At 11:11 this morning, a flustered and weary United States senator emerged from a heated meeting and stepped into the hallway lined with reporters inside the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. John Cornyn, the senator whom Donald Trump had recently rejected for not being loyal enough to the president, confirmed just how dangerous this moment has become for our country. With cameras pointed directly at him, he admitted that Congress, at least its Republican members, voluntarily abandoned their constitutional responsibilities when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted moments before to advance Todd Blanche's nomination to attorney general. Cornyn was direct and didn't hold back when he made this admission: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president."
They caved because they want future privilege. They want jobs for their kids. They want to go to future Christmas parties and feel that they were worthwhile, had a career status, belonged to the club. Vote against Trump now and you may not get any status in the future. Best be safe: throw a moral protest. Show you care. Then cave when it matters most, but still claim you were one of the pushbacks when times were tough. Bullshit upon bullshit. Chess games for the future of your status and family. But don’t think for a minute when it really came to a serious decision that the right decision was made.
Think about that. These holdouts were supposed to be the last moral stand for a filthy policy that puts an unqualified biased sycophant in charge of incredible assets that will benefit Trump, the most corrupt American in the history of power.
It’s more than a slap in the face for every single thing Americans have done to make the USA a world superpower, it’s a pass that supports the decline of anything good that worked.
Every single day another gross outrage. Every single day. With the number of guns in America, nothing to worry about for the future of your children here. Everything will turn out just fine.
I wonder what kind of air those children and grandchildren will breathe and what kind of safe food they will eat as von trump is destroying all environment and health protection laws so his billionaires friends can dig and pollute and poison more and more. Republicans are the real enemies. Punkt schluss.
Yes Jack. Our kids are breathing the air already; not just here, but in Europe. It’s already disastrous. Trump claims climate change is the greatest hoax ever created as we see with our OWN EYES real people losing real homes and real health and real security to wildfires as it happens in real time.
Today! For what? Money. Power. More money. More power. Never, ever enough. Never would a reasonable person have thought it would have gone so bad, so fast in our lifetime. But it has. Will climate get worse before it gets better?
Honestly, what do you think knowing what you know today? Trump will not be around for the damage he sows today, which grinds me to my soul. Maybe someday one of his grandchildren’s children will say holy fuck. Look what grandpa did. We are rich but I can’t breathe…
My guess is death threats from Dump's crazy supporters. At least that's understandable if not excusable. I mean, Cornyn & Tillis obviously aren't ready to give their lives, their fortunes, and their (nonexistent) sacred honor for their country -- no matter how much in the way of "patriotic" kayfabe they've blathered about during their disgraceful careers.
Seriously, really “….Cornyn whimpered that "there's nothing we could do to rein in the president.”…. Are you fu€king kidding… Hey John for a start, get up off your knees, think that fellatio action is over and didn’t work, he endorsed Ken Paxton instead, second take your thumb out of your as$… Do Your GD Job!!
As for Tillis himself actually admitting outloud. “…The bottom line is nobody is clean here. And until we start recognizing this behavior as bad, we’re just going to one-up it.” then voted Yes to send Blanche off to be confirmed... Like what Thom you’re not a grown man, a Senator who has already recognized pretty sh*tty behavior and said “Ah Hell let’s just let the shite keep rolling down the mountain”…. Let’s give the Felon whatever he wants, not my problem, I’ve already checked out… “Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" where was the music Thom? You know that tune that should have instantly hit a loud, fast, comedic instrumental track which slows down to a frantic, stuttering rhythm horn-and-drum crescendo to the end of this fu€king cartoon… Hey Thom wanna know the name of this tune… “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”…. seems so fitting … What an utterly waste of human flesh, a mass of clowns, a carnival that at one time was called the United States Senate and Congress…
Well thank goodness we won’t have to hear another minute of feeble Collins clutching her pearls while proclaiming that mantra — “I'm concerned," "I'm deeply concerned,” “I’m troubled," and "I'm disappointed"… So she’s sticking with a No, for Blanche per her posting… How magnanimous of her running for cover - Oh BTW there Susie he did “… learn a pretty big lesson..” It’s not really worth explaining it to you — you don’t give a rats as$ for anything other than yourself. A waste of time talking to another mass of flesh, a clown…
Honestly not going to hold my breath awaiting Lisa Murkowski or Bill Cassidy voting No… Their track record of voting along with this regime like Collins at 95% is absolutely no better. Murkowski is at 94% and Cassidy well hot diggity we got Kennedy Jr..
