Democrats Have to Stop Making Political Decisions with an Eye Towards 2026
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/democrats-have-to-stop-making-political-decisions-with-an-eye-towards-2026/
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/democrats-have-to-stop-making-political-decisions-with-an-eye-towards-2026/
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Invasion of Canada will already have taken place
Wake up, America
Schumer reportedly changed his vote after Gillibrand had a screaming outburst, certainly tied to an antiquated view of her election job.
This is going to be felt for a long time.
DOGE/OPM are going to eventually RIF Fed employees regardless, so at least a shutdown allows for a slight delay for Feds to get back-pay.
Schumer has failed and must be removed.
It honestly feels like they are just riding out these next two years because they know Trump's policies will cause Republicans to lose seats in Congress and give Democrats a majority.
In truth, there is no government to save.
MAGA have violently attacked our Capitol and filled our government with grifters & fascists.
If Democrats help MAGA out of this mess, we'll know America is dead.
If between a rock and a hard place, pick a path that makes a difference in the long run.
Public will see how the reallocation of $ in budget through cuts effects them
Some judges less than impressed with DOJ defense of govt actions
He was always a 'yes'.
He just lied to voters about it
This is just cruel, and completely indefensible.
I’m only part of the problem when I get distracted like that & right now focus on the big picture is everything.
Senator Schumer
you may think in some misguided archaic way that you are going to do what’s best for us, but frankly, you have made this mistake before do not cave! Democrats 50 years or more of extending hands have brought us to this point! Stand up or step down!!!
We never know what THEY are hearing from their constituents and it's frustrating that we don't know
“Democrats on both sides of this fight, are not fighting that fight. I’ve seen none of the most powerful voices not AOC, not Bernie, not Jasmine Crockett, not Tim Walz, not Pete Buttigieg — put out a video talking about the fight over impoundment.”
They're running a wishbone offense in the 21st century NFL and it's floundering badly.
there was a group of 9/11 responders he was speaking to and they were -begging- him to fight
people in this country respect those who take a stand and fight for what’s right
If the marshals are withdrawn, we’ve reached the end state of finding out whether the country will tolerate Trump obstructing and not enforcing legal judgments. That looks almost inevitable anyway.
They are like the British marching to Concord while the GOP are hiding behind trees shooting at them
And find someone with a big mouth that can rally a coalition of outrage and support.
Too much damage is being done right now; it cannot be left unfettermanned (I said that on purpose) and unchecked.
DO IT NOW!
As a Jewish person to be blunt, you and the rest of the corporate neoliberal Dems have moved beyond being spineless Vichyites to being an obsequious spineless band of weasel Judenrat - I’d rather you @ least tried to be like the Warsaw Ghetto resistance fighters.
Last shutdown several courts basically said to DOJ lawyers "you broke it you bought it, sucks that you
A shutdown, could, in fact, allow the courts
But I do think you'll see Marshals withdrawn, for example. They're already testing how they can cut out the courts--it's actually a huge part of the Perkins Coie case.
Courts don’t have armies and don’t need vast resources to move forward. Maybe we could GoFundMe a rental arrangement at a local club that has bouncers.
And I might be overestimating the spine of the judges to not put cases on hiatus for the duration of a shutdown.