It is shocking and a disgrace beyond all belief that the Republican Party in both houses of Congress is acting in a totally sycophantic matter!
No matter what Donald Trump and Elon Musk say or do is accepted without protest, except by a very small number of Congressional Republicans.
No matter how cruel and inhumane and uncaring Trump and Musk are, it has little to no effect on the party that once stood for strong conservative principles, but now has become the equivalent of a Fascist Party!
History will not look kindly on these Republicans who seem to have no concern about the damage perpetrated daily and long term on both the American economy and all domestic programs, and the terrifying swing toward a pro Russian foreign policy, unprecedented in American diplomacy.
Trump and Musk have no issue with antagonizing our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, and the European Union and NATO, as well as our Asian allies.
This is a literal nightmare with no end in sight!
And to complement this:
(Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes)
That’s right!! Trump’s spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway one of the nation’s largest megachurches.. has been particularly active in Dallas area GOP politics… has sex with children!!!”
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/12/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-indicted-sexual-abuse/
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is apparently throwing in the towel on any effort to stop the House GOP’s/Trump’s horrendous “CR” (in quotes, because it’s not a clean CR).
Trump and co-President Musk are going to do (heck, is ALREADY DOING) all the bad stuff – seizing more power, waging war on the federal workforce, slashing crucial government programs, establishing a kleptocracy the likes of which the world has never seen, etc. – lawlessly and unconstitutionally. Which means that Democrats can either be: 1) a serious RESISTANCE to this illegality and violations of the constitution, rule of law, separation of powers, checks and balances, etc.; 2) a weak, divided, ineffectual party that inspires nobody, serves basically no purpose, and might as well hang it up if it’s going to act this way. For my part, the choice isn’t a “Hobson’s Choice”, (as Schumer calls it), where “only one option is truly available, or where the only alternative is to accept nothing at all”, but a real, even existential choice that Democrats need to make – to do the right thing, to use all their power to defend our democracy, and to go down fighting if necessary. At least there’s honor in that; there’s none in appeasement and caving to a thug (who obviously will sense weakness and keep pushing for more…).
10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a government shutdown at midnight.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/14/politics/government-funding-bill-senate-shutdown/index.html
These are the 10 Democrats who voted to advance the bill in the procedural vote:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin
Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Brian Schatz
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Sen. Maggie Hassan
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
Sen. John Fetterman
Sen. Gary Peters
Sen. Shaheen
Sen. King
These Democratic caucus members voted “yes” on the bill’s final passage:
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats
GOP Senator Rand Paul was the only Republican to vote no.
If you get donation requests from those 10, don’t send them any money!