They are a great barometer for how the party is doing...if they are no longer in their respective roles it bodes well for the dems, if they remain in those positions it does not.
Stop waiting to be saved. The democrat leaders fear martial law. They are not being killed by the pause in government spending and think they will be safe as their base dies. #resist Let’s see rump declare martial law over everyone spamming his hotel phones. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/politics/democrats-strategy-powerless-trump/index.html
They lost the fight when they handed over the White House to Trump.There is nothing they can do. This is a coup d’etat! And without the military to support the constitution as their oath specifies, I’m afraid there is nothing the Democrats can do! We lost our country through a crooked Elon election
how do we get this message through to them? People have been saying it for a while and it's like they just keep propping them up like it's Weekend at Bernies or something.
With someone like Trump, do all the things. Expect others to as well, and keep holding them to it.
So don't hold your breath for the courts, but there's no harm in applauding those efforts on our way to war.
As far as the dems... They're going to get left behind by history. oh well.
I honestly believe that they are in denial.
While they keep telling themselves that this isn't
happening it is in fact very much happening.
Perhaps someone should appeal to their vanity by invoking the possibility of them becoming historical figures by standing up to the Nazis.
Their master plan: wait for Trump to trip over his own dick again and sail back into office and put things right. However they haven't considered that he does not intend to give up power again and it's won't be the "Gravy Seals" coming to kill them next time.
Agreed. They’re good guys, but they don’t have the messaging and campaigning ability to be of any help to any one. They’re both remnants of a time that’s past. They need younger leaders.
We need Churchills and De Gaulles leading the Democratic caucuses in Congress, and instead we have Chamberlain and Gamelin. A disaster. We need Democrats in the House and Senate to show some spine and get better leaders.
Labour despised Churchill for his role in breaking the 1926 General Strike. Nevertheless, they eagerly worked under him in 1940 - telling the Tories he was the only leader they would support - because of the urgency of forging a united, Popular Front against the fascists that would actually fight.
Also, how come we don’t have at least a few Dem electeds sensing that acting Churchillian now might make them front runners for the nomination in 28? The temptation seems obvious!
I don't know which one is actually worse, but I actually expected more from Jeffries being younger. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights. He hasn't met the moment.
Stop waiting to be saved. The democrats are afraid of martial law. They are not being killed by the pause in government spending and think they will be safe as their base withers and dies. #resist Let’s see rump declare martial law over everyone spamming his hotel phones. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/politics/democrats-strategy-powerless-trump/index.html
I agree. But Trump made up “DOGE” “Gulf of America” “Riviera of the Middle East” “Canada as 51st State” “Red, White and Blueland”….
So making up his ability to declare martial law isn’t much of a stretch for that lunatic.
Stop waiting be Genco. The democrat leaders fear martial law. They are not being killed by the pause in government spending and think they will be safe as their base dies. #resist Let’s see rump declare martial law over everyone spamming his hotel phones. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/politics/democrats-strategy-powerless-trump/index.html
Jeffries and Schumer are addicted to wall street money and support Israel's genocide in Gaza. Both of these things I despise. Since they both support these things, we can assume they won't fight Trumpism as hard as they should.
Jeffries and Schumer are trying to play the ruthless game on the field by the rules of the last century. Those days are long gone. They’d better shift to street brawling or get out of the way, because they’re getting their a**es handed to them hourly. And the American people are paying for it.
Bourgeoisie pussies leveraged by mortgages, college tuition, healthcare payments etc. our elected officials are unapologetic capitalist pigs who can and will never stand up because they won’t take the risk to speak the truth. Ever.
I think you misunderstand Raskin’s point here. He’s pointing out that the DOGE cuts are illegal and Congress has the final word. He also talks about the need for sustained popular protest. He would be light years better than Jeffries.
We need leaders who are able to be dynamic and fight back against an immense threat to our country. Jeffries and Schumer clearly believe that if they repeat particular code phrases enough times a day that’ll do the trick. It won’t, and it endangers us all
I mean I don't disagree that we need younger more dynamic leaders but until the public is behind them there's nothing the democratic politicians really can do
they only have power with everybody behind them and this is what people voted for
Waiting for this support to just magically arise isn't leadership. No one expects a march or strike from them right now. Just some URGENCY here. Use their positions to make some noise and draw attention to everything Elon is dismantling RIGHT NOW.
Wouldn't it be nice to know that the elected Dems were out here fighting as hard as we are. Where are they on the President's Day protests. Or anything else we are trying to speak up about. I'm just not about to give in and accept what's going on...
Absolutely and it should not be controversial to say so. It’s plainly obvious. I’d also add half our Senate and half the representatives in the House. We’ve put loyalty within the party above winning.
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We have a real crisis and need real leadership.
So don't hold your breath for the courts, but there's no harm in applauding those efforts on our way to war.
As far as the dems... They're going to get left behind by history. oh well.
While they keep telling themselves that this isn't
happening it is in fact very much happening.
Perhaps someone should appeal to their vanity by invoking the possibility of them becoming historical figures by standing up to the Nazis.
Will is starting to see the light
The Dems we have are broken
I binge watch WW2 documentaries whenever I am going through a particularly bad time in life. It provides context and fortitude.
It is wild how many similarities there are.
So making up his ability to declare martial law isn’t much of a stretch for that lunatic.
Raskin: First of all, I don’t know what a DOGE cut is. The spending power of America is embodied in Article 1. Congress has power of spending, right?
No. I understood his point exactly. The fact that he thinks it's germane is the problem.
2.
Sustained popular protest is our job. It's Raskin's job to fight (in Congress, in public, in the news.)
3.
Raskin would be an improvement over Jeffries. That's not good enough.
Murphy seems like the only Senate Dem who’d be up to task.
they only have power with everybody behind them and this is what people voted for
It's that the donor class is afraid to replace the radical centrist gerontocracy, and the leaders have the support of party insiders.
If they called for a general strike or a March would anybody show up?
Elections have consequences
Time to start organizing for 26... Take the house and the Senate and turn your state blue
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They are the wrong people for these times.
75 million.