Stop taking the bait. There is one path through this mess. It starts and ends on Nov 3, 2026

In the history of this Earth there has only been one way where a bunch of people ever made a difference in the world around them. 

They put aside their differences when a threat so big came around that it threatened everyone in it’s path. They even took up the age old idea, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, and made good use of it in troubled times. 

This entire misadministration of Donald Trump’s has one goal: to remove institutional knowledge from federal agency civilian ranks, to decimate institutional knowledge from the highest ranks of the US military, to eradicate the professional scientific institutional knowledge from research universities and other institutions…. 

to end the Federal Government’s ability to function coherently. 

The man elected to lead the Nation and uphold this Oath: 

Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 

Presidential Oath of Office

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:– I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

The US President is the chief executive of the Federal Gov’t, and the laws written by Congress and signed into law by previous presidents are the laws s/he is so sworn to uphold via their Office as President. 

Trump is forsworn, as a president. He is continuing an ongoing grift of the Office (his crypto currency) and loudly, publicly ignores any and all constitutional restrictions on his actions (i,e, emoluments). 

Since the current 119th Congress is populated with a majority of Republicans in both Houses, the Democrats can do nothing to prevent the GOP and Trump from passing any laws they so desire and sign into Law… except in the Senate. 

But that would require that the Senate Minority Leader, currently Chuck Schumer of New York, rally his Cacus and filibuster and invoke cloture votes (they can do both things) on every motion, every Bill which comes to the Senate Floor. To OBSTRUCT is their only real tool and Schumer should be using it every damned day. He is not, he most certainly is not. 

You know who is? 

John Thune, the Republican Majority Leader. 

