We get the Party we demand. If our leaders aren't up to the task, we have to call it, or their failure is on us too. How many times do we have to learn this painful lesson? RBG, Feinstein, Biden. NOBODY thinks we're going to WIN votes in NC, GA, or ME next year with Schumer at the helm. Get real. - ThreadSky

ezralevin.bsky.social • 96 days ago

We get the Party we demand. If our leaders aren't up to the task, we have to call it, or their failure is on us too. How many times do we have to learn this painful lesson? RBG, Feinstein, Biden.

NOBODY thinks we're going to WIN votes in NC, GA, or ME next year with Schumer at the helm. Get real.

Reposted from Perry Bacon

"In a vote, the two groups gave us clear direction: 82% of group leaders in New York and 91% of Indivisible group leaders nationwide voted to call for Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader. ....We need new leadership in this moment." indivisible.org/statements/i...

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whatsthelatest.bsky.social•96 days ago

So what do we do this week, this month? And so on… Our senators are not listening to us… They don’t get laid off, they don’t lose health insurance, they don’t a need food bank, they don’t lose housing, they don’t lose their cars, etc.

cinlewis.bsky.social•96 days ago

If Democrats had voted in unison against the funding extension, and Trump took that opportunity to shut down ALL federal agencies, including the essential ones, the first SS, Medicaid, veterans’ payments that failed to go out, whom do you think the public would blame? Dems would take the blame.

anothersnowflake.bsky.social•96 days ago

Well I guess it depends on how much money Musk spends telling us it is the Dems fault. But that has never worked before. And it sure kills the whole Mandate, Mandate, Mandate story if the Republicans are too weak to keep the country open.

chrisfumo.bsky.social•95 days ago

(they're already doing all of that)

jer1190.bsky.social•96 days ago

He’s gotta go. Put someone like Chris Murphy or Mark Kelly or even Patty Murray who get what we’re up against. Chuck is following rules that have been abandoned since the Obama days. Bipartisanship is dead.

lilzaichik.bsky.social•96 days ago

Schumer failed as a leader. I don’t understand some of the comments that tell us to ignore that and “just stick together.”

Just sticking together is not a winning strategy. We need a new leader who has a plan and our confidence.

mel2lou.bsky.social•94 days ago

We need to start asking House Dems to call for Impeachment! Get them comfortable with that rhetoric. We should demand Senate Dems use unanimous consent. Why did @indivisible.org drop that demand?

Now is the time to make these hard asks!

kathyce.bsky.social•96 days ago

m4a1960.bsky.social•96 days ago

Destroying the country without firing a shot ! Only thing that will save it is massive moblization in every state to federal and change it in 2026 !

davidp-p.bsky.social•96 days ago

We need Democratic Senators to publicly do the same!

lanc3goodthrust.bsky.social•96 days ago

onedaydear.bsky.social•96 days ago

Thank you @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social & Indivisible for calling out Dem Leadership for not rising to the moment. Their complacency is complicity and we don’t have any more time to waste when this administration is flouting the constitution and other laws at every moment.

bubbleslefay.bsky.social•95 days ago

I’m seeing a bunch of people saying that AKSHULLY he did the right thing because 47 wouldn’t ever let the shutdown end. Is there a guide or explainer countering those kinds of talking points? I feel like it’s BS but I can’t explain why.

beckytaylor927.bsky.social•96 days ago

This NYT interview shows how wrong Schumer is — he essentially wants to wait for Trump’s poll numbers to fall below 40% — to return to bipartisanship. It’s better to fight, show the dangers of Trump, obstruct illegal acts, and strongly speak for people. Passion>Polls

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/magazine/chuck-schumer-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U4.sCSq.ueSCwS0kEp9o&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

ezralevin.bsky.social•96 days ago

Schumer has 27% approval rating. He's awful on TV. He has no understanding of the 21st century media environment. And he's repeatedly demonstrated with actions he is unwilling to lead the opposition.

Everybody knows this. So do we want a winning party or a polite party unwilling to do hard things?

nancyhicks.bsky.social•96 days ago

I read in his NYT interview that he put Senators Booker & Smith in charge of social media. I don’t know Senator Smith well. She seems good, but she’s 67 years old. How about one of the three in their 40’s or the 38 year old Senator Ossoff?

