Senate Democrats plan to withhold war funding until Iran war ends
Pete Hegseth could face impeachment as early as THIS WEEK! And his poll numbers aren’t doing him any favors. He’s historically unpopular. Even less popular than Trump. And I’m betting Hegseth is about to become Trump’s fall guy for the Iran war. Our troops deserve better. #SupportTheTroops
Christopher Webb167No one is going to have Hegseth’s back. Trump may be defending him now, but not for long. #SupportTheTroops
D. Earl Stephens74I need to see this anti-American lowlife tried for his myriad war crimes.
Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱35The troops Hegseth abused need to be allowed to resume their military careers if they want to, and all need to be reimbursed. Maybe a surcharge on billionaire ballroom bribers earmarked specifically for reimbursing these troops? @warren.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/adam...
Steve 🌮 🥃14Firing this guy is not enough. He needs to be held accountable and pay for his crimes.
RiseUp!! (Formerly Maskup)13Kegsbreath is drunk on the power of his position, 💯loyal to trump, and in way over his sadistic psychopathic coiffed head. Removing him can't come soon enough
Trump's Blood Clot10I want impeachments with convictions and removals so that we don't have to continuously worry about asshats trying to get into office again. I want post exit impeachments for the ones that try and run away from accountability.
Hoarse Whisperer159A point I meant to serve up yest, but, hey, this is the perfect backdrop for it: The fastest way for Trump to separate himself from his own disastrous decisions over the last two years is by blameshifting onto unpopular people and firing them. Narcissists love doing that kind of thing.
Sean Kelly14If these impeachment proceedings don't start gathering evidence leading to an impeachment of Trump then they're ignoring stuff on purpose.
Susan Perri @perri4health5Pete Hegseth needs to go ! #SupportTheTroops
SavRTruthTiger 💙🌊🌊🌊💙5Hegseth Sounds like a snake-monster in a Harry Potter story. “I heard a hiss behind me, turned. To my horror, Hegseth rose, poised for its death strike. My good fortune, a mirror. Hegseth stopped, gazed into it. While Hegseth was transfixed by its visage, I slipped down the corridor to safety.”
Dune Rose2Perhaps worrying, but who will replace Hegseth?
MoonMama2Oh you bet he’ll be the fall guy for anything done that qualifies as unconstitutional or a war crime. Even though he (the turd) is commander in chief he will never never admit fault. He will deny knowledge of everything.
These Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth are pretty robust, and include the war in Iran, the extrajudicial boat bombings, the bombings in Yemen, and the kidnapping of Maduro. Let's go. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
UniversalHealthcare6Also Hegseth massively violated people's civil rights by pushing out and refusing to promote people on the basis of race and gender. There should be massive civil rights lawsuits against this administration.
Supernanamel 🇨🇦🇺🇦3Impeaching Hegseth would be such a good start!!!!
nl925.bsky.social2He needs to be held accountable
Vince Wade News1Impeachment is a risky weapon. The House impeaches, but the Senate convicts. Conviction requires a two-thirds supermajority Senate vote. Can Dems count on Republican senators to join them to convict? Impeachment without conviction is worse than worthless. bsky.app/profile/vinc...
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All officials so far who have called for Congress to cut off funding for the Iran War before supporting any government funding bill: Senators: Van Hollen Kaine Bennet Sanders Senators-Elect: El-Sayed Reps: DeLauro (Dem Approps Chair) Khanna Pocan Others: Pritzker Shapiro
Suhail Manzoor16Where is everyone else ?
Mimey3Honestly the fact we're getting so many people openly calling against funding a war for once is kind of new ground we rarely see. That was considered (at least among establishment types) to be total political suicide for DECADES. That said, noticing a distinct lack of *Republicans* saying that.
mmdorn.bsky.social3Americans say, not another dime. #trumpIran
roguishjrt.bsky.social1Don’t forget Tammy Duckworth. Her proposed amendment to block any funding towards offensive operations against Iran and no funds for travel for Pete.
Jester4Hire1I thought there would be more 🇺🇸
Spiritual Class Warfare1I'm open to being corrected, but I have not seen Josh Shapiro say anything about cutting off funding. He has described it as a "war of choice" and called Hegseth "wildly incompetent", but I cannot find a statement from him calling for funding to be cut off
Pete Hegseth announces he will do a press conference tomorrow. This will be the first press conference from top defense leadership in six months, throughout the Iran war. The topic of Pete Hegseth's press conference will not be the failing war Hegseth is overseeing. The topic will be Pete Hegseth.
