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joshtpm.bsky.social • 22 hours ago

Just dialing back in after being offline. That’s a pleasant surprise.

Schumer on the Senate Floor just now:

"Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR."

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stevenmatheson.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Hey Josh, can the Republicans just change the rules for cloture?

joshtpm.bsky.social•22 hours ago

In theory absolutely. That means ending the filibuster. I think the filibuster should end. But I’m not sure Rs are ready because long term it helps them vastly more than Ds

voncey.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I assume if they change the rules they’ll do it for CRs only.

jazzy-rascal.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Can't just be for CRs because the bill in question isn't one.

voncey.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Well they can deem it one for their purposes I guess. It mostly funds the government at current levels.

jazzy-rascal.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I guess if they can change the definition of a day in it they can pretty much say anything means anything. Fair enough.

penguins18.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It's not?

jazzy-rascal.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Josh is careful to put scarequotes around "continuing resolution" when he talks about it and goes into some of the reasons here: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-backchannel/will-dems-pick-up-their-sword/sharetoken/ced8e58d-65c7-410e-a53f-6ec0ade1c0ed

jazzy-rascal.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Sure can. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

rwarnick.bsky.social•18 hours ago

But they won't shut down the government. Because that would be doing something.

ploeg.bsky.social•22 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ploeg.bsky.social/post/3lk7b44fgic2l

meredithd.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It's a good surprise.... we must give credit where credit is due... relentless Dem bashing on this site can be even more deflating than Fetterman.

peter-butler.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I'd like to think the calls mattered, but regardless, yeah, very good surprise

g-s-d.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I think the last drop was Trump stating that Schumer was now not a Jew but a Palestinian :)

peter-butler.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I was thinking about that. It almost felt like a dare

g-s-d.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Agree

taxtashtag.bsky.social•22 hours ago

No you should not be this is total sleight of hand. They are basically promising to give GOP 60 votes if they get some amendments that Dems will lose

thehappysnout.bsky.social•20 hours ago

You know Josh this is largely because of you. Your tireless informative posts help me and so many others understand what’s going on and inspire us to do something about it.

If I had your address I’d send you Prosecco. Since I don’t here’s gratitude from me and my dog. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

sunfolk.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Thank God, if this is true.

No show pony shit where they let it pass but with the satisfaction of saying, "See, we voted against it!"

joshtpm.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Cloture is the key word. That means stopping it

cymchoke.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Credit where credit is due — great to see good leadership and messaging from Schumer, and unity among the Dems.

This really shouldn’t have been a nail-biter where we had to worry whether 7 of them would fold — I’m glad they came to their senses and did the only logical thing to do.

jasonmicahross.bsky.social•22 hours ago

People are aroused.

econtrarian.bsky.social•22 hours ago

You want smaller government? I’ll see your DOGE cuts and raise you a government shutdown.

fosterthecat.bsky.social•22 hours ago

We need more of this energy.

katem38.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Way to show up for us dems! We need unity and we need your voices to get loud! Your constituents see what you did today and we’ll turn the heat up on the republicans!

noligarchs.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I believe people like us on BluSky with our comments helped push him to do the right thing.

svetozar.bsky.social•22 hours ago

good

yblent.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Do not let up pressure until they actually vote this way

petergratton.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You can tell your mom-in-law he’s not just good to his mom and he’s back in your good graces.

jstrw.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Not over yet. Keep calling!

https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3lk7hio473c2h

davidpham5.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Someone found a little bit of spine.

getoutofmyway.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Stunning. Maybe Chuck figured it out.

kimnead.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I read Schumer privately advised his caucus that opposing the CR was bad politics, but the members pushed back - they wanted to fight.

jasperlovesjazz.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yeah, I saw a couple of reports on this, that he was originally trying to whip members into a "Yea" vote.

lynne-sails.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Way to lead from behind 🙄

kerravon.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Which sources? Be specific.

kimnead.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Axios.

johnlk.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Where did you read that?

jasperlovesjazz.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I saw this...
https://bsky.app/profile/monaburns.bsky.social/post/3lk7afnshmk2j

getoutofmyway.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Sure didn't turn out that way. More nostradumbasses.

