Second that. Senator Murphy is communicating it all to Americans like no other Democrat can and even calls the Democrats out for their own corrupt dealings with billionaires and corporations.
The corruption has to end or we simply cease to exist as a democracy. It is the root of all our problems.
The more wealth the billionaires accumulate the more power they have and the less power and ability to live a good life the people have.
The Democrat Senators could replace Schumer as minority leader any time they feel like it; they just need a majority of them (about 25) to get the spine to decide to do it & decide who to put in his place. I nominate Sen Murphy.
I heard an msnbc host mention that the
“Next in line” is Dick Durbin !!!! NO
Enough with the next in line seniority bs, Durbin isn’t the person for the job any more than Schumer is. He’s been the senior Democrat on the Judicial Committee for years & hasn’t done shit about the scotus other than write a few sternly worded letters.
Unfortunately we have to wait for 2028 before Schumer comes back up for re-election. But make no mistake about it, when he does, we New Yorkers are more than ready to kick his Wall St. kissing butt out the door.
Do you have a link to video where he calls out Dems corrupt dealings with Corp and Billionaires? Seriously I like to listen to this type things to cheer myself up!
We Dems are so fractioned- so many injured parties seeking support diluting our power. We need a Strong unifying voice. I am hearing one in Chris Murphy.
I just watched your interview by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. I encourage all to check it out! Yes definitely, yours is the voice of leadership that not only the Democratic Party needs, but that this country desperately thirsts for in order to survive.
Oh wow, this post only first came up on my "feed" today, April 21. We got a good start on April 5, and another one just a few days ago on April 19.
I hope we have many more, and bigger and better than before. We need 3.5% of the population, or approximately 12,000,000 people to show up and make some noise.
It’s right out in the open for anyone with eyes to see. DT has broken more laws in this past 3 months than I can count on both hands. If you don’t see the grift, the bribery, the lawlessness; then I feel very sorry for you.
They barely can read headlines, so reading an entire article would break their already disturbed minds. Now no department of education what can you see next as children are indoctrinated in the cult? Sickening to think of actually..
I'm a lifelong Democrat who is disturbed not only by the agenda and actions of Donald Trump's administration but by the uncoordinated and lack of an impactful response by the Democratic leadership.
Let's try to make things better and here's what I propose. I call it THE SCORECARD. Every week let's have a leading figure in Congress publish the number of federal jobs that have been axed in the previous seven days. In addition, let's profile one of those federal employees who has lost his or her job and what the consequences are for he or she and their families.
If it's an embittered former Trump supporter all the better but let's personalize the situation and make clear that people are not like trees felled when clear cutting a forest.
If Democrats fail to unite their messaging and can't come up with a charismatic figure to make it clear that many if not the majority of those who voted for Trump are going to be victimized by his administration, the party will not get back on its feet to lead the country away from a dark fate.
I like the idea of a streaming platform like a "C-SPAN" that would highlight what you mentioned and even more. I would expand that SCOREBOARD to not just include a jobs list of hundreds of thousands of random FIRINGS of important governmental employees (if there even is a remaining list of them being that many were deleted on the servers), but also have multiple people tracking and publishing various additional areas of offense, such as:
- track the many DANGERS that have been added to the lives of the American People by Elon Musk (see my post above), by their CARELESS ACTS, above and beyond any dangers immigrants purportedly posed;
- track the multiple INEFFICIENT acts DOGE and Musk have committed (see my post above), rendering it not only unnecessary and redundant, but, in fact, itself an example of waste, abuse, and fraud, the very opposite of the intended purpose of DOGE;
- track each UNCONSTITUTIONAL step the Trump Administration has taken, and how much time these resulting lawsuits cost in time, that could otherwise have been spent actually bettering gov't and, instead causing chaos and worsening faith in govt while adding anxiety and despair, in general, to The People; and
- track how many times Musk has ACCESSED OUR PRIVATE RECORDS, and in what departments, without holding an official title or having special clearances, and acting without the confirmation from the Senate;
- track the number of enormous CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Musk has had and has, given the particular tasks he's taken upon himself to do (e.g., Close U.S.A.I.D.), with NO OVERSIGHT;
- list the DEMOCRATICALLY- ALIGNED ALLIANCES Trump and therefore, the American People, have LOST on the international stage, due to Trump's failure to support them or by alienating, threatening or, otherwise abandoning, them;
- list the ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, or COMMUNIST-RELATED AFFILIATIONS (leaders and countries) with whose ideals Trump has recently publicly aligned and announced;
- list the most blatant LIES Trump has told to The American People (e.g., Russia did not start the war with Ukraine.); and, lastly,
- list links to important sites and email addresses to the Senate and the House and any important phone numbers, along with ways to be vocal and most impactful and how to join others and help, and important dates for protests (whether in person, by writing or via practicing peaceful activities).
My thinking is the more areas of offense on the scoreboard mentioned the more lives it will likely impact. For instance, maybe not everyone dislikes firing supposed DEI hires, but many may dislike having their private data invaded or losing our international allies, and aligning with communist countries such as Russia, Hungary, North Korea and Belarus.
My hope is to touch, and galvanize, a broader base of people who will then, hopefully, be moved to some kind of action.
Wired.com does a good job of tracking DOGE from early on in OPM and GSA and everything since then. Propublica has a great DOGE tracker of all the installed operatives throughout different agencies.
