They literally kidnapped the president and proceeded to threaten the replacement. They don't care.
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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Why "hurry"? He won't stop anyway.
Fucking useless
Already happened, ineffectual shitbags.
What's the issue stopping them from meeting today or tomorrow? They can't clear their golfing schedule to do their job and address whether what the president did represents the will of the nation?
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Seems a little late there Schumer
The US has been a nation no-one should treat as a serious entity since 2024-11-05, and will not be again until they can prove their ability to hold another legitimate election.
Right now it’s a coin flip as to whether I’ll see that within the remainder of my lifetime.
The US should be completely isolated from the rest of the world, until they hold new and fair elections monitored by international observers; and join the ICC to have their past & present leadership held accountable for war crimes.
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Good luck dickheads.
Bit too late for that.
If they wait until it's over, then they don't have to look powerless when Trump ignores Congress.
Interesting choice of photos.
Here’s the problem as I see it. Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio are deeply overconfident. Trump’s former ambassador was telling BBC that Venezuela is much easier than Iraq. Trump fell into the same mistake as Bush did of thinking the president is unpopular and that the outside opposition is all set to swoop in and replace the government and give Trump everything he wants in oil. This is too tantalizing. The problem is that the new government is not stable, patriots and nationalists and pro-Maduro pro-army forces will resist and fight a foreign occupation. Trump thought he could skirt the problems of Iraq by doing only airstrikes and wrapping up the whole conflict in less than 60 days (so that Congress can be cut out of the whole thing).
Rebels can sabotage the oil lines, that means the need for troops to protect the oil. That will go longer than the 60 day limit; so either Trump will have to find another military or ask Congress for authorization. Trump will likely force Congress to go along; Republicans are too scared to cross Trump and Democrats are afraid of being labeled unpatriotic for not going along with it. The fact is that Dem leaders are being silent on this. The only good take I’ve seen is Graham Platner issuing a statement about how illegal this whole thing is, not defending Maduro or sounding unpatriotic.
Long story short, Congress will meekly go along with Trump’s war as a fait accompli. Nobody wants to be painted as anti-troops or pro-drugs or whatever Republicans will smear them as.
Weird. I thought only Congress could declare war. It seems that the way it really works is anyone can declare war without Congress by kidnapping foreign leaders and then the Senate has to vote to tell that person to stop.
then the Senate has to fail to vote to ~~tell~~ ask that person to stop.
Yep, this is what happened. I cannot believe I exist in the same reality with people this corrupt and people stupid enough to follow them.