Is there hope of even a single Republican coming to the rescue?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congress can end this mess if they come together and recognize as fellow human beings who also have to live in this country that the situation at hand IS, NOT, RIGHT.

Someone is basically walking around your house, declaring they own it while trashing every room. And no, they don’t own it.

Will any of them wake up, be honest with themselves, be brave? This is bad for all of us. So they piss off their fellow Republicans—they’ll get over it. Get voted out and write a book and go on the lecture circuit about what it took to save a democracy and stand up for the US Constitution.

Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama is suddenly concerned over Trump's cuts to NIH grants—now that they’re hurting the University of Alabama, the state’s largest employer. Funny how quickly perspectives shift when Republicans feel the impact firsthand. It’s all fine until the suffering lands in their own backyard!

FAFO

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Voter surveys are saying that most Americans approve of the things Trump is doing.

They probably don't understand most of the stuff is illegal. We need Republicans to tell them because they won't believe Democrats.

Republicans are liars so that will never happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had a family member work in first Trump administration but is not returning due to J6. Person was in a non controversial position doing policies even Obama had wanted. Career staff was blatantly uncooperative and stalled projects.

I can’t wait for the end of the Deep State nonsense. Maybe this time around career staff will actually do their jobs.

Once again for the people in the back, there is no Deep State. The first Trump administration was like this one, just much more subdued - a bunch of EOs of dubious legality and zero practicality that the career staff had no idea what to do with. Politicals who had no idea how the agencies and laws were set up and didn’t understand appropriations. No budgets passed. And the bureaucracy is designed on purpose to thwart the kind of thing that is going on now, but setting into law procedures and protections to ensure that someone doesn’t just come in and raid the treasury or some weird thing like that.

Oh, like the student loan EOs of no legality that Biden then doubled down on and openly said he would push through just to see what he could get by with? Both sides play this game, you just don’t like this one. We’ve been there too and had to lump it, so do you.

Biden didn’t push them through. All remaining forgiveness was accomplished under existing programs like PSLF. His administration complied with every court order immediately. Stuff like the SAVE plan was frozen and stayed that way.

Of course, it’s insane that you think providing debt relief to people is even remotely comparable to firing employees without cause, freezing money that feeds starving children, or cutting off funding for cancer research.

Regardless, if what Biden did is so awful in your eyes, there is no possible way for you to defend Trump’s efforts now. You cannot claim Biden somehow attempted to exceed his authority more than Trump is now. At best, they’re the same. In which case you should be up in arms at Trump. But you’re not. Why?

PP is gutless, cruel, and utterly stupid POS, that's why.

You could just say Republican. Same thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had a family member work in first Trump administration but is not returning due to J6. Person was in a non controversial position doing policies even Obama had wanted. Career staff was blatantly uncooperative and stalled projects.

I can’t wait for the end of the Deep State nonsense. Maybe this time around career staff will actually do their jobs.

Once again for the people in the back, there is no Deep State. The first Trump administration was like this one, just much more subdued - a bunch of EOs of dubious legality and zero practicality that the career staff had no idea what to do with. Politicals who had no idea how the agencies and laws were set up and didn’t understand appropriations. No budgets passed. And the bureaucracy is designed on purpose to thwart the kind of thing that is going on now, but setting into law procedures and protections to ensure that someone doesn’t just come in and raid the treasury or some weird thing like that.

Oh, like the student loan EOs of no legality that Biden then doubled down on and openly said he would push through just to see what he could get by with? Both sides play this game, you just don’t like this one. We’ve been there too and had to lump it, so do you.

Biden didn’t push them through. All remaining forgiveness was accomplished under existing programs like PSLF. His administration complied with every court order immediately. Stuff like the SAVE plan was frozen and stayed that way.

Of course, it’s insane that you think providing debt relief to people is even remotely comparable to firing employees without cause, freezing money that feeds starving children, or cutting off funding for cancer research.

Regardless, if what Biden did is so awful in your eyes, there is no possible way for you to defend Trump’s efforts now. You cannot claim Biden somehow attempted to exceed his authority more than Trump is now. At best, they’re the same. In which case you should be up in arms at Trump. But you’re not. Why?

+1000. Biden complied with all the court decisions even when they were transparent political BS.

So your judges are saving the constitution but conservative judges are blatant political BS. We see you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had a family member work in first Trump administration but is not returning due to J6. Person was in a non controversial position doing policies even Obama had wanted. Career staff was blatantly uncooperative and stalled projects.

I can’t wait for the end of the Deep State nonsense. Maybe this time around career staff will actually do their jobs.

Once again for the people in the back, there is no Deep State. The first Trump administration was like this one, just much more subdued - a bunch of EOs of dubious legality and zero practicality that the career staff had no idea what to do with. Politicals who had no idea how the agencies and laws were set up and didn’t understand appropriations. No budgets passed. And the bureaucracy is designed on purpose to thwart the kind of thing that is going on now, but setting into law procedures and protections to ensure that someone doesn’t just come in and raid the treasury or some weird thing like that.

Oh, like the student loan EOs of no legality that Biden then doubled down on and openly said he would push through just to see what he could get by with? Both sides play this game, you just don’t like this one. We’ve been there too and had to lump it, so do you.

