There’s a myriad of outrage articles written about the Senate DeceptiCon Leader stepping down from his position and the likely heir apparent John Thune (R-SD) taking his place.
I doubt you will find a website that has been outlining the conniving duplicity of South Dakota Senator John Thune more than this one [SEE HERE]. That said, attempting to stop John Thune from becoming the next Senate Majority Leader is an exercise in futility, here’s why.
I cannot stand Thune and his Big Ag duplicity. But I’m not going to waste time trying to change an outcome that is essentially done, negotiated (yes, discussions with Trump) and “in the books” so to speak.
We have written about this plan for several years. Mitch McConnell isn’t leaving the Senate; he’s just stepping down from leadership. McConnell personally groomed Thune for the position and has introduced him to all the key financial players that keep the DeceptiCons (Deceptive Conservatives) in office. GO DEEP and GO DEEP
John Thune talks about assuming the role as the natural outcome of his time with McConnell, because the political silo that houses the Senate chamber is well fortified. Unfortunately, almost all the GOPe Republicans (DeceptiCons) will support this passing of the baton, and the only thing that makes the Deep State professional Republicans nervous, is the potential for President Donald Trump to intercede in the anointing. This is Trump’s leverage point.
With the upper chamber in Republican control Thune has the support of the democrat uniparty apparatus and the Decepticon wing of the republicans (McConnell’s team). The nonaligned Republican coalition is approximately 20 to 25 members, who might -key word, ‘might’- vote against Thune. This makes Thune’s installment a generally accepted foregone conclusion.
We don’t have to like that reality, but we are not going to pretend. We can dirty him up, position President Trump for maximum leverage, but at the end of the day math is math and the numbers in opposition just are not there. Now, if We The People want to change this dynamic, then [HERE’S The Solution]. Having said that, remember, the Senator who becomes the Majority Leader then controls the committee assignments and specifically who are the senate chairs of those committees.
President Trump has previously been in meetings with Senator John Thune in Mar-a-Lago.
FLORIDA – John Thune, the second highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, was in Palm Beach, Fla., for fundraisers with his wife, Kimberley Thune, and called to see if Trump might be able to sit down and chat.
It wasn’t a sure date. Less than four years prior, Trump had called Thune a “RINO,” or Republican in name only, and urged others to try to oust him in a GOP primary, saying on social media that “South Dakota doesn’t like weakness!”
But in the hourlong meeting with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Thune and his wife helped defuse some of the tension in the relationship. Those strains have loomed as a problem for Thune as he vies to lead the GOP in a possible Trump second term, and shows how the complicated politics of the party and the uncertain election are pushing the onetime antagonists to mend fences.
“I think we have an understanding, and it’s professional,” Thune said of Trump in a recent interview in Michigan, calling the Mar-a-Lago visit important in establishing a personal rapport. “We both know we have a job to do.” (read more)
Yes, as the political games are played, positions and interests are discussed well in advance to permit the political players to organize their best interests. No doubt Thune expressed his position, and President Trump discussed his expectations. This is just what happens at the highest levels of DC government.
For our optimal solution approach, it is prudent, pragmatic and proactive to shift focus away from the senate leader role and toward the objectives of President Trump and the MAGA movement he represents. We, meaning us and Trump, need positions confirmed, ergo we need specific interests represented in the Chairs of the Senate Committees who hold the power of advice and consent.
This is likely the approach taken by President Trump in his discussions with Thune. President Trump is a man of pragmatic wisdom who understands the longer, more strategically necessary moves that need to take place in order to achieve goals.
EXAMPLE: The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) will hold hearings to approve or deny appointments to CIA, DNI, NSA, FBI etc. The Senate Committee Chair holds the timing and outcome in his/her hands. The same thing applies to the Judiciary Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Chair, Senate Homeland Security Chair etc. etc.
In the role of Senate Leader John Thune can work against President Trump, or the two men could come to an agreement. Ex. President Trump endorses Thune in exchange for Thune accepting names for chair and committee assignments that would be favorable to Trump. Hopefully, something like that will likely be the outcome.
