
RESISTANCE ZERO
Mitch McConnell⦠resistance champion? Things are getting weird on the right, as anti-Trump sentiment pops up in peculiar places.
- President Donald Trumpās total dominance of the Republican party has grown so complete that any form of dissent is now all but unheard of. Thatās what makes a recent trend of defiance from some conservative corners all the more notable. Itās coming from folks that, historically, would appear incredibly unlikely to ever defy a Republican president: Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), and former Vice President Mike Pence.
- You know things are bleak in the Republican Party when the only lawmakers who can find their spines and enunciate original thoughts are anĀ outgoing octogenarian, a guy whoĀ wanted to unleash the militaryĀ on Black Lives Matter protestors, and an exiled evangelical radical who stood steadfast by Trumpās veep up until his former bossĀ supported his public execution.
- But consider what Mike Pence has been up to lately.Ā His group spent $1 million on adsĀ opposing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās nomination (because he isnāt anti-abortion enough). Pence is publicly calling on the president to not blow up longstanding relationships with foreign allies. He also backs limits on presidential power as Trump tries to steamroll the courts. āWeāre calling balls and strikes here,ā Pence explained to the Associated Press.
- Then thereās Mitch McConnell ā the longtime scourge of the Democrats as former Senate majority leader and one of Trumpās chief enablers from his first term. This time, the 82-year-old has led a lonely quest to oppose Trumpās most controversial cabinet nominees, including RFK Jr., Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.Ā
Tom Cotton is just the latest rock-ribbed conservativeĀ to start publicly objecting to Trumpās whims.
- Cotton led aĀ public pushĀ against Trumpās petty, vindictive, dangerous decision to remove security protections for three national security officials from Trumpās first term who irked him by taking independent positions. Two of those officials, former National Security Adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,Ā were targets of an alleged Iranian assassination plotĀ uncovered three years ago. There was a $1 million bounty on Pompeoās head.
- Cotton is also targeting MAGAās favorite hero of the moment, Elon Musk, for bowing to China.Ā In a book set to be published tomorrow, Cotton blasts Musk for āchasing Chinese dollars,ā and says the centibillionaire āshamefully supplicated Chinaās Communist rulersā to advance the business interests of his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Today,Ā Trumpworld is bashing CottonĀ for opposing Trumpās candidate for a top job in the Defense Department ā putting Cotton in the crosshairs of Musk, Vice President JD Vance, Hegseth, and right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
Will any of this slow Trump down, or weaken his grip on the Republican Party? No, probably not.Ā But in the meantime, itās good to know that even some hardcore conservatives hate this guy.
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Donald Trumpās top foreign policy hands are meeting with their Russian counterpartsĀ in Saudi Arabia for meetings this week about ending the war in Ukraine. Notably absent from the talks: Ukraine. TrumpĀ reportedly wantsĀ a cease-fire deal by Easter.
Some 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced from the Israeli-occupied West BankĀ since Israel launched an operation in the territory last month. Thatās the highest number since 1967, when Israel began occupying the West Bank, experts say.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is refusing to resign despite increasingĀ calls for him to go. āPeople are dancing on my grave,ā Adams said on Sunday, comparing himself to Lazarus returning from the dead. āI am going nowhere.ā With Trumpās team throwing him a political lifeline, thatās very possible.
Elon Muskās Department of Government Efficiency plansĀ to access private taxpayer data are sparking panic. āThis is a five-alarm warning,ā Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) wrote on X. Just in time for tax season, too. What could go wrong?
The Trump administration began firing air control staff who workedĀ for the Federal Aviation Administration, weeks after the countryās deadliest plane crash in 15 years. But donāt worry! āSpaceX engineers will help make air travel safer,ā Musk tweeted on Sunday, referencing his own rocket launch company. Wow, that makes me feel so much better!
Just as Musk was promising safer skies, a Delta Air Lines flight arrivingĀ from Minneapolis flipped upside down in an āincidentā at a Toronto airport. At least eight people were injured. But sure, keep cutting those jobs! Penny saved, penny earned, right, Elon?
Trump also cut staff at the office which handles response to the bird flu, among other animal disease outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and other health agencies also saw mass firings. Now, experts areĀ worried that Trumpās actionsĀ will make the next major pandemic worse.
Aaaaand Trump fired dozens of people who worked on a clean energy programĀ which received hundreds of billions of dollars under the Biden administration.
Pete Hegseth admitted that he owes $33,000 in unpaid taxes. Of course, he blamed it on the Democrats.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr mocked music icon Sheryl Crow after the singerĀ for announcing that sheās selling her Tesla and donating the funds to NPR. āI know celebrities are hesitant to weigh in on hot button issues, so I appreciate Sheryl Crow making an argument here ā not through words alone, but through her actions ā that Congress should not force taxpayers to subsidize NPR,ā Carr wrote on X. Brb, selling my cybertruck and using the proceeds to keepĀ āAll I Wanna DoāĀ playing on my corner barās jukebox till the year 2045.
The Trump administration is pressuring Romania to lift travel restrictionsĀ on far-right scumbag troll Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan. Both men have been charged with human trafficking, sexual misconduct, organized crime and money laundering. Ric Grennell, a high-ranking Trump official, is leading the push, the Financial Times reports. Thatās also the dude who Trump appointed to be the interim president of the Kennedy Center. What, is heĀ planning to put them on stage???Ā
At least ten people have died as torrential downpours and floodsĀ hit parts of the southeastern United States over the weekend. A polar vortex is now expected to hit the Rockies and northern Plains this week as the National Weather Service warned of ālife-threatening coldā temperature on Tuesday. In Montana, temps could reach as low as negative 45 degrees.
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