"MURKOWSKI COULD LEAD GOP REVOLT AGAINST TRUMP - 4.21.25" countdown

[orleans]

Last edited Mon Apr 21, 2025, 02:50 AM - Edit history (1)

on edit: near the end of the show he talked about how he would be willing to work with msnbc (in spite of his banishment from the msnbc kingdom--my words) for the common good of the country and getting rid of trump

A-Block (1:45) SPECIAL COMMENT: Senator Lisa Murkowski may be the most important person in the country right now. Her public confession that she too is afraid of the Trump nightmare and her HINTS at talking to Senate colleagues ABOUT her fear – could provide just enough Republican rebellion to rein Trump in.

It feels as if she just got it, as if she just understood that yes Trump is Nazi-esque and yes Trump often emulates the Soviets but the closest parallel to him is O'Brien and "The Party" in Orwell's "1984" and the simple terrifying conviction that "the object of power is power." That's why I think when Kristi Garden Noem and Secretary of Defense (and Vodka) Hegseth (if he's still on the job after ANOTHER Signal chat came to light) file their report on the border to Trump this week and tell him no, they don't need to invoke The Insurrection Act, he may do it anyway because... the object of power is power.

Murkowski and thirteen other Republican Senators and at most four Republican Representatives can stop this. They can save the country. They can impeach Trump or if they still can’t get over the hump, the 18 of you can use the THREAT to impeach him, to virtually fetter him, to at least control the width and breadth of his damage, to make him know the Senate WILL vote against him.

She can also talk to anybody on the Supreme Court except Alito or Thomas. The other seven, in the middle of the damn night - at 1 AM Saturday - stepped in to freeze any further disappearing Americans under the phony premise of The Alien Enemies Act. And there is reason to hope that these Murkowski-led conversations might happen before the iron curtain of dictatorship descends: Later in her confession of fear, she hinted at doing exactly what I just suggested.

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https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/murkowski-could-lead-gop-revolt-against-trump-4-21-25

[Haggard Celine]

1. I'd rather have her as the leader rather than Collins.

I'm sure that Murkowski and Collins have virtually the same voting record, but for some reason I dislike Collins more than Murkowski.

[orleans]

2. same here.

keith is getting a lot of blowback (for lack of a better word at 2 am), basically saying lisa is just a bunch of talk and she'll never stand up against trump and her party regardless of how scared she is.

https://bsky.app/profile/olbermann.bsky.social/post/3lncbzt2vek24

[Brainfodder]

4. I have many concerns concerning the one hyper-concerned!

In hind sight all her BS might have just been her version of SMUG to try and placate or avoid pressing the subject?

My contempt level for this dingbat is at:

If she was drowning in a river of slime, I'd just enjoy the moment?

[Ursus Rex]

3. Yeah, right, sure thing.

That is sheer fantasy.