"This November, we can vote up and down the ballot to elect representatives who will stand up to Trump–and to his criminal and civil defense lawyer acting as Attorney General."
I’ve been wondering lately about the pattern of familial domestic abuse versus syndicated crime and whether what we’re seeing is more in line with the former. My guess is that there are similarities, but some differences. These senators who on the surface seem to have nothing to lose by voting against Blanche and jeopardize their legacy and sense-of-self by voting for his confirmation are responding/reacting to something. The thing about domestic abuse is that the people in the circles just outside of the immediate threat don’t do anything to stop it. They’re close enough to know what’s happening but also part of the system in such a way that they lose by saying something (ostracized, ousted, publicly humiliated by the abuser) and lose less by not saying something (maybe they’ll be seen as the one who stood up to the abuser, but when does that happen?).
That pattern looks more like domestic abuse than mob boss mentality. MAGA and GOP make up the social circle of these senators and other players. I just keep getting the impression that it’s not the threats on their lives or the loss of the prospect of lobbying job that is influencing their votes but the threat of being ostracized. They receive serious threats whichever way they vote and they have enough money that they don’t need another job.
It sounds simplistic on its face *but* could the reason for caving to Trump be fear of retaliation from his MAGA supporters?
I read something by a former congressman, a Republican, that in private several GOP legislators expressed this fear as being the primary reason why they don't appose Trump.
Thank you, Lisa. The three Senators you mention are extreme cowards, but so is the entire stable of GOP Senate lemmings. They have given up their oaths, their jobs and all dignity to bow to the alter of a deeply racist, broken, criminal, rapist, corrupt con man. A lot of days I could just scream. The other days I simply do.
With this criminal crew, we should always prepare for the worst and expose them every inch of the way! It's not that they can't rein in Trump, but the fact that they are "in too deep" one way or another. As Winston Churchill said famously during Great Britain's darkest hours during WW2, "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give up!" I believe more in the majority of the people of the United States than any "system".
Elections are run by states so far but Trump has appealed the stay on his voting executive order to SCOTUS. His appeal was supported by many red states and asked SCOTUS to remove the stay. Given that the EO Federalizes different aspects of the upcoming mid-term elections, not just mail in voting and given the vast discretion SCOTUS has in deciding whether and when to take a case, the fact that SCOTUS has taken the appeal is worrisome. People keep turning to the November elections but what will be the rules under which they operate and how much deleterious confusion will SCOTUS have spread beforehand? Do you think SCOTUS will advance Trump's power once again?
James Carville is extending the rage rhetoric to threatening Trump that, once back in power, Democrats are "going to go after your stupid jackass kids and their spouses." This type of hateful rhetoric is thrilling for rage addicts today...
..This is the same person who previously threatened that “collaborators” with Trump may be treated in the same way as they were after World War II. It is fueling the unrequited rage of the left with promises of unrestrained revenge and retaliation.
That Obama clip is a few seconds long and taken completely out of context. That's all the proof I need that the rest of the links are just as farcical.
Lisa - Cornyn's comments left the public sick and nauseated. Like Tillis and others, they are simply in fear of MAGA loyalists threatening physical violence and really describes Texas politics: Crenshaw, Paxton, Abbott, Cruz, and Cornyn. Essentially they are advocating Blanch as the president's personal attorney.
THEIR LEGACY HAS BEEN BAKED IN - COWARDS EVERY ONE OF THEM.
BTW - great show with Karen last Wednesday! You are our 'go to' person for SCOTUS. I fear the Shadow docket on issues he is taking to SCOTUS for the next several months. Like Congress, they have no moral standing.
If you think Cornyn is a coward voting in the Senate you should see how he responds to constituents! I wrote him before Blanch had given him this empty promise to let him know some Texans would like to see him grow a pair. It was after the primary so I reminded him that having already lost his job, he had nothing to lose by showing some integrity. Even with that his canned response (I am under no illusion that Sen Cornyn actually read my email or drafted his own response) was nothing but shameless boot licking.
Right on point as always. I continue to be concerned that we collectively will forget about what the Republican Party was BEFORE Trump.
Chomsky 10 yrs ago called it "the most dangerous organization in history" because not 1 out of 17 candidates in 2015 would plan to do anything to stop environmental destruction, and all would pursue policies that by scientific analysis will destroy life on earth. With this point, he noted that neither Attila the Hun nor Hitler had such total disregard for the future of all life.
Ornstein and mann captured the essence of the party that gave rise to senators like these as well in their important book "it's even worse than it looks."
Let's always note that without specific efforts by the Supreme Court, most of this would not be happening - testimony in the dc case would have been all over the 2024 campaign, Trump would likely be in jail, Americans voting rights would still be intact, and regulatory agencies could still function as normal.
"This November, we can vote up and down the ballot to elect representatives who will stand up to Trump–and to his criminal and civil defense lawyer acting as Attorney General."
Let's hope we get to vote Ms. Graves....
November can't come soon enough. It amazes me how many lawyers are willing to sell their souls to the devil.
Over and over again gop prove themselves unworthy craven cowards. Vile. The lot of them.
Thank you Lisa. You’re such a great asset.
I’ve been wondering lately about the pattern of familial domestic abuse versus syndicated crime and whether what we’re seeing is more in line with the former. My guess is that there are similarities, but some differences. These senators who on the surface seem to have nothing to lose by voting against Blanche and jeopardize their legacy and sense-of-self by voting for his confirmation are responding/reacting to something. The thing about domestic abuse is that the people in the circles just outside of the immediate threat don’t do anything to stop it. They’re close enough to know what’s happening but also part of the system in such a way that they lose by saying something (ostracized, ousted, publicly humiliated by the abuser) and lose less by not saying something (maybe they’ll be seen as the one who stood up to the abuser, but when does that happen?).
