This scenario with Schumer reminds me of the Weimar Republic. And Schumer is the embodiment of Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany in 1932 (before Hitler), and Vice Chancellor under Hitler in 1933; to Biden’s—Paul von Hindenburg, president of Germany from 1925-34 (death). Between these two incompetents, Germany had its bell rung and clock cleaned!
Both Franz and Hindenburg were outmaneuvered by Hitler at every turn. Hitler took power with 37% of the vote (sound familiar), and consolidated power in just 53 days.
That said, Donald Trump just came in as a close second, since Schumer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street and AIPAC, just sowed the seeds of our destruction, and ultimate demise. He just might have signed our death certificate!
Furthermore, while a shutdown would have been bad, it would have affected the red states just as much as blue state, so I’m not sure how long the republicans could have held out. However, now that Trump has free rein to continue to lay waste to whatever is left of our Republic, any democratic victory into the future, is sure to be a pyrrhic one: Indeed!
I’m not sure how, or if, we can ever recover! Whatever little leverage we had, is no more. I can’t even be sure there will be another fair and free election in this nation. Stephen Miller (Deputy Chief of Staff) recently claimed on X:
“Under the precedents now being established by radical rogue judges, a district court in Hawaii could enjoin troop movements in Iraq. Judges have no authority to administer the executive branch. Or to nullify the results of a national election.”
So says the guy who constantly challenged Biden’s agenda in court; however, why add in the part about “Judges and elections”? Is Miller telegraphing their next play; saying the quiet part out loud?
Trump similarly said during his many incoherent campaign events last year that “after this election, you won’t need to vote anymore!”
So my only question left Is whether these statements represent a harbinger of things to come? Just asking for a friend!…:)
Except, of course, nobody thinks Trusk's "term is up" unless on a bier. So his "precedents" are irrelevant, even apart from SCOTUS newly (originated in Bush v Gore) discovered ability to write "in this case but not ever again" constitutional law.
"Trump, as he consistently reminds everyone, has a mandate to govern. "
NO. HE. DOES. NOT.
He lies about the size of his win (smallest in decades). He lies that he got a majority of the vote (49.8% is not a majority). He does not have the support of a majority of people (a mandate), never has, and it's dropping daily. And by echoing his lie, by writing "Trump ... has a mandate to govern." you are giving credence to his lie.
It's like writing "Trump, as he consistently tells us, is a genius." It's just not true, but you're stating that it is.
(And even if he did have a mandate to govern, if a significant majority of people want him to govern, governing is not at all what he's doing.)
"The Democrats have two main jobs right now: the first is to stand up to Trump, and the second is to let the public understand exactly what they voted for. That means letting Trump self-destruct. No bailouts and no Schumer-style backroom deals to avert catastrophes"
Exactly.
Yes, a shut down would be very painful, particularly to those who lose their jobs or otherwise depend on the government. But the alternative, while less immediately, sharply painful, is vastly more devastating.
I would love to spare my friends and neighbors pain, but when the bullet is speeding towards them it's better that I tackle them hard to get them out of the way, even if it means their head hits the ground hard and they get a concussion, than let their head be blown off.
This scenario with Schumer reminds me of the Weimar Republic. And Schumer is the embodiment of Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany in 1932 (before Hitler), and Vice Chancellor under Hitler in 1933; to Biden’s—Paul von Hindenburg, president of Germany from 1925-34 (death). Between these two incompetents, Germany had its bell rung and clock cleaned!
Both Franz and Hindenburg were outmaneuvered by Hitler at every turn. Hitler took power with 37% of the vote (sound familiar), and consolidated power in just 53 days.
That said, Donald Trump just came in as a close second, since Schumer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street and AIPAC, just sowed the seeds of our destruction, and ultimate demise. He just might have signed our death certificate!
Furthermore, while a shutdown would have been bad, it would have affected the red states just as much as blue state, so I’m not sure how long the republicans could have held out. However, now that Trump has free rein to continue to lay waste to whatever is left of our Republic, any democratic victory into the future, is sure to be a pyrrhic one: Indeed!
I’m not sure how, or if, we can ever recover! Whatever little leverage we had, is no more. I can’t even be sure there will be another fair and free election in this nation. Stephen Miller (Deputy Chief of Staff) recently claimed on X:
“Under the precedents now being established by radical rogue judges, a district court in Hawaii could enjoin troop movements in Iraq. Judges have no authority to administer the executive branch. Or to nullify the results of a national election.”
So says the guy who constantly challenged Biden’s agenda in court; however, why add in the part about “Judges and elections”? Is Miller telegraphing their next play; saying the quiet part out loud?
Trump similarly said during his many incoherent campaign events last year that “after this election, you won’t need to vote anymore!”
So my only question left Is whether these statements represent a harbinger of things to come? Just asking for a friend!…:)
Except, of course, nobody thinks Trusk's "term is up" unless on a bier. So his "precedents" are irrelevant, even apart from SCOTUS newly (originated in Bush v Gore) discovered ability to write "in this case but not ever again" constitutional law.
"Trump, as he consistently reminds everyone, has a mandate to govern. "
NO. HE. DOES. NOT.
He lies about the size of his win (smallest in decades). He lies that he got a majority of the vote (49.8% is not a majority). He does not have the support of a majority of people (a mandate), never has, and it's dropping daily. And by echoing his lie, by writing "Trump ... has a mandate to govern." you are giving credence to his lie.
It's like writing "Trump, as he consistently tells us, is a genius." It's just not true, but you're stating that it is.
(And even if he did have a mandate to govern, if a significant majority of people want him to govern, governing is not at all what he's doing.)
"The Democrats have two main jobs right now: the first is to stand up to Trump, and the second is to let the public understand exactly what they voted for. That means letting Trump self-destruct. No bailouts and no Schumer-style backroom deals to avert catastrophes"
Exactly.
Yes, a shut down would be very painful, particularly to those who lose their jobs or otherwise depend on the government. But the alternative, while less immediately, sharply painful, is vastly more devastating.
I would love to spare my friends and neighbors pain, but when the bullet is speeding towards them it's better that I tackle them hard to get them out of the way, even if it means their head hits the ground hard and they get a concussion, than let their head be blown off.
The Down Syndrome Association?