Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , if this is your playbook, please hand the leadership position to someone who actually has a realistic plan to stop this fascist takeover.
The Dems warned us ALL OF THIS was going to happen. And we ignored it and voted for (or refused to even vote) the wannabe king, EVEN THO we got a sneak peek at his horrendous Project 2025…Dems lost all power & there are no checks & balances thanks to Trump’s SCOTUS BECAUSE OF US (esp white voters).
Well that’s going to fucking fail horribly. There are so goddamn MANY great things that the Dems could be doing to combat all of this fascist shit from Trump’s regime, and yet they REFUSE to fucking do any of it. Being weak spineless cowards and offering NOTHING different from the Republicans
Is what has led to the abysmal state of failure and weakness that the Democrat Party has been spewing out onto the public for the past near DECADE by now. And voters can fucking smell that shit from miles away. It also just demotivates TONS of their voting base too, just as a little bonus treat for
The leaders plan is not a plan. The leaders plan does absolutely nothing to push back. The leaders plan is playing 2008 politics in a 2025 fascist takeover. The leader offers lip service and gas lighting, not action and push back.
Drop an Article of Impeachment in the House basket Today, and tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Grind this Criminal Regime to a halt in the House. #GumUpTheWorks
How about copy one thing republicans did to fight Biden? How about Dems get caught trying instead of being dying fish flapping on the floor of congress?
PLAY THEIR GAME! Performative posturing. Press conference at a Head Start center with little toddlers crying because their funding was cut.At a cancer center with sick people whose clinical trial was cut. Show a middle class family how expensive college will be when they tax scholarships & grants.
I mean... My actual answer to that would be the same for anyone that has an opportunity to be in the same physical space as anyone in his cabinet at this point.
What do you suggest that he do with a minority in both houses? The democratic politicians are powerless to do anything but scream and watch him tear it all down.
DAILY pressers, where the message is "The American economy and way of life is under attack from a handful of billionaires who DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU!" Use the DNC YouTube Channel to do what the MSM won't -- spotlight the people -- the KIDS -- dying of cancer RIGHT NOW bc of stopped funding!
Yes and no … the finely-honeddirectives of concise organizational strategies and well-considered deployment of human and financial resources could enable one to walk & chew gum at the same rime. Policy & media strategies are not mutually exclusive.
I absolutely agree we can do more than 1 thing at a time, but we're facing the most hostile media environment in modern history.
We don't have the luxury of unlimited or even equal access to MSM or Social media. Flooding the zone will just create noise, while a consistent message can carry.
Indeed, that said, playing safe in such a climate may not the most astute form of engagement. People recognize the overtly compromised MSM & the penchant for going off-line is growing - despite the rise of algo-speak.
What I am seeing online is an unprecedented voicing of righteous anger (don’t think its bots) and feelings of betrayal. - perhaps of our social contract and belief in democratic principles.
Dems can do more than one thing. Unrelenting criticism can be paired with an economic message. Of course the economic message swayed no one in the campaign
Much of the bovine feces the felon, his corrupt billionaires & the republican lackeys are spewing is to distract us. Gulf of Mexico? A Repub just wrote a law to carve his face in Rushmore. Most exe orders won’t last. Their big beautiful budget is coming in March. That budget is a Project 25 dream
So the democrats don’t care about our personal freedoms as long as they can also continue to enrich themselves at the expense of Americans. Our nation is owned by the wealthy.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is a failure on every level and is going to appease a fascist takeover that kills American citizens while he and the Dems clownishly keep earnestly listening to bad faith neo nazi actors on their feaux economic anxiety.
“one of the things that we’re going to make a conscious effort to do is: Whatever else is going on, our message is going to be: They are ripping you off.”
I mean Ripping you off & eating the rich go hand & hand
Trumps base who seem to be the only dedicated voting block (that means they will keep him in power if we voters don’t vote against him)love what he is doing & have been brainwashed to believe it’s going to help them
Democrats are watching MAGA rip the copper out of the walls of every federal building and their focus is ensuring there is an orderly queue for the scavengers to get inside.
Excuse me but this is what Americans voted for. They voted to put the orange SHYTE GIBBON back in the WH, they rejected an accomplished and capable biracial woman & a good governor who was her running mate. They voted to put the Dems in the minority in both houses. This is on the American people.
Yes, he won. However please stop generalizing. Half of us did NOT vote for him. So saying that we all deserve this is not fair. Especially when a lot of innocent lives are at risk.
Trump won the votes of about 77 million of the 245 million registered voters in the US. In terms of vote count, he was beaten soundly by “staying home and not voting”
If Democrats failed to earn votes, it's on them - not on those who did not vote. Blaming everyone else and refusing to listen and be accountable is why Democrats lose. They are an insular private club that only hears what is said internally. If they listened, the might win.
