GOP senators tell Elon Musk that DOGE cuts will require their votes in closed door meeting
Keep the pressure up, tiny cracks like this can grow if we're persistent
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There are no cracks. If you read the article, this is nothing more than promises to ensure DOGE gets their rubber stamp and a sense of legitimacy. It’s collusion.
there are cracks. The Supreme Court just ruled against Rump again, has approval rating is already diving, Republicans are protesting against rump, there are literally Nationwide protests with tens of thousands of people, and judges all over the country are blocking rump policies.
there are cracks, don't pretend here.
Tiny cracks. No one should get even remotely complacent, either.
There's almost zero chance of things not continuing to get much, much worse. But it is non-zero.
There being cracks is a motivation to act. It's a point to apply pressure, not a reason to stop
Things don't get better by magic, no, they get better when we stand up
That's a fair point.
"tiny cracks" like dozens of judges blocking presidential executive orders and blocking administrative Nationwide policy.
tiny cracks like your own party turning against you, like literally Nationwide protests and civil rights union suing the presidential administration?
those are not little cracks, and it is ignorant and meaning a few to pretend that they are.
those Resistance movements are very clear demonstrations that everybody, even the extremists think Trump is harmful.
no one talked about complacency before you did.
there are cracks, these are the facts. you don't have to caution against things that are not happening, you have to recognize what is happening and deal with the reality there.
They're currently tiny, yes. But good.
You are incorrect. A nationwide movement of judges, lawyers and activists actively halting the President's will and chosen policy is not a "tiny crack". Billions of dollars redirected is not a "tiny crack".
It is compared to what it's up against.
But I'm glad you're optimistic.
despite changing the goal posts, you are still incorrect; your uninformed anxiety is why I have to be realistic.
I changed nothing. "Big" or "small" is relative, which was exactly my original point.
But anyway, that's all the interest I have in arguing with someone about this. I hope you're doing well.
""Big" or "small" is relative, which was exactly my original point."
you are incorrect.
your original point was that the cracks showing in Trump's administration were tiny cracks, which is objectively false.
then you changed it to say that the cracks were relatively tiny compared to a vague, unquantifiable overwhelming opposition, which is a different comparison (those are the goal posts you changed), which is also objectively untrue, as shown above.
now you are pretending that an objective statement is the same as a relative statement, which it objectively is not.
you don't have to hide behind reinterpreting what you said; accept your mistake and move on.
"that's all the interest I have in arguing with someone about this."
obviously untrue, as you concocted a reimagining of events and posted them.
"I am not talking to you" he claims, talking to you.
"Tiny cracks" is absolutely a relative statement, and is in no way objective, what are you even talking about?
Ehh... I dunno. This could be the old power brokers letting the Doge pups know that they hold the real reins of power and the newcomers better play ball with them. I mean, that'd still be collusion, but more in a kiss the ring sort of way.
But they demonstrably don’t hold the reins of power
They don't hold that power. If they step out of line Trump and Elon will berate them on Twitter and set their followers after them. If they still don't fold they'll "mention" their family members in the tweets. They will play ball. This is them pretending to have free will, not them actually having any .
Yes, but, there is a possible silver lining here. It may also provide some accountability to those in congress. This way they're not just grossly negligent standing by and letting it happen. It will make them specifically vote in favor of it, making them directly complicit. And they can't afford to have hardly anyone abstain from voting on it because congress is so close. This means that the few GOP congresspeople that represent purple districts that are up for election in 2026 will have to choose. 1) risk losing their seat to a dem for supporting wildly unpopular cuts, or 2) split from the party on the votes for those cuts and then the worst cuts don't go through. It's a small victory, but a welcome one to me.