We have no power when the Fascists own the House Senate and the WH. Anything that happens is their fault. Its not debatable. If a government shutdown happens the blame is 100% on Trump and his party of fascism.
As romantic as the theatrics of shutting down the govt are, it would be playing right into the executive branch’s hands. It would give them total control with zero checks and balances from federal courts that are currently preventing some of the harms. We must keep it open to have a chance in hell
See, that’s where I disagree. I think we should shut it down. It’s not operating in a healthy and functional way and if we give the executive branch a slush fund, which is what agreeing to any part of their “bill” would do. It won’t guarantee us anything. Not passing this bill is our only leverage.🇺🇸
Exactly. We wouldn’t be here now, if correct lawful measures were taken. Acquitting Trump (thanks to McConnell) during impeachment, §14:3 (failure by SCOTUS )and Garland’s cowardice. We must push back so hard they don’t know what hit them. It’s us..We The People and it’s our democracy.
Please send a message hold the line vote no on the Republicans'CR, don't cave the majority of Americans are behind the dems standing firm-he is saying they will give repubs the votes don't let them!
Send to everyone you know will fill it out it takes 2 mins
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
Please explain why we are having to beg and plead for you to do YOUR JOBS and at least attempt to #HoldtheLine against this clear and present danger!! You're supposed to know this. The choice could not be more CLEAR! #VoteNO
Vote NO. @whitehouse.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @reed.senate.gov @warnock.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @hirono.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social Your duty is to stand shoulder to shoulder with us. Call 202-224-3121. Tell these senators; vote NO
Done. No resistance from him; it's pathetic. I can not imagine seeing the continual harassment and attacks on your party members and think "hmm let's reach across the aisle."
My message:
You have one chance to show that you will protect people from the destructive budget. If you don't vote no to cloture and CR, you are not fit to lead the Senate Democrats.
The damage from this budget is worse than the short term pain of a shut down. Please stand up to Trump and MAGA. Do the right thing. Vote NO or just go.
Wake up before it is too late. Support the party that has supported you and grow some b..lls while you're there. This will be your legacy, and you will take the party down with you. Shame on you for even thinking this, have you turned I to a Trump puppet as well???
Don't do business as usual. Hang this budget on the trouble reckless behavior of the Trump admin and republicans.
Don't be more scared of what might happen with a shutdown than you are off what TrumpMusk are ALREADY DOING.
Here's my message to Sen. Schumer:
The United States needs bold action and leadership requiring a NO vote on the GOP Budget and CR! The GOP can't be trusted to act in good faith and I understand your worry that the Democrats will be blamed if the USA economy is impacted by
Tell your senators: replace @schumer.senate.gov and vote no! Govt shut down = DOGE shut down. Text SIGN PHGMUF to 50409 or share: https://resist.bot/petitions/PHGMUF
A yes vote on the CR from the house will embolden TRUMP/MUSK/PUTIN and cement their hold over congress. Capitulation is never the answer to a dictator. This very well maybe the only chance to make a stand, while they are still weak. A YES will only strengthen them and weaken congress.
I'll be changing my party affiliation if the Dems roll over. What's the point of supporting a party that doesn't fight for you? A party that won't stand up to a tyrant is no party at all.
I just emailed that weak ass MFer! I don’t even live in NY and I emailed. Went to his page, entered fake name, address, phone number, email and gave him the riot act!!
Elon Musk MUST be reined in. I don’t understand why these ppl are rolling over for him.
This is the time Democrats to stand down and vote NO. They never wanted to help President Biden. This is the Republicans failure and they have to face the consequences with their constituents.
I am so sorry your country has to endure this.
Believe me when I say that we are both following your struggle and preparing responses of our own. We see the threat.
Signed
Rest of the Free World
You're so lucky. Schumer has been letting me down since Bush lied and people died, and a million were made homeless. He sleep walked through the whole crime against humanity that GW should be tried at The Hague for.
I agree completely. I don't mean to brag, but in Oregon, we have 2 great senators. We never have to call or write to ask them to do the right thing because they always do. I know how lucky I am.
I just was about to type that too. The best thing to me about OR is our senators! I always know they will be on something by the time I read about it. Excellent SERVANTS of the people.
