What is wrong with Senate Democrats? There is a five-alarm Article I constitutional crisis. No votes. No attending joint session Trump speeches. No normal operations at all until all the illegal stealing of Congress’ authority stops. Why is this so hard? - ThreadSky

mcopelov.bsky.social • 16 hours ago

What is wrong with Senate Democrats? There is a five-alarm Article I constitutional crisis. No votes. No attending joint session Trump speeches. No normal operations at all until all the illegal stealing of Congress’ authority stops. Why is this so hard?

Reposted from Lauren Kaori Gurley

The Senate HELP cmte just voted 13-9 to advance Trump's labor sec. nominee, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, w/help from Dems (Hickenlooper, Hassan, Kaine)

The International Franchise Association, National Restaurant Association & National Retail Federation, recently threw her their support

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aferg.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They want the bribes to keep coming. The people who bribe them want the same things Republicans do. We are reaping the strategies of VBNW and never criticize the party. Those are also what the people who dispense the bribes want.

kirkmurphy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Because the Comity Fairy sez so?

writewiser.bsky.social•9 hours ago

@mcopelov.bsky.social see this helpful depiction of the Dem committee internal discussions on opposing Trump and his agenda.

Fits the observed data.

2heartswellness.bsky.social•9 hours ago

@schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, have y'all seen this one yet?

The good old days of bipartisanship are over, if they ever truly existed. Keep up the way y'all are going & you'll get to work one day & find that DOGE has cut your access to your own office.

Lead or step aside.

sara600.bsky.social•5 hours ago

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steverug.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Dick Durbin’s interview on Maddow last night was one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. They have no plan whatsoever, no sense of urgency.

mmastenbrook.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Durbin has been around waaaaayyyy too long. He's a part of the establishment and serves his own interests. Democrats need fresh blood, fresh ideas and those who want to serve their constituents.

dreamblu.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Question: what happens if they vote not to advance? Would republicans advance them anyway?

seentoomuch.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Probably. But it makes the Republicans sole owners of the shit they cause.

macdhomnuill.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Higgin looper just like Jared Pollis are both Colorado Republicans that made quick shifts to pretend to be Democrats long enough to get elected. Both of them are millionaire white business men who have been chasing political clout for decades

blankwillbur.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Occam's Razor: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵.

So, "What is wrong with Democrats?"

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camplink.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Because the Boomers sold out to Reagan and the others are just happy to finally get a seat at the table.

chefdejour.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Kickbacks and insider trading as is their god given right.

jaygold.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Not just in the Senate. Jeffries is reviving Clintonian triagulation 35 years après la lettre, denouncing the left as vociferiously as the right so he himself can be seen as the reasonable moderate. Good luck with that.

keeganc15.bsky.social•10 hours ago

We should be the reasonable moderate, reasonably heavily armed and well trained, moderate in our bullet budgets, we need liberal paramilitaries not wtf this shit is.

impcus.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Because they don't give a shit as long as they're allowed to keep their offices

veracitas.bsky.social•8 hours ago

I think it's time for a new party if we can't change the current leadership.
I do believe they are operating under duress. But in any event, they are absolutely useless.
No political party in history has been given more actual facts to inform the public, and none have done a worse job with it.

binderyman.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The death of the Republic will be bipartisan Mark. Democrats kink for Bipartisanship is more powerful than their actual respect for Democracy or the Constitution.

blankwillbur.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They've been doing it since the 70s. Democrats are the one's who passed all the destructive deregulation of the 70s, and voted 8/10 for the Reagan tax cuts.

mg1986smitht.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Democrats- if you vote for their candidate you’re back door voting for the Republican budget

binderyman.bsky.social•11 hours ago

*Anyone who didn't vote for Kamala or Trump is responsible for everything Trump is doing!!!!" -Moderate Dem

"Our own Senators are voting with Republicans for Trumps people. Ohhhhh I'm getting so hot thinking about the Bipartisanship. I loooooove Bipartisanship so much." - Same Moderate Dem

ubermenchies.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Jesus fuck you leftist clowns are stupid.

binderyman.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Sir I'm a card carrying member of the Democratic Party thanks. How dare you call me a "leftist"

ubermenchies.bsky.social•10 hours ago

What's the point of a budget when Trump says he can just refuse to spend the money anyway? And why tf aren't Dems even mentioning that?

doclittle.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Chuck Schumer is in the Senate. That's what's wrong.

chantellc.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Have they been captured? I don't understand how they're carrying on as if it's business as usual.

caseinsensit1ve.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Captured, or just aligned in their class interests. It's hard to tell the difference.

alexiacharlotte.bsky.social•10 hours ago

They're working on keeping their paycheck until their book deal comes out or until their podcast "really takes off"

#RCV
#Anti-Corruption

How is this even still being discussed?