Biden didn’t push them through. All remaining forgiveness was accomplished under existing programs like PSLF. His administration complied with every court order immediately. Stuff like the SAVE plan was frozen and stayed that way.

Of course, it’s insane that you think providing debt relief to people is even remotely comparable to firing employees without cause, freezing money that feeds starving children, or cutting off funding for cancer research.

Regardless, if what Biden did is so awful in your eyes, there is no possible way for you to defend Trump’s efforts now. You cannot claim Biden somehow attempted to exceed his authority more than Trump is now. At best, they’re the same. In which case you should be up in arms at Trump. But you’re not. Why?

+1000. Biden complied with all the court decisions even when they were transparent political BS.

So your judges are saving the constitution but conservative judges are blatant political BS. We see you.

A Trump appointed judge stopped the fork offer. A Reagan appointed judge was the first to stop the 14th amendment rewrite. What is your argument exactly?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most Americans want to reign in government spending.

It's "rein in" btw. "Reign" is what Musk is doing.

You will DCUM today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most Americans want to reign in government spending.

It's "rein in" btw. "Reign" is what Musk is doing.

You will DCUM today.

Win. You win DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress can end this mess if they come together and recognize as fellow human beings who also have to live in this country that the situation at hand IS, NOT, RIGHT.

Someone is basically walking around your house, declaring they own it while trashing every room. And no, they don’t own it.

Will any of them wake up, be honest with themselves, be brave? This is bad for all of us. So they piss off their fellow Republicans—they’ll get over it. Get voted out and write a book and go on the lecture circuit about what it took to save a democracy and stand up for the US Constitution.

Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama is suddenly concerned over Trump's cuts to NIH grants—now that they’re hurting the University of Alabama, the state’s largest employer. Funny how quickly perspectives shift when Republicans feel the impact firsthand. It’s all fine until the suffering lands in their own backyard!

FAFO

40,000 federal government employees work in Alabama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress can end this mess if they come together and recognize as fellow human beings who also have to live in this country that the situation at hand IS, NOT, RIGHT.

Someone is basically walking around your house, declaring they own it while trashing every room. And no, they don’t own it.

Will any of them wake up, be honest with themselves, be brave? This is bad for all of us. So they piss off their fellow Republicans—they’ll get over it. Get voted out and write a book and go on the lecture circuit about what it took to save a democracy and stand up for the US Constitution.

Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama is suddenly concerned over Trump's cuts to NIH grants—now that they’re hurting the University of Alabama, the state’s largest employer. Funny how quickly perspectives shift when Republicans feel the impact firsthand. It’s all fine until the suffering lands in their own backyard!

FAFO

40,000 federal government employees work in Alabama.

80% of federal govt workers live outside of DC
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/06/federal-workers-map/#:~:text=Government%20workers%20live%20throughout%20the,Postal%20Service%20or%20intelligence%20workers.

[Anonymous]

There used to be several GOP members of congress in the DC area who were very pro-feds but the local voters and the Democrats got rid of them. One reason feds used to get better pay raises was the presence of those Republicans in the House and Senate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Voter surveys are saying that most Americans approve of the things Trump is doing.

This is absolute hogwash. But sure manipulate the polls.

DP. Most voters don’t even have the slightest clue about what he’s actually doing. The polls are irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republicans are happy. We voted to get rid of the fraud and waste.

Good riddance.

You are aware that the first things he eliminated are the watchdog agencies that prevent and eliminate fraud and waste right? Are you aware that Republicans are trying to eliminate all of the protections in place to prevent fraud waste and abuse in federal contracting and just let commercial interests do what they please with no protection for the American people?

This is happening. As is always the case with Trump, they are doing the opposite of what they tell you they are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Voter surveys are saying that most Americans approve of the things Trump is doing.

This is absolute hogwash. But sure manipulate the polls.

DP. Most voters don’t even have the slightest clue about what he’s actually doing. The polls are irrelevant.

Or the polled avid golfers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congress can end this mess if they come together and recognize as fellow human beings who also have to live in this country that the situation at hand IS, NOT, RIGHT.

Someone is basically walking around your house, declaring they own it while trashing every room. And no, they don’t own it.

Will any of them wake up, be honest with themselves, be brave? This is bad for all of us. So they piss off their fellow Republicans—they’ll get over it. Get voted out and write a book and go on the lecture circuit about what it took to save a democracy and stand up for the US Constitution.

Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama is suddenly concerned over Trump's cuts to NIH grants—now that they’re hurting the University of Alabama, the state’s largest employer. Funny how quickly perspectives shift when Republicans feel the impact firsthand. It’s all fine until the suffering lands in their own backyard!

FAFO

40,000 federal government employees work in Alabama.

Trump got 64% of the vote in Alabama. Wonder how many work for the federal government...

[Anonymous]

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I know a large number hate what's happening, but precedent says they won't do a thing. They did not impeach the President while in office. They did not strongly oppose his bid for re-election. They fell in line very quickly when it was obvious he was going to get the nomination and after that, it was over.

This is up to the courts and the Democrats.

That’s bull$hit! An oath is an oath regardless of your party. All judges and representatives should be working to challenge this. Not one of them took did an oath to a person!