Americans have no sense for history, do they even have a past? Doesn’t anyone remember the Stamp Act that triggered the American Revolution? It was only through fighting the ability of a king to levy taxes the US obtained it’s independence not by helping a king to raise them.
Bowing to THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE!
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE! It's impressive
We should never underestimate
THE POWER OF ALL PEOPLE.
Pay attention trump/musk and republicans in power.
Abbott is giving $17.3M of Texas taxpayer dollars to South African Musk to help him expand his SpaceX operations for "semiconductor research and development" & advanced packaging facility in Bastrop, TX. Get rich using taxpayer dollars! Avg. Texans get nothing! https://www.chron.com/culture/article/spacex-texas-semiconductor-facility-20218412.php
The Democrats need to stop taking the blame for the shutdown. The GOP (Greedy Oligarch Party) didn't include them in the process, didn't take any advice from them, and it wasn't a clean bill. The Dems need to stand up and own the RW extremists.
I’ve not heard any Democrat taking the blame. Quite the opposite, with Jeffries saying this is on them, they have all 3 pieces of the gov’t and we have a caucus that will stick together not giving Rump/MAGA their way.
As romantic as the theatrics of shutting down the govt are, it would be playing right into the executive branch’s hands. It would give them total control with zero checks and balances from federal courts that are currently preventing some of the harms. We must keep it open to have a chance in hell
If the people with the means and the proximity to remove them won’t do it, then we the people need to SWIFTLY REMOVE THE OBSTACLES, and keep doing it until we get people with the means and proximity who WILL remove them. Keep cutting this regime off at the knees until there is nothing left of it!
Schumer actually made a thought-provoking point on Chris Hayes tonight: a government shutdown would allow Trump to close the courts. That would be a disaster, since the courts have been standing in the way of some of the Trump/Musk Regime's worst actions.
Passing the Dirty House CR will be Congress’ official abdication of their authority. This bill is not a CR, but a path to chainsaw the Federal infrastructure. A HUGE move towards the authoritarian end. #DirtyCR
@schumer.senate.gov you are failing this country.
#WakeupUSA
#TimetochuckChuck
@schumer.senate.gov wants protest and town halls with democratic representatives again. Democratic voters thought they got the message but they need a reminder again @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
If you're not going to shoot the mother fucker, then at least 🛑 supporting this abomination of a government. Dems will undoubtedly be blamed, so do not vote for the CR. It's a shit deal that abdicates the House's responsibility in running the government.
Grow some balls! Sad
Any Democrat who bemoans voting to shut down the government , while watching Musk shutting down every dept in the government ...anyway..is giving up the fight much too soon !!
Exactly. All cancers must be detected and defeated EARLY or they win the battle.
Trump is the most malignant thing to happen to the US in history.
CUT THE CANCER OUT!
@jeff-merkley.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov vote no on cloture. Vote no on Rep cr bill. We need our leaders to be leaders, and not cave to MAGA. Find your spines, gentlemen. Dems need to be united. Let MAGA pass this crap on their own, DO NOT help them kill our Medicare & Social Security.
Yes; however, German history also shows that there is a way to fend off opposition early by silencing its leaders based on all sorts of pretenses. Like Khalil, because he "only" has a green card (never mind his American wife). This is toeing the water and will get worse.
I'm all too keenly aware, and exhausted by the overload of insanity, propaganda and evil. However, I do also believe that part of the "plan" (or "concepts of a plan", if you will) IS that very overload in an effort to breed apathy and sadly, it works.
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@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
@peters.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social
DEMOCRACY IS WORTH THE SHUTDOWN!🇺🇸💙 They’re trying BURNING OUR HOUSE DOWN!! Stand up!!! VOTE NO!!! Vote NO!! -people plz msg them & tell them yourself!
Tell your Minority Leader, @schumer.senate.gov to vote NO on cloture. Because THIS is the moment.
Senator Merkley!
DO NOT LET SCHUMER CAVE TO THE REPUBLICANS!
https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-last-card-to-play?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Send to everyone you know will fill it out it takes 2 mins
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
Also: Where is the alt text?