FTR I’m old. I wouldn’t put me in charge of social media.

henleyparker.bsky.social•96 days ago

@schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com vm is full, here is his email and the emails of his staffers ⬇️

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck

standude-juststan.bsky.social•96 days ago

I think most can agree that Schumer should step down as Dem leader in the senate.

BUT, as an independent I'll keep saying what I've always said : We don't need just a better party, we need a better country.

And that's what I'm willing to fight for.

ezralevin.bsky.social•96 days ago

Congressional Democrats have a 21% approval rating, and Schumer just alienated some of those remaining 21%. Get a new face in there. Show Democrats are serious about change.

Don't change horses midtream? FDR said change horses or drown.

Look around you - the water is rising fast.

standude-juststan.bsky.social•95 days ago

Yes.

High water everywhere.

Which is why I won't be emailing or calling up congressional dems who've forgotten where the lifejackets are.

Done with all the partisan focus. We either empower our people & fight this regime head on or lose the country.

granny2shoes.bsky.social•96 days ago

Who should be the new leader?

diablo2021.bsky.social•96 days ago

I feel like Adam Schiff, or Chris Murphy should be the Senate minority leader.

peculiardoctrine.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes. Now do Jeffries.

jozienty.bsky.social•96 days ago

Hey, ho, Chuck S has got to go! Like, yesterday

sbay-scruzresists.bsky.social•95 days ago

Ezra, Chapter leader here: I really need Indivisible to produce a document/video with rebuttles to the arguments that Schumer did the right thing. There are some very well informed people on social media pushing this narrative and its gaining a lot of traction. Im working super hard to...

sbay-scruzresists.bsky.social•95 days ago

a team working on compiling the arugements but could really really use your help.

sbay-scruzresists.bsky.social•95 days ago

counter it but Im not perfectly informed and they often are able to get me into a corner. Plus its time consuming. I need something informational I could just share. Do you have a recording of the emergency meeting from Saturday? You and Leah were so inspirational, I want to share it. We have...

lynnf.bsky.social•95 days ago

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-art-of-losing-why-senate-democrats

thisisjoylps.bsky.social•96 days ago

Chris Murphy or Bernie Sanders. We should have been behind Bernie the entire time. I also think AOC is ready to primary for NY Senate if she’s interested.

jer1190.bsky.social•96 days ago

I want her to run against either Schumer or Gillibrand. Both are useless.

anothersnowflake.bsky.social•96 days ago

Unfortunately she can't primary him until the 2028 election. He won't resign, but we need to get him out of the leadership role.

pjmacwriter.bsky.social•94 days ago

https://demcollaborators.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJDvIZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYi8uLJqOXlohI_peo_4T3FdnLd1SeQ19qy_BuVle64Y4i45iuqQZt-eZw_aem_ENdEwdsdiyN1vysgKjBtug

abyssinianking.bsky.social•95 days ago

What I don't understand is do these people know who is filling these 100s of lawsuits to fight against the draconic Republican policies &
actions?
IT IS DEMOCRATS AND AG FROM DEMOCRATIC STATES THAT ARE FIGHTING THE PEOPLE'S FIGHT.
C'mon

toggan2.bsky.social•96 days ago

Sen Schumer should step down now-----not later, but now. The lack of leadership of Sen Schumer is doing incredible damage to the Democratic party and the country. Sen Schumer should do us all a favor and step down gracefully.

missy614.bsky.social•94 days ago

I want more people like Bernie Sanders everything Bernie has tried to get into law for the people I really feel will help us.

kdkmoore.bsky.social•95 days ago

Who’s going to replace him?

realzealman.bsky.social•96 days ago

AOC needs to primary him

demandside.bsky.social•96 days ago

Have to add that his constituency is too much Wall Street and too little big D Democrat.

cohope.bsky.social•95 days ago

He SO weak. His “protest” show at the podium was ridiculous! Schumer had to go but who will replace him? Who can lead us out of this Hell?

harleyg44.bsky.social•96 days ago

HOW ** UTERLY STUPID MUST
** BE HALF THE VOTING ** POPULATION !
Where is the RECALL option ?

