Murkowski, Paul, McConnell, Tillis, Collins

[pknopp]

You said it yourself, just a post or two ago....Go take your meds.

......or a budget at all.......

No.

 

[j-mac]

......or a budget at all.......

No.

Yes...So, you agree with me.

 

[justoffal]

When Republicans in Congress actually vote to rebuke Trump​

It’s no secret at this point that congressional Republicans are loathe to vote against President Donald Trump. Fealty to Trump has become the animating principle in the party – so much so that GOP lawmakers have willfully relegated themselves to second-class citizens in Washington as they’ve steadily ceded their powers and prerogatives to Trump.

But all of that makes it even more striking when they decide to actually stand up for themselves, for once.

And it’s now happened twice just this week.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/congress-rebuke-trump-tariffs

I saw an historian being interviewed yesterday about the state of the country. He made a simple point that I believe to be true regarding what Don is doing. "Americans don't want it." They don't want a ballroom or people being killed in boats without justification or troops on city streets or members of the DOJ/FBI being fired for doing their jobs.

I thought about what he said in the context of the 5 Repub senators who voted against the government's tariff policy. It made me wonder why congressional Repubs fail to understand the power they have if they stand together.

Senators criticize Trump administration after Democrats were left out of a drug boat strike briefing​

Several Republican senators also told NBC News that Democrats should have been in the meeting.

Senators criticize Trump administration after Democrats were left out of a drug boat strike briefing

Several Republican senators also told NBC News that Democrats should have been in the meeting.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties criticized the Trump administration after Democrats were not invited to a briefing Wednesday on U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.

Sen. Mark Warner, of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, told reporters at a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday that the partisan briefing was a "new low" for the administration.

"That is not how the system is supposed to work," he said.

What if Repub's had refused to attend the briefing unless their colleagues were invited? What if they demanded that the killings stop until trump officials provide a legal justification for killing people without evidence against them? What if they did their jobs and provided a check on executive power the Constitution intended them to be?

You can't include the Democrats they will immediately run to the cartels and give away the farm. We already know this we have seen it time and again. Frankly I'm surprised that Trump even trusts the Republicans.

 

[kyzr]

Color these RINOs gone.

Murkowski, Paul, McConnell, Tillis, Collins​

Tariffs are a very good thing. We;ll see how the USSC cuts them back.

 

[berg80]

Color these RINOs gone.

Murkowski, Paul, McConnell, Tillis, Collins​

Tariffs are a very good thing. We;ll see how the USSC cuts them back.

When used in a responsible, limited, targeted way tariffs can be a valuable tool to protect US businesses and consumers against unfair trading practices. The authority to impose them lies with Congress.
Tariffs should never be used as Dotard has against Brazil, as a punitive measure because his fellow insurrectionist was found guilty of the same crime Don would have been found guilty of had a trial followed his indictment.

 

[justoffal]

When used in a responsible, limited, targeted way tariffs can be a valuable tool to protect US businesses and consumers against unfair trading practices. The authority to impose them lies with Congress.
Tariffs should never be used as Dotard has against Brazil, as a punitive measure because his fellow insurrectionist was found guilty of the same crime Don would have been found guilty of had a trial followed his indictment.

Pure political poppycock..

I do agree that Tariffs for this situation are probably not the best option however.
Not sure what we import from Brazil....
Mahogany maybe?

 

[Lesh]

Yes the goo is a big tent party with different views

What won’t happen is none of these folks will be spied on or jailed unlike when xiden and Obama were in office

Goo…good nic for the GOP these days

 

[struth]

Goo…good nic for the GOP these days

Yep the gop is all about goooijg forward


Not the dark ages that demafasict promise

 

[Lesh]

Yep the gop is all about goooijg forward


Not the dark ages that demafasict promise

Cofefe

 

[struth]

Cofefe

Covfefe…cofefe?? Haha

 

[kyzr]

When used in a responsible, limited, targeted way tariffs can be a valuable tool to protect US businesses and consumers against unfair trading practices. The authority to impose them lies with Congress.
Tariffs should never be used as Dotard has against Brazil, as a punitive measure because his fellow insurrectionist was found guilty of the same crime Don would have been found guilty of had a trial followed his indictment.

