About time. Hopefully some other Republicans in Congress will grow a spine and start doing their jobs.

Trump: “Hundreds of state governors are calling me.” Also Trump: forget there are only 50 states Math: You good, bro?

I can’t stop laughing at his stupidity 😂!! I’m sure Trump believes there are hundreds of governors calling him🤪

His mind - it's a terrible thing! Just not firing on all cylinders!

Trump's mind is cylinderless. 😏

Because he lies about everything! If you are telling the truth then you are a very nasty person and guilty of treason with Trump. If he gets away with jailing judges and deporting citizens for any or no reason then how much longer before he does it to members of Congress/Senate?

OMG!!!!!

Hundreds of governors and 200 countries!!! And people say BIDEN had dementia?

😂😂

What say you @jaketapper.bsky.social

Should be 52 - DC and Puerto Rico

Fuck no

Guam, the US Virgin Islands but none of them want to be a state lol

He’s like - I got a number but let’s make it bigger.

The 25th Amendment is weeping right now.

So i'm guessing it's these guys?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh shit, my bad. I forgot there are about 30% out there that might need more time. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

200 countries have already "kissed his ass" for a deal. Nobody knows where the five brand new nations are.

Atlantis Carthage Bohemia Sparta Middle Earth Mithril tariffs are brutal

😃👏

Just like 200 countries have called him to negotiate tariffs. There’s like only about 180 nations.

Does Rand Paul look to you like a man who would NOT bend over? Seriously, he's an evil Danny Kaye!

I won't hold my breath. He's just like Collins and Murkowski, only flakier.

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I will believe it when I see it. And even if, Mikey J has built a rule to freeze it out.

Just because some billionaires buddies are unhappy *_*

Yup. We lost. And we lost because, once again, a Democrat didn't have the vaj to fight for what's right. Go figure, huh?

It's really hard to root for Rand Paul...

He's the GOP version of a canary in a coal mine.

Put up or shut up

But the big question is will he? I hope so but I’m also not very optimistic on it.

I don’t believe a word he says he’s a flim-flam guy from the start.

All Rand Paul does is grandstand with hopes of getting his name on the news. When push comes to shove he’ll fold. Like always. He is a giant d*ck.

LFG Rand Paul is not something i ever wanted to say

Do you really think he will gain the votes needed to accomplish this, cause i tend to believe this is a smoke and mirror tactic.. a fake wind to feel a small victory that will go nowhere... Im dead from holding my breath sooo long these days..

They put you in CAGE How much more extreme can it get Damn dude, have a little dignity

How many millions did he make before calling for this? Hmm

Not quite enough it seems.

What an easy out for Trump- his mess erased, but a damaged economy remains. Trump can blame Rand Paul and play the martyr and say “he tried” It would’t surprise me at all if Trump is behind this scheme with some “deal” with Rand Paul. Trump’s cornered now, know’s it, and this is his only way out.

Just read trump has vowed to veto it. Is that possible?? (From 🇨🇦) so not sure how this works.

He can veto, the veto can be overridden by something like 60% or 2/3 vote in both the house and Senate. I am unsure of the specifics myself.

Thank you!! Hopefully there are some spines growing!!!

You, me, and the majority of both our countries agree. 😇😅🙏

Can never let go of hope. Worked over here Monday night! With you in spirit.

Yeah except he didn't push it through

I remember rooting for this idiots neighbor, and now I'm supporting this. I miss my magic mushroom days.

Maybe they are just kicking in, and all this isn't real.

Whoh. Tracers.

Paul is a Putin's ru$$ia, mafia-terrorist gang, guy. All steam will come out in the whistle.

Rand Paul is a douche but he has been consistently for free trade...

Will only agree that RP is a consistent douche.

So hes been against free trade? When was that?

Maybe I misread, but this string says RP is FOR free trade. I have no idea because RP is second on the useless idiot list second only to Lindsey Graham.

Which is exactly what i said.

Same with most Republicans

Not anymore...and really never..id point to Bush 1's protectionism in favor of US steel producers..actually the old school GOP paid lip service to free trade....the new GOP just give Trump a rimjob at every opportunity

💯 Actually realizing the “liberty” part of “libertarian” here…

Libertarian...that means "i get to do whatever i want but no one else can"...or "big corporations can employ people in foreign countries for pennies a day to make billions"...right?

I’d say that it’s closer to having an affinity to (negative) “liberty” in a stark abstract sense, but not necessarily a great idea of how liberty is achieved in concrete practice. There do exist “left libertarians”, BTW (not saying I’m one of them): en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-li...

