I gotta say, it's about time.

[Mac-7]

Senate Republican Acknowledges That This Might All Be Very Illegal

While she has done little more than state facts, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is emerging as the only Republican member of Congress currently willing to call out the fact that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s lawless DOGE crusade is stripping Republicans in the House and Senate of one of the main powers they possess as elected officials: to create agencies and fund the federal government.

Earlier this month, as TPM pressed Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill about Musk’s rampage — and got little but shrugs in response — Collins came forward to say she was “concerned” about the amount of power Trump had given the unelected billionaire. She warned then that many of DOGE’s actions — freezing congressionally allocated funds, firing government workers, probing sensitive taxpayer data — was “going to end up in court.”

Since then, no other Republicans have taken their rhetoric any further. A handful of Senate Republicans have subtly broken with the Trump administration to publicly discuss how important certain funds that have been frozen are to their constituents — like the handful who have been limply, publicly negotiating with the Trump administration to get back funding for crucial medical research in their state.

Collins doubled down during an interview with Politico Wednesday, going as far as suggesting that the Trump administration might be breaking the law with its recent DOGE actions.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where...nowledges-that-this-might-all-be-very-illegal

I knew it would take something like this. That is, I knew there would come a time when congressional Repubs started doing the calculus on whether their quiescent silence regarding the trump admin's daily outrages would cause concern for their own electability. Sorry Sue, you lost any pretense to respect long ago.

Not that they are standing on principle, or the many national security concerns, or objecting to trump saying he is the arbiter of whether he has broken the law. No, they just don't want any fallout to jeopardize their re-election. Getting rid of these spineless cowards would be a boon for the nation were it not for the certainty their replacements would be worse. As hard to imagine as that is.

Collins is a washington insider holdout swamp dweller

She wants to join hands with her democrat colleagues to spend, spend, spend

And why not?

At her age she wont be around long enough to see the error of her policies

 

[Nostra]

Senate Republican Acknowledges That This Might All Be Very Illegal

While she has done little more than state facts, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is emerging as the only Republican member of Congress currently willing to call out the fact that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s lawless DOGE crusade is stripping Republicans in the House and Senate of one of the main powers they possess as elected officials: to create agencies and fund the federal government.

Earlier this month, as TPM pressed Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill about Musk’s rampage — and got little but shrugs in response — Collins came forward to say she was “concerned” about the amount of power Trump had given the unelected billionaire. She warned then that many of DOGE’s actions — freezing congressionally allocated funds, firing government workers, probing sensitive taxpayer data — was “going to end up in court.”

Since then, no other Republicans have taken their rhetoric any further. A handful of Senate Republicans have subtly broken with the Trump administration to publicly discuss how important certain funds that have been frozen are to their constituents — like the handful who have been limply, publicly negotiating with the Trump administration to get back funding for crucial medical research in their state.

Collins doubled down during an interview with Politico Wednesday, going as far as suggesting that the Trump administration might be breaking the law with its recent DOGE actions.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where...nowledges-that-this-might-all-be-very-illegal

I knew it would take something like this. That is, I knew there would come a time when congressional Repubs started doing the calculus on whether their quiescent silence regarding the trump admin's daily outrages would cause concern for their own electability. Sorry Sue, you lost any pretense to respect long ago.

Not that they are standing on principle, or the many national security concerns, or objecting to trump saying he is the arbiter of whether he has broken the law. No, they just don't want any fallout to jeopardize their re-election. Getting rid of these spineless cowards would be a boon for the nation were it not for the certainty their replacements would be worse. As hard to imagine as that is.

I called it.

Thread 'Liberal talking point for the week: DOGE is not a real government agency.'

Feb 19, 2025

Expect a lot of this in the fake news, and on this board.

The Dept was formed under Obama, and renamed by Trump. Get over it, libs.

Introducing This Week's Theme: 'DOGE Is Not An Official Government Department'

hotair.com

• Nostra
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[BlackSand]

Right now the only people on the freaking planet who can stop (or at least slow down) our move towards neofascism are the congressional Republicans. And that has ALWAYS been the case.

It's pretty much now or never. I don't see any indication that enough of them will act.

.

The Republicans in the Establishment are all still fat and happy ... After devouring the Tea Party ...
And President Trump as well as the People ... Have reminded them that they aren't really invincible.

Clasp your hands ... Fall on your knees ... And keep praying towards the Almighty Government on Capitol Hill ...
Just understand ... There a reason your shit keeps failing ... And threatens to destroy us all.

When you get a clue what that reason is ... Then, maybe you will be worth saving.
No one else can do it for you ... That's part of the problem ... And you don't want to listen anyway.

Liberty-Responsibility ... They walk hand in hand ...
And that means you cannot keep pushing that responsibility uphill towards Washington DC ...
You will just lose yourself and be at the mercy of others and the government if you do.

