From freezing FEMA hiring to appointing extremists, Trump is delivering chaos—not lower prices, better healthcare, or any of the promises he made, Sen. Brian Schatz tells Ben Meiselas.
Need to enforce EMOLUMENT CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION which say congress and President must live on SALARY ALONE during their term and not take any OUTSIDE MONEY . This is an anticorruption clause in the main body of CONSTITUTION and has been ignored as MAGA can't look up what emolument means
And who will enforce the law? the executive office is to enforce the law and we see who is head of that branch of government. And the judges are already empowered him, the army is at his bacon call and the congress will go along. Anyone who opposes gets arrested, dismissed, and will be engaged in a bankrupting legal battle just to survive (which I predict will fail) and then they will be penniless, homeless, and or imprison or execuited.
"We're not rolling over"? I'm not from Michigan, but I had high hopes for newly elected Senator Elissa Slotkin. She just voted "yes" for Kristi Noem. Am I missing something?
I donated to her, to Fetterman (numerous times), to Kaine and to Andy Kim, four of them who voted yes on Noem. Those will be the last donations I'll be making to any of them.
Actually, that's been updated. He did sign on when Senator Murphy read the resolution on the floor today. So all Democratic Senators signed. but as for Fetterman? Yep... done with him. I don't trust him not turning into a Manchin.
Yup they have billionaires — more than one! Notice photos of line up on Inauguration Day last week… they’re all In bed together… and we supported Kamala in the multi millions and still she could not win 🙃 .
Reminder: behind all this ‘drama’ is PROJECT 25. Created by The Heritage Foundation.
Google this and learn more about who, what, how & why this group of ultra wealthy Americans are overwhelming our government. They’ve been working on their plan for over 30 years.
Aiming to turn our young country into a Christian sanctuary of the earliest 19th Century.
Do your homework! Invite friends for coffee or an evening read. Compare your interpretations of what they are intending to create in Our United States.
Peters voted for her too. I have written them and will not be voting/donating again for them, even when it's years away. I have a list going. Watch Dingell voting record too.
We need to make sure that the MAGA's know that ICE sent deportation flights every single week while Biden was in office. The felon Trump thinks by making a lot of NOISE over this he's doing something new and different! He's NOT! Check the ICE Website and see what they did deportation wise over the last 4 years! It's astounding! 240 flights last year to Columbia alone, plus many other flights to other countries! This is NOTHING new. The felon Trump thinks he's the hero here and he's NOT. This is the JOB of ICE! What did they think there were doing every year? Sitting around doing nothing!
There was a difference though from the Biden and Obama Administrations, although they deported millions they used private charters if they were flown out, rather than the much more costly air force planes and personnel that Trump is exploiting for his Maga Morons that need to be entertained.
Well he gets to look like "a boss" and a strong leader when he sends the military planes out. the military planes are costing US the TAXPAYERS, ~$875,000/per trip whereas the private chartered planes cost around $8,500 per trip. If there's a way to soak the taxpayers while making himself look like the BMOC, he'll take it every time.
I guess with that type of aircraft is why countries aren't accepting the flights? Maybe it raised eyebrows of those that were concerned about their countries SECURITY!
That's because the Biden administration didn't use that as a talking point during his four years. For the last two years, when all of those smooth brains went down to the border to show the alleged influx of migrants, they saw nothing. Biden and Harris tightened up the border security. Now the Shidiot has ICE picking up anyone that has brown skin. If someone tells me that he isn't a racist one more time, I might go to jail.
Agreed! People with brown skin are being targeted! This was talked about in New Jersey. When ICE was there, they only asked for brown skin people's papers. Evidently, there were many white people there and they did NOT ask them anything! The owner stated there was a white girl there that is from Russia. They asked her nothing. However, the owner did say she is a legal immigrant. But how did ICE know that? A bad LOOK for our racists MAGA government!
He was elected, and is not a king. He's following the Project-25 steps and is acting as a authoritarian. This is our country and we will not back down. Fascist want to instill fear. Do not be fearful, stand strong and resist!
One quick ask. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI, D) has indicated he may be a YES vote for RFK, Jr's confirmation to lead HHS in the Felon's cabinet because of their years of friendship which began in law school. He was elected to represent the Democratic voters in RI, not to vote out of friendship. RFK, Jr's confirmation hearing is set for the 29th. Please, before the hearing, send an email to Whitehouse to vote NO on his confirmation. I am willing to die for my country. I am not willing to die because an anti-vaxer wants us all to welcome polio, measles, mumps, chickenpox, COVID, smallpox back into the lives of our children and grandchildren. You can go to his page using this link https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/ and it does allow comments from other state voters, not just RI. Hundred of medical professionals oppose this cabinet nomination. Let's inundate his office. He was elected to serve the voters. To see Democratic Senators voting to confirm dangerous cabinet appointees is a bridge too far!