Alt National Parks has an account on here and has does a fabulous job of alerting everyone to what is going on behind the scenes. They would possibly have some folks willingly to talk about impact. Amy Siskland keeps/ publishes a weekly list of the administration shenanigans. Heather Cox Richardson reports from a historian perspective. Marc Elias keeps a good record of legal action against the administration. Spotlight on DOGE digs into some of the doge data. If someone had the capacity to pull the various pieces of the puzzle by chapter topic, it would be mind blowing like a true crime series.
The one who entered a post just above mine, Peter Imber, might be interested. The initial scoreboard was his idea, but was suggested to include only the federal firings which I expanded on. He did leave some contact info.
I’ve been saying the same thing! We need to somehow get the message out to everyone, in real time, now! On TV, on-line, Tic-Tok, etc. That’s what the orange felon did for 4+ years!
I believe that every business that Trump has ever had has been closed for fraud or has gone bankrupt. Sadly, what he considers his current business. the US Government, is being handled the same way. Is there nothing we can do to stop this madman? But worst of all is that Trump is acting like a Russian Asset. If he acts like a Russian Asset, then he is one, whether because of bribes, money laundering, blackmail, brainwashing or all of the above. How can this insanity be stopped, Senator Murphy, especially when hardly anyone—besides yourself—is speaking up?
We keep hearing about all the things in your post and 1 big question most have is how we can stop him or who can stop him. He has immunity thanks to the SC. Who is out there to help.
I'm not sure Trump has any immunity on this, for two reasons: 1) SCOTUS posited immunity for a president regarding actions while exercising "core powers" of the office. In no reality is selling memes a core power of the presidency. 2) Trump began selling $Trump on Jan. 17, three days before his inauguration. Therefore, even the most generous reading of the SCOTUS immunity decision shouldn't apply since Trump began selling the meme before he was sworn in as president. All that said, nothing about this second Trump administration has been remotely normal, so anything apparently is possible.
Sorry but that will never happen. There’s no criminal or removal from office recourse. The pain has to be applied where he is vulnerable. Where is that? His base. They will not stay with him forever. If you are on speaking terms with his voters, make sure they know about this
Yes, he has stepped way outside of his "official acts," and we should test that ruling, in any case, to perhaps break down the word "official" as "within his power" and/or constitutional.
Thank you for bringing up the fact that he is not immune to everything. If he got his way, the other two branches of government would cease to exist, thus eliminating the Supreme Court. Surely SCOTUS doesn't want that. It does appear that he and Musk take orders from Putin, who would gleefully want to destroy our nation.
Hi! I'm not sure to whom you're addressing your question about who is out there to help.
So many moving parts right now. Many hands are already deep into this fight. We are not sitting ducks.
Keep abreast of 50501s in your area. Also, you can personally boycott anything to do with "X," SpaceX, Tesla, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Prime Video streaming, Washington Post, while divesting of any of the techbro stocks, holdings, etc. If 200,000 people canceled their Prime streaming accounts, Bezos would lose about $36Bil/yr. or $3Bil/mo.! I don't care how rich he is that will still put a dent in his wallet. Maybe refuse that Uber ride if it's a Tesla, plus the exposure to the radiation just being in those cars is very high. Be creative. We turned apartheid around on South Africa by putting pressure on the companies that did business there. We boycotted grapes to get better working conditions for the immigrants. Never underestimate the power of The People.
You can put out your flag or keep it in your window, esply on MARCH 14 (and other protest days), the day the Republicans will be trying to force their Continuing Resolution (CR) through Congress. They may need the help of the Dems to do that. If so, it's a negotiating point for the Dems OR if they don't get what they want then they can simply let the gov't be shut down - which leaves the GOP holding the bag - bc it's their burden to pass being the majority party in Congress. Ex-Congressman, Adam Kinzinger, who braved stepping away from his party, along with Liz Cheney, to be on the Jan 6 investigating committee (and both paid dearly for it) to help build a case against the insurrectionists, is saying the present Dems can use their leverage at this time to bargain with the GOP. Plus, Trump wants a longer-than-normal extension on this CR so that another pressure point. Also, the VETERANS are planning to be in Wash., D.C. in that same day in protest.
Make a sign and display it. Call the 202-224-3121 number to leave a msg for your Rep and Senators. It can be simple or involved. You can also get an email address from that line often in that so many calls are backing up the lines. The email will work also. Encourage them to fight for whatever matters to you: hands of Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Veterans' Benefits and federal jobs, eliminate DOGE, and Musk, impeach Trump, etc.
I just urge people to keep it clean if you want to be taken seriously.
Also, Musk is feeling the pressure with Tesla stock having plummeted along with two back to back Space X launches. AND Trump limited his authority to an "advisory capacity" after his own cabinet members complained.
Much of what's being done on a larger scale is in the legal realm for the quickest impact. Trump is acting quite outside his authority.
There are court rulings that are going against the Administrstion every day, AND the decisions are being handed down by Republican-appointed judges. And even the Supreme Court agreed to remove Trump's block on the Congressionally-appropriated money to U.S.A.I.D., even if by a narrow margin. Rubio is proposing deep cuts to U.S.A.I.D. going forward. Like I said many moving parts.
Personally, I want to be on the Washington Mall on his 100th day in office with, hopefully one of the biggest crowds ever assembled. I'm suggesting people go in black (if grieving), red (if furious) or white (for peace). I'd like it to be 100% silent gathering, like mourners, to make a different kind of impact, letting our signs speak for us, and so there's no false reason for any arrests or national guard.
