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February 10, 2026

Timothy Birdnow

The Trump Effect.

Members of Congress are Fleeing Job at Historically High Rate

Sixty members of Congress are calling it quits, and more Republicans than Democrats.

Why? Because Trump has sucked the fun - and the gravy - out of the job.

Many are probably leaving out of fear that the DOJ will look at them and find their hands in the cookie jar. Many others probably just don't like the ascendancy of America First and miss the good old days when they didn't have to do anything, got to go to swank parties, and enjoyed the good life, with free vacations and insider information. Now they actually have to do something and that's not what they went to Washington to do. They are parasites and parasites don't want the host to recover.

I got a kick out of this:

Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is one of more than two dozen members leaving the House chamber to run for higher office, as he’s running for the open Senate seat in Illinois.

"The chance to be in a body that would, for instance, be able to hold the president accountable, with regard to Supreme Court justices, continue to pursue my agenda with regard to making the American dream possible for people who feel like it’s slipping out of reach right now, making staple items more affordable, it’s too hard to pass up,” Krishnamoorthi recently told NBC News. "So I’m seeking a promotion.”

Asked why so many of his colleagues are retiring, Krishnamoorthi noted that the political arena hasn’t exactly been a pleasant place to be in recent years.

"Over my 10 years here, I think Donald Trump has helped catalyze a real toxic partisan atmosphere,” he said, later adding, "I have not known normal. And I think for anybody who came here expecting something different and then being served up this kind of toxic brew of partisanship and character attacks and name-calling is going to be severely disappointed.”

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Who is he trying to kid? There was endless partisanship under Obama, and before Obama there was huge amounts of abuse heaped on George W. Bush. What this guy doesn't like is the Republicans started fighting back.

Doesn't he remember the passage of Obamacare, with Nancy Pelosi going through a protest holding her gavel aloft just to say FU to Republicans? Doesn't he remember Obama inflaming the BLM rioters with things like "If I had a son he would look like Trayvon (Martin)"? Has he forgotten the Ferguson riots? The repression of Conservatives, such as the abuse of the Pink Sisters or the loss of tax exempt status for groups that opposed the Administration, or the slow walking of applications for tax exemptions?

Remember, Barack Obama was a "community organizer" meaning he was a rabble rouser, who worked for Saul Alinsky's organization. Abusing people and playing dirty tricks and telling bald-faced lies was his stock in trade. YOU wanted him.

And that was just under Obama; Biden was Obama on steroids. Biden is the one who REALLY divided us. He used his toadie at the DOJ to make war on his political enemies. But it's TRUMP who is the bad guy, yes indeed!

Look in the mirror Congressman; it was your party that decided power was more important than decency. You created this.

At any rate the party's over and the revelers who milked the American taxpayer for decades now are suffering an after party hangover. So they are leaving, no doubt to get jobs on CNN or at Ivy League universities where they can still skim off the top.

They are parasites and like all parasites move on once the host is dead.

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