6/ Healthy democracies rely on an independent legal profession to maintain the rule of law, independent universities to guard objective truth and provide forums for dissent to authority, and independent state/local government to counterbalance a powerful federal government.
7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power. The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
they'll have to make a choice. tariffs or being boycotted for caving to trump.
8/ What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge? Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.
I think it is time to boycott companies, organizations and institutions who bend the knee to Trump. This rule by fear and favor are hallmarks of a dictatorship. We are better than this and these corporate cowards need to feel the shame.
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry. As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
Then IMPEACH the MF.
And his knowledge of when the tariffs end one by one allows he or his family to invest when the market is artificially depressed.
Absolutely. 100% market manipulation and insider trading. Just an announcement enough to send shockwaves through markets. No DOJ white collar enforcement. Criminal immunity from the Supreme Court. Most media bought and paid for. No legislative branch. THIS IS A ROBBERY!
Truth
He creates a massive problem that only HE can solve because he jacked it up in the first place. This is his M.O. always. I agree with Chris.
but the industry has to beg first.
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Thank you for your explanation. It rings true. Thank you for fighting for our democracy
And he alerts his cronies in advance as to which he'll remove and they all buy low and sell high.
Plus short stocks on the way down
^^this
Mafia tactics bsky.app/profile/nick...
10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver. Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.
This is Felon47’s ultimate goal! Most people I talk to and work with don’t believe this can happen. But I keep pointing out that it’s “not going to happen”, it’s “happening right now everyday.
Same
And mob bosses
My observation here is Trump isn't that good at running things, and those who are running him don't intend him to succeed here. This is not about forever Trump. It is a sabotage moment for doing as much damage as possible while they can strike using Trump as cover. Outlast Trump and you beat them.
I am highly skeptical of the “this is trump playing 9 dimensional chess, and he’s doing counterintuitive things in order to gain traction 14 steps from now.” I think trump just loves to see that he can kick things and watch them fall. He never cared about the market. He also never thinks longterm.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
Thank you and this needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Also, he has been the puppet of the oligarch since his first term. They thought they found in him the perfect stooge. And in some senses they were right. We need to out the people behind him
Oh. they absolutely were right, he's been worth the investment in him. Trump has nothing of his own, he's a deeply broken person presiding over a pretend empire of wealth, and his inner circle is a swarm of Russian operators. They exploit other broken people (Curtis Yarvin etc) where they can.
It's all about which broken people can be exploited and conned to attempt their desperately stupid plans. Silicon Valley also has lots of these people. It's about making them go for broke, knowing their sincere plans are doomed and impractical. There's so much of that going on.
Right now, that's bullying people into running with a tariff plan that's actually all about removing the USD. These people don't think they are acting to obliterate the dollar, but that's the real intended outcome. Bitcoin is another stalking horse: marked for doom, but its fans believe in it.
How is bitcoin marked for doom?
The tech Bros have proven they did not pay attention in world history class. They just want to run over the whole thing, burn it down and think they're going to walk off with all the money and then they're going to have to figure out how to eat money
But at least old money understood that you don't kill off the peasants. They need us so that they don't have to grow their own food. Cook it. make their own clothes. Wash them, mow their own grass, etc
They were trying to play with gasoline and fire. Let Trump think that he's the king while they manipulated him. They just didn't realize how dangerous it is to let him off the leash. He's not as controllable as they thought
Yarvin and the tech Bros have just signed on this time around previously. He was the puppet of the old money oligarchs. I think what we're seeing coming out of scotus right now is the old money people realizing they let the genie out of the bottle
This could be true. I’m not sure Trump is this strategic though. But it could essentially happen by accident, not because Trump wanted it, but because businesses figure out this is how to win in this new game of corruption.
You’re missing the obvious point that those who are running Trump intend to seize the power after he’s gone. They have no intention of allowing free and fair elections and so will no longer have need of Trump’s popular appeal. Maybe it won’t work, but that’s the bet they’re all-in on.
🍊🤡 is the perfect stooge for Theil, Yarvin, Musk etc. On their own they have no power over the 'deplorables'.
Literally all those people are also stooges. The smartest one is Thiel, which is why we're not seeing him in the spotlight, but he's being puppeted as well. All those people are being indulged in their impractical fantasies with the knowledge that their ideas are doomed. That's WHY they're elevated.
You're wrong. This is about a class of people who hate democracy, have all the wealth, know what is coming environmentally and want full control over resources when chickens come home to roost. There are direct and unmistakeable analogs to mid-30s Germany.
Exactly. jlmccoy.substack.com/p/when-bulli...
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Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
Thank you for sharing this super important information in one place. 📎 ✊ 📎 ✊ 📎 ✊ 📎
Totalitarianism strives not to despotic dominion over the people, but to establish a system where the people are completely unnecessary. ~ Hannah Arendt, ‘The Origins of Totalitarionism’
And Trumps ideas begins ou reinforces the path some (soon all) european countries take at this moment. :(
11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons. But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs. The people still have the power.
This is a front for the Yarvin/Theil/Musk plan to destroy democracy (they don't think we're smart enough) and eviscerate the government as mostly unnecessary. The goal is a monarchy run by the tech-bros as the only ones smart enough. There's more....
Thank you for mentioning this! There is a great one hour program on this. They are following Curtis Yarvin’s plan to the “t”. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
I know he's a big fan of the McKinley era tariffs. I hope it turns out the same for him as it did for McKinley.
That was a token act of sham resistance. WWE. Don't fall for Mitch McConnell and his accountabuki.
BYD (Chinese car manufacturer that is killing Tesla) should immediately reach out to Mexico and Canada. They should propose joint ventures to build millions of affordable electric cars in Mexico and Canada and seize all the market share for automobiles in North America. We all could drive a new BYD!
The next car I buy’ll be some dirt-cheap Chinese EV. They, our enemies in the White House and at the helm of Tesla, don’t want me to have it—too bad. I’ll wait. I’ve waited for worse.
FWIW, he has already announced that tariff exemptions might be available for selected industries. I imagine that requests for exemption need to be written on the reverse sides of large checks made out to Cash.
This. Imagine an offshore account where funds are deposited "TO show THE BOSS your appreciation. You understand, Right? RIGHT!?"
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Thank you, I was able to see someone else's and it seemed like the same app. Weird. I'll try to figure it out in the next cpl days.
I did. It doesn’t seem to work like Twitter though. I don’t think others can see it. 🥴
It’s worse than Trump just being a bully. Remember he’s a grifter. Everyone that wants to get out from under a tariff will have to pay for “protection”. He will try to keep it secret of course but you’ll know who paid.
The payers will try to keep it secret, but he will put them on blast because humiliation is part of Trump’s enjoyment of his power.
It’s seeing it, understanding it, and being able to summarize it in conversation with people that is not yet happening fast enough, the overall catching up of America. But thank you for everything you’re doing. I admire you.
You are wise and passionate! Thank you for this revelation! With tRump there are always devious reasons for what he does. Glad you are on top of it. Now all the American 🇺🇸people need to rise up and push back! Owning YOUR Power Deminishes tRump!
Why don't your fellow Senators understand all of this????
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Murphy’s warning places Trump’s strategy alongside a global pattern of autocratic consolidation:
- Soft authoritarianism, where institutions erode without obvious illegality - Economic blackmail, using state levers to control civil society - Conditional loyalty, where dissent is punished through denial of economic opportunity
Thank you Senator Murphy for this thread. People need to realise this is straight out of the authoritarian playbook! 📉
I am not in the shock & awe phase as some people are, becuz it only took a google search in 24 of project25, for me see their plan for this country & for us. I didn't have to read all 900 pages.All I had to do is google tariffs & project 25. It took me right their. It even had 4/2 as Liberation day.
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That was seen as hopeful. Their constituents will remember who saw the light before it all goes south. When Rep leaders in our district just repeat Trump talking points we silenced him. Hopefully when he is up for the election people will remember.
This is Trump's shakedown approach to controlling everything. It makes sense. Who is really in control? That's what I want to know. Who is speaking in Trump's ear? He isn't smart enough to come up with these plans on his own.
Musk and Miller (technocrat billionaires and Project 2025)
Yes. Even more I think ..Putin via back channels, other autocrats, the Heritage Foundation billionaires,etc. Should be investigated. But...
Wait—your solution is for his sycophants to stop sycophanting?! Dammit. Your thread should have started, “Y’all, we’re thoroughly fucked.”
Perhaps you should have written it yourself?
Perhaps you should just go back to fantasizing about being Becky Sharp.
I hope you'll me doing lots of media to explain all that.
Put up a bill to give Congress power over ALL tariffs. There is no emergency justifying Trump's emergency actions!!!
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social explanations like this are why we need you or @corybooker.com as Senate minority leader. These are not usual times. We need you to shake things up more.
Our powers as a people are defined in the amendments to our constitution. We are able to live our lives in peace and security. This is for all of us that are in this country. But, The greatest gift? Our Freedom. some now are going all out to take our freedoms away.
There has always been a gap between the rich and middle class and poor in our nation. Sometimes it gets diminished, sometimes it becomes extreme (like this age). If we lose out constitutional rights , these amendments, what will be left?
This A depressing, heartbreaking, frightening time. So many corporations, universities, law firms, and politicians have surrendered. Thank you Senator, and all others for standing up for the rule of law, for democracy, and our rights. Those rights made this such a great country.
You guys are gonna have to do a lot more to stop him, though. The public can do its part, but you guys are going to have to grind the Senate to a halt to force the issue. Deny unanimous consent to EVERYTHING until the tariffs are lifted. Demand the power back, or shut everything down.
Why must businesses meet the president's demands to gain relief when they really could be putting pressure on the legislature to override these tariffs? I agree it's also up to us to fight back as well, but industry can push back on congress and not need to bend the knee, right?
jeep working on Republicans with a moral compass!
Republicans with a moral compass! Do they exist?
Let me see if I have this straight. Legislation, passed by the Senate, is going to stop a tyrant from doing something that he has no authority to do in the first place, because, only Congress has that authority? Why the need to legislate against something that’s already refuted by our Constitution?
Heard you on Meidas touch. As for procedural amendments please force up or down votes for things that impact every day Americans not just anti billionaire. Force R to vote for things people want.
You are amazing! I love reading your thoughtful and always intelligent posts. I'm thankful.
The guy "behind" the current tariff system, with links...maybe most important the one to a document published in November financialpost.com/news/stephen... Project 2025 Tracker www.project2025.observer
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These tariffs provide a unique opportunity to break the fascists. Just like the Iraq war broke the GOP, these tariffs can be used as a kettlebell hung around their necks. As long as no country or industry bends the knee, this cancer will be trapped in a cage of their own making. Don’t let them out.
Its easy to say much harder to do
Everyone must call these 53 Republicans daily! www.senate.gov/states/IN/in... They should be representing the people! Not destroying this country for their own cowardice.
it is astonishing how many people are going along with this. how does a guy like bessent sign on to this (of course, not to mention all Rep senators and congress)?
What about the theory of tanking the economy to buy it up for scraps then let Tech Bros rule al la Curtis Yarvin?
That might be Musk’s plan. But Trump cares about dominance more than wealth.
I’m not sure Trump is in charge. 🤷♀️
He is definitely a puppet.
Please - Schumer out, Murphy in as minority leader.
Schumer should meet the bottom of some fucking stairs at break neck speed… mfer sold us out
Hey - don’t do that. Direct the rage at Trump and the GOP. Schumer isn’t great but death threats to him are wrong.
You absolutely just washed over his votes and everything…. He sells out our futures and “death threats are wrong” fuck him and fuck anyone propping him up on anything but a gurney…
The stairs are the threat.
Senator-this needs to be shared on FB, Instagram and Tic Toc.
while not directly tariff related, small and large companies are being pressured to join in possibly illegal activities. A CT example bsky.app/profile/velv...
Why are you still providing unanimous consent, Chris?
Most succinct explanation of the "tarriffs" plot I have read.
Can you talk sense into a few more Republicans that want to preserve our democracy for their children and grandchildren? At what point do they realize that their silence is killing our future?
Thanks Senator Steps to a real DEMOCRACY Exposure + Motivation + Coalition building + Revolution Exposure: Tariffs - WTF www.keithalanhamilton.com?p=10821 tap/click image to read
Well said
Thank you for the big picture. Yes, the Democrat senators got to vote on stopping Trumps Canadian tariffs with 4 Republicans they pushed it through. Then Mike Johnson sent the House reps home so they wouldn't vote on the time sensitive bill. What do you recommend happening next? What's the game plan
Without the House sitting, the bills time runs out, and the bill is dead. It took so much to do that, but this dismissal of the House is detrimental in passing anything. No one saw this playing out. This is seriously sick game of cat and mouse. Civil revolt is looking to be the only sure thing 4 us
How long do Dems think they can keep stating the obvious, giving zero solution & doing nothing substantial to stop it? Where's the Parliamentarian? Our version of McConnell? They seem to be able to conveniently block EVERYTHING when dems are in charge. You all look weak or complicit.
I genuinely like America and about 49% of its population but I’m sorry it’s fuck around and find out time. There’s no way most of Europe buys American after this. As a Brit we’ll be having some kind of reverse Boston tea party and we didn’t get hit hard. Byd over Tesla any day.
As an American I have nothing but hatred for Trump supporters at this point. I'm so damn tired, they're a cult of uneducated morons with no agenda but "trust in Trump".
Trump imposed tariffs on 180 countries-including uninhabited places like the Heard and McDonald Islands, which have no population and zero exports to the U.S. Yes, you read that right. We’re taxing nothing from no one. And the world is watching 🌓✨ substack.com/@shadowandli...
Thank you!
I like this post and your call for resistance and protest. 'This is not a fight to win. This is a fight to fight' Die with the boots on No surrender
I thought you said the thread would tell us how to stop this?!? Go stand at a Tesla dealership all day ??
The people will ALWAYS have the power. Even Trump supporters will draw the line at freedom for themselves and their families.
This is a good history lesson. But it is NOT A PLAN. If you do not even know what a plan looks like, you can't get us out of this.
