Really? I am going to do my research about the time in which Cheney locked out Federal employers, gave access to personal information to a personnel with no clearance, and gave the federal employees a resignation letter to be signed in order to continue working, just to start with something
You don't remember when a sitting congresman and a congressional staffer both died in freak identical skiing accidents on the same day, after which no congressman except Bernie Sanders dared to vote against going to war in Iraq because Iraq did 9-11?
I despised Bush/Cheney with the fire of a thousand suns. Yes, they 100% stole the presidency from Gore. But even so, they were loyal enough to America to not openly commit treason or be Putin’s bitches while laughing in our faces.
And whether one likes it or not, he was in the ticket. He was elected as Bush's running mate. I would like to know in what part of the ballot was musk. How does such a new department holds so much power?
Kidnapping!
US citizens cannot be exiled, stripped of their citizenship & moved away from lawyers & families! Now we know Trumps plans for his political enemies!
I heard about that on (the GREAT) NPR this morning. Little Marco Rubio thanked the President of El Salvador who said his country would take “American citizens” who are currently convicts in U.S. prisons… and hold them in Salvadoran prisons. Little Marco said he was grateful for the offer.
Dear Lord, this is frightening. The offer to take in US citizen prisoners sounds like it would never make it through the courts, but with the courts we now have thanks to Trump, they could twist anything around to make it fit Trump's wishes. News and online sources are nodding and smiling.
Unfortunately the Dems let this shit happen by not making sure the DOJ and Biden locked these insurrectionist up. Now we have a successful coup in progress.
Please don't use that overused phrase "I am old enough to remember". This is serious business. Platitudes dilute the depth of the issues at hand. And we are all old enough to remember 1 month ago.
He didn't earn all the money he has. Which politicians helped give him government contracts, tax breaks, legal loopholes...and how much did they get for it?
IMPEACH NOW or CONFLICT Later, IMHO. He is a lawless traitor conducting a white collar coup in broad daylight. Much love and respect, but my Fellow American- WHY ARE WE NOT IMPEACHING NOW? TAX THE RICH before they touch 1 American's rightful benefits and destroy us.
So let them be on the historical record. All of this doing nothing at all because the other side won't contribute.... at least put them on the record for their abandonment of the constitution!!!!
Preach brother . Preach. I’m thinking the same thing . How did your old party cede power to one person ?? What do these elected officials think their job is then ?? You are supposed to have oversight and equal power. They don’t even exist right now …
It’s been that way since before the 🍊💩head infested our Whitehouse in 2016. Again, this is all too little too late. We are still reacting to this madness. We need to stop it! Any ideas on how we can do that Adam. Is there any way the constitution provides for us to remove him from office?
I cry from my nephew every night as he enlisted and has recently made PfC rank. He took an oath to the Constitution and now he has to follow orders of leaders who don’t take that oath seriously. I pray for our military leaders that they will stand against unlawful orders.
30 years of conservative right wing lies & hate have put this power grab in. Currently they control all branches & yet you imply the Dems are sitting back doing nothing?
The question becomes what are YOU going to do. What are WE going to do? Easy to sit behind our screen & whine & point fingers.
Respectfully, what can we do? Protest? Call representatives? To what end? I, for one, am feeling very powerless. If the rule of law doesn't matter and is there is no judicial recourse, then to where do we the people even turn? Violence? Protest is only powerful when it wakes the complacent.
The Senate phone system has been overwhelmed with approximately 1600 calls per minute in contrast to the 40 calls per minute it usually receives! Keep calling!
I don't think this criticism is just of the Democrats. Just cuz the president is in your party doesn't mean that members of Congress don't have a duty to keep them following the constitution
exactly how it feels calling Republicans in the Senate today. Their lines are tied up with so many calls and very few of the cowards answer their phones, you'll have to leave a message if you can even connect to "THE BLACK HOLE" that is the Republican party today.
Nobody voted for this illegal immigrant. Why isn't Congress doing anything to put a stop to these illegal activities. Why is my Social Security number and my address, my health and my life an open book to this fucking traitor? What a lame ass country
It shocks me that despite all the craziness and total breach of personal information, the GQP has yet to grow balls big enough to push back. Elon and his cabal of hackers also have all of their personal information. They are not immune from adverse outcomes.
What? You guess we’re a Muskcracy? WTF? why are you accepting this, we’re not going to be subsumed by Putin via Musk. Show your power, don’t acquiesce, even if you’re being sarcastic.