Keep talking trash about neofascism ...
What the hell did you think was going to happen ...

.​

 

[Mac1958]

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Keep talking trash about neofascism ...
What the hell did you think was going to happen ...

.​

Many saw this coming.

We hope fascism, and you, fail.

 

[BackAgain]

Senate Republican Acknowledges That This Might All Be Very Illegal

While she has done little more than state facts, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is emerging as the only Republican member of Congress currently willing to call out the fact that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s lawless DOGE crusade is stripping Republicans in the House and Senate of one of the main powers they possess as elected officials: to create agencies and fund the federal government.

Earlier this month, as TPM pressed Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill about Musk’s rampage — and got little but shrugs in response — Collins came forward to say she was “concerned” about the amount of power Trump had given the unelected billionaire. She warned then that many of DOGE’s actions — freezing congressionally allocated funds, firing government workers, probing sensitive taxpayer data — was “going to end up in court.”

Since then, no other Republicans have taken their rhetoric any further. A handful of Senate Republicans have subtly broken with the Trump administration to publicly discuss how important certain funds that have been frozen are to their constituents — like the handful who have been limply, publicly negotiating with the Trump administration to get back funding for crucial medical research in their state.

Collins doubled down during an interview with Politico Wednesday, going as far as suggesting that the Trump administration might be breaking the law with its recent DOGE actions.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where...nowledges-that-this-might-all-be-very-illegal

I knew it would take something like this. That is, I knew there would come a time when congressional Repubs started doing the calculus on whether their quiescent silence regarding the trump admin's daily outrages would cause concern for their own electability. Sorry Sue, you lost any pretense to respect long ago.

Not that they are standing on principle, or the many national security concerns, or objecting to trump saying he is the arbiter of whether he has broken the law. No, they just don't want any fallout to jeopardize their re-election. Getting rid of these spineless cowards would be a boon for the nation were it not for the certainty their replacements would be worse. As hard to imagine as that is.

Then again none of “this” is illegal at all.

What a retarded OP.

 

[BlackSand]

Many saw this coming.

We hope fascism, and you, fail.

.

The same way your stupid ass hopes the government can save you ...
With the stupid Idea you will ever be able to manage or control ...
The beast you so desperately want to create and constantly feed Power.

Wake the fuck up ... Dipshit ...
Simply put ... You cannot continue to make people fail ...
If they aren't relying on people like you in the first place.

It's just a shame you aren't smart enough to figure that out on your own ...
And it really is not Quantum Physics or Rocket Science.
And ... It's not really your brain stopping you from understanding that ... It's your petty desires.

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[toobfreak]

Many saw this coming.

You posting again?

We hope fascism, and you, fail.

If you are worried about fascism, where were you these past four years when the government banned us from questioning the 2020 election? Banned us from questioning Covid and the vaccine? Threatened to debank and disenfranchise people for not getting the clot shot? When Biden's WH was sending out edicts to the media demanding they only print favorable stories about Joe? When universities were full of anti-Jewish protests? When colleges were banning open debate and conservative speakers? Where were you when they were paying Politico 8 million a year to drum up horsecrap about Trump?

 

[luiza]

Not that you will notice or care .Or believe .

BUT "ABOVE TOP SECRET "

During his Miami speech Trumpfy talked about Susie Wiles , jokingly but admiringly referring her as the strongest person in his team .The silent Assassin --- not his words.

When she was appointed , I knew 101% that Trumpfy is fully controlled by Deep State and that Susie is there by order to ensure he never departs from core strategy .
This is a woman eating tigress whom nobody has ever controlled and with her husband has huge Deep State company interests .

Laugh as much as you like , but as I said months ago , this is probably her Presidency but she has a very spectacular puppet to do the real work for her .

???Slimmed down federal government for greater control/ ID Cards and even Martial Law if required for a time/ return to Gold Standard etc etc . Possibility of another pandemic -- synthetic Avian being the obvious contender at this moment .

 

[berg80]

Collins is a washington insider holdout swamp dweller

There must be some other juvenile names you can think of calling her for having the audacity to say out loud what they all think. trump is an ignorant idiot.

 

[BackAgain]

RINO! DEEP STATE! TRAITOR!

Or, perhaps, she’s just dumb.

 

[Frankenstein]

Senate Republican Acknowledges That This Might All Be Very Illegal

While she has done little more than state facts, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is emerging as the only Republican member of Congress currently willing to call out the fact that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s lawless DOGE crusade is stripping Republicans in the House and Senate of one of the main powers they possess as elected officials: to create agencies and fund the federal government.

