“you’re not a wartime consigliere.”
that’s Michael Corleone’s famous line from The Godfather, in which he explains to Corleone family counselor Tom Hagen that shit’s about to get real, and you don’t have what it takes.
know who else isn’t a wartime consigliere? Chuck Fucking Schumer. he’s been proving it every day through his impotent lack of action. Schumer’s a great guy to have around if there’s absolutely nothing at stake. need someone to speak at the dedication of a new post office? Chuck’s your man. need someone to make sure all the procedural i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed in some piece of shrimp boat legislation? here comes Chuck!
do you need someone to fight fascism? Chuck’s your … wait, where the fuck did Chuck go? he was here a minute ago.
stand back, everyone — Old Chuckles is fixing to get mighty perturbed, any day now.
“this is an extraordinary moment, it does require extraordinary action. if he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory that we haven’t been in for a very long time, and our entire democracy, this whole beautiful enterprise of democracy, that we’ve had for over two-hundred forty years, is at risk. look, I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way. autocrats only succeed if the public lets them.”
what in the hallowed name of Weak Tea Jesus is this warmed-over pablum?
news flash for Chuck Schumer: we’re already in uncharted territory. Donny is already defying the courts. Donny’s DOJ is already telling judges to go fuck themselves.
stop moving the goalposts, Chuck. stop telling us that the next thing Donny does is going to finally be what rouses you from your coma. we’re tired of hearing it. you’re the top Democrat in the Senate. how about you start acting like it?
wartime consigliere? Chuck isn’t even a wartime waterboy.
in a world of Chuck Schumers, be a Jasmine Crockett. because there are two kinds of Democrats right now — the kind who want to fight, and the kind who want to cave.
Jasmine has no fucks left to give, and doesn’t care who knows it. a few weeks ago, a reporter posed this question: “if you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say? here’s her answer:
“fuck off.”
this weekend, Donny’s Archangel of Retribution, Pam Bondi, came after Crockett — because evidently right now, the biggest problem in America right now is that people are being mean to the Space Nazi.
“this is domestic terrorism. and Maria, now you have this Democratic congresswoman, Crockett? who is calling for attacks on Elon Musk on her birthday? ‘let’s take him out on my birthday,’ she said? yet she turns and says ‘oh, I’m not calling for violence? well she is an elected public official. and so she needs to tread very carefully. because nothing will happen to Elon Musk, and we will fight to protect all of the— all of the— all of the Tesla owners throughout this country. and it’s basic safety once again. domestic terrorism is going to come to a stop in our country.”
histrionics much? what a great use of resources, to have the full weight of the DOJ working overtime to keep Donny’s Emotional Support Billionaire from having the sads.
imagine if they cared this much about preventing America’s schoolchildren from being used for target practice.
as for Rep. Crockett, she doesn’t draw any Schumer-style lines in the sand. she doesn’t talk about how she’s fixin’ to become mighty perturbed, any day now. what she does is dole out a handful of bring it, asshole.
“I have never promoted violence whatsoever, yet I’ve also never made an excuse for those violent actors, such as the ones on January 6th. so Pam Bondi, if you have an issue with terrorism, maybe you should talk to your boss about locking back up those guys that he let out that participated in January 6th.”
fuck yeah.
this is the energy we need right now. and we need more Democrats like AOC and Bernie Sanders — who isn’t even technically a Democrat but is fighting harder for Democratic principles than many Dems are.
Bernie and AOC aren’t foisting upon us any any warmed-over twaddle about how they’re fixin’ to become mighty perturbed, any day now. they’re out there, right now, crisscrossing the country, holding rally after rally. look at this crowd, from their recent event in Denver. 34,000 people showed up — the largest gathering since Obama spoke in 2008.
doublefuckyeah.
as for the Space Nazi, does he even know what planet he’s on? because he was at one of Donny’s golf motels on Saturday night, high as a fucking kite, playing with silverware.
look everyone, Elon’s made a spaceship out of forks and spoons. what a visionary! we’re all going to Mars!
I’m guessing the video cuts out before Forkship One explodes and bursts into flames.
as for the Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Elon, you can pinpoint the exact moment his soul dies.
check out Donny in the clip above. he’s totally oblivious to the ketamine-fueled scene playing out right in front of him.
apparently, Donny has bigger fish to fry. America’s micromanager-in-chief spent Sunday night finding a whole new petty grievance to get worked up over.
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before. The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older. In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain. In fact, they are actually angry about it! I am speaking on their behalf to the Radical Left Governor, Jared Polis, who is extremely weak on Crime, in particular with respect to Tren de Aragua, which practically took over Aurora (Don’t worry, we saved it!), to take it down. Jared should be ashamed of himself!”
Christ, what a sad little child. here’s the painting in question, the one that has Donny all knickertwisted.
boo hoo hoo, little man. I’m so sorry that the artist didn’t use that stupid arrogant mug shot that Donny’s so proud of as the basis for her portraiture. I know that would have made him happier, but who give a fucking shit?
you know what’s going to happen next, don’t you? we’re going to get an executive order. Mad King Donny’s going to issue a presidential decree about portraits he deems unflattering. there’s going to be a whole new wing in Gitmo full of artists who failed to meet Dear Leader’s standards.
hey — maybe that will be thing that will at long last finally spur Chuck Schumer to grab a pitchfork and man the ramparts.
don’t hold your breath.
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Regardless of his skill past or present, the optics of an old white guy who isn't tearing things up a bit, like Bernie, are terrible. Biden was in the same boat. The optics matter, for better or worse. Time for Chuck to step aside.
There’s no doubt Muskputin was high as hell playing with the silverware in the video. We’re going to let THAT druggie destroy everything good about the US?! WTF?!