Whitehouse needs to sit down and have a one-to-one conversation with Mitch McConnell. True, he's one of the fortunate ones to have lived a long life after polio, but so many were not.
I just emailed him and then took the opportunity to email the 7 Senators who voted to confirm Noem. No excuse for a yes vote from any Democratic Senator for these appalling Cabinet picks.
I wondered the same but gosh - there are significant signs of addiction that if Whitehouse missed those, not sure how close of a friend he is/was or he's a damn idiot and everything I admired about him is gone.
TY Peg. Same. I also thought he was one of the better ones. I'm not losing hope however as no vote has occurred and gosh, the confirmation hearing isn't until the 29th. Lots of time for people to reach out and try to change what is being reported (by him).
Yes, because it's part of their strategy. Their overall goal is to shock us into submission so we stay quiet and to distract us from their goal of looting the treasury and the American people. They want the corps to make more money so the executives make more money. It's a play for a bigger money grab.
This was excellent! I was worried about FEMA, now I am not.
Who can tell us about the cancelling of all the medical research?
That seems catastrophic to me because I know that type of research cannot just be "paused". It can ruin the results for the researchers/scientists who have spent years on it.
Ben... could you please draw attention to the Trump edict ending US support for mine clearing operations around the world. This is despicably cruel...so many children at risk especially in places like vietnam where mines left by the US are still killing/maiming children. Thank you.
I get tired of hearing how Democrats “blew it”. While they worked, trump and his billionaire buddies worked 24/7/365 for minimum 4 years to con, lie , cheat and steal another election. And you know they can sit back while someone does all that for them.
Now while he does his hate work, shutting down anyone and anything to destroy history and this country, we stay busy. While we are busy he will make “arrangements” to “gut” Gaza. This caring man who has plans?? I would say this president conman will dream of what he and his wealthy ass creeps will build on the Gaza Strip which most know is on the Mediterranean. He has already expected other countries to take the Palestinians in, leaving this amazing piece of real estate…..for his trump tower?? 🤔😡
We need to see them on social media everyday!!! They are being so calm about everything. I dealt with that during the election. I worked at the polls and then didn’t want me to interact with the trumpers even if they tried to with me . I think that was the wrong approach!
The egg and coffee prices remind me of when Covid first hit. Grocery shelves were bare except for the vegan options. Eggs? For baking I substitute flax and water. Coffee substitutes also abound. I just won't buy certain items or make my own.
As Senator Schatz pointed out, their focus can't be everywhere and they have to choose their battles. I would like to see more focus on keeping these unqualified loyalists from being nominated into their respective positions, that's where the real danger lies.
The Dems have been rolling over and playing dead! Where is the outrage? We voted for you and you all have done very little to curtail his rise to power. ffs
My senator
Need to enforce EMOLUMENT CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION which say congress and President must live on SALARY ALONE during their term and not take any OUTSIDE MONEY . This is an anticorruption clause in the main body of CONSTITUTION and has been ignored as MAGA can't look up what emolument means
True and still needs to be sent to their offices DAILY if you have time to do this! I’m going to start today . Thanks for the suggestion.
And who will enforce the law? the executive office is to enforce the law and we see who is head of that branch of government. And the judges are already empowered him, the army is at his bacon call and the congress will go along. Anyone who opposes gets arrested, dismissed, and will be engaged in a bankrupting legal battle just to survive (which I predict will fail) and then they will be penniless, homeless, and or imprison or execuited.
"We're not rolling over"? I'm not from Michigan, but I had high hopes for newly elected Senator Elissa Slotkin. She just voted "yes" for Kristi Noem. Am I missing something?
I donated to her, to Fetterman (numerous times), to Kaine and to Andy Kim, four of them who voted yes on Noem. Those will be the last donations I'll be making to any of them.
Write each a note /email / WRITE and COMPLAIN & tell each that you are not offering your financial support any longer!
I'm great at writing emails. I've already written Fetterman - not about his vote yet, but his Manchin-like actions that I find appalling. TY.
Fetterman is the only Democratic Senator that did not sign onto a letter condemning the pardon of January 6 insurrectionists.
I am so disappointed in him. I thought he was some special.
Actually, that's been updated. He did sign on when Senator Murphy read the resolution on the floor today. So all Democratic Senators signed. but as for Fetterman? Yep... done with him. I don't trust him not turning into a Manchin.
I’m glad he signed.
Processing issues from his stroke? He does seem different than when he was running for office.
Fetterman has been a let down
Telephone each of their offices & leave message clearly stating your name & location & you’re ending your financial support!
Maybe we should stop donating to all these CROOKED politicians. Most of them wind up being turncoats anyway.
Yup they have billionaires — more than one! Notice photos of line up on Inauguration Day last week… they’re all In bed together… and we supported Kamala in the multi millions and still she could not win 🙃 .
