Hey those of you who have been complaining about Jeffries's tweets, this is actually what he's been working on, for months, as I wrote about back in December.
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Cutting SS didn't go anywhere when GW tried it.
I've been griping about the lack of communication with democratic constituents. It seemed to be assumed that we knew what was going on in our party, and it's fair to say I'm not alone.
Thanks for filling us in.
I can't use "this is what's really going on" from my Dem leaders. I want transparency, assurances & proof they're acting on behalf of the democratic system every day during a national crisis. And I want to hear it directly from them. Enough of the James Bond bullshit.
Legit question: how does this help if Musk now has the ability to simply cut off spending he doesn’t like, even if he’s breaking laws in the process. Seems like Dems are still fighting the EO when the real danger now lies elsewhere.
No offense meant to OP but he's a lawyer, and when you've only got a hammer, everything is a nail. We spent the last decade waiting for the "rule of law" to deliver us justice. It has failed in its entirety.
Yeah fuck me for wanting to escape poverty, right? Should have just stayed on the rez? Christ, dude. There's nothing wrong with being a lawyer, and I never said there was. The law has simply failed us time after time after time since 2016. So forgive my incredulity.
Your thin skin is showing. Don't go after a person you know nothing about, or falsely attribute positions to them as you did to me, and expect silent acceptance.
That's great, but in the meantime, some Musk teenagers are rooting around in the Treasury and shutting down USAID. Dems are playing by the old rules, and have been for years. By all means, use those rules as aggressively as possible. But they can't be the only plan.
Until Democratics do more than run their months , they are doing nothing. This is a hostile takeover of Democracy and this is the best they can do? The DNC IS DEAD. We need real leadership.
Too polite. Still playing by the rules. They are not getting any message out to the people. Strong Dem here who worked her ass off for Kamala & others isn’t hearing it. Trust us, we’re working on it? Heard that before.
I don’t see anything in this article that suggests Jeffries has been working on anything except praying that Trump has a misstep. That’s not leadership, that’s capitulation.
Maybe they should communicate that instead of stupid posts about avocado prices? Maybe they should all get off X and move over here? That's great you wrote about in December. Go, you.
Physical is the key. Ignore illegal firings/closures. Have police backup if need be for Dems to help these people get to work.
Cause a scene. I can’t do shit out here in CA. DC is a small place packed with people whose job it is to uphold our laws and constitution. Get to it, ladies & gents
Exactly, and now USAID *de facto* no longer exists as an agency, and Musk has the ability to stop any funding he wishes directly via the Treasury.
All probably illegal, but that's irrelevant because POTUS has absolute immunity thanks to SCOTUS.
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & the Democrats do must be loud and public and in everyone's face.
His social media should be the same.
It is important to recognize what a Democratic legislative minority, can and can't do. They are not a coup rapid reaction force, and don't have the tools to be one. That is going to require a broader response from various constituencies in and outside state, local and federal government. But 1/
What if Trump doesn’t care if govt shuts down b/c Rs can use their superior messaging ability to blame Dems while musk makes sure some payments go out despite the shutdown to minimize the pain for T’s constituents? There’d be litigation, but who is going to force the criminals to follow the law?
Go down swinging. Happy happy joy joy and reason has got us here. Cause havoc and let things fall where they may. Every goddamn time Dems act the part of grownups. All it’s done is make us look weak. Can’t help it if MAGAts believe the lies. Agree that Dems must be NOISY about why shit sucks: Тяцмр
Republicans have been consistently blamed for government shutdowns in the past and people keep giving them the keys to the government. Dems need to step up their messaging game and show some backbone...
They can be by acting as one for #GoodTrouble by collectively asking for access to all the agencies Musk, tr*mp and his unelected invaders are trying to take over. Do so publicly with cameras in tow and make #tr*mp try to stop them.
