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Bayard

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19. trump doesn't care what Congress doesn't approve of,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:13 PM

18 hrs ago

He's going to do whatever he wants. Right now, that's playing with his toy soldiers.

It would be nice to think he might get impeached over this finally.

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Khanna, Massie plan to force war powers vote on Iran [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

By the time they get through their arcane process Iran will be bombed already Walleye 21 hrs ago #1

Read where he plans an attack this weekend so next week vapor2 21 hrs ago #4

I was about to say... Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #5

The "arcane process" wasn't designed to be swift, but slow and deliberative. LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #21

These 2 Reps deserve a lot of credit bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #2

They really do. I am so grateful for Khanna. And much as I think Massie is a freak, Massie really Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #3

Massie is pressing the Epstein issue Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #6

Wait...what? Esox Lucius 20 hrs ago #7

They'll be too late Figarosmom 20 hrs ago #8

Classic popsdenver 19 hrs ago #10

(to quote an old du post & poster:) this needs to be done "right the fuck now" orleans 20 hrs ago #9

GOOD!!! Kid Berwyn 19 hrs ago #11

Can't they use the original War on Terror approval for this? Renew Deal 19 hrs ago #12

The AUMFs WERE repealed (finally, after 35 years and 20 years respectively) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #16

So will they impeach him when he does it anyway? mountain grammy 19 hrs ago #13

This across-the-aisle bromance BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #14

we have to punish iran, we have to punish iran. in the voice of ron raygun for overtthrowing their fair hair boy the sha AllaN01Bear 18 hrs ago #15

"in the voice of ron raygun" BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #17

this. AllaN01Bear 18 hrs ago #18

trump doesn't care what Congress doesn't approve of, Bayard 18 hrs ago #19

Not In My Name! BidenRocks 16 hrs ago #20

The Iranians will have to get in line behind the Iraqis and Palestinians. LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #22

Isn't this a complete inversion of the process? WestMichRad 12 hrs ago #23

"Now, the CIC can act unilaterally" BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #24