Tom Cole, speaking of decisions that include firing the people keep nukes secure and Avian flu at bay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
![“With all due respect to Mr. Musk, he doesn’t have a vote up here. ... [Give] courtesy to the members. They’re the ones that have to go home and defend these decisions, not you. So why don’t you give them a heads-up,” said Rep. Tom Cole (Oklahoma). “You are certainly complicating the lives of individual members, and you might be making some mistakes and hurting some innocent individuals in the process.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiedhxv3s7g775r3ezkojpv2azs4jxwrpqoqjiws7jqbzdowzydzhq@jpeg)
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"Innocent individuals" here meaning members of Congress. Cole is starting to worry because he's personally being inconvenienced by constituents screaming at him.
mar 5, 2025, 9:45 pm • 5 0 • view
*Might* be making some mistakes? Bwahahahaha!
mar 5, 2025, 9:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Interesting that a gop rep is now negotiating for rehires for a national park in his district. Is this what is being set up now ? GOP has access to negotiate for their constituents Dems don’t?
mar 5, 2025, 9:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Democrats keeping their powder dry is ceding this to Republicans.
mar 5, 2025, 11:11 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s exactly how this is going to go
mar 5, 2025, 10:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Pretty meek. Better than nothing?
mar 5, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I like how the GOP congress folks are *just* starting to dimly light up to the fact that Musk doesn't give a crap about them, and doesn't lose any sleep over them all getting voted out, because he thinks his bed of cash makes him untouchable.
mar 5, 2025, 9:46 pm • 17 5 • view
Might be? 😆
mar 5, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
I'd love to know who Tom Cole thinks of as "innocent individuals." All of the people who have been fired or forced to resign without cause are innocent. So are those who relied on US aid for food, shelter, protections from bombs, or vital medicine. I'm sure his definition is much slimmer.
mar 6, 2025, 1:37 am • 5 1 • view
"with all due respect" is such a sly way of saying you're due no respect.
mar 5, 2025, 9:43 pm • 16 1 • view
Cole has a list of cuts he’s cool with. Ketamine Boy has a bigger list.
mar 5, 2025, 9:46 pm • 1 0 • view
mar 5, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Cole hedging with "might be."
mar 5, 2025, 10:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Johnny Obvious
mar 5, 2025, 9:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Primary his ungrateful ass. That'll teach him to speak without permission.
mar 5, 2025, 9:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Look I don’t like musk & think his DOGE is a scam but nothing concerns me LESS than “Complicating the lives of individual members.”
mar 5, 2025, 9:58 pm • 0 0 • view
"...might hurt some innocent individuals..." Congratulations sub lord-understatment
mar 5, 2025, 9:46 pm • 1 0 • view
Also: "Cole ... said that while he believes DOGE has “uncovered some amazing things,” he has observed that some staffers “clearly don’t know what [they’re] talking about” based on some fiscal decisions he has seen them make."
mar 5, 2025, 11:01 pm • 1 0 • view
congresscritters still thoughtfully considering their next move after the other side has long since flipped the table and stomped the playing pieces into dust
mar 5, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view
trump and musk do not care!
mar 5, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view
What’s especially ironic is that this system was adopted precisely because if members got a say these cuts wouldn’t happen.
mar 5, 2025, 9:42 pm • 4 1 • view
I'll take what we can get
mar 5, 2025, 9:47 pm • 1 0 • view
mar 5, 2025, 9:40 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes but does EM understand subtext, even if it’s italicized underlined and bolded?
mar 5, 2025, 9:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Sad to say I believe the individuals he’s referencing as being hurt are his colleagues and not their constituents.
mar 5, 2025, 9:44 pm • 2 0 • view
The mighty power of the purse. Just "give us heads up" as you take our power away.
mar 5, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
"certainly" complicating his life "might" be hurting innocent people I see what is really concerning him
mar 5, 2025, 9:43 pm • 7 0 • view
yep. just give us a heads-up so we spineless bastards can duck and cover.
mar 5, 2025, 10:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Notice the inconvenience to the House Members came first, and the harm to American citizens was an afterthought.
mar 5, 2025, 9:47 pm • 3 0 • view