Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening.
People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book.
Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"
People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book.
Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"
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I thought they were trying to oust him
And this ain't it.
When a country turns to dictatorship, there are two kinds of opposition leaders:
The ones willing to spend 20 years in house arrest to be a pain in the ass
The ones swept away with the Fascist regime when it falls
Then hoot and holler
He volunteered for this job. If he doesn't want to do it, he can quit. If he's not quitting, he belongs in DC doing the people's work.
This move by Jeffries is disgusting.
Until we demand the better leadership we deserve, we won't get it.
its bc the propaganda machine will spin dems as too far left, regardless of what they do, yet dems are terrified of taking up ACTUAL left positions.
I'd expect the opposition to oppose them though.
Republicans only care about their local districts. That is not going very well for them.
Truly pathetic.
GOP OUT
but we need his District Blue
Up until this optics blunder he was doing okay
I'm hoping the old guard gets swept out for young progressive minds
Pelolsi Hoyer and the other have made 40 year careers out of politics
and this is what they allowed to happen on their watch
Hakeem is selling books while all this is going on?
Feckless leadership.
Who has ever taken every single swing state?
Our regular chess moves won’t win us this game. We will have to go off board and free style.
We gave Democrats the power when we elected Biden with the House and Senate and Democrats ran a four corners offense to let Trump run out the clock on accountability.
Like Gov. Hochul leaving Mayor Adams in power even though he’s controlled by Trump.
Jeffries is the House MINORITY Leader. He’s got his caucus in line. He doesn’t control the floor of the House.
Get your neighbors out to vote BLUE, all along the ballot.
1/3 of Project 2025 has been implemented, and nothing has been done to even slow it down.
Oh dear heart.
Please Google "Reichstag Fire, Nazis" okay?
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Millions of Jeffries constituents voted for Harris.
The majority of those at that protest voted for Harris.
Maybe go spread your gems of wisdom amongst the dumbass MAGATs who fell for Fox News brainwashing & being conned by a felon and NOT your Dem allies.
Are we chopped liver just because she's grumpy about not winning?
Just bc someone has a D after their name doesn't mean they're your ally
Those are people on the streets holding him to account, so...
Change will happen at all levels. It's not like once you get power you cease to have to work if you don't have all of it. The system we are fighting is centuries old, and this moment is 50 years in the making by those now in power.
his job is the legislative leadership of the House Democratic caucus
not the leader of the resistance movement or whatever, that's on *us*--we're the people, we lead, the electeds follow us
No one there is asking him to be king of the resistance. Lol.
he represents his constituents, and his leadership role is limited to legislative work in the House among other House Ds
Always expecting someone else to do the work.
Dems are not this stupid.
Republicans are the authors of this destruction of jobs, the economy, air safety, and normalcy.
This is an operation to suppress Dem votes in special elections and midterms.
Don’t fall for it again.
VOTE in special elections.
Stop Trump.
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I do.
But you're wrong. they don't hold all the power. ask yourself how the minority party when Dems are in control can manage to get their agenda items, but dems as a minority party can't.
He is however on a townhall tour "Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here"
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/ocasio-cortez-hakeem-jeffries-2020-primary-1067107
Are you blind?
What can they actually do? They do not have any majority.
So what can they do? You people say "don't compromise" etc etc. So what can they actually do in their current position.
People didn't vote for it. People didn't care.
Until the primaries or if Trump does something to hurt GOP Constituents. All they can do is what they've been doing. Condemnation.
I give a fuck that the supposed leader of the opposition, Jeffries, seems entirely unprepared for the moment!
What specifically? When Dems controlled Congress, they wouldn't get rid of the archaic rules that GOP used to obstruct them because they said those rules would be needed when they are in the minority. Now Dems are in the minority and Hakeem says they have no leverage.
100-7-49
I will give you all the free publication.
Ahem..."Be born rich. Never pay your bills.
The End
Why would i waste my time yelling at the people who support the Trump actions while **CENTRIST** Dems sit on their hands and pretend there's nothing they can do to stall the Fascist agenda?
How did his party go in that election?
I voted for and campaigned for Harris. I think she is a wonderful person and it's great that she "won a life."
She is no longer a leader of the Democratic party and can run for CA Governor my full support.
