Thursday Senate Committees are meeting to consider Kash Patel for (against;) the FBI and Linda McMahon for (against;) Education. The link below takes you to the week's schedule with a link to the specific committee. That link will take you to committee members and their websites. Usually you can scroll down to their office locations with phone links. Call them all. You don't need to leave your personal info.
A GOP senator said on CSpan "Call someone who cares." We are getting to them!
I just phoned all the Republicans about Patel. Took an hour. Even with having to find the numbers, getting some 'can't leave message' recordings 'til I found an office that could. Even got some staffers. The Democrats on the committee are sound No votes. But called Sheldon Whitehouse to say Thanks.
In a similar "vain"...? "With malice toward none (a principle increasingly difficult to honor!), with parody for all," and with acknowledgement/apology to Johnston & Burke, Bing Crosby, etc. (link to original below)...
♫♪ Every day, a noxious rain (reign):
Pennies from Donald!?
Foolish, “centsless”, and insane:
Pennies from Donald.
We find our country falling, tumbling down!
And from the Oaf of Office? Wails of a clown.
Hidden ‘neath the cruel remarks –
Many from Donald –
To the crooks and broligarchs
Go bennies from Donald…
So when you hear him thunder,
Know that under the fuss,
There'll be pennies for Donald, but none for us. ♫♪
On his flight to the Super Bowl, Trump appeared to question the validity of bonds issued by the US Treasury. He said,
There could be a problem, you’ve been reading about that, with Treasuries, That could be an interesting problem because it could be that a lot of those things don’t count. Therefore, maybe we have less debt than we thought of.
Like everything else that comes out of Trump's mouth, it sounds like oatmeal tastes—mush. But markets have been toppled by less incendiary statements than suggesting that the US won’t honor “Treasuries” it has issued. . . . If proposing a budget with tax cuts and an increased deficit are likely to “scare” the bond market, image the pain if Trump gave Musk and his teenagers the power to selectively refuse to pay US debt based on phantom allegations of fraud.
Hi Steve. Many thanks. I’m encouraging all to contact Congressional reps of both parties to pass the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. Nonpartisan and will add a layer of protection from attacks by Musks and other lawless goons on our sensitive federal information. Best wishes.
He's very good at declaring things dead. Bringing things to life, on the other hand, is not part of his repertoire. Any brute can destroy. Few, if any, can create.
Agh. I guess the change shortage from the first Trump go-round didn't teach those morons anything other than how to raise prices, which was the end result from having a lack of pennies.
Thursday Senate Committees are meeting to consider Kash Patel for (against;) the FBI and Linda McMahon for (against;) Education. The link below takes you to the week's schedule with a link to the specific committee. That link will take you to committee members and their websites. Usually you can scroll down to their office locations with phone links. Call them all. You don't need to leave your personal info.
A GOP senator said on CSpan "Call someone who cares." We are getting to them!
https://www.senate.gov/committees/hearings_meetings.htm
More from me on this later
I just phoned all the Republicans about Patel. Took an hour. Even with having to find the numbers, getting some 'can't leave message' recordings 'til I found an office that could. Even got some staffers. The Democrats on the committee are sound No votes. But called Sheldon Whitehouse to say Thanks.
Saving money by stopping the production of pennies. Minutiae R Us
Dare I say "penny anti-"???
HAHHAHHAHHAHHA
In a similar "vain"...? "With malice toward none (a principle increasingly difficult to honor!), with parody for all," and with acknowledgement/apology to Johnston & Burke, Bing Crosby, etc. (link to original below)...
♫♪ Every day, a noxious rain (reign):
Pennies from Donald!?
Foolish, “centsless”, and insane:
Pennies from Donald.
We find our country falling, tumbling down!
And from the Oaf of Office? Wails of a clown.
Hidden ‘neath the cruel remarks –
Many from Donald –
To the crooks and broligarchs
Go bennies from Donald…
So when you hear him thunder,
Know that under the fuss,
There'll be pennies for Donald, but none for us. ♫♪
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25wDawjMmEY
[refrain @ ~1:00]
We have to drive home the message that a no vote on any rethug nomination or initiative is the only acceptable response from Democrats.
From Robert Hubbell, Today's Edition
On his flight to the Super Bowl, Trump appeared to question the validity of bonds issued by the US Treasury. He said,
There could be a problem, you’ve been reading about that, with Treasuries, That could be an interesting problem because it could be that a lot of those things don’t count. Therefore, maybe we have less debt than we thought of.
Like everything else that comes out of Trump's mouth, it sounds like oatmeal tastes—mush. But markets have been toppled by less incendiary statements than suggesting that the US won’t honor “Treasuries” it has issued. . . . If proposing a budget with tax cuts and an increased deficit are likely to “scare” the bond market, image the pain if Trump gave Musk and his teenagers the power to selectively refuse to pay US debt based on phantom allegations of fraud.
As Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) wrote on BlueSky,
It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying."
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-are-not-sheep-get-louder-take
Well, we won’t need to raise the debt limit if no one will buy our bonds.
Ha! The silver lining.
Yikes!
Thank you for continuing to keep us focused on the coup.
Hi Steve. Many thanks. I’m encouraging all to contact Congressional reps of both parties to pass the Taxpayer Data Protection Act. Nonpartisan and will add a layer of protection from attacks by Musks and other lawless goons on our sensitive federal information. Best wishes.
Useful for placards and posters 'Nicht Mein Führer'
Great!
"Herr Fuhrer," if you must. He ain't "mein," not by a long shot!
When the MAGAts screech "but he's YOUR president", "not my president" is a more useful response, I've found
He's very good at declaring things dead. Bringing things to life, on the other hand, is not part of his repertoire. Any brute can destroy. Few, if any, can create.
I’ve called my senator once daily for the past week. No response…
Agh. I guess the change shortage from the first Trump go-round didn't teach those morons anything other than how to raise prices, which was the end result from having a lack of pennies.