klily714.bsky.social•96 days ago

Schumer has to step aside! 💪

shelbysue83.bsky.social•96 days ago

There are several other dems who inspire and fight! I will be calling my senators this week to tell them I expect them to get Schumer out of that role.

synergy888.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes if they don't stand with us...they got to go! Vote them out! Demand politicians who work for us...not some back door deal!

marymc86.bsky.social•96 days ago

We don’t have time to get mired up in our own division. Let’s move forward and get the focus back on what was working. In days, the country could be finished as we know it. Stick together and focus.

anothersnowflake.bsky.social•96 days ago

Did you just call out three of our greatest leaders ever as failures?
Is this the same crass, stupid ageism I have been seeing?
I expected better from you.
Maybe you should look at who is showing up at all these rallies. Y'all would look pathetic without the force of old people. STFU

chrisfumo.bsky.social•95 days ago

of course ginsbug failed, you moron; she could have retired at any point between early 2009 and late 2014 and chose not to do so; infinitely increasing the likelihood of a far right Republican taking her place

helpushannah.bsky.social•96 days ago

Don't be ridiculous; no one is calling them failures. But they all stayed too long and it hurt all of us. Ageism is one thing, but denying that age weakens us is being in denial. They should have mentored their replacements and then stepped down BEFORE they lost stamina.

tongueofwood.bsky.social•94 days ago

I read about you on The Recast. Two questions please:

When has the electorate ever rewarded a party for a government shutdown?

After a 30-day furlough Federal workers lose employment protections being defended in court today—how does that help anyone but Musk?

sju08.bsky.social•96 days ago

Senate Democrats will be in the minority for years to come if they keep Chuck Schumer and his close lieutenants in leadership positions. We will see a 7-2 conservative majority at the Supreme Court very soon if Sotomayor retires due health issues. SCOTUS gone forever. Schumer must be removed now!

duboisstanaccount.bsky.social•96 days ago

Gillibrand also needs to be removed as DSCC chair NOW

artisanrox.bsky.social•96 days ago

Gillibrand also has no business being in a Dem leadership position.

(I'm all for Elizabeth Warren for Sen Min Leader!!)

lynnf.bsky.social•96 days ago

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/16/2310645/-You-know-the-Democratic-Party-is-in-trouble-when-you-lose-Donna-Brazile?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

franklythetruth.bsky.social•96 days ago

Ezra, kudos for your myopathy.
There are no “Parties”. There is now The Party. You persist in speaking as if there will be elections in the future. There will not. Citizens are being kidnapped and exiled. Legal permanent residents deported. Courts defied. Judges targeted. We have a king.

democritus555.bsky.social•96 days ago

There continues to be conflicting reports about whether the shutdown would have removed the judicial system as a check on trump. Some say yes, some say no. Can someone from indivisible put together an actual formal opinion on this, with references? It seems awfully important.

p-kai.bsky.social•95 days ago

Courts continue to operate during a shutdown, at least for several weeks. The federal courts have never stopped during any previous shutdown.

democritus555.bsky.social•95 days ago

But does that mean it has to happen that way again? And what happens after several weeks, do the courts really shut down like Schumer said? Seems like there's far too much opinion about this, and far too few facts.

hereshoping.bsky.social•96 days ago

PLEASE! There’s been no salient analysis of this anywhere.

regmt.bsky.social•96 days ago

Bryan Tyler Cohen and Tim Miller on their respective podcasts today made compelling arguments for why (and I paraphrase greatly) it’s time to resist as a form of proclamation against theongoing corruption and despite risks.There are few opportunities for the minority party.This was one missed.

mssumida.bsky.social•96 days ago

Time to #ChuckChuck

goodnewsveg.bsky.social•46 days ago

200+ at Martha's Vineyard May Day protest. Question: Why is it that the only people who screamed horrible things at us (many, many honked their horns in solidarity!) were construction workers in pick-ups? I am truly perplexed.

kdkmoore.bsky.social•95 days ago

Absolutely!

kile.bsky.social•96 days ago

Depends on who he gets replaced by. Klobuchar at the helm isn’t going to change much

kindntrue.bsky.social•95 days ago

Yes it is time NOW for new senate democrat leadership!