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The Senate Democrats plan is to collaborate with the Nazis to protect themselves, while occasionally carrying out performative, insincere displays of 'objection' or 'education', wo ever enjoining these performances with any of the numerous concrete actions available to the minority in the Senate.
Don’t think it’s that conspiratorial … they just are that ineffective and trying to play by rules and not use rules to their advantage when that is basically over. They will all go to the camps too
Agree.
Wld you explain what you see as the difference betw what you're describing & collaboration? Are you parsing the difference between that& powerful people *enabling* Nazis by pretending institutional norms still apply, followed by ignoring available procedural leverage that is considered crass to use?
Enablers just refuse to stand in the way, while the tyrant takes over. Collaborators will participate, often with the excuse of trying to mitigate the damage. Schumer is absolutely a collaborator.
He didn’t say it was a plan
His first post in the thread said that he was going to lay out what to do about. 'Here's what the problem is, and Here's what we can do.' Paraphrased.
He does mention public mobilization which I believe is what must be done. Not just with public gatherings, which are important for the visual display of discontent, but also with how we spend our $s. Defund companies who political contributions lean more heavily to the GOP.
I look forward to the coordination and relentless communications from elected democrats properly framing this as a fascist take over But no, you’ll all just narrate whats going on and hope someone else does something
while spamming my emails for donations
Sounds very putin'esque to me
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Would be very cool if you and the same Republicans promised not to vote for any spending bill that doesn’t repeal the tariffs (among many other things).
The first post in this thread said you'd explain how we fight back. You didn't do that.
Yeah it’s OUR job to risk getting thrown into El Salvadoran gulag bc Dems dropped the ball 🙄
Post #11.
That doesn't really explain anything.
Public Mobilization.
But will this be fast enough?
Honestly, you just made this make perfect sense. Help!!!!!!!!
So… are you going to filibuster? I don’t expect you - or anyone - to be up as long as Senator Booker, but I DO want to see more of you disrupting business and using your platform to loudly advocate for the American people and our allies.
Here’s your clue . It’s pay for lifting tariffs. Another grift. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
Note Russia not on the tariff list after visiting DC yesterday. Here’s how corruption works.
Keep it up . We now have the wind at our backs , after no kings day , I pray 🙏
Chris Murphy, you are awesome. Personally, I don't think Trump is smart enough to have thought this plan through himself. Who is helping (directing) him?
Project 2025 folks in his administration - they are operating behind the scenes. Our energy gets directed to Trump and they remain in the shadows where they can do damage and largely remain out of the news.
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You should take out full page ads in every major newspaper in the USA with your spot on take of the situation
Has anyone mentioned the sovereign wealth fund & this being trumps big grift to invest these global taxes in his, musks, & others (Putins?) coffers? His price for letting project 2025 use him as the lead in their Christo-Fascist coup & Putin using him as his US economy destroying tool. Follow the $
It would be really nice if more than “a few” republicans had any interest in saving our democracy from a dictator.
They don’t. They won’t. Get over it. They’re fascists. Dems need to be an opposition party and theyre failing miserably
The dictatorial declaration of a bogus national emergency is not getting enough attention. The US economy was the envy of the world a few months ago.
Thank you for pointing this out so clearly, nothing else makes sense. I hope EVERY democratic policy maker understands this as well. The house is on fire.
EVERYTHING you said tracks perfectly @chrismurphyct.bsky.social except for one thing - why put a tariff on penguins??? Who was that for???
You think the fact Trump blanket-tariffed every registered 'nation' with 10% means the rest of what Murphy said might be incorrect..? 🤨
It looks like Chat GPT may have been used to figure out the tariffs.
Stop voting yay on his nominations.
Reading this, I feel like you're really really fighting. This is what we need. Keep it up! This is one of the first things I've read from our leaders tonight that gives me hope
Sadly, the House is prepared to kill any efforts by the Senate to roll back some of these tariffs.
TY, Sen. Murphy. What you've said makes sense. It explains why Musk said in Oct '24 that there would be a "necessary" economic crash. But I think you'd convince more people if you didn't start with an insult, calling them dangerously naive. That makes people want to believe you're wrong.
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Congress should be striking down every recent tariff he has enacted against our (former) allies as he uses the lie of domestic security as an excuse for his rogue actions. Stop ALL of them, not just Canada's.
Yes, stop all of them, but I suspect that Canada was a trial balloon - Canada is just one country, one of our biggest trade partners, + Collins & Murkowski have a vested interest there. Dems got only 4 votes, but did get them. Now it goes to the house where Mike Johnson is blocking it from a vote
Blocking it, as: he has redefined the definition of a working day to be *the entire legislative session* so the bill won’t come to the floor automatically in 3 days. Because he’s afraid that he’d lose.
they can simply revoke the emergency tariff authority that congress granted in the first place. all of this tariff nonsense could end today, if the republicans weren't cowardly fascists unfortunately...
So then start getting your family and friends living in Red Districts and Red States to start calling their Republican Representatives and Senators in Congress to vote against these tariffs. As long as Republicans control the Congressional gavels, they control the narrative.
THIS. CONGRESS DO YOUR JOB. #saveAmerica
Come out, come out. Wherever you are, Congress!
But the House still has to vote on it, right?
Johnson already said he won't allow a vote.
A discharge petition can sideline him from the process.
I believe this is the carve out the House voted on for this bill - bypass the discharge procedure by manipulating the calendar to avoid the 30-day forced vote. They literally voted to make one legislative day be stretched to the end of this session, so that the counting of days is suspended.
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He can also get concessions and loyalty from other countries. Look how he is trying to strong arm Ukraine to get rare minerals by taking away military aid.
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But if the house doesn’t join in, then, what
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So what do we do?
wait - that's it for the "how we fight back" part?
Yep. We don't have a ton of tools at our disposal so we use what we have. We protest. We speak out as frequently and effectively as possible. We win the hearts and minds of a majority of the public.
I don't disagree. I just think when he sets up a thread that way, he sets us up to reasonably expect a little more.
He's made us aware of the most plausible reason Trump is doing what he's doing. I always want more but sometimes we need to recognize what we've been given. What did Cory Booker accomplish? He inspired us. I plan on using this tariff analysis in social media posts outside of our Blue Sky bubble.
That's good, he just should have set up the thread as diagnosis rather than promising more. I appreciate the thread and shared it, but I can still be critical of that part.
Thank you for seeing this more clearly than many of your colleagues. EVERYTHING this REGIME is doing is INTENTIONAL. EVERYTHING the REPUBLICAN sycophants are doing is INTENTIONAL. Democrats HAVE to stop playing nice and CALL OUT THE LIES.
This makes sense. The nations of the world need to treat us as we are acting. Better to have no relief at all possible than to surrender our democracy.
Superb Mr. Murphy! Excellent✋⚖️🇺🇸🫡
Congress has the power and needs to fucking use it now
As long as those scary ass cult republicans are in leadership they will bend over backwards to help him. Senate republicans as well.
You mean for the first time in 50 yrs?
As Cory quoted yesterday “the power of the people is greater than the people in power.” I typically do not agree with Rand Paul, but his comments regarding abuse of power was spot on this afternoon. Thank you Senator for your continued efforts to fight for what is right.
11 posts and only 2 sentences about what should be done? Stop mansplaining like we’re idiots and get out and set an example. We’re out there. You need to be out there too. In a world of Schumers be an AOC
II bet Teslas coming in from China aren't subject to tariffs.
Or ugly gold shoes, cheesy bibles and red hats.
Luckily not a single human who’d buy that shit will have a dime to their name to spend it.
You forgot cheap guitars
And cheesy hats
Be nice about the cheesy hats. The Packers fans resent Musky using it as an attempt to ingratiate himself with wi voters.
Don't worry, we won't be able to afford china from the thrift store if they have their way...
They’ll also probably get a nice subsidy on top of whatever they already have in place.
RUSSIA IS NOT ON THE TARIFF LIST.
I was thinking the EXACT same thing.
A reporter needs to ask that very question
Not sure about that, but there are definitely no tariffs on RUSSIA. And we do have Russian-made goods here.
There are no tariffs on NK either
But BVD products surely will. Also a reminder Trump has a bank account in China and paid more in taxes to China than the U.S. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
I wonder if the MAGA hats will be?
Correct
Teslas built in China have never come to the US, but some do use Chinese batteries.
no tariffs for Russia
Well, there's always exceptions..... 🙄
No bet
Gosh after all Elon's done for mummy?
I've been curious about this as well, Heather. 🤔
Banning export of Tesla from China would be an interesting move from China
He's an abuser; the tariffs are financial abuse. It all makes sense when you look at it through the lens of abuse.
Great. Now what the fuck are YOU going to do about it, SENATOR?!?!?!
What are YOU going to do about it? Are you going to resist with all you got, or are you going to just troll others on internet sites like a freaking LOSER?
Maybe instead of mindlessly defending politicians, you should take some time to read up on who actually has power to control tariffs. Spoiler Alert: IT’S CONGRESS!!!
I’M NOT A FUCKING SENATOR
We are still at the mercy of GOP Congress that seems to have lost their critical thinking ability and are eager to abandon their duties and allow an unelected foreign national to set policy
so how we fight back is ..."public mobilization is working"? these vague bromides are why we as your constituents are PISSED OFF at you, our Democratic leadership. Give me and others a clear call to action. "Get out on April 5 to a hands off protest event and yell like your life depends on it!"
Also I don’t wanna do it. Like sure I will but like I’ll end up in El Salvador for being at a protest if not shot by some crazy maga or run over ?!? It’s their literal job.. maybe they could shut down the senate INDEFINITELY by doing a non stop continuous filibuster or something
Stop them all and take them on one at a time.
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We need a national campaign! Bring in Wikler for the game plan. Unified with Crow, Deluzio, Bennet, Moulton, AOC, etc. to present a new vision for the party. Abundance through innovation by investing in the people with health care, education, environment, housing, gun safety, etc.
You think voting is gonna stop him?
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1/2 Yes!! This is so obviously the strategy. He tested the theory in Trump 1.0, granting relief to industries and companies by fiat, like the unrestrained despot he aspired to be. Now he’s institutionalized it, with the help of the self-dealing, corrupt apparatus he’s assembled around himself.
2/2 It’s not that he’s particularly smart; this is straight-up mafia, only with the backing of the state, thanks to the morally bankrupt GOP.
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Forgot to say thank you, Chris! Thanks so much for this thread to help people really understand. Thanks for supporting Cory Booker this week! And thanks for everything else you do for our democracy.
Chris, why isn't any of the media covering this? I guess they're afraid, but at least the independent media sould be talking about this.
But Johnson won't allow this to come to a vote on the house floor. Can we get around Johnson?
That feels like a cliffhanger
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Thank you for filling in the gaps that I did not know; now I have a clearer picture.
Not that it seems to matter to Trump, but don't we have a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that prohibits tariffs? You know, the one Trump signed to replace NAFTA and declared at the time to be "the greatest trade deal in history" and now says must have been signed by some idiot.
Yes, but clearly he doesn't mind breaking agreements, or mischaracterising them. Australia also has an agreement and yet "got tariffed". He's using the size of the US economy as a nuclear weapon.
Republicans in congress who allow this to continue are dead men and women walking. They should fear voters more than they fear Trump. The Smoot/Hawley tariffs in the 30s ended the political careers of Smoot, Hawley and Hoover and paved the way for FDR and Democrats.
You know tariffs aren't any sort of sane economic policy when Nobel prize winning economists all agree that they're insane as history has shown. Trump's tariffs are a combination of "because I can", a cudgel for extortion and to feed a Trump controlled slush fund.
My guess is the "sovereign fund" that Trump wants to create is where tariff revenues will go and he thinks of himself as the sovereign.
Two of the senators were McConnell and Paul and they did it for the bourbon industry. Too little too late. #ElbowsUp
Mcconnell who refused to take action against trump now finds his state is suffering. Well Mitch, serves you right.
I don’t know why Mitch cares so much, the guys likely gonna be dead in a year
CHRIS DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF CONTACTING A SENATOR WITH THESE CONCERNS? SEEMS LOKE SOMETHING A SENATOR WOULD LIFT A FINGER TO STOP.
Hopefully, when countries plan their retaliatory tariffs, they will focus on individuals and corporations that backed Trump as well as Red State products and services. Hopefully they will also expel these companies and maybe even nationalize Trump properties.
Then you needs to constantly say this in & on MSM. Correct & admonish all the idiots in said media for not reporting it for the calamity that it is.
Good analysis. Where’s the call to remove him from office
By any means necessary
Mike Johnson could end Tariffs. Any Republicans that lost a job today send a thank you card to Mike.
it also allows him to influence foreign government elections. Haha the Labor party can't get US to drop Tariffs they are weak.. Liberals get in and make a call and "tariffs gone" see they are the leader you needed. Vote my preferred party.
Senator Murphy you delude yourself and your followers. Millions can march, and shout at the sky - Trump / Musk don't care. The people have no power until elections. When are you going to remove Trump's ability to impose tariffs? That's within the power of the Congress.
With Republicans in control of Congress, perhaps dip back into your high school civics book for the easy answer to your question?
Sorry, but I'm not sure I understand your reply. Are you saying because Ds do not control either house of Congress they should concede the next 2 years? I was talking about using the tools available to the opposition the party to achieve their goals - see Mitch McConnell.
That’s not what you said. I agree Dems should roadblock. You said “When are you going to remove Trump's ability to impose tariffs?” That takes action by both houses and overriding a presidential veto. The Trump Party (formerly the GOP) that controls Congress will never allow that to happen.
Per the Economic Times and others, 7 Republican Senators have spoken publicly about impeding Trump's power to levy tariffs. Is it safe to assume another 7 (or more) agree but are currently unwilling to speak publicly? That is closing in on enough Senate votes to override a veto.
It’s all about 💰 and 💪🏼. When the wealthiest in this country decide to use it to support candidates that defy #Drumpf and Leon, there will be some action #Cook #Buffet #Diamond back the republicans that show they have a spine and a pair. 🍒
There is also economic pressure citizens can impose on companies that support the party. Goods Unite Us is an app of % companies contributions to political parties. Stop doing business with those that support the GOP.
FWIW, I think I agree. If those in power don't care about public opinion, economic pressure may produce desired results.
