ThanksJack for bringing this skeletor to the front. I have been calling my red hats since he hit my radar. It must have been a month ago, because my log says 60 calls, so that's 30 days. His confirmation is happening this week. It needs to be stopped, but I don't have much hope in Young and Banks. Just typing their names makes me nauseous. Thanks as always for your truths and action!
Sixty calls in thirty days...that is real fight, Jo!
I know it stings that he got confirmed anyway. These are the moments when our system feels like it’s stacked wall‑to‑wall with concrete against us. But those calls weren’t wasted...not for a second. Every one of them is logged. Every tally becomes a line in the historical record that says, We saw you. We opposed you. We won’t forget.
And here’s the part that matters: confirmation isn’t the end of the story. It’s the first page of his record under the microscope. People like this don’t escape the weight of their own corruption forever...and the Firebreak Brigade is watching.
Your persistence is exactly what keeps the pressure alive. They want us disgusted... defeated...and silent. You refused...and that’s the spark they can’t kill.
Thank you for your kind words. Being in the middle of the wilderness, I feel like I'm yelling into the void. But I remind myself, the answer is a definite not if I don't call, so may as well call and they will know how I feel. Use exact words too. No pretty please and let me kiss your feet. I will keep up my daily mirage because....there's much. Each day brings more. Thanks for inspiring me with your words. Otherwise, I'd feel defeated. Rest well. Tomorrow is another day.
I know...it stings, Rachel. Emil Bove just slid through...and the system feels like it’s welded shut against accountability.
Here’s the blunt truth: federal judges hold lifetime appointments under Article III of the Constitution. Impeachment is the only way to remove them...and it’s rare. It takes a majority in the House to impeach and two‑thirds of the Senate to convict and remove.
So could a future administration do it? Yes...but only with political will and a Congress that sees this as a line in the sand. It’s not impossible...but it’s a hill that requires planning, evidence, and public pressure.
That’s why what we do now matters. Every call...every record...every log of his conflicts or abuses lays the groundwork for the day a real pro‑democracy Congress can move. Bove’s confirmation is the start of the fight, not the end of it...and the Firebreak Brigade will keep that spotlight burning.
I'm sorry too, I suppose it's no surprise because Republicans are Republicans and they are hellbent on destroying this country. We need to be extra vigilant. Sometimes i feel like we're swimming upstream. Oh well, it works for the salmon.
This was posted before the ratfuckers in the senate confirmed this low life nazi. He is now on the court. I hope the other judges on that district court hold off on retiring until we can take back the senate!
Watching this “low‑life Nazi” get rubber‑stamped by a Senate full of rat‑fuckers is the kind of moment that makes your blood boil. And you’re right...now he’s on the bench, wearing the black robe, thinking he just won himself a lifetime shield.
But here’s the thing: lifetime appointments cut both ways. If other judges in that district hold off on retiring until we can take the Senate back, it limits his reach and keeps his little fiefdom from expanding. That’s the quiet fight inside the judiciary most people never see...but it matters.
We log the outrage, we log the votes, and we don’t go numb. The Senate thinks this is the end of the story. But history has a nasty way of circling back to people like this...especially when the public never stops shining a light.
This is bullshit! I am waiting for someone to tell me to arm myself, pack the schnauzers for a road trip, and head somewhere to DO something!
I am tired of watching this daily horror reel and being incapable of effecting any change. If this were a book, I’d skip to the end--what’s the point? It’s just incredible awfulness over and over and over and over and over, and then, good god, we are letting people STARVE, to death, in Gaza, plus we’ve frigging thrown Ukraine to the wolves and sided with friggjng RUSSIA! I mean, oh my god, what the hell?
It’s like living inside a horror reel on loop...every scene darker than the last...and you’re screaming for the director to cut...but they just keep rolling. Watching corruption win, watching the innocent starve in Gaza...watching Ukraine hang by a thread while our so‑called leaders flirt with Russia… it’s rage, grief, and helplessness all mashed together.
I get the feeling of wanting to throw the schnauzers in the car and go do something. It’s the primal scream of knowing that the stakes are life‑and‑death and the bastards in charge are either complicit or asleep. That scream is the heartbeat of the Firebreak Brigade.
Here’s the thing: none of this is pointless. Every log...every call...every share...every refusal to go numb is part of keeping the line alive until the moment to push comes. Authoritarians thrive on exhaustion. They win when we go quiet. The fact that you’re still yelling? That means the fight isn’t over!
He is America's Roland Freisler, I'm afraid. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freisler if you don't know about him yet). Freisler was killed in 1945 at age 51 by an Allied bomb. Kind of hope that's what happens to this guy, because it would mean some other country cared enough to go to war with us (this seems HIGHLY unlikely to me, but hey, you never know)...