That pattern looks more like domestic abuse than mob boss mentality. MAGA and GOP make up the social circle of these senators and other players. I just keep getting the impression that it’s not the threats on their lives or the loss of the prospect of lobbying job that is influencing their votes but the threat of being ostracized. They receive serious threats whichever way they vote and they have enough money that they don’t need another job.
And an afterthought: pragmatism ends up being the enabling behavior.
It sounds simplistic on its face *but* could the reason for caving to Trump be fear of retaliation from his MAGA supporters?
I read something by a former congressman, a Republican, that in private several GOP legislators expressed this fear as being the primary reason why they don't appose Trump.
Thank you, Lisa. The three Senators you mention are extreme cowards, but so is the entire stable of GOP Senate lemmings. They have given up their oaths, their jobs and all dignity to bow to the alter of a deeply racist, broken, criminal, rapist, corrupt con man. A lot of days I could just scream. The other days I simply do.
With this criminal crew, we should always prepare for the worst and expose them every inch of the way! It's not that they can't rein in Trump, but the fact that they are "in too deep" one way or another. As Winston Churchill said famously during Great Britain's darkest hours during WW2, "NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give up!" I believe more in the majority of the people of the United States than any "system".
Elections are run by states so far but Trump has appealed the stay on his voting executive order to SCOTUS. His appeal was supported by many red states and asked SCOTUS to remove the stay. Given that the EO Federalizes different aspects of the upcoming mid-term elections, not just mail in voting and given the vast discretion SCOTUS has in deciding whether and when to take a case, the fact that SCOTUS has taken the appeal is worrisome. People keep turning to the November elections but what will be the rules under which they operate and how much deleterious confusion will SCOTUS have spread beforehand? Do you think SCOTUS will advance Trump's power once again?
These people are so spineless and evil. I wish Trump had never entered politics. These people who voted for him in 2024 are nutcases.
Hard to believe, isn't it? Yes, it is if you forget the past.
Hillary Clinton: A Democrat president must "get rid of all" Trump admin people so they don't subvert the Democrat administration.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2085739429373653455.html
James Carville is extending the rage rhetoric to threatening Trump that, once back in power, Democrats are "going to go after your stupid jackass kids and their spouses." This type of hateful rhetoric is thrilling for rage addicts today...
..This is the same person who previously threatened that “collaborators” with Trump may be treated in the same way as they were after World War II. It is fueling the unrequited rage of the left with promises of unrestrained revenge and retaliation.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040771483639672878.html?utm_source=pdfs_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert
(Vindictive)Valerie Jarrett – "After We Win This Election, It's Our Turn. Payback Time." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/24/tyranny-in-our-time/
(Vindictive) Obama Says Punish Enemies and Reward Friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeT67BvYzo4
And their vindictiveness isn't limited to Trump; it extends to anyone who goes against their orthodoxy, whether it's a doctor or a law firm.
Oh, and Valerie Jarrett, my Rosa Klebb, was and is Obama’s Iranian handler.
But, of course, now that it’s Trump, it’s evil Orange Man vindictiveness.
File under: what goes around comes around, or continue trying to play innocent and shocked.
That Obama clip is a few seconds long and taken completely out of context. That's all the proof I need that the rest of the links are just as farcical.
Aren't you lucky it’s only a few songs long? Your TDS is safe, huh?
Lisa - Cornyn's comments left the public sick and nauseated. Like Tillis and others, they are simply in fear of MAGA loyalists threatening physical violence and really describes Texas politics: Crenshaw, Paxton, Abbott, Cruz, and Cornyn. Essentially they are advocating Blanch as the president's personal attorney.
THEIR LEGACY HAS BEEN BAKED IN - COWARDS EVERY ONE OF THEM.
BTW - great show with Karen last Wednesday! You are our 'go to' person for SCOTUS. I fear the Shadow docket on issues he is taking to SCOTUS for the next several months. Like Congress, they have no moral standing.
Cheers
I would hope that the think tanks are coming up with a retribution plan so this crap never happens again
If you think Cornyn is a coward voting in the Senate you should see how he responds to constituents! I wrote him before Blanch had given him this empty promise to let him know some Texans would like to see him grow a pair. It was after the primary so I reminded him that having already lost his job, he had nothing to lose by showing some integrity. Even with that his canned response (I am under no illusion that Sen Cornyn actually read my email or drafted his own response) was nothing but shameless boot licking.
Right on point as always. I continue to be concerned that we collectively will forget about what the Republican Party was BEFORE Trump.
Chomsky 10 yrs ago called it "the most dangerous organization in history" because not 1 out of 17 candidates in 2015 would plan to do anything to stop environmental destruction, and all would pursue policies that by scientific analysis will destroy life on earth. With this point, he noted that neither Attila the Hun nor Hitler had such total disregard for the future of all life.
Ornstein and mann captured the essence of the party that gave rise to senators like these as well in their important book "it's even worse than it looks."
Let's always note that without specific efforts by the Supreme Court, most of this would not be happening - testimony in the dc case would have been all over the 2024 campaign, Trump would likely be in jail, Americans voting rights would still be intact, and regulatory agencies could still function as normal.
Americans are not done DEMANDING THE EPSTEIN FILES BE RELEASED!