If you haven’t heard along with cyclosporiasis you know that foodborne illness that still the source hasn’t been identified and isn’t slowing down that gives you explosive diarrhea. Well we have another. Apparently jalapeños are being investigated as the source of a salmonella outbreak from Chipotle.. Wow Senators not doing their jobs in the carnival, we are all running to the bathroom just expelling explosive waste out of every orifice… Good Times… Are we all Winning Yet? Are we all going to pretend we are the Hottest nation ever to be seen before?
Folks, there are 90 days from today until the 2026 U.S. midterm general election, which will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Run to the polls, crawl if you have to…. Make a plan, organize with others, if need be give a ride to family, a friend a neighbor to the polls… To Big to Rig is the goal a Blue tsunami so wide and tall that it will take over this nation… make it happen - make it be heard and seen - make it count…
BTW - my apologies for swearing and using language that may not be appropriate..
Lately if you’ve ever watched the movie “Blazing Saddles” the song that Madeline Kahn performs is on a constant loop in the mind…
One hopes that public discussions like Heather's in this time of trials for our country, meaning all of us, will help teach American civic values to us and our children—showing how this country ought to work as contrasted with how it is being currently mismanaged, malmanaged, to coin a word.
Heather- I agree with everything you wrote in this outstanding essay. I have a minor quibble in the editing. The paragraph where you discuss how many more Republicans need to jump ship to sink the nomination is a little confusing. I would say it this way: the Senate is currently 50-47 in favor of Republicans. McConnell is not voting making it now 52-47. Collins is voting no making the current total 51-48, assuming all the remaining Republicans vote yes and all the Dems vote no. If Cassidy AND Murkowski vote no AND all Democrats vote no (I’m looking at Fetterman) Blanche would lose 50-49.
I hate to be cynical but I don’t believe there is a Republican currently in the Senate who has the backbone to pull a McCain (surprising the world by voting with the Democrats to block overturning Obamacare). One would think Cassidy has nothing to lose; Trump has already ended his career. And Murkowski can’t have any warm fuzzies toward the Republican Party. Remember that she had to run as a write-in candidate to win her last election as the incumbent Senator; the Republican Party had rejected her for a more conservative candidate.
They caved because they want future privilege. They want jobs for their kids. They want to go to future Christmas parties and feel that they were worthwhile, had a career status, belonged to the club. Vote against Trump now and you may not get any status in the future. Best be safe: throw a moral protest. Show you care. Then cave when it matters most, but still claim you were one of the pushbacks when times were tough. Bullshit upon bullshit. Chess games for the future of your status and family. But don’t think for a minute when it really came to a serious decision that the right decision was made.
Think about that. These holdouts were supposed to be the last moral stand for a filthy policy that puts an unqualified biased sycophant in charge of incredible assets that will benefit Trump, the most corrupt American in the history of power.
It’s more than a slap in the face for every single thing Americans have done to make the USA a world superpower, it’s a pass that supports the decline of anything good that worked.
Every single day another gross outrage. Every single day. With the number of guns in America, nothing to worry about for the future of your children here. Everything will turn out just fine.
I wonder what kind of air those children and grandchildren will breathe and what kind of safe food they will eat as von trump is destroying all environment and health protection laws so his billionaires friends can dig and pollute and poison more and more. Republicans are the real enemies. Punkt schluss.
Yes Jack. Our kids are breathing the air already; not just here, but in Europe. It’s already disastrous. Trump claims climate change is the greatest hoax ever created as we see with our OWN EYES real people losing real homes and real health and real security to wildfires as it happens in real time.
Today! For what? Money. Power. More money. More power. Never, ever enough. Never would a reasonable person have thought it would have gone so bad, so fast in our lifetime. But it has. Will climate get worse before it gets better?
Honestly, what do you think knowing what you know today? Trump will not be around for the damage he sows today, which grinds me to my soul. Maybe someday one of his grandchildren’s children will say holy fuck. Look what grandpa did. We are rich but I can’t breathe…
My guess is death threats from Dump's crazy supporters. At least that's understandable if not excusable. I mean, Cornyn & Tillis obviously aren't ready to give their lives, their fortunes, and their (nonexistent) sacred honor for their country -- no matter how much in the way of "patriotic" kayfabe they've blathered about during their disgraceful careers.