We are not going to be able to install a different Senate Majority Leader with only 20 or 25 pure-blood MAGA senators in the silo. Compromises will need to be made, but with the end goal of having a solid foundation to rest the cornerstones of President Trump’s second term.
The battle against the Deep State will require an SSCI Chairman who at least gives the opportunity for success. In my opinion the current vice chair, Marco Rubio, is going to be the acceptable chairman for both Thune, Trump and the Intelligence Silos who operate in the SSCI orbit.
Several months ago, Marco Rubio went back into his pretending role giving the illusion of conservatism, liberty and freedom. Those who accept that Rubio wears masks, can easily identify his self-interests. But again, like Thune, the number of Republicans who understand Rubio’s masks are not enough to change the scenario of who becomes the next likely chair of the SSCI. The pretending amid the upper chamber is strong and the awakening electorate don’t quite fully understand it, yet.
Getting the right people into Senate committees, and more importantly getting the right Senators into the role of the Chair, is really the dynamic that matters most. This is the actionable dynamic that should be our focus. It is wise not to be distracted from this focus by getting caught up in the emotional (angry), yet futile, fight against Thune.
President Trump will need leverage and pressure points to break through the hard silo and deal with the Senate Leader.
The Secretary of State is confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Director of National Intelligence, Director of the CIA, NSA Director and Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) all must pass through Senate intel committee confirmation. The Senate Homeland Security Committee confirms the Dept of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS). These, and many more, are vital to our expectations.
Yes, the next Senate Majority Leader is important. However, we must remain focused on the goal and not get too distracted by the leadership battle.
Public pressure that provides President Trump leverage is useful. Outrage and anger that can label MAGA as extremist and create more internal alignment for what will be an inevitable outcome, can/will work against our strategic interests.
This is where it becomes important to accept President Trump as keen negotiating Trump and finding the optimal solution.
Swapping the devil for the witch.
Exactly.
I don’t see how Trump has any real negotiating power. The Senate is going to approve Thune with or without Trump’s approval. And Thune is not going to put Committee Chairmen in those positions unless they are 100% uniparty hos. So, how does Trump get Committee chairs who support his agenda over that of the Senate?
Simple answer, he doesn’t. This is how they will isolate him to prevent his agenda. The swamp is wide and deep…
Not so sure. Much of PDT’s economic agenda will impact Big Ag. With Thune being Big Ag’s puppet there’s going to be negotiations. PDT will have a fair amount of leverage to choke Thune’s punk ass.
and I sincerely hope he does!
Exactly. Enter RF “Reprehensible” Kennedy, Jr. as a hammer against Big Ag.
“The swamp is wide and deep…” Only if we continue to accept it and merely react to their treachery.
Unless there is a senator who will vote for a senate recess then Trump could put in a temp like he did with Grenell when the Ssci hair was on fire they approved Radcliffe. How well that worked out is up for debate. Trump wasn’t able to appoint anyone for the dirty dogs in the republican senate wouldn’t vote for a recess.
My number one piece of evidence presented to anyone who still has a man crush on Rand Paul is the fact that he had two years to stand up to McConnell and demand a recess so that President Trump could get the people he wanted into certain positions. He never did it!
BTW, has Paul ever come out in support of President Trump? I don’t think I’ve heard a word from him, or about him, for months!
All GOP senators voted to stop president Trump from making recess appointments.
It would’ve taken only one opposing vote to stop that nonsense. But we didn’t have one.
That told me all I need to know about EVERY so called republican senator.
EXACTLY!!
I read recently Rand Paul wasn’t supporting PDJT because he (Paul) is an independent.
Yeah, I looked it up and he said that he isn’t supporting DJT because of “disputes” with him about the budget – but I think that’s just an excuse and frankly, I have little to no respect for him!
