The filibuster is expected to go through the night, against fast-tracked nominees by the Trump Administration. Booker’s protest appears to be in response to a recent wave of Republican nominees being fast-tracked through the confirmation process, many of whom are aligned with Trump’s second-term agenda and Elon Musk’s increasingly influential role in federal advisory circles.
No problem! I keep seeing comments that the Democrats just hold signs, which tells me no one watches C-SPAN anymore. Lol
They voted and spoke out against every last cabinet nominee, forced a 15-day vote against Trump’s emergency executive order, confirm Biden’s pending judge appointments when Johnson and Cruz are absent, and are bringing most of the cases to the courts to challenge Trump.
As a whole, they’re doing everything they can from the minority. We will still need to primary out the deadwood centrists in favor of progressives that will actually drive change once in power, otherwise we’ll just set up another stagnant term.
You mean Rubio being confirmed unanimously with no abstentions was a trick of the light? If you’re gonna lie, at least make it less obvious 🙄
Courts which the fascists ignore, like fascists tend to do.
Again: if you’re gonna lie, at least make it less obvious.
Finally got to the real meat of the issue. Now if you would just realize that the deadwood centrists (actually center right to right wing) are actually almost all of them, including the entire leadership, maybe you wouldn’t be out here caping for them…
I didn’t watch Rubio’s confirmation hearing, so thanks for the correction.
He’s ignoring injunctions, not rulings. He can only be held in contempt of court until the cases have been ruled.
I’m not lying, but I may be uninformed. What I else could they be doing from the minority? I’ll add it to the list when I call and message my Representative and Senator.
We get ~20% turnout in congressional primaries, yet people call for term limits. Either stump and vote for better representation or accept that these people are at least trying to stop the nation from burning down. Apathy or actionless criticism will get us nowhere.
you are against term limits?
Not at all. My point is we have a chance to replace these people every two or four years in the primaries, but only ~20% of us actually vote in them.
useless hope that he would be somewhat sane. an admitted massive fail.
righteous indignation over ignored court orders can burn white hot in the public - its part of a legitimate process.
well, yes. there is enough upheaval happening in this moment to force something. something will shift. what comes next (and how it comes) will almost certainly be different than what we have seen previously.