Things that make you go Hmmmm 🤔
Yup . We can pester with withdrawal of our financial support ( we’re many many Votes..
the billionaires EACH are only ONE .. VOTE …
and they bought a few more
To squash Kamala’s run for the Presidency… at the last moment…. from folks who didn’t read up . . . . So … we’ve got work cut out for us ALL.
We can’t watch & wait to see T put an ANTI VAXER in charge of our National HEALTH.
Which would take ALL VACCINES .. Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), POLIO, and many other ongoing vaccinations would disappear!
INCLUDING S H I N G L E S
These ‘old’ vaccines have protected our families, ourselves, our neighbors, our visiting relations..
We Have Work To Do ! !
Join a group in your neighborhood or singing or dancing or ride-share world ..
WRITE emails daily … send Post Cards to your State & Local Representatives…
Then hit the Washington representative and senators from your state !
STAY CONNECTED TO EACH
OTHER !
Write them each a note, email, text their office. They have staff counting all incoming ‘mail’
Vote all six out when they’re up for reelection.
I voted an sent reoccurring donations to Andy Kim. I’ve got to call there now…
Be sure to let them know you'll never donate to them again! I'm calling their offices and sending emails too.
Already done this morning!
Seven Dems voted yes to confirm the puppy murderer.
😡
Call and find out why she did it. hold them accountable. make some noise.
We’ve got to make NOISE
B E F O R E the Votes are called!!
Ask her why she voted for Noem. Send her an inquiry through her website.
Reminder: behind all this ‘drama’ is PROJECT 25. Created by The Heritage Foundation.
Google this and learn more about who, what, how & why this group of ultra wealthy Americans are overwhelming our government. They’ve been working on their plan for over 30 years.
Aiming to turn our young country into a Christian sanctuary of the earliest 19th Century.
Do your homework! Invite friends for coffee or an evening read. Compare your interpretations of what they are intending to create in Our United States.
Opus Dei....the secretive ultra-conservative Catholic sect has been a part of pushing this radical agenda for decades....
Together with the Christo-fasist Christian Nationalist cult........Pruject 2025......
It ia a deadly mix now........they will be relentless and keep going unless resistance stiffens.........people need to wake up very fast
I have a real concern that this huge swamp of BILLIONAIRES has so much to give away that they are in fact BUYING our WHOLE govt.
Vote Slotkin out when she runs for reelection. No democrat should vote for any of his picks they’re all not qualified.
Peters voted for her too. I have written them and will not be voting/donating again for them, even when it's years away. I have a list going. Watch Dingell voting record too.
Let her know you'll never support her again! I also donated to her campaign and won't ever give her another penny!
She’s ‘missing’ your Opinion & Expectation of whom you want representing your beliefs & opinions.
We need to make sure that the MAGA's know that ICE sent deportation flights every single week while Biden was in office. The felon Trump thinks by making a lot of NOISE over this he's doing something new and different! He's NOT! Check the ICE Website and see what they did deportation wise over the last 4 years! It's astounding! 240 flights last year to Columbia alone, plus many other flights to other countries! This is NOTHING new. The felon Trump thinks he's the hero here and he's NOT. This is the JOB of ICE! What did they think there were doing every year? Sitting around doing nothing!
I did not know this.
There was a difference though from the Biden and Obama Administrations, although they deported millions they used private charters if they were flown out, rather than the much more costly air force planes and personnel that Trump is exploiting for his Maga Morons that need to be entertained.
Well he gets to look like "a boss" and a strong leader when he sends the military planes out. the military planes are costing US the TAXPAYERS, ~$875,000/per trip whereas the private chartered planes cost around $8,500 per trip. If there's a way to soak the taxpayers while making himself look like the BMOC, he'll take it every time.
I guess with that type of aircraft is why countries aren't accepting the flights? Maybe it raised eyebrows of those that were concerned about their countries SECURITY!
That's because the Biden administration didn't use that as a talking point during his four years. For the last two years, when all of those smooth brains went down to the border to show the alleged influx of migrants, they saw nothing. Biden and Harris tightened up the border security. Now the Shidiot has ICE picking up anyone that has brown skin. If someone tells me that he isn't a racist one more time, I might go to jail.
Agreed! People with brown skin are being targeted! This was talked about in New Jersey. When ICE was there, they only asked for brown skin people's papers. Evidently, there were many white people there and they did NOT ask them anything! The owner stated there was a white girl there that is from Russia. They asked her nothing. However, the owner did say she is a legal immigrant. But how did ICE know that? A bad LOOK for our racists MAGA government!
Mitch McConnell should be front and center talking about polio, loud and clear.
He was elected, and is not a king. He's following the Project-25 steps and is acting as a authoritarian. This is our country and we will not back down. Fascist want to instill fear. Do not be fearful, stand strong and resist!
