House Republicans authorized a new rule to prevent Democrats from probing the Trump administration’s scandals until October.
Amid mounting scandals out of the Trump administration, House Republicans voted Tuesday in favor of a rule that creates hurdles for Democrats looking to investigate it.
Departments across Trump’s government have been rocked by scandals over a variety of issues: Elon Musk’s glaring conflicts of interest while gutting the federal government, Cabinet officials’discussing sensitive military plans with civilians via a third-party messaging platform or members of Congress benefiting as the White House turned tariffs on and off.
Democrats have tried to shine light on these and other scandals using what are called “resolutions of inquiry,” which can tee up what are essentially special votes over whether to provide information from the president or executive officials.
How have Americans not killed any of these guys yet? This is open corruption in assisting their first dictator. You all need to nip this in the bud before a complete takeover happens.
What if they just, like, did it anyway and ignored any backlash from Republicans? It’s not exactly like the Republicans follow rules of any kind.
Republicans are the biggest piece of shit lying hypocrites on the planet. All they ever do is lie and fuck over the American people. At EVERY SINGLE TURN.
Wasn’t this the same set of Republicans doing these endless investigations on Bengazi and someone’s laptop?
Crazy to live through the dictatorization of the USA
instead of doing useless investigation, why not try blocking every republican bill, instead of having the chuck schumers and DINOS voting with the republicans everytime.
They’re complicit. Not all of them, but most. Look at how they’re voting since Trump got elected, not what they’re saying.
CONFIRMED!
Filibuster everything. Literally everything that can be filibustered. See how fast we get rid of the filibuster.
Chuck Schumer said his only job as a Democrat is to ensure that the Democratic party stays pro-israel. Cory Booker voted in favor of the last trump appointee. These people are not on the left. They are conservatives that wear blue and talk about things they don’t vote for.
The Old Guard/Corporate Dems don’t care, they will sit idly by as the shit hits the fan again and again and again, even some of them voted for Trumps appointments. Dems in Congress are not going to save us, only the people will. But most of us aren’t educated enough to know and understand what’s going on, hence why we’re in this whole pickle…
But wait the lawsuits guys! That will slam him!
Lol
I don’t think Trump is actually running the white house anymore. Watching the project 2025 checklist, it’s far too complete for Trump to be able to dictate any of it.
Actually, I don’t think any of the Regime cabinet is running anything. It’s the Heritage Foundation.
The republicans were hand picked to make sure the Heritage Foundation has absolute power. I am willing to believe the Heritage Foundation has control of the Supreme Court too, thinking about it.
A literal shadow government. Every accusation is an admission.
I remember in the George W or Mitt Romney times … I remember seeing a leaked video recording or some either political dude or rich guy saying that they just needed the dumbest Republican president that is just barely able to hold a pen in office. I’m obviously paraphrasing and I can’t for the life of me find the video.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Bingo bango. Thiel places jd vance as his puppet, funnels defense spending into palantir, a company the heritage foundation recognizes as one of the most innovative. Look at the networks surrounding the people who run these organizations. This is the LITERAL DEEP STATE
I don’t think Trump is actually running the white house anymore. Watching the project 2025 checklist, it’s far too complete for Trump to be able to dictate any of it.
What bothers me more is that it’s been stuck at 42% complete for what seems like a month. Things have taken a nose dive compared to the first couple of months. Makes me wonder if we’re going to go from 42% to 80% with martial law all at once soon.
A bunch of it hit roadblocks with pesky judges, but some of it just happened - like the defunding of public broadcast programming.
Yeah I saw the public broadcasting defunding one. To be honest, I lost track of all the things going on because I’ve been so focused on Social Security, Medicaid, and HUD because anything that happens to them affects me in some way more than anything else being on disability and in HUD housing.
I imagine once things come up in the Supreme Court we’ll see a flurry of activity regardless of their decisions
Of course not. Even in 2016 Trump was a figure head. Back then there was what was called the silent resistance of White House staffers who did their best to undermine or at least lessen the impact of their programs.
I have been saying for years the problem isn’t Trump returning to power. It’s people like Karl Rove and Steve Bannon, with the charisma of Obama that we need to be afraid of.
Turns out I was half right. Trump is still the figure head that allows the literal deep state to do the work of the Heritage Foundation. He is the alt-right’s Obama.
