1. The U.S. Senate is now voting on Kash Patel’s nomination to serve as Director of the FBI. In November, I thought he was unconfirmable, but the road to confirmation has been paved by Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and RFK Jr. - ThreadSky

yasharali.bsky.social • 2 days ago

1. The U.S. Senate is now voting on Kash Patel’s nomination to serve as Director of the FBI.

In November, I thought he was unconfirmable, but the road to confirmation has been paved by Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and RFK Jr.

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patrickularity.bsky.social•2 days ago

All part of the agenda. Folks need to get informed, organized, and active asap

bullbearjeff.bsky.social•2 days ago

He got in. We are so F'ed!

martijon.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Republican Senators are so cowardly that they will confirm Patel despite knowing he is bad for America.

yasharali.bsky.social•2 days ago

2. The Trump team has run the most aggressive and effective whip and comms operation for their nominees that I can ever remember.

This has included bullying US Senators and aggressive and harsh response on social media to critics.

akiva631.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s funny, isn’t it, that extortion and witness tampering are serious crimes, but intimidating the people who will be voting to confirm your nominees is OK 🙄

semifluent.bsky.social•2 days ago

Easy for them to do when the gop has been spineless for years. I think we could all see this coming. They’re terrified of Trump & his rabid, unhinged, violent base.

allcaps-22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mob tactics

heymrwilson1.bsky.social•2 days ago

And apparently, threats of violence on themselves and families. "Be a shame if something happened to your kids, Jimmy and Jane."

inthemidwest.bsky.social•2 days ago

Did Gaetz just drop out too soon or is he that reviled? Or maybe the trump team wasn’t that enthusiastic about him?

thepinpirate.bsky.social•2 days ago

Frank Underwood playbook supreme.

jmc85.bsky.social•2 days ago

@yasharali.bsky.social respectfully, there was no effective whip operation. This was always going to be the outcome.

elainemarieg.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are so weak. Do what's right!

joyyh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unofficial tally 51 yea, 49 nay. Sickening.

bxe123.bsky.social•2 days ago

6:5 they threatened not to investigate death threats against someone.

writewhale.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is insane— we are about to experience 4 years of kangaroo courts— Benghazi and Hunter’s Lapytop hearings on steroids

johnpurlia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please replace the word “aggressive” with “intimidating”. Or, if you like “arm – twisting”.

timbo213.bsky.social•2 days ago

Call them the violent threats they are, Yashar

pre3chorded.bsky.social•2 days ago

Having millions of Republicans that Tucker Carlson's producer at Fox called "cousin fucking terrorists" issue death threats to their Senators also helped.

aburesh01.bsky.social•2 days ago

Death threats to Senators when they vote against Trump's noms was pretty effective. Time for Dems to employ the same tactics?

swgeneralmills.bsky.social•2 days ago

It helps when your threats seems more "life threatening" - as the MAGA cult's certainly are.

gregglade.bsky.social•2 days ago

Isn't it just the death threats?

rjc1084.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even threats…

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-political-violence?srsltid=AfmBOoqnSVAkdnlrA-p5V-56eZpuV0YRaNztYaFdZgHSvzM7t23Uarc-

fjriii.bsky.social•2 days ago

you mean to say authoritarian...

yasharali.bsky.social•2 days ago

no i said what I said. Don’t try to control my speech.

roberto63.bsky.social•2 days ago

You're such a little bitch!

lovttcd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not hard to do when you're addressing a pack of jackals.

mslalamac.bsky.social•2 days ago

They may be aggressive, but those tactics only work on weak ass POSs.

dogolaca.bsky.social•2 days ago

Death threats may have helped.

otherguyfromwham.bsky.social•2 days ago

And threats of violence against their families.

underscoredan.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Bullying” is quite the euphemism for “threatening with death”

ladybree.bsky.social•2 days ago

roberto63.bsky.social•2 days ago

Then you shouldn't be writing about politics.

ziggurcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

“In November, I thought he was unconfirmable” because you fucking dumb dumbs don’t get how fascism works, and continue to fail to understand that the GOP is filled with spineless sycophants who will do Trump’s bidding.