They have the access to Media to do so and let us know they can act
At this point every Republican politician is as guilty as musk and Trump. We haven’t heard shit from any of them. Silence is complicity. Remember them when it hits the fan. #Gop #republican #collaborators
He and the rest of the members need to be out there in front of cameras on the news every single day. The only people that know what's going on are the people on Bluesky. Americans have no fucking idea what Elon is doing with the treasury right now. We are in crisis mode. They need to act like it.
If I understand what's happening now, Musk has hijacked federal payment system, so is it TECHNICALLY possible for Trump to just ignore Shutdown and keep paying those they want to pay, shutting down everything else?
Yes, it's illegal et al, but so is much of other things they're doing right now.
This is going to be moot by the time they get around to the debt ceiling. Because the country will be taken over by musk by then. He holds the purse strings. Nothing to stop him from looting it.
Cool. What are Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats doing exactly? Senators, even those in the minority, have a lot more power to slow things down than Represenatives.
People need to stop bitching at Dems for not dragging Republicans out into the streets for a brawl & take maga Republicans into account for their lawlessness & criminal behavior. Yelling at Dems when Republicans are committing crimes is not helping.
I'm not bitching at them for not dragging Republicans out into the streets for a brawl. I'm bitching at them for not using the powers they have as Senators. I'm bitching at them continuing to vote in favor of Trump's cabinet nominees and constantly granting unanimous consent.
I'm bitching at them for not using the legal authority they have to obstruct. I'm bitching at them for rushing several of Trump's cabinet nominees through last week so they could all go home and rest over the weekend.
This is like telling Derek Chauvin, "Hey, when you're done there and we get back to the precinct, we're gonna have some words!"
There are 215 Dem representatives, and 47 senators; all with their own staff. They've had this March 14 plan for weeks. There's no excuse for Schumer and Jeffries to not
do anything else to either counter all these actions, or at least whip 262 elected members of Congress representing 100's of millions of Americans, to publicly make a stink, offer daily sustained resistance, and influence public sentiment. Spoiler alert: having your comms staff post a series of lame
Super Bowl-timed tweets as if you were rolling out a new flavored Dorito, or showing up at the Park Slope Key Food without any sort of press pool, to talk about how expensive guacamole is going to be, and just count on rando shoppers taking a picture and posting to social media- ain't it.
The Senate is in a better position to do that. Jefferies can't do much in the House. All the rules favor the majority. The Senate, on the other hand, can have business stopped here and there by a single person. Ask Sen. Tumor-ville.
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I've been griping about the lack of communication with democratic constituents. It seemed to be assumed that we knew what was going on in our party, and it's fair to say I'm not alone.
Thanks for filling us in.
No offense meant to OP but he's a lawyer, and when you've only got a hammer, everything is a nail. We spent the last decade waiting for the "rule of law" to deliver us justice. It has failed in its entirety.
we don't need signals. We need clear, 5-alarm fcking fires and flares and yelling and fighting and the like
Honest question.
LAME #VICHYDEMOCRATS still. They're bringing a wet noodle to a Howitzer fight.
Doge itself is illegal.
This is a coup
Ds should strap on a go pro and livestream it all.
Show up daily. Insist on oversight. Hold presser
Our tax money pays for this
If leon has a clearance they dont
Find a state AG to file charges. Not pardonable by trump
Can anyone explain why additional legislation is needed to block access that is *already unlawful*
Cause a scene. I can’t do shit out here in CA. DC is a small place packed with people whose job it is to uphold our laws and constitution. Get to it, ladies & gents
All probably illegal, but that's irrelevant because POTUS has absolute immunity thanks to SCOTUS.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & the Democrats do must be loud and public and in everyone's face.
His social media should be the same.
They have the access to Media to do so and let us know they can act
Yes, it's illegal et al, but so is much of other things they're doing right now.
There are 215 Dem representatives, and 47 senators; all with their own staff. They've had this March 14 plan for weeks. There's no excuse for Schumer and Jeffries to not