THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!! Stop them all. Freeze the Senate! Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz has announced he will put a blanket hold on all Trump diplomatic nominees. Go @brianschatz.bsky.social!
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If the dumbest senator - Tommy Tuberville (R. Florida) - can hold up military appointments on his own, just because, surely Democrats can cause similar pain to Trump.
He's the senior senator from Alabama, but he lived(lives? -not sure if he's officially moved yet) in Florida when he became a senator.
Wherever he lives, he's about as sharp as a sack full of hammers.
Nah, the address he used was owned by his son. The address he used as an official residence on his taxes was in Florida.
Not that it matters - he's loyal to Trump, and Alabama seems to feel that's more important than something like their state constitution.
He was a football coach. Therefore, revered as a demi-god by most of the brain dead in the Deep South red states. Much like Herschel Walker, who was in a runoff with Warnock, the pastor of MLK jr’s church and 100% a Texas resident. But, football…
One senator?! The Democrats have to band together as a unit. Leave differences and lobbyists on a back burner. You've been elected to protect this country and now it is time to step up. That goes for Republicans as well. There are only 14 MAGA senators, the rest of you, show some spine. and...
Does this senile imbecile even remember that he has unconfirmed cabinet appointees? I don't think he cares about his cabinet. He has Boy Wonder and his band of computer nerds.
Why aren’t they stopping his nominees anyway. This is disgusting. The Democrats are not helping us. They are actively putting these people in office. FFF the Democrats.
We need obstruction or outright refusal to have a quorum until there are DOGE hearings. That should be the *only* action in the senate until we have answers.
I honestly believe they will NEVER be fully out of the Treasury. They will have installed some shit that will effectively be invisible or impossible to uninstall. They will always have a back door into it. One day the Treasury will be empty and transferred to offshore accounts. We're finished.
This was truly the kill shot for the nation. At any point we can be made destitute as a nation and completely crippled for the remainder of our existence. We will never recover and even if the Democratic party wins 100% they can never undo this damage.
It's about time. Stop them. They're unpopular stop all actvity until Patel, Kennedy, and gabbard fail. Stop all congressional work and funding for donolds priorities. Slow everything down.
And all of that was patently and clearly illegal. If the laws are not enforced, then there can be no senate work until it is. People without security clearance broke into a government building and stole secure information. That's straight-up espionage.
Yes! Now another senator needs to do the same until Bondi and Patel actually answer questions in a hearing about what's happening at DOJ and another for Bobby K at DHS. A time like this OVER THE TOP drama is what we need!
This morning on Morning Joe, they were echoing your sentiments albeit with different language. If you were on The Daily Beans podcast, it would have been different
Is this too little too late? These nominations should have been frozen before they started. Any freeze is better than none, but Hesgeth is already running the DOD, and that’s a catastrophic fail.
THIS is EXACTLY what we're looking for in our elected representatives. Thank you Senator Schatz!! Has anyone let @schumer.senate.gov and Gillibrand in on this technique? They might be out of the office this week, so maybe someone can text them? Thanks! 😊
Should've been doing this should NEVER voted for one of those unqualified cabinet nominations 🤦🏿♀️ like the one for the Treasury that just gave Elon Musk key's.
If I were a Democratic party leader or a minority leader in the Senate or the Congress, I would tell all my Democratic colleagues to not work with the Republican Party at all.
They did that with Obama. Let’s play the Republican parties game with them.
How about stall them altogether! If Tubberville could hold up the military for months on end, in their promotions..The Democrats could just shut down government until Trump is 6 feet under.
Trump complains that our allies are ripping us off. Trump doesn't understand how relationships work. His relationships are the relationships of a bully to underlings. Our relationships with our allies exist because we share the feeling that we are all better if we support each other.
Not just tor the USAID, it needs to be everything, Musk gone, treasury secured as well as Federal HR. WTF, again we will let them off too easy and so what, they turn it back on, Musk still has the keys so once they get their appointees in then they do the same thing over. No more playing fair!
MORE OF THIS!!!!
@adamschiff.com @padilla.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov The People demand forced quorum calls, refusal of unanimous consent and "NO!" votes on EVERY single nomination.
#NopeNope!!