I think at this point only public actions can change the course we’re on. Protests must continue to get larger & we must inflict as much economic pain on companies that support this administration. If public outcry begins to dwindle the administration will know they’re on the path to full control.
I'm not sure protests are effective but I do agree economic pain may influence the administration to alter course.
You are actually wrong on this one! Take a look at the SAVE Act! I may not be allowed to vote in 2026 since I am registered in MO, NY, MN and Tx! The SAVE Act is designed to decease voter participation through voter purges! 1/2
It is the same thing, but on steroids, that cost Kamala Harris the 2024 election! You can’t do this level of damage to Americans and then let them vote! We can show our elected officials NOW that we mean business by hitting the streets and other forms of protest! WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW!
But I'm never wrong Seriously, I admire folks who protest and I've done it too, 1971 - 2025. But it has no effect if the people in power don't care about public opinion The SAVE act is horrible. But it will pass whether we protest or not A sad state of affairs made worse by inept D leadership
I agree that we can’t rely on Dem leadership! But the 20 pt swing in Florida will strike some fear into congress (the enablers)! And we are already seeing some resistance to the tariffs in congress! The unanticipated result of the water hose strategy, to overwhelm people, is that . . . 1/2
Awesome explanation! This is the true purpose! It all fits with his “loyalty” agenda as a path to dictatorship!
thank you for standing up for democracy and actually doing what you were elected to do!
Thank you, Senator. This clarity about our current situation is very much needed.
We the people need to wake up to the fact we absolutely CAN put a 2nd American Revolution into the history books.
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How can you have a branch of government be completely stymied by redefining the meaning of what constitutes a day? How can you be so fcking useless as to be parsed out of reality?
Chris , thanks for your clarity on tariffs. I wonder what they are doing in the archives.
It's a shake down pure and simple. Trump isn't that smart, but he understands blackmail very well.
Chris, we also have to stop giving Trump all the credit for this. The man's not that smart but he does love the idea of being an emperor He always has and that's why he's been the perfect stooge for the people that are puppeting him. We need to out them.
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Thank you for stating this plainly. Everyone should start viewing whatever new thing that is happening as- how will this give the regime more control? that's the answer.
Business will beg Trump for exemptions in exchange for favors, money, support. But how will he help them when countries retaliate with their own tariffs on American products? Businesses and constituents need to be pressuring more republicans to work with democrats to ensure separation of powers.
In other words, it's simple. It's a mob shakedown.
Nice democracy you have there. Shame if something should happen to it.
So impeach him.
Agree. But it’s not him. He’s too dumb. It’s the Tech Bros and Heritage Foundation pushing this shite.
Well maybe, but her certainly liked the idea when someone presented it to him...
I think he just likes the idea of bending the world to his will. also it's not at ALL clear that bending the knee to this fucko actually gets what you paid for. which is a pretty good reason to yknow not comply in advance. and yet.
AND he likes the idea of being a dictator.
We need to be protesting their offices just like the Tesla dealerships.
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More like Putin. This is exactly what he did when he took over in Russia. This is putin’s playbook.
No it’s not. He knows what he is doing and this has ALWAYS been the plan. Read Dr. Sarah Kendzior
If it was solely his plan, it would’ve started in 2015. I do read Sarah, but she’s not always correct. A man who can’t speak one coherent sentence can’t come up with a plan like this by himself. I should know. I’ve worked with dementia patients for decades.
The Heritage Foundation and its acolytes kind of sidled up to him after he lost and whispered into his orange, seemingly undamaged ear and said... Want to play with the government again, sonny? Here's what we want
I totally agree with you.
He’s a puppet. Everyone knows it.
The ROOT CAUSE has been publicly known: Trump is Agent Krasnov ! Note how he applied Tariffs on the ENTIRE WORLD EXCEPT Russia & Belarus !!!! He is clearly a Moron, BUT, those who ignore the obvious are not Wise, either.
Spot on. He sold out his personal allegiance to stay out of prison, play golf, grift billions, and play king. They need him only for his signature and control of the military and law enforcement. He's just a mumbling stooge now.
He’s a puppet.
Congress can block the tariffs. Call your congressman and tell them that there is no state of emergency and to block the tariffs Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121
#TrumpisaConvictedFelon #TrumpWannabeDictator Tariff-loving moron? YES!
How is this the end of the thread man WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO
However, somehow House Speaker Mike Johnson is allowed to declare the rest of the year as 1 day thus stopping any bill against trump policies from being brought to the floor! How this is possible, I have no clue! #Itsadisgrace
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America — Americans — are being attacked, hacked, hacked up and left to die. Putin, Musk, Trump, RFK Jr and all the rest of the human chain saws are destroying our country, our livelihoods — and our lives. Please keep doing what you’re doing and get others to speak plainly about ALL of this. 🚨🚨🚨
THIS IS ECONOMIC SABOTAGE. Why? Because they don’t want us to be independent individuals. They want to control us: what we think (library, universities, education depart), what we learn (news orgs), who defends us (law firms), and how we survive (economy). WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Regarding the libraries-if you hadn’t heard, DOGE has closed the doors to the agency that provides federal funding for state and local libraries as well as museums. They cut off already allocated funds, too. There’s a petition: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025
Further, if you’re looking to invest in real estate, where do you look? At areas that are experiencing a devastating economic downturn but with quality housing stock that will be great for rentals later. HE IS BANKRUPTING EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT A MASSIVE PROPERTY GRAB FOR HIS FRIENDS.
If you believe this, as an elected leader, CAN YOU DO MORE?! While Americans are doing their part with protests, where is the concerted effort by leadership to defy him and do more? We need to see real defiance from leadership - because if this is a takeover, we need to start acting like it! DYT?
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Ok so we protest, take to the streets. April 5. What's next, because we'd better plan a what's next. Work stoppage (national sick in)? Farmers drive tractors into d.c., other capitols, clog streets and disrupt? Like Europeans have done? Other ideas, next year's elections ARE REALLY CLOSE.
Chris is great and needed!
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Diabolical!!
The maneuver is not to comply! That vile piece of shit can’t lock everybody up.
Life needs to be made very uncomfortable for congressional Republicans who continue to abdicate their constitutional responsibility by allowing Trump to run roughshod over our laws, prosperity, rights, and independence.
and what's the house going to do
I fear we are going to suffer through more vigilante violence, as desperate people blame poc for their misery. Those mass deportations will destroy us all.
Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever. @unroll.skywriter.blue Unroll please
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Does that work if the president just ignores them? I saw his spokesperson effectively saying that he could overturn a court judgement because the judge worked for the DOJ How will the party block anything he says he can do?
Shock and awe… Trump wants the power and the money while his cronies want Project 2025. But why isn’t there one Republican brave enough to take this man on? What is hanging over their heads?
Trump wont live forever. If he is successful in taking power for longer, the Republicans probably think they will inherit Trumps totalitarian regime once hes gone (by nature or by design). He goes to the grave as a fascist and the party get whats lefts of the US.
They have succession plans in place.
Exactly. JD isn't just a pretty face.
stop this doom. JFC the US just won in Wisconsin by 10% and this before the Dow collapse. Trump is bad for business, JD Vance is bad for business. in the end they will abandon them because they value money most of all. Canadians weren't buying US goods or vacationing here BEFORE the tariffs
Barron Trump our Dear Leader!
Mr. Murphy, you're correct, again.
Create a mechanism for kickbacks (trumpcoins). Tank the economy. Squash the finances of all but the most compliant. Intimidate everyone with reprisals. Then have a fire sale for the remains. Membership by invite only, with dues. It's a version of what Putin did to Russia when he first took office.
Total destruction to invoke martial law. No more elections. tRump is king.
I appreciate the point but that last line is ridiculous. Which people? What power? Not one single issue I care about has been protected—or even had a decent fight put up in Congress—since January.
Spot on. But we cannot become complacent or compliant—we MUST continue to resist, no matter the cost.
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I think your spot on @chrismurphyct.bsky.social. People do have the power. I wonder what do you think about the public boycotting this by refusing to pay their taxes? If a large enough swath of people do it, we can shut down this lunacy.
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Sure, the Senate showed some bipartisanship, but Speaker Johnson has put the kabosh on that - he won't let the House vote on it. Even manipulated the calendar to avoid the rule that would have forced a vote after a determined length of time. He's an evil lil' twit.
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It should be more than a few. The only thing they respond to is economic uncertainty that affects them personally. Sad
This is just a disaster for the American Economy. Republican Congressmen need to come out of hiding! I noticed the House is trying to push through the Billionaire Tax Cuts today? Really? Let ELON MUSK pay his fair share. NO to the House bill!
Maybe you should not have agreed to unanimous consent for the CR. Or voted to confirm Rubio. It seems like you sound the alarm about Trump’s autocratic tendencies but then refuse to use your powers to stop him.
Can’t Congress vote to pull back Trump’s tariff power?
Just passed the Senate, Johnson wont bring it up in the house.
The law tells us that they can, but Congressional Republicans are remarkably spineless fools.
They could, in theory, but that would mean at least a majority of both houses getting on board, which requires at least a few Republicans to defect. And, given the President's ability to veto, in practice, it requires at least 1/3 of Republicans in each house, plus all Dems, to override his veto.
Yes. But it will take ⅔ of the House to get it on the floor. Those red state voters better be applying more pressure than the Musk Felon Administration if we want that fixed. Senate already voted out a bill
Red states voters are the real traitors.
A lot of those states are gerrymandered to hell and back. So many of those voters are not maga voters.
But the blue voters in the red states should find these calls easy to do. I hope the red voters were heck up. We need GOP House people to rise against this
Yes—and Speaker Johnson is a Trump loyalist and refuses to bring anything to a vote that Trump doesn’t want.
Johnson won’t allow it.
It’s a long a shot needing significant GOP support… I hope it happens but I’m incredibly scared of the Republican capitulation to authoritarianism. Much more quickly than I imagined.
Yes, but the Republican Party in Congress, especially in the House, consists entirely of members, who are either in the Trump cult, or terrified of the cult.
Best chance is some Rs deciding to retire and vote the way they want since they won't be up for election again.
Speaker Johnson has the power to bring a vote to the floor pulling back the tariff power to congress. Senate voted already. Johnson will not do that.
Yes, retiring Mitch McConnell has emerged as one of just a few Republican senators willing to be even mildly critical of some Trump policies and appointments.
Moscow Mitch? There is gonna be a special spot in Hell for this man. He is a huge reason we still have the 🍊🤡.
Pathetic but true— except for dead man walking Grassley who will support this madness to the end.
Maria Cantwell & -believe it or not- CHUCK GRASSLEY just introduced a bill requiring Congressional approval of tariffs within 60 days, or the tariffs are withdrawn.
60 days is a long time for damage to happen
Wow. When it affects them, you know it’s serious.
Grassly had a really rough Town Hall last week~one woman was crying as she pleaded 'I am 70 yrs old & I have never been so terrified. I voted for you. I trusted you. You are supposed to stand up for us. Why are you doing nothing? Why aren't you standing up for us' It appeared Chuck was moved.Hope so
I wouldn't bet on Chuck being moved. He's a politician. He'll put on his "sympathy" face and mouth kind words, then go back to DC and still have no spine. #ProveMeWrong
First global warming and now tariffs?
IKR?
Yup
Finally. Now that it will affect their portfolios they thought it through. Let's fire up the Congress switchboard - number is (202) 224-3121 to connect to both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Also, since some people like what their Reps are doing, let them know. And given other people's Reps are the ones screwing us, we can call those too. Or we could call Reps of areas where we grew up for example, places we still care about
The house (R’s) has decided that there is just one long day between now and the end of the year, which -somehow-means that they will not vote to undo tariffs.
Mike”Grindr” Johnson has blocked a vote in the house, despite the fact the Senate voted to reinstate tariff oversight, and against tariffs with Canada.
You probably need a telescope to find it.
We need a nation wide strike
What are the next steps for #Congress to take NOW? We need to build on the momentum of the #HandsOff weekend.
lol ok rich guy too late for the people who aren’t the rich white guys
#JusticeForKhalil #JusticeForGarcia #JusticeForOzturk #OustTeamFelon47 #TheFilibooker #CoryBooker #RockOnSenator #GoodTrouble #ComeOnDems #MeetTheMoment #WeNeedSomeHeroes #Rise
And THIS part.
Thank you Senator Murphy! How can we make Republicans in Congress see that they need to escape the cult?
Yes, and perhaps also ask a few deans of good MBA schools for their views on running a company as described below.... to add some down-to-earth reality to the hype.... www.reuters.com/investigatio....
The ROOT CAUSE has been publicly known: Trump is Agent Krasnov ! Note how he applied Tariffs on the ENTIRE WORLD EXCEPT Russia & Belarus !!!! He is clearly a Moron, BUT, those who ignore the obvious are not Wise, either.
So, full-on corruption. Got it.
Racketeering scam.
We ready for 2nd Amendment measures yet?
Thank you! I have been asking myself why he's doing this. "He's an idiot," was always my go to answer. I still think he's an idiot so I'm sure this is coming from the Project 2025 camp.
Let me further clarify… he’s a DERANGED,VINDICTIVE , SADISTIC IDIOT!
Bingo.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
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I think that the Project 2025 camp knows how bad this is, but because he's giving them what they want, they're willing to let him fuck over everyone because in the end, it doesn't really impact them.
Your logic is sound.
Me too
This applies to Trump and company… Malignant narcissists have a need for power and control and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, even if it means harming others in the process. They are often prone to fits of rage and can be physically violent towards those who cross them.
He’s a pawn. It’s from Putin.
Oh, no, he's not an idiot. It's "the weave" -- he's throwing so much shit at us, that we barely have time to inhale between volleys. And somewhere along the line, he's going to steal something huge. It's not about power, it's about money. We need to be ready, catch him red-handed, and persecute.
So what do we do about it?
Jawohl mein führer!
#Congress who has the Courage for this Moment? Trump must be Removed Now!!!
The Republicans are enablers and support the cruel and sadistic dictatorship of Trump. Resist the cruelty and violence— we are powerful when we come together as a strong and resilient nation. We refuse the violence of Trump.