One thing we know Trump watches is size crowd. I hope he can see on the news on his 100th day in office where he's likely to be wanting to strut around the Oval Office like a proud peacock and brag about exactly how many Executive Orders he's signed (even if they've gotten shot down). I'm hoping a LARGE crowd will put a bit of a damper on that day for him. I'm hoping our signs can say WHAT WE WANT and not just negative things, but to each.
I write on many of these substack sites and I'm worried our voices might be cut off soon so I'm speaking while I can. Freedom of speech is also being threatened.
Anyway, I hope I've given you some hope that people are being active and as of yet no one leader has emerged. I think it's up to each off us to look within and take a stand in an area that matters most to us. However, everyone should be thinking about or talking about taking back the Congress next year. It'll be here before we know it.
You do understand we don’t have until next year don’t you? Project 2025 has been implemented way farther than what you think it has been. We’ve been lucky so far that the judges have been fighting back. But Trump needs to be stopped ASAP. The Supreme Court needs to get a bigger handle on things. They may have put out an order but they weren’t strong enough as far as getting that man back from that Prison. Trump is following the Hitler Playbook to a T! No one sees the protests, unless they have MSNBC and most people don’t!
Yes, I do absolutely understand. I think you may have missed some of my posts that provide a more complete message about the way I feel.
There ARE things coming out of the WH that were previously thought to be unimaginable, but now we all know if they can be imagined they can be brought forward.
I'm more about solutions than dwelling on the worst of things going on, though THOSE are the very things that drive me in a most determined way to find answers and to celebrate each little bit of progress we make toward defeating what's going on.
He also has near immunity on the outer bounds of official acts, and scotus added that no evidence can be used regarding his official acts to prove a crime. Impeachment is the only viable option, and you will never get a conviction to remove. No president has ever been impeached and convicted. Impeachment will just embolden him.
He can be convicted of civil crimes, for instance, if he ignored l ignores court orders - like bringing back Abrego Garcia from El Salvador by this Monday evening.
And just because something hasn't happened before doesn't mean it can never happen. We just don't seem to have the right "spines" in the Congressional seats right now. Elect new people for 2026 mid-terms! Passionate people need to think of running for all kinds of offices!
Near total for the outer bounds—would have to be closely examined, and any evidence of crimes under article 2 powers can not be used to investigate. He IS acting as if he has absolute immunity which is why he is ignoring court orders.
Thank you for this and every speech you make, every commentary you offer, every interview you give, and every post you make here on your substack. Many of us are relying on you to be the leader of the resistance to this hostile, revolutionary takeover of our Republic by a dictator. I use that word because he's already being a dictator.
Please post more on Substack! Please post as often as Steve Schmidt! Substack is a tremendous way for you to get more people to follow you and learn about your resistance. Disillusioned citizens need to realize we are not suffering this moment without a leader, and that very soon we will be able to joint together and resist Trump as one united front. .
I truly hope Chris watched the devastating speech on Trump given by the French Senator Claude Malhuret, who is known to be politically center-right, that he gave to the French Assembly a few days ago. It sends shudders down the spine of every American and European who loves freedom and makes all decent Americans feel shame for our country.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why this isn't being screamed from the rooftops repeatedly by the entire Democratic Party. It is blatant corruption. Great job Sen. Murphy, but this needs to be among the messages hammered out daily, in my humble opinion.
You're right that the whole Bitcoin/Crypto universe is much too complicated for the average voter - even the above average voter - to understand. Your staff is terrific so perhaps they can put together a Crypto for Dummies (without saying dummies), something that would walk us, step by step, through the process of buying and selling this stuff. Thank you SO MUCH for using your voice to expose this dangerous, odious man.
Yup, all just typical of this cruel, corrupt regime. It’s a never ending parade of evil, illegal and treasonous acts in which the American system is being steadily eroded, gutted and ultimately completely destroyed by this useless infantile sociopath. There is no way in this world that he should ever have been allowed into politics. How and why the GOP allowed him to become a candidate in 2015 is beyond me. How and why the electorate voted for him in 2016 and again 2024 is just incredibly astounding and speaks to the absolute insanity and stupidity (one just can’t use any other words for this fact as much as one might want to be politically correct - yes the deplorables) of the voters. It’s inconceivable that this would have happened in any other country or time other than in the 21st century in the USA. Even in Germany in 1933 the majority did not vote for Hitler - 30% or so voted for him but he was installed by Hindenburg and his fellow elites who thought Hitler could be controlled by the army generals and oligarchy of the time. They were wrong just as the voters and oligarchy in the US were wrong in 2016 and no doubt again in 2024. Trump will be the ruin of America if not the world! Remember his management of COVID as soon as we face the first tests of this horribly ignorant government. And those tests are coming - the economy which is just showing the first signs of cracking, Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Climatic upheaval, health issues, homelessness and poverty, which will rise exponentially on their watch leading to hunger as we have never seen it in the US. See how he oversees these crises and for how long he can protect his followers from their self inflicted wounds.
2. Ergo, 36% of eligible voters DID NOT VOTE. That’s ca. 90 million people!
3. Of the 64% who did, it was something like 49.5% Trump, 48% Harris (a squeaker, not a mandate!)
4. That means only something like 32% of the eligible US electorate voted for Trump. That is FAR from a majority. It’s also interestingly similar to the 30% Hitler-voters figure.
To me, the knowledge that less than 1/3 of eligible American voters put him in there is heartening, in that 2/3 of eligible voters did NOT, and between those who experienced voter suppression (we’re slowly finding out more about that) and those who weren’t paying attention (or whatever sad reason), there’s lots of room for improvement, assuming we have elections in the future.
