It’s as if it weren’t already bad enough that we’re being assimilated by the borg and resistance is futile. With all of the division within the Democratic Party, I don’t see any way to recover from Chuckles and his cohort of weaklings decision.
We need a new generation of leaders: Millennials, Gen X, Gen Z. Boomers need to step aside. They had their time and are now out of touch with the needs and concerns of working Americans.
Vichy Democratic Senators are going to lose the “moderate” vote. “Centrist” Democratic voters want to preserve rule of law, democracy, civil rights & economic safety net. They value good & efficient government and transparency in government spending and processes. MAGA/Project 25 is too extremist.
Impotent democrats are watching the abortion of anti-COTUS mob rule majority democracy & the resurrection of our Constitutional Republic wherein COTUS Trumps the majority, which is now in the minority. Democrats have hell to pay. We've gone back to the future w/ Common Sense COTUS as our rule. Yemen
I like this very much. And I’m happy that if my 21 year old daughter in college happens upon this, she will immediately remember her weird dad has been going on about this “beware the ides” stuff for years…
Confession: I hope Trump gets a cancer that would have been cured by John’s Hopkins research/Tech but the funding for the research was cut so…no cure.
Am I the Asshole?
It's not the same scenario is it?
His own people will bring DT down and I don't mean the Senate or Congress but MAGA.
There seems to be a dark conspiracy driving everything to WW3 unless they do.
Something wants WW3 and rid of us all.
I’ll never forgive @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social for pushing out Al Franken out before he could get the ethics investigation that he requested. He would not have passively stood by the last 10 years. We need a leader who is rhetorically strong and strategic. These 10 didn’t even try to negotiate.
Some are upset, with MR SCHUMER. if your social security comes in next week or your grand mother/ father , they would not get it for me i understand his move. If you did not step in the dog SHIT YOU WILL STILL SMELL trump..LOL
No peace for Hassan & Shaheen, both reps I voted for & am thoroughly disgusted with. Trump is no royal. He descends from the most ordinary sort, which must bother his ego. Let's not flatter him with comparisons to even fictional Kings. Trump exists because we worship his ilk & quickly bend the knee.
They all need to be voted out of office. Schumer is pathetic. We need bold new Democratic leadership in both houses. The people wanted the government shut down since there is no strong opposition leadership.
These are the POS-PAB European Americans that turned their backs on their fellow Democrats to support a demented racist sexist violent-enabling Maga cult leader. I bet they helped sabotaged VP Harris Presidential campaign.
I like Chuck Schumer. I think he probably made a mistake here, and I agree he isn't taking the crisis seriously enough. But Democrats need to be careful not to fragment into a million pieces as well. He had his reasons. He's not a fool, even if he was wrong.
Joy I agree with you these people need to go now the sooner the better, they betrayed all of their people & we're mad as hell, don't say your going to do something and then do something else it doesn't fly with us man you lied.
Fuck these low life assholes, what is the point of being the opposition if you don't oppose anything?? This morons will never get my vote ever again, and I have a very long memory.
I do think it is time for new leadership in the senate. Schumer has been good, but I believe his thinking is stuck in the past. Schumer effectively gave away the one bargaining chip the Dems had in this poker game. No one wants a shutdown, but Schumer blinked too early and the country lost.
Just like anyone with an affliction, we need to take a good, honest look at ourselves.
Hard to do, because we fear what might be looking back at us, but it's necessary to do.
Acknowledging the problem is the first step to solving it...
Excerpt from the series 2028: Part 2 -Battle for the Future
I'm so mad at Durbin cause he's been going against his constituents for the last couple of years and now that he's not running anymore, he just doesn't care. I'm glad he's not running again but to go out like this is infuriating to us voters that he would screw us over on the way out.
Schumer is inept and too out of touch. He got NOTHING for laying down to Trump/Musk. Get another leader. Schumer obviously learned nothing from how Mitch McConnell (ptew🤮) led the Senate Minority when the roles were reversed.
Hey, Joy-Ann Reid, maybe you have the answer. If the Dems had stood firm and let the country shut down, what would motivate the trump gop to ever open it again?
It was not lost on me that March 14, 2025, was Drumpf's 53 days in Office. It took Hitler 53 days to collapse Germany's democratic state into a fascist one.
We need to resist and do all we can now more than ever.
I called Fetterman. He is such a disappointment. He was an interesting Lt Governor and stood for a lot of good things but now he seems to be taking the Manchin role.
Except according to Schumer they were all in on it. He said his actions had the support of every dem senator. And as there have been no calls from the senate for him to step down as leader, that rings true.