Just say NO to This! Do not bow down to the bully; fight back! You have the Power!
Let’s be clear, chetoo-head doesn’t have the brain power or the knowledge 2strategize any of this. He’s a puppet. Bannon, Miller, etc, writing the script (plagiarizing it). He’s got a slew of Oz men telling him what to do. The con man plays his part for protection from accountability & narc supply.
This is 💯 correct. But his instructions are coming from the person who has the most to gain from our destruction and has had a plan in place for decades.
This article is a must read. Spread the word! Being prepared and ready to act - seems better than not being so at this point in time. medium.com/@aletheisthe...
This one is also profound: gregolear.substack.com/p/field-note...
That is exactly what’s going on. Also, why does he want Tik Tok so bad ? For right wing propaganda. I think we are safer if China keeps it
He wants TikTok so he can control it. TikTok is a powerful resistance tool, so he wants to control it.
remember twitter
Control the narrative. The 2025 plan is being implemented. They have already captured traditional mainstream media. Newspaper ownership. Birdsite is full of propaganda. Facebook captured
Gen Z
Yes, yes, yes!!!!!
I believe his motives are even more sinister - that he is crashing the economy, along with crippling ALL our institutions and services, in order to create such chaos he justifies declaring martial law. Then, game over. No free & fair elections. No protest w/out the real risk Salvadoran prison, etc.
This is the end game and it won’t be because Dems are protesting it will be the right wingers who will turn violent when they realize they have been betrayed
I went to the Virginia Holocaust Museum shortly after the election and the parallels were absolutely uncanny.
Almost as if they are following a play book, step by step. 1930's Weimar Germany.
... or, more recent, Project 2025
Actually, it is this: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...
Exactly. Thank you After my post, and deeper research on musk and 2025, I came across yarvin and NRx movement. It's a horrifying vision and watching real-time execution keeps me awake at night Also found Gil Duran and FrameLab here - I follow everything they do- and now I'll be following you. 😉
Sadly, most Americans think Disneyland or Vegas is a better vacation spot. The Virginia Holocaust Museum is for thinkers.
I don't presume to know what "most Americans" think and I actually live here, but I'd feel comfortable saying the venn diagram of trump supporters (roughly 30% of adult Americans) and people who prefer Disney/Vegas is pretty close to a circle.
You could be right. He doesn’t give a shit because he’s old and knows he can’t live long enough to suffer the fullllllll consequences of these actions.
Agree
I think he floated this plan about 10 years ago. Nobody gave it a second thought.
During the BLM protests? When he wanted Gen. Milley to shoot the legs of protesters? Those guardrails do not exist this time. He has removed every Inspector General and Jag Officer that could stop him. He has explicitly prepped the DOD for this eventuality. You just know hegseth is primed.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
You got it right, his end game is martial law, followed by the end of our democracy and freedom.
Except he is a tool. There are higher powers.
Without a doubt, it’s been in the works since Reagan.
He def wants to do martial law. That’s obvious
Also obvious he wants to use a nuke.
seems so, esp. hegseth. wacko psychopaths, indeed. PRAY not! That really would be "game over". Some days I am actually grateful to be an old man, but nothing surpasses my love for my son and his children. Nothing. the orange stain really just has to GO. The very future of humanity depends upon that.
Since at least the 90's. He definitely wants to be able to use one or more. Maybe Elon has him drop some on Antarctica & start the ice melt at an accelerated rate.
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Their Game Plan Musk’s Reboot = the Shock Doctrine by @naomiaklein.bsky.social youtu.be/aL3XGZ5rreE
I look forward to watching. Thanks.
Exactly right. I've been saying this was what he wanted since last time--but I knew he was unlikely to get it last time.
Is it not the cult's the new world order of the weak are dominated by the strong? The USA has the biggest economy, so they can inflict damage on others just to show who's the boss. It's how the mafia, drug lords and African warlords have been doing it for ages though not on a world scale.
That's what Trump thinks. But US won't be the big economy for long. We depend tremendously on both imports and exports.
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Thank you. I see all this. But he is elderly and physically weak. What about when he dies and we have a President Vance?
There would be a couch in every home....
That's the energy
Then their plan is complete. Thiel and musk will control everything. Spanky will have allowed the fascist infrastructure to be put in place. Couch fucker was installed for that purpose.
i dont know about complete, but their puppet will be where they want him. maybe its because maga hates the core p2025 bros so trump is necessary?
I think he has used up most of his utility. He's at the point where his food tasters are going to be asking for a big raise.
i dont have a good read on that timing. earlier into the year, there there were posts about how he and erik were slurring. jenny cohn said recently that yarvin said publicly that he was deviating from the plan but harming science.
~ BY harming science.
also, maga are only fanboys of trump - not to any explicitly p2025 leaders or knowingly to their agent provacateurs (even as they are manipulated by them). i doubt p2025 can lose that headcount yet.
its all still, who has enough of the armed forces. not that the people should stop protests, lawsuits, etc.
it ~ trump still token leader.
Thats what Thiel and his consorts and the Heritage foundation hope for and the only explanation they think project 2025 makes any sense at all. Supporting Vance with all hs flaws and illegalities with the option of succeeding president makes him their perfect puppet.
All for the sake of greed, power and now most importantly to stay out of prison
A corporate -run authoritarian state. Hello?!
Need a full on work strike. Everyone needs to get in on it.
A general strike. But do you have the Union strength to pull that off? Perhaps targeted strikes?
It has to be everyone.
A week off of work won't hurt as bad as years of tarrifs.
I'm in to stop everything.
WWPD
If you have any real knowledge of this being the strategy it is incumbent on Congress to take its power back immediately. Congress gets to wield Tariff policy, not executive.
we are allowing a president to apply tariffs, done deal. problem is presidential whim to apply means presidential whim to remove. so the next pres can remove in a jiffy. no business in the world is going to invest lots of capital in a factory that can become useless after next election.
We have the least effective Congress in decades!!
Read what he wrote again. Trump has already conquered congress, they've already pledged their allegiance to him, they want all of this to happen to all of us. Republicans in both the House and the Senate will absolutely NOT stop him now
Congress is close to constitutionally neutered. DJT & Co are taking scissors to our economic nutsack & are cutting it clean off Prong 1: DOGEings, clawbacks, shutdowns & defunding Prong 2: currency & stock manipulations, tariffs, CryptoCrap, sovereign wealth fund & 180 alliance shifts
Is this plan borrowed from the ideology of Acceleration? I keep hearing about this.
Everything that he does is being allowed. If you don't like it, put a stop to it.
The people have the power? Bullshit. We sent Democrats to control the White House, Senate and House immediately after Trump's coup attempt. It is fucking outrageous that our Democratic representatives let the leaders of an insurrection get off scott free, enabling them to try again to seize power.
Biden was the placeholder president for the oligarchy: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/behold-a-p...
Which is exactly what happened. You had the power, we gave it to you, we trusted you, and you failed hard. Don't bullshit us that we are the ones that have to fix it. We aren't given the privilege of serving in the Senate.
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Establishment Dems lacked the imagination to understand what RETHUGS were going to do. They didn't think it was actually going to happen, probably many still don't. That doesn't make them the same as Rethugs who are happy to hand our country to unelected South Africans
If you are gonna toss the ball to us, and tell us we have to do something, that probably should be voting for someone who will act when we empower them to. If you want us to solve it, at least give us access to your cafeteria and gym, it's only right. Do I sound pissed off, Senator? Cause I am!
I get your anger. I feel it too. But historically it’s the social movements that have forced our leaders’ hands. You do have power. I hope you’re marching on Saturday.
That's the plan, by I also plan to vent to those who failed us, maybe someday they will learn not to underestimate the consequences of letting fascists go unpunished, because odds are good that if (and it is only an if) Democrats regain power, they will repeat this cycle again.
Oh, I vent regularly too. @5calls.org has been a great tool for me! And every Friday evening we gather at our representative’s local office. Can’t let them off the hook at all! Also helped start @yardleyindivisible.bsky.social. Thank you for being in the fight!
How many cycles did Dems control Congress and the presidency and never codified Roe V Wade?!?! Make it make sense - and now it’s women all across the US paying the price for that.
💯💯💯 soooo sick of the “you all fix it” when we are all treading water to survive. I can’t go stand in front of Tesla place and look ineffective bc I’m at work all day and too gd busy trying to keep my life afloat on weekends. JFC !
(It looks like the Senate gym and cafeteria may be busier than usual, they better get ready!)
Forget the gym and cafeteria - I want access to their world class health insurance and lifetime pensions
Access to free and excellent healthcare would be nice, too. Congress has withheld this from the American people while Congress gets to use it. Hypocrisy bites.
Ah, the good old days when Senator Joe Lieberman lined up his post-Senate lobbying gig by selling out American's access to health care.
And Democrats need to stop texting us for campaign donations!
wasted money, I feel the same way.
Unless they pledge to punch Trump and Musk in the face, then maybe I will donate
Well, it's more than this. Senator, I'm glad you're speaking out, but YOU need to work on Dem Leadership. I would suggest new leadership NOW, we can't wait. We can only fix this TOGETHER. Not just throw it on the people. Feels like a cop-out. We asked for recounts: Nada We asked for #14thNow: Nada
I believe J6ers were convicted & jailed~trumpleThinSkin pardoned them~he knows he has 100% loyalty to him~They will fight & kill for him
Name one MAGA leader of the insurrection, serving in Trump's White House, or in Congress, who was put on trial... Leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers? They were still just foot soldiers, not the leaders of the coup.
I thought you were talking about the rioters~my bad
I’d say that this is a sticky wicket. I agree with you, in part, because Democratic leaders in a Constitutional Republic typically have the power as reps AND the Dem party needs to get it TF together. But Republicans aren’t playing by the rules of a Dem Republic.This is new territory—1/
You've identified the problem. MAGA ignores rules, precedent, ethics... Dems are stuck within the old handbook, playing by the 'rules', they won't even try to wield power when they have it. It's gotta change, the fascists are rolling over Democrats, who seem incapable of rising to the occasion.
4/ Also, there are those Dems who do also enrich themselves with the same financial backing, gifts, stock trading that Republicans do. The system allows for corruption cos of loopholes in the Constitution or simply the belief that leaders will be ethical.Those loopholes need shoring up
Republicans have been filling seats with loyalists for decades&Dems have been playing defense not offense for years.Yes,these Congressppl need to get it together AND the general public needs to boycott,strike & put further pressure on their representatives w 5Calls.org etc. it’s all hands on deck3/
The Constitution is largely what we rely on and there’s supposed to be a balance of power among all branches and SCOTUS should be unbiased. But that is not the case now& corruption keeps their power while they use Constitutional loopholes. Our saving grace is lawyers, actually,& ACLU. 2/
You've certainly got a point. I hope & pray to karma & the Universe that Dems have finally learned their lesson that you cannot try to give lollipops to the knife fighters & think they'll play nice. I'm seeing a change & it must be in leadership too. Don't give up the fight & the hope.
It’s mostly the Justice Department that screwed around before they ever made a move. What was Merrick Garland thinking?!
And how do we fight back? We know it’s a part of a plan to screw us all. Now what?
Here's a list of suggestions from Timothy Snider's book On Tyranny read by John Lithgow bsky.app/profile/timo...
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Do you mean share on BlueSky or on other platforms?
On another platforms. I’d love to email it to my friends and colleagues, but can’t do it the way it is now.
Just share the first one. They can scroll through. 😊
Thank you
Yes it is. That’s why the COWARDLY law firms, and universities and colleges NEED to be CALLED OUT, for their capitulation and for FAILING their students, their employees, their clients and MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS country and DEMOCRACY.
How about the cowardly public? At some point it is incumbent on the people to take back this country. Although I live in a very blue area, most everyone I know is sleepwalking through this. Until we rise up in mass, boycott work, boycott goods and protest daily we get what we deserve.
I continue to boycott amazon, target, Walmart, and others I have completely deleted Facebook, Instagram and messenger.I have never regarded musk as a human being that should EVER be followed so I was NEVER on Twitter and never will be.Hell would have to freeze over at twice before I ever buy a Tesla
Same here. The only economic transgression I’ve made that I’m aware of is a bag of cat litter for eight dollars from tractor supply! Never was on Facebook or any of those platforms. Been on Twitter since 2009 but haven’t posted forever. Couldn’t give me a Tesla.
There have been reports of students who were accepted to and committed to Columbia now withdrawing their commitment. It will be interesting to see where the numbers end up.
That warms my heart. Make no mistake, THESE type of PROTESTS are equally important to mass protests. The more we can COMBINE the two by going to the streets and boycotting the bigger the IMPACT.
Okay, so what are you doing about it???????
What are WE doing about it? The monitory party has zero leverage right now to do anything except sound the alarm and tell us what they're learning and stage filibusters and hold town halls in republican districts. Our job is to ENGAGE: protest and boycott and organize and vote.
He’s telling use what’s going on so we can do something about it. He’s in the minority and has minimal power. But, he should be withholding unanimous consent on every vote.
Create a crisis and then save the day. People will forgot that you are the one who created the crisis in the first place. That's Trump's most likely plan here. It's the Reichstag Fire page of the fascist playbook. Except our economy was so strong he had to set the whole thing on fire.
He's really not that deep. Putin told him to crash the economy.
🎯 How do people still not understand this?
Trump does understand how to manipulate the public and he is, at heart, an authoritarian. He spent his entire campaign telling people how bad things were despite Democrats telling them the economy was strong. He got elected and now he has crashed the economy, blaming Biden. He now can "save" us.
Any chance Democrats could find enough real conservatives to get the votes to oust Johnson over this?
That would be difficult at best. I am not optimistic.
Nor am I, but it's time for democrats to do a full court press ▪️make shitloads of noise on TV & SM ▪️Since 2016 we've been hearing about the private grumblings of conservatives—time to peel them away, if we get one, we can get more ▪️Restoring separation of powers would demonstrate that Trum ain't God
Those Republicans would have to “hear” from their constituents, in great numbers. And so far most have avoided town halls. Plus there haven’t been any protests in red states. If they are not afraid of losing their seats, they will remain good little Republicans.
starting to happen
Where and who?