Others obviously can.
They did. We're you not paying attention or do you have a selected memory?
With a few exceptions, they're all complicit.
Let's go.
Are YOU out there en masse telling your rep to go fight?
Nope .on the keyboard taunting your own team!!!
Is it YOUR team??
Maybe not
Maybe you are maga
I dunno
Sounds like it since you are fighting your own team
Can robots vote?
Do you know what America needs right now? A leader.
Thank you Chicago.
Not buying his book.
Did you March?
Did you go out in the cold winter and make your voice heard???
This is people talking to the ones who have the ability to stop being “right” and start being as obstructionist as republicans have been for decades.
Americans needs courage from their reps.
VIVA THE RESISTANCE
As hijacking of country
Is completed
Need congressional leader
To be strong/focused/on offense
BRAVE
Not courting NYT best seller list
DEFCON 1
LIFE/DEATH
Who can we replace him w/
Let's do that
He is so disappointingly
Ineffective in this role
Need a fighter
NOW
What are you talking about?
AT THIS VERY MOMENT THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR US AT THE CAPITOL..FIGHTING THE INSANE BUDGET BILL PRESENTED BY REPUBLICANS.
Do you have C-Span2?
They'll be there all night tonight if you want to watch them fight for you.
For clarity
Intense/eternal gratitude
For every bit of relentless legal wrangling
Done on behalf of the sane us
Incl Marc Elias
Brave reporters/newscasters
Elected officials +
So many others
But a big part of why we're here
They bring a cannon/we bring a feather
Then leave it in the car
We can't stop fighting legally
But in truth
That's not going to save us
They have torched
Any/all
Respect/regard/deference
To the laws of our land
They own SCOTUS
And we are owned by Putin/Musk
Religious right freaks
I don't have a plan
But this is a
REVOLUTION
Horrifically
Every one of our cherished rules/laws
Governing acceptable behavior
And decorum
HUMANITY
Incl gentility
Are SHATTERED
They have
Raped/pillaged/plundered
Us
Scorched OUR earth
In plain sight
Told us they would
And we let them
They've been warming up for years
We're here now
Should we not criticize regime collaboration within the opposition party?
Refuge of the coddled
What happened to your faux concern for human life then?
Ideally, this kind of activity happens before an election, too.
The minority has no power.
Get a lot more positive media coverage, too
Change Dem leadership now!
Love ya, Chi-town!! 💙✊💪👏
What is that exactly?
Be specific.
https://bsky.app/profile/maudi63.bsky.social/post/3lioe2sgdk223
To organize the Dem party across the board.
To no longer cooperate with the Trump administration in any way for any reason.
To build up a messaging arm that can counter the lies of GOP media.
To break apart the right wing powerbase.
To fight, Period.
1,2,4 & 6 - all solid points
#3 - agree they should play hardball on the budget. On the debt ceiling, are you aware of the ramifications if the country goes into default?
#5 That's not in his hands. That's up to us
Protests won't make us stronger
a free and democratic people don't need a leader or a figurehead, we lead ourselves
we elect representatives, not leaders
Democrats can kick scream and howl. If you don't have the VOTES you don't get results.
I fucking hate liberals, you are GENUINELY beyond parody. It's not cute any more, it's time to get serious.
I mean, nevermind that Sean Duffy got booed to hell today in L.A.
Nevermind the protests that happened on monday.
Blue MAGA defending useless and spineless Hakeem is a fucking cancer
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/trump-speech-congress-hakeem-jeffries-guests
Jeffries has to show opposition to Trump's chaos and concern for Americans.
A lot of us regular folks understand just fine. And some regular folks just need to quit gripping.
Everyone has their reasons for this, however. I think it would be good for him to meet with these protestors too.
I was asking a group of young folks visiting with my grandchildren about the coup underway. Don’t ask me if they were Z’s or whatever.
The common vibe was “oh that’s admin and HR It’ll sort out”.
WTF.
That’s WHO we NEED!
“We need Leaders!
We need action!”
Book tours at this time, really? Ton of main stream dems pissed at how weak the response has been
And that genocide crap isn't worth responding to that BS.
Now that is what helped get us here.
But I 100% agree Jeffries shouldn’t be out charming his book right now.