realbossbest.bsky.social•96 days ago

It is TRULY sad when there is absolutely no personality to a PARTY, which they say really makes a party of none. The great WINNERS are the "Party", and the Oligarchs hijacked that when they forced #Dum-Don on the American People. But join me--we will Make America Joke Again, instead of being a joke.

ccwfc.bsky.social•96 days ago

OUR STATEMENT: https://capecodwomenforchange.com/2025/03/15/we-join-national-indivisible-calling-for-minority-leader-schumer-to-step-down/

jedren.bsky.social•95 days ago

we, the people, don't.
they, the donors, do.

why have Dems spent the last 20 yrs courting white suburbanites?

same reason they did sweet FA to claw back the VRA.

they planned for this.

Dems are ready to help the GOP empty the voting rolls of POC, queers, unhoused, and everyone but white men.

by-mhrudolph.bsky.social•95 days ago

If managing the Senate is Indivisible's new focus, please advise what organization will lead in the grass roots effort to organize and oppose the unlawful/unconstitutional/ inhumane acts of the current administration?

biscuitmom.bsky.social•96 days ago

New leadership now!

henleyparker.bsky.social•96 days ago

caroleah.bsky.social•94 days ago

So you would rather not have judges working to help us when Elon and 47 go against the constitution and rule of law. We would not have had that judge telling 47 to get the people back he sent to Venezuela,against the ruling of said judge.

helpushannah.bsky.social•96 days ago

Agreed. Ageism is one thing, but denying that age weakens us is being in denial. All leaders should mentor their replacements, then step down BEFORE they lose stamina. Staying too long hurts all of us.

alexis8.bsky.social•96 days ago

As a New Yorker, I want him OUT! @ezralevin.bsky.social please keep the pressure!

henleyparker.bsky.social•96 days ago

cg13.bsky.social•96 days ago

I think a very good choice for Leader would be Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia.

totallyincredulous.bsky.social•96 days ago

he appears very different today from the person we mobilized so fiercely for to help elect.

helpushannah.bsky.social•96 days ago

Chris Murphy

koch25.bsky.social•95 days ago

Roberts court gave a FELON presidential immunity and a pathway back to the White House.
Why isn't there protests in front of the Supreme court ? They're the ones that enabled FOTUS.

bluechous.bsky.social•96 days ago

That book tour gonna be awkward!

henleyparker.bsky.social•96 days ago

caroleah.bsky.social•94 days ago

I joined indivisible this month and I feel that because of what musk and 47 are doing to our govt, Sen Schumer did the right thing. If the govt shuts down , no judges can intervene like they did today. I still stand with Sen Schumer and will have to decide if I’m

caroleah.bsky.social•94 days ago

Going to continue with indivisible or not.

caroleah.bsky.social•94 days ago

Mr Schumer DO NOT step down. You did the right thing. I learned years ago that sometimes you only have 2 choices and they’re both shitty and you must decide which one is the best shitty choice and you had to do that yesterday.

wattle.bsky.social•95 days ago

Democratic Caucus: Logan's Run Carrousel edition

dianecowdrey.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes! So what’s the plan? Don’t know how this would work and if we can help other than posting stuff here.

henleyparker.bsky.social•96 days ago

michaelsantos56.bsky.social•96 days ago

Trump led to creation of the Lincoln Project by disaffected conservatives &Republicans. Time for Schumer et al., to inspire a similar Project among Dems: The Roosevelt Project? Either way, there's a core of the disaffected on either side of the middle from which new in-touch parties could be born.

gigipa22.bsky.social•96 days ago

Power of The People staying committed with true conviction will prevail.🥰🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🥰

balanced1231.bsky.social•96 days ago

Leaders lead from the front.
Good leaders know how to follow.

Schumer has either decided he is wiser than those he represents. Or he has other, richer constituents whose interests would be damaged.

Either case.
Schumer is not fit to lead.

farewellangelina.bsky.social•95 days ago

https://jaredgolden.substack.com/p/the-hollow-resistance-of-the-cr-debacle?utm_medium=io
I’d love to hear your take on this.

nicoletaetsch.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes!!!!!!!!!!

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