▪️Since 2016 we've been hearing about the private grumblings of conservatives—time to peel them away, if we can get one, we can get more. It's past time for democrats to do a full court press. ▪️make shitloads of noise on TV & SM ▪️Restoring separation of powers would demonstrate that Trum ain't God
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Exactly!
. 4 Sen x over 2 resend Canadian tariffs. GOP Reps x over 2 on remote vote (johnson did not have the votes, so he cancelled) It is the start of the beginning We need to support any resistance voices, No matter how small, or political POV Remember gop NOT🟰republican maga NOT🟰conservative #resist
These tariffs alone are racketeering
It’s sad that it’s only now you’re seeing what’s going on. It’s sad that Congress, from the beginning, has been silent. It’s sad that Congress nominated all the buffoons completely incapable. A guy who’s anti-vaccine, a bimbo who’s pro-Russia. It’s unbelievable that you’re only understanding now.
GOP Congress is complicit This serves their purpose (P2025) It is not sad. It is infuriating.
Every news article should frame it this way. The NYT, among others, doesn't seem to understand this
Looking at this from north of the 49th parallel, I can only ask the question as to why it took so long for Americans to figure it out. We had a good idea what was going to happen.
Because 40% of Americans are categorically Gullible & STUPID!!! 🤯
Should one citizen be able to challenge the votes of 900 voters? Just one example of how voter supression cost Harris the presidency. hartmannreport.com/p/trump-lost...
I knew what he was since 2015. None of it’s a surprise. Nonetheless, it’s bitter because I didn’t vote for this.
If you voted for him or didn't vote then own it
Ditto 🤬
Very successful disinformation campaigns designed by Putin.
Yes
You notice that penguins on remote islands are subject to his 'reciprocal tariffs' but nothing for the Russians.
While you are doing that - ponder that the Canadian voting base isn’t that different from the American one. The problem is billionaire controlled media.
Yes we have our own mini maga running as the Conservative leader in about 3 weeks. If the Cons win, it's game over for Canada. They were far ahead up to the Trump tariffs / 51st state baloney, so we have to thank him for that.
It’s different enough.
Some of us saw through him from the beginning but there’s so much conservative radicalism forced down our throats every day these idiots were easily bamboozled
The Trump Administration is the Confederacy in control of the whole USA now. They never got over losing the Civil War. Confederates do not believe in democracy or laws. They believe in violence and coercion to enforce their twisted social order.
And anyone from the South, who grew up on the inside will tell you: Confederates cannot be defeated through democratic means. Violence is the only thing they understand so you have to be prepared to use to. The US will need a second Reconstruction after this Trump term, if it even survives
It's a sad, sad combination of factors. I've been pro Dem for awhile now, but heading about how the last admin did all the wonderful things (lowest unemployment, high GDP, infrastructure bill, etc), plus righting the ship post pandemic AND the supply chain sitch- but one thing ONE THING....
They should've done from the start- take down the corruption, the private backing of mega-donors. Prices were kept artificially inflated after things calmed down, grocery chain execs INTENTIONALLY kept the rate of inflation going up- because no one was stopping them.
You can do all the most wonderful things in the world- but if you are turning a blind eye and still benefitting from shady dealings....that's where the Dems F'd up. In the name of bipartisanship (Joe's flub), "keeping the norms going (hello Chuck Schumer)," all the other fluff to keep up the show
But you keep that stinky stuff happening, it came back to bite them in the Ass (pun intended)...meanwhile, you have the GOP going off the FUCKING rails, light years beyond the Dems in being done with Democracy- their "Fearless Leader," essentially a Meat Puppet for Putin....
Mike Johnson a Christian Nationalist, all the Big Tech Brologarchs profiting off the chaos.....yeeeeeah, I've given this waaay too much thought. The Genius is in the Idiocracy. Bannon said it succinctly "Flood the zone." We're in the Flood Zone. Hope y'all have some floaties!
This is a situation where 1/3 of the country has forgotten the past, dooming the rest of us to repeat it.
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And once they pay up, it never ends, becoming installments of obedience.
Every single person who participated in this at the planning level, funding level, or action level must be prosecuted. No one gets a pass. This isn’t a request or a plea. If the next clean administration doesn’t handle it, the people will. We never unite again unless and until
A lot of these people will be dead before anyone gets around to prosecuting them, even if there was a political will to do that - which there isn't.
I, for one, am for it
But what if it drops that much in a couple hours, instead? President for Life?
That was a (funny) hoax
Amen
Ever wonder why you only ever see some tweets in screenshot form? Be better.
That's a hoax tweet.
Reuters fact check says this is a fake tweet. I believed it because it sounds like s-t Trump would say while s.o. else is President 😉 www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...
Similar to his comments, but fake tweet.
Sadly, this makes sense. All I could figure today is that he wants each and every country on his list to come cap in hand to deferentially ask for exemptions. Stroke his ego, prove to himself that he is in charge and they have to come to him, recognize him, pay homage.
Don't forget bribes!
Just like a king.
You should Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
he wants everyone on their knees, so he knows he is the king.
Including the one occupied only by penguins.
That he’s an important special boy that everyone has to bow down to
They should all ignore him - just sell their stuff somewhere else
Exactly
Kind of like some sicko emperor.
He still wants that too!
Exactly!
Please keep talking about this as much as you can. Thank you.
And, as is being pointed out elsewhere, oligarchs love economic collapse. Impoverished populations are easier to control and those in power can buy up even more at fire sale prices.
Can their be a movement to impeach?
Dems in 2026 would need to win the House & 2/3 of Senate, or Repubs would need to consider that it’s more in their self-interest to do it. Protests, town halls, & fear that their own constituents will vote against them, is the way to move that needle.
Congress has to impeach and they won’t as the Dems lack the power to bring it forward
A president can be impeached for treason, bribery, and “other high crimes and misdemeanors.” If they find Mr Crazy pants "unhealthy", they can apply 25th amendment. I don't trust JD Vance either. Vance is connected closely with oligarch mafia. He has no soul.
Not just impeach. Impeach, convict, and then remove from office. He was impeached twice in his first term. www.usa.gov/impeachment
Does the House have 218 standup Reps to file for a discharge petition to force it to a floor vote?
Does a eunuch lack testosterone? Much of Congress has become a no-show job…just collect the paycheck. They are hopelessly and willingly ineffective out fear and loathing of their constituencies. They have no 🏀🏀.
This is all about breaking America . The big picture is world domination . No not for America ... for cheesus and putttin .
I agree with your analysis. What will you be DOING about it in your position as Senator? No half-measures please.
This just means becoming a dictator.
What are some examples of this strategy being used?
Putin, Orban, and Erdogan are just the latest. It’s no accident the far right worships those assholes.
Who is behind this? Trump isn't smart enough to figure this out. Thank you very much for the thread.
If Donald Trump possesses any sort of intelligence, it's precisely this sort: how to twist people's arms so that they do your bidding.
Cunning
Its combination of The Heritage Foundation, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk, Russia, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg…just, you know, the richest people in the world.
You're 100% right! Why isn't anyone talking about all this? I guess they're scared.
You are absolutely correct!
Ask yourself why didn’t McConnell push for conviction either time Trump was impeached by the House? The examples are rife. A majority or Republicans in power are fine with what is happening. All of us, and a few democrat leaders, are the response to this crisis. Strap in.
Peter Thiel. He’s the one behind this.
Putin
The craftsman behind the 2025 plan. The foul stench of the uber wealthy. It’s an ugly festering wound on all the beings on this earth.
Steven Miller
He’s a puppet - of Putin, the Heritage Foundation, billionaires - all of whom want to dramatically increase their wealth, their power & control.
You need to find out what he has on your republican colleagues and flip them. They know this is as fucked up as we do, but they're afraid to be primaried or hurt by Trump and his base. You need to make yourselves on the left bigger than the threat. How? I'm not sure, but we can explore.
If the main fear is of being primaried, theyve sold their souls already. When the king goes down, so do the courtiers.
One faint but starting to flicker hope is that the reported threat to primary them with someone more trumpy if they dare step out of line will lose effectiveness as their electorate starts to realize trump is screwing them. Their voters can move them. Local election saw 48 of 49 races go red-blue.
If there has ever been a time to protest, it’s now. Saturday April 5th in every state, at every Capitol.
Not just state capitols. Everywhere. Capitols are inaccessible to many people who can’t afford to take that much time off, or to travel far away in large states (which make up a good amount of the country). Luckily there are many scheduled.
Literally on street corners (as is the case in my and neighboring cities)
Yes, yes! Everywhere and anywhere! 🥰
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You are spilling over with performative bullshit
Do you really think he’s that smart? It’s a real question. He tariffed penguins . What’s the rationale behind that?
Trump’s borrowing authoritarian playbook used by Putin, Orban, et al and he’s coached by people like Navarro, Lutnick, Vought and other advisors loyal to Thiel, Leo and others who have planned this for years. When Trump starts riffing, he ends up with penguins
Trump is an idiot but he is a useful one. Flatter him and he will do anything. It’s a simplistic plan for a simplistic man and it is working.
It isn't trump. It's Putin. It's the federalist society. It's the heritage foundation. It's the Republican party. They've been working on this for 50 years, maybe longer. Trump is the patsy, effective because he's the master of distraction. They point, he signs.
I think a useful framing is that Trump didn’t write them. He doesn’t have to be that smart. It’s the toadies who crave the power that Trump gives them. He just signed off.
I hope the Simpsons show got it right. 😡
That’s what I think. Someone made a list of ~100 countries and he signed it.
tRump is an ignorant, uneducated man baby.
I think you have a clear picture of this, and I don’t think it’s just “Trump” but rather the entire cadre of power hungry right wing extremist lunatics that stay attached to him.
You are so right. Trump is not this bright. But for now the goals of Trump and those influencing/manipulating him are aligned.
There are multiple factions, behind the scenes. A variety of investment strategies. There are also ways for those alignments to fracture.
Yes. Plenty of university, legal and business leaders are more than happy to climb on board the graft train and shove their greedy snouts in the trough right next to him.
I think this scares me the most. I had hoped more educated people in academia and law firms would see through this and refuse to obey in advance. I guess money and proximity to power still overcome knowledge.
Many of them are Trump supporters.
The corporate culture in big businesses and major universities does not reward personal courage. These places with their conventional leadership are primed to roll over. They please their stockholders and major donors.
You’re so right. I guess I was envisioning the actual scholars and attorneys, not the leadership.
But they won't profit for long. Trump burns everyone in the end.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
Just did… yep, this Stephen Miran character is exactly the kind of creep I have in mind when I talk about the cadre of right wing sickos
Just to be clear I was thinking about Project 2025 style nativists and the realignment of business oligarchy (vitally, the tech owners) as I typed the above comment. Those factions seem like they would definitely prefer a system that forces fealty, even if their beloved market crashes first.
Facts. He's not doing this on his own.
and the global oligarchy
Well even a racist clock with weapons-grade dementia is right occasionally
fuck reagan he set the stage for this
I agree that his tax cuts for the morbidly wealthy & “trickle down” economics was horrible, & yes, he did start us down the path to this ruin; BUT the script he read in this video was correct about tariffs.
poisoned fruit from a poisoned tree plenty of better people have said better things about the subject fuck reagan
Yeah, but he’s one of their own and MAGA are a bunch of Reagan worshippers. Hate the man and his legacy (I do too) but he is dead right here.
he very much *isn't* theirs though; maga demonstrably doesn't give a single damn about him that ship sailed with the tea party, they think he's antiquated, and no amount of "but ronnie said X" will change any minds he was a monster and quoting him is never necessary
what trump is doing isnt protectionism tho that was the whole premise of this thread
We regret to inform you that Ronald Reagan is now woke.
The media needs to know about this (one would think they would) so they stop with the Economists and expose this to the public.
Even if the tariffs are dropped or eased in the future, do you think the prices will come back down!? Oh, hell no, they won't! This administration has screwed all of the middle class and the poor. Why would anyone think billionaires give a flying shit about the majority of Americans 🙄 🤬
O idk faith in a false idol. Perhaps?
Because they're bombarded by right-wing, pro-billionaire, pro-corporation propaganda every hour of the day. The worship of the 1% by the media is off the charts.
Right-wing billionaires own the media; of course they want to push pro-corporation propaganda.
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Wow.. talk about a conspiracy theory!
Wake the fuck up!
Under his thumb? I'll cut off his thumbs with a cigar cutter. ...followed by the rest of his fingers.
So this playbook is extremely obvious but Dems didn't fight every single thing his congress has done because ????
Because most of them haven’t got it yet: The Second American Civil War has begun already.
because they don't want to by and large congressional democrats are coming through this just fine
Because they lost an election and have almost no power. Because the Republican Party relinquished their own power to allow Trump to ruin the country by illegal executive orders so there’s no parliamentary game to play. It’s Republicans the public and media should be holding accountable.
And they continuously refuse to use what power they do have
They could vote no!
Vote “no” on what? The tariffs, the federal spending cuts, none of this is in a bill to vote on. It’s all executive action.
All his appointments have to be approved. The vote are public record. SomeDemocrats voted to approve these incompetent fools
Appointments
Appointments are just a choice on which Fox is released in the henhouse. See HHS example.
Schumer & Jefferies
So what ur saying is… this is a Manufactured crisis in order to gain leverage and use the tariffs as a bargaining tool to get what he wants..… 25th needs to be invoked now. How can Repubs be so dumb. They are being led off a bridge.
So funny thing about that is then you have Vance as president, who will do the same fucking thing because he’s a Heritage Foundation stooge *and this is their fucking playbook*.
Exactly! Not just their stooge but Peter Thiel’s as well.
The Constitution is not going to save us esp the 25th: bsky.app/profile/shri...
Ok- so seems like slightly better chance of impeachment. If cracks continue then…. I know it’s unlikely but strange things happen. I always thought that if only a couple repubs go against him, it could potentially be a domino effect.
One advantage of the 25th is no trial in the Senate. On the other hand, the trial has no quorum. In any case the sheer magnitude of chaos required to get this Congress to impeach Trump? It would be so breathtaking, Congresscritters might sooner flee D.C. on foot.
