Passing the bill he wants passed gives him more power. Not passing the bill he wants takes away from his power. Pls stop insulting everyone’s intelligence.
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Why would Trump need to take more power-the useless Democrats are giving it to him. I have voted for Democrats the last 50 years but no more. It's a waste of time.
I think Krasnov has us forked - pass the bill, he gets more power; don’t pass it & a shutdown may lead to protests, to which he’ll try declare national emergency which allows exec order to declare martial law…
Where are the Dems? Oh, right, fundraising offa the chaos.
Okay i am again officially rooting for trump to tryn to invade canada and them to go all war of 1812 on us. They need to burn down the Whitehouse to make a point(again)! I think we can all agree it's time!
Complaining on Blue Sky about Chuck Schumer will not accomplish as much as calling his office
Here are Schumer's phone numbers call & tell him you will not give $ to any Democrat who votes in favor of this budget & you'll actively support primaring anyone who does!
Don't bitch, do something!
That's why I gave you the Fax number. This is also not true of every senator and I can tell you that calling your own member of Congress will have better results but Schumer needs to be taken to the wood shed over this. This is incredible!
His staff turned off voicemail literally at the exact moment he got on the mic to vote tonight.
I called moments earlier to urge a no vote, and when I called back to curse him, voicemail had been shut off and the outgoing message ended with "happy holidays".
They have to comply and do what Trump wants because if they don’t then Trump will do whatever he wants… and that would be worse. Foh @schumer.senate.gov
And now the Republicans can claim this was a bipartisan bill - and don’t think for a minute that won’t be the talisman they whip out at the first sign of public disapproval.
While in a shut down essential services are maintained while other federal employees are furloughed.
During the shut down the president can decide which services are deemed essential and can use this as a way to shut down more departments and remove more staff.
Oh my f&:king god. Are you kidding me??? I’m sitting here in disbelief. Like really. I am beyond angry. This takes away ALL congressional power: including the gop. Kiss out country goodbye forever
Chuck is being pressured by the fed workers who haven’t been fired by Trump and Elon yet. They don’t want the govt shut down bc then they’ll all be out of work.
I think he’s talking about recess appointments but honestly, Trump will do that anyway. If he’s talking about martial law, that’s also in the playbook and this will just delay it. Voting yes will not save the US.
After 30 days of a shutdown there’s the ability to permanently let go of federal workers. There’s also the point when deeming workers and programs/projects essential and non-essential comes into play. Wired’s “ Uncanny Valley” and “The Bulwark” both discuss this.
God! I just can’t understand why Schumer would HELP them. At all! There is absolutely o reason for this. If the situation were reversed, they would never ever help us. This is just bullshit
Why should anyone vote for a Dem as long as Jeffries and Schumer remain in power? It’s tea party time. Demand they are ousted or we will not vote D in 2026.
Jeffries could afford to whip his caucus because the Republicans still had the votes to pass the CR.
I’m worried it isn’t much different than the few no votes republicans have had for nominees. You can make a stern face while the shit still happens. It is all performative.
I had a moment of hope last night, but I knew in my heart he was going to turn around and fuck it up. He disgusts me as much as any Republican. Fucking mealy-mouthed cowardly corporate motherfucker.
i hate the idea of helping trump or the GOP in any way. but: the fear is they will deem all workers in parts of the gov’t they don’t like to be “non-essential” and furlough them during the shutdown, then use the furlough as a pretense to fire them if the shutdown lasts longer than 90 days
i can see a very dark pathway where the GOP keeps the shutdown in place forever. the federal gov’t can still spend money during a shutdown, with some restrictions, but the rules have not been legally tested and the 1st trump admin broke them many times
NO BUDGET UNTIL NO DOGE! Democrats have to stop the anti-constitutional assault on the US government! Republicans have ALREADY shut down the FedGov by letting a bunch of nazi-tesla-intern-randos do WE DONT KNOW WHAT BECAUSE THERE’S NO OVERSIGHT.
It's another example that Schumer's time has passed. He doesn't understand the information environment and thinks he can still get away with hiding behind procedure and people won't have access to experts who can explain that's what he's doing.