Right, in other words spineless
Thank you Heather.
Seriously, really “….Cornyn whimpered that "there's nothing we could do to rein in the president.”…. Are you fu€king kidding… Hey John for a start, get up off your knees, think that fellatio action is over and didn’t work, he endorsed Ken Paxton instead, second take your thumb out of your as$… Do Your GD Job!!
As for Tillis himself actually admitting outloud. “…The bottom line is nobody is clean here. And until we start recognizing this behavior as bad, we’re just going to one-up it.” then voted Yes to send Blanche off to be confirmed... Like what Thom you’re not a grown man, a Senator who has already recognized pretty sh*tty behavior and said “Ah Hell let’s just let the shite keep rolling down the mountain”…. Let’s give the Felon whatever he wants, not my problem, I’ve already checked out… “Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" where was the music Thom? You know that tune that should have instantly hit a loud, fast, comedic instrumental track which slows down to a frantic, stuttering rhythm horn-and-drum crescendo to the end of this fu€king cartoon… Hey Thom wanna know the name of this tune… “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”…. seems so fitting … What an utterly waste of human flesh, a mass of clowns, a carnival that at one time was called the United States Senate and Congress…
Well thank goodness we won’t have to hear another minute of feeble Collins clutching her pearls while proclaiming that mantra — “I'm concerned," "I'm deeply concerned,” “I’m troubled," and "I'm disappointed"… So she’s sticking with a No, for Blanche per her posting… How magnanimous of her running for cover - Oh BTW there Susie he did “… learn a pretty big lesson..” It’s not really worth explaining it to you — you don’t give a rats as$ for anything other than yourself. A waste of time talking to another mass of flesh, a clown…
Honestly not going to hold my breath awaiting Lisa Murkowski or Bill Cassidy voting No… Their track record of voting along with this regime like Collins at 95% is absolutely no better. Murkowski is at 94% and Cassidy well hot diggity we got Kennedy Jr..
If you haven’t heard along with cyclosporiasis you know that foodborne illness that still the source hasn’t been identified and isn’t slowing down that gives you explosive diarrhea. Well we have another. Apparently jalapeños are being investigated as the source of a salmonella outbreak from Chipotle.. Wow Senators not doing their jobs in the carnival, we are all running to the bathroom just expelling explosive waste out of every orifice… Good Times… Are we all Winning Yet? Are we all going to pretend we are the Hottest nation ever to be seen before?
Folks, there are 90 days from today until the 2026 U.S. midterm general election, which will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Run to the polls, crawl if you have to…. Make a plan, organize with others, if need be give a ride to family, a friend a neighbor to the polls… To Big to Rig is the goal a Blue tsunami so wide and tall that it will take over this nation… make it happen - make it be heard and seen - make it count…
BTW - my apologies for swearing and using language that may not be appropriate..
Lately if you’ve ever watched the movie “Blazing Saddles” the song that Madeline Kahn performs is on a constant loop in the mind…
https://youtu.be/IjmZbIwx1RE?is=ViObshA3P3PuZDau
Thank you TJ I needed your post before I get out of bed, I was becoming very dark. Keep up the swearing!
One hopes that public discussions like Heather's in this time of trials for our country, meaning all of us, will help teach American civic values to us and our children—showing how this country ought to work as contrasted with how it is being currently mismanaged, malmanaged, to coin a word.
I’m tired too by the way - and I’m Australian !!!
Heather- I agree with everything you wrote in this outstanding essay. I have a minor quibble in the editing. The paragraph where you discuss how many more Republicans need to jump ship to sink the nomination is a little confusing. I would say it this way: the Senate is currently 50-47 in favor of Republicans. McConnell is not voting making it now 52-47. Collins is voting no making the current total 51-48, assuming all the remaining Republicans vote yes and all the Dems vote no. If Cassidy AND Murkowski vote no AND all Democrats vote no (I’m looking at Fetterman) Blanche would lose 50-49.
I hate to be cynical but I don’t believe there is a Republican currently in the Senate who has the backbone to pull a McCain (surprising the world by voting with the Democrats to block overturning Obamacare). One would think Cassidy has nothing to lose; Trump has already ended his career. And Murkowski can’t have any warm fuzzies toward the Republican Party. Remember that she had to run as a write-in candidate to win her last election as the incumbent Senator; the Republican Party had rejected her for a more conservative candidate.
These fucking pale, male, stale old white men have NO BALLS