WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats.
Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump’s picks, infuriating the president and tying up the Senate floor.
The new rules allow Senate Republicans to move multiple nominees with a simple majority vote — a process that would have previously been blocked with just one objection. The rules don’t apply to judicial nominations or high-level Cabinet posts.
“Republicans have fixed a broken process,” Thune said ahead of the vote.
The Senate voted 51-47 to confirm the four dozen nominees. Thune said that those confirmed on Thursday had all received bipartisan votes in committee, including deputy secretaries for the Departments of Defense, Interior, Energy and others.
Among the confirmed are Jonathan Morrison, the new administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle is a former California prosecutor and television news personality who led the fundraising for Trump’s 2020 campaign and was once engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
I was told that this was impossible to do when Dems were in power, because “The Reich wing might do it”…
We’re living in the Snowpiercer world with Republicans currently playing Wilford and the Democrats playing Gilliam. Even if Gilliam regains power he wouldn’t reel in the powers of the executive branch because like Wliford, he also believes in keeping the status quo.
The Nazis are grabbing power faster and faster every day
There’s a day in early November that I’m trying to remember.
The country is already lost the real question is why has there been no coup yet. Very telling on Democrats and their ability to talk themselves into complacency.
What are they waiting for? Republicans to yell “lol we are fascist”? But we know Democrats will then go “oh but they’re just saying it we need conclusive actions so we can write another stern letter.”
America is a failed state. Let me hear it from everyone in the back.
The Democrats don’t care as long as their donors are happy.
And the donors are playing both sides.
See: Disney
I’m sure they’re all highly qualified appointees, too. His work at HHS and the FBI show the top talent this walking corpse attracts.
That’s fucking terrifying. So 48 more cult members with no qualifications and no willingness to work with Democrats in any way.
This definitely won’t hurt Americans even more…
Yeah well I made a new rule that says they can’t do that. Your move now, senators.
The Senate is now officially playing Calvinball.
It’s been a day or two since Ive heard that term. Brings back better days.
of course they gave kimberly gargoyle a position.
I will never be able to think of her any other way than shouting a full speech during the 2020 RNC.
“Do not let the Democrats make you believe you’re not good enough! Manifest! Fly me to the moon with that SpaceX cocaine! 🚀 Gimme gimme gimme!”
there’s only one way you can be giving a speech that is that shouty and not immediately stop and that’s if they’ve turned off your monitors. sound guy did her dirty, which means she fucked with the recording crew far worse than they usually get.
Obama had thousands of unconfirmed appointees because Republicans blocked them for his entire term
Mitch mcconnel and gingrich were spearheading those blocks.
gingrich
Goddammit, you just reminded me that ghoul is still alive.
Sure. That’s because Democrats are political morons and spinless assholes.
Even now, spineless.
Pretty sure that headline is misleading and it was a non-binding resolution passed without a formal vote
No, complicit.
We need to stop pretending Democrats are constantly getting “outplayed” or “surrendering”. Their goal is to put on a good enough show that we feel like we have representation while ensuring that their billionaire donors get everything they want.
Right, with the both sides thing again…you fuckers are so blind its maddening. The things Biden did are not even in the same league as what Trump and co are doing, but yeah, keep on screeching both sides while they devise ways to put us all in concentration camps.
Biden walked so trump could run.
they also had 10 DINOS at the time to vote against them.
Now they have so many more.
And party leadership should whip DINOS into shape.
Instead, the party consistently coddles and enables them.
It’s failure theater. They’re all still getting fucking paid.
Breaking News: Three Supreme Court Justices dies under mysterious circumstances, meanwhile trump’s three Supreme Court Justice Nominees approved within 2 hours.
I wanted to reply to numerous comments, but I’ll just do it here. The people aggrieved that democrats/liberals/the left didn’t do more are not wrong for being upset, even very upset. Things are generally better for everyone, in recent history, under left-side leadership. But our representatives have been beset by corporate capture since the 80s/90s so by my estimation politics has been a performative art for my entire lifetime. Still anyone with their head above water knows you’ve got better quality of life under democrats, even if they are deceptive or corrupt.
The system needs replacement. It has been captured whole by multi-national industry, corporations, investment interests, and billionaires. It is currently being bent and corrupted to the point of no return. Even if democrats work for us, they only give us so much before bending for their donor money. I’ve always had this vague notion that for even the best intentioned, there’s only so far you can climb the ladder of politics before you refuse a bribe, or lobbying money, and they just boot your ass. Or blacklist you, or whatever, you just get locked out. I dunno how to end this, except to say that the whole world needs a massive paradigm shift, and it just doesn’t look like we gettin it.
All Politicians Are Bastards
You’re in a thread where the republicans are destroying the government into an authoritarian state and you’re saying we “need a new system.” Dude, you better show some receipts of people who have done this in the situation we’re in. Details on how this should be done.
If you’re saying communism or pure socialism (no democracy). You’ll have my go to request: Name one country that has done communism or pure socialism that has lasted more than 5 years in the history of the world.
Neozapatistas in Chiapas. 30+ years now…
Oh, okay. I’m sure it’s a paradise.