You’re not wrong about the Freisler comparison...Judith...that’s the exact flavor of rot we’re staring at. A man draped in the authority of the court...weaponizing it to serve the worst instincts of a regime. It chills me that we’re living through an American echo of that history.
I get the dark wish for cosmic justice...for some outside force to look at what’s happening here and say, enough. It’s the gut‑level rage that comes from knowing our own institutions are too compromised or cowardly to stop this freight train before it hits the wall.
And while we may not get Allied bomb‑level justice...what we can do is refuse to go silent. Document..share...call...expose. History remembers who saw the pattern and who didn’t. And the Firebreak Brigade is building that record...one scorching receipt at a time.
And ok, so we just went around the bend. Up is down, wrong is right, there’s no knight in shining armor, and we’re screwed. Now what? Thanks for your attention to this matter. AED
It’s like we’ve stepped through the looking glass and into a country where gravity doesn’t work...up is down...wrong is right...and the people we thought might ride in with armor are either missing or compromised. That “now what?” is the question gnawing at all of us who refuse to just scroll and shrug.
Here’s the hard truth: there’s no single knight in shining armor. There’s us. The ones who stay awake. The ones who log every betrayal...share every receipt...and refuse to go numb. That’s the Firebreak Brigade in a nutshell...we keep the sparks alive in a world soaked in gasoline.
You’re not alone. You’re part of the line that history will remember as the ones who didn’t stop shouting when the walls started closing in.
Watching them ram this confirmation through is a gut punch, no doubt about it. It’s one more brick in the wall we’re going to have to tear down, and it just made the climb steeper.
But here’s the thing: hard doesn’t mean hopeless. Every corrupt confirmation, every abuse, every rubber‑stamped power grab leaves a trail...and the Firebreak Brigade is here to make sure none of it disappears into the fog. They can make our work harder...but they can’t make us quit.
We overcome this the same way we’ve fought every other uphill battle: one receipt...one call...one spark at a time. Harder just means we double down.
Right there with you, Jo. Bove is Stephen Millers evil twin clone
ThanksJack for bringing this skeletor to the front. I have been calling my red hats since he hit my radar. It must have been a month ago, because my log says 60 calls, so that's 30 days. His confirmation is happening this week. It needs to be stopped, but I don't have much hope in Young and Banks. Just typing their names makes me nauseous. Thanks as always for your truths and action!
Sixty calls in thirty days...that is real fight, Jo!
I know it stings that he got confirmed anyway. These are the moments when our system feels like it’s stacked wall‑to‑wall with concrete against us. But those calls weren’t wasted...not for a second. Every one of them is logged. Every tally becomes a line in the historical record that says, We saw you. We opposed you. We won’t forget.
And here’s the part that matters: confirmation isn’t the end of the story. It’s the first page of his record under the microscope. People like this don’t escape the weight of their own corruption forever...and the Firebreak Brigade is watching.
Your persistence is exactly what keeps the pressure alive. They want us disgusted... defeated...and silent. You refused...and that’s the spark they can’t kill.
–Jack
Thank you for your kind words. Being in the middle of the wilderness, I feel like I'm yelling into the void. But I remind myself, the answer is a definite not if I don't call, so may as well call and they will know how I feel. Use exact words too. No pretty please and let me kiss your feet. I will keep up my daily mirage because....there's much. Each day brings more. Thanks for inspiring me with your words. Otherwise, I'd feel defeated. Rest well. Tomorrow is another day.
Sorry, they just voted him in. Can a future administration impeach or remove him?👹
I know...it stings, Rachel. Emil Bove just slid through...and the system feels like it’s welded shut against accountability.
Here’s the blunt truth: federal judges hold lifetime appointments under Article III of the Constitution. Impeachment is the only way to remove them...and it’s rare. It takes a majority in the House to impeach and two‑thirds of the Senate to convict and remove.
So could a future administration do it? Yes...but only with political will and a Congress that sees this as a line in the sand. It’s not impossible...but it’s a hill that requires planning, evidence, and public pressure.
That’s why what we do now matters. Every call...every record...every log of his conflicts or abuses lays the groundwork for the day a real pro‑democracy Congress can move. Bove’s confirmation is the start of the fight, not the end of it...and the Firebreak Brigade will keep that spotlight burning.
–Jack
I'm sorry too, I suppose it's no surprise because Republicans are Republicans and they are hellbent on destroying this country. We need to be extra vigilant. Sometimes i feel like we're swimming upstream. Oh well, it works for the salmon.
Until they spawn.
This was posted before the ratfuckers in the senate confirmed this low life nazi. He is now on the court. I hope the other judges on that district court hold off on retiring until we can take back the senate!
