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The Democrats are taking another long weekend and STILL agreeing to unanimous consent. Itā€™s fucking insane. These people are not fucking listening.

You have died of procedural norms.

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but letā€™s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

A heartening šŸ§µ to read this morning.

We can and should do both, actually.

what the moment calls for is fighters instead of gormless boobs who should have retired 30 years ago. policy differences can be hashed out later, everyone can agree that Musk and Trump must be stopped and democracy restored

So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

Constituent: When will you stand up to them and say that is enough? Rep. Fitzgerald: The end result of the fraud and abuse that has been discovered Crowd: Booo

when I was younger I thought the subplot of Enderā€™s Game in which Enderā€™s siblings shitpost themselves into running the world was the least realistic part of the book I am coming around to the idea that it was by far the most realistic

FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

How the living fuck can you be an expert on fascism and not see that Chris Murphy has been fast tracking virtually all of Trump's nominations and giving unanimous consent on everything? You are literally falling for the fact he can say some tough words on TV? Jesus christ dude.

Musk and Trump continue to burn down govt - slash and burn lives/jobs of 100s of thousands. Meanwhile Sen Rs continue to steamroll through Sen Democrats as Chuck Schumer remained ā€œarousedā€ while going back and forth bw ā€œstrategic silenceā€ and ā€œstrategic ambiguity.ā€ Business as usual for Chuck. ā†˜ļø

The implication here, and in other articles about Republicans' town halls, is that the people hollering and jeering at these town halls are Trump voters. Which doesn't actually follow. These folks are almost certainly the 32% who didn't vote for Trump. It's still WONDERFUL news they're showing up!

This is why I keep talking about the last ten years as a metastasizing misinformation crisis. Why on EARTH would you think Trump would do anything thoughtfully or strategically? If the media is giving people this impression, it is lying to them