We will never forget what 10 Democrats in the Senate has brought upon the United States of America and its citizens.
Their names will be etched in our history books for the rest of time.
They along with this administration are the harbingers of Destruction of the Constitution so many died for.
Law enforcement ironically costs less in a Police State. You can save a ton of money by getting rid of oversight and safeguards, like body-cams, for instance.
1 Campaign on Autocracy
2 Purge the Bureaucracy
3 Ignore the Courts
4 Co-Opt the Congress
5 Centralise Police and Powers***
5 Shut Down Elite Media and Academic Institutions
6 Turn Out the People
The Dems are fools. They're messaging is always about the meta-data: the amount of money a bill costs or the number of votes it will garner. But never about what's in the bill. If the Dems had cited all of the horror in this not-a-CR it would have been crushed
But guess what? Most don't know what's in the bill. They don't read it. It's written by consultants. It's reviewed by consultants and aids, all the while the reps are fund raising and getting CNN airtime. They. Don't. Even. Know
Among all of the horror the bill defunds police. Defunds money for D.C. Increases spending on ICE and defense. And it removes Congress' ability to stop tariffs set by a POTUS. WT absolute F?
Crushed? I think you are an optimistic person, that's good. I don't disagree with you but here's the thing— MAGA messaging is easier because it's based on lies. That's easy. Clear, concise, logical messaging based on facts, & particularly the MESSY truths re how the govt sausage is made, is HARDER.
Yes, the Jan 6th brigades and pals
In the 80s, when Margaret Thatcher was about to embark on a load of harsh economic and anti-union, (and anti lots of folk) policies the police had a big pay increase and more were recruited-in those days small government needed a lot of police to make it work.
Erik Prince is Betsy Devos’ brother. The Devos family started the first MLM company called Amway, with the VanAndel family. Barbara VanAndel is the chairwoman of the Heritage Foundation that formulated Project 2025. It’s all connected.
I almost got mixed up in Amway when I was in my early early twenties. I went to one of their 'conventions'. It was like this insane prayer meeting right wing rally. Oliver fucking North was the speaker.
People outside of grand rapids, Michigan have no idea about Amway. They were huge fish in a midwestern town 30 years ago,now they’re trying to return this country to the 1600’s.
No. I hadn't heard. Does it also mention cutting Social Security because, I hadn't heard anything about that, either. Nothing would surprise me. Damned Chuck🤬
That's an idea I could get behind, but I doubt they'll do it. Who else is going to protect the Tesla dealerships? Who else is going to target people of color disproportionately, arrest the masses of protesters gathering as this shit show continues, and be the corrupt muscle of the establishment.
cutting police funding means they’ll all have to make personal appeals for more money sooner, to which the reich will reply “in exchange for X (insert fascist policy) you can have more money.”
They'll miss their wardrobe for sure 🙌🏽 This is during the 100+ days of tear gas assault in Portland, 2020, during the BLM protests. Some wore no identifying information on their uniforms. They threw peaceful protestors into unmarked cars 🙌🏽
@muellershewrote.bsky.social
I hate to ask this of you, but would you happen to have the relevant sections regarding police/fire defunding at hand? I'm poring through the 90 pages but I think I'm missing it.
And the entire session of congress is 1 calendar day. Does that mean they o ly get paid for 1 day for the next six months. Please they said it themselves it's only 1 day.
Today, Congressional politicians officially became irrelevant to the efforts to stop the Trump regime's coup of the federal government. And Congress itself officially became irrelevant, period.
They have a “citizens army” aka neo nazi militias, deputized, that will do what they intend. It’s not the military and martial law so much as forcing them to stand down.
Police are typically funded locally and at the state level. How does this defund them? Also, isn’t this CR just the same budget from last year that Biden signed(but continued)?
Let's talk about the fact that RAND PAUL voted against cloture and the final bill while 10 Dems lined up behind it for cloture. RAND PAUL was on our side.
He is in no way on our side. In many ways he is more extreme than MAGA, as are all Libertarians, but they are also hypocritical AF because they claim to want minimal government but don't support choice. Fuck him and all the fakeass Libertarians.
Rand Paul was not on our side, he merely voted the way we hoped our side would actually vote. Paul voted NO because he didn't think the bill was extreme enough.
