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Finally they are saying it out loud (Original Post) malaise Jan 22 OP
Kick SheltieLover Jan 22 #1
Even Republican leadership should alarmed. Beartracks Jan 22 #2
Just following the tradition of "keeping that powder dry" FoxNewsSucks Jan 22 #3
Maybe we should increase . . . . Scubamatt Jan 22 #5
They really aren't leaders. They are more like place holders. It is hard to believe, but they still don't understand flashman13 Jan 22 #4
Kick musette_sf Jan 22 #6
DURec leftstreet Jan 22 #7
I prefer Simon Rosenberg's "free states and cities" pat_k Jan 23 #8
A better choice of words malaise Jan 23 #9

Beartracks

(14,454 posts)
2. Even Republican leadership should alarmed.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:08 PM
Jan 22

But Republican "leader"-ship in Congress is just comprised of Trump followers, as they long ago abdicated any of their Constitutional authority and responsibility to be a co-equal branch of government that could think for themselves. They're not patriots so much as grovelers.

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FoxNewsSucks

(11,546 posts)
3. Just following the tradition of "keeping that powder dry"
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:43 PM
Jan 22

since the Harry Reid days.

I know I'm sick of the inaction, the silence, and the carrying on like this is fucking normal.

Scubamatt

(271 posts)
5. Maybe we should increase . . . .
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:23 PM
Jan 22

ICE's budget? (heavy sarcasm) - wait, seven Democrats voted for that already. WHEN will our leaders learn you have to stand up to a bully????

flashman13

(2,216 posts)
4. They really aren't leaders. They are more like place holders. It is hard to believe, but they still don't understand
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:12 PM
Jan 22

that this is a war to the finish. There will be no quarter if the MAGAts prevail.

They can't seem to shake themselves from the old comfortable routines. Trump killed all that deader than a door nail.

They talk about what they think the American people want. The fact is they really have no clue what the American people want. Effectively what we want is a revolution that puts the needs of the many ahead of the greed of the few.

First they came for the Latinos, then etc., etc., and finally they came for them.

pat_k

(12,812 posts)
8. I prefer Simon Rosenberg's "free states and cities"
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 05:09 PM
Jan 23

I'm done with the red/blue dichotomy.

We need the leadership of the free states and cities in this nation to coordinate to fight back far more effectively and forcefully.

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