I was so disgusted by this news yesterday! This was a disaster and I pray we can replace these 10 Democrats with representatives with no pockets and a strong spine.
Merrick Garland, the stay at home closet Democratic misogynistic white racists, anti-vaxxers, Jill Stein waste my vote voters, the "but her emails" crowd, Mitch McConnell and the GOP, and now Chuck Schumer and the ten own this shit show. Hope you're all happy. It's time to pick a side.
My daughter, now a CA resident, asked me 2 weeks ago - what will it take for you to feel like it’s time to leave the country? My reply - if NY falls. As a very proud NY state resident, I felt NY a safe blue state With BOTH of my senators bowing to kiss the ring, I’m afraid NY is cracking. Disgusted
These are apparent Trump enablers! Feckless democrats! And really not good representatives for all democrats! This is why we have to have term limits! This is why these democrats need to be primaried!
I'm a NH resident. Absolutely pissed off that my Senators betrayed us. Shaheen already announced she is not going to run again so she has nothing to lose. I don't know about Magpie. Just so discouraging that we don't have an opposition party to fight this disaster.
Yesterday Democrats could have said, “The president is on a mindless course of destruction and terror. All Americans are going to suffer under his violent rule. The GOP, who could moderate Mr Trump, has quit on the people. Democrats have not. But we will play no part in further empowering a madman.”
We're told we are on our own to thwart Tramp and Muskrat and MAGGOTS. "The cavalry is not coming." Maybe the judiciary is our last hope instead of Congress because Dems are the minority. But then we see this. When there's a chance to do SOMETHING..Dem leadership doesn't even TRY. Nor listen to us.
And we wonder how Mitch McConnell did it even when in the minority? He had his team speak solidly with one voice. 10 Republican Senators would NEVER have voted for a Democrat agenda under McConnell. They now own the SCOTUS and government trifecta. Fuck Schumer and all he stands for.
They all need to go. The times require opposition. GOP doesn’t exist, there is no compromise, only hate. Dems will win if they truly understand the moment and our leaders in place that will fight until the bitter end. This is 1930s Germany, 1960s America…wake the “f” up Dems
What a complete cave to MAGA. It’s not the GOP any longer …it’s MAGA and it’s time we face that fact. Giving bullies what they demand, only drives them to demand more, more often.
Remember those faces. Vote all the Enablers out regardless of party ! Speak while we still have a voice. Freedom is getting fainter. Fight for America. Keep up your tremendous work Joy. For you are a Joy!
...extremely disappointed in these so-called lawmakers - particularly Durbin of Illinois, my home state. They, and he in particular, will pay a heavy price when the mid-term elections roll around. Will become active in ensuring these collaborators are ousted...
I'm going to get shot down for this, but Musk is on record as wanting a shutdown so he and Trump could decide who is essential and who is not. With a shutdown, they would have the power to do it. We need to look at the whole picture. I'm not saying Schumer was right, but jumping the gun won't help.
So you give up the court wins and people's right to sue for what? By voting yes to the cloture, the responsibility for the budget mess is solely on Republicans. They passed it. All I'm saying is that we can't automatically condemn this without looking at ALL possibilities.
Well… FAFO is gonna be the name of this game. We’ve already seen how it has been working… apparently people want to continue learning lessons the hard way.
The difference is with a govt shut down it would include the courts that have so far been able to stop and reverse "some" of the madness. Govt shuts down cheeto and fredo are unchecked.
The courts are making ruling that “seem” to be wins but who is going to enforce them? Words on paper or from the judges mouth is not going to be enough.
I watched a video he did explaining his vote. I now get it. He knew it was a shit bill, but if he let the government shutdown, there would be no government to reopen. Also, the courts' funding was drying up, and we need the courts to fight. This is the bigger picture people need to look at.
And we wonder how we got here? Capitulation does not make things better, so what’s the long game? Or is Schumer that out of touch with reality? I fear the latter
You should and start a new show on @PoliticalVoicesNetwork with @stephaniemiller.bsky.social @malcolmnance.bsky.social @briankarem.bsky.social and others
These people are bought and paid for by MAGA. There is no other reason for this behavior. Jeffries is the same, bought and paid for. No reasoning from them on this and they voted with Trusk and Mump. They are not with us.
Joy, I these people are treasonous to the Dems.
Start looking for primary challengers NOW. Start working toward primary-ing EVERY incumbent, EVERY election. Instead of expecting party voters to change parties - THEY WON’T bc they like their party platform - give us primary choices so we can get rid of bad representation. PRIMARY EVERYONE
Maybe Trump has some dirt on them they don't want to come out.