I live in Minnesota, where we reliably are either #1 or #2 in voter turnout. Our SOS, Steve Simon, is fantastic. In his 10yrs in office, he’s improved on what had already been a high-turnout state (probably thanks to a longstanding Scandinavian cultural influence, much of which has faded due to an otherwise welcome diversification of the population)— he knows how to get it done.
Maria, you are CORRECT! I have been saying this since the election. Every time I hear on tv that half of the people voted for him...NO, a third of eligible voters did NOT vote at all (if you trust that every vote cast was counted). Also, when I registered to vote MANY years ago, I signed up as an Independent (and stayed there every since). It was frowned upon, to the extent that the polling area where we signed up forced you to tell them your party, in front of everyone. I was 18 and the little old ladies and men (I AM one of them now, lol) tried to shame me into registering for one of the 2 parties; I did not cave. Now, approximated 50% of registered voters are not Democrats or Republicans, so what does that say about the parties? I too have noted the similarities in this and Hitler's sway, which only took 6 months to create devastating results. I fear that some of us are the frogs in the pot with the water where the temperature is raised slowly, with the end result of being boiled. It is why I speak out and will not back down.
Absolutely good point. Far too many people did not or perhaps in many cases could not participate. ABC of course many who voted for Trump did so under the false pretenses that they were fed by the lies he dished up. But still, it is the numbers we have to go by because that’s so called the law. Either way you are right and perhaps only a minority overall would have voted for Trump. But we are stuck with him and we have to find a way of becoming unstuck because otherwise the American Republic is going to go the way of the Weimar Republic with possibly similar longer term consequences.
Agree! I do think Russia had alot to do with trump being elected both times and Musk . I've read trump were trump was involved with putin since the 80's.
If you look further into things, even listings on Facebook aren’t going through as you think they are. We’re all ready in control of propaganda. Not only do the regular channels, not put anything out for people to see none of my neighbours know anything about the protest about what’s going on with Trump. They know nothing until I tell them now when I post on Facebook, I personally go into my settings and I find that I’ve got myself solicited as private posts. I didn’t put myself as private posts so I have to read do my settings all the time and set myself back to public. I’m finding that none of my posts are going out to people anytime I put something out there they flag it and it doesn’t go out so we are being stopped from putting out information to people. Trust me if you look at Facebook or any other sites, you’re following Vance and Trump and all of the people in the government and it’s locked in I didn’t put out that I wanna follow them. It’s locked in and I can’t get rid of them either. They’re following you And they’re having you follow them. The takeover is big but no one knows that no one sees it because they’re all doing it behind your back. We dig into things we’re on sub stack we go to blue sky we go to DuckDuckGo other people don’t do that. They don’t go to YouTube. They don’t look things up. They don’t know what the hell Trump is doing.
So, Mr. Murphy, WHAT ARE THE DEMS ACTUALLY DOING TO FIGHT THE
R-A-P-E
OF AMERICA?????
Are they having summits with the best and brightest, with non-MAGA military officials, with scientists, business people, with legal scholars, think tanks, etc., etc. to plan a way out of this dystopian crisis???? PLEASE!! The Dems badly need to get it together!!!!
We’re going down unless Trump can be impeached and prosecuted for the crimes he is committing in front of us all. Where are the courts and legal system. Is there no emergency remedy for a rogue criminal leading us into the grip of a fascist Russian dictator and ultimate destruction.
i have heard this a couple other times in the last two days. this is infuriating that our elected officials are not able or willing to do something about this. this is the most corruption i have seen in my lifetime and i am 65 years old! 🤦🏽♀️these people are undermining our Democracy and robbing us blind. i really believe he could shoot someone in the face in broad daylight and no one would do anything. STUNNING DEPRAVITY.
On the day he declared his first presidential run I said he was running for president in order to steal from us because he was relatively broke. I knew he was a criminal, thief. I wish he proved me wrong. Instead, his criminality has flourished.
Thanks for all of the work you’re doing to explain what is going on to Americans! That’s real leadership, and we crave it!
All Dems (or anyone willing to call out this admin) need to have more forthright, direct conversations with Americans (and not just Dem voters).
Yes we do crave your leadership
Second that. Senator Murphy is communicating it all to Americans like no other Democrat can and even calls the Democrats out for their own corrupt dealings with billionaires and corporations.
The corruption has to end or we simply cease to exist as a democracy. It is the root of all our problems.
The more wealth the billionaires accumulate the more power they have and the less power and ability to live a good life the people have.
I’m sending a check to Sen. Murphy because of his fearlessness and wish he could or would replace Sen. Schumer as Leader.
The Democrat Senators could replace Schumer as minority leader any time they feel like it; they just need a majority of them (about 25) to get the spine to decide to do it & decide who to put in his place. I nominate Sen Murphy.
I heard an msnbc host mention that the
“Next in line” is Dick Durbin !!!! NO
Enough with the next in line seniority bs, Durbin isn’t the person for the job any more than Schumer is. He’s been the senior Democrat on the Judicial Committee for years & hasn’t done shit about the scotus other than write a few sternly worded letters.
Totally agree. We need fresh ideas and a plan to lead us from this disintegrated wasteland!! SOON!
Unfortunately we have to wait for 2028 before Schumer comes back up for re-election. But make no mistake about it, when he does, we New Yorkers are more than ready to kick his Wall St. kissing butt out the door.
Right now he's one of the very few that are standing up for us.
Yes please let’s get rid of the corporate democrats like Schumer and Pelosi who have profited off the corruption.