He either refused to support, or actively undercut, President Trump during his entire first term, and now complains that “he didn’t do enough to address the deficit”! Well, Rand what did YOU DO to help him in that regard? Did you support his appointments? Push back on Cocaine Mitch and the other warmongers in the Republican Party? Or do you just like to sit in the back row and lob bombs while virtue signaling that no one meets your standards?
Find dirt on Thune and leak it to the press. It’s time Republicans play with the Big Boys…
I thought he ND.
My mistake.
I agree
however, not the republicans in general
its time MAGA took over
and take no prisoners this time!
If he negotiates to allow Trump to place his own directors in the DOJ, FBI, CIA, etc…. Then Trump can turn the machine on him and everyone else.
Once mission is accomplished he has the machine commit suicide and shatter itself into a million pieces of dust in the wind.
Eleven Inches of Persuasion.
PDJT already has evidence, beaucoup!
President Trump: “We caught them all.”
Didn’t President Trump say “they caught them all”….? Just sayin’.
The committee chairs won’t be calling confirmation hearings if Trump fires every political appointee in the government, including all of the US attorneys, and is prepared to leave these positions vacant rather than install another Kelly or McMaster.
Caesar should have stayed away from the Senate that day.
Swapping the devil for Skeletor.
Back in the day living in Sioux Falls SD, Bill Janklow was Governor and John Thune was the up and coming jet jock headed for Washington. He was a snake back then and likely hasn’t changed his colors. The days of party loyals doing the Chamber/MIC business biding their time until they’re finally next in line are OVER. How do people expect things to change when they stay the same?
What’s this all about?
I thought that Julian Assange emphatically declared that once all the Truth is known, far and wide, that over 97% of D.C. would be taken out.
How can this long term politician have escaped becoming compromised?
Curious 🧐
Of course he’s compromised.
Thune is on a Derp leash of compromise.
Furthermore, I consider that the Derp State must be destroyed!!
I would like for some one with the chops to game out not appointing various agency heads and trying to freeze gov’t in place. If this is possible, hold these agencies for ransom until we get the resignations, Majority leader, etc. we need to MGSA (Make Government Smaller Again)
Well this is sad news. Once Thune is in power, there is nothing to stop him from not confirming a single one of Trump’s nominees.
I’m envisioning a group of rolling temporary appointments
IIRC that can only be done when the Senate is out of session, so they just never go out of session. Did it in his first term.
But I believe he CAN operate with number 2’s in charge. The Supreme Court just made it clear that everyone in every executive branch agency answers to the President. So, he fires people at the top until he comes down to someone who will advance the MAGA agenda, make them under assistant deputy secretary in charge, with hire and fire power, and make everyone in the agency they are in all answer to that person, or group of persons, until there is a permanent head. In effect, make each agency like a company with no CEO, no president, no vice presidents, only a bunch of people at the department director level, and make them run the day to day adoption of MAGA agendas for their department.
Or something. It can be done. The whole government is a gigantic machine, like a big corporation with different operating divisions that all run themsleves and don’t need a guy in the corner office to continue to function. All they need is someone, or a group of lower level someone’s, to set the course and fire slackers.
I like your ideas. It may come to that.
Wagon Wheel Cabinet, rotate the chairs every 90 days.
Just like dirty Mitch before him. It is depressing.
Not a good idea for Thune if SD votes heavily Trump.
Yes, I understand Congress (legislative) is a separate branch of government from the Executive Branch…
I’m still just sick and tired that we can’t get leadership aligned with the base. So Damn frustrating.
Thune better not pull out a backstabbing dagger though.
Come on man we just don’t pay enough.
We elect The President to run the executive branch but congress gets to decide if his people are allowed to be in charge of the agencies we elected him to run. It’s deja vu all over again.
The larger the vote Trump gets, the better his leverage. Especially in the RINO states.
IMHO, they are all snakes, and PDJT knows this now….
He has some solid MAGA team mates, but most of them are literally, the snakes he talks about often.
We shall see how snaky they are when he picks his people….
This is where the contents of the 11″ binder come into play when Trump ascends.