EZLN’s ideology has been characterized as libertarian socialist,[3] anarchist,[12] or Marxist,[13] and having roots in liberation theology[14] although the Zapatistas have rejected[15] political classification.
Its what they want. Which, frankly, is all that matters. Just because your colonial ass doesnt think its good matters very little.
Now, however, imagine how much farther along they would be if the US and Mexican governments didnt decide to wage open war on them for 20 years?
pure socialism (no democracy)
Why would that EVER be an option? Socialism is an economic system while democracy is a political one. You cannot have one functioning without the other. You want a socialist fascist state instead?
Name one country that has done communism or pure socialism that has lasted more than 5 years in the history of the world.
The Scandinavian states…? Wtf is “pure socialism”?
A conveniently movable goalpost.
lmao socialism and democracy aren’t exclusive, you’re thinking of capitalism and democracy. If you want an example of effective democracy in a socialist country, Cuba had just over 90% in favor of their last constitutional referendum, which enshrined LGBT rights, among other things. This required years of meetings, debate, and organizing at the local level.
You want America to be like Cuba? Do you mean the bread lines? Cuz there are government allotted bread lines.
The bread lines were caused by being under blockade by a superpower nextdoor for 70 years.
Were you under the impression they were caused by Cuba being too democratic?
Again, they’re not a success then.
The bread lines were caused by being under blockade by a superpower nextdoor for 70 years.
Were you under the impression they were caused by Cuba being too democratic?
Again, they’re not a success then.
Your definition of success is that the US government approves of your political system?!
nah they’re just disingenuous overall
Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump’s picks, infuriating the president and tying up the Senate floor.
Yet the “Both sides” group will still continue to say the Dems aren’t even trying.
Oh no they for Dec multiple votes, whatever will we do?
Fuck off. That’s their performative bullshit so people like you keep thinking billionaires are two groups instead of just one with different colors.
If it’s just performative BS, then why didn’t they pass when it was 60 votes required?
It’s also possible to acknowledge some Dems are bought by the ONE billionaire class and some Dems are actively trying to push back.
I know you haven’t been told to think that, but maybe you’ll eventually find someone with critical thinking skills that tells you how to think.
Everyone with a different opinion than me has no critical thinking skills and just follows orders from… somebody I guess.
This is such a weird, arrogant thing to think. It’s funny how you think this and you also believe the mainstream narrative.
Sure, buddy, nobody has ever told you “the Democrats are actively trying to push back”…
Please tell me more about how Democrats have stopped the descent into facism.
Oh wait… Lmao. Keep sucking billiiinare dick, I’m sure they’ll throw some crumbs your way when the right billionaires* are un power.
They’re fucking not. They could have done this exact fucking thing at any point since 2008, bUt tHAt wOuLD HavE beEn tOo DiVisiVE.
Do not pretend for a fucking second that the Democratic Party is in any way, shape or form competent. Do not pretend for a fucking second that the Democratic Party did anything but pave the way for this fascist regime with their ineptitude and greed, thus enabling the shattering of the American republic.
Yep. The both sides people are sure helpful in all of this.
Thune said that those confirmed on Thursday had all received bipartisan votes in committee
According to the article the Democrats are still helping Trump get these fascists appointed.
51-47. A few Dems is not the entire party.
If the party wanted, they could take those Dems off all committee assignments and cut them off of all party funds unless they work with the party. Instead the party continues to support these people. This tells us those in charge of the party, Chuck Schumer and co, support their actions.
if israel wasnt obvious already. The old guard is basically just the republicans lite.
a very simple question: did it work?
all they have done so far are this kind of performative, petty, menial and ineffective resistances, yet on anything that has mattered, they capitulated.
please point me to anything effective they have done. so far the most hopeful thing i’ve seen is Zohran Mamdani getting the nomination, and the congressional Democrats still haven’t endorsed him yet.
yes it did work. They delayed his nominations for a long time as the minority party. they did the most effective thing possible in the situation.
Aww I’m so proud of them. Good boys and girls, those democrats.
certainly better than l33t keyboard warriors and all they are doing to take back the country.
Im betting the Dem votes to increase cop budgets helps the on the street resistance efforts…
why would it matter to those that don’t resist?
It matters to those who are.
In this very thread people are blaming the Dems for not being fascists themselves under Biden and Obama.
This is not fascism, ending the fillibuster is not fascism.
The Democrats should have done so when they were in government to try and implement the things they were elected for.
America’s broken political system certainly had a role in it’s slide to fascism.
Fascism is when you don’t roll over for fascists in the name of norms, which the fascists don’t have to follow.
No. You’re deeply mischaracterizing the situation.
The Democrats could have, at any point since 2008, responded to Republican obstructionism with this very same policy. It has been brutally apparent for well over two decades that the GOP was not negotiating in good faith, and would never again negotiate in good faith. The Democratic Party refused to even consider employing even the most basic precepts of game theory. They continued to negotiate with a bad faith actor in good faith, and were somehow constantly surprised when said bad faith actor acted in bad faith. That’s not politics. That’s rank idiocy.
“Republicans have
fixedbroken abrokenfixed process,”
Befitting username
Which is the distraction?
This? Or the Epstein file?Distractions within distractions baby.
How much is in the black budget? What’s it for?
