I have no problem with this but messaging is totally insufficient at this stage. Doing something like this and nothing else is exactly how Dems have been failing us for years.
Everything else should still continue. AND. A big problem is NO Daily Consistent Opposition messaging. A lot of us relied on @govandybeshear.bsky.social and his daily briefings during Covid to keep us sane. We need that on steroids now in this crisis and Pete can bring that.
Hey I’m in LD26. Are you? What we really need is people to do work. We do resolutions but we need people to organize people. Help organize protests. Help with research on local layoffs and create stories. Write letters to the editor.
Yes, I am. I'm not an organizer but rather a parent with an very busy work life, and I'm not sure what to do. I'm happy to do any and all of that, as best I can. I welcome guidance. I'll DM you.
FWIW, I'm hoping that resolution would generate attention within the party and (hopefully?) in the news.
It's great you're taking action with the local party org. Several Democratic AGs also filed suit this week. I wish folks would stop attacking the party and instead amplify things like this.
I don’t want to send harsh messages to my elected reps, but their inaction is genuinely *harmful*. They need to bear down or resign b/c if not they condemn us to choose between dictatorship, martyrdom, and violence. If they need to fear their voters to do it, we need to make them fear their voters.
They can take performative action so they'll go down in history as lovely people. What can they do in their minority status other than slow the process down, but lose in the end?
Folks don't seem to understand that most Americans don't give a rat's ass about what is going on, and those out protesting are getting little news coverage with the wall-to-wall batshit Trump administration stealing all the oxygen. Which performative actions of Dem politicians would please you?
They fast-tracked RFK Jr. - who *will* kill millions - because they wanted to go drinking in Munich for a long weekend. They deserve EVERY bit of of vitriol and then some.
I’m aware. They need to object to unanimous consent and otherwise grind the Senate to a halt. And they need to be prepared to force a debt default or a prolonged shutdown in the coming weeks. Those are the last two points of leverage, and I don’t expect meaningful 2026 elections if they won’t.
It may not work, but there’s zero reason not to try. Even if Dems ever somehow regain power, they’ll need radical measures to ever govern effectively, starting with a judicial purge. Best to sort out who is too weak-willed now and steel the rest for what they will need to do.
Please, PLEASE read what I said again. They chose *drinking in fucking Munich for a long weekend* over *delaying his nomination for that long weekend*. Every day that man was not HHS Secretary was an unalloyed good.
They gave up because someone threatened Chuck Schumer's lager intake. Spineless.
Republicans and The Democratic National Convention have large Rallies. Democrat Marianne Williamson knew The Democratic National Convention rigged the election for Biden in 2024. Democrat Marianne Williamson met with Democrats to hear what their concerns were to run in 2028.
The right wing figured out they can push normal media into covering their nonsense by getting a bunch of people & not a few bots to post about it on social media. If we want the media to cover what Democrats are actually doing, we gotta boost it!
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FWIW, I'm hoping that resolution would generate attention within the party and (hopefully?) in the news.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/state-attorneys-general-challenge-musk-doge/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/robert-kennedy-senate-vote-dg/index.html
They gave up because someone threatened Chuck Schumer's lager intake. Spineless.
https://youtu.be/xxFIigireg0
https://bsky.app/profile/imanibarbarin.bsky.social/post/3lib5b6enus2n
The Laken Riley act was passed with the Democrats' help.
A despairing remark DOES NOT HELP
THEY CAN DO MORE AND THEY KNOW IT.
Shhhhhhhhh.
https://youtu.be/6PVCrqnvimI?si=hBYjnmz-EfsydrHD
https://bsky.app/profile/energetic-nova.bsky.social/post/3licjnqxas223
https://bsky.app/profile/energetic-nova.bsky.social/post/3liclwcwyjc25
https://youtu.be/ppeYi_yedng?feature=shared