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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOnly One Thing Made Trump Back Down So Far
When Trump froze federal funding the American people raised holy hell, and some of them were unwashed Magats. Trump backed the fuck down because of people power, not because a judge temporarily lifted the freeze.
Congressional Democrats, I will start donating to you again if you start doing town halls across the country. Tell the people what Project 2025 will do to them. The people will come, the MSM will come, but....as I said many times before....Time Matters.
Trump plans to ignore the courts and no one will stop him except we the people in masse.
Silent Type
(8,149 posts)do it with legislation at some point.
spooky3
(36,887 posts)Magoo48
(5,843 posts)We must demand them; we must demand freedom from fascist incursions. And, that demand must come from hundreds of thousands of voices all at raised in unison. This is not a time for timidity.
BattleRow
(1,364 posts)Worth pondering,IMHO.
think4yourself
(852 posts)Great quote.
BattleRow
(1,364 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,562 posts)Garbage in (voters)
garbage out (elected politicians)
BattleRow
(1,364 posts)We ain't in the Big Club is a prescient rant
DENVERPOPS
(10,677 posts)The best politicians that money can buy..........extremely obvious this time around folks...
Irish_Dem
(63,389 posts)Funding freeze is still in place.
Bluethroughu
(6,749 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,389 posts)spooky3
(36,887 posts)Marcuse
(8,114 posts)DENVERPOPS
(10,677 posts)The USSC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Corporation.....(they no longer can be called the Republican PARTY....)
sop
(12,423 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,389 posts)gab13by13
(26,278 posts)he will water the freeze down. What would have happened had there been no outcry?
KPN
(16,342 posts)have zero integrity or trustworthiness.
Dem4life1234
(2,401 posts)He would be a fool to continue this action.
This is not making America great, only hurting people including his illiterate MAGAts who depend on those services.
Irish_Dem
(63,389 posts)He is not being foolish, he knows no one can or will touch him.
He is free to commit as many crimes as he wants.
spooky3
(36,887 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,389 posts)I don't see Trump obeying any court orders.
Or caring what Congress says.
J_William_Ryan
(2,412 posts)Trump will ignore the people as well.
These are the consequences when democracy fails; the people brought this on themselves.
orangecrush
(22,975 posts)At his peril.
underpants
(188,439 posts)Aside from any consideration as to how all these EOs will actually affect people (they dont give a rip) they havent even considered how one EO affects other EOs.
The crash presser was a disaster.
They said tariffs are starting today
.abd then March 1
.then No its today
They released water just thinking it will all go south because of map.
Mr. All knowing and all powerful is now claiming he had nothing to do with the purges at FBI and Justice.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Keep Up The Noise!
Keep Up The Resistance!
Keep Up The Lawsuits!
Keep Up The Opposition!
IMPEACH !!!
Bluethroughu
(6,749 posts)They know the plan. That's why they were having their orangey at fart-a-stinko.
The republicons are not going to do anything, they are Kompromat.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Silence is complicity.
Bluethroughu
(6,749 posts)It's all hands on deck!
Now.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)twodogsbarking
(12,604 posts)to make himself above the law. Stopping him in the courts may be a fantasy. Now what?
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)....and once the corporations start feeling the pinch to their profits, they will start reeling him in.
orangecrush
(22,975 posts)You haven't been doing anything.
PortTack
(35,200 posts)Send infiltrators to cause violence. Then he has his reason to declare martial law
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)PortTack
(35,200 posts)orangecrush
(22,975 posts)Was gassed, beaten, ripped by police dogs and jailed.
Democracy is not convenient.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)KPN
(16,342 posts)orangecrush
(22,975 posts)Is the main thing that emboldens them, imo.
PortTack
(35,200 posts)The whole thing with gas going up, heating oil and natural gas maybe holding him back. One expert I follow on oil and gas says gas will immediately go up 50-75 cents and that just for starters.
KPN
(16,342 posts)sufficiently?
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)...will move them to start badgering trump.
He may think he's all powerful because the major corporations don't bother with small potatoes like him, but if his actions start cutting into their profits, they will let him know to change it up.
LARGE PURCHASES!
My small bit. $550. to repair my kitchen range, rather than spend $1500,+ to replace!
Magoo48
(5,843 posts)KPN
(16,342 posts)doubtful so long as their personal lives and family lives are not adversely affected.
Dem4life1234
(2,401 posts)spooky3
(36,887 posts)Of the exec order on grants etc probably did as much to stop him as anything else. Lets see what happens when full hearings take place.
orangecrush
(22,975 posts)And highly recommend
hannah
(206 posts)Sort of like this as our rallying cry. Kick it to the roof Has a good sound like all fired up and ready to go. Yes?
JI7
(91,294 posts)the people that attend will be partisan types mostly.
The reason the right wing is effective is they so things outside of political spaces.
This is where we are hurting. Also they still think the most important issues are lies about transgender people and similar bs.
Think. Again.
(21,382 posts)Nigrum Cattus
(363 posts)There will be no quick victories, be patient.
This is their "blitzkrieg".
andym
(5,831 posts)that's why he backed off.
joanbarnes
(1,927 posts)Get rid of him via the 25th amendment! (Still stuck with Magats, though).
Rendville
(68 posts)You are right. Stay on it. We The People. Even The Wake The F Up MAGAS. Are going to have to scream loud and long wherever we feel the Pinch. Because he is pinching every penny he can steal, beg or borrow. Bankruptcy for USA, for Canada, for Mexico. That is his plan. Not for Putin or CCP because they are paying him off to do their bidding.
Jit423
(849 posts)ananda
(31,207 posts)There is no political savior.
We, en masse, have to save this country!
Trust_Reality
(2,002 posts)Yes, our Dem senators and reps need to hear from us, but...
Those who REALLY need to hear from the people are R senators and reps. If you have R senators or reps, let them hear from you loud and clear. T Rump will surely need them at times.
I have two Dem senators and Lauren Boebert as a rep. I'm still debating whether to bother contacting that stupid twit.
But what I can do is donate money to Dems and action networks.
Of course, I can also do what I can to boycott the profiteers.
bronxiteforever
(9,856 posts)Tear down this administration!
Evolve Dammit
(19,810 posts)choie
(5,071 posts)He just rescinded the memo.
PatSeg
(49,840 posts)He'll come back with possibly a different approach, whatever his puppet masters tell him to do.
He didn't back down, he just pressed pause.
Meowmee
(6,926 posts)So maybe they did not really back down?
summer_in_TX
(3,427 posts)most never heard of it in spite of all we did to get the word out, because they don't like politics and were avoiding it with entertainment.
It's too esoteric, we need to stick to what it is doing to people.
The job losses in the federal government mean not being able to make ends meet, to make mortgage or rent payments, loss of homes, of stability and the American dream, and will lead to failed marriages and divorce in many cases as depression and numbing the pain are common reactions to loss of the ability to provide. A large portion of those employees and their families are likely to fall into poverty. They won't have the spending money that helps keep the economy afloat, so small businesses will begin hemorrhaging money and will have to shutter their doors.