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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months ago

The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings | White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret

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The private GOP panic over the slash-and-burn DOGE firings | White House aides are inundated with congressional calls as Republicans fret

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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    Congress is the one body that can do something about this, if they choose to.

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      Congress won’t do jack shit as long as the Freedom Caucus aka MAGA can tip any vote. We’re past the point of thinking Congress will fix this.

      Plus the Founders intention was that Congress isnanslow moving organ at best. There won’t be a government by the time they get their shit together.

      Call your congress-critter, but understand buying ammo will do more for democracy at this point. And if you’re not at that point yet, then you’ve already let them win.

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    Susan Collins is very concerned.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      Pearls: Clutched.

      Brow: Furrowed.

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        Pants: Shidded

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      But she’s also convinced he’ll learn his lesson.

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    Speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson praised DOGE: “What Elon and the team are doing is what Congress has not had the ability to do. … They are exposing this massive fraud, waste and abuse that we have not been unable to uncover because the deep state has hidden it from us.”

    But he still hasn’t actually found or shown any actual fraud, waste or abuse Mikey. You are praising a thing happening that isn’t happening.

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      Transparency so clear that you can’t even see it!

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    When you cede your Constitutional responsibility and abandon your oath of office, you forgo the right to complain.

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    They should all drop dead.

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    The Republicans keep on lying. If they were concerned, they would go public. Unless they don’t care about the people, of course. Everyone expected this. Everyone. No surprised pikachu, please.

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    Who the fuck cares if they fret? They’re the reason everything is burning down, even if they may not be MAGA

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    a horrible pox upon them all.

    Other than MAGA, that is.

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      Your comment confuses me

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        MAGA is a pox already

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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          I mean, I wouldn’t mind giving them another.

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        He means he wants another plague (in addition to MAGA) to be inflicted upon them

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    Here is a video of them fretting.

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    They’re concerned because they’re going to be voted out.

    Short of that, we’re going to behead them all.

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    The GOP stains would kill their own children without a second thought if they were told to by trump. Or if they were lgbt+

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