Maybe his Brownshirts (AKA Proudboys/Oathkeepers) threatened to kidnap their children and grandchildren.
Rachel Maddow show indicated that Chuck Schumer had received a threatening letter from Pam Bondi‘s department. I wonder if that had anything to do with him caving🤔
Good thing Schumer didn’t lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
Schumer: I have come to the inescapable conclusion that it is better to be on the back of the bus than not be on the bus at all. I mean, what do you want to do, walk? Better to have 2nd class citizenship that no citizenship, amirite?
Great history lesson. Also that saying history repeats itself....dam
Time for a new party. Times like this, birth takes place when it's down to the people. Good things can arise out of the ashes when the burning is complete. Woe be onto those who stand on the wrong side of this history being made
Just like the GOP is no longer the party it used to be, the Democratic Party has shown its true colors these past few election cycles. It’s time for a new party to emerge! A party that’s actually FOR the people, not the money.
Thank goodness Kristen Gilibrand axed Sen. Al Franken (because of a photo decades earlier when he was a comedian) to save the purity of the party. 😢
Cowards all.
F*ck!!
You should talk about why Trump is talking about no taxes under $150k , it could very well be about removing voting rights: https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/billionaire-rich-should-get-more-votes-msna267621
Hence “make America great again” (landowners can vote except this time, it’s money) and looking in SS and IRS for “frauds” they may be paving
"The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get the vote if you don't pay a dollar in taxes," Perkins responded. "But what I really think is it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars, you get a million votes. How's that?"
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I miss your television presence!
https://bsky.app/profile/human1000.bsky.social/post/3ljktor42pc2q
Especially when the House stood in solidarity.
Who’s working for the People.
It's the Schumer budget now.
Make him wear it around his neck.
Am I the Asshole?
His own people will bring DT down and I don't mean the Senate or Congress but MAGA.
There seems to be a dark conspiracy driving everything to WW3 unless they do.
Something wants WW3 and rid of us all.
"Trumpus" must become vernacular.
RE Dems & Schumer:
I'm suffering, w/ rare, fatal diseases, in a #NursingHome. My life depends on #Medicaid, #SocialSecurity, et. al.
I spent excruciating energy begging #Senators to oppose the budget. My life didn't matter to these Dem Senators either.😢💔
We need your voice!
Hard to do, because we fear what might be looking back at us, but it's necessary to do.
Acknowledging the problem is the first step to solving it...
Excerpt from the series 2028: Part 2 -Battle for the Future
I have faith in the young people, the Progressives in this country. I support them and want all 10 Dems that voted with the GOP gone.
https://youtu.be/sBAqF00gBGk?...
I wish Kamala was President! The world 🌍 would be in a much better place!
We need to resist and do all we can now more than ever.
"Do not obey in advance."
@4pm PST ain't the same
You're missed!
stunning line and absolutely nails it.
Great article.
"WE TYE PEOPLE"
ARE LOOKING FOR PROGRESS: As this government is servants to"WE THE PEOPLE" TICK TOCK WHERES THE PROGRESS?
"What a shitty hill to die on."
THESE COWARDS GOT ON THEIR KNEWS AND BENT OVER FOR TRUMP AND HIS CRONIES.
TIME THEY LEFT THE SENATE.
trump is doing nothing unless it benefits him. He will never be a Caesar
Glad to see you’re still kicking ass!
That's by design....
It's the same as the C-Suites across the country... It's by design!
Nobody is surprised at the homogeneity of it all
Trash is still Trash
He’s definitely not a Democrat!!
Joy, I these people are treasonous to the Dems.
Maybe his Brownshirts (AKA Proudboys/Oathkeepers) threatened to kidnap their children and grandchildren.
Schumer: I have come to the inescapable conclusion that it is better to be on the back of the bus than not be on the bus at all. I mean, what do you want to do, walk? Better to have 2nd class citizenship that no citizenship, amirite?
Time for a new party. Times like this, birth takes place when it's down to the people. Good things can arise out of the ashes when the burning is complete. Woe be onto those who stand on the wrong side of this history being made
Democrats need fighters, not enablers of GOP chaos.
If Schumer & Gillibrand won’t stand up for working people, NY must find leaders who will.
#PrimarySchumer #PrimaryGillibrand #DitchTheDoNothingDems
Cowards all.
F*ck!!
Hence “make America great again” (landowners can vote except this time, it’s money) and looking in SS and IRS for “frauds” they may be paving
"The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get the vote if you don't pay a dollar in taxes," Perkins responded. "But what I really think is it should be like a corporation. You pay a million dollars, you get a million votes. How's that?"