Oh? Is that the problem? All the more reason for Democrats to (a) stop cooperating at all and (b) actively thwart Republican efforts to pass a budget. Block basic procedures. Make different offers to different GOP members. Hardball. What would LBJ do? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u... - ThreadSky

maxkennerly.bsky.social • 112 days ago

Oh? Is that the problem?

All the more reason for Democrats to (a) stop cooperating at all and (b) actively thwart Republican efforts to pass a budget.

Block basic procedures. Make different offers to different GOP members. Hardball.

What would LBJ do?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/lindsey-graham-budget-johnson-senate-house.html

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gabequixote.bsky.social•111 days ago

LBJ would have Democrats vote present and force Republicans to pass it on their own. And force them to nuke the filibuster.

oaklandishdude.bsky.social•112 days ago

They're not going to. The Democrats have sold out the Democratic party if you voted for them it was a wasted vote. They are not going to do anything to save this democracy. They are literally going to let it die

bamboozer2112.bsky.social•112 days ago

In summation: Give them as they give us and then some. Fight fire with fire and let them know No More Mr. Nice Guy. In particular as they see it as weakness.

fussychkn.bsky.social•112 days ago

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innk33per.bsky.social•112 days ago

Given what we have already seen from this administration, why do they even need Dem votes? Why do they need to pass a bill? Won’t Musk/Trump make that call on their own?

demeralda.bsky.social•112 days ago

They need a budget. They need to pretend in some way that Congress still holds the purse strings and has some function. They need Dem votes because they can't agree on anything.

jbatterson7.bsky.social•112 days ago

Good. I hope ICE runs out money tomorrow.

121gigawattprod.bsky.social•112 days ago

Yes! Republicans do it all the time. I’m tired of feckless Democrats.

meldric.cc•112 days ago

cue dems lining up to help pass the bill under some guise of 'bipartisanship' and then will act all surprised when they still get nothing in return

humanitymustwin.bsky.social•112 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/brynntannehill.bsky.social/post/3lhyewpvhnk2z

francis128.bsky.social•112 days ago

If only. There are a few members who fit this bill but not the so called leadership

davidbreece.bsky.social•112 days ago

ICE should have a bake sale.

spiderandme.bsky.social•112 days ago

Probably not maunder on about how he has no power.
Dems need to find a pair and fast.

jpmcjefferson.bsky.social•109 days ago

Democrats need a national spokesperson responding daily with a regularly scheduled press briefing to counter the stream of lies, misinformation, and craziness being spread everywhere by Trump/Musk. I would suggest Mitch Landrieu, a great speaker with a great resume and actually, POTUS possible.

jpmcjefferson.bsky.social•111 days ago

Please Democrats. Give 67 million voters a way to express their anger with Trump/Musk!
https://tinyurl.com/y3fk6w8m

ipublius89.bsky.social•112 days ago

Meanwhile Jefferies is complaining constituents are calling too often to complain.

redoubters.bsky.social•112 days ago

"Big, beautiful bill"

ughh why do they all talk like him

kelseykemp.bsky.social•112 days ago

Tbf, lBe more like Mitch McConnell” is admittedly a difficult argument to sell.

marksimploding.bsky.social•112 days ago

They sent 200 ice out and “located” 3 immigrants. This is a scam. Nothing more. They want more money to round innocent people up for their gas chambers.

hopedixonseider.bsky.social•112 days ago

Agreed! No cooperation on any front! Burn it all down!

demeralda.bsky.social•112 days ago

It's already in the shitter so why not, totally agree

onusprobandi2024.bsky.social•112 days ago

Turn up the heat, use the Republican playbook, and just do your jobs.

tharsull.bsky.social•112 days ago

problem is, in the eyes of the geriatric leadership, "doing their jobs," is incompatible with using the republican playbook, despite the fact that making a log jam like mitch did is genuinely the only acceptable response to musk and trump's wannabe authoritarianism

onusprobandi2024.bsky.social•112 days ago

I hear you. From Reagan (even beyond that, if we're being honest), Ds have failed to do their jobs. Children learn right from wrong through consequences, but at every turn Ds prize civility over consequences and get played every time. When I say do their job, I mean the Jasmine Crockett approach.

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