Do you have a link to video where he calls out Dems corrupt dealings with Corp and Billionaires? Seriously I like to listen to this type things to cheer myself up!
We Dems are so fractioned- so many injured parties seeking support diluting our power. We need a Strong unifying voice. I am hearing one in Chris Murphy.
I just watched your interview by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. I encourage all to check it out! Yes definitely, yours is the voice of leadership that not only the Democratic Party needs, but that this country desperately thirsts for in order to survive.
You r voice gives me hope!
The honest, ethical, sincere truly PATRIOTIC need to be yelling. You can holler without being crude or crass. Let’s all start on April 5th!
Oh wow, this post only first came up on my "feed" today, April 21. We got a good start on April 5, and another one just a few days ago on April 19.
I hope we have many more, and bigger and better than before. We need 3.5% of the population, or approximately 12,000,000 people to show up and make some noise.
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Good point—how do we get to the MAGA voters?
We first have to separate the non-hardcore MAGA voters from the hardcore MAGAnut cult. Those are the ones who are starting to feel buyers remorse.
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A bunch of accusations with no proof or references or sources. How typical.
It’s right out in the open for anyone with eyes to see. DT has broken more laws in this past 3 months than I can count on both hands. If you don’t see the grift, the bribery, the lawlessness; then I feel very sorry for you.
I would call a 48 hr buy & sell out of China a fact & a problem. Most corrupt POS ever
Typical of whom, by whom for whom? Would appreciate your proof with references and sources included.
Did you read? Can you?
They barely can read headlines, so reading an entire article would break their already disturbed minds. Now no department of education what can you see next as children are indoctrinated in the cult? Sickening to think of actually..
Can someone speak with Senator Gillebrand about her support for Crypto?
Hi,
I'm a lifelong Democrat who is disturbed not only by the agenda and actions of Donald Trump's administration but by the uncoordinated and lack of an impactful response by the Democratic leadership.
Let's try to make things better and here's what I propose. I call it THE SCORECARD. Every week let's have a leading figure in Congress publish the number of federal jobs that have been axed in the previous seven days. In addition, let's profile one of those federal employees who has lost his or her job and what the consequences are for he or she and their families.
If it's an embittered former Trump supporter all the better but let's personalize the situation and make clear that people are not like trees felled when clear cutting a forest.
If Democrats fail to unite their messaging and can't come up with a charismatic figure to make it clear that many if not the majority of those who voted for Trump are going to be victimized by his administration, the party will not get back on its feet to lead the country away from a dark fate.
Sincerely,
Peter Imber
Camden, ME
peter.imber@gmail.com
I like the idea of a streaming platform like a "C-SPAN" that would highlight what you mentioned and even more. I would expand that SCOREBOARD to not just include a jobs list of hundreds of thousands of random FIRINGS of important governmental employees (if there even is a remaining list of them being that many were deleted on the servers), but also have multiple people tracking and publishing various additional areas of offense, such as:
- track the many DANGERS that have been added to the lives of the American People by Elon Musk (see my post above), by their CARELESS ACTS, above and beyond any dangers immigrants purportedly posed;
- track the multiple INEFFICIENT acts DOGE and Musk have committed (see my post above), rendering it not only unnecessary and redundant, but, in fact, itself an example of waste, abuse, and fraud, the very opposite of the intended purpose of DOGE;
- track each UNCONSTITUTIONAL step the Trump Administration has taken, and how much time these resulting lawsuits cost in time, that could otherwise have been spent actually bettering gov't and, instead causing chaos and worsening faith in govt while adding anxiety and despair, in general, to The People; and
- track how many times Musk has ACCESSED OUR PRIVATE RECORDS, and in what departments, without holding an official title or having special clearances, and acting without the confirmation from the Senate;
- track the number of enormous CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Musk has had and has, given the particular tasks he's taken upon himself to do (e.g., Close U.S.A.I.D.), with NO OVERSIGHT;
- list the DEMOCRATICALLY- ALIGNED ALLIANCES Trump and therefore, the American People, have LOST on the international stage, due to Trump's failure to support them or by alienating, threatening or, otherwise abandoning, them;
- list the ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, or COMMUNIST-RELATED AFFILIATIONS (leaders and countries) with whose ideals Trump has recently publicly aligned and announced;
- list the most blatant LIES Trump has told to The American People (e.g., Russia did not start the war with Ukraine.); and, lastly,
- list links to important sites and email addresses to the Senate and the House and any important phone numbers, along with ways to be vocal and most impactful and how to join others and help, and important dates for protests (whether in person, by writing or via practicing peaceful activities).
My thinking is the more areas of offense on the scoreboard mentioned the more lives it will likely impact. For instance, maybe not everyone dislikes firing supposed DEI hires, but many may dislike having their private data invaded or losing our international allies, and aligning with communist countries such as Russia, Hungary, North Korea and Belarus.
My hope is to touch, and galvanize, a broader base of people who will then, hopefully, be moved to some kind of action.
Thanks for sharing.
Be well!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊
Wired.com does a good job of tracking DOGE from early on in OPM and GSA and everything since then. Propublica has a great DOGE tracker of all the installed operatives throughout different agencies.
Hey, that's great to know they're doing that. So grateful! Such important work! 🇺🇲💫💪🏼
Alt National Parks has an account on here and has does a fabulous job of alerting everyone to what is going on behind the scenes. They would possibly have some folks willingly to talk about impact. Amy Siskland keeps/ publishes a weekly list of the administration shenanigans. Heather Cox Richardson reports from a historian perspective. Marc Elias keeps a good record of legal action against the administration. Spotlight on DOGE digs into some of the doge data. If someone had the capacity to pull the various pieces of the puzzle by chapter topic, it would be mind blowing like a true crime series.
