Iran to build nuclear weapons. Good thing they’re stable huh.That by itself. A felon president.Love co-prez Musk.That looks good!
People want to know where Dems are. I want to know where are the Rs? THEY have the total majority! Dems warned us this was coming! Only Rs can fix this with their majority power! THEY broke it! THEY need to fix it! Stop approving ALL nominees! Bessent let Musk & his minions in our payment system🤬🤬
When are you going to the U.S. Treasury, Senator? It seems there is cause for concern, as an unelected madman has taken control of U.S. payment systems. Please make an announcement, and go do something! Bring your elected friends, and please, do it today!
Go do something worthwhile w/ your time, Senator, & I don't mean line up your stock trades to plan for the impending massive sell-offs at the bell tomorrow.
Organize a protest or sit-in in front of Treasury or the Teddy Roosevelt Bldg(OPM). SOMETHING. Something that explains why you were elected.
Spread the word:
Vote on Vought is 3 pm EST -- TODAY
Action needed. Travel to, or call, the stateside offices of your senators to tell them RUSSELL VOUGHT IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR OMB. He was principle writer of Project 2025, will use OMB to rewrite workings of government.
Nobody is "letting" anybody do anything. Trump is breaking the law, and ALL of our Dems are protesting, calling up their homeboys for support, boycotting voting sessions in Congress, going online and on news shows to spread awareness of WTF is happening, and DECRYING this sh!t in every way possible.
Problem is, we hear ZIP from most media. TheyR downplaying this. Our Dem State AGs R in Court NOW, fighting2get Trump'sILLEGAL EOs thrown out! They@least wr able2get th OMB memo thrown out&the Medicaid portalsTURNED BACK ON. THAT'S what public outreach has done. Do U think Congress is MAGIC?
Congress hz The Power:
*Of th Purse
*2Write/PassLAWS
*2ADVISE&CONSENT2Cabinet&Judicial Appts
*2INVESTIGATE Political Wrongdoing
*2bring Articles of Impeachment WHEN THR IS PROOF THT PASSES LEGAL STANDARDS<--Important!
Dems R th MINORITY. Only his own Cabinet can unleash th 25th Amendmnt on Trump.
Be nice if you could actually do something helpful for the people
You work for so our benefits aren’t stolen by a hack named Musk. We would also ask for you to NOT vote to confirm nominees unqualified, all
Of them. Not a good time to make jokes your go to.
Why aren’t Dem leaders out in front of the camera EVERY SINGLE DAY breaking down Trump crazy policies and EA’s like AOC and JC? This is war. We need you all to meet this moment! https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lh7upieu4l2r
Hey, here's an idea Sheldon: Stop posting on BlueSky and get off your ass and DO SOMETHING! Because right now you and the rest of the Democrats are about as useful as hubcaps on a tractor!
Who is paying the salaries of DOGE employees? Since it is not a government department authorized by congress with no appropriation of funding, is the co-president paying the bills?
This appears to be a take-over of the federal government by one man in concert with his partner.
Is this elon team in our federal government system?
They are hacking and data mining our systems.
They do not have the clearance, their is no bill or appointment by a committee.
This is an illegal action or terrorism to cripple our government.
I think they need to be found.
#eattherich
#WTFU
Senator. No more cartoons. You're "exposing" something they aren't trying to hide. Get to fucking work - now. Decent Americans are counting on you and your colleagues to limit the damage and make this hard for them. What's the plan??
Soooo you are hitting no & pushing back on everything he is putting out right!?
Because you don’t get to be the main character of ^ image without every single thing you do having bad intent. Everyone that helps you get there (or doesn’t speak out) is just as bad! 🥴
#protest #WeThePeople Shut Down The Senate! Where are our revolutionaries? Where are our leaders? Hold up every action in court, set up sit ins, make viral posts, quorum, we the people support you, now FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY!!!
Senator, I am a constituent of yours and I do not approve of the current chaos. Please act regarding Elon’s coup and the massive data breach he orchestrated!
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And for the populace, it is ever easier to pass a comment online from the warmth of inside than call their representatives or become an activist or protestor or striker in the cold outside.
We can each encourage our Congress people to participate
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
#TimeForAnswers
ITEMS THAT YOU & YOUR CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO TAKE TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE. otherwise the next political cartoons will be about politicians tweeting instead of doing their jobs. wonder what the inspo is
No more hand wringing and telling us how shitty it is. You're an elected official, start fucking resisting & leading your people to rise against this illegal power grab.
