They literally can't open the government right now because they'll have to open the Epstein files. Which also means they lose most of their campaign funds.
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If the gop opens the epstein files, they'll have to arrest those private donors.
They'll just pardon them
Can't pardon state crimes, and even Maga is sick of the pedophile crap.
They've been doing lots of stuff they " can't". And MAGA doesn't seem to have a "red line".
Seems like the pedo-in-chief is rather upset about 2% of the country coming out, in person, to spend many hours showing they don't like him.
Even a mush-brained dumbass like Taco has to know that for every person that showed up, there are many others that didn't go for whatever reason - maybe they didn't have a ride, or they are disabled, or they had conflicting obligations (work, family, etc), and not because they don't also dislike him.
Pedo in chief caught me off guard so I have to make a couple more.
Pedophile of the United States (potus)
Pedophile General
The Pedophile of the House
Trump is barely even a "thing" anymore. He's hardly in there. The next major target of our ire, insults and condemnation needs to be the Wormtongue In Chief, the Head Manipulator, Stephen Miller (and a few others) who sit behind Trump and guide his hands and whisper in his ears "It's not real, it's all computer!" and they then go on to tell him how loved he is, how much power he has, how easily he could do this and that, and utterly curate and control what he sees and hears from the outside world... it's been leaked that this is exactly what's happening, and it's obvious.
Just wondering where the other 98% of the country is, though
I know that a good part of that is maga, of course they won't show up, but seriously?2%? We're prettyuch at Germany 1939 and most people must can't be arsed to show up?
And a single day peaceful protest? Again? If you're going to do peaceful then do it all day , every day, non stop, until trump is gone. A single protest isn't going to do anything unless you get 10+% of the country to show up
The marches in my area were also like two hours long.
We need them to be all day events, and we need to start having speakers.
Both of the events here in Madison involved marching to the state capital building for a rally. They were well organized, with an appropriate public address system, and a whole roster of speakers. Bernie Sanders called in to the first rally to address us.
We need to be screaming in the streets.
We need to be tipping over shit.
We need to be breaking windows of small businesses and setting fucking fires.
And setting fucking fires.
And setting fucking fires!
Republicans Know How Vulnerable Trump Is. The Attacks on No Kings Prove It.
This is just bad reporting, because Republicans dont think Trump is "vulnerable." Republicans are only further emboldened because the "no kings" thing did absolutely nothing... it accomplished nothing... it was a big party to hate on trump. This article is trying to save face because now that the protests are over, because nothing has changed... and nothing will change. For better or worse. Like it or not. It is what it is.
His NOT invoking the Insurrection-Act on them, .. bodes ill.
He's working on something MUCH worse.
Time is running out, for civil-rights, in the US of A, fast.
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