Took them long enough. Our people have been pushing to throttle Trump down. The GOP was seemingly giving Trump the benefit of the doubt. It appears, just appears, mind you, that some of them might finally be stepping up and saying this is enough. How many people saw this war as a disaster on Day One? A lot more than we might think. The American people are so done with this war. Support percentages are screaming downward for the vast majority of Americans. We have every right to be pissed. Wars aren’t good for anyone. Respect to Raw Story:
Democratic efforts to constrain Donald Trump’s Iran war are gaining unexpected momentum. More Republican lawmakers are privately signaling they’re ready to join Democrats on a war powers resolution — and the defections may accelerate dramatically by month’s end.
According to MS NOW, Democrats believe “there’s a pathway to success” on forcing votes this week that would dampen hostilities in Iran. The political math is shifting in Democrats’ favor. While they would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to override Trump’s almost-certain veto, a privileged war powers measure only requires a simple majority to pass — a threshold that appears increasingly achievable as GOP support erodes, MS NOW reported.
Well, how about dem apples? (No pun intended.) Someone or even several someones have removed the rose-colored glasses. I repeat, it took them long enough. There is nothing right and everything wrong with this war. The American economy was already cratering. Now, because of Trump’s war, EVERYTHING is going to hell. It’s getting to the point where people don’t know how they will be able to pay for anything because prices are going through the roof. There’s only so much people can give up before it starts getting life-threatening. I am 110% serious.
“This issue is already coming ripe at the end of this month, and if they don’t come to us by then, they’re in violation of the law. And that’s when you’ll see many of us saying no más,” they told MS NOW. “The breaking point could happen on April 29. One House GOP lawmaker, granted anonymity, told MS NOW that “a lot of Republicans” would be ready to support a war powers resolution by then.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) framed the political stakes sharply: “Every day that Republicans stand in the way of Democratic efforts to end this war is another day that they own the chaos, the bloodshed, and the economic volatility that has resulted.
Gosh, golly gee, good grief, what on earth could *that* mean? Time for Republicans to get off their asses and do some actual WORK. The war shouldn’t have been started in the first place, and it has gone on for more than long enough. As mentioned before, the *entire* United States government is an imbecile, and people are unhappy with everything in America. At least my friends still talk to me. Iran is rubbing its hands together with glee, and the rest of the world is disgusted with us, especially the ones Trump bullied and abused. But Trump isn’t in Kansas anymore, and his “powers” don’t work outside the country, partly because they’re a lot smarter than he is. [And Ukraine is STILL f*cked.]
Senate Republicans are already showing cracks. So far, only Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has voted with Democrats on three separate Iran war powers resolutions over the past month. But Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric is pushing other Republicans toward the exit, MS NOW reported.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) directly rebuked Trump’s threat to wipe out a “whole civilization.” “It cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home,” Murkowski wrote.
And…..
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was equally damning about Trump’s Easter Truth Social posts threatening to annihilate Iran’s infrastructure and demanding Tehran open the Strait of Hormuz in a social media post loaded with obscenities. “Completely inappropriate,” Collins said of the threats. “And the subsequent post in which he threatened to essentially annihilate the whole country of Iran is also not conducive to the negotiations that will shortly be underway.”
Yes, the negotiations that failed. Why they didn’t talk for more than one day is unknown and seems wrong. Plus, conversations will get repetitive after about 8 hours because that’s the max amount of time for people to be on their toes. The brain starts slowing down after that. And no, I don’t have the link to what medical report that was. I’ve seen it in myself when working long shifts. And now that I’ve gone sideways again, back to Congress. It is far, far, far past time for them to act. They should have done so the first day, with no excuses for Trump! But Trump and Israel started it. We can hope that Congress will be able to accomplish *something* to throttle him back, including his dangerous rhetoric. Cross your fingers and toes!
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