Otherwise, you need to get out of the way and let people do the job none of you seem capable of doing.
Where are the extinguishers? How do we join the bucket brigade? How do we help put this fire out? How do we help fire victims? How do we safeguard our families, homes, democracy, etc against this fire?
NO ONE VOTED FOR THIS.
Explain in simple terms what "this" means:
Higher grocery & gas prices
Less healthcare for vets
Grandma may not get her social security nor your child school lunches
Dems must stop doing all Cong biz & only address crisis
https://www.adammockler.com/p/deport-elon-musk
Weaken the dollar over time and crypto becomes the preferred tender.More revenue for the dotcom guys.
why do you think there are lines at banks to remove gold bars by depositors
TRUMP HAS JUST MADE HIMSELF KING!
What the hell are you all going to do about ?
Stop dicking around with cartoons.
Get up and stop this bullshit. Do you job and protect the Constitution and the america people.
Ultimate goal is to collect most of and then crash and then cancel the dollar.
Meanwhile they have already converted all of our dollars that they have stolen into crypto.
And the whole country runs on new crypto currency system that they control top to bottom.
What can WE ALL do to stop this?
March together with our elected leaders? @whitehouse.senate.gov are you in? We all march together? You help recruit your colleagues and we pick a day and a time?
Camera people and news crews too?
@maddow.msnbc.com yes?
The new Treasury Secy. illegally gave Musk access to IT systems and he wants to help the GOP push more of these assholes through?
Are you aware of this Senator? Do you agree?
Can we start a class action for all Americans????!!
This is NOT A JOKE.
Name all the Republicans that are allowing this. Let the world know it is on THEIR watch. AND YOURS.
FILE suit against this.
IT IS AN ACT of WAR.
Those who remain silent in ACTION are complacent.
https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3lha4fbq2n22t
As a European, I can assure you that Strong Words™ are not going to work.
What's the plan to stop the coup? Because that's a coup that's going on.
Judging fron here, it seems that you are totally oblivion on that.
And it starts. A private owner of a gov. vendor decides which of his competitors gets paid. https://politicalwire.com/2025/02/02/musk-is-halting-treasury-payments-to-contractors/
Well,
it used to be called "Pottersville" . . .
... it's unbearable AMERICA !
💠 😔 💠
Do something! There's an active coup happening right now.
Do these things to slow down and stop the present administration's agenda.
Please
He and Musk are rendering Congress moot.
Go stand in front of Treasury & explain to Americans Elon now has sight into their data. How he can turn on or off payments. How his UNELECTED team is single-handedly deciding if govt depts live or die & how that impacts Americans.
What can we do? What can you do? We need action not “funny” memes or cartoons.
We need leadership that will stand up to the fascist regime we have in place now.
It looks like a coup happened today.
Most Americans are terrified.
Please tell me that you, and other Democratic leaders, have not capitulated.
Organize a protest or sit-in in front of Treasury or the Teddy Roosevelt Bldg(OPM). SOMETHING. Something that explains why you were elected.
Vote on Vought is 3 pm EST -- TODAY
Action needed. Travel to, or call, the stateside offices of your senators to tell them RUSSELL VOUGHT IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR OMB. He was principle writer of Project 2025, will use OMB to rewrite workings of government.
*Of th Purse
*2Write/PassLAWS
*2ADVISE&CONSENT2Cabinet&Judicial Appts
*2INVESTIGATE Political Wrongdoing
*2bring Articles of Impeachment WHEN THR IS PROOF THT PASSES LEGAL STANDARDS<--Important!
Dems R th MINORITY. Only his own Cabinet can unleash th 25th Amendmnt on Trump.
https://youtu.be/AkmkMPIW0MM?si=5G6_RhTWlaoOU7yO
You work for so our benefits aren’t stolen by a hack named Musk. We would also ask for you to NOT vote to confirm nominees unqualified, all
Of them. Not a good time to make jokes your go to.
This appears to be a take-over of the federal government by one man in concert with his partner.
They are hacking and data mining our systems.
They do not have the clearance, their is no bill or appointment by a committee.
This is an illegal action or terrorism to cripple our government.
I think they need to be found.
#eattherich
#WTFU
Of the measles outbreaks and bird flu we need a true person of science in this role!
Because you don’t get to be the main character of ^ image without every single thing you do having bad intent. Everyone that helps you get there (or doesn’t speak out) is just as bad! 🥴
DO SOMETHING!!