For decades, the way things have worked in Washington politics is for the Democrats to demand something, then offer a quid pro quo in order to make a “compromise.” Wash, rinse, repeat. It’s how we incrementally get more and more gun control, taxes, you name it. You give me a billion in funds for my district, and I will give you something that you want. The law then becomes a behemoth of special interests, graft, and corruption.
In the latest version of this, Chuck Schumer is holding Trump’s cabinet nominees hostage in exchange for Trump caving in and giving the Democrats $1 billion in cash for their favorite charities, which thanks do DOGE we now know will be funneled to provide funding for leftist NGOs, leftist movements, and ultimately into the pockets of Democrats themselves.
Schumer reportedly asked the White House to unfreeze about $1 billion of foreign aid and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in exchange for allowing the confirmation process for additional Trump nominees to move faster.
Schumer had this to say about Trump’s nominees:
Trump “attempted to steamroll the Senate to put in place his historically unqualified nominees, but Senate Democrats wouldn’t let him.”
Then Schumer also said:
Democrats have been “working all week to try and find a reasonable path to allow bipartisan Senate consideration, provided the White House and Senate Republicans met our demands.”
If Trump’s nominees are unqualified, then how will giving the left $1 billion make them more qualified than they are now? This is a shakedown, no more, no less.
Trump isn’t part of that Washington inside circle, so he refuses to play that game. He told Chuckie to get lost. So now they are in a Mexican standoff. It will be interesting to see how things shake out.
Trump tried taking the advice of “bipartisan” appointees and tried playing by the business as usual rules, and look what it got him. Years of impeachments, accusations, leaks, several assassination attempts, and most of his loyal insiders indicted and financially destroyed. So now he isn’t playing their game.
8 Comments
It's just Boris · August 3, 2025 at 10:05 am
Chuckie said “…put in place his historically unqualified nominees…”
I have six words in response.
Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Pot, meet kettle.
Aesop · August 3, 2025 at 3:37 pm
Acting Cabinet secretaries don’t require Senate confirmation, and he can leave them there for all four years.
Where they can cheerfully cut and slash cabinet agency budgets and staff unhindered by Democrat Bitching, Moaning, and Whining, (the original BMW).
Chuck You, Schumer.
EN2 SS · August 3, 2025 at 6:45 pm
I find it amazing that the demoncrats can be in the minority, yet still control congress. When demoncrats are in the majority, the repubelicans can’t stop a single bill. But then the Uniparty raises it’s head and it all becomes clear.
Modern Day Jeremiah · August 3, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Trump should send J. D. Vance to the Senate to exercise his constitutional role as President of the Senate. Vance should proclaim that if a quorom is not present, the Senate is in recess.
Dan · August 3, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Put Chuckie under the microscope, find the evidence of his crimes…I GUARANTEE he’s guilty of multiple crimes….and put him behind bars. Rinse and repeat till Congress is cleaned up…some. As long as you allow criminals to remain in office they will continue acting like criminals. Long past time for the gloves to come off. But of course that’s not going to happen because the GOP is spineless.
SoCoRuss · August 4, 2025 at 11:10 am
Don’t feel it just the Demo commies. The Repubtards agreed to the rules changes made years ago to do stuff like this.
It was designed to allow the useless scum in congress to basically stop any presidents staffing decisions.
I cant figure out why we even have congress anymore. They do nothing but delay and fuck shit up. The only thing they actually do is make them and their families richer by millions on our dime..
3rd to change item after the collapse. NO MORE Congress, the state governors will be the states reps at the national level, no more hundreds of paid off or blackmailed bloodsuckers.
BUT the 2nd rule of change will still apply, NO WOMEN at ANY level of control or authority!!!
Grumpy51 · August 4, 2025 at 1:03 pm
So WHO do you think voted FOR Women’s Suffrage?? It wasn’t women (they didn’t have the right to vote then).
It was MEN….. (should be little letters but no bold, so no means of emphasizing).
What makes you think those same men wouldn’t vote for “others” (whomever they may be) to get the vote in the future.
There is over 330 million people in the US.
Term limits – 12 yrs total by ANY means…..
lynn · August 4, 2025 at 5:25 pm
Put Chuckie under the microscope, find the evidence of his crimes…I GUARANTEE he’s guilty of multiple crimes….and put him behind bars.
AOC will replace Chuckie if he goes down.