Earlier this month, as TPM pressed Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill about Musk’s rampage — and got little but shrugs in response — Collins came forward to say she was “concerned” about the amount of power Trump had given the unelected billionaire. She warned then that many of DOGE’s actions — freezing congressionally allocated funds, firing government workers, probing sensitive taxpayer data — was “going to end up in court.”

Since then, no other Republicans have taken their rhetoric any further. A handful of Senate Republicans have subtly broken with the Trump administration to publicly discuss how important certain funds that have been frozen are to their constituents — like the handful who have been limply, publicly negotiating with the Trump administration to get back funding for crucial medical research in their state.

Collins doubled down during an interview with Politico Wednesday, going as far as suggesting that the Trump administration might be breaking the law with its recent DOGE actions.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where...nowledges-that-this-might-all-be-very-illegal

I knew it would take something like this. That is, I knew there would come a time when congressional Repubs started doing the calculus on whether their quiescent silence regarding the trump admin's daily outrages would cause concern for their own electability. Sorry Sue, you lost any pretense to respect long ago.

Not that they are standing on principle, or the many national security concerns, or objecting to trump saying he is the arbiter of whether he has broken the law. No, they just don't want any fallout to jeopardize their re-election. Getting rid of these spineless cowards would be a boon for the nation were it not for the certainty their replacements would be worse. As hard to imagine as that is.

Republican?

 

[berg80]

Republican?

Does being critical of Dear Leader disqualify her from being a Repub? And here you folks are pretending to be for free speech. What a joke.

 

[Mac-7]

There must be some other juvenile names you can think of calling her for having the audacity to say out loud what they all think. trump is an ignorant idiot.

What juvenile names?

Collins is a business-as-usual washington insider with all the negativity that leads to

 

[Sayaras]

HITLER'S

ISLAMIC

MULLAH

"LUIZA"

TROLLS

 

[Billiejeens]

So, when Democrats object to anything Trump does, it's solely from lofty, high-minded concern for the Constitution and the Republic.

When Republicans object, it's because they're concerned about getting re-elected.

That cover it?

Susan Collins gets a lot of latitude.
She keeps winning in a Ridiculously deep blue state.
She is there when absolutely needed.

 

[BackAgain]

Does being critical of Dear Leader disqualify her from being a Repub? And here you folks are pretending to be for free speech. What a joke.

bug.80 thinks that a RINO is the same thing as a Republican.

 

[BlackSand]

Does being critical of Dear Leader disqualify her from being a Repub? And here you folks are pretending to be for free speech. What a joke.

.

Hey ... It's funny you think Senator Collins is anything other than an Establishment Republican.
What people are laughing at is that you think that may be a Conservative ...
And you have totally invested in the idea that Conservatives don't know the difference.

It's not a matter of free speech ... As well as Senator Collins can say whatever she wants to ...
And you are completely free to keeps saying and suggesting things ...That are just utterly retarded in the concept ...
And will never represent what you are attempting to express they should mean ...

.​

 

[Frankenstein]

Does being critical of Dear Leader disqualify her from being a Repub? And here you folks are pretending to be for free speech. What a joke.

She's done nothing but be a democrat her whole career

 

[daveman]

I think I'd put it this way. It has taken the prospect of constituent backlash for Repubs to do what they should have been doing all along. Protecting the constitutional order against someone who aims to end it. As an aside........

As Trump Turns Toward Russia and Against Ukraine, Republicans Are Mum​

As President Trump makes an abrupt pivot toward Russia, upending generations of American foreign policy, he is also defying members of his own party in Congress, many of whom have spent their careers arguing for a hawkish stance against Moscow and strong backing for allies in Europe facing its most immediate threats.

But the response from Republicans on Capitol Hill has been muted, in some cases to the point of silence. There has been little G.O.P. pushback on Mr. Trump’s efforts to draw closer to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia or blame Ukraine as he seeks to bring a quick end to the war that began when Russia invaded the country.

While some Republicans have expressed dismay at Mr. Trump’s moves and statements, there has been no concerted effort to challenge him from G.O.P. leaders or senators who play pivotal roles in overseeing military and foreign policy in Congress.

As Trump Turns Toward Russia and Against Ukraine, Republicans Are Mum

Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once their party’s core foreign policy principles.

www.nytimes.com

I'd say that's a good sign the GOP is tired of the Ukraine/Democrat money-laundering scam.

 

[daveman]

Agree completely. It is indeed a frightening prospect to think of the country's fate being in the hands MAGAists who couldn't even find it within themselves to object when Dear Leader released cop beating violent criminals from prison.

No politician in US history would even had contemplated, or politically survived, such an obscene act of injustice. But it's already been lost in a whirlwind of daily events that should have effectively ended trump's presidency.

...says the guy who made heart eyes at the President he voted for when he gave 10-year-span blanket pardons to people who hadn't even been charged with a crime.

You can stop pretending you have any high-minded notions of justice.