I guess it is a reflection of my age, but I find someone wearing a baseball hat in the oval office incredibly jarring. That and the general scene is such a diminishment of the office of the president. I have never seen anything like it. Lawrence O'Donnell said it better than I could.
This image may be a fruitful attack vector on Trump. I do not think MAGA gives a fig about opposition pointing out Trump doing something immoral or wrong, but I do think showing dear leader as being weak will resonate.
Is there a place on the Bulwark that is ranking all the things that have happened so far in this administration? I can’t keep up! I’d love to have a running top ten list or something to refer to. Like quietly disobeying the courts would be my number 1. But where do you rank Elon having control of all hiring and firing in the government? Where is the dismantling of USAID or CFPB? I’d love the Bulwark’s thoughts on what things are the very worst as we go along.
I find it egregious that Fox News shared a video short of X and that his father permitted it. We all know how cautious we are as parents with posting images of our children to the internet, but news media are if anything more cautious, because they are aware of the various implications and dangers.
I emailed one of my Republican senators (why not?) telling him that I'm changing my voter registration, and will vote for him in a primary if he stands up to Elon/DOGE/Trump. Can't we all do this, and control the party that's in power? Make them decent again? Are there enough of us?
The doge.gov website is nothing but a title page. Perhaps our intrepid and hard-working journalist class can point this out (loudly) in response to Musk's claims that they are being "maximally transparent".
But does Trump actually listen? I’ve always felt that he just sits there, blank look on face, and waits for mouths to stop moving before he blurts something else … which may or may not be connected.
The truth is that Musk has no idea what the net wealth is of various government employees. Unless, that is, he’s had his apparatchiks take a look at those employees’ SF-86 security clearance questionnaires or their IRS records. Which would be illegal—an illegality for which we don’t, so far at least, have any evidence.
So Musk is just making this up.
That is quite an assumption. Please keep in mind that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Thank you. I emailed one of my Republican senators to tell him that I'm switching my voter registration to Republican, and I will vote for him in any primary if he just stands up to Trump and DOGE. I think we all need to do this - Musk will have a tantrum and primary them all, and we can take that threat away, right? Plus defy the gerrymander - they don't know what party we're part of anymore.
Do you all at Bulwark ever look at yourselves and wonder WTF are we doing talking amongst ourselves, just reinforcing our beliefs? Seems like a round robin of "let's all of us speak to each other" and tell ourselves we're right - you've got a great bunch of disrupters all singing from the same songsheet, now Let your readers know what can be DONE, not just a rehash of the news we can read on NYTimes, see on CNN, MSNBC! Get a Jamie Raskin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jasmine Crockett et al to speak out, not just the usual talking heads! And please - tell us something we don't already know!
Well, there's lots that can be done. Right or call your elected representatives to express your displeasure (Republicans) or expectations (Democrats), as the case may be. Show up to where elected Republicans are speaking locally and express your displeasure by yelling or holding up signs. Join in marches and protests around the country. Donate money to worthy causes, especially (in my view) legal firms that are doing the work of filing lawsuits against the federal government.
What the Bulwark does is give you the talking points to know what to say to your elected reps, as well as some ideas about what organizations are doing the pushback so you know where to donate time and money if you are so inclined.
Now that I've said all of that, I suspect what you really want to hear is what can we do that will have an actual impact? There's the rub -- who the heck knows.
I don't represent Bulwark. If I were you, I'd gather some friends and do a "silent sit-in" at your local, gov't office. Make phone calls, write emails, etc. Let your feelings be known as loudly as possible. It worked for me in the 60's.
"It's heartening to remember that when Trump/Musk era is consigned to the ash heap of history, the example of Lincoln will remain", sounds remarkably like Liz Cheney's quote. "There will be a time when Donald Trump is gone. But your shame will remain". (I love Liz's quote)Perhaps It might be a combo with Reagan when he said communism will be consigned to the ash heap of history.
To say nothing of a brat picking his nose beside the Resolute desk. Musk is as big a liar as Trump.
I guess it is a reflection of my age, but I find someone wearing a baseball hat in the oval office incredibly jarring. That and the general scene is such a diminishment of the office of the president. I have never seen anything like it. Lawrence O'Donnell said it better than I could.
This image may be a fruitful attack vector on Trump. I do not think MAGA gives a fig about opposition pointing out Trump doing something immoral or wrong, but I do think showing dear leader as being weak will resonate.