Who should they listen to? Black Americans who couldn’t vote? Cuban Americans who have made it? Immigrant Americans who are demonized, or the ones in tech? Maybe the studio audience.
I don't disagree about a lot of this, but the fact that Trump was allowed to run was blatantly unconstitutional. That's not Dems' fault (at least, not in the immediate sense).
And that was exactly a third of registered voters, not even total Americans. Plus, let’s not forget the suppression, gerrymandering, throwing out votes, and Elon’s interference.
And mathematically, it's closer to 25-30% of all Americans that voted for him. Less than 50% of the voters voted for him (49.7%) was the last number I saw.
Doesn't matter. Racism is hard-burned into many Americans' DNA and they will blame this incoming sheisershow if economic devastation and the destruction of America as a respected world power on 4'10" Guatamalan women who came here and are cleaning hotel rooms.
Will Republicans actually wait and see what personally will affect them before they realize that this guy is off the rails? He is set on destruction at all costs. The optics of paving the way for a white America is disgusting.
Trump is leading a barrage of executive decisions to muddy our brains and to weaken our resolve. It's presidential ADHD. He will create havoc then come back like he is the hero to fix it. It is his MO. The more radical and harsh the actions the more his fan base thrives on it.
Of course economic issues are important (arguably, it’s what cost the election) but now - right now - don’t you think America has more evil problems to deal with? Democrats need to stop “playing nice” and just being ‘reactive’: it’s toothless and not a little spineless. Tackle the bigger issues!
That was the strategy they adopted during the election. It didn’t work. Children are hungry, medical research is in danger, and FEMA has no money right now.
The Jan 28 press conference with Schumer, Klobuchar, Kim and others addressing the OMB document pausing federal aid and loans was welcome step. Earned points for showing unity. Looking for a separate press conference to address citizens fears of authoritarian government. Fear is real.
We need a national labor party or something similar as a sane Alt to the dems that's more legit then the other two alts that seem to be there just to make dems and repub look reasonable by comparison.
Democrats are not weak. They have been fighting for what's right for decades. They are in the minority. But we are not. So let's get off our whiny butts, engage the evil, join together to confront & defeat the evil. Too many people in 1930's Germany waited in the wings for saviors that never came.
Democrats need their own tea-party movement to primary each and every elected Dem who follows the losing strategy Jeffries has apparently inherited from the octogenarians preceding him.
We're screwed. Based on what I see here half the Dem base thinks we all deserve it bc Kamala lost which is somehow the fault of those of us who voted for her. But we're not to expect anything further from Dem pols (bc they're special & we are not). So screwed.
It’s actually still his 3rd most recent tweet, as he’s said nothing about the latest flurry of executive action and illegal impoundment of hundreds of billions of federal dollars.
I have to ask: ARE they focused on economic issues? I haven’t heard any coherent Dem message on the economy in weeks. But Jeffries did make a vague appeal to God. So that’s something.
Trump froze the entire scientific grant funding system and I ain’t heard nothing! Apparently Meals On Wheels is suspended? What better issue to latch onto??? Crickets.
And when you’re on the House or Senate floor, slow every attempt to pass shit policy (which is 100% of Republican only bills). Heck, they shouldn’t even be able to rename a post office without a painful delay. Tuberville managed to block military promotions for months. Why can’t you block stuff?!
Dems need their own Press Secretary. No reason not to - the politicians don’t seem to have a good grasp on what to say (No, god will not fix this; No, we can’t ignore it; no, bipartisanship does not appear to be the answer…).
Yes! This is where parliamentary systems like the British system work better. They have a Shadow Cabinet who are the chief spokespeople for the opposition for every cabinet role. Dems are so disorganized in this critical moment.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Are you serious? That playbook has been defeated. This "take the higher road" "focus on what matters" is a good idea on paper, but in reality it leaves YOUR party isolated and unsure if you're even working for them anymore.
I was sending messages to people in government saying they could be done while reducing taxes. One lobbyist told me they won’t listen until you have “earned their trust” over ten years when dealing with Dems. The Harris Campaign said they were not interested. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2_SEp1tbIVDb4V6lAbgFvvybqAkjcTX9
So I just sent the warnings around as I could. Wall Street’s Siege on Democracy: How Corporate Interests Undermine the Working Class https://youtu.be/ikTU04_yeYI
Sell tell me what should we expect from the Media that did not point it out and the Dem leaders who acknowledged the existential threat to democracy at least,yet when offered a lifeline to address the climate crisis and lower taxes did nothing? If some rando Econ nerd can find it predictable…
It seems unlikely that the media and leaders did not see this coming miles away with their giant staffs, panels of experts, overpaid consultants, all the kings horses and all the kings men. As far as I am concerned it they are either complicit or criminally negligent due to corruption.
