Breaking: Sen. Brian Schatz says he'll place a "blanket hold" on Trump's State Department nominees after Elon Musk said the U.S. Agency for International Development would be shut down.
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how about a federal judge declare DOGE illegal and shut it down. how about a federal judge hold Musk, as an illegal alien, in contempt pending a review? how about flooding trump with lawsuits yesterday, freezing his fucking ass? didnt biden intall 235 left wing federal judges? where are they?
this cajoled him into action? HOW THE FUCK ABOUT ELON PUSHING THE BUTTON ON MY SOCIAL SECURITY? HAH? AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS? I THINK THIS WARRANTS CAJOLEMENT. jesus fucking mother of shit.
YES! THANK YOU @schatz.bsky.social! Thank you! THIS is exactly the right thing and I applaud wholeheartedly you taking a page from the book of Mitch MCConnell and the Republicans. Go go GO!!!
About time. Dems need to play hardball. The public doesn't know anything about trump's cabinet picks. I was at a Walmart this morning and they didn't know anything about the tariffs or what is going on. Dems need to stop trying to govern based on focus group feedback and save our democracy.
Oh ffs. This is Schumers policy. And the hold is not for cabinet level nominees. It’s for appointees etc AFTER the cabinet nominee has been confirmed. As in State dept.
Trump himself does not have the power to do this - its not how the Presidency works -
An unelected robber Barron sure does not have the clearances not even with Trump's permission to do any of this and neither do 6 young hackers working for Musk -
Trump needs to be told he is not a king -
Why isn't Chuck Schumer rallying all Democratic Senators to do this?
It's time for a new Minority Leader, who will meet this dangerous existential threat to our democracy with the urgency and seriousness that is required.
It is something that Chuck Schumer himself should have done. The leadership is so incompetent. Go out to the press and talk about all the things every single day. Choose the most talented communicator in the Senate and House like AOC in the House to blast it every day and night.
I am nobody. Why does it matter what I do or where I am? Chuck Schumer is the leader of the opposition party in the Senate. He should deploy every possible tool to disrupt and delay the ruling party's work in the Senate. The press conference by him last week does not give confidence.
Why does this news keep getting smaller? I could have sworn before it was nominees. Now it’s specifically State dept specific.
What part of fascist coup are they missing here. None of the nominees. This is just embarrassing to watch. Fascism comes to America and the opposition party are clowns.
Because you misunderstood. Cabinet level cannot be held. And after the nominee is confirmed then the hold can go on appointees etc. and State dept has been confirmed.
“We will use every power that we have at our disposal in the US Senate. My colleagues will do the same thing in the House. This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said
“Let’s not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions of dollars off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our government right now is doing it based on self interest.”
Musk/ team acted as if he had authority but didn't: fraud. Data & ID theft are crimes. Locked Bldg & computers, a crime > extortion (ransomware). Tho Trump can pardon for Fed crimes, can't for state crimes. He, cronies & (enablers) Congress should. Trump may be glad to ditch Musks control of him
Why is anyone going forward with anything in this government? Who is voting for any Trump appointees? I swear its like an abusive house. Dad and uncle downstairs drunk, shooting guns and yelling how they need to beat someone up and mom is upstairs cleaning the kitchen.
Meanwhile-
One method of resistance is to keep status quo going- it should not apply to Congress, but in other parts of the government, brave workers are resisting the move to stop their functions and cripple the country.
We need to thank them every day for continuing to show up.
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What is it they say? Bringing a knife to a gunfight? If only the US had a system of government with 2 other co equal branches that act as checks and balances.
I’m mad at my Reps @kaine.senate.gov and
Mark Warner for selling out to the repugs at this crucial time.
"An internal FBI document obtained by NBC News shows that executives use the FBIs Sentinel case file management system to identify agents and employees who worked on January 6 cases. The document says there were around 2400 investigations in total. "
Finally!! Looks like the congressional Dems have finally joined the fight. Should be a unified body of no more confirmations until the unelected SouthAfrican wannabe #POTUS no one voted for is gone
I've always liked Sen. Schatz. I'm not surprised that he's one of the very few Dems who are actually fighting back. The rest of them need to grow a pair NOW! Our democracy is at stake and Schumer, Pelosi, and Jeffries are positively somnambulant.
@brianschatz.bsky.social Finally, real action! Please seek appropriate legal action on cyber & physical breaches of OPM & Treasury, & *demand* answers from Treasury Sec on why buildings were unprotected. If CISA is still non-partisan, ask them to assess what was viewed/changed. @wyden.senate.gov
Congress needs to grill our Treasury Sec on why sensitive servers were *breached.* Did "DOGE" kids w minimal clearance use external media/Cloud to copy/install anything? Use personal email? Try to access a SCIF? Access employees' computers? @repjasmine.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov
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WHEN WILL SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING? IN YEAR 3000?
Rapist and drunk just didn’t cross the line, eh?
Democrats are the absolute worst.
They're all working to shut down the government so why should any of them be in office if they're blatantly planning to disregard the Constitution?
We need a *No Confidence Vote* on Sen. Chuck Schumer serving as Senate Minority Leader.
With respect, He is not the right leader for this moment.
Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy would be great voices and great leaders for this moment.
An unelected robber Barron sure does not have the clearances not even with Trump's permission to do any of this and neither do 6 young hackers working for Musk -
Trump needs to be told he is not a king -
It's time for a new Minority Leader, who will meet this dangerous existential threat to our democracy with the urgency and seriousness that is required.
The time for conventional politics is OVER!!
We need to fight for our democracy
#ElectionsJaveConsequences
#ComplacencyIsComplicity
CC: Chuck Schumer
1) Why have any Trump nominees received any @thedemcoalition.bsky.social votes?
And more importantly,
2) Why haven’t @thedemcoalition.bsky.social shut down the entire nomination process?
What part of fascist coup are they missing here. None of the nominees. This is just embarrassing to watch. Fascism comes to America and the opposition party are clowns.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-sen-brian-schatz-puts-hold-trumps-state-department-nominees-rcna190470
One method of resistance is to keep status quo going- it should not apply to Congress, but in other parts of the government, brave workers are resisting the move to stop their functions and cripple the country.
We need to thank them every day for continuing to show up.
🦗
I’m mad at my Reps @kaine.senate.gov and
Mark Warner for selling out to the repugs at this crucial time.
@TheRichFromCali
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Would you support a petition and eventual removal of Elon Musk from any government involvement
Yes or No?
https://x.com/TheRichFromCali/status/1886478178568561010/photo/1
Twitter is musk's megaphone.
"An internal FBI document obtained by NBC News shows that executives use the FBIs Sentinel case file management system to identify agents and employees who worked on January 6 cases. The document says there were around 2400 investigations in total. "
Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121. Ask for your House member and both Senators.
Main topics: Federal payment system, tariffs, federal freeze on science grants.
Look what the last approval did to us?!?
He let Elon into the Treasury!