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The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administration.

The filibuster is expected to go through the night, against fast-tracked nominees by the Trump Administration. Booker’s protest appears to be in response to a recent wave of Republican nominees being fast-tracked through the confirmation process, many of whom are aligned with Trump’s second-term agenda and Elon Musk’s increasingly influential role in federal advisory circles.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    45·
    2 days ago

    They voted and spoke out against every last cabinet nominee

    You mean Rubio being confirmed unanimously with no abstentions was a trick of the light? If you’re gonna lie, at least make it less obvious 🙄

    are bringing most of the cases to the courts to challenge Trump.

    Courts which the fascists ignore, like fascists tend to do.

    As a whole, they’re doing everything they can from the minority

    Again: if you’re gonna lie, at least make it less obvious.

    We will still need to primary out the deadwood centrists in favor of progressives that will actually drive change once in power

    Finally got to the real meat of the issue. Now if you would just realize that the deadwood centrists (actually center right to right wing) are actually almost all of them, including the entire leadership, maybe you wouldn’t be out here caping for them…

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldOP
      83·
      2 days ago

      I didn’t watch Rubio’s confirmation hearing, so thanks for the correction.

      He’s ignoring injunctions, not rulings. He can only be held in contempt of court until the cases have been ruled.

      I’m not lying, but I may be uninformed. What I else could they be doing from the minority? I’ll add it to the list when I call and message my Representative and Senator.

      We get ~20% turnout in congressional primaries, yet people call for term limits. Either stump and vote for better representation or accept that these people are at least trying to stop the nation from burning down. Apathy or actionless criticism will get us nowhere.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      You mean Rubio being confirmed unanimously

      useless hope that he would be somewhat sane. an admitted massive fail.

      Courts which the fascists ignore, like fascists tend to do.

      righteous indignation over ignored court orders can burn white hot in the public - its part of a legitimate process.

      Now if you would just realize that the deadwood centrists (actually center right to right wing) are actually almost all of them

      well, yes. there is enough upheaval happening in this moment to force something. something will shift. what comes next (and how it comes) will almost certainly be different than what we have seen previously.