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This is NOT what I meant when I said NO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! I meant POOR BROWN ONES not RICH ones STEALING my Social Security Information!
Why is nobody opening any action against Musk's legal status? He'll probably win, but anything in his defense would set precedent for defending other immigrants.
Not even gonna get to a vote. No one in the GOP cares. Good effort guys.
Gee, I guess you should tell your representatives to just roll over and give up, is that what you suggest? As for me, and my representatives, phone calls every day. (https://www.5calls.org/) Protestors at the state capitol EVERY DAY. But sure, you do you. I'll be there, jumping back and forth fast enough that it looks like there are two of us, to make up for you slacking. And when you've had your down time, when you've recharged yourself, maybe think about joining us.
Doesn't matter. The most important thing for dems to do right now is signal they don't like this. Their goal is getting the house in 2026 so they can run hearings for the second half of the Trump presidency.
An even better goal is to grab a few senate seats too so they can go for a possible impeachment.
they would literally have to win every single seat up in 2026 to have that shot.
considering the states with senate races in 2026, there's a 'nearest-to-zero as you can possibly get' chance of that happening.
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
just reclaiming a simple majority will be extremely difficult.
How will they do that though?
And even if they could, is impeachment going to somehow stop Trump this time, when it didn't last time and he's more powerful now? Sure, try whatever you can, but it still feels like the Democrats have not realized they're up against a massively popular Nazi movement that is already in government and conducting purges.
Thats why you need both the senate and the house. Impeachment means nothing if you dont have both chambers because you need the other to actually enforce the impeachment
The other issue would be getting ANYONE to actually remove him from office. I don't trust Congress to do it, I don't trust the judiciary to order it, and I sure don't trust any federal law enforcement agency to do it now.
Defeatist
It got a news article. That's better than crying in the fetal position for another 2 years.
They need more of this. How about an "Anti-Enabling Act"?
Thanks Copernicus
Can some person explain why they can't just go to the police and have him arrested? Why do these empty actions?
Not sure if you are being serious or not. Police do not exist in society to protect the people, they exist to protect the rich.
Any police officer who attempted to arrest one of the richest people would immediately be hit with a lawsuit, likely lose their job within a couple days, and be shunned by the rest of their gang. Not to mention the situation could easily escalate given that most rich people have private guards who are equally armed to defend themselves in case of any Luigi’s.
Additionally police don’t tend to just go arrest high profile people without a lot of justification for doing so ahead of time, such as an arrest warrant, and lots of paper work.
If someone went to a police precinct and told them to arrest him, they’d probably first get a good laugh out of the people behind the desk, and then told to leave immediately.
Oh look, another act. What we really need is
acttion
Yeah, why try to create legislation when they could be posting on social media.
Democrats finally noticed the clown show? Musk’s been playing meme-stock messiah while regulators snoozed. Now they’re scrambling to write laws that should’ve existed before letting a hype-man cosplay as economy-in-chief. Newsflash: billionaires aren’t your friends.
This bill’s a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. Musk’s empire thrives on legal gray zones and fanboys who think SEC stands for “Suggestions Eventually Cancelled.” Meanwhile, Dogecoin’s just his latest grift—digital confetti for pump-and-dump sycophants.
Democracy’s a joke? Obviously. But watching Dems pretend to rein in their own Frankenstein? Peak comedy. Next up: laws ensuring water’s wet.
Ok, sure, but wouldn't he just get a pardon? Isn't this why the duo of the world's richest man and the most corrupt(able) president so perfectly sinister? Feels bad man
You can’t pardon away a law. They’re seeking liability not criminal punishment and conviction.
It’s not really intended to cause Musk harm, but to force Republicans to explicitly vote for musks continued assholery
A President can pardon federal criminal convictions. He can't erase civil liability if people personally sue Musk.
Kinda sad ya gotta legislate something that friggin obvious
How about get rid of Qualified Immunity?
nice. which Congress is going to pass this
*crickets chirping*