Seems to me that we’ve moved past party politics and moved on to class warfare; the haves vs. the have-nots. Everyday Republicans are slowly beginning to understand they’ve elected their own demise.
There’s a whole lot more of us than them! Get involved! Take to the streets in mass numbers!
"Let me emphasize: #ElonMusk has not been confirmed by Congress. His “department” was never actually enacted. No one other than Trump has given him any authority.
Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.
The Senate phone system has been overwhelmed with approximately 1600 calls per minute in contrast to the 40 calls per minute it usually receives! Keep calling!
Yeah. Remember when Biden gave Kerry access to everyone’s financial information so that he could go and advocate for America to fight climate change. And then remember when Kerry had a bunch of people fired. Exactly the same. 🤡
😂 no he just spent billions of tax payers dollars running around on a private jet while criticizing the American people for flying! lol. I will take someone saving us money “for free” instead of a freeloading self presiding moron!
Yeah. That sounds exactly the same as what Musk is doing. Speaking of hypocrites, how are egg prices these days? Everything working out the way you’d hoped? I’m sure that the world’s wealthiest man and greatest beneficiary of US tax dollars will get to the bottom of this financial waste soon. 🤡🤡🤡🤡
lol he has been in office for 2 weeks!! It’s going to take a little while for him to reverse the damage that the Biden Harris administration did and I’m sure the egg prices have nothing to do with the fact that Biden has hundreds of thousands of chickens before he got out of office!!
Yes, very different situation. I have a 50 slide presentation that I can set up at your local library or convention center. I’ll even make due with the business center at a Ramada
Muskovite is a traitor. Logan Act, Espionage Act and whatever Federal laws applying to machine and data tampering should be swiftly applied. SpaceX and Tesla will actually run better without him. He's Putin 2.0.
The most crooked supreme court our country has ever had and the biggest bunch of insane (republicans) and weak (democrats) politicians our country has ever had.
Musk bought felon47 the election and they are all just sitting back and watching them both destroy our country! 🤬
Congress has given SCOTUS their power of making law. SCOTUS does not INTERPRET the Constitution like its supposed to. It rewrites it to fit Trump's agenda. It gave it's power of the purse strings to the Trump (Musk) also. So, we really only have a single rotten, broken twig.
It really looks like one branch with mistletoe(Musk) sucking the life out of it. Parasites need to be eradicated in order for the plant to survive. Science always wins.
Thank you for calling this out @adamkinzinger.bsky.social; any likeminded representatives in your party who might be willing to become independents until 2026 to caucus with the Dems? It would only take three courageous individuals to put country over party and dowse a patch of this dumpster fire.
Voted Republican once long ago. Still do for some local elections. It’s honorable that some of you have chosen honesty and doing what’s right knowing it’ll possibly end your congress career. Its not a very good job.. odd more folks don’t stand up for Americans being fearful of that job loss.
Very sad, but true! I don’t know how it came to this. Trump is utterly unlikable. How on earth did he get elected. It is confounding and now we are dealing with a catastrophe!
To me, it feels like we have almost Zero branches of government left. The legit remainders in the judicial branch are hanging by threads.
The legislative branch is 55% MAGAwashed. The other 45% is cowering in a corner.
Exactly! When are people going to realize the Republicans have the majority. Elections have consequences and the party with fewer seats can not rescue you.
Have you been watching what those morons do in congress?
When the democraps have the majority they give the repugnants what they want, and when the repugnants have the majority the repugnants waste everyone's time with frivolous investigations.
The democrats warned everyone. But the orange buffoon insisted he knew nothing about it. Bull, another lie from the convicted felon that MAGAites believed.
Well once he has full control trump will have outlived his usefulness as will vance. No doubt they will be dealt with the same way putie deals with his critics and political opponents and enemies. Dives off balconies
This is what happens when the executive puts more emphasis on political optics than on justice and accountability.
That's why the Biden administration was the most lawless in american history -- it didn't employ criminals, but it let all of the worst criminals off the hook.
There are several massive issues with governance in the US. They're not new but they do enable bad behaviour:
- presidential pardons
- executive orders
- the Supreme Court appointment process
After the Muskocracy, you really should look to fix those.
Federal websites are now displaying a Nine Star Flag!
This is a post Civil War re-union United Confederate Veterans Flag. The nine stars symbolize the first nine states to seceded from the Union at the beginning of the Civil War.
YOU BETTER WAKE UP PEOPLE!