Also are you actually mad about this particular book?
Until we reach that level of rabble rouse, nothing changes.
Jeffries can't do a damn thing.
Unless they vote with the R's the next two bills!!
Budget and spending are next up...could be interesting.
Do you have
C-Span 2 ? Watch now. They are in the MINORITY sooooo...
This moment in history has passed you both by. Resign!
What is it then?
#contributiveactivity What is contributive activity? It's work that does not pay but is absolutaly vital. It's the condition of the market economy.
Everything in politics leads to 💰💰💰
They are all grifters...
Acaban de pasar muchas protestas este Lunes.
Shut the fuck up and take the L
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/georgia-republican-rich-mccormick-town-hall-doge-trump-federal-cuts-rcna193095
We’re horrified and terrified.
Come on mang.
@aipac!!
Why not just hassle the Republicans?
Let's get obnoxious.
Everyone’s true character has no choice but to show in times of great pressure.
So far, I’m not impressed.
White men are busy dismantling the country, so we'll yell at a Black man to "Go Back To Work" and expect him to clean up the mess we made.
USA is never beating the allegations. 🤣🤣🤣
Look at y'all. Just look. 👀
Y'all would rather tuck tail and go yell at the minority party than speak up at the polls and use your voices to be expressly anti-fascist every other time.
I'm over the performative bullshit.
Enjoy your night.
Jeffries is not the Speaker and can't call it back into session.
Why *shouldn't* he be in Chicago today or Oakland tomorrow?
What *exactly* do you want him to do?
Be specific.
JESUS CHRIST, DEMOCRATS!!! JUST PUT AOC IN CHARGE AND DO WHAT SHE SAYS!!!!!
More
I’ll read your book when you are retired and the rest of us are safe
This is on you.
If you can't see the problem with Jeffries signing books during a literal fucking coup of the largest world power on the planet by a nazi addict, then YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. Stop pointing fingers and get the fuck out of the way.
I mean...seriously
What part of “what Trump and Elon are doing right now is illegal” don’t you understand?
They could protest Republicans. They could protest Tesla dealerships across the country. They choose not to.
Seriously, move this corporate stooge to the back of the room - he’s fvkkin useless.
Where is Jasmine, where is AOC?
Kinda hard to get the message out with only $127 dollars, right?
2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 19, 2025 to February 22, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
We do not have to tolerate Klan and Nazi Hootenannies.
individuals so he can listen. A book tour is perfect. Unfortunately people are too angry to figure out where to direct their ire.
He had no power. Dems are in the minority.
feathering your own nest with your book is not a good look while the country is falling apart around us
#JeffriesPleaseStandDown
i’m not going to protest ted cruz because i dont live in texas and i’m not going to protest elon because i’m not one of his constituents on Little Saint James
How much of a paid shill are you to not know about this that happened **Today**?
Did your centrist media sources not tell you, or are you just openly lying about how these people aren't getting protested.
We had protests on Presidents Day all over the country.
why are you so fucking lazy and cowed by Dem Leadership who acts like there's nothing they can do?
Civil Rights leaders protested oppressors, not the one trying to fight the oppression. But when you don't know what real oppression is, and identify with oppressors, you can't tell the difference.😒
Profits? 🤣
Members of a political party are SUPPOSED TO put pressure on the people they elect. That's the sign of a healthy party.
A party 1/
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Stop criticizing each other if you aren't taking action yourself!!
You are either in
Or you are the enemy
We can call for a change in Democratic leadership to have a more effective fight against Republican tyranny.
GTFOH
He's not who he says he is
People are either In or they are Out
Out of you criticizing while you sit at home means you are really a maga supporter
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
NOT just saying the "Responsibility for ALL the CHAOS lays w/the Republicans;"
It does,
But WE need Responsible LEADERS fighting NOW-
OPENLY,Straightforwardly &Agressively;
NO Social Security,lax FAA, NO FDA, NO Ed Dept, no Medicare/Medicaid = NO future
so no actually they're both really important.
what part of that says the democrats don't need to be telling them to? that seems like asking the second most powerful political organization in the country to not use any of its influence to do anything useful.
Like… they could just call his office to say they don’t like these optics?
Way to go morons.