This is like the “shadow cabinet” Timothy Snyder (fascism expert and author of “On Tyranny”) has suggested.
I like this idea. Any thoughts on where to publish the series? On who could publish it?
The one who entered a post just above mine, Peter Imber, might be interested. The initial scoreboard was his idea, but was suggested to include only the federal firings which I expanded on. He did leave some contact info.
Peter Imber
Camden, ME
peter.imber@gmail.com
How to gain access to the access #smellemittedfromskunkanalglands has to destroy records? Can't list what can not be accessed.
I’ve been saying the same thing! We need to somehow get the message out to everyone, in real time, now! On TV, on-line, Tic-Tok, etc. That’s what the orange felon did for 4+ years!
Flood the Zone w Outrage! 💙🌎
I believe that every business that Trump has ever had has been closed for fraud or has gone bankrupt. Sadly, what he considers his current business. the US Government, is being handled the same way. Is there nothing we can do to stop this madman? But worst of all is that Trump is acting like a Russian Asset. If he acts like a Russian Asset, then he is one, whether because of bribes, money laundering, blackmail, brainwashing or all of the above. How can this insanity be stopped, Senator Murphy, especially when hardly anyone—besides yourself—is speaking up?
We keep hearing about all the things in your post and 1 big question most have is how we can stop him or who can stop him. He has immunity thanks to the SC. Who is out there to help.
I'm not sure Trump has any immunity on this, for two reasons: 1) SCOTUS posited immunity for a president regarding actions while exercising "core powers" of the office. In no reality is selling memes a core power of the presidency. 2) Trump began selling $Trump on Jan. 17, three days before his inauguration. Therefore, even the most generous reading of the SCOTUS immunity decision shouldn't apply since Trump began selling the meme before he was sworn in as president. All that said, nothing about this second Trump administration has been remotely normal, so anything apparently is possible.
Impeach.
Sorry but that will never happen. There’s no criminal or removal from office recourse. The pain has to be applied where he is vulnerable. Where is that? His base. They will not stay with him forever. If you are on speaking terms with his voters, make sure they know about this
Yes, he has stepped way outside of his "official acts," and we should test that ruling, in any case, to perhaps break down the word "official" as "within his power" and/or constitutional.
See my two longer posts above.
Be well!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊
Thank you for bringing up the fact that he is not immune to everything. If he got his way, the other two branches of government would cease to exist, thus eliminating the Supreme Court. Surely SCOTUS doesn't want that. It does appear that he and Musk take orders from Putin, who would gleefully want to destroy our nation.
Hi! I'm not sure to whom you're addressing your question about who is out there to help.
So many moving parts right now. Many hands are already deep into this fight. We are not sitting ducks.
Keep abreast of 50501s in your area. Also, you can personally boycott anything to do with "X," SpaceX, Tesla, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Prime Video streaming, Washington Post, while divesting of any of the techbro stocks, holdings, etc. If 200,000 people canceled their Prime streaming accounts, Bezos would lose about $36Bil/yr. or $3Bil/mo.! I don't care how rich he is that will still put a dent in his wallet. Maybe refuse that Uber ride if it's a Tesla, plus the exposure to the radiation just being in those cars is very high. Be creative. We turned apartheid around on South Africa by putting pressure on the companies that did business there. We boycotted grapes to get better working conditions for the immigrants. Never underestimate the power of The People.
You can put out your flag or keep it in your window, esply on MARCH 14 (and other protest days), the day the Republicans will be trying to force their Continuing Resolution (CR) through Congress. They may need the help of the Dems to do that. If so, it's a negotiating point for the Dems OR if they don't get what they want then they can simply let the gov't be shut down - which leaves the GOP holding the bag - bc it's their burden to pass being the majority party in Congress. Ex-Congressman, Adam Kinzinger, who braved stepping away from his party, along with Liz Cheney, to be on the Jan 6 investigating committee (and both paid dearly for it) to help build a case against the insurrectionists, is saying the present Dems can use their leverage at this time to bargain with the GOP. Plus, Trump wants a longer-than-normal extension on this CR so that another pressure point. Also, the VETERANS are planning to be in Wash., D.C. in that same day in protest.
Make a sign and display it. Call the 202-224-3121 number to leave a msg for your Rep and Senators. It can be simple or involved. You can also get an email address from that line often in that so many calls are backing up the lines. The email will work also. Encourage them to fight for whatever matters to you: hands of Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Veterans' Benefits and federal jobs, eliminate DOGE, and Musk, impeach Trump, etc.
I just urge people to keep it clean if you want to be taken seriously.
Also, Musk is feeling the pressure with Tesla stock having plummeted along with two back to back Space X launches. AND Trump limited his authority to an "advisory capacity" after his own cabinet members complained.
Much of what's being done on a larger scale is in the legal realm for the quickest impact. Trump is acting quite outside his authority.
There are court rulings that are going against the Administrstion every day, AND the decisions are being handed down by Republican-appointed judges. And even the Supreme Court agreed to remove Trump's block on the Congressionally-appropriated money to U.S.A.I.D., even if by a narrow margin. Rubio is proposing deep cuts to U.S.A.I.D. going forward. Like I said many moving parts.
Personally, I want to be on the Washington Mall on his 100th day in office with, hopefully one of the biggest crowds ever assembled. I'm suggesting people go in black (if grieving), red (if furious) or white (for peace). I'd like it to be 100% silent gathering, like mourners, to make a different kind of impact, letting our signs speak for us, and so there's no false reason for any arrests or national guard.