Ive never met a self described "Libertarian" that wasnt an idiot. Thus, i am biased.

Some examples of ppl who do or at least did identify as (either centrist or maybe even “left”) libertarians who are not idiots: bsky.app/profile/norm... modelcitizen.substack.com www.niskanencenter.org

Didnt say there were none. Just said i hadnt met any...also...their whole premise is , to me, nonsense.

Well, trying to intro you to some? YMMV — As an hardline partisan political ideology, there’s a lot of nonsense. As a critical POV deployed against possibilities of sclerosis, corruption, or capture of government institutions — including in liberal democracies — it can offer some useful insights

Im familiar with libertarian "thought" and i dont want any new friends who think the government shouldnt be allowed to issue drivers licenses or prohibit illegal dumping. Thanks though. Odd someone who claims to not be a libertarian seems like a Mormon missionary on the subject...

I’m more of a (former) political theorist type, so have a wonky interest in the usage of political / ideological labels… One point in your favour is that the ppl I’ve listed have themselves become queasy about the label “libertarian” as they’re uncomfortable with how it’s been deployed in practice

Finally... something Rand Paul and I agree on

He has his own agenda, don't be fooled.

Will he really heed a vote? I think he will do what he wants. Seems the SCOTUS can’t even stop him now. They gave the power and he is running with it.

I’d like him to have enough votes to not only impeach the felon, but get him ejected (but then there’s a ‘vance’ problem). Sigh.

This was not on my bingo card, but I’ll believe it when I see it

Failed. 😞

Do it, the sooner the better

It's getting creepy when Rand Paul starts making sense

Not a fan of Rand Paul at all but have to say I will be pleasantly happy with him if he is able to putting this off.

I never thought I would agree with Rand Paul.

Same.

But he won’t do anything will he? They all know he’s nuts and will burn it all down for him selfish pride and revenge. BUT THEY WON’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. They have no balls.

Anyone who thinks Rand Paul is the new “Luz Cheney: Hero of the Anti-Trump Resistance” needs to pay full attention to his record. He’s a P.O.S. and always will be.

Just ask his neighbor!

Cool, I hope the Senate votes to remove him next so he can stop mucking up the nation.

People are trying to shift away slowly from him but we will not forget who is who.

Hoping he's counted votes accurately.

Will GOP members stay in line on this key issue?

I’m surprised it took him this long. Rand Paul has a history of supporting free trade and is against tariffs in general.

Let's hope he gets on with it.

He is a great guy. Rand. Plz support him . Very courageous

youtu.be/shoy3HJKWtw?...

Oh hell, yeah.I can't believe this is a republican doing this! It didn't work though did it?!

no, it didn't. Because even though the Dems had the votes, two of those votes (Whitehouse, and Mitch McConnell) were no-shows. Now, explain to me how that happens...how Dems don't know enough about parliamentary procedure to be able to delay a vote long enough to get ONE of those guys to show up.

Absolutely

When even Rand Paul starts making sense, you know we're in a strange place.

Let's just say it passes. Let's just say it works out fabulously. Do you know who will take the credit? 🙄

I would respect him if he had those votes for impeachment. Blocking tariffs is just about, his constituents and their future support for him. Not impressed.

You know it's bad when Rand Paul is forced to do something intelligent

Hope and pray this is true.

Ironically that could save Trump

They probably do want it to go away, so I'll believe in theory there's votes. Now how many are brave enough to pass it and is there ANYONE in the House who'd do it. Or can they overcome the guaranteed veto?

🤦🏻‍♀️. The world gets crazier by the minute.

Wow. Aqua Butina sure is getting a lot of mileage out of that one dead poodle. Surely a visit to Kristi Noem’s quarry is due? What is the expiration date on a bad hairpiece, anyway?

We will see...doubt it...

Republicans have the ability to remove Trump from Office Not removing him, shows their complicit in all of his actions

Well, it's Wednesday. Did he?

oh! www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

entire text of the bill

So what happened? Did it pass?

No. Two Senators didn’t show up to vote, so it failed in a 49-49 tie

Of course. The missing republicans probably are terrified to the orange felon.

The two Senators who didn’t show for the vote were Mitch McConnell & Sheldon Whitehouse

Is Sheldon sick?

Be nice if he really comes through.

I’ll believe it when it actually happens

Does he have enough in Senate to block THIS?

Really sad it isn't automatically happening as a response, but it would be nice if Congress would stop the president from destroying the economy on purpose.