Please explain why we are having to beg and plead for you to do YOUR JOBS and at least attempt to #HoldtheLine against this clear and present danger!! You're supposed to know this. The choice could not be more CLEAR! #VoteNO
Do not undo the Constitution. Do not give away your authority.
Do not comply in advance!
House
Republicans 218
Democrats 214
Senate
Republicans 53
Democrats 47
Tonight is our only night to put the pressure on him
[email protected]
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck
You have one chance to show that you will protect people from the destructive budget. If you don't vote no to cloture and CR, you are not fit to lead the Senate Democrats.
He might not listen anyway, but *anyone* can call him and leave a message.
Pile on!
Senator Schumer,
Your leadership matters and right now we need you to stand tall and vote, like your house colleagues did against cloture and the budget.
Don't be more scared of what might happen with a shutdown than you are off what TrumpMusk are ALREADY DOING.
Aquiescing here is not acceptable, sir.
The United States needs bold action and leadership requiring a NO vote on the GOP Budget and CR! The GOP can't be trusted to act in good faith and I understand your worry that the Democrats will be blamed if the USA economy is impacted by
If you don't shut it down now you won't be able to do anything about any of this later
Do your job! Have a spine!
‼️F I G H T‼️
the deranged Russian asset
occupying your White House-wreaking havoc-looting-destroying-killing off people-ruining things the World over,
‼️IN EVERY F*CKING WAY‼️
And SUPPORT Al Green instead of CENSURING him like 10 of you did.
https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/?nvep&hmac&emci=b7ec0ad0-49d7-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid#action
No way any Repug will do that as they’re afraid of trump and the crazed MAGA voters.
I won’t back the leader @schumer.senate.gov with no balls
Elon Musk MUST be reined in. I don’t understand why these ppl are rolling over for him.
Vote no or primary anyone that doesn’t.
Actually the time was about 10 years ago, but ok.
he will use it to declare
MARTIAL LAW
and
"he may adjourn them(CONGRESS) to such time as he shall think proper;" Art 2 sec 3
Believe me when I say that we are both following your struggle and preparing responses of our own. We see the threat.
Signed
Rest of the Free World
This makes me proud to be an Oregonian! Stand firm Senator!!
Hes got to go!
THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE! It's impressive
We should never underestimate
THE POWER OF ALL PEOPLE.
Pay attention trump/musk and republicans in power.
THE POWER OF ALL PEOPLE who are pissed!
Close down govt = no courts open to shut down trump.
CR is the better of 2 evils.
Make sense now? I hope so.
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/spacex-texas-semiconductor-facility-20218412.php
The congress & senate may feel like they're the majority, but there are more Americans (347million) & dogs (48%) in numbers against autocracy! 🤬
States have to take on the tyrant help them prepare.
Call your Dem senator and tell them to vote NO.
F Musk
F SCHUMER!
They're all throwing working class Americans under the bus.
Schumer knows this. He knows Trump/Musk own this shutdown but he's giving in for his sake, not ours!
These policies are literally anti-fascist
Bring the 🔥🔥🔥 for the people.
No on cloture - No on the CR
@schumer.senate.gov you are failing this country.
#WakeupUSA
#TimetochuckChuck
Contact him at a let him know
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck
If you're not going to shoot the mother fucker, then at least 🛑 supporting this abomination of a government. Dems will undoubtedly be blamed, so do not vote for the CR. It's a shit deal that abdicates the House's responsibility in running the government.
Grow some balls! Sad
"Early" would have been 2016.
Bunch of collaborating, spineless, morons.
Trump is the most malignant thing to happen to the US in history.
CUT THE CANCER OUT!
WAS WHEN SENATE LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL
REFUSED to HAVE CONFIRMATION VOTES ON ANY of President Obama’s Justice nominees for SCOTUS!
Bc of that Americans LOST 2 SCOTUS JUSTICES & allowed Trump to nominate & confirm 3 JUSTICES for SCOTUS in just 4 yrs! 6-3!
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5191954-senate-democrats-government-shutdown/
https://youtu.be/VhrRTwQ0qOo?si=_UHPXd1nb_aIsNij
⬆️ @wyden.senate.gov
American citizens commit crimes at higher rates than immigrants, lol.
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