America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/freedom-trump-threats-kimmel/684358/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8HI8eRsJE8gS3JckWUuNs_M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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It is vital that the masses not give these people any more respect than Trump does.
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It's disgraceful considering how average people are going out in their pajamas to tell ICE to go to hell. If they can confront armed goons, these elected people should be standing up a lot more than they are.
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People will choose their names and careers alllllmost every time. There's so little reward for sacrificing power and safety to make things better for a future you won't see. But when the occasional golden person speaks the truth, assumes the blame, TAKES LESS, it's magical. And contagious.
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This I agree with. But I still maintain that the dominant narrative should be that gop was willing to starve people to avoid extending them affordable health care. Being exclusively angry with Dems just serves to discourage voters I fear. We need to vote more not less.
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Nobody is "exclusively angry with the Dems". Stop being a party shill. Criticism the Dems IN NO WAY makes EVEN ONE PERSON forget about the atrocities of the GOP.

But blaming and pressuring the GOP DOES NOTHING. And you know that. You just don't want to admit the truth of this whole kerfuffle:
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These people feel that they have too much to lose.
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PRECISELY.

Gift Article: 🎁

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/freedom-trump-threats-kimmel/684358/?gift=uFTo6QC7Qos5YIJkNYLtSjntf6pFZQfdO79CeuuHaOk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Interesting read-thank you for sharing!!!
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I think people who say he is in the throes of dementia are wrong. He knows exactly what he is doing and is driven by only two motives: greed and ego. He does not care for anyone but himself. Full stop. Those around him know this and are getting everything they want by focusing on greed and ego.
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They prefer to preserve their own power.
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It's all fun and games until they start falling out of windows.
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The Senate Dem #SurrenderCaucus is emblematic of thr #ChickenShitElites problem

bsky.app/profile/asiegel.bsky.social/post/3m5bt2ewwy22h
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Besides all the dirt on Epstein’s associations with billionaires, there’s probably lots more evidence of upper class crimes n corruption Trump officials may start unearthing if the rich Establishment criticizes Trump too much
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We see this even in the great universities knuckling under to Trump extortion: moral weakness. The felon knows how to exploit this weakness for his own gain.
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this is George Grosz, Pillars of Society
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Vichy Democrats
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Not just them, college admins, law firm partners, tech firms, entertainment industry. They probably run the gamut on their political backgrounds, what they have in common is folding under pressure.
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Many of these people are in the Epstein files.

Trump controls the Epstein files.
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what’s making me crazy this morning is them not having the energy to keep fighting but having the energy to sandbag the majority of their caucus who want to keep fighting. if you’ve given up, just go sit quietly!
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The 7 million of us who took to the streets last month will not go quietly!
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Trump wasn’t wrong when he said DC is one giant swamp.
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Ooh. The chicken shit caving caucus has a nice accurate ring to it to describe the 8 cavers but in general to describe the elite law firms, the admins of Cornell, Univ of Virginia, the list goes on....
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Very important not to conflate this issue with what happened in the Senate. Democrats had zero chance of scoring any win that Trump did not willingly concede. I know it sucks, but why are people having so much trouble accepting this immutable truth
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No, the biggest obstacle is the fact the majority party won’t do a damn thing to stop him and also will never negotiate anything. Ever.
And the biggest reason for that? Stupid fucking Americans that put those assholes in power.
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Chickenshitification of American elites
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We couldn't have gotten here without them! ❤️
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This. Democracy requires sacrifice, even in good times. In an era where the prevailing moto is “what’s in it for me?” Those who have much are the most unwilling to make them. It shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s the ordinary folks who bear the brunt and are most willing to pay the costs .
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The rich fear nothing more than the prospect of being less rich.
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Well said
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^^^ Trump knows this bc his whole business was BUILT on violating contract, violating the law, abusing workers&tenants, and having these very people either turn a blind eye or actively refuse to punish him for it out of class-solidarity. He knows they'll let him get away with it cuz they always have
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My only slight quibble would be to take out the words "upper echelon" from the first sentence.
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This is the real reason Trump is hiding the Epstein files!! Katie Johnson! Why is No One talking about KATIE JOHNSON? Canadian politician Charlie Angus has written on Trumps evil in his Substack! Did Trump have her off’ed? gut wrenching!
Trump's Heart of Darkness
open.substack.com/pub/charlieangus/p/trumps-heart-of-darkness?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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