One thing we know Trump watches is size crowd. I hope he can see on the news on his 100th day in office where he's likely to be wanting to strut around the Oval Office like a proud peacock and brag about exactly how many Executive Orders he's signed (even if they've gotten shot down). I'm hoping a LARGE crowd will put a bit of a damper on that day for him. I'm hoping our signs can say WHAT WE WANT and not just negative things, but to each.
I write on many of these substack sites and I'm worried our voices might be cut off soon so I'm speaking while I can. Freedom of speech is also being threatened.
Anyway, I hope I've given you some hope that people are being active and as of yet no one leader has emerged. I think it's up to each off us to look within and take a stand in an area that matters most to us. However, everyone should be thinking about or talking about taking back the Congress next year. It'll be here before we know it.
Be well!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊
You do understand we don’t have until next year don’t you? Project 2025 has been implemented way farther than what you think it has been. We’ve been lucky so far that the judges have been fighting back. But Trump needs to be stopped ASAP. The Supreme Court needs to get a bigger handle on things. They may have put out an order but they weren’t strong enough as far as getting that man back from that Prison. Trump is following the Hitler Playbook to a T! No one sees the protests, unless they have MSNBC and most people don’t!
Yes, I do absolutely understand. I think you may have missed some of my posts that provide a more complete message about the way I feel.
There ARE things coming out of the WH that were previously thought to be unimaginable, but now we all know if they can be imagined they can be brought forward.
I'm more about solutions than dwelling on the worst of things going on, though THOSE are the very things that drive me in a most determined way to find answers and to celebrate each little bit of progress we make toward defeating what's going on.
Be well!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊🙏
He only has immunity for official acts. Enriching himself personally is not an official act.
He also has near immunity on the outer bounds of official acts, and scotus added that no evidence can be used regarding his official acts to prove a crime. Impeachment is the only viable option, and you will never get a conviction to remove. No president has ever been impeached and convicted. Impeachment will just embolden him.
He can be convicted of civil crimes, for instance, if he ignored l ignores court orders - like bringing back Abrego Garcia from El Salvador by this Monday evening.
And just because something hasn't happened before doesn't mean it can never happen. We just don't seem to have the right "spines" in the Congressional seats right now. Elect new people for 2026 mid-terms! Passionate people need to think of running for all kinds of offices!
Be well!
Christy 🇺🇲❤️🕊🙏
We need at least a million people to march on Washington DC before they would even begin to take us seriously
He does not have total immunity; only immunity for official acts. Yes, the scotus certainly expanded it, but it’s not total.
Near total for the outer bounds—would have to be closely examined, and any evidence of crimes under article 2 powers can not be used to investigate. He IS acting as if he has absolute immunity which is why he is ignoring court orders.
I’m certain you and your office have much to do, but please post more here.
Thank you for this and every speech you make, every commentary you offer, every interview you give, and every post you make here on your substack. Many of us are relying on you to be the leader of the resistance to this hostile, revolutionary takeover of our Republic by a dictator. I use that word because he's already being a dictator.
Please post more on Substack! Please post as often as Steve Schmidt! Substack is a tremendous way for you to get more people to follow you and learn about your resistance. Disillusioned citizens need to realize we are not suffering this moment without a leader, and that very soon we will be able to joint together and resist Trump as one united front. .
I truly hope Chris watched the devastating speech on Trump given by the French Senator Claude Malhuret, who is known to be politically center-right, that he gave to the French Assembly a few days ago. It sends shudders down the spine of every American and European who loves freedom and makes all decent Americans feel shame for our country.
This is a MUST WATCH speech for all of us.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/for-this-french-senator-trump-is-a-traitor-and-europe-is-now-alone/
Please keep up your opposition. The corruption is despicable.
How do we stop this??
For the life of me, I cannot understand why this isn't being screamed from the rooftops repeatedly by the entire Democratic Party. It is blatant corruption. Great job Sen. Murphy, but this needs to be among the messages hammered out daily, in my humble opinion.
You're right that the whole Bitcoin/Crypto universe is much too complicated for the average voter - even the above average voter - to understand. Your staff is terrific so perhaps they can put together a Crypto for Dummies (without saying dummies), something that would walk us, step by step, through the process of buying and selling this stuff. Thank you SO MUCH for using your voice to expose this dangerous, odious man.
Yup, all just typical of this cruel, corrupt regime. It’s a never ending parade of evil, illegal and treasonous acts in which the American system is being steadily eroded, gutted and ultimately completely destroyed by this useless infantile sociopath. There is no way in this world that he should ever have been allowed into politics. How and why the GOP allowed him to become a candidate in 2015 is beyond me. How and why the electorate voted for him in 2016 and again 2024 is just incredibly astounding and speaks to the absolute insanity and stupidity (one just can’t use any other words for this fact as much as one might want to be politically correct - yes the deplorables) of the voters. It’s inconceivable that this would have happened in any other country or time other than in the 21st century in the USA. Even in Germany in 1933 the majority did not vote for Hitler - 30% or so voted for him but he was installed by Hindenburg and his fellow elites who thought Hitler could be controlled by the army generals and oligarchy of the time. They were wrong just as the voters and oligarchy in the US were wrong in 2016 and no doubt again in 2024. Trump will be the ruin of America if not the world! Remember his management of COVID as soon as we face the first tests of this horribly ignorant government. And those tests are coming - the economy which is just showing the first signs of cracking, Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Climatic upheaval, health issues, homelessness and poverty, which will rise exponentially on their watch leading to hunger as we have never seen it in the US. See how he oversees these crises and for how long he can protect his followers from their self inflicted wounds.