It would take a lot for impeachment, however when shit starts to really go down, there’s the possibility of the domino effect w Repubs.
I think "it's difficult to imagine" works both ways: Republicans waking up and telling their elected officials to remove Trump, versus other Republicans waking up and seeing this as an opportunity to get rid of democracy because they see it as a failure.
Normally, yes. This is not normal times. The bill got passed in the Senate with dems+ 4 Republicans,but Mike Johnson, the speaker of the house, on Trumps say, sent them all home so the time sensitive bill couldn't be voted on that was Wed., yesterday. It was to stop tariffs being applied to Canada.
When his base start hurting opposing Trump will be less risky physically / politically. Then GOP might go against him
Their wallets will be informative soon enough! However...Stupidity seems to be addictive. Will the MAGA diehards want to give up their righteous stupidity?
Weirdly, I think the move is to hang it on other people in his administration. Trump has a strange special charisma that those around him benefit from but lack.
We have 2 choices. Let it go 23 years like with Mussolini, or organize outreach to red areas and teach them the art of critical thinking and avoiding propaganda paid for by billionaires. 2026 & 2028 elections are ahead. Once Trump base gets poorer, they'll only blame Biden, because MAGA is a cult.
I agree with this. Impeachment is unlikely, but it is our best peaceful option. Keep the pressure on your representatives and senators!
So, are you saying to just let him? What's your solution? Bro, we're in the fucking try everything phase rn. You don't lose shit bullying R reps, ESPECIALLY, after big losses like yesterday's & even closing the gap in both FL districts. He was so scared of losing power he pulled Stefanik out.
No, just noting there's NO WAY to activate the 25th Amendment. Stop hoping on "rules" will save us. We need a more direct hammer like mass protests. We need buy in from Celebrities, Sports figures, Churches, labor unions (what's left of), influencers. Basically the "normies".
Not hoping ANY rules are gonna save us. But I think, fuck it, try EVERYTHING. And we've been doing mass protests.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
they are part of this this helps them achieve Project 2025
Not dumb. Complicit.
They are getting rich AF and still think they can control this austrian wannabee Artist. Sorry old habit, this Wannabe Businessman.
They are either all for it, or too afraid to challenge Trump.
I'm happy to see how many people are protesting Victor Orban. We can't stop with our protest. We are at a place where we know what we have. I don't believe the American people will accept Trump's agenda.
I'd rather go broke than beg Trump for anything.
Someone needs to explain Most Favored Nations to people
Most favored nation agreement = treating other people equally. In world trade agreements, countries cannot normally discriminate between their trading partners. Grant someone a special favour (such as a lower customs duty rate for one of their products) and you have to do the same for all nations.
THIS part.
Where has everyone been? If you thought they were American 5 yrs ago when they defended domestic terrorists as simply being tourists attacking police and ransacking our NATION'S CAPITAL? Man Democrats sure have the patriotism bar set really low. Good to know the red line has finally been met.
Thank you for this excellent explanation.
You need to say this whole thing loud and clear day after day! This is down right scary as hell and I cannot believe the Republicans are just letting this happen! What can Congress do to this Mad Man that is about to destroy this nation!
You have to remember that a lot of republicans came in on his coattails. The old farts are scared to lose their jobs.
This makes the most sense
Extortion.
He’s an evil bastard who intends to kill, maim, rape, and impoverish us for his own pleasure. That is what he likes. I still think he had his first wife killed.
I agree
I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I believe he had her killed as well. No autopsy, quickly-planned funeral, oversized-heavy coffin for ashes???
What is in that grave can’t be discovered because it has made the whole property a cemetery. Bull shite.
I’m not a conspiracy nutter either, but I can smell stink.
I agree. Her NDA expired and she had to know everything about him. I also think the missing stolen documents that were never recovered are in that coffin too, making it so heavy that 10 pall bearers were struggling with it.
He had the mother of his children murdered in a painful manner. How Medieval and how Russian and how Mafioso.
Is IS New Jersey after all. And being the psychopath that he is, he doesn't care about his children either.
Except he wants to fuck his daughter.
Only question I have is how do we make you Senate leader?
EVERY SENATOR must shut it down and filibuster until he is impeached and removed
💯 %
The few Senators that joined Dems about tariff show that they are trying to reclaim some power without stripping trump of his That's not going to work
It’s on us now
25th Amendment & Impeachment.
Wow, how awful must you be that Vance seems a preferable alternative?
Well Vance is just a little pawn. A little sycophant to do as the master says. Without a master Vance will fail hard. Vance is nothing without Eshort and the Orange Oligarch
The Founding Fathers were steeped in the history of the English Civil War and the Charles I. That crisis was specifically set off by the king imposing taxes that Parliament said were illegal. It led to a bloody civil war and a decade of dictatorship under Cromwell. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_mo...
Great thread.
I’m a retired senior citizen protesting, and writing my Senators and representatives (who are in Blue California.) What else can I do?
Wait, so he doesn't want to take us to the good ol golden age? Bring back manufacturing here? It's all a charade? Oh gawd...
I hate Mike Johnson! 🎤
I don't hate Mike Johnson. Hate is not the answer. Consignment to oblivion with his corporeal existence consumed by eternal flame and all memory of him in this world erased? That, I could accept.
I was screaming anti Christ at my TV when he came on.
He is EVIL 😈 Effing a$$ made the remainder of the year into ONE day so that the House wouldn’t have to vote on the tariff bill. Like WTF?!?! 🤬
How is any of this democratic it’s the complete opposite! What’s democratic about what Trump is doing. He’s proving that the rule of law doesn’t apply to ppl with power and money! I ask again how do you expect me to vote for donor owned dems and the ones who voted for a genocide? Please enlighten me
Here are your choices… Democracy or a dictatorship. Pick one.
Exactly.
I with it their fucking heads would explode since the billionaires don’t pay their taxes for years costing us 200 billion a year the could pay for hunger 30billion and homelessness 40billion a year and healthcare for effects of hunger cost us 160billion a year 300 billion surplus 2 major issues done
The resistance can nonviolently overthrow the dictator by finding the point of leverage, and by creating a situation that inspires even his most ardent supporters to say, "I can't take it anymore. This guy is a loser/clown/ monster. Nope. I'm out of here."
general strike , stop paying taxes and utility bills , mass sustained protest walk out of your jobs close your bank accounts draw the money out and bury it in the garden , just buy essential food and take to the streets he would be removed within weeks
I’m saying bro think about it close out everything during the year making it look like people are scared of the tariffs. Remember the billionaires pay their taxes years late so we can do it too equally rights in a democracy. You know we take 200 billion a year loss for their nonpayment cont.pg 2
They say 30 billion yr. Would provide all homeless with shelters and apartments. 25-30 billion for hunger a yr. which would also save 160+billion in hunger related healthcare costs you do the math I see this as a 100+ billion surplus. Why is this so difficult to accomplish in a alleged democracy?
That is what's needed. He'll call out the troops. Do we have the courage?
I doubt it
This is the billion dollar question how much do you love your freedom? Mel Gibson said in brave heart something like “they can take our lives but they’ll never take our freedoms” we are on the cusp now teetering like a seesaw.
Respectfully we talking about civil war if he declares martial law. I’ve never heard of a country that had a nonviolent civil war in history he could spark a revolution! With Trump anything is possible especially if it goes against the constitution he’s Trying to prove there just words on paper!!
All I have for you is weasel words: it depends on your definition of "nonviolent civil war." Was the Solidarity movement's struggle in Poland a nonviolent civil war, or a nonviolent proxy war with the Soviet Union? You'd need to ask a political scientist - of which I an not one. I'm sorry.
I got you. like cenk from tyt he thinks he can sit down with a genocidal racist and find common ground so we can bring them to this side fucking dummy I can’t sit with a racist murderer of children that’s why I can’t vote democrat only independent because so many voted for the genocide to continue.
I’ve always said if you want to stop the programs that matter then give us back our taxes and we’ll pay the states instead. What would happen if 80 million leftist took their money out of the bank and changed their W4’s and wrote exempt to make it like a 1099 and then not pay by April 15?
What is democracy without equality we’re still fighting for equal rights while they taken more from us. women have the human right to choose it’s their body! I have no problem fighting but it’s kind of stupid to fight this hard while they keep voting the donor owned dems in who helped us get here 🤔
You can work on alternatives to the Democrats AFTER we get out of this dictatorship. There are many many good people in the Democratic Party. Sanders, Booker, Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, and more. You’re painting with a wide brush here. Or looking for excuses. Be part of the solution.
And how can you except the fact that most of these so called good ppl voted for a genocide.I don’t give a shit about anything more than human rights! you can be ok watching children die in 4k not me! How do I say to a racist or murderer hey help me get trump out and then I’llvote you out that’s nuts
I can agree with most of that just pissed all the dem politicians should be on the same page and do what needs to be done Warren is ignoring the deaths of people in this state the theft of billions and bankruptcy of 37 hospitals last year by 1 ceo who they let walk with everything
I was just on your page reading. Our healthcare system is controlled by money and it is disgusting. Healthcare and education are two areas I believe should NEVER be for profit. Pay good salaries, of course, but NO flipping shareholders. But, I’ll going off subject. Let’s get this current nightmare
Wise words! That explains all the tech people lined up at the inauguration.
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Trump thinks he will live forever. He is mortal and aging. There will be a reckoning for those who supported him, appeased him, and for those who were in the political position to do more, but didn't. Mr Murphy, are you angry and losing sleep with an ulcer like I am? How can I change this?
Thank you, Senator!
Like Putin’s Russia
Then why isn't every Democrat in Congress working with every Republican and Independent in Congress to impeach him? Hmmmmm?
Because you assholes are cashing in on tragedy, right? The Dem "strategy" is, the more people who suffer and even die under Republican tyranny, the more likely their surviving friends and relatives will vote Democrat without you having to lift a finger. Earn your fucking votes.
Excellent read Chris!!!
This will end up like all dictatorships with neighbours informing on neighbours. With Musks purchase of Twitter will mean they will have a list of dissenting voices past and present. Wonder if that was the plan?
There’s already an app for that.
M Gessen, NYT commentary: “A private company has launched an app called ICERAID, billed as a “protocol that delegates intelligence-gathering tasks to citizens that would otherwise be undertaken by law enforcement agencies.” 1/
The app promises rewards for “capturing and uploading images of criminal illegal alien activity” and possibly even bigger rewards for self-reporting — for adding oneself to the ICERAID registry if one is “an honest, hardworking undocumented immigrant with no criminal history.” 2/
The app, in other words, combines two time-tested secret-police techniques: incentivizing some people to denounce their neighbors and inducing others to add themselves to registries.” 3/
Thank you, Senator. It's encouraging to see that you and a few others see through the distractions. What's less clear to me is how we mount an effective resistance.
my question exactly!
1. Educate others there is a method behind the madness. 2. Particularly if you are from a red state, contact your Senators and Congressional Reps daily demanding they actually represent you. 3. Join peaceful protests. It just takes 3.5% of a population turning out to depose a dictatorship
#GENERALSTRIKE #MASSIVEBOYCOTTS WITH SIGNS THAT ADDRESS CONGRESS, NOT TRUMP OR MUSK.
What's your theory of change with a general strike? It sounds like a good idea to me, but I haven't worked out the causal chain that it would trigger, or the specific desired outcome.
Strikes cause businesses to negotiate. A general strike puts sand in the gears of all business and business has sway with Congress. And it’s Congress that we need to stop this illegal, unconstitutional power grab.
Can we put this on electronic billboards coast to coast?
Anyone can rent a billboard. Go for it!
And Trump is too brain rotted to implement this. Let’s call the evil ones by their actual names, Peter Thiel Rebekah Mercer, Russell Vought, we need the list.
💯💯💯💯 Bingo! That's what I said. He doesn't even know how to spell tariffs, let alone know what the ramification of them can cause. This is Vought and Stephen Miller theplotagainstamerica.com
If only we had AGs or a Congress who could look into this! That's how much the corruption has been effective.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
It has a name! Will look.
This theplotagainstamerica.com
Sure looks acts and sounds like HF's 2025 agenda. She was correct when she warned us.
Trump has never had an original thought as far as I can see. But he does borrow profusely & often effectively—from some of the worst people in history as well as some others.
Have noticed the same. Is it perhaps because he has passively submitted to following orders from russia for almost 40 years?
Passive? The kompromat must be epic, and Putin and Trump both know it.
Relive 1787: The Founding Fathers wanted to make it difficult for one person, party, or group to get control of the government and therefore proposed a national government where power was divided between three separate branches of government: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary.
Americans need to get to grips with the fact that their constitution has failed.
Well, that didn't work too well did it? Trump got those ducks in a row already.
They foresaw it could happen. What they didn't foresee was having a SCOTUS and Congress being complicit in it. He should have been convicted by the Senate and he should have been banned from running ever again according to the Constitution as written, not as SCOTUS rewrote it.
And also, of course, he should be criminally liable for all the naked corruption he is now pursuing. Except he has doubtless prayed the magic word “policy” over all of it and turned it into one of his duties of state.
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Done! Thx for the info..
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I'm with Tamara! Download this app and DO IT! Make calls-it works & relieves so much frustration with what is happening in our awful administration! The representative's phone numbers are there to dial, there is a script to read and you can tally your contact at the end. Perfect! Just do it!
I just got it! Didn’t know about it before I saw these posts. Thank you!
Makes perfect sense. I have no hope industry as they only run fir profits. I have very little hope in Democrats as they failed to fight MAGA so far. I have little hope in judicial system as it has been eroded for many years. I put all hope in us, the people,the anonymous cloud. #3E
This must be reported on far and wide!!
Thank you. I truly appreciate this thread. Please know my respect for you has grown immensely after seeing your support for Cory Booker and well all of us. My grandbabies live in Connecticut. I will one day tell them the story of Chris Murphy. e pluribus unum
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And it's a circus where the tigers run free, the elephants stampede through the audience and the tents are on fire.
I find this naive. Invite an arsonist, expect a fire.
Elect a rapist expect to be raped.
Yep. Anyone who was silent about the felon’s sexual crimes and is now pissed about his assault on (take your pick!) should connect all the dots.