Crossing my fingers.

When he ignores this? Try impeaching him. Good luck. He’s a Tick.

I never thought I would see the day that I actually agree with Rand Paul 🫩 I feel sick 🤢

Right?! But like McConnell, I will never forgive these asshats because they helped get us here.

I agree 💯

Make it happen. Like fucking now.

Meh. We'll see.

Can we vote to stop RFK Jr too?

They better do something.

I can't wait to see if he can pull it off.

Did it happen yet????

Unfortunately the House has already voted to give Trump carte blanche on tariffs through at least the end of September, because Mike Johnson is a dyed-in-the-wool Christian nationalist who supports dictatorship.

Things that I never thought I would hear Rand Paul say. But I must agree with him . Power to him .

Honestly, I knew something had to give. Some members heard enough from constituents? Maybe? Or their money is dwindling?

That's giving trump quite an easy off-ramp. He's already talking about "grandstanding Republicans".

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. But now we'll see if he has the conviction to actually follow through or if he's just playing for presents.

It turned out he didn't. The vote failed with Vance casting the tiebreaker vote.

man, fuck Rand Paul.

Rand Paul of all people. 😳 We'll take anyone at this point

But there's no way it will pass the House, I'm afraid.

Even if he is telling the truth, Johnson’s MAGA House would not pass it! They are all complicit!

Fat chance that that spineless republican actually goes against his king.

He won’t do it. At the heart of every Republican senator and representative beats the heart of a hateful, hate filled MAGAt.

Today is Wednesday

Well... I guess he didn't have enough votes

He’ll chicken out.

This is where we're at. Welcome to Nutland: Population Us, the world.

It's Wednesday, right? In bizarro world I don't know anymore.

Bitch gotta fix his hair.

He sucks but he's right about this.

Then Rand Paul needs to just do it before Trump sends out his SS troopers to threaten them. These people are too damn slow.

Woop woop 💥

I don’t like or trust him.

Texting don’t mean a thing. The collective they (both Republicans and Democrats) better do what they were elected and sent to DC to do on Wednesday which has always been to stand up and protect the best interests of this nation and ALL its people.

That’s cute but the House will not take it up.

This didn't age well.

It's getting late in the day. Anyone have any updates? I couldn't find any.

I hope this is true

this is a chance for him to redeem himself.

If Rand Paul is consistent about anything, it's being against the subject matter of the hour.

lil’ lindsey’s opinions are like footprints in the sand. They disappear with every turn of the tide. I guess today is the day for him to pretend he has a spine. I hope there’s some hope.

It’ll never get to the floor of the House (the Speaker wouldn’t let it) and it still wouldn’t be able to override a veto — but it’s amazing it got Rand Paul riled up enough to actually form a coalition.

How about the impeachment process or the 25th amendment against UNFIT 🍊🤥💩, while you're at it!! Go Big & get rid of the 🍊 tumor!! 🤬🤦🤷

When you've lost Rand Paul....

Good!!! So do it!!! Take back the congress as 47 doesn’t know what he’s doing!!!

Can he get votes to dump Hegseth?

I have learned to not trust Rand Paul to do anything he should

Looks like Republicans are starting to separate from maga. It’s good to see there may still be Republicans who have yet to punch the dance card of the Nazi wing of the party. Maybe they too prefer not to witness the suiting up the Oval Office in decorations resembling the kremlin. 😼

It’s worth listening to the whole speech Libertarians are quite devoted to the Constitution. It’s a shame it’s so rare that we find it in the strangest of bedfellows!

AAAAnd they fail again.

Yeah, that ain't gonna happen.

He’s been working on it for a while

🤞

The vote was a show and wasn't serious. Fuck this?

Mike Johnson is gonna ignore this.

DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Be a hero

How about impeaching the motherfucker.

👏👏👏👏👏👏

Cool, now they should impeach him since he has obviously committed treason, bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanors. He really went for the all square and they still won't do their jobs

Fingers crossed for sanity

my brain just breaks in two thinking that I actually hope rand paul succeeds with this bill

Do it!

Not happening Suitcases of money will be passed around before then

Today Wednesday or next week Wednesday??

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

So close which isn't a good look for assface even if we did lose.

Thank you!

Wish it was good news

Let’s see if he stands by his statement and it’s not just bluster

The ☠️Grift☠️ never stops! He'll be the next Pope?

Fail.

It failed

Then what is he waiting on?

He's expecting a telephone call from trump any moment

Sadly, no republicans have integrity, backbone or guts to stand up to the Manchurian cantaloupe.