I feel every ounce of that fury, Larry.
Watching this “low‑life Nazi” get rubber‑stamped by a Senate full of rat‑fuckers is the kind of moment that makes your blood boil. And you’re right...now he’s on the bench, wearing the black robe, thinking he just won himself a lifetime shield.
But here’s the thing: lifetime appointments cut both ways. If other judges in that district hold off on retiring until we can take the Senate back, it limits his reach and keeps his little fiefdom from expanding. That’s the quiet fight inside the judiciary most people never see...but it matters.
We log the outrage, we log the votes, and we don’t go numb. The Senate thinks this is the end of the story. But history has a nasty way of circling back to people like this...especially when the public never stops shining a light.
–Jack
Welp, heeeeeeere we go. 🤦🏼♀️
This is bullshit! I am waiting for someone to tell me to arm myself, pack the schnauzers for a road trip, and head somewhere to DO something!
I am tired of watching this daily horror reel and being incapable of effecting any change. If this were a book, I’d skip to the end--what’s the point? It’s just incredible awfulness over and over and over and over and over, and then, good god, we are letting people STARVE, to death, in Gaza, plus we’ve frigging thrown Ukraine to the wolves and sided with friggjng RUSSIA! I mean, oh my god, what the hell?
I feel that down to my bones, Annie.
It’s like living inside a horror reel on loop...every scene darker than the last...and you’re screaming for the director to cut...but they just keep rolling. Watching corruption win, watching the innocent starve in Gaza...watching Ukraine hang by a thread while our so‑called leaders flirt with Russia… it’s rage, grief, and helplessness all mashed together.
I get the feeling of wanting to throw the schnauzers in the car and go do something. It’s the primal scream of knowing that the stakes are life‑and‑death and the bastards in charge are either complicit or asleep. That scream is the heartbeat of the Firebreak Brigade.
Here’s the thing: none of this is pointless. Every log...every call...every share...every refusal to go numb is part of keeping the line alive until the moment to push comes. Authoritarians thrive on exhaustion. They win when we go quiet. The fact that you’re still yelling? That means the fight isn’t over!
–Jack
He is America's Roland Freisler, I'm afraid. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freisler if you don't know about him yet). Freisler was killed in 1945 at age 51 by an Allied bomb. Kind of hope that's what happens to this guy, because it would mean some other country cared enough to go to war with us (this seems HIGHLY unlikely to me, but hey, you never know)...
You’re not wrong about the Freisler comparison...Judith...that’s the exact flavor of rot we’re staring at. A man draped in the authority of the court...weaponizing it to serve the worst instincts of a regime. It chills me that we’re living through an American echo of that history.
I get the dark wish for cosmic justice...for some outside force to look at what’s happening here and say, enough. It’s the gut‑level rage that comes from knowing our own institutions are too compromised or cowardly to stop this freight train before it hits the wall.
And while we may not get Allied bomb‑level justice...what we can do is refuse to go silent. Document..share...call...expose. History remembers who saw the pattern and who didn’t. And the Firebreak Brigade is building that record...one scorching receipt at a time.
–Jack
And ok, so we just went around the bend. Up is down, wrong is right, there’s no knight in shining armor, and we’re screwed. Now what? Thanks for your attention to this matter. AED
I feel this in my gut...Annie.
It’s like we’ve stepped through the looking glass and into a country where gravity doesn’t work...up is down...wrong is right...and the people we thought might ride in with armor are either missing or compromised. That “now what?” is the question gnawing at all of us who refuse to just scroll and shrug.
Here’s the hard truth: there’s no single knight in shining armor. There’s us. The ones who stay awake. The ones who log every betrayal...share every receipt...and refuse to go numb. That’s the Firebreak Brigade in a nutshell...we keep the sparks alive in a world soaked in gasoline.
You’re not alone. You’re part of the line that history will remember as the ones who didn’t stop shouting when the walls started closing in.
–Jack
Yikes! They confirmed him! Can we overcome all this? Yes, but this just made our work harder.
Yeah...yikes is the word, Linn.
Watching them ram this confirmation through is a gut punch, no doubt about it. It’s one more brick in the wall we’re going to have to tear down, and it just made the climb steeper.
But here’s the thing: hard doesn’t mean hopeless. Every corrupt confirmation, every abuse, every rubber‑stamped power grab leaves a trail...and the Firebreak Brigade is here to make sure none of it disappears into the fog. They can make our work harder...but they can’t make us quit.
We overcome this the same way we’ve fought every other uphill battle: one receipt...one call...one spark at a time. Harder just means we double down.
–Jack
Absolutely 💯% correct!