Use the IC playbook against their puppets to set up what needs to be done.
There will be a new marionette.
He he he he he
😉
Plus what he uncovers when back in office. The threat of declassification on some certain documents might make a few Senators very nervous.
That reckoning should be on Day 1.. Lord Willing, of course.
Looks like it might have already started, maybe. 😉
Let it be so…
Now that I thought a little about my yrs back in Sioux Falls, both Thune and Daschle were quite the ladies men…Daschle in his lawyer finery and Thune pretending to be the Marlboro man… Surely there a few gals who for say $100K pile of cash may want to take a walk down memory lane?
Ask Noem.
They’re all corporate sell-outs, so, whatever.
Not sure which is worse. Thune or Cornyn. Cornyn decided not to retire to run for Glitches job. Talk about a crap choice….geez.
The only reason I am still registered republican is be be able to help primary cornyn into retirement.
Well just throw in the towel now and end your agony…
@Sub Vet – I agree with you 100% about firing Cornyn. He has nothing for Texas, has done nothing for Texas, and is slowly just becoming another back-bencher tick. The problem we have is finding a viable candidate to run against him. The Bush cartel is still strong in Texas as demonstrated by Rick Perry supporting Dade Phelan even after Dade had been censured by his home town Republican party for his non-Republican views and actions. I think that scares a lot of politicians and political money off.
Wouldn’t it be epic if nuclear grade truth were to flood the zone in Bush world?
One Fling to Ruin Them All,
And in the Brightness Blind Them.
IMO, there is a ton of truth coming our way – “epic” is the perfect description for what is about to befall the derp state, including ALL the Bushes.
✊ ✊ ✊
Different face, same smell!
I despise that weasel & bringing his wife along presents a picture of him hiding behind her skirt.
Ugggh
“…vital to our expectations…”, statesmanship, compromise & negotiation…for our national security. God bless America & guide her leaders.
Speaking of the Turtle, just because he is not the leader, does not mean he is now powerless. He will still be 100% against Trump. Maybe even 150% since he is not the leader and does not have to hide his commie roots.
I would not be surprised if there are not already impeachment papers drawn up in House and Senate just waiting for Trump and new Congress to be sworn in. The first order of business will be to impeach Trump and the Senate will vote to impeach. Vance will be sworn in post haste and he can choose RFK, JR OR TULSI AS HIS VP.
Yep I hear the concern. President Trump is a big boy and he just might decide a few corruption investigations need to be conducted. President Trump is going back in the White House with some very pissed off Maga backing him 100 percent.
Already with doom and despair.
4Sure – Definitely might be the plan all along. Like it!
He’s so compromised by Red China, ain’t a chance he’ll be around to kowtow to his puppet masters.
There’s a new world coming……
Trump plans ahead and I can easily see this as his ultimate plan.
You must have forgotten the very important SC rulings that happened over the summer. They will have a much harder time bringing up impeachment charges than before.
Trump has the full weight of the presidency to wield this time and doesn’t have to wait for court case results to work slowly through to the SC.
This ain’t your father’s usual Presidency.
This is Generation X, Generation Pain, throw his enemies through a window pain. Just give him something to break. He’s got something break. John Thunes plucking face. Then the Trump train will just keep rollin rollin rollin. Yep rollin rollin rollin…
Music to my ears, Bshaw!
Is Thune going to work tirelessly to sabotage patriots for the satanic Democrats and keep Republicans in a Controlled Opposition minority like the traitor McConnell has done?
If so, he and his kind must never rise again.
1 Kings 18:
21 Then Elijah talked to them. “How long are you going to waver between two opinions?” he asked the people. “If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!”
I would like to think that if we’re in the Majority that there would be someone who would challenge him.
But, of course I’m not holding my breath.
Not too many people in government that I despise more than McConnell.
Thune is as bad as mcconell, a dickhead ass hole RINO…..