Lololol omg I'm dead

I really hope they will eat each other up.

It's all for show. Johnson won't allow a vote in Congress. ✌🏼

That’s fine, have them on the record not permitting a vote!

Yes, but it's also a crack in the dam. When Republicans become more afraid of the people than MAGA/Trump, the dam will break. And be ready for Trump to ramp up atrocities like ICE raids. Use that anger and turn it into action. #Resist and #USProtest like mad.

Then they better get scared quick cuz look what the House passed

I'm aware. "They" isn't the answer though. We all need to understand we can't wait for Republicans to wake the hell up. When we are tired of waiting for politicians to save us, the people rise up. #USProtests

I don’t trust Congress to do jack shit anymore. The people have to make it happen one way or another.

Trump would also veto it and likely the senate not have enough votes to override the GOP is completely cucked to Trump

The enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend.

I haven't cheered like this regarding Rand Paul since he got beat by his Neighbour.

We dragged down the whole damn world. But we hurt ourselves the most.

But he will still vote the GOP line—unfortunately.

Big surprise. But getting it through Congress is going to be where there is no surprise expected, because they are all tRump maggots.

Don't stop now Senator

I guess this never actually happened?

It did. It failed on a tie breaking vote by Vance since two supporters, McConnell and Whitehouse, weren't present for the vote...

Such an important vote to be absent for. Similar to missing your board exams. Will be interesting to hear their excuses.

www.newsweek.com/trump-tariff...

This is evidence that we've changed timelines. We have dropped thru a wormhole. This is not our original dimension.

Republicans are ok with concentration camps, but draw the line at tariffs. Got it.

If only

Let’s get enough votes to impeach and remove him.

Could this be a clever way for these unscrupulous republicans to give trump an out on his miserably failed tariff policies allowing him to save face 'cause as we know trump never admits he's wrong!

When Rand Paul speaks, people die. We'll see if this is real or if he is trying to get love from the creature.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Damn

Uh, only in favor b/c the Canadian tariffs impact KY booze sales. That's why McConnell is also against. Collins and Murkowski represent border states also impacted. "Go Chump (unless it impacts MY votes)"

I can’t believe I’m rooting for Rand Paul.

Do it already!

Hard to believe that the GOP can make such an intelligent decision. I'll believe it when I see it.

Which senators are on the fence? I can phone before Wednesday and write cards.

Can't wait.

You know how bad it is when I agree with the likes of Rand Paul. 😬🤨😶‍🌫️

Do it! Although I don't expect our jaded trade partners are going to turn around their boycotts of us anytime soon. Trump's actions have hurt our relations long term, if not permanently.

Sadly, I agree. He's destroyed the US reputation on the world stage for very long-term. 😖

Agree! Loathe the man but if he pulls this off, I can deal with it

It’s about time.

We’ll see

Now, about impeachment...

Pleas. Please. Please.

LOL Paul is just looking for bribe money. This will never happen.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

they're soooo predictable.

Thanks. I'm shocked. I'm guessing the two that missed the vote were the ones Paul had on his side.

RI (no surprise) and McConnell. Both are not seeking reelection, so what do they have to lose?

Sorry, but Republicans own this shit show🤬

He was wrong!!!

I’m sorry @georgetakei.bsky.social All of these politicians need to stop talking and start doing. Children ripped from their parent’s arms. Innocent people carted off to who knows where. The grift. The endless lies. It must stop. You personally have experienced this in your lifetime.

Now let's get enough votes to remove him from office and sent to prison for treason.

Ok, Senate Republicans, anyone else got any guts?! Murkowski? Collins? McConnell? THUNE? Or are you just another puppet wanting to move Lindsey Graham out of trump's GIGANTIC ASS so there's room for you?

Oh finally fucking somebody! Yes, those things take time. Building consensus is like herding cats (and I like cats.)

The #GOP has hard times ahead, not supporting the US! They should ALL be voted out

To try to be fair to Paul, a man I detest, libertarians tend to be sniveling, hypocritical children ideologically who live in a self centered fantasy world. BUT, their ultra hands off philosophy does naturally clash with tariffs. So he’s being consistent and somehow sensible in this case.

He'll cave they always do, goddamn shameless ass people

THEN DO IT. BUT DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO BELIEVE YOU UNTIL IT'S BEEN DONE. REPUBLICANS LIE and so do bargain-basement repub 'LIBERTARIANS.'

Vamos!!

This blokes hair looks like it’s arrived from a different era of humanity.