Elect a lying, corrupt, power and money obsessed, crooked narcissist and expect a dictatorship.
Except we didn't elect him, he had mush rig the vote so they could dodge prison. The rest is just bonus.
So what do you feel Congress can/should do to resist it?
Congress can override his emergency declarations that enable him to do things no other president has ever tried to do since 1776.
So why are the democrats giving unanimous consent? Why aren’t you Bookering every day? Why why why?? You talk a good game but why are y’all voting for his nominees? You seem to understand we’re in a crisis. Why are the democrats not acting like it???
Finding it hard to understand this aspect of US politics, is there a Leader of the Opposition whose job is to slow down govt legislation, hold it to account etc? Who is this person and how are they acting to protect US constitution?
They're probably being threatened physically by Trump's goons www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It's his bestie Putin's playbook, too
bsky.app/profile/vinc...
Not really a bromance because Putin is in control
So, dom and sub?
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I proposed the same thesis a week ago in the context of hijacking public education by destabilizing state-level education budgets to later quid-pro-quo funding for idealogical influence. Check it out bsky.app/profile/dwba... (just 2 minutes)
Interesting look. I imagine this is how Putin got and keeps power?
Putin is old school KGB. He allowed a set of people to steal the silver, becoming billionaires in the process, who now have to support him, or fall out of windows. Or shoot themselves in the back of the head. Or drink a nice cup of radioactive tea.
Their Game Plan Musk’s Reboot = the Shock Doctrine by @naomiaklein.bsky.social youtu.be/aL3XGZ5rreE
He wants to stay in power forever so he won’t have to go to jail.
Exactamente
Anyone who looks at him can see that the door between Donald Trump and forever is going to be slammed in his bloodless, swollen face.
And because he's a sadist.
Looks like America needs a Revolution 2.0 .
Think the French version would be more appropriate.
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If you could promise me 1789 France without the 1783 France part, I'll gladly be the Chief Headsman.
Well the 1989 French Revolution was sadly a blood path for 4 years until an another authoritarian took the leadership
Yes, I meant to say 1793 France in my initial post.
I meant 1793 France, not 83. I dunno how many opinions that'll change.
Hired!
Eh we like our 7-day weeks
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Author author! So proud to be one of your constituents. But what the Ass King doesn't realize is HE WILL DIE like all of us. So much for staying in power forever.
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So why are you guys giving him unanimous consent on nominees? Why did Senate Democrats sign off on his continuing resolution? Senate Democrats need to do more, or we'll find someone else who will.
Yes!!!!
I feel significantly less safe with Kash Patel running the FBI. It's hard to imagine there isn't something really evil happening in Congress.
But Chris is one of the good guys that is actually speaking out and doing something. I'm sure he's as frustrated with some of his colleagues as we are. That said, you make a good point!
It's the same billionaire donors that both sides are beholden to.
Maybe they let the smaller but terrible things slip by so that when the gigantic terrible thing showed up, there'd be no boy-who-cried-wolf problem to fend off when plucking off the 5 or 6 Republicans needed to actually stop it
That’s really a bad strategy. Sounds like Chuck Shumer. It’s that bad.
I agree with this take. I’ve been trying to figure out my Sen Kaines behavior in approving some shitty picks. But he introduced bipartisan legislation recently with an R.
Oh Jesus Christ. That’s the most ridiculous excuse—you’re basically channeling Chuck “keeping our powder dry” Schumer. No, withholding unanimous chosen and voting “no” are not in any way like “crying wolf.” Handing him those things on a platter makes no sense whatever.
Well in a normal world I'd agree. But in Trump/MAGA world, that is exactly how it works. F.e. they talked about the fact that, sorry I lost his name, was interrupting duting The State Of the Union, not about what he said and even though MTG has been way worse. They'll talk about how, not what.
They need to all start resisting. If not, they need to all start being punished. We’re heading for French Revolution conditions.
How many Republicans do you know personality And how many of those have you tried to roll into being sane people in the last 8 years Yelling at the battered wife that she's complicit in her abuse is unhelpful, even if it might be accurate
We were talking about democratic senators, not republican housewives. The fuq you talking about?
I'm talking about stopping a dictatorship without waiting 19 months for another election.
We warned people. It’s authoritarian 101
Clearly Putin has been advising Trump. He's Putin's number one Asset. Everything Trump does. Advantages Putin's interest. Not American interest nor the Constitution.
TRUMP IS SELLING THE WORLD OUT TO RUSSIA WEAKENING ECONOMY/LEAKING INTEL HE IS BREAKING NATO RULES threatening annexation of allies RUSSIA IS ALIGNING WITH ALLIES-OPENLY MEETING ON THE WORLD STAGE IN FRONT OF ALL OUR EYES WE SHOULD NOT BE BLINDED BY THE TRUMP CHAOS HE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
Yes! Suggestions?
This has to fucking be stopped by CONGRESS right the fuck now. The longer that fuck sits there the worse it it. its project 2025 to the letter and they will put us on the street.
This is awesome Chris. I have been looking for someone to say this, and befuddled by economists and the talking heads of the stock market talking in circles and at a loss. This is why the liberal arts in education are so important.
Google "The Mar-a-Lago Accord"
We’re going to suffer for a while. We get to decide if it’s going to be a short while, or the rest of our lives. We have to boycott every “compliant” company. The pain we cause has to be greater than the pain he can cause.
Fucking do something now Senator. Maybe forget the posting and do something fuck
What do you expect one Senator to do? 90 million people did not vote in November. Please try and understand how government works.
He's educating people as to the nature of the subversion. You may have understood drumpf's true reasons for tariffs but others may not. Now they can better reason with friends swayed by drumpf's tariff story. That said I'd be interested in what u would do as a Dem Senator right now.
Well said, sir, as usual. Thank you for speaking out.
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We should name it the great shakedown instead of his liberation day.
Thanks for the 'explain the plan' bit. Clear and illuminating. The 'how we fight back' bit is disappointingly short though.
Yes. A little more than nada to say on that 😒
Thank God this monster is almost 80 yrs old and eats like shit.
His death won't help. Vance is only 40 and just as evil.
Very possibly worse, he's there because he's the Heritage pick.
Yes, and he's a supporter of people like Curtis Yarvin and others who don't believe in democracy and think freedom is your supposed ability to leave an authoritarian state you don't like.
Never thought I'd see the day I'd feel embarrassed to be an American 😭 The November day finally came to end him and instead misogyny won.
His father lived to the ripe old age of 93 😭
Cockroaches survive a long time.
The line of succession is filled with more Heritage Foundation theocrats & Putin influenced shits, but I sincerely hope that when he is finally dead, the spell on his base will be broken and the bizarre cult of personality around him will dissolve. I don't necessarily believe it, but I hope so.
same
Sadly, I don't think he's the one pulling the strings. If he passes, his replacement will be equally awful, if not worse.
You’re probably right but they will have lost the person the base is so blindly devoted to. Or will that not matter? I actually don’t have a clue. I’m just throwing ideas around. :)
They'll just glom onto the next in line. You can already see Vance and Musk memes within many Trump memes today.
I wish this gave me hope. I fear that there isn't a sane one in this administration that is really trying to do what is best for the masses. Not a single one possesses honesty and integrity.
They’re all truly disgusting and vile people. They’ve got the same personality profile as the Nazis who ran the gas chambers. I’m not being hyperbolic—I deeply believe that. But Shitler is the only one of them with the powerful hold over his cult-like base. Without him, Maga falls apart.
Yeah but the evil ones seem to just go on and on with the goddamned breathing.
I sometimes think that but then I remember, he's not the one pulling the strings. Things will be no better under a President Vance.
Exactly, both Trump and Vance are merely tools of those who wrote and believe in Project 2025!!
That he hasn’t dropped dead from the stress alone is the truest sign he’s a psychopath
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Jason and Michael Myers were tough outs.
Stress? What stress? He'd only be stressed if he gave a shit.
That is such a good point.
Truth.
I agree completely. It’s like he’s fed from the destruction and pain he causes.
Just as pure evil does!
Sadism. 'The People' elected a grandiose, lying, sadistic psychopath for Pres. (Also throw in low IQ, delusional.) Because - God forbid we should be governed by a woman president. A mere 2.5 mos of Rep capitulation & unrestrained mob boss Trump, and our government is on life support.
You forgot extreme malignant narcissist, which drives SO MUCH of this.
Evil.
It is a blackmail con. He will bankrupt America in order to steal $$ for fealty from whomever he can. Massive, idiotic grift that will destroy our democracy & crash markets. But, hey, the oligarchs will buy low/sell high with their billions insulating them from the economic consequences.
At his level, he understands, he will be protected, no matter what. Tyrants rule with no conscience.
Making trump their best friend, fiend!
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Thank you Chris. I don't disagree but please take a look at this if you get the chance. Excuse the title it's not an endorsement of his plan:
Trump is making hostage-taking a business and no one would expect anything else from a convicted criminal
I'm sorry but simply lifting those tariffs will not magically fix anything, other countries aren't going to take this lying down. I'm not certain this is a genie he can put back in the bottle even if he somehow came to his senses.
at $5MM per CEO meeting
Thank you for being a voice to explain this and fight against it. Please keep fighting loudly!
huh? but we are watching all of this in the open. I can see it. we are watching the villain doing vaillain-y stuff. I don't plan on forgetting about what I'm watching.
Yes, yes, yes!!!!!
There won't be a full recovery even if he adjusts or grants relief, though. Once businesses raise prices, they're not going to want to lower them, so consumers still get squeezed. Look at how many businesses raised prices due to "covid inflation" under Biden, yet also reported record profits.
The REAL losers here, the consumer. This past summer I noticed my local stores lowering prices, not by much. Enough to advertise the product being sold at a lower price.Sometimes .30 cents sometime lower. What Trump& his maggots have done is unforgivable. He’s made America WORSE again!!!
Exactly!
When do we get to a French style general economic strike?
Only if and when rank and file republicans revolt.
Hrs a mob boss. Pay to play, and he will loosen the tariff! The struggling lower and middle class have nothing to fight with!
100% And no DOJ white collar crime enforcement or record keeping to stop him from taking massive bribes. This is a robbery!
Americans pay the tariffs. Its that simple.
Very relevant and worth reading thread on how to deal with trump's silly playbook. And #donotbuyamerican at the same time.
Thank you for putting this into better words than I could. On my morning walk I kept thinking about Scott's Miracle Gro specifically, which contributed $500k to the MAGA PAC. How's that tariff on potash gonna affect them? Oh, it won't, bc it's pay to play now.
This is the most anti-capitalist move from what used to be the most free-market party. Given you're from the richest state in the nation, I assume shareholder activism will have a say on this. What's better for long term shareholder value, capitulation or defense of free markets?
I think he wants a return to the Gilded Age, where tariffs paid for everything and income tax didn’t exist.
Which one was that?
If you mean the gilded age, it was a period of the late 19th, early 20th century, where there were insanely wealthy industrialists. They had far more liquid cash than billionaires now (most of Musk’s net worth is Tesla stock) bc they owned railroads, oil, etc. they also weren’t taxed.
Think of JP Morgan, John Paul Getty, Andrew Carnegie. Federal income tax didn’t exist until the passing of the 16th amendment in the 1910s. The government was funded by tariffs, so non-1%ers had to pay a much larger share of their income.
In terms of lived wealth disparity, it was much worse then. People essentially lived in shacks, whereas industrialists had massive estates in places like Newport RI, or Main Line Philadelphia.
So when America was Great. Ok Depression Incoming
Yes, I believe that when Trump’s supporters think of the time when America was great, they’re thinking of the 50s. However, I believe that for oligarchs, it’s the Gilded Age.
Trump already released Russia! No tariffs on Vlad!
This dissenter will not stop even if he send big piles of cash my way. My love of country and its people is much greater than any amount of money.
This is how mafia bosses gained control, demanded complete loyalty, and punished anyone who defied them.
Also, once Americans feel the pain from these taxes, er, tariffs, they will feel more despondent, less strong. With our health system in shambles, we will also feel sicker. And weakened people are easier to dominate. Stay strong! Stay mad! Channel your anger into action.
Action this Saturday, April 5th: Handsoff2025.com
It’s a ploy to get countries to suck up to him.
Not to mention the cash each company pays Trump for an exemption. Trump never does anything that doesn’t put money in his pocket.
Always using others for his gain
So, he'll destroy the economy and say Bidens fault, bring it back slowly and claim victory and there are people that will believe him!
Lots and lots of people, even some who lost their social security. Biden will be blamed.
Sometimes when you break things they don't come back together neatly.
Or at all.
And that is going to be a HUGE problem as this country moves forward from Trump, hopefully in 4 years!
Further, these tariffs continue weakening if not destroying the ties between our less-United States and (at least until recently) U.S.-friendly nations and allies. Consider who benefits from destabilizing long-upheld trade relationships and alliances? Dangerous stuff.
Just like the S&P-index dropped almost 10 points. And when/if it recovers, he will claim it's the biggest raise ever.
Guess this post gets me so angry I keep reposting it, hmm.
But the economy won't improve because the whole world will be against us. You're leaving out the best part, he dreams of being just like Kim Jong-Un and rule with absolute authority over a completely oppressed population.
This is all about breaking America . The big picture is world domination . No not for America ... for cheesus and putttin .
Like hell dissent will disappear. Blood will run in the streets until he’s gone.
Finally... someone who understands! Vive la revolucione!! #Resist #Rebel #Fight
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The economy/each industry will take longer than one election cycle to recover.
Do not assume there will be election cycles. "You only need to vote this once."
The argument above assumes elections.
Because he's sadistic. The plan, insofar as he had one, was always to squeeze people for whatever he could. We just assume anyone who holds political office has to at least try to work in the public's interest! They don't!
If we survive.
As it turns out, business leaders were so blinded by greed that they stupidly voted for Trump. They didn’t believe his tariff threats. They were duped. Tariffs are being used as a political weapon by this president, so that he can demand fealty from business leaders. Good job, guys.
NOT DUPED, nor VICTIMS! Everyone knew this serial felon. No one in/with power had spine or care about Democracy to impeach him the 1st time, not let a CONVICTED THUG run the 2nd time. He was corruptly not tried in the most important case of stolen top secret govt docs! ALL KNEW & COMPLICIT IN THIS!