Comment guidelines, please
I have been trying to mention the guidelines lately and have been rebuked a couple of times about People’s First Amendment right to be rude. I don’t disagree with their right to say whatever they want but I would ask for some class and self-control…it is almost never long time Treepers, but new people who seem to come in and just drop crude unnecessary comments, in order to stir up controversy, in my opinion.
Crudeness cheapens discourse.
As someone that moderated a site, the First Amendment does not apply to a site paid for by the owner.
It’s a bit like saying you get to go into someone’s store and you deserve the right to shout, scream and curse obscenities. Nope.
The guidelines are clearly posted and easily found. I remember finding this site and reading them before i typed out a comment.
Our host has been clear about it and often refreshes our memory.
I’ll allow it.
Reality is that there is only so much change that President Trump can induce within existing structures.
IMO the action & focus should be on non-traditional initiatives like Musk & FedGovt Efficiency, Kennedy & Healthy America. President Trump has already put down a gauntlet with his self-funded transition team.
Agree & accept that President Trump must have a functional relationship with Thune. But President Trump is much smarter than all these DC lifers, and he now knows how to beat them at the game.
Amen, brother!
any new senators for 2025 who kick elected need to harass and be in thunes face…if I was in the senate I would pick a fight with him right on the senate floor….since I trained in martial arts for 10 years, all my staff would be required to be martial arts experts and kick the crap out of any aides that comes to thune’s rescue….
JD Vance maybe be more powerful as Majority Leader than VP . Nothing is out of the question and Trump should have forced Ryan and McConnell to step aside when he had the chance .
All this does is confirm that the deep state thinks Trump will win and are positioning themselves accordingly to protect their self interest.
This is an opportunity for Trump to not compromise on the Deepstate.
Found in the bin… 🙁
We got to get to work MAGA-tizing both House and Senate. I was surprised that SD put the number in the Senate at 20-25. That’s nearly half! Let’s see how many of them are coming up for re-election in two years and get to work. Rubio. SMH. Guess who he is best buds with? Guess who he helped keep the secret? Covered his criminal ash.. The Snake, commonly known as one of my state’s senators: Mark Warner.
Cassidy, Graham, Tillis, Rounds, Cornyn all stand in 2026. An obvious handful just to start with. Could pick out more, but they are not just backstabbers, but enthusiastic backstabbers. Figure at least, at least, two dozen need to go, and not counting Romney who has already punched the ticket.
For Ohio, the task will be a need to take out truly awful House members – Joyce & Turner as beginning step. Also maybe a need to take out the one who DeWine appoints to replace Vance in the senate.
Tillis out please!
Sundance, you could have just summed it up by saying, “Nothing’s going to change”.
These people are lifer’s and Presidents are only 4 years. That why corporations do what they because every four years, policies change and nothing is ever written in stone.
But I get what you’re saying. Mums the word.
Basically, I agree. But PDJT’s second term will be “out of the box” because of Vance, RFK, Jr., and Musk. Maybe others. So perhaps the can change the dynamic (some how) that would make these RINOs a bit more compliant.
Now that is how to think about this. I like the steel in your spine.
Dear God, I hate it that DJT has to work with these slimy DC swamp vermin.
I don’t think he will have to….JMO.
Just great… Replacing one rat with another rat.
I understand your points about the SSCI committee chair, Sundance.
The concern I have is regarding getting the changes through that committee even with a MAGA “friendly” chair. This committee is indispensable to the IC. That means the IC ‘has the goods’ on all the members.
It is that leverage that will hold back any true effort to resurrect true oversight. Approved changes that are contrary to IC and will not be passed without the consent of the IC.
It can’t be done by the SSCI chair without a stronger counterweight demanding changes. That will be the public screaming to dislodge the pustules.
That can only be done with PDJT declassifying EVERYTHING.
You spelled out how years ago:
From Donald Trump Jr: “Declassify Everything”…
November 8, 2020 | Sundance |
President Trump informs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, that he wishes to have a full intelligence briefing on the following documents (more may be added). All documents are to be presented without a single redaction:
ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO DEMKNSTRATE THE EXTENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INFLICTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE IC. .