Brown Shirts will replace the police! They all have to be FASCIST WHITE TRASH LOYALISTS! They will most likely be recruited from WHITE TRASH Prison gangs and Domestic Terrorist Camps posing as KKKhristian Nationalist Churches. Domestic TERRORISM Seems to be legal in the USA. What happened to RO LAW?
As a vet, who qualifies and relies on the VA for coverage due to the PACT Act……does anyone know the cuts they’re talking about for veteran’s coverage and burn pits??
They want privatized police. As much freedom as we give cops, they still have principles and rules. Mercenaries do not. Mercenaries are unregulated, they answer to the highest bidder and don't have any allegiances.
They keep defunding public programs then claim they're fraudulent or "bad".
Yup and it's only going to get worse. Trump has proven every bit of my pessimism correct time and time again. If you can think of the worst way to handle something, that's what he'll do. It's predictable which makes the inaction/surprise just that much more infuriating.
No, because the Schumer backlash sucked all the oxygen out of media for the last 2 days and buried any focus or discussion about the poison in the bill.
It defunds a lot. I'm so dejected. I'm trying to think of silver linings. Like, I guess if there is no department of education, then Texas doesn't have to be allowed to pick your school books.
Does it include flood relief for West Virginia? Did anyone else not know there was deviating flooding weeks ago in West Virginia? Thanks to @moreperfectunion.bsky.social for getting the word out on YouTube just hours ago.
Yes I was completely unaware of the disastrous flooding that hit West Virginia and Kentucky. I cannot believe we didn't get the word out here on BlueSky but I'm glad More Perfect Union is there raising awareness.
They had them by the nuts and blew it. Or maybe I don't understand America politics for 100%. But you don't give in without trying to negotiate stuff. So shameful and weak and dragging the entire party down with them 🤷♂️
It does all kinds of horrible. But apparently it is bipartisan cool. If Schumer and Dem senate are voting FOR Trump/Musk now… what the fuck point is there in even fighting it now 🤬😭
And takes money from the fire departments. Not one of them flinched when the old fat felon took away their tax deductions from them. I guess they won’t care until he steals their pensions.
Well, if those were invested pensions, his work this week did that.
So many pension funds directly tied to the stock market. To put in their own pockets, to burn and wave at the poor.
Oust Schumer from his leadership role. Stop donating to the Democratic Party until Schumer resigns his role or Democratic Senators vote in a replacement. The Party needs to be reminded that it answers to us.
Of course a convicted felon would want to defund the police. This is the same guy that pardon people who caused the death of police officers and committed numerous crimes against the country.
Did the Dems present ANY narrative today? it's been almost 10 yrs of trump & dems have NO counter narrative? this is theater. they agree w/ what is going on.
What is interesting is the account that posted on bluesky yesterday about the whispers of some Dems planning to vote with the GOP behind the scenes, then telling the public that they will vote no seemed to be right.
The bottom 3 quintiles are living on the desperate edge of now.
This CR is going be absolutely devastating.
In less than 90 days skyrocketing, unemployment rates, evictions, utility disconnections, rural hospital closers, longterm care facilities closing.
The list goes on and on.
I haven't seen that...but I'd not be surprised. The orange felon is ALL about defunding the government, which you know isn't that much different from what not pass the CR would have done. But with much more integrity from Democrats.
The police will happily slurp up his sloppy seconds, and he has his own private army now - the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys. Plus whatever incel frat circle jerk of ammosexuals Erik Prince is busy rounding up.
No, it was a CR. The CR held the same funding as 2024, but without the absolutely critical directions to the executive branch as to how to spend the money, therefore giving more power to the dictator and the oligarch.
My guess is that Police are not really needed when the government has 1500 militia felons and a basket of pardons for them as they once again attempt to deliver the country to chump without the necessity of an election they cannot win again.
They need to get Schumer out of his position as the SML immediately. He sold us all out by ignoring his constituents, his colleagues, the federal workers, and general morality so he could keep his book tour schedule for next week. I hope his book fails and his tour sucks.
Democratic-caucusing Sens. Chuck Schumer, Catherine Cortez Masto, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Maggie Hassan, Angus King, Gary Peters, Brian Schatz, and Jeanne Shaheen
I stopped donating right after the election, when there was nary a whisper from the Democrats about challenging the results. I didn’t get it then; I get it now.