Steve Bannon has the charisma of a wet rag.
His job is but to sign their documents when they tell him to.
There’s no way on this Earth that Mango Mussolini knows words like “axiomatic” or “plenary”.
Federal supremacy with respect to immigration, national security, and foreign policy is axiomatic. The Constitution provides the Federal Government with plenary authority regarding immigration to protect the sovereignty of our Nation and to conduct relations with other nations, who must be able to deal with one national Government on such matters.
His job is but to sign their documents when they tell him to.
I mean, that was pretty apparent when they presented a large stack of EOs for him to sign on Day 0. No way DJT read through all of them, he doesn’t read shit - that was proven during his last term.
Title should be: Republicans Complicit in Trump Administration Crimes
Donald complicit in GOP crimes
I believe this is the way to properly phrase the statement. At this point it is not an individual or individuals, but the republican party that is criminal.
🌎🔫 always has been
Every Republican is complicit in this shit show.
Sounds like some so-called dems too
Is this how we never have to vote again?
Can you explain this image to an ignorant person? Is this when Italy enacted fascism? Why is the yes adorned with the Italian flag?
The Acerbo Law gave 2/3 of the seats to the party that got at least 25% of the votes. After that every election was a plebiscite in which you could only approve a list of candidates from the fascist party
These cards were used in Italian national elections in 1929 and 1934 when Mussolini’s party was the only legally permitted party. Voters (at the time, only males who were trade union members, clergy, or soldiers) could only vote to approve or disapprove the list of deputies the Grand Council of Fascism had appointed. The officials would check that the card the voter chose was properly sealed, so the colors would probably immediately let them know which vote is being cast. And/or it was propaganda: voting for yes is patriotic, and no is… less patriotic.
That’s depressing. Thank you for the information!
There will still be lines to stand in, just not voting lines.
More bread sir
Papers please
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Sounds like a good time to leave the country while you still can.
Disclaimer: I’m from Europe, where we could really use a few more sensible people.
I’ve looked into moving to Iceland but it seems like they don’t actually want foreigners moving there and taking their jobs.
Unfortunately, I can’t say anything about Iceland. But in Germany, where I come from, skilled workers are urgently needed. It’s a whole spectrum of jobs: from hospitality to elderly care to engineering to physicians to pretty much all IT jobs (and many more).
There really is a shortage of workers in a wide variety of areas, which makes it all the more incomprehensible to me that we also have a MAGA-like party, the AfD, which constantly rails against foreigners. However, they are despised by everyone in even halfway larger cities and don’t play a role there. Significantly, this party is particularly popular in eastern Germany, especially in rural areas where there are hardly any foreigners. It’s really absurd, but I’m afraid morons like these can be found in all rural areas around the wold.
Of course, I don’t want to make any false promises and unfortunately I have to say that there are a lot of intolerant assholes in Germany too (the AfD, a darn Nazi-Party was at 20% in the last election and I’m afraid that they will get even more in the next one). But there are also a lot of nice, open-minded people and, as I said, a lot of open jobs. Maybe you’ll find something with us.
I would be delighted. That much is certain, even if it’s not worth much.
they are despised by everyone in even halfway larger cities and don’t play a role there
Congrats on capturing MAGAs role in America so eloquently. Those are not laurels to be resting on my friend
Iceland is very small, and very limited with land and resources, so they have to maintain a sense of sustainability. BUT they do like workers to come over and work in the coffee shops and tourists spots along the Ring Road for I think 6 months or maybe it’s a year or two. But yeah, outside of that, yeah they aren’t big on outsiders actually living there cuz it’s a pretty small tight knit kind of country. But the people are very nice and lovely.
I highly recommend this. If you’re at danger, please come. We don’t want any of you to suffer any harm, we will welcome you with open arms.
If you’re looking to get an easy start: germany has a lot of open jobs in professions such as plumbing, so you have a good chance to land a Job.
Just be sure to assimilate. We do have a different culture here, and we don’t want you to bring yours.
It depends on where you live. In all major German cities, multiculturalism is the name of the game, which very much adds to the charm imo. But it’s true, unfortunately that’s not the case everywhere.