The President selects a date for this briefing and through direct orders to his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, informs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, to advise and coordinate with all executive branch lead intelligence officials, who were/are stakeholders in the compartmented intelligence products as described above, of their request be present for the briefing.
The White House counsel’s office is not to be informed of the intent or purpose of the meeting; however the Presidents’ White House counsel is requested to attend. Further, all of the compartmented intelligence is to be collectively assembled by the ODNI (Ratcliffe) into one volume of a singular Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB). There are to be eighteen printed copies of the PDB assembled and secured for the briefing, post haste.
Additionally, the office of the president personally informs the ODNI (Ratcliffe) of the executives’ request to invite for the briefing each member of the legislative branch Intelligence Community oversight known as the Gang-of-Eight.
Immediately after the briefing by the executive level (cabinet) department officials, while remaining in a closed and classified session, the full and comprehensive content of this collective intelligence product will be discussed with the full assembly of the U.S. Legislative Branch Intelligence Oversight known as the Gang of Eight.
Therefore, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien is instructed to coordinate with the ODNI (Ratcliffe) for the attendance of the Gang of Eight: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority leader Kevin McCarthy, HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff, HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, SSCI Chairman Richard Burr and SSCI Vice-Chair Mark Warner. [Topic “TBD”]
In order to facilitate the briefing. Each member of the participating group will be provided with one full printed copy of the material assembled by the ODNI during the briefing.
[Each of the participants carries the prerequisite clearances, legal and constitutional authority to engage with the classified document according to their position and status. Only the executive can assemble the product for Go8 review and feedback]
At the conclusion of the briefing; and after hearing from, and engagement with, each of the participating members of the executive intelligence offices and duly authorized legislative oversight representatives; and after listening to their opinion as to the subject material discussed; the president announces to the fully assembled leadership of both the Executive branch (cabinet) and Legislative branch (Go8), it is his opinion the National Interests of the United States can best be served with the American people having a full, transparent and honest review of the material assembled and discussed.
The President, no-one else, only the President, then collects the printed portfolios as they were distributed to the participants, exits the briefing, and walks directly into the James Brady press briefing room within the White House; handing each of the awaiting twelve members of the national media a copy of the briefing material to be published on behalf of the American people.
At exactly the same time as President Trump enters the briefing room, one copy of the assembled portfolio is hand delivered, by President Trump only, to White House communications director Alyssa Farah with instructions to scan and release the content to the public through the White House website.
Done.
The American people are aware…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2020/11/08/donald-trump-jr-declassify-everything/
Yes sir. We are not coming with a scalpel to do a little fat trimming, we are coming with a damn battle ax.
Doesn’t your analysis implicitly contain another solution?
Sorry. I’m not sure I am clear. Please help me understand.
I pulled this from Sundance post November 2020. I have the link at the bottom. Tell me if that is helpful.
Not an attack!
If the IC has “the goods”, then two can play that game.
Yes. We just can’t keep going like this. If declassifying everything will rid us of this deep state then full speed ahead. I want all of these positions and organizations eliminated. They do not do anything to protect the American people or for our benefit. Enough is enough!
Politics. Not for the faint of heart…
Boy oh boy, President Trump has not even walked into the White House yet, and doom and despair comments are thick.
You are not gonna bring any of us down. This MAGA Train is gonna plow into DC like asteroid from space.
If you’re scared get in my pocket. What an old man that taught line workers, use to say.
Love your attitude, Johnny!
OFF SUBJECT: Take a minute and go to C-SPAN on X. Watch the video of Joe Biden voting in Delaware today. Watch it a couple of times very carefully. Did Joe have “assistance” voting today?
All I see are ghouls.
Trump will use temps and hammer away.
You actually still think Trump is even going to be president?
YES
Do you?
Without a doubt.
Turtle should be exiting with his Chinese CCP wife straight to Gitmo
And there’s a whole slew more of them in the same predicament!
It is wise not to be distracted from this focus by getting caught up in the emotional (angry), yet futile, fight against Thune.