Well the police are the ones who would enforce the fascism so I can't feel sorry for them. Maybe if they get the cops to turn on them we stand a chance
Oh, but didn’t you see that the Senate passed a bill that will reverse those cuts?
Republicans couldn’t stop laughing as they allowed it to pass by unanimous consent knowing it won’t get a hearing in the House, let alone a signature by Herr Fuhrer.
I know it was a real dilema to decide what the best course would be but these are really devasting times and we should be demanding something and impeding them, like asking for a 4 week extension to ask for some shit WE want is too much??? then shut it the fuck down!!! at least do something!
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Their names will be etched in our history books for the rest of time.
They along with this administration are the harbingers of Destruction of the Constitution so many died for.
1 Campaign on Autocracy
2 Purge the Bureaucracy
3 Ignore the Courts
4 Co-Opt the Congress
5 Centralise Police and Powers***
5 Shut Down Elite Media and Academic Institutions
6 Turn Out the People
Martial law means he can do whatever the hell he wishes.
just sayin'
Trump’s goons…
Stand back ‘n Stand by
They’ll step up and step in
You are being invaded from within!
"When we overuse the word literally, we make statements that are not actually true."
Damn Internet! 🥴
Izzie Zenning.
In the 80s, when Margaret Thatcher was about to embark on a load of harsh economic and anti-union, (and anti lots of folk) policies the police had a big pay increase and more were recruited-in those days small government needed a lot of police to make it work.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/erik-prince-return-maneuvered-inside-trump-orbit/index.html
Without reading the piece, least surprising news of the day. Prince wasn’t asked to be SecDef so he could run the paramilitaries.
I don’t think they’re going to bow to the militias.
Yeah, I know about Amway.
What next beating up police again, like on January 6th, 2021?
Watch 👇
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/video-shows-police-officer-dragged-down-capitol-steps-violently-beat-by-mob/2021/01/11/cc59a0e4-9214-4075-b8ac-f58fd9eee600_video.html
Hegseth will do it- why do you think he fired the jags and rehired yes men
https://open.substack.com/pub/brianteal/p/how-flat-funding-can-quietly-cut?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=el88k
I hate to ask this of you, but would you happen to have the relevant sections regarding police/fire defunding at hand? I'm poring through the 90 pages but I think I'm missing it.
There are also federal law enforcement agencies that are being cut back hard because they "Oppose Trump"
And others like mine who they just don't give a shit about.
And at my agency, many of us had our pay cut.
Mine was cut by almost $25k.
They have the power because, until this CR is signed, they have the power to spend money.
Once it is signed, the President has it.
But congress just gave it to him.
Explain please ??!!
They keep defunding public programs then claim they're fraudulent or "bad".
They have openly said they want a military that operates outside the law as we’ve known it, and they care nothing for veterans.
What does that describe? Private military contractors!
Is winning on fear.
In case you weren’t mad enough at him already.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-congress-political-violence
Look at what happened behind closed doors, @bennet.senate.gov was FUMING
Need to be prepared!
So many pension funds directly tied to the stock market. To put in their own pockets, to burn and wave at the poor.
This CR is going be absolutely devastating.
In less than 90 days skyrocketing, unemployment rates, evictions, utility disconnections, rural hospital closers, longterm care facilities closing.
The list goes on and on.
None of them actually read the CR and have no clue what's actually in it
All they are doing is following orders and sticking to the talking point script they were given
Just like the good little "brown shirts" that they are
Protecting their job, not the USA
Using the excuse that we cannot have a government shutdown.
Basically putting the responsibility on Dems to keep the government running.
When Dems won't get any credit for it, & now you just gave Repubs more power.
They played you. The shutdown would have been on THEM!
@schumer.senate.gov steps down
#SchumerSucks
#SchumerBetrayedTheVoters
#SchumerBetrayedAmerica
Thank you I'll work another round of posts soon...
A bunch of newly deputized Nazi sympathizers.
The SS got a bump, everyone else got cut.
these maga voting senators need to hear from us
https://bsky.app/profile/smashie603.bsky.social/post/3lkfdjgeuok27
Maybe someone can list all the CR does, so everyone understands.
Republicans couldn’t stop laughing as they allowed it to pass by unanimous consent knowing it won’t get a hearing in the House, let alone a signature by Herr Fuhrer.