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Mr.WeRP

(692 posts)
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:55 AM Tuesday

It's Time for POLITICAL NUCLEAR WARFARE!

This is what you and our Democrtic representatives in government can do:

Block EVERYTHING, procedurally or otherwise, in the government. No Debt ceiling raise, no Budget, no judges, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Trump is punishing the poor, blue states and Democrats regardless. Time to burn it all down.

Do not pass a single penny out of Congress. At least this way, ICE agents and Trump’s conscripted posse of bounty hunters will see no pay day. How long will they round up people for deportation without pay?

Trump will wreck the economy anyway with tariffs and every day acts and threats of stopping the flow of federal funding. May as well take away his power to enforce anything.

Starve out the MIC. No renewal of any Tax policy. Let the Trump Tax cuts expire.

Give no concessions; Give no reasons for blocking everything. Just shut it all the fuck down. Now.

Do whatever you can, even at the state level to block anything Trumpublicans want.

Call your Democratic reps and insist they take this course of action.

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It's Time for POLITICAL NUCLEAR WARFARE! (Original Post) Mr.WeRP Tuesday OP
Alas, we don't have any political nukes mr715 Tuesday #1
Last I checked, it still takes 60 votes to pass a bill in the Senate. Mr.WeRP Tuesday #2
Unless it doesn't mr715 Tuesday #4
Only the budget can be passed that way Mr.WeRP Tuesday #6
What falls under budget mr715 Tuesday #7
They can also only pass ONE bill that way. Keep trying though... Mr.WeRP Tuesday #8
Make them do it then. Salviati Tuesday #9
I agree... Think. Again. Tuesday #3
Thats why you don't sit next to the fascist mr715 Tuesday #5
Don't listen to that other guy Mr.WeRP Tuesday #10
Yep. Trust_Reality Tuesday #12
I would love it if a Democratic Congressperson would introduce a bill mandating the Statue of Liberty Vinca Tuesday #11

Mr.WeRP

(692 posts)
2. Last I checked, it still takes 60 votes to pass a bill in the Senate.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 11:57 AM
Tuesday

Let them remove the Filibuster.

They have very narrow margins.

There will be infighting within the GOP. Let it happen.

mr715

(1,124 posts)
4. Unless it doesn't
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:00 PM
Tuesday

They'll jam whatever they need through reconciliation. They will change the rules to suit them.

The Senate is acting conspicuously Roman before Caesar.

Mr.WeRP

(692 posts)
6. Only the budget can be passed that way
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:02 PM
Tuesday

and there is going to be so much infighting among the GOP it will never pass that way.

mr715

(1,124 posts)
7. What falls under budget
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:03 PM
Tuesday

has become often fiat by the Parliamentarian. The GOP will flat out fire the parliamentarian.

Mr.WeRP

(692 posts)
8. They can also only pass ONE bill that way. Keep trying though...
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:06 PM
Tuesday

I like how defeatist you are. Sure, let’s let the fascists just take over. Put your head back in the damned sand then and stop posting here.

Think. Again.

(20,749 posts)
3. I agree...
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:00 PM
Tuesday

We are faced with a fascist regime attempting to break our Democracy.

Pretending we can get by with business as usual would be our nation's downfall.

mr715

(1,124 posts)
5. Thats why you don't sit next to the fascist
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:01 PM
Tuesday

during the inauguration. Sends, uh... mixed messages.

Vinca

(51,454 posts)
11. I would love it if a Democratic Congressperson would introduce a bill mandating the Statue of Liberty
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 12:18 PM
Tuesday

be returned to France ASAP. We're obviously not into the whole "send me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" stuff anymore, so it's deceptive to keep it standing on our shore.

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