These are very wise words Sundance has wrote. By golly President Trump has a plan how to deal with the snakes.
First thing first, we have to get him in the White House by a landslide so it will scare a few snakes and have them worry about the American people for a change.
The fight isn’t against Thune.
The fight is against the IC/DS. If Thune is part of that apparatus…follow the logic.
I read Sundance’s piece to mean it is near futile to oppose Thune’s election to SSCI majority leader.
Excuse me, I meant election as Senate Majority lead.
“The Hunters Become the Hunted.” It’s gonna be epic.
I haven’t even read it yet, but the picture and title make me want to puke. Sorry if this is outside of the comment rules. Sorry. I’m really tired of the nonsense. Not from CTH…tired of the nonsense we are all dealing with nationally.
Remember….. Julian Assange emphatically and repeatedly stated again and again that once the Truth is known, that fully 97% of D.C. would be taken OUT
Treasonous traitors and assorted perverts!
G.O.N.E.
Republican leaders in both the Senate and the House are going to find it awful g*ddaam hard trying to stare down 110 million Trump votes in this election. This is OUR party now. EVERYONE knows it. And smart money is positioning itself to NOT be crosswise with us.
Tell it how it’s going to be
Great comment
Not a single one of them called for a recess so that President Trump could make recess appointments. Perhaps some Patriot Act revelations could leverage a little more cooperation.
How about Barassco. Thune is a clone of McConnell
Decepticon.
Not a single senator (exception Sen. Vance, but he will be a little busy…lol) is qualified to do an honest day’s work as Senate Majority Leader….NOT ONE.
So get some dirt on Thune! That’s how DC plays!
There must be a 13 year old somewhere in his past; or, un-accounted for wealth; or, unhealthy foreign connections; or, staff that has broken the law.
21% of SD general revenue comes from Federal Funding. Ahem. There are hardball routes. Let’s assume quiet persuasion behind the scenes will work in a manner that both sides save face.
McConnel has the dirt on Thune.
Thune and Cornyn…both are compromised…
What if their puppet masters aren’t the only ones with the pictures, emails, texts or other unsavory material?
What’s sickening is most of these clowns are in it for themselves. The notion of doing one’s best for the entire country seems long gone.
Mike Lee has been rather based as of late; will be of some interest reading what he might have to say on the whole matter.
The is why the third world country’s have dictators.
They have a reason to their madness.
in with the new who is same as the old
yawn
Nevada is playing electoral games, already telegraphing that they’ll need 3 days to count the vote (rig the election).
I think picking the WH and Senate staff is premature.
Sundance has previously said that we need to win so big, that cheating is improbable.
I don’t see a 1% to 2% lead in swing states as big.
Here’s the MSM narrative for when they rig the elections.
1. Trump was slightly ahead beforehand bc GOP voters voted early, unlike 2020.
2. GOP election day numbers were down bc the GOP shot their wad early.
3. Women turned out, partly bc of the abortion issue.
4. Latino voters turned out better than expected, bc of the harsh immigration language.
THE ELECTION ISNT IN THE BAG!!!
Agree 100%
Apparenlty, so I have been told by long-time Kentuckians, McConnell is widely disliked in KY – but one dense population center (Louisville) kept him in power.
Echoing the call for repeal of the 17th Amendment. Might as well start banging that drum.
That one.
I believe the reason McTurtle stayed on as leader was to keep the ability to deny promising MAGA senate candidates the money they would need in their races.
Had McConnell stepped down and Thune, his heir apparent, ascended and Thune denied the funding, all he!! would have broken loose.
It would have fully exposed how anti MAGA they are and intend to remain. It would have been even more of a rallying cry to get more MAGA across the finish line.
I’m utterly sick of the plausible deniability that our ruling class utilizes against the interests of the American people.
President Trump may have to accept Thune as Senate Majority Leader but perhaps he intends to unleash RFK Jr against Big Ag, which will essentially tie Thune up and remove much of his leverage and backing! Complicated business, folks, complicated business…. 😉
Your theory has merit, VM.
