Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war powers to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/cory-booker-trump-war-powers-congress

41 Comments

  1. I find it rich that Cory Booker, a profile of cowardice, calling someone “feckless.”

  2. Historical_Bend_2629 on

    Yup, spineless. 118th (2023-24) was historically unpopular, and didn’t pass much legislation. I think the current congress will come out looking worse, by actively enabling a harmful administration.

  3. Feel free to introduce a War Powers 2.0 Bill anytime you want, Booker, as a blueprint/vision for how things should work. 

    It shouldn’t take 2/3rds of both houses to rein in the executive.. and you’ve also had 20+ years of examples of how it doesn’t work.

    Here, I’ll help:

    1. Invert the system by shifting the burden of action from Congress to the executive branch. Instead of granting the president a 60 day blank check that requires a veto-proof supermajority to override, trigger an automatic, immediate funding cliff (severing all operational capital within 72 hours) unless Congress explicitly votes to authorize the deployment. 

    2. Explicitly define “hostilities” to include drone strikes, over the horizon missile attacks, special forces advise and assist combat roles, and offensive cyber operations. 

    3. Personal criminal liability for the bureaucracy.. expand Antideficiency Act.

    4. Give Congress standing to sue.. make it no longer a political question that gets dismissed.

    Of course… Dems aren’t remotely serious about reining in the imperial presidency. They enjoy having access to the same tools when they’re in control. They’re more than happy to play good cop passing a loaded gun to bad cop and then campaign off of any resulting chaos.

  4. dogisgodspeltright on

    >Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war powers to Trump

    True.

    And as he remains with one of the parties, he outs himself as feckless, too.

  5. He’s trying to build a case for a run in 28’. Unfortunately, for him, most of us have receipts 🧾

  6. The guy who gave a 26 hour speech and then turned around and voted to confirm Jared Kushner’s dad? That Cory Booker?

  7. Guy in hotdog suit… we’re trying to figure out who did this.

    Every time he talks, we are dumber for having listened.

  8. yeahnoyeahsure on

    We need at least two more parties. “Democrat” means largely centrist or center-right now and Republican is far-right. Those who don’t fit into those descriptors need to band together on a shared party platform. Whatever happened to party ingenuity.

  9. DetectiveBlackCat on

    You mean the guy who in 2024 attended a special meeting with Netanyahu and was snapped in a photo with him? That guy? Why do New York and New Jersey have to produce the WORST Democrats?

  10. thisistherevolt on

    When a mostly centrist Dem like Booker is getting mad, maybe there’s some fire from key people we haven’t heard about.

  11. portlandobserver on

    Whoa, Feckless. Certainly a word the majority of Americnas can understand and relate to. Way to go, Cory. Showing yourself as a real man of the people there.

    Once again, Democrats can’t message. There’s a reason Trump has been successful using the vocabulary of a five year old.

  12. Fartenstein65 on

    Doesn’t he want to give more money for the war with Iran? So much misinformation out there, but I thought I saw that.

  13. DoggedStooge on

    Well gee. Sure would be great if Cory was in a position to do something about that. Oh, he is? And he’s just spouting empty words? Then he can go feck himself.

  14. ThatOneGuy4321 on

    Not feckless. Willing participants.

    We’ve really got to move past this idea that centrist Democrat politicians want to do good things but are too scared. They are fully captured by the same donor class that gives Republicans their marching orders.

    They don’t give a shit about voters anymore because the voting bases are so locked in.

  15. As an NJ resident, I can tell you he’s really no better than Bob Menendez, and despite his performative ourbursts his legislative output is virtually zero.

    I’m considering running for this senate seat as an independent this cycle. Need 3K signatures. Who is with me?

  16. The US population finally starts to realize that it’s not 50% Democrats and 50% Republicans that sit in their House of Representatives. 

    It’s 15% Dems, 15% Reps, and 70% AIPAC

  17. Nerdeinstein on

    I know this dumb bitch ain’t running his mouth. Go suck and jive on that nearly $1,000,000 lifetime AIPAC donations.

  18. I hate living in the “No Shit Sherlock” and “Hypocrisy Galore” combined timeline.