Okay, I'm not American and all I know has been obtained from Bluesky, but it seems to me that if you have a cancer or a parasite that's eating you alive, you need to shut down for a short time while you get it excised. You don't keep feeding it and expect a positive result.
With shutdown, after a short period of time, Tr*** can unilaterally start a 'reduction in forces' scenario where he can terminate people, programs, agencies at will with no oversight. With the courts closed, there is no litigation potential. The shutdown would give Tr*** much more power to pillage.
Well,
One of Schumer's daughters works for Facebook & is very close with Zuckerberg (vacation together and so on); and another works as a lobbyist for Bezos' Amazon.
Schumer & his entire family will be great under oligarchy.
So he will happily collaborate with Trump & Musk, & pretend that he is not.
All of that is irrelevant to the legality differences better firings done under the CR (which has legal recourse being won today) and firings done in shutdown (which have little legal recourse).
Regardless of family crap, Schumer’s reasoning on CR is correct.
It tells you everything you need to know about the fecklessness of the Democratic Party, and their inability to be an effective and attractive opposition, that they’ve managed to be completely out of power yet also take the blame for a potential shutdown, or get no credit for avoiding one.
The ONLY semi-plausible argument I’ve seen is that a shutdown would cripple the federal courts within a few weeks? I don’t know if that’s accurate, but if it is that argument should have been raised and articulated a long time ago.
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Send the message:
IF THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO US, THEN WE WILL NOT BE LISTENING TO THEM.
RENDER THEIR BLUESKY ACCOUNTS USELESS.
AND YES, ALL OF THEM. IF THE "INNOCENT" ONES DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN TAKE IT TO THE FASCIST COLLABORATORS.
Where are the Dems? Oh, right, fundraising offa the chaos.
Here are Schumer's phone numbers call & tell him you will not give $ to any Democrat who votes in favor of this budget & you'll actively support primaring anyone who does!
Don't bitch, do something!
I called moments earlier to urge a no vote, and when I called back to curse him, voicemail had been shut off and the outgoing message ended with "happy holidays".
BRB, making stickers, and they aren't nice.
No. No
Quisling.
The big meanie
During the shut down the president can decide which services are deemed essential and can use this as a way to shut down more departments and remove more staff.
Schumer has to stop pretending this GOP is governed by any set of rules.
I’m worried it isn’t much different than the few no votes republicans have had for nominees. You can make a stern face while the shit still happens. It is all performative.
Forgive me, but don't you owe @climatebrad.hillheat.com an apology?
The Senate has de-facto given up the Power of the Purse, and this fuck'd CR will make it official.
Damn them all to Hell!
He is, therefore, a part of the coup now.
Call EVERY DEM SENATOR - NO BUDGET UNTIL NO DOGE!
What is wrong with him?
CLEAN CR ONLY!
Again
CLEAN CR ONLY!
Dems can take this heat.
DON'T BE COMPLICIT!
Read. The. Fucking. Room.
We don’t have the time to fuck around.
We have to be decisive.
We need young, fast minds!
#SchumerIsATraitor
#SchumerSleeperAgent
One of Schumer's daughters works for Facebook & is very close with Zuckerberg (vacation together and so on); and another works as a lobbyist for Bezos' Amazon.
Schumer & his entire family will be great under oligarchy.
So he will happily collaborate with Trump & Musk, & pretend that he is not.
Regardless of family crap, Schumer’s reasoning on CR is correct.
THIS KOWTOWING TO A FASCIST DICTATOR HAS TO STOP.
I warned months ago that trump would start a war as justification for seizing power and declaring martial law. We are now unofficially at war. 🤬
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1) GROW A PAIR.
2) DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE SHORT-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF FIGHTING A FASCIST DICTATOR.
3) DO NOT ACQUIESCE TO ANY DEMANDS FOR, OR ATTEMPTS TO, SEIZE POWER.
4) FIGHT!!!!!
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Shutting down the govt gives him more power.
It’s not an either/or. Both paths are bad.
Forgive me, I'm too flabbergasted to think critically at the moment.