One quick ask. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI, D) has indicated he may be a YES vote for RFK, Jr's confirmation to lead HHS in the Felon's cabinet because of their years of friendship which began in law school. He was elected to represent the Democratic voters in RI, not to vote out of friendship. RFK, Jr's confirmation hearing is set for the 29th. Please, before the hearing, send an email to Whitehouse to vote NO on his confirmation. I am willing to die for my country. I am not willing to die because an anti-vaxer wants us all to welcome polio, measles, mumps, chickenpox, COVID, smallpox back into the lives of our children and grandchildren. You can go to his page using this link https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/ and it does allow comments from other state voters, not just RI. Hundred of medical professionals oppose this cabinet nomination. Let's inundate his office. He was elected to serve the voters. To see Democratic Senators voting to confirm dangerous cabinet appointees is a bridge too far!
Whitehouse needs to sit down and have a one-to-one conversation with Mitch McConnell. True, he's one of the fortunate ones to have lived a long life after polio, but so many were not.
I just emailed him and then took the opportunity to email the 7 Senators who voted to confirm Noem. No excuse for a yes vote from any Democratic Senator for these appalling Cabinet picks.
TY Sally. Agree!
Did Whitehouse know Jr was an addict in law school? Or was he one of the blind?
I wondered the same but gosh - there are significant signs of addiction that if Whitehouse missed those, not sure how close of a friend he is/was or he's a damn idiot and everything I admired about him is gone.
oh, did NOT know this. I knew he was a heroin addict for a number of years, but I didn't know it started when he was college age.
He's on record saying it helped him reach the top of his class. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-rfk-jr-says-heroin-helped-him-reach-top-his-class-1991956 He wants heroin, etc. legalized, yet he's against vaccines because they "kill" people. I suspect the drugs he took and advocates have killed far more people than those vaccines he wants to ban.
😱
Done
TY Claire!
Thanks for the link. Just sent him a quick email asking him to vote NO. Sadly, I thought he was one of the better Senators.
TY Peg. Same. I also thought he was one of the better ones. I'm not losing hope however as no vote has occurred and gosh, the confirmation hearing isn't until the 29th. Lots of time for people to reach out and try to change what is being reported (by him).
More than 15k doctors signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Kennedy as health secretary. And yet they ignored every single one of them
Great comments but we are being]g swamped by insane resolutions....
Yes, because it's part of their strategy. Their overall goal is to shock us into submission so we stay quiet and to distract us from their goal of looting the treasury and the American people. They want the corps to make more money so the executives make more money. It's a play for a bigger money grab.
Great interview 👍 Thx 😊
Pick ONE a Day to respond
TAX DAY
This was excellent! I was worried about FEMA, now I am not.
Who can tell us about the cancelling of all the medical research?
That seems catastrophic to me because I know that type of research cannot just be "paused". It can ruin the results for the researchers/scientists who have spent years on it.
Ben... could you please draw attention to the Trump edict ending US support for mine clearing operations around the world. This is despicably cruel...so many children at risk especially in places like vietnam where mines left by the US are still killing/maiming children. Thank you.
I get tired of hearing how Democrats “blew it”. While they worked, trump and his billionaire buddies worked 24/7/365 for minimum 4 years to con, lie , cheat and steal another election. And you know they can sit back while someone does all that for them.
Now while he does his hate work, shutting down anyone and anything to destroy history and this country, we stay busy. While we are busy he will make “arrangements” to “gut” Gaza. This caring man who has plans?? I would say this president conman will dream of what he and his wealthy ass creeps will build on the Gaza Strip which most know is on the Mediterranean. He has already expected other countries to take the Palestinians in, leaving this amazing piece of real estate…..for his trump tower?? 🤔😡
We need to see them on social media everyday!!! They are being so calm about everything. I dealt with that during the election. I worked at the polls and then didn’t want me to interact with the trumpers even if they tried to with me . I think that was the wrong approach!
The egg and coffee prices remind me of when Covid first hit. Grocery shelves were bare except for the vegan options. Eggs? For baking I substitute flax and water. Coffee substitutes also abound. I just won't buy certain items or make my own.
As Senator Schatz pointed out, their focus can't be everywhere and they have to choose their battles. I would like to see more focus on keeping these unqualified loyalists from being nominated into their respective positions, that's where the real danger lies.
NEW SONG ALERT: Hope They Enjoy Cheaper Eggs......
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The Dems have been rolling over and playing dead! Where is the outrage? We voted for you and you all have done very little to curtail his rise to power. ffs
For shame. For shame.
Trump had deep budget cuts in 2018 to healthcare, housing, and other assistance to low and moderate income families
Yes, and what he's doing this time is 💯 % worse.
Wow. Senator Schatz, your dad was an American hero. Thanks for sharing.