They don't get it. The scenario that trump and GOP trash this country and the next election Dems get elected to save us schtick is not going to work this time. They're trying to hang on to their power. Which is an exercise in futility. trump will get rid of all of them in the end.
The noise you hear is the dismantling of democracy, the dehumanization of groups of people for sport and the cries of the poor and hungry. If you want to focus on something “economic”, focus on the fact Meals on Wheels deliveries are “paused” and drug prices just went through the roof.
I’m really done with the Pelosi puppet doing more of the same that she’s done for years!! It doesn’t affect them so WE SHOULD JUST IGNORE IT ALL!! Put AOC &/or Jasmine Crockett in power!
I'm losing all respect for the leadership team in the Democratic Party. They just don't seem to have any fire in their bellies these days.
This approach isn't going to inspire anyone on the left. It certainly isn't going to move anyone from the center towards the left. Oy.
"Tune out the noise". Seriously? Voters definitely need to remake the Democratic party. We do NOT need passive Social Democrats from 1932 Germany in positions of power right now.
"look officer, I know I was letting a chimpanzee drive when the car ran over all those people but I think we should probably be focused on how great the gas mileage was"
Breaking economic promises. Lower prices on day one? Now everything is rising.
Everything he does, doesn't do anything for the American people, beyond the 1%
Yes, please ignore the massive levels of fear, anger and despair of the vast majority of your base. Because those things never result in the political energy required to actually…
win elections.
It’s the eggs.
good plan if 'focus on economic issues' means going on camera and saying 'if your life has gotten any harder in the past week it's because of donald trump' bad plan if it means meaningless buzzwords and puffing about AI
Pretty sure they mean capitulate and do nothing outside performative gestures. The Dems as they currently are… are fucken useless. The Pelosi Democrats handed power to the man, largely due to hubris and incompetence… they aint gonna do shit
That's like German moderates saying we are not going to focus on where our Jewish neighbors went and the horrible smell coming from the camps, we're just going to criticize Hitler for not building autobahns fast enough.
Part of the problem is that there's a old guard of Corporate Dem ELITES n their donors that are refusing to let the new generation of leaders take over the Party👉🏿 who know how to fight the disinformation n propaganda in the media n from the right let's be honest they all benefit from GOP tax cuts.
Hilarious to think the way to succeed in this media landscape is to stay quiet and mostly talk about economic policy. Tailor made for the audience that already votes D and repellant to the ones who think D's are out of touch.
cool strategy bro, the noise isn’t affecting anyone at all, ppl definitely will see this and think “these guys have their heads on right, here we are focusing on the noise good thing we have such enlightened leadership to remind us that the economy is more important”
And yes free Palestine tf. Why the hell would I want my tax dollars be used to murder civilians. Cut the defense budget down in general it’s the biggest waste of money
Now why didn’t they vote??? Because they didn’t have a candidate that represented their interests!!! Why would I vote for a candidate who clearly doesn’t care about issues that affect me?? (And for the record I voted)
ok so does that mean they'll actually come out and support medicare for all? a higher minimum wage? tuition free community college? repealing the faircloth amendment?
The playbook is to break the economy and hand control to billionaires and at this point the Dem party with 2 exceptions are complicit and this will be remembered.
We’re doomed. It wasn’t 45, it’s been the Dem leadership all along. Why are they so damn eager to roll over? Starting to think they’re seeing how much richer they’ll be if they do nothing at all.
This is to repeat the familiar pattern: all of Trump’s failures are blamed on the Democrats, while any Democratic accomplishments are loudly celebrated as Trump’s successes.
Big mistake. Economic positions are based on cultural beliefs, like believing in the US constitution. Republicans won the cultural war that democrats didn't bother to fight. Time to reclaim the narrative.
I’d say refusing to spend money already appropriated by Congress in direct violation of the Impoundment Act is an economic issue. So far, crickets from the Democrats
There’s no recourse but the courts. Except news. Anyone can make news! Scrawl out a picket sign and stand in front of your lab that can’t buy test tubes (or whatever your grants pay for.) Call reporters. DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE.
So the strategy last time didn’t work apparently so now they in a sense are doing what people are proposing do not bail the Rs out … but your still upset
Apparently Americans didn’t believe what the Democrats told them because they lost & still get blamed for what DT does
It seems to me they have decided to not get distracted by all Trumps balls so they can have a clear message & as people see how reckless Trump is when Democrats say “Trump is ripping you off” Americans will finally see & believe it
We don’t need people to “see how reckless Trump is”. Anyone who doesn’t already see that is fully on board with him.
What we need is for the people Trump’s policies are about to kill, to keep living.