So at this point I no longer think mainstream Republicans and even Democrats will save us from what is happening.
We almost need someone to rise up almost as a shadow government to push back against what is happening. It doesn’t matter their party as that no longer matters.
In the suit filed by the AFL-CIO it reads that it can't be handed to anyone without the permission of the individuals who own that information. Us !!! I'm hoping we can sue the bastards.
I don't know what you expect dems to do. All they can do is go on camera and talk, and then that footage will get edited or ignored by the billionaire owned MSM. You are the one that quit when voices of sanity were needed on the right.
to be fair, Trump didn't pick them. He was given their names by a think tank, funded by right-wing billionaires that already had their hooks in 3 existing justices...
We need to barrage every feasible outlet stressing how trump is musk’s performing monkey. Musk & project 2025 are pulling all the shots. As bad as trump is, he’s a minor player in this coup. They’re letting him play payback, but only if it fits into their agenda.
This is all unbelievable, but real.
Information is capital. Information is power. Can the richest man in the world be brought to Justice? All of US will rude the day Trump open the door & gave so much access & control of information about our Gov to Musk.
🤬 What do you suggest we do? I’m a DoD employee and a veteran…everything I’ve observed since 20 Jan is counter to American values, unconstitutional, and illegal as hell. WHAT DO WE DO?
CALL your local Representative/Senator and ask for a link to their Petition for Impeachment/Removal. If they don't have one, demand they start one ASAP and forward the link to you as soon as it's live.
Is there anything you can do from the inside to slow them down? Small acts from enough people can help make a difference. Throw some sand in the gears.
We need to form a coalition with the FBI, people like yourself and ordinary citizens like me. I have the will, I'm ready to defend this country and to save democracy. And I'm just some chick. We all stand together. We stand, we fight, we win.
We need Senate Democrats to step up and shut it all down. They have the tools. They just need the will. But to find the courage to use those tools, they need to hear from all of us - their constituents. That’s the role we play. https://Indivisible.org
I see this as putin helping trump get excuses to take Greenland, they are working together, IF greenland really was so important, then russia wouldnt risk giving US an excuse to justify taking it, so only logical reason is they are working together 😜
I see this as putin helping trump get excuses to take Greenland, they are working together, IF greenland really was so important, then russia wouldnt risk giving US an excuse to justify taking it, so only logical reason is they are working together 😜
I hope Canadian jets were scrambled to escort them in. It would be wildly entertaining to watch the idiot flyover state MAGAts try to reenact Red Dawn! 😂
Okay Adam…. YOUR party should be the focus of your criticism… they’re the ones ruining our country as we speak. Just hope you know that. Call on your fellow REPUBLICANS who actually have the power to do something
A little time still remains for us to bring down the Muskocracy. We must demand that our Senators and Reps. in Congress block him. We must create a public uproar. We can overcome the cover that the MAGA media give Musk. When we fight we win.
dictators effectively consolidate all power within their control, repub congressional members apparently are happy yielding their power to musk as he’s usurping their power of the purse & the supreme court having given trump immunity eliminated their power, they crafted an autocracy & can do nothing
Plus now the ones in govt are being seen as the infraction types preventing data breaching
See you just do it
Musk has an automatic data breach card clearance
And if you try to stop me you are the criminals for stopping me in accessing the information
A made up committee
Teflon rating
There haven't ever really been any effective checks & balances. The ruling class wanted to be able to do as they pleased, that's why the entire system is unsecured from elected politicians. That's also why all of the laws target The People, so they can control & exploit us for profit & power.
And I’m old enough to remember when Republicans said they loved America, Freedom, the US military, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, and that party would never throw away our democracy and hand the country over to Putin through a non elected insane billionaire.
I’ve been yelling the same thing in numerous messages!! ADAM KINSINGER!!! ARE YOU LISTENING?? YOU’VE GOTTA SHOW EM HOW ITS DONE!!! THEY DONT HAVE A CLUE!!!
We have a convicted felon using a known agent of chaos to destroy our democracy while elected representatives cower to this corruption. We can’t allow them one day of peace until they at a minimum block every measure they can. You must fight this unholy movement. SCOTUS is not a church!
But to have the President, the two houses of Congress and the Courts working independently but checked by each other. That was an amazing idea. Its also messy but government by the people is. It is sad how that idea is in tatters. I really feel sad for America that cannot trust those values.