"Gabbard Is Confirmed by Senate" and every intelligence agency in the US is scrambling to protect themselves and our Allies from her lover Putin.
Is there a place on the Bulwark that is ranking all the things that have happened so far in this administration? I can’t keep up! I’d love to have a running top ten list or something to refer to. Like quietly disobeying the courts would be my number 1. But where do you rank Elon having control of all hiring and firing in the government? Where is the dismantling of USAID or CFPB? I’d love the Bulwark’s thoughts on what things are the very worst as we go along.
Why not call it The Gulf of Trump and be done?
If Google is updating bodies of water, they need to include Lake Illinois, too.
I find it egregious that Fox News shared a video short of X and that his father permitted it. We all know how cautious we are as parents with posting images of our children to the internet, but news media are if anything more cautious, because they are aware of the various implications and dangers.
I emailed one of my Republican senators (why not?) telling him that I'm changing my voter registration, and will vote for him in a primary if he stands up to Elon/DOGE/Trump. Can't we all do this, and control the party that's in power? Make them decent again? Are there enough of us?
The doge.gov website is nothing but a title page. Perhaps our intrepid and hard-working journalist class can point this out (loudly) in response to Musk's claims that they are being "maximally transparent".
What is beyond the bottom of the barrel?
Dirt and rocks hiding GOPers heads.
Read Survival of the Richest if you want to understand what Musk is.
now he can be known as Trump the Subservient
But does Trump actually listen? I’ve always felt that he just sits there, blank look on face, and waits for mouths to stop moving before he blurts something else … which may or may not be connected.
The truth is that Musk has no idea what the net wealth is of various government employees. Unless, that is, he’s had his apparatchiks take a look at those employees’ SF-86 security clearance questionnaires or their IRS records. Which would be illegal—an illegality for which we don’t, so far at least, have any evidence.
So Musk is just making this up.
That is quite an assumption. Please keep in mind that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Highly recommended and should be sent to your R reps in Congress. https://hartmannreport.com/p/dear-republicans-will-you-salute-02f?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=156959470&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=9tet7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Thank you. I emailed one of my Republican senators to tell him that I'm switching my voter registration to Republican, and I will vote for him in any primary if he just stands up to Trump and DOGE. I think we all need to do this - Musk will have a tantrum and primary them all, and we can take that threat away, right? Plus defy the gerrymander - they don't know what party we're part of anymore.
Thanks for that. Well put.
Do you all at Bulwark ever look at yourselves and wonder WTF are we doing talking amongst ourselves, just reinforcing our beliefs? Seems like a round robin of "let's all of us speak to each other" and tell ourselves we're right - you've got a great bunch of disrupters all singing from the same songsheet, now Let your readers know what can be DONE, not just a rehash of the news we can read on NYTimes, see on CNN, MSNBC! Get a Jamie Raskin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jasmine Crockett et al to speak out, not just the usual talking heads! And please - tell us something we don't already know!
Well, there's lots that can be done. Right or call your elected representatives to express your displeasure (Republicans) or expectations (Democrats), as the case may be. Show up to where elected Republicans are speaking locally and express your displeasure by yelling or holding up signs. Join in marches and protests around the country. Donate money to worthy causes, especially (in my view) legal firms that are doing the work of filing lawsuits against the federal government.
What the Bulwark does is give you the talking points to know what to say to your elected reps, as well as some ideas about what organizations are doing the pushback so you know where to donate time and money if you are so inclined.
Now that I've said all of that, I suspect what you really want to hear is what can we do that will have an actual impact? There's the rub -- who the heck knows.
Been there done that!
This is an army and it's good to know that, as a soldier in said army, we're not on the battle field alone.
Speaking only for myself, I've written to more politicians in the last 3 weeks than I have in the half century prior.
I don't represent Bulwark. If I were you, I'd gather some friends and do a "silent sit-in" at your local, gov't office. Make phone calls, write emails, etc. Let your feelings be known as loudly as possible. It worked for me in the 60's.
"It's heartening to remember that when Trump/Musk era is consigned to the ash heap of history, the example of Lincoln will remain", sounds remarkably like Liz Cheney's quote. "There will be a time when Donald Trump is gone. But your shame will remain". (I love Liz's quote)Perhaps It might be a combo with Reagan when he said communism will be consigned to the ash heap of history.