FakeNoose

FakeNoose's Journal

March 30, 2019

Gettin' ready for April Fools' Day

April Fools Day is this Monday! Play a prank on someone you love ... or not.

March 29, 2019

April Fool's Day at the doctor's office

March 29, 2019

Here's a pretty good April Fool's Day joke

It would probably work better in an office.

March 20, 2019

PA Dems special election update

Link to PADems.com: https://www.padems.com/2019-special-elections/

Stay informed, donate if you can!

March 15, 2019

Sen. Pat Toomey joins Republican defectors in vote to reject Trump's border emergency

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 3/14/19

(link) https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2019/03/14/Senate-rejects-Trump-border-emergency-as-Republicans-defect/stories/201903140122

WASHINGTON — In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans, including Pennsylvania's Sen. Pat Toomey, joined Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico.

The rejection capped a week of confrontation with the White House as both parties in Congress strained to exert their power in new ways.

The 59-41 tally, following the Senate’s vote a day earlier to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, promised to force Mr. Trump into the first vetoes of his presidency. Mr. Trump had warned against both actions. Moments after Thursday’s vote, the president tweeted a single word of warning: “VETO!”

Two years into the Trump era, a defecting dozen Republicans, pushed along by Democrats, showed a willingness to take that political risk. Those Republicans, including Mr. Toomey and the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, Mitt Romney of Utah, joined the dissent over the emergency declaration order that would enable the president to seize for the wall billions of dollars Congress intended elsewhere.

- more at link -

If there was ever a reason to "thank" Senator Toomey, I guess this is it. He's been a TrumpHumper for way too long but even he couldn't go along with this.

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Name: Kathy Hinsman
Gender: Female
Hometown: Pittsburgh PA
Home country: USA
Current location: Pittsburgh
Member since: Sat Feb 18, 2017, 02:16 PM
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About FakeNoose

Hey DU friends! Baby boomer here. I became a voter in 1972 when I turned 21, and I've been voting regularly ever since. For a long time I remained independent - always voting for Dem candidates. However that changed in 2008 when I wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton for President. But I live in Pennsylvania where we have closed elections, and my only chance to vote for Hillary was in the Dem primary. So I joined the Democratic Party in 2008, voted for Hillary, and I've never looked back. Barack Obama won the primary in Pennsylvania, as ell as most other states, and I supported him in the general election. It was a different story in 2016 .... You'll never convince me that Chump didn't CHEAT his way into the White House. The worst 4 years in the history of our country ensued, 2017 to 2020, and the first few days of 2021. We all lived through it and i don't need to explain it now. My goal is to make sure that Chump NEVER gets elected to ANYTHING again. Not even Dogcatcher of West Palm Beach FL. Whether he goes to prison is not up to me - but he must be CONVICTED of his crimes and PREVENTED from running for office again. Better yet - he should be in prison or six-feet-under. You get me? I love the cooperation, optimism and can-do spirit of Democratic Underground. We're a community of liberal-minded Americans and we know how to share our stories constructively and pro-actively. Let's all pitch in and get this job done. There has never been a more important election that right now, this year. Democrats everywhere MUST WIN. Joe Biden must win FOUR MORE YEARS!