Money in politics - money covering politics - money is politics.

The people with money make the rules - shocking.

novemberpain.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Kaine has been voting for almost every one

davidnelsonnm.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I would say that Senate Democrats need new leadership except they don’t have any now. I won’t vote for Vichy Milquetoast in future elections.

jan-ray.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Dems not showing up for speeches would leave almost half a room empty. Not a bad idea for the publicity shots. And all votes being automatic NO votes would send a message too. The GOP will try to turn the visuals to make Dems look bad, but they now own this dumpster fire. Let them rejoice in it.

bippity.bsky.social•11 hours ago

With the rate at which people are being disillusioned, it seems very risky for Dems to be associated with any of this.

Be a safe harbor, not part of the storm.

alissa914.bsky.social•11 hours ago

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social said he’s only swinging at pitches that are worth swinging at…. Here’s another strikeout as he’s caught looking yet again.

bippity.bsky.social•11 hours ago

He never played little league… a good pitch vs bad pitch is determined by the ump (us). We are telling him how we’re calling the game, he needs to adjust accordingly.

alissa914.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I'll have to take your word from it... as a transwoman, I'm not allowed to play sports. Not because I'm so great but because of this.... so at least I can't fail and can blame Trump for the fact I'm out of shape.

trimdog.bsky.social•9 hours ago

The good cup hands the bad cop a cup of hot coffee before leaving the room

dagenheim.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Starting to think the conspiracy theory about Dems being in on this whole thing and offering token resistance might be true

wat21.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They don’t want to fight for us. Things are just hunky dory for them. It’s that simple.

gwbiscuit.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Because it goes against their precious norms and they can’t handle it. They’re a bunch of Model UN dorks who think the process and the norms are sacred texts that must be adhered to no matter what.

darthburkie.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Do they think/know they’re sooo bad at messaging that they just assume they’re going to get blamed for a shutdown and they’re just doing this to say “it’s not us”

caseinsensit1ve.bsky.social•9 hours ago

They're following James Carville's advice of "just give up lol"

2heartswellness.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Biden screwed us via Merrick Garland. He then fucked us by not stepping aside early. Pelosi stabbed him in the back & she's no better.

Now we have @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social taking up the bipartisanship, let's-not-be-hasty banner. They are in no way capable of handling this.

maxpita.bsky.social•10 hours ago

At this point I am mentally debating if most career Dems are really Republicans in disguise or just plain lazy.

c-majuscula.bsky.social•12 hours ago

GOP Congresscritters aren’t the only lazy selfish sociopaths. That’s the only conclusion to draw based on the evidence.

barb99.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It’s Pearl Harbor, 9-11. We should be marching every day

senategabe.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Professor take a look at this. I wish more people knew about this because its the real heart of the corruption.

megabeth18.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Pretty sure the Party as a whole has abandoned us. Some doing good work. But the bulk are saving their own skin and fuck u Americans. As always it’s about the big donors.

https://bsky.app/profile/senategabe.bsky.social/post/3lj7fg5eno224

megabeth18.bsky.social•9 hours ago

tonyahamilton.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Wtaf is going on with this? Why is this so hard to understand?

johnedwardxo.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I’ll give you the problem’s BlueSky handle:

@schumer.senate.gov

oasisbysea.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I think you see the public face of Congress, they are truly a corrupt bunch that shield themselves from critics. Congress has one of the highest incumbency rates in the world but one of the lowest approval rates. The government serves the democratic and republican parties. Elections rarely matter.

cardcatcher.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The Senate Democrats are living in the past, they have no idea that their entire careers of "Triangulation", sucking up to the same donors as the GOP, mouthing occasional platitudes about "working people" no longer works. Nobody is buying it. And America won't buy it in 2026.

mkennedymartin.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Big news: democrats are stupid ... dog bites man

duxsi.bsky.social•11 hours ago

They're too busy formulating another strongly worded statement.

mshvan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

They’re getting paid

almondrof.bsky.social•15 hours ago

@hickenlooper.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov care to comment?

eruanion.bsky.social•10 hours ago

WTF is wrong with those Democrats?

bryceanderson.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Democrats actually like governing? Unlike the GOP and the Left, screaming from the sidelines and only ever offering critique without a single solution. Don't blame the party because you have buyer's remorse. You chose a GOP majority in every branch of government.

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