Republicans have shut down the House and Senate...

[kentuck]

Until after Memorial Day. They will return sometime in June.

They confronted Blanche about the Insurrectionists fund and their meeting sort of cascaded into hell from there.

Thune canceled the meeting with the White House and sent the Senators home until June. The House is expected to follow suit.

But, what might we expect to happen while they are gone? It is not a safe time for our country, in my opinion. What might Trump try to do in their absence?

It appears that the sh*t has finally hit the propeller.

[canetoad]

1. It's almost

As if you had no government and an elderly, crazed, despot in charge of everything.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. It's both sad and terrifying at the same time

[paleotn]

14. Almost? It is.

[H2O Man]

2. Terrible.

They betray their oath of office.

[paleotn]

15. At least they didn't pass the $70 billion dollar abomination.

Even through reconciliation, where Senate Dems can only proceduralize and delay. They couldn't stop it.

[Joinfortmill]

3. Yup. Stay informed and alert. We're nearing ground zero

[ananda]

4. ... the propeller of the Titanic.

...

[lastlib]

18. More like the propellers of the Gerald Ford.....

running through a major load of whaleshit.

Bastille Day in the US may be around the corner.........

[Lovie777]

5. Do nothing congress.....

[CatWoman]

6. 'Sh*tshow': Todd Blanche's Meeting With Senate Republicans Did Not Go Well

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/shtshow-todd-blanches-meeting-with-senate-republicans-did-not-go-well/

[Attilatheblond]

8. Doesn Blanche think Bondi got fired because she wasn't nasty enough?

Double Down DOJ isn't getting far.

[Attilatheblond]

7. GOP on the Hill: Congressional Eunuchs

[SergeStorms]

10. The repubLICKin controlled Congress.....

has been totally worthless to the American people since the Big Orange Fascist Pig was installed anyway.

Stay home. You're just stinking up the Capitol building anyway, you rotten, gutless, punks.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Iran, Cuba, Treasury policy

He could do a lot in 14 days.

[GiqueCee]

12. I coined the phrase...

... "The proverbial substance hit the fan with a resounding splat", to express what you wrote in your last line.
Either way, yes, we are doomed. We will survive Trump, but cleaning up his mess will take more years than I have left.
Republicans have redefined the very concept of corruption, may they all roast in Hell.

[Fil1957]

13. Maybe the sh*t has hit the fan. We won't really know until after they get back from recess next month. Until then one

can only hope.

[paleotn]

17. All I know is the $70 billion dollar nightmare didn't pass.

They haven't got the votes in the Senate to even pass it through reconciliation. Can't scrape together 50. In these dark times, I'll take small wins.

[Fil1957]

20. Yes, I'll take it as well. However I suspect that during the recess, the Republicans will be under intense pressure

to support the ballroom and slush fund from Trump and his henchmen. Will they hold or will they cave? We won't know until after the recess.

[paleotn]

22. Give how unpopular both are, perhaps not.

[slightlv]

21. I wish I could get paid for doing nothing... for taking

month long vacations like they do! Talk about a cushy job!

[Deuxcents]

26. The Memorial Day weekend has been extended to a couple of weeks.

[GreenWave]

16. Cry babies afraid of the Epstein files and the Orange theft and are therefore complicit in its obstruction.

[Skittles]

19. such a quandary for them

how to suck Trump off while appearing to care what ANYONE thinks

[WiVoter]

23. I'd Expect

She me serious arm twisting
Another * attempt
Attack Cuba

[Bev54]

24. Sorry I have no confidence that things will turn around with the senate or the house.

If they wanted to vote it down, they would just do it and then go on break. They always go on break and get threatened or bribed and come back voting for Trump again. We have seen this over and over and over. I would love to see it not happen but the disappointment has been too often.

[dave99]

25. just one lousy bullet, please

[Volaris]

27. Well if theyre gone till June, who the fuck up there is supposed to depose Bondi next Friday?

The janitors?!

[FakeNoose]

28. It sounds like everything is delayed until after Memorial Day....

There will be something posted on the house Committee website, I would imagine.

The regular staffers are still in the office, it's the Senators and Representatives that left early. I hope their salaries are held out until they return to work. That's what happens in the real world.

[FloridaBlues]

29. What is to stop him from getting the funds. He will take that slush money before they come back.