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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 10h

You’re talking about polls in general, not polls about the president’s approval rating. Those tend to be commissioned by media outlets and done using consistent logic so they can be trended over time.

You can answer your own question by reading the fine print in those polls.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 15h

Another lazy question. The information is readily available - polling information is literally reported under the name of the entity that did the polling.

I’m guessing this is not a question asked in good faith- just repeating stuff you’ve heard because cynicism is cool.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 19h

It goes way beyond elections. Critical infrastructure includes things like the energy grid and our dams. And probably a ton of other stuff I’m not thinking of right now they could have severe impact if they were hacked by our enemies.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

You’re giving them too much credit thinking they understand what fascism is - and that supporting it is a BAD thing

Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

Any reputable poll will tell you their methodology. Making statements like this is just lazy- do your homework!

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

And members of Congress care. The lower that approval rating goes, the more Republicans will try to separate themselves from him for their own political survival

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! I get that the people that approve are the cultists. But who the heck are the people that don’t know?

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re undocumented, please don’t show up to protest. Let those of us the regime can’t deport advocate for you.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

Which is not even an executive agency. 🤦‍♀️

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

unfortunately, we have gone way too far in the US in giving our law-enforcement complete immunity for everything they do on the job. Our courts, and especially SCOTUS, have enabled law-enforcement to act like complete thugs with no consequences.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve just named people who infuriated Democrats by voting with Republicans SOME of the time- this could be far worse, and that he could govern like a Republican ALL the time.

We lost Manchin’s seat in WV to an actual Republican - the voting record show a very clear difference.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so proud of Chicago!

Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. He could just be a Trojan horse. Dems help elect him and then he governs as a republican.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 1d

And water is wet.

Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

These guys know a little something about it- www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

They are referencing the 2024 appropriation despite the fact that the article and the lawsuits are under FY 2025- since the law is there thing I am assuming that’s not an oversight, and the law still applies

ICE Limiting Lawmaker Access to Facilities Amid Allegations of ‘Inhumane’ Conditions

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

Not really though because there are people working at the ice facility that are barring entry who are entitled to be paid for their work. And they will be paid out of an appropriation from Congress.

Is this argument from the Trump school of legal theory?

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

And who has operational control of the US Marshals?

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

If you stick a law into an appropriation’s bill, the law doesn’t end when the money is gone. It’s on the books until it’s repealed.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

I’m guessing it’s about the Qatar airbase

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

Did she get booted from Trump’s inner sanctum?

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

What law-enforcement should they bring?

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of those situations where the law is just for other people.

There is a law on the books that allows a member of Congress to inspect such facilities without advance notice. Denying them entry is more lawlessness by the regime.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

They already passed the law a few years ago that requires that members of Congress will be allowed to inspect government facilities like ICE detention centers. It’s a blatantly illegal act.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 2d

He’s absolutely salivating for it to turn violent.

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Gnat on the Wall @travelgnat.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe it will give them a chance to finally finish this construction that’s been going on for at least a decade.

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