One deep-stater for another…Trump will have the same problem will his policies with this arse (Thune) as he did Cocaine Mitch…In many way’s, they’re more problematic then the Dems.
Allen West: How Differently Would Senators Act Without the 17th Amendment?
…”It’s with the Senate that the Founders had a different vision. It was viewed as the upper legislative chamber, and due to the Connecticut Compromise, each state would have two senators. The difference was that the Founders established that the senators were elected via state legislatures. They believed these individuals, with six-year terms, would be responsive to their states. However, a movement began around the turn of the century to allow the people to vote for senators too. This passed in 1913 during the first American progressive era. It was then believed that state legislatures were too corrupt to have that responsibility — although now many would say the same thing about our federal legislature: the “swamp.”
Imagine if those GOP senators who blocked the repeal of Obamacare could be recalled by their state legislatures, if they could be subjected to a vote of “no confidence” and be removed! How differently would these senators act – or any senator?
It would certainly preclude the arrogance and defiance of what has become a very lucrative club — not of citizen servants but of those who believe their political position entitles them to lord over us with no retribution, enabling them to become career politicians.”
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I think Trump now has a broad enough coalition to do this
https://return2sanity.blogspot.com/2017/08/allen-west-how-differently-would.html?spref=pi
I choose to think of the good times we will get to witness on the First day when President Trump gets to the White House, since the Supreme Court has said President Trump is the Executive Branch!
There will be MOABs dropped on the first day! Might even have a national emergency order! I think President Trump has already played all this out in his genius brain.
The first glorious day will be when he is elected. EXPLODEY heads galore. The Second day will be Inauguration Day. More EXPLODEY heads.
Just think how glorious those 2 days will be. I bet every day after that will be just as good. I will not get tired of winning.
The CTH has been on a roll as of late.
Calm and profusely strategic that is backed by quiet conviction.
This is such a simple request and cure.
Just make ‘them’ abide their public pretenses.
Then sit back and watch the GOPe tie their shorts in knots trying to stay one step ahead of light speed Trump.
Specifically, if segments of the MSM power brokers that cut the checks start whistling a new tune and start insisting on the proficiency of the trade.
Combined that with a mandate of professional conduct.
Or, there is the door.
Your profession is stewards of a free people.
Not some brownie point system of egos and marketing wealth extraction.
Last time I checked you all live on the same planet.
i apologize for not knowing, but if we control the House and Senate, can that work against Thune? and since im clueless all i see is basically the same as last time in that the D stop Trump from accomplishments? thank you Sundance and have a nice eve Everyone
Until there is no uniparty, there is no side controlling anything. The illusion, as it was in 2016-2018 when the gop was the majority in the hose and senate easily demonstrates that. The dems were enabled by the rinos, and still are.
DJT had the House and the Senate his first two years. Paul Ryan as leader of the House and Mitch McConnell thwarted him most of the time. There are always R’s willing to side with D’s to toe the UniParty line.
Some examples; Mittens Romney, John McCain, Susan Collins, Jeff Flake, Paul Ryan, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney are a few names of many.
In a better world, DJT would have gotten his funding for the wall, Obamacare would have been repealed and he not been impeached twice.
If you want to see exactly how ridiculous most House and Senate activity is, check out this site.
You can check by year what legislation is proposed, what goes to another committee, what goes on to the Senate, and if you’re lucky, you may see some that becomes law.
They have perfected spending a lot of time doing very little for the American people and what does get done is usually to our detriment.
https://legiscan.com/US/legislation/2017?page=270
Is it true that most bills are prepared by lobbyists then given to the electeds to get passed?
Per Sundance, yes. I learned that on this site.
Want to hear an interesting and fabulous item?
Donald Trump’s transition team has zero corporate lobbyists.
That alone would earn my vote. Now to figure out how to do that in the rest of our government.
Okay Sundance. Legit question. Who would you prefer to see in this role?