Brazil is also part of BRICS, who are trying to replace the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, so he is punishing them.

There are no fellow insurrectionists dumbass. The Biden Crime Family are the real criminals, that's why they all have pardons.

 

[Lesh]

Covfefe…cofefe?? Haha

One never knows how to spell made up nonsense words

You seem to be an expert

 

[struth]

One never knows how to spell made up nonsense words

You seem to be an expert

Nonsense, yes i am expert on dembot nonsense

 

[Lesh]

Nonsense, yes i am expert on dembot nonsense

That was a Trump thing moron

 

[struth]

That was a Trump thing moron

Yes he’s an expert on dembot nonsense as well

 

[Clipper]

They don't want a ballroom... LOL!!! So your side is the fiscally conservative one now??

LOL!!!


The boats are running toxic drugs into America illegally.

If your side doesn't want troops in big cities, then elect people who actually enforce the laws, which you don't do.

The people who are being fired from FBI/DOJ should be prosecuted for treason and FIRED AT by a FIRING SQUAD. Then there are the judge Boasbergs who need to be impeached, prosecuted, convicted of treason, and offed too...

Well then why doesn't Trump's sockpuppet Pammy charge those FBI/DOJ employees? Why not? Because Pammy & Co will be exposed as Trump lapdogs, which is what they are. Trump's own private law firm & goon squad funded by the American people.

Trump whines like a little ***** but he never had it so good.

 

[berg80]

Brazil is also part of BRICS, who are trying to replace the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, so he is punishing them.

Is he keeping that half-assed plan a secret? No mention has been made of it. The rationale is actually revenge for prosecuting Bolsonaro........as you know.

If the dollar is replaced as the world's reserve currency it will be because of our own doing. Like further ballooning the debt by passing tax cut legislation with no chance of paying for itself.

The Biden Crime Family are the real criminals, that's why they all have pardons.

Gotta ask, in the fantastical world created for you by right wing media what crimes do you believe the family committed? Besides Hunter's gun crime (for a gun that was disposed of a few weeks after he acquired it, one he never used) and his tax evasion (the back taxes for which were paid back in full).

 

[kyzr]

When used in a responsible, limited, targeted way tariffs can be a valuable tool to protect US businesses and consumers against unfair trading practices. The authority to impose them lies with Congress.

agreed

Tariffs should never be used as Dotard has against Brazil, as a punitive measure because his fellow insurrectionist was found guilty of the same crime Don would have been found guilty of had a trial followed his indictment.

Not sure what this refers to? Trump took tariffs off all food items to help affordability.
As for your bullshit "insurrectionist" comment, Nancy Pelosi already took responsibility for J6 on video.

Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping you and yours enjoy the day.

 

[Lesh]

agreed

Not sure what this refers to? Trump took tariffs off all food items to help affordability.
As for your bullshit "insurrectionist" comment, Nancy Pelosi already took responsibility for J6 on video.

You agree that TARGETED tariffs are useful?

Good

Trump’s tariffs are anything but targeted in any real sense

 

[kyzr]

Is he keeping that half-assed plan a secret? No mention has been made of it. The rationale is actually revenge for prosecuting Bolsonaro........as you know. If the dollar is replaced as the world's reserve currency it will be because of our own doing. Like further ballooning the debt by passing tax cut legislation with no chance of paying for itself.

The Brazil tariffs were actually a two'fer

Gotta ask, in the fantastical world created for you by right wing media what crimes do you believe the family committed? Besides Hunter's gun crime (for a gun that was disposed of a few weeks after he acquired it, one he never used) and his tax evasion (the back taxes for which were paid back in full).

Here are a few

‘Biden crime family’: What are the allegations and accusations?

What are the allegations against Joe Biden and how could he be investigated by the Trump administration?

www.thetimes.com

“President Biden’s pre-emptive pardons for the Biden crime family serve as a confession of their corruption as they sold out the American people to enrich themselves,” said James Comer, the Kentucky congressman who chairs the House oversight committee and led an investigation of family members under Biden’s administration.
Comer said the investigation “revealed that at least ten members of the Biden crime family and their associates raked in over $30 million by selling Joe Biden’s influence to corrupt foreign entities and individuals in China, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Kazakhstan”.