Top Capitol Hill Democrats, and a small number of Republicans, watched in alarm Saturday as the US launched a major assault on Iran, decrying Donald Trump’s call for the overthrow of another foreign government without their expressed approval.
Trump ordered the strikes on Tehran just days before the GOP-led House and Senate are each set to formally debate and vote on US military action in Iran. Democrats, along with at least three Republicans, say the president’s decision, with lawmakers scattered across the nation and not planning to return to Washington for days, raises serious questions about the legality of the attack.
“It’s a slap in the face of the United States Congress. The president has launched an illegal war when there is no imminent threat. He did not consult with Congress or allow for a debate in Congress, which even George W. Bush did,” Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California told CNN on Saturday morning.
Oh man if this passes it will be a “stunning rebuke”. It won’t actually do anything because the President would still have to sign it.
Wow. That’ll show 'em.
Again, republicans can stop this at any time. They’re not even slowing him down.
Which is why, if Dems retake power, priority #1 has to be barring these goddamn MAGAts from ever voting again. And executing the leaders. Extreme? Yes. But nothing else fixes this and anyone saying otherwise is a moron.
Bar who from voting?
Ideally anyone who voted Trump this go around. A vote to dismantle democracy should permanently remove their participation from it. And if they claim they didn’t know this would happen, if they were too stupid to believe the warnings after all this time democracy is better off without them.
Each of them is getting exactly what they wanted.
They will bend the knee and drink of Dear Leader’s orange jizz.
From days before this action occured:
Top Dems reportedly work to sabotage bill to stop Trump Iran war
https://asiatimes.com/2026/02/top-dems-reportedly-work-to-sabotage-bill-to-stop-trump-iran-war/
which even George W. Bush did
Yeah, that’s how a fucking ratchet works…
When we alternate parties and one party doesn’t fix shit and the other isn’t held responsible, they’re just gonna keep doing what they’re doing. Which isn’t the same behavior, it’s as far across the line as they can geta away with. And every time it works it sets a new line.
The obvious goal is the dissolution of Congress and that should have been clear to anyone whose paid 10 minutes attention at some point in the last 50 years.
Authoritarians will always work towards a dictatorship, it doesn’t matter how many different groups pictures themselves in power, they all work towards the consolidation of power which makes it easy for every authortarian group regardless of alignment.
Thiel, musk and yarvin have been very clear that this is their goal but our governments keep giving them more of our money and power