And yes, that’s also absolutely right: there are a lot of open jobs in Germany that can only be filled by foreign workers. Also true: there is no discrimination or even persecution of any groups by the state, as is the case in the States these days. Of course, not everything is perfect in Germany - far from it, but at least our constitution applies - and it’s a good one.
I think we slightly misunderstood each other. I also enjoy multiculturalism and think that it can be very beautiful. I love walking through the city and seeing the buddhist statues in some storewindows.
It’s hard to draw a line where assimilation and multiculturalism should interchange (imo), but what I meant was brutal individualism of the US or their tendency to think in teams (like the election where a large part elected a fascist not because they wanted fascism but because they were team red / wanted to be on the winning team) that has to be lost when coming here (here in loose terms, I am your southern neighbour 🇨🇭🤝🏻🇪🇺).
I think my friend would be a good example. He’s from Sri Lanka and is a buddhist whose hobby is traditional indian dances. But he speaks perfect swiss-german, is involved and up-to-date on swiss politics and talks from a swiss point of view in national and international politics (putting switzerland over sri lanka in international interests). He is proud to be sri lankan while still being proud to be swiss, if that makes sense? He’s not trying to be un-swiss and be overly sri-lankan. He’s not a sri-lankan in switzerland but a swiss with sri-lankan roots. I hope I am able to explain it? It’s kind of difficult with such delicate topics where you can’t draw a clear line, but I hope you get my point :))
Of course I agree with you when it comes to making concessions to the culture in which you live. I mean, it is of course completely unacceptable if you are not prepared to recognize the self-evident rights of women, for example (and of course the rights of those who do not feel they belong to any of the usual genders).
Where we seem to differ a bit, however, is that I don’t think much of national concepts. Please don’t misunderstand, I am of course well aware that I enjoy privileges as a German citizen and I am also aware of the rich culture of our sphere and appreciate it very much - all that made me who I am. It’s just that I’m not proud of my home country as an abstract concept - I never felt the need to. And I think that does more harm than good.
Take for example the AfD in Germany or MAGA or any other political movement that explicitly embraces national concepts of origin: These people always invoke some imaginary notion of the noble people, you know, in case of the Germans, the concept of the poets and thinkers and so on, but none of this intolerant, misanthropic bunch have even an ounce of what they claim about themselves - they are complete idiots, many even monsters, and I think, these very people are the downfall of culture. They will do just as the Nazis under Hitler already did, systematically killing the poets and thinkers.
Again, please do not misunderstand: I also know Swiss culture well - I lived there for five years and am grateful for that wonderful time. I just value personal relationships and openly lived, shared culture much more than the prescribed preservation of traditions and the like (I experienced that in Switzerland as well and it was great!).
In short: I think culture is a living thing that changes. That’s why I’m happy when people abide by the law, especially the Constitution, which demands tolerance in Germany as well as in Switzerland.
I don’t think any other adaptation or even assimilation is necessary beyond that - except, of course, that you have to be prepared to participate in society, as you say, which of course requires learning the national language.
But apart from that, I think everyone should live as they please, as long as it doesn’t interfere with other people’s lives.
There may be a difference between Germany and Switzerland these days. We in Germany seem to be much more divided, and especially in East Germany there seems to be a conviction that we should go back to Nazism - I firmly reject that because it’s not culture, but inhumanity and anti-culture with reference to the achievements of people who have nothing whatsoever to do with all this, but would turn in their graves if they knew for what evil purposes they were being instrumentalized.
Please excuse this long, surely superfluous rant. It’s just that, as a German, lately I have to be ashamed of what some of my compatriots are demanding with false reference to our culture. It’s probably a bit different in Switzerland, although you also have some people like that in the ranks of the SVP and elsewhere.
I’m game, if they’ll let me in! I’ve been applying to jobs, and doing language learning for a couple of years now.
I hope everything works out and keep my fingers crossed for you!
I’m on my way to Sweden in a couple months! Getting out of this place before they round my trans ass up and put me in front of a wall
Got my family out last year.
It’s absolute heaven here, the people are incredible, just having to learn how to be 10x more polite as that’s the standard.
Where did you flee to?
Scandinavia.
Flying back to California feels like flying back to Somalia.
Great! I wish you all the best!
And yet voters will see no difference between the two.
“I don’t know.”