Silly Otter5This still won't be a press conference with a leader, just with the guy in charge.
Mathew Strack5credible threat of impeachment already paying dividends
Unchosen3And he's too stupid to understand the more he talks the worse things are for him.
Lad Choader3He has to get in there and destroy his own defense before his lawyer gets a chance to speak, it's the Kegsbreath way.
Paul Fuller 🇺🇸3I wish I could believe it was going to be Round 1 of Hegseth and Trump each trying to throw the other under the bus.
Clam Salmons2I'll wait for the Colin Jost version
This election was a cry for help by Americans who are in pain. This November, Democrats must stop the war in Iran to bring down the cost of gas, food, and diesel. We can do this by insisting on no funding for Iran combat activities in the continuing resolution.
Be4Dawn4But wait, you support Jefferies? GTFO. No to Jefferies. Anyone who supports Jeffries does not get our support
PINO FOTUS2Someone needs to challenge Jeffries
mikkeljylland.bsky.social1What will prevent Iran from taking toll in the Hormuz?
Carol Norris1And a huge piece of that pain is that friends, family members, and neighbors are being abducted off our streets and often sent to random countries where they've never been. We MUST directly address that.
Be4Dawn1The worst of the pricing is still yet to hit that part isn’t supposed to come until early next year . You do know it’s going to take months if not over a year before the oil starts flowing out of there again?
if I were Senate Democrats facing down a soon-to-grow-dramatically House Democratic caucus that universally hates me I would probably not break en masse for a bipartisan Senate bill that clearly lacks the votes in the House because of Democratic opposition, but what do I know
Kevin76completely regardless of the merits of the bill, this is a large number of Democratic senators demonstrating that they are kind of dumb and totally oblivious to the fact that House Democrats have years of pent-up anti-Senate resentment dating back to Biden
Blitz the Goddamn Dragon17Chuck demonstrating to his colleagues just how unqualified he is to be Majority Leader right before they pick one. How kind of him!
Ariel13I know people I generally trust on YIMBY stuff are saying it’s not bad (some good stuff, some bad stuff) but it does give me pause that the Senate Dems who voted for it are the usual suspects in terms of bad votes.
pleonasm.10Ossoff voting for it is kind of a great example of how people ascribe politics to him that he totally lacks. You'd think he was the next FDR the way people talk about him on here
ZC4Trump already said he won’t approve wind turbines and obviously a dem president could make good use of this in two years but why give this to Trump now.
Representative Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, setting off a two-day clock for an expected House vote on charges including waging war against Iran without congressional approval and other abuses of power reut.rs/4zBXJj7
Medoyid_ua3Congress reclaiming war powers is rare, and that rarity is the signal. The Iran war was sold as a quick historic win and became a year of dead soldiers and burned munitions. Massie is also settling scores, but the war-powers clause doesnt care about his motives.
スマイル1a republican filing impeachment against a republican war secretary. that is how far this has gone. hegseth bombed boats, skipped congress and called it winning. if the house cannot even vote on that, what is congress even for?
Trump’s war with Iran has inflicted major financial pain for American taxpayers, and he doesn’t care. Enough is enough. Democrats will put an end to Trump’s reckless and costly war with Iran.
DH6Y'all keep talking big, but too many of us are worried you'll squander this opportunity again. When will you addresss what so many of us are demanding? We want leaders who are not under the influence of corporate/foreign influenced money. Leaders who will TRULY work for their constituency.
katgw.bsky.social2Remember please: We voters want Dems to work on affordability AND accountability. I’m not saying revenge, but accountability. Reps Garcia and Raskin are on the right track. Gloves off, Dems. This is what we voted for - gloves off.
Brian Smith2That's Trump's *illegal* war, @housedemocrats.bsky.social
Ryan Statz2Then impeach Trump, you dumbfucks.
TRE45ON-TR47TOR2Let Republicans know that they cannot and will not get away with their treason and money grabs. Hold CORPORATIONS accountable too because they are in the pockets of every politician! End Citizens United!!
TRE45ON-TR47TOR2Do what they would have done to us! Play back dirty and hard! Now is the time. We had hoped when we elected Biden that you would do your jobs but you all didn’t want it bad enough like we do. WE WANT THIS FIGHT & WE WANT POLITICIANS TO GO TO PRISON!! Don’t fk with the power WE GAVE YOU!!