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/cloture/119.htm

From January 3, 2025 through May 9, 2025, 75 cloture motions have been filed.
Motions Filed in 2025	Action and Result
Date	Measure	Subject	Filed By	Date	Vote	Result
May 8	PN12-38	Nominee Michael Rigas	Thune
May 8	PN13-10	Nominee Katharine MacGregor	Thune
May 8	PN13-4	Nominee James Danly	Thune
May 8	PN12-30	Nominee Troy Meink	Thune
May 8	PN25-50	Nominee Reed Rubinstein	Thune
May 8	PN12-10	Nominee Monica Crowley	Thune
May 6	S.1582	GENIUS Act   motion to proceed	Thune	May 8	48 - 49 No. 240	F
Apr 29	PN20	Nominee Frank Bisignano	Thune	May 1	50 - 45 No. 230	I
Apr 10	PN26-18	Nominee Tilman Fertitta	Thune	Apr 29	84 - 13 No. 220	I
Apr 10	PN26-3	Nominee Thomas Barrack	Thune	Apr 29	62 - 36 No. 218	I
Apr 10	PN24-5	Nominee Warren Stephens	Thune	Apr 29	59 - 39 No. 216	I
Apr 10	PN54-5	Nominee David Perdue	Thune	Apr 28	64 - 27 No. 214	I
Apr 9	PN27	Nominee Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired)	Thune	Apr 11	59 - 25 No. 210	I
Apr 9	PN28	Nominee Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired)	Thune	Apr 11	60 - 25 No. 212	I
Apr 8	PN12-29	Nominee Mark Meador	Thune	Apr 10	51 - 46 No. 208	I
Apr 5	PN18	Nominee Paul Atkins	Thune	Apr 8	51 - 42 No. 199	I
Apr 5	PN25-6	Nominee Kevin Cabrera	Thune	Apr 8	52 - 44 No. 198	I
Apr 5	PN25-22	Nominee Ronald Johnson	Thune	Apr 8	52 - 44 No. 198	I
Apr 5	PN25-18	Nominee Peter Hoekstra	Thune	Apr 8	60 - 37 No. 197	I
Apr 5	PN25-20	Nominee Mike Huckabee	Thune	Apr 8	53 - 46 No. 196	I
Apr 5	PN25-14	Nominee George Glass	Thune	Apr 8	67 - 32 No. 194	I
Apr 5	PN12-9	Nominee Elbridge Colby	Thune	Apr 7	53 - 39 No. 192	I
Apr 1	PN12-34	Nominee Mehmet Oz	Thune	Apr 3	50 - 45 No. 164	I
Mar 31	PN12-11	Nominee Harmeet Dhillon	Thune	Apr 2	52 - 45 No. 159	I
Mar 31	PN12-39	Nominee Dean Sauer	Thune	Apr 2	53 - 46 No. 158	I
Mar 27	PN25-56	Nominee Matthew Whitaker	Thune	Mar 31	49 - 42 No. 156	I
Mar 25	PN13-9	Nominee Paul Lawrence	Thune	Mar 27	53 - 47 No. 154	I
Mar 24	PN12-15	Nominee Michael Faulkender	Thune	Mar 26	52 - 46 No. 148	I
Mar 14	PN12-37	Nominee Aaron Reitz	Thune	Mar 26	53 - 46 No. 146	I
Mar 14	PN12-3	Nominee James Bishop	Thune	Mar 25	52 - 47 No. 144	I
Mar 14	PN12-28	Nominee Martin Makary	Thune	Mar 25	56 - 44 No. 142	I
Mar 14	PN12-2	Nominee Jayanta Bhattacharya	Thune	Mar 25	53 - 46 No. 140	I
Mar 14	PN13-8	Nominee Michael Kratsios	Thune	Mar 25	73 - 25 No. 138	I
Mar 14	H.R.1968	Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2025	Thune	Mar 14	62 - 38 No. 128	I
Mar 13	PN12-25	Nominee Christopher Landau	Thune	Mar 14	63 - 32 No. 135	I
Mar 12	PN12-36	Nominee John Phelan	Thune	Mar 14	64 - 33 No. 134	I
Mar 12	H.R.1968	Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2025   motion to proceed	Thune	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN12-16	Nominee Stephen Feinberg	Thune	Mar 14	56 - 39 No. 125	I
Mar 11	S.331	HALT Fentanyl Act	Thune	Mar 13	84 - 15 No. 124	I
Mar 11	PN22-12	Nominee Jeffrey Kessler	Thune	Mar 13	54 - 45 No. 122	I
Mar 11	PN13-12	Nominee William Pulte	Thune	Mar 13	57 - 41 No. 120	I
Mar 10	PN12-42	Nominee Keith Sonderling	Thune	Mar 12	53 - 45 No. 118	I
Mar 10	PN19	Nominee Stephen Miran	Thune	Mar 12	52 - 45 No. 116	I
Mar 6	PN12-41	Nominee Abigail Slater	Thune	Mar 11	77 - 19 No. 114	I
Mar 6	PN13-2	Nominee Steven Bradbury	Thune	Mar 11	51 - 46 No. 112	I
Mar 4	S.331	HALT Fentanyl Act   motion to proceed	Thune	Mar 6	82 - 12 No. 110	I
Mar 4	PN11-4	Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer	Thune	Mar 6	66 - 30 No. 109	I
Mar 4	PN12-14	Nominee Troy Edgar	Thune	Mar 6	53 - 43 No. 107	I
Mar 3	PN12-5	Nominee Todd Blanche	Thune	Mar 5	51 - 46 No. 104	I
Feb 27	S.9	Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act   motion to proceed	Thune	Mar 3	51 - 45 No. 100	F
Feb 25	PN11-10	Nominee Linda McMahon	Thune	Feb 27	51 - 47 No. 98	I
Feb 21	PN11-17	Nominee Jamieson Greer	Thune	Feb 24	55 - 42 No. 89	I
Feb 21	PN12-12	Nominee Daniel Driscoll	Thune	Feb 24	66 - 28 No. 88	I
Feb 18	PN12-35	Nominee Kashyap Patel	Thune	Feb 20	51 - 47 No. 60	I
Feb 6	PN11-18	Nominee Kelly Loeffler	Thune	Feb 13	51 - 43 No. 55	I
Feb 6	PN11-12	Nominee Brooke Rollins	Thune	Feb 13	UC	W
Feb 6	PN11-9	Nominee Howard Lutnick	Thune	Feb 13	52 - 45 No. 54	I
Feb 6	PN11-8	Nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Thune	Feb 12	53 - 47 No. 51	I
Feb 6	PN11-16	Nominee Tulsi Gabbard	Thune	Feb 10	52 - 46 No. 49	I
Feb 3	PN11-22	Nominee Russell Vought	Thune	Feb 5	53 - 47 No. 36	I
Jan 30	PN11-14	Nominee Eric Turner	Thune	Feb 4	55 - 45 No. 34	I
Jan 30	PN11-2	Nominee Pamela Bondi	Thune	Feb 3	52 - 46 No. 31	I
Jan 27	PN11-5	Nominee Douglas Collins	Thune	Jan 30	83 - 13 No. 28	I
Jan 27	PN11-15	Nominee Christopher Wright	Thune	Jan 30	62 - 35 No. 27	I
Jan 27	PN11-3	Nominee Douglas Burgum	Thune	Jan 29	78 - 20 No. 25	I
Jan 27	PN11-23	Nominee Lee Zeldin	Thune	Jan 29	56 - 42 No. 23	I
Jan 23	H.R.23	ICC Sanctions   motion to proceed	Thune	Jan 28	54 - 45 No. 22	F
Jan 23	PN11-6	Nominee Sean Duffy	Thune	Jan 27	97 - 0 No. 20	I
Jan 22	PN11-1	Nominee Scott Bessent	Thune	Jan 25	67 - 23 No. 18	I
Jan 21	PN11-11	Nominee Kristi Noem	Thune	Jan 24	61 - 39 No. 16	I
Jan 21	PN11-7	Nominee Peter Hegseth	Thune	Jan 23	51 - 49 No. 14	I
Jan 21	PN11-19	Nominee John Ratcliffe	Thune	Jan 23	72 - 26 No. 12	I
Jan 20	S.6	Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act   motion to proceed	Thune	Jan 22	52 - 47 No. 11	F
Jan 15	S.5	Laken Riley Act	Thune	Jan 17	61 - 35 No. 5	I
Jan 8	S.5	Laken Riley Act   motion to proceed	Thune	Jan 9	84 - 9 No. 1	I
Vote Key: 61-32 No. 2 (for example) - tally and Roll Call Vote number; UC - Unanimous Consent.
Result Key: F - Failed; I - Invoked; N - No action; V - Vitiated; W - Withdrawn.

There are ways out of this mess. There are. 

But every one of them relies on us all surviving long enough to have our elections on Nov 3, 2026. 

So, stop taking the bait that we need to scourge our Current Democrats in Office for NOT DOING ENOUGH.

The sad, horrible truth is there isn’t much they can do, outside of Media shows like 25 hour Filibusters. Because far too many Republicans won their elections last year. 

Want an America without a president Trump? 

MAKE DAMNED SURE THE DEMS START 2027 OUT WITH A MAJORITY CONGRESS. 

Throw enough Republicans out of their seats from state legislatures to Congress to scare the living shit out of them. 

Use all of the anger Trump has incited in YOU and turn that energy into a force for good. 

Join the League of Women Voters in your state and work to register more new voters. 

https://www.lwv.org/join

It is the single most powerful thing you can do between now and Nov 3, 2026, believe it or not.