We're 2-3 stanzas deep into the Martin Niemöller poem and dem leadership still do not perceive the moment they are in, ideologically I honestly doubt they even can
"Fuck those 238 human beings the U.S. Government just renditioned to a slave plantation! The consulting firm the party pays millions of dollars to, is telling me we're moving too fast!"
Why does Jeffries feel this way? I legitimately don’t get it. He isn’t even offering any explanation for not turning up the heat on trump when it seems like it’s working??? Am I insane?
Like pressuring the admin on El Salvador is morally correct, appears to be working, and it’s not like we have any power to legislate anyway! No good reason to stop.
Because his corporate donors told him to back off. These donors make sure he gets a hundred thousand ads and an army of lawyers and private detectives to fight against any primary challenger.
I think many dem office holders are fixated on polls and following consultants trying to chase voter sentiment, instead of just pulling their head out and either leading with vision or at least doing the right thing.
Jeffries and Schumer must go, ASAP!! As bad for the Dems as Trump, they impede any forward progress so they can keep their cushy jobs, cadillac healthcare plan/pension and massive donor grift while doing jack shit.
Disappointing and Despicable.
If you do not act like the republicans are on a crime spree and corrupt to the core, and can articulate this and pair this with action, then you are part of the issue
These are the same people who immediately dismantled OFA and gleefully helped kill ACORN because the thing they fear most is not Republicans but an energized and engaged base that would actually require them to exert themselves for even a second.
He has the lowest approval rating BECAUSE people are screaming about and pointing out all the terrible shit he is doing.
If you stop screaming about it, his approval will recover.
How do they not understand this yet???
Did you see this gem from Congressman Lynch? Apparently from late February but it's making the rounds again now that he is poised to takeover Oversight from Connolly.
Progressives were absolutely right that AIPAC money was going to be a major liability whenever the rank and file broke from the old positions on Israel. Anyways, just great that there's a Republican money pipeline to fund primaries against Democrats.
The Trump adm wants Rwanda to create its own CECOT for arabs and africans. Of course AIPAC and Israel will love this idea coming into fruition, specially after the concentration camps crisis in Israel.
(Rwanda and El Salvador both had recent genocides, and I wonder if this is connected)
My senators, Warner and Kaine, absolutely need to go since they (still!) vote to confirm every barely-sentient turd that Trump sends their way. Pity that we just reelected Kaine in November so we're stuck with him until 2031.
$5 says the Dems got wind of a speeding ticket Garcia got years ago and don’t want to risk being seen as the party that approves of such gross criminality when that fact comes to light
Hand-waving away a rash of illegal, inhumane mass deportations and referring to them dismissively as “the El Salvador stuff” is such a pitch-perfect Dem response. Primary every one of these bums.
I haven’t seen anyone yet say this, but reducing constitutionally violating, terrifying Brownshirt seizures of human beings off the street and sent to a foreign gulag with no recourse reduced to just… “the El Salvador stuff” is INFURIATING. It’s like calling Auschwitz “the camp stuff”.
This is a pretty irresponsible piece, insinuating with no on-the-record evidence that Jeffries is lying in his public statement and that his actual secret position is the opposite.
But I’d expect nothing different from the ratfuckers at Axios.
This is why Trump won, Dems deserve to be completely ignored until they get their shit together. At this point they are complicit accessories after the fact by not defending our constitutional rights and instead playing political games.
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with Democrats? Trump's polls are collapsing. In addition to being the morally right position, deporting people without due process is unpopular, and messaging can make it more so. Why would you not press the attack here? Benghazi this shit like Republicans would.
If Karl Rove were running Dem strategy, he'd say Trump's polling is weak on every issue except immigration, so keep hitting him hard on that and eventually he will be weak on everything.
This is infuriating. Van Hollen went into a seriously dangerous situation and this response is milquetoast at best. Due process is a worthy hill to die on. Primary the cowards who would stand in the way to keep the crumbling status quo afloat.
Primary everyone. Even if they keep their seat, they’ll be forced to engage and hopefully move on progressive issues. No rest, no hiding for these milquetoast “representatives”. Hold them to their oaths.
One of the most consistent features of Dem leadership is to, at best, try something once or for a very brief time, and then want to move on. No concept of sustained action or building an ongoing narrative about anything. Infuriating.
OMFG. Democrats are done already??? We have elected the weakest representatives in history and the leader is spineless. Feels like there’s no effort to stand up against these guys except for a dozen democrats in office. We’re screwed if they don’t grow some SPINES.
This shit is starting to feel like the Gamestonk MOASS millenarianism. "Don't worry, once the polls hit...some number something will happen and we'll all be fine."
My wife and I were talking, and I was like “the Dems are going to have a terrible time of fundraising if they manage to actually slow the onset of fascism”
And they’re not just giving up on messaging here there giving up on justice. Dude was kidnapped. You do it because It’s the right thing to do!
Wild how they talk about needing to be perceived as not weak and then consistently do weak shit. Trump fought harder for the J6 criminals.
Really done with Schumer and Jeffries kicking the can down the road tactic. The people are the only fix, but they keep placating us to wait for them to do something. Delaying the inevitable is not going to stop the inevitable.
I know it's the Bulwark and I know it fits my preconceived notions. It should be easy to see if the next trip happens soon.
But if it's true... saying the trips have "run their course" is a fucking insulting way of speaking of a human being illegally sent to a foreign Gulag.
@amandalitman.bsky.social
Is he serious? This is not going to stop unless people stop the administration and it’s getting WORSE. Such passive BS. Spineless, incompetent, ignorant. Connect the dots-this is why more people support David Hogg is doing.
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- Hakeem Jeffries (worthless dickhole)
Donald Trump wants the El Salvador stuff to speed up.
It’s almost as if he’s sabotaging the efforts that have been made by shrugging. But for what purpose?
These dems need to go.
https://bsky.app/profile/fleerultra.bsky.social/post/3lnzzfbmnis22
Disappointing and Despicable.
This thinking lost the 2024 election
Trump as POTUS
Republicans retaking majorities in the House And Senate
Thanks Uncommitteds, slactivists, fauxgressives, TYT
It's all political gamesmanship to them. Just like the media. None of this is real to them.
Meanwhile, real people are experiencing this evil done to them by the government. Lives are in the balance.
If you stop screaming about it, his approval will recover.
How do they not understand this yet???
https://www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-digest-13-term-democrat-could
exquisite
https://bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.bsky.social/post/3lo2c3quiqc2p
Killmar has 1 life. Hes not an "inconvenience" to protect. It's, like, the basic job of politicians. Protect your public.
(Rwanda and El Salvador both had recent genocides, and I wonder if this is connected)
But I’d expect nothing different from the ratfuckers at Axios.
So he hits 35% or 33% or 29%? Then fucking what?
Wild how they talk about needing to be perceived as not weak and then consistently do weak shit. Trump fought harder for the J6 criminals.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happened-to-democrats-trips-to-el-salvador-van-hollen-booker-jeffries-abrego-garcia
But if it's true... saying the trips have "run their course" is a fucking insulting way of speaking of a human being illegally sent to a foreign Gulag.
I think it's very telling that he didn't just say "yes" to the initial question.
Is he serious? This is not going to stop unless people stop the administration and it’s getting WORSE. Such passive BS. Spineless, incompetent, ignorant. Connect the dots-this is why more people support David Hogg is doing.