Ugh. Just fire the guy already. Nick, your job is safe; keeping KP isn't making it safer.
Please don't wait for the bye. Give the next guy a couple weeks to get everything in place.
#flyeaglesfly
Unitary Executive as a fundamental element of founders' Original Intent . . .
To all the chin-stroking, sunlight-fearing eggheads that pontificated on this:
What, exactly, did you think would happen when you made this a reality?
They need to re-do this by calling up the Flyers and borrowing Gritty. The Coldplay takeoff would be perfect if it caught Gritty with Mrs. Philly Phanatic ….
Guess we're just waiting for this to be distilled down to a single outrage that we can all stay focused on, for a sustained period
Given the last 140 days, it'll be something so appalling that no distraction / deflection will be effective
Arresting Biden? Military in multiple cities? Market crash?
Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
So… Abrego Garcia… still down there huh?
Chipper
Fun fact: The Boss is from Freehold & still lives nearby, a few miles from me
Freehold is the seat of Monmouth County, very red & arguably the center of MAGA in NJ
MAGA Gov candidate is Jack Ciattarelli. His ads praise Trump, embrace MAGA, etc.
So far, no word from Jack on Trump v. Boss . . .
They're arresting Members of Congress.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
Low information voters. A feature of most modern democracies. Long ago, he figured out a way to activate them while maintaining the information vacuum.
Obviously not an easy fix & not the only reason we're here, but certainly enough to get him over the top.
Non-MAGA must decode this. And fast.
@jaketapper.bsky.social dropped a few rungs over the weekend
No prob w/ book. Congrats, am sure it's worthy
But the Nation is in an unprecedented crisis
As a leading journalist who's experienced & witnessed 1st Amendment attacks, pls take seriously what "News" the public needs right now
Go Birds
The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
Freehold - the Boss's hometown - is the Monmouth County seat.
Monmouth County is arguably THE stronghold of NJ Republicans.
Jack C's spin on this will inevitably be comedy gold.
3/ in other words, the premise that "if enough citizens speak-up, Congress will listen and act accordingly," while being procedurally valid simply doesn't reflect the reality of what motivates these "creatures of Washington" to act.
Disheartened, not defeated. Need more options.
2/ "Part of what's frightening to me about this moment is you've got a lot of creatures of Washington who haven't had to be responsive to people in a while being coupled with creatures of enormous wealth who haven't heard no in a long time. And now they're just feeding off each other, right?"
1/ Sadly - and reluctantly - I think your "pragmatism" is spot-on.
I keep going back to something @petebuttigieg.bsky.social said about a month ago on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social: (from transcript - see next post):
So, does that mean you consider DOGE to be a legitimate cabinet-level Agency, Congressman?
He's way ahead of Kerkering. So, that's something.
Every time I see this guy, I just assume he got the gig because Puck wasn't available.
Thank you, Senator, for alerting voters to this latest overtly corrupt attempt.
How do you plan to stop this growing abuse of power?
Wait for Midterms?
There's the black-and-white of the Constitution. And there's 21st Century Politics.
Don't get me wrong, am a huge proponent of pressing forward.
But the reality of D's mindset must be considered. Seems to me that, despite growing constituent outcry, D's are focused on midterms. Am I wrong?
The subtitle of this piece is the only thing that matters now.
The phrase "dereliction of duty" needs to be front and center.
Unless of course, the idea is to wait for mid-terms and hope that the phrase "free and fair" still carries any meaning.
Ugh.
Impeach him already.
Why so accommodating?
Again, the notion of stopping his behavior is predicated on a belief that there are enough votes to do so.
Am I the only one worried about securing enough D votes almost as much as R votes?
C'mon. Norm! Absent all D's supporting Impeachment, do you really think he'll take any of this seriously?
Good morning.
Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would throw 13M people off their insurance. All for a tax cut for the rich.
That’s the combined population of
West Virginia
Hawaii
New Hampshire
Maine
Montana
Rhode Island
both Dakotas
Alaska
Vermont
Wyoming
Any downside to also (i.e. in addition to pressing on impeachment) doing this: www.reuters.com/article/idUS...
Yes. All the way to the NJ Supreme Ct - accompanied by all the unflattering PR you'd expect.
Cases filed, for example, in GA, ME, MI, OH, NC . . . imagine the impact.
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Trumball, 1826
Agree. Soooo . . . Impeachable offense?
If not, what is? Can we get some bright-line examples? Or, is it more nuanced?
Perhaps most (all?) of you fear retribution if it fails?
Yeah, so did everyone in this painting . . .
How many more "dangerous escalations" do they get?
Hinges on how you define "political issue," Senator
E.g., what if free & fair elections are made impossible by a Dictator? Is that a political issue?
Eliminating freedom of the press? Defiance of court orders? Repeated violations of emoluments clause?
Shouldn't impeachment be a higher priority?