When I was young, America's three branches with checks and balances really impressed me. Canada has some checks and balances inherited from the British parliamentary system. For example minority parliaments or as they are described in Britain - hung parliaments. (1/2)
Obama created the power of the executive order. We warned you of its implications back then, but you were giddy with the power it unleashes. This is why the Left can't govern, they don't think through the permutations.
The black majority of South Africa is giving the white minority a taste of their own medicine, and Elon is upset by this. Elon should move back to South Africa and take up this fight first hand, instead of using the US government and our tax dollars to punish his enemies in another country.
Wait a minute. I thought the judicial became part of the executive when trump came in, so wouldnt that be under White House, which of course is under Muskocracy. So really just 1 branch of government now.
It is infuriating, frustrating & scary!
In my opinion the only way to hopefully get the GOPs attention is mass walk outs and mass peaceful
Protests in the streets. Thoughts??
You still have 3 branches if you do not concede to them. I really wish Americans would stop obeying in advance. Trump's administration is very weak. It's why they have to use EOs instead of legislation. Focus on this and drive the cracks ever wider.
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Remember President Dick Cheney?
Over at SubStack, #DavidRovics wrote about it two weeks ago. His piece is called "The Letter that Liz Cheney Didn't Write."
I don't know how to link to it but THAT essay is worth reading.
So cheney was not just unelected, he was fraudulently inaugurated.
US citizens cannot be exiled, stripped of their citizenship & moved away from lawyers & families! Now we know Trumps plans for his political enemies!
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/americas/el-salvador-migrant-deal-marco-rubio-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app
Muscovy ducks all lined up now.
Obviously one small addition to the long list of other things they need to be doing.
Us. No one. Its deal or get out! Masters degree here and im getting out!
The question becomes what are YOU going to do. What are WE going to do? Easy to sit behind our screen & whine & point fingers.
It's not enough to end it, but how can we live with ourselves if we don't try?
https://youtu.be/P4keRDrGppc?si=GPTwe4Dl4zNXZoXY
There’s a whole lot more of us than them! Get involved! Take to the streets in mass numbers!
Democrats and any Republicans with a spine need to step in and stop this madness.
Call your rep now (202) 224-3121" Robert Reich
Musk bought felon47 the election and they are all just sitting back and watching them both destroy our country! 🤬
Pathocracy being the rule of people without conscience.
“A pathocracy is a form of government where a small group of people with personality disorders control a society.”
something!
The legislative branch is 55% MAGAwashed. The other 45% is cowering in a corner.
Legitimizing the insurrectionists by negotiating with them instead of holding them accountable, the democraps joined the coup.
When the democraps have the majority they give the repugnants what they want, and when the repugnants have the majority the repugnants waste everyone's time with frivolous investigations.
Utah Phillips gave the rallying cry:
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.”
Today, add "US government" to the Earth.
Go at it, direct activists!
That's why the Biden administration was the most lawless in american history -- it didn't employ criminals, but it let all of the worst criminals off the hook.
I can’t see a role for them.
I think the arrow from EM to the SC is also missing. Their role is understood- to publish the decrees of the Ruler
- presidential pardons
- executive orders
- the Supreme Court appointment process
After the Muskocracy, you really should look to fix those.
It's scary, but what people said for decades about what they'd do in 1930s Germany, this is what they'd do.
This is a post Civil War re-union United Confederate Veterans Flag. The nine stars symbolize the first nine states to seceded from the Union at the beginning of the Civil War.
YOU BETTER WAKE UP PEOPLE!
We almost need someone to rise up almost as a shadow government to push back against what is happening. It doesn’t matter their party as that no longer matters.
This is just the beginning and it'll get worse quickly.
Musk now the head of the Gestapo.
Trump released the SS on day 1.
This is all unbelievable, but real.
Good luck. This is so bad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_action
https://indivisible.org/resource/how-senate-democrats-can-shut-down-trumps-agenda-procedural-hardball
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-fighter-jets-scrambled-russia-warplanes-arctic-norad/
It's just one branch actually
Those were the days.
See you just do it
Musk has an automatic data breach card clearance
And if you try to stop me you are the criminals for stopping me in accessing the information
A made up committee
Teflon rating
They were always hopeless bigots though. That hasn't changed.
It's 100% Muskland
In my opinion the only way to hopefully get the GOPs attention is mass walk outs and mass peaceful
Protests in the streets. Thoughts??
He has enough money left over to buy at least three SCOTUS justices. Making Harlan Crow look like an amateur!