Thank you Senator Brian Schatz from the State of Hawaii 💙👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you for doing something! NOW HOW DO WE ARREST ELON MUSK FOR BREACHING THE FEDERAL TREASURY SYSTEM?! How do we DEPORT HIS CRIMINAL ASS?! #ArrestMusk #DeportMusk #ImpeachTrump @schatz.bsky.social
Why is this so tough for Dems... Rand Paul has a hangnail and he'll shut down the place. This is exactly the sort of thing that should have occurred the entirety of 45 let alone 47
Are you concerned this will just cause Trump to make them recess appointments rather than roll the dice and maybe some Republicans will have hutzpah to vote no on them?
Not sure how much Felon47 even cares about diplomats given how he’s fucked over our neighbors to the north already… should be holds on ALL CABINET PICKS imho.
It's close but not exactly what we want.
We want them all gone, disqualified and both sides of the aisle to grow a spine and tell Trump do things the right way or all he has left is executive orders and the lawsuits to stop them.
Hey the senator football coach put a hold on promoting generals for total BS reasons. Democrat senators now have a lot of excellent reasons to shut the door on the orange felon.
& @brianschatz.bsky.social
Keep those HOLDS on until musk & his toadies get the hell out of Treasury confiscate all materials they stole & return power of purse to Congress
Please light fire under ALL Dems to stop trump illegal acts
Work with @aoc.bsky.social to identify fed up gop
IMPEACH & CONVICT
Mind you, there’s no guarantee that Trump will care. Musk is controlling the treasury and the Office of Personnel Management. He has immunity from the supreme court. He has the military.
I have to wonder- are Dems not doing anything, or is legacy news not reporting it? This story happed days ago, but it wasn’t covered by MSNBC, CNN,CBS, ect.
Yes!!!!! Finally & of course it’s the one of Senators from Hawaii. Get a backbone Dems, esp the D Senators that voted for Lil dog killer & treasury who just gave all our info to that WS fk Musk. We are not ok. Thank you @schatz.bsky.social 💙, Thank you.
HERE WE GO! Apparently they were all cryogenically frozen over the weekend? Or they needed to hear that we needed them to ACT!!! Also what Andy Kim is doing!! DO IT!!
What is Andy Kim doing ? I am so disappointed in him and so many others for voting for all the unqualified, disgusting & inept nominees that I’m livid with them all
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Wherever he lives, he's about as sharp as a sack full of hammers.
Not that it matters - he's loyal to Trump, and Alabama seems to feel that's more important than something like their state constitution.
The only thing billionaires understand is a massive hit to their wallets
https://www.reddit.com/r/Trumpvirus/s/8dnW9C5Kbb
up till now, the ones with 'balls' has been @aoc.bsky.social & @repjasmine.bsky.social
Jeffries? His comment "God is on our side" was met with laughter ..
all the white evangelicals replied "hey dude- who is in the WH?"
@SenWarnock (who isn't here??) was soft shoe NOTHING!
He is one of the New Lions of the Senate!
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ʻO kāu hana nui
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They did that with Obama. Let’s play the Republican parties game with them.
@adamschiff.com @padilla.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov The People demand forced quorum calls, refusal of unanimous consent and "NO!" votes on EVERY single nomination.
#NopeNope!!
They need to stop them dead in their ghoulish tracks.
Full fucking stop.
None of these morons are qualified for anything.
To wait.
Do you idiots want a facist oligarchy?!?
Cause confirming any of his picks is how you get a fascist oligarchy
We want them all gone, disqualified and both sides of the aisle to grow a spine and tell Trump do things the right way or all he has left is executive orders and the lawsuits to stop them.
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!
(In a minute - I'ma need a sentimental man or woman to pump me up.)
Others should learn from him.
Keep those HOLDS on until musk & his toadies get the hell out of Treasury confiscate all materials they stole & return power of purse to Congress
Please light fire under ALL Dems to stop trump illegal acts
Work with @aoc.bsky.social to identify fed up gop
IMPEACH & CONVICT
Mind you, there’s no guarantee that Trump will care. Musk is controlling the treasury and the Office of Personnel Management. He has immunity from the supreme court. He has the military.
Does he even need congress?
It doesn’t seem like Congress has any real power now. Trump is going to work around Congress and just issue executive orders.