Except I haven’t forgotten the horrible stuff he did to people in the 80’s. I won’t rest until he experiences incredible hardships.🤬
That is when I learned about this shameless publicity seeking sideshow clown. He was always in the Star Enquirer or some other gossip rag weekly
I was reading about him ripping off old people from articles in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.
I was in a very small town in north east Ohio, just a kid buying comic books at Perry's Park News. The gossip rags were buy the check out stand where I could not miss them.
And country by country.
And he can pretend he’s the hero, again. Create a crisis, take credit for solving the crisis.
The “tell” is that he announced the tariffs after the market closed. This is clearly a power-grabbing measure, not an economic one.
I thought the same thing...he waited until the market closed before doing this roll out of destruction!
Exactly how he plans to play "King"...you are correct
He cannot get any leeway once he flip flops again. We’re sick of his bullshit. It needs to be called out for the sick game it is. He’s treating everyone like crap, as usual, and he’ll want credit for fixing his own mess. DO NOT GIVE HIM AN INCH.🇨🇦😡
Nope. He is doing it for Vladimir Putin. Take down the only real Superpower standing in Russia's way.
So we go from devastating pain down to just horrible pain?
We have memories. If someone kicks you and they stop you are relieved, but you don't forget.
He's an arsonist who eventually puts out the fires he started (after wrecking a bunch of people's lives in the process) and then expects high praise for it. The guy is just a gigantic steaming pile of whale shit.
It's extremely simple. Trump works for Putin assigned to destroy the USA from within. No tariffs on Russia &N Korea. This is NOT brain surgery. Trump is a perfect employee.
The USA doesn’t trade with NK or Russia so no tariffs. But I agree with you.
Terrifyingly true
trump OWE$ putin!
It’s not brain surgery but you’d sure think it was because only a few of us know what’s happening. The rest bury their heads and plug their ears la-la-la-la-la 🙉
THIS
The purpose of tariffs is to eliminate income taxes for the billionaires. It is not a negotiating tactic. Currently the treasury takes in about $4 trillion per year. DOGE is trying to cut $2 trillion out, tariffs could take out $1 trillion. The result is a highly recessive form of tax, which is
The reason income taxes were created in the first place in 2013. The tariffs plus layoffs are going to sink the economy. Wages will go down and it will be a buying opportunity for the oligarchs. Also, dysfunctional govt agencies will be outsourced to benefit the oligarchs.
Oops, 1913 is when income taxes were put in place.
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Well he has no leverage on overseas consumers who are boycotting US goods.
Yes, he's taking US population as hostages with tariffs ...
Hostages withheld from who? Other US pop??
To themselves. The same as Slavers to slaves, Kings to peons. Kings (and the aristocracy) do whatever they want, and peons just suck it up and give up all their hard-worked earnings.
He granted some tariff relief to the UK already
And? People know the US is run by a psycho madman not an ally. We are cancelling US purchases anyway and shopping elsewhere. The tariff game doesn't unscramble because he rolls back his attack a bit.
Please know the American people will fight alongside Canada and NATO when Russia and China implement their plan 30 years in the making over the coming days. trump handed us over to them.
And, I hope he can’t manipulate your government is all. Ultimately if he’s trying to force his oligarchs to pledge fealty he needs willing foreign governments to play along.
He's not making any headway on foreign governments. They are all looking to ally with each other.
It’s so sad it has come to this. Especially the way we are treating Canada. It’s shameful.
True. But Russia/Saudis/China own these politicians. Trump, a Putin stooge, consolidates power while also isolating the US. The goal is to permanently unseat US global leadership and influence.
I’d believe you but to do so would mean the Orange Idiot has actually thought through these steps. He didn’t. He’s not smart enough.
You assume no one takes him out before then. He did not anticipate the rebellion from other countries or the pure hatred for musk and his little twits. Sacrificing social security while the stock market is crashing shows just how amateurish they are. Now stop grand standing and do your damn job
Here’s a messaging tip: When MAGA says this is like a kitchen renovation, you say: “They forget to say the end where you run out of money to finish the job, and you’re stuck with an unfinished kitchen. And a house you can’t sell.”
SURE!
Um. Dissent won’t disappear.
The ole start the fire let it burn for a lil bit then be the one to save everyone putting it out. I think any criminal would agree that’s how you scam and con ppl out their money. Like charging protection in the neighborhood yes that’s still a thing!
And he can bitcoin. It's gross.
he extorts each and every entity seeking relief. he is a mobster and an extortionist.
Sorry, i should really have kept at.the dynamic systems theory so intelligent people like yourselves wont say firebombing the louvre to clean the toilets makes any sense. Complex dynamic systems cannot be reset brutally. Prev tarrifs Ming dynasty Cultural revolution Every office restructure Mergers
Wow! In their distortedreality that makes so much sense. Because the economy was so great when they were reelected, they had to destroy it so then they could fix it. Oh my gosh.
What he really wants is to cause extreme hardship and trigger riots in the streets so he can justify a military crackdown. He has admitted to as much in interviews.
He's using it on Canada too. He wants the premiers to panic and negotiate for concessions individually or by region. They aren't as strong then, and in the long term it will worsen divisions in the country. This already happened with Alberta.
Mm @timothysnyder.bsky.social 's sadopopulism - create a problem for which you're the solution.
Kiss the ring is a dictatorship classic eh?
People experiencing pain is a lullaby for masochistic Drumpf. He hasn't made any changes that improve life for anyone. The cruelty is the point. Those sadists infected with the MAGA mind virus are in their glory. Trumpcession coming right up!
This needs to be written as an OpEd Chris!
You mean extortion?
Mob shakedown, really…
How did The Godfather end again?
pay for play corruption.
Sure, dissent disappears like their 401s. Wonder how many cops will “volunteer” to escort Trump’s motorcade next time.
He’ll release them bribe by crypto bribe. He’s not a rocket scientist, he is shaking down the world economy one law office, one social media company, one university, one country and one global company at a time. Thanks to John Roberts and a corrupt SCOTUS, there is no recourse.
Dissent will NEVER disappear! He will be forever irrevocably known remembered as the worst most ruinous treasonous traitor and thug FOTUS along with his sycophants and supports. And it’s only a matter of time before “murderous” is added to this description - though betting it already can be.
Idk is it trump trying to destroy the US for Putin or is this the Thiel/Yarvin puppeteers?
I think the latter. I’m sure Putin is very happy too.
As he "adjusts of grants relief" it will be because he's extracted a campaign donation or money into his own pocket. Follow the money. Literally, someone follow the money.
hardships are by design to usher in crypto as the magic bullet. allowing the techbros to launder treasury funds w:digital play money
Bingo.
And then he also gets to favor certain industries, his favorite thing is to build mafia-like connections with businesses, forcing industry to curry favor.
In the crime world, it's called protection.
Economic Stockholm Syndrome
Never forget the grift.
So its extortion?
And trump rakes on the cash
There's no way he came up with something that elegant on his own
No, but there’s centuries of history to pull on. Nothings original anymore
And he lines his pockets.
Imagine all the undeclared tributes for king Donald and kin, all the ways his favour might be purchased with zero visibility
Thats why he’s doing it via crypto
Did you see Vietnam offered him casino & hotels deals lots of tributes and he slapped big tariffs on anyway Don the Con
Why was he convicted of 34 felonies? Because there were signed checks, a paper and money trail. Crypto solves all those problems. That’s why kidnappers, extortionists, & trump prefer it. Eric Trump, leading their family crypto effort, went on TV TODAY urging countries to step up quickly.
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Step 1: Undermine legal system Step 2: Crash the economy Step 3: Provoke civil unrest Step 4: Declare martial law Step 5: Suspend democratic elections
Exactly.
Step3. Remove him from the WH.
The old ‘create a problem’ then ‘resolve it’ to be a hero. He does it all the time!
Except he won't resolve it
Right, because he’s out to absolutely break it this time
The Antarctica tariff is the biggest signal of this. He is just doing shit. There's no goal. He's just attempting to piss on a tree and say it's his
🤦🏻♀️ I don’t understand how people even begin to believe that he has anybody’s best interest in mind, except his own!
Right. The arsonist who shows up with a water bucket.
@scaramucci.bsky.social can you guys plz comment on/discuss this thread’s angle for next ep of @restispoliticsus.bsky.social
Occam’s Razor. The tariffs are designed to manipulate the stock market.
And protect Elmo's businesses.
nope… he’s a russian asset
I’d say it’s both… both can be true. He can absolutely be shorting the market to make he and his cronies as much as possible and still be working to absolutely destroy America.
Yes, I can see that. Lots of bonus points for doing both at once, I suppose! 👀
Bonus points from Putin…
agree
I’m calling them “terrorfs” from now on
In a dictatorship everything has to be a gift from the authority. This is how the merit system is erased, Merit System Ease =/
Case in point thehill.com/opinion/crim...
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Exactly he will shake down any country that oppose to his tariffs!
He already had much of this, oligarchs are already on the board. You are kind on the right track, but "independent business leaders" seem to be rare. This is economic policy for oligarchs. Tariffs are typical part of crony capitalism in third world. They protect oligarchs from competition.
Similar to his efforts to control law firms
In 1934, Adolf Hitler required members of the German military to swear an oath of loyalty directly to him, known as the Hitler Oath, which emphasized personal allegiance to him rather than to the state or its constitution.
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I see 👀 large investment in a certain bit🪙coin in the near future 😉
WHY IS HE STILL CAMPAIFNING AND ASKING FOR POLITICAL DONATIONS, SENATOR? He can not run again. No matter what he says, so why is still begging for money FROM THE WHITEHOUSE?!?! Its embarrasaing!
He owes Putin Billions of dollars!
He's paid back Putin in policy
But Putin might still require loyalty.
"Contributions to his political efforts"? I reckon it's more "contributions to his bank account!"
Just look at the #LIV golf extravaganza coupled with *fundraising* events at #MarALago this weekend. Businesses & entrepreneurs from across the country “paying to play” in #Trump’s America. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Aren't there rare brave CEOs that would say NO and expose trump's quid pro quo? The companies & industries need to ban together like a massive barrier to his corruption.
And bribes. Say, by large purchases of his crypto coin.
Isn't that Pro Quid Quo?
I think that really lays out what the Trump gang is hoping for. A nice bonus for them, that they can reward their supporters with a system like this (like one of Don Jr's pals getting a lucrative lobbying contract, via Canadian taxpayers). So convenient he was right there! www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Great leaders surround themselves with challenge and debate. Dictators eliminate people until they have "loyalty."
The tech broligarchy were all ringside for the inauguration. All lined up in a row. How Trump swindled every one a second time would be hard to understand...but MAGAdonians make up around half of American voters...so...
And beyond political contributions, outright personal bribes in the style of Amazon/Bezos paying tens of millions to do the Melania documentary
Or Canadian tax money going to one of Don Jr's pals. He's not an experienced lobbyist, but put out his shingle and is promising WH access. So convenient that he just happened to be hanging at Don Jr's place and offered to help out! www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
A: To buy his meme coin.
Or cash/crypto in his pocket
This is happening already. Law firms for example
He also ureses humiliation to control people, just like an abusive partner =/
Seems more than likely, he’ll be *selling* those tariff exemptions, the same way he sells pardons Nothing is given for free
Or they can relocate to some less idiotic country.
FFS
Ok this is brilliant WHY AREN’T DEMS SHOUTING THIS FROM THE ROOFTOPS?????? Why isn’t this point made any time someone shoves a mic in your faces? Why is everyone making confused pikachu faces when you absolutely know what he’s doing?
Or pay him money...
They have power, but corporations are also top-down autocratic hierarchies. If they were worker-owned cooperatives and/or had strong, democratically-organized unions, it would be a different story. Once Trump makes the CEO kiss his ring, everyone else is fucked. That's a vulnerability, not strength.
the private sector does what now? Uhhhh gonna need a huge citation on that one chief
Overstated
If companies bow down to Trump, we, the consumers, have the power of where we spend our money. That has been proven effective by Tesla. I know it hurts workers. Conversely, we will all suffer because Trump already set a chain reaction into motion. We stand together or we lose everything.
yes, & european companies are telling d.o.g.e. to fuck off, after receiving threatening demands from d.o.g.e., which realy pissed them off because they have few if any direct dealings with us businesses or us agencies.
If industry dies this, a General Strike might just disabuse them of this move. They can fall in line to Trump but we can bring them to their knees so no win.
no, as you can see in the Trump film, threatening especially lawyers and state officials is Trumps main tool, to get what he wants, even if it is illegal, fraud, or stealing of the citizens (tax reductions for building Trump tower, e.g.) in all: these are criminals, who act like the mafia,
2 in all: these are criminals, who act like the mafia, and in these rich, higher circles it seems to be the main imperative to give favors to each other.
I agree this is absolutely a power play but tRump is just the disposable figurehead "OZ". Put up to hide the real players Miller, Vought,Thiel and the rest of the Billionaire Bros who are pulling his strings from behind the curtain.
Not sure i would give Trump credit for playing 4 dimensional chess 🤔 But if things start to get out of hand with this tariff crash, Congress should simply waken from its torpor & assert itself. It HAS the power, should it choose to use it.
Word of the day after: "carve-outs"
It’s an extortion racket, just like the mafia. And Trump has many mafia connections.
Yes, Sen. Murphy. Trump knows exactly what he is doing and he wants this economic conflagration. I just can't believe the WSJ and other industries still bet on him. Tafiffs are first year college economics, not intricate finance. Thanks for waging the good fight.
But we don’t have that when the heads of 3 large law firms put their profit, personal wealth, far ahead of truth, our laws, our constitution and fall in with extorting criminals.
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We're closing in on the point I'm afraid to refresh a web page for fear it will be gone.
This this THIS!!!!
Good thread. But you should have stopped short of giving your Big Law buddies a pass.
Really, I’m not understanding why law firms get federal funds. I agree that they should be independent. You are telling us that they are not.
Serious question. Is this an impeachable offense? Seems like he's committed enough chaos that there's plenty to impeach him for.
This is an excellent thread.
Yes it is.
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