Won’t work. Not in the majority. We do need them to be screaming in the press every day and to object to every single thing to stall, obstruct and delay. Use that parliamentary rigamarole.
Because they are in fact ok with forever dictator trump if it means they keep getting to make money. Remember, calling them "weird" was too impolite apparently and told harris/waltz to knock that shit off. Directly accusing the GOP of malpractice and corruption? Oh heavens no!
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We will primary you. DO YOUR JOB NOW!
The Leader is 100% correct.
We can't chase trump for every crazy thing he does. We need to be disciplined.
SPECIFICALLY, what should Leader Jefferies be doing that he is not?
https://bsky.app/profile/elliottw2ts.bsky.social/post/3lgst4cdtjs2p
“don’t question my supreme leader!” is just MAGA logic. you should criticize people elected and paid to serve YOU.
Today.
Right now today.
We'll wait.
We have to pick our battles. Where they are winnable, and where they do the most good for the most people.
Read Sun Tzu, dude.
There is no easy button. It's going to be a slog for 4 long years.
The economic message is one we can win.
Trump is throwing everything at us, including things that are outrageous distractions
AND YES the real issues are the fights we, the people you work for, need you to take on SO DO IT
SO WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS YOU ARE CURRENTLY TAKING
Birthright citizenship is being litigated.
ICE raids are being litigated.
Hiring freeze is being litigated.
Payments freeze is being litigated.
And all supported by Dem messaging. Specifically, what else should Democrats be doing?
We don't have the luxury of unlimited or even equal access to MSM or Social media. Flooding the zone will just create noise, while a consistent message can carry.
We are at war for America.
Who will lead us, unify us, organize the necessary actions?
If not NOW, it may be too late.
If later, it will certainly be harder, more painful.
Problem is weakness/weak messaging
When your only memorable message
Is WEIRD
ACTION + SIMPLE CLEAR delivery of facts
Buy daily/every other day ad time - review what happened
How it affects all of us
Use the same group of unknown actors
Who become familiar
KIS
“one of the things that we’re going to make a conscious effort to do is: Whatever else is going on, our message is going to be: They are ripping you off.”
I mean Ripping you off & eating the rich go hand & hand
Is a vague catch phrase
With the hell they are raining down on us
Ripping us off
Is only part of the picture
They are going to kill many of us
And do permanent irrevocable damage
To many others
This in tandem with the embrace of
Open Nazism - led by
A proud SAfrican Nazi
We have to be smarter than this
The Democratic Party saw that words, impeachment, indictments? No one cared
Enough to vote against him
So what will? When tearing it down hurts us?
They had a bipartisan spending bill that Trump just tore up with his EOs
And yes Dems are fighting back but w no coverage, amplification or help from the right who’s votes we need
Like @malcolmnance.bsky.social keeps saying we need to keep saying: it's 31% of American voters who wanted this. That's not even a third.
But you are right, he was elected.
We need a Democrat committee that does nothing but file lawsuits and hold news conferences explaining the illegality of each of Trumos EOs
Assign 30 House Dems to each day of the week to flood the media with aggressive pushbacks to MAGA policies.
On Senate side, 6 Senators should have an assigned day of each week just for media.
Start there! @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
DO. YOUR. JOB. DO NOT NORMALIZE this.
There are four plus decades of evidence that this does absolutely nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2_SEp1tbIVDb4V6lAbgFvvybqAkjcTX9
https://youtu.be/ikTU04_yeYI
https://youtu.be/zOvMzRHncuQ
This approach isn't going to inspire anyone on the left. It certainly isn't going to move anyone from the center towards the left. Oy.
Everything he does, doesn't do anything for the American people, beyond the 1%
Please won’t you remember the letter they wrote!
win elections.
It’s the eggs.
"fReE pAlEsTiNe"! Amirite?
“I think what Hitler is doing to the Jews is awful, but have you guys seen how nice the Autobahn looks??”
The noise is your voters calling for action.
Bring in da funk
✊🏼
They’re going to lose in 2026 I can’t fuckin believe these absolute clowns
Put on your Big Donkey Pants and pull yourself together. This is a war, and you are the army we have.
The playbook is to break the economy and hand control to billionaires and at this point the Dem party with 2 exceptions are complicit and this will be remembered.
The Democrats have no plan and it's showing.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
The "noise" is the sound of democracy coming apart at the seams.
Like, not any advice on what to do.
wish i was joking
Apparently Americans didn’t believe what the Democrats told them because they lost & still get blamed for what DT does
It seems to me they have decided to not get distracted by all Trumps balls so they can have a clear message & as people see how reckless Trump is when Democrats say “Trump is ripping you off” Americans will finally see & believe it
What we need is for the people Trump’s policies are about to kill, to keep living.
I’ll say again, opposing Trump rn SHOULD be the easiest job in Washington.