I think the two biggest determining factors to how democrats handle the discontent brewing in their house is (1) how many retire vs get pushed out and (2) how the handle the budget fight, because that will shape how democrats fight the many other battles to come - ThreadSky

unavaleable.bsky.social • 12 hours ago

I think the two biggest determining factors to how democrats handle the discontent brewing in their house is (1) how many retire vs get pushed out and (2) how the handle the budget fight, because that will shape how democrats fight the many other battles to come

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jackisjake.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If you listen to the D townhalls, their constituents are telling them not to vote for Trump and his tax cuts or his cabinet. If D senators starts to do townhalls, they are in for a rude awakening everywhere

williameasley.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think anything short of reigning in DOGE entirely if there are across the aisle votes on budget gets actual pitchforks out

thirdreconst.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Some big heads need to roll regardless of what happens, both to make the point abundantly clear and to punish intolerable behavior that's already occurred. Jeffries, Durbin, Warner, Booker, one or more will do.

unavaleable.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I also have an abiding suspicious that ambitious democratic electeds are gonna come to very much regret their votes on the Lakan Riley Act and Trump's cabinet

beckya.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Yep

spdlol.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think the Dems you reference and any Dem elected over the age of 70, should they decide to run, are cooked.

jamph.bsky.social•10 hours ago

If Gallego and Glusenkamp Perez want to position themselves as the fighting centrists they need to disavow their votes on this right quick.

noctouyan.bsky.social•12 hours ago

all i’m gonna say is that slotkin better sign her name to the Ellis Island Act and get the most feral anti-MAGA prosecutors and investigators in the FBI or she’s lost my vote in the primary

piggenres.bsky.social•12 hours ago

the riley act will hang as a mini Iraq vote on a lot of necks

spacejamveteran.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Yup. My senator, Elissa slotkin, said she was open to the bill if there were amendments to protect children and Republicans refused any amendments then she voted for it anyway. So she knowingly voted to terrorize immigrant children, EVIL

various-threnodies.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Those votes have aged like rancid milk and it’s 4 weeks out, can’t imagine how it’s going to look in 6-9 months as primary season gets going

kagiboran.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think Wyden already apologized for voting for the VA guy

I expect more of that

unavaleable.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I think that was Blumenthal about Duffy

kagiboran.bsky.social•12 hours ago

You’re right that it was Blumenthal, oops

But it was definitely about veterans

aubreygilleran.bsky.social•3 hours ago

You're both right: it was Blumenthal about Collins.

bokross.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Budgetmania is going to be the big test on whether the current senior leadership is up to the challenge of resisting Trump/Musk.

bokross.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If they can use their leverage on Johnson to keep Musk and DOGE's hands out of the purse, or barring that, make the GOP eat a shit sandwich through an unpopular government shutdown, that should go a long way in mollifying the base's concerns.

bokross.bsky.social•12 hours ago

If they fold to avert a shutdown/default without getting anything in return on the other hand, a Blue Tea Party goes from "if" to "how many get primaried".

jl7612.bsky.social•12 hours ago

While D/Blue Tea Party seems common as a term, I’ve come around to “Reconstruction Democrat”

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