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[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 6 points 22 hours ago

REPUBLICANS are Questioning whether or Not TRUMP is a Good Leader? Even MORE reason to do EVERYTHING he Wants from Us!

-LITERALLY Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer!

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Who could have guessed siding with nazis would make you unpopular?

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

Meanwhile, normal Americans....

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 22 points 1 day ago
[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

A lot of people have forgotten in the craziness, but rational, non-NRA-involved gun control is high on the list of the average people's minds, and has been a political issue in the US since Reconstruction. These days, no one wants to get gunned down at the store or have their kids threatened by school shooters.

Now that we have some actual progressives, a blue wave, and a neutered NRA, it's possible.

[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Gun control loses national elections. Stop it.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

Ha, no. Enjoy my letter, text is above. They're both going out tomorrow.

You lose. Congratulations on the own-goal.

[-] 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Please get the fascists out of office before you disarm the populace.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The next few weeks might be even more interesting then after the new Congress takes over. Because there are some 50-ish Republicans in the House (and another handful in the Senate) who are short-timers now, and probably blame their impending lapse in employment directly on Trump's war. And bunch of others who just barely held on to their jobs.

Massie is going to move to impeach Hegseth over the war next week, and it's probably gonna pass. We'll have to see what Thune does with it in the Senate, he might still have his Senate gig but has to give up the majority to Chuck, and he knows its because of the war. He might go ahead and let them vote Hegseth out. Nobody likes Hegseth anyway. He's been blocking promotions of anyone who isn't white and male, and many of these same Senators understand how mind-numbingly stupid that is. A new SecDef can unblock them (at least for the ones who haven't quit already.) I think if these articles reached the Senate over the summer he would have been gone then, the election just solidifies how much they all hate him.

Then, the key battle will be who replaces him. Republicans would be motivated to pick a replacement before they give up control to Chuck. If Trump's "grip on the party" really is slipping, then Thune and Mitch will sit down wih Trump and give him a list of establishment picks to choose from, and tell him that if he picks anyone else, they won't confirm them and he will have to deal with Chuckles. However, if he appoints another yoyo, and that gets confirmed, we will know that Senate Republicans lost their spine along with their majority.

[-] SpacemanSpiff@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Massie is going to move to impeach Hegseth over the war next week, and it's probably gonna pass.

My guess is that they'll rush to do something epically stupid before that happens, like blitzkrieging Tehran so that they can claim a victory

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

With any luck, the military leaders that are left under him realize he's on the chopping block, too, and prevent the worst from happening. I bet they can't just decline lawful orders, but they can slow-roll them until he is out.

I have never been in the military, but I think it must chafe even the most trigger-happy military leaders to be taking orders from such a dumbass, who couldn't get past Major when he served

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Could HeiMiller be impeached the same way?

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Probably not. The Constitution says "all Civil officers of the United States", but traditionally that has been interpreted as a limitation to Senate-confirmed positions like judges and cabinet officials. I certainly wouldn't try it while this SCOTUS is in place.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Senate Republicans are going to pick a leader on Tuesday, November 10. John Thune actively wants it, and as of the date of that article has no challengers. Expect his MAGA priorities to overcome any inclination he has to work across the aisle, though he's not above opposing Trump.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago

Ya think? When your own vp who is owned by the billionaires goes against you, it's not looking good.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Mexican soap opera levels of pettiness, just waiting for the slapping, screaming, and for someone to get push down some stairs.

[-] 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

People used to challenge each other to duels in Congress.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

So what's next? They gonna try to get people to clap for Jeb again? The only reason Trump was successful in the first place was because basically everyone hates everything the Republicans stand for. The only reason we keep forgetting that is because the Democratic party's leadership is so incredibly awful.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I think once they had the pure china white of donnie they ain't going back to some methadone stuff like Jeb.

They are probably going to go for someone even worse.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Chancellor Miller will make a few calls, and they'll all line up to smell Trump's reeking berder poo.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

No, no - Chancellor Miller will make a few calls, and they'll distance themselves from little t and promote someone more competent to ramp up the fascism.

[-] Hanrahan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

mahhh, see Stephen Miller's bit about the GOP being loyal or Trump will destroy them :)

[-] Obviouslywrong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is some terrible website here

[-] 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Works great with noscript, though. Noscript gives me a fairly distraction-free article, black text on white background, just broken up by some pictures.

Not doubting your experience. Just hoping more people will start using noscript.

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The ship has been going down and the rats have already been starting to leave. Now watch the rest gtfo quickly as she takes her final plunge.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm just wondering what teabagger 2.0 will be called.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is best positioned to win Latinos.

US killed 1m Iraqis through sanctions with great pride. Seems to be plan for Iran, but also for Cuba. Venezuelan community in US is pro fascist supporters, but Rubio, Viceroy of Venezuela, is supporting the same regime that the US has spent 20 years demonizing with election rigging. He's tainted with the same Stephen Miller/Trump/DHS hatred of "rapist latino pet eater" blanket racism.

Rubio is warmongering pure demonism Israel supremacist. Defeat in fighting Israel's war on Iran is already unfavorably impossible to recover from, for future Israel subservient evil. Any tolerance of Hegseth/administration bankrupting the US into collapse will look bad on him, but he's paid by Israel to do just that.

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