Charles, do you know if that 30% of Hitler voters was 30% of *eligible* voters? also, were all eligible voters *required to vote”?
I think a few crucial numbers in 2024’s election are overlooked and/or misinterpreted, and we should all be bringing them up at every opportunity!
1. Only 64% of eligible American voters actually voted. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-15/how-many-people-didnt-vote-in-the-2024-election
2. Ergo, 36% of eligible voters DID NOT VOTE. That’s ca. 90 million people!
3. Of the 64% who did, it was something like 49.5% Trump, 48% Harris (a squeaker, not a mandate!)
4. That means only something like 32% of the eligible US electorate voted for Trump. That is FAR from a majority. It’s also interestingly similar to the 30% Hitler-voters figure.
To me, the knowledge that less than 1/3 of eligible American voters put him in there is heartening, in that 2/3 of eligible voters did NOT, and between those who experienced voter suppression (we’re slowly finding out more about that) and those who weren’t paying attention (or whatever sad reason), there’s lots of room for improvement, assuming we have elections in the future.
I live in Minnesota, where we reliably are either #1 or #2 in voter turnout. Our SOS, Steve Simon, is fantastic. In his 10yrs in office, he’s improved on what had already been a high-turnout state (probably thanks to a longstanding Scandinavian cultural influence, much of which has faded due to an otherwise welcome diversification of the population)— he knows how to get it done.
Maria, you are CORRECT! I have been saying this since the election. Every time I hear on tv that half of the people voted for him...NO, a third of eligible voters did NOT vote at all (if you trust that every vote cast was counted). Also, when I registered to vote MANY years ago, I signed up as an Independent (and stayed there every since). It was frowned upon, to the extent that the polling area where we signed up forced you to tell them your party, in front of everyone. I was 18 and the little old ladies and men (I AM one of them now, lol) tried to shame me into registering for one of the 2 parties; I did not cave. Now, approximated 50% of registered voters are not Democrats or Republicans, so what does that say about the parties? I too have noted the similarities in this and Hitler's sway, which only took 6 months to create devastating results. I fear that some of us are the frogs in the pot with the water where the temperature is raised slowly, with the end result of being boiled. It is why I speak out and will not back down.
Absolutely good point. Far too many people did not or perhaps in many cases could not participate. ABC of course many who voted for Trump did so under the false pretenses that they were fed by the lies he dished up. But still, it is the numbers we have to go by because that’s so called the law. Either way you are right and perhaps only a minority overall would have voted for Trump. But we are stuck with him and we have to find a way of becoming unstuck because otherwise the American Republic is going to go the way of the Weimar Republic with possibly similar longer term consequences.
Agree! I do think Russia had alot to do with trump being elected both times and Musk . I've read trump were trump was involved with putin since the 80's.
If you look further into things, even listings on Facebook aren’t going through as you think they are. We’re all ready in control of propaganda. Not only do the regular channels, not put anything out for people to see none of my neighbours know anything about the protest about what’s going on with Trump. They know nothing until I tell them now when I post on Facebook, I personally go into my settings and I find that I’ve got myself solicited as private posts. I didn’t put myself as private posts so I have to read do my settings all the time and set myself back to public. I’m finding that none of my posts are going out to people anytime I put something out there they flag it and it doesn’t go out so we are being stopped from putting out information to people. Trust me if you look at Facebook or any other sites, you’re following Vance and Trump and all of the people in the government and it’s locked in I didn’t put out that I wanna follow them. It’s locked in and I can’t get rid of them either. They’re following you And they’re having you follow them. The takeover is big but no one knows that no one sees it because they’re all doing it behind your back. We dig into things we’re on sub stack we go to blue sky we go to DuckDuckGo other people don’t do that. They don’t go to YouTube. They don’t look things up. They don’t know what the hell Trump is doing.
MAGA, this doesn’t piss you off???? I wonder what will?
I doubt MGA knows about it.
So, Mr. Murphy, WHAT ARE THE DEMS ACTUALLY DOING TO FIGHT THE
R-A-P-E
OF AMERICA?????
Are they having summits with the best and brightest, with non-MAGA military officials, with scientists, business people, with legal scholars, think tanks, etc., etc. to plan a way out of this dystopian crisis???? PLEASE!! The Dems badly need to get it together!!!!
The People need to help get the message out. Make people aware of what is going on.
Sooner or later, this will crash the US, and possible global financial system
We’re going down unless Trump can be impeached and prosecuted for the crimes he is committing in front of us all. Where are the courts and legal system. Is there no emergency remedy for a rogue criminal leading us into the grip of a fascist Russian dictator and ultimate destruction.
Sooner than later, I am afraid
Which may be part of the plan. Citizens - pay off as much debt as possible as soon as possible.
That you for posting this and for all of your good work🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
i have heard this a couple other times in the last two days. this is infuriating that our elected officials are not able or willing to do something about this. this is the most corruption i have seen in my lifetime and i am 65 years old! 🤦🏽♀️these people are undermining our Democracy and robbing us blind. i really believe he could shoot someone in the face in broad daylight and no one would do anything. STUNNING DEPRAVITY.
On the day he declared his first presidential run I said he was running for president in order to steal from us because he was relatively broke. I knew he was a criminal, thief. I wish he proved me wrong. Instead, his criminality has flourished.