johnlk.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Neither Mona Burns nor Brad Johnson is, like, an actual journalist.

getoutofmyway.bsky.social•22 hours ago

And the bill went down in flames. So much for Mona and Brad.

kimnead.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Axioms.

kerravon.bsky.social•22 hours ago

kimnead.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Axios.

johnlk.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The thing about Axios and Punchbowl is that all their sources are Republicans.

mattdmccoy.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Kudos to Chuck Schumer and the Senate Dems! I was very worried that they were going to give up without a fight. Glad I was wrong. And I'm also glad that my calls to my Senators offices weren't in vain.

thecrossfader.bsky.social•22 hours ago

beingsass.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I'm pretty sure it was my call that did it. 😊

vjy1.bsky.social•5 hours ago

But Josh, if we feed Punchbowl, Axios, Politico, and Will Stancil into an AI, we can prove mathematically that "Democrats are in disarray". Don't forget it! Don't forget to hyperventilate and declare defeat over and over.

nidula.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yes!

pamschmid.bsky.social•22 hours ago

This is a huge shot in the arm to all of us who've been making good trouble lately. 👊👊

1836republic.bsky.social•21 hours ago

When Thune & Johnson are trying to cram something down 1 of your orifices just say NO, not doing it. Rs knew they had 53 votes at most & needed 60. Invite Pelosi over she can explain to Rs how to count to 60 she always knew how to get to at least 218. If Rs don't want shutdown pass 30 day clean CR

colonel-panic-8080.bsky.social•22 hours ago

FUCK YEAH

mittssoup.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Finally they are doing something

jscottcory.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Little steps in the right direction. There's two more steps: No votes on the CR, and getting a vote on S.924.

I bet there are some overfull voice mail boxes, email inboxes, and very fatigued staff from answering calls in Senate offices that were taking calls.

tarastelluto.bsky.social•20 hours ago

God I hope he's right.

ilikenewspapers.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I feel like this was existential for Dems - and likely efforts such as what TPM pressed and people picked up on in contacting their reps played a role in driving this home

luckybastard77.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The base did this. We had to drag them kicking and screaming.

billejzak.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Will 7 Democrats vote for cloture in return for nothing?

newtonmarunner.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Great job, Sen. Schumer!

I guess whether Senate Dems still have it in them in 30 days to block the Musk/Trump crime spree for the remainder of the year lies in constituents keeping up the pressure on their Senators/Representatives.

tjkenney.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Shutdown isn't great but the House Bill is bad. Glad Senate Dems are not caving on this.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Very pleasantly surprised. But I wonder if he was trying to whip votes to pass it.

sharonwise.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Shut it down. F the GOP

zanath.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Thank you and everyone who has made noise about this. Public pressure works.

tomh4.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Definitely. We have been talking all this time about messaging Dem Senators. But what about Republicans? How can we raise the pain level for Rs like Collins and Ernst who vote for this budget bill?

we-are-toast.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The pain level for the cowards rises when uninformed voters feel the pain of a crashing economy. That's the key to stopping the coup. First the pain must be felt by their supporters, and then when we call and scream at them, they learn to fear us more than dear leader.

kroe14.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It’s like Germany at the end of WWI. No carnage in the homeland = aggressive militarization in the late 20’s and 30’s. Unfortunately, nothing will change until the damage is felt widely and intensely.

okieme.bsky.social•22 hours ago

If this holds I’ll apologize for my negative comments about Schumer and the Dems…and some of my faith in them will
Restored.

girlsrockmovie.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Already reading that they may be trying to thread the needle by forcing the GOP to let them vote on amendments that they know will lose and then they'll vote for the CR and push the hands-thrown-up emoji a little further down the line.

girlsrockmovie.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Politico

katekimball.bsky.social•22 hours ago

You did a lot to help make this happen. Thank you.

kencomplain.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I appreciate all your reporting on this.

penguins18.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Wonder how many the have? Fetterman's the only one I assume is voting yes. Who else? And it's conceivable Murkowski and/or Collins might vote no (in the latter case if it doesn't matter).

chrisecollins.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Fingers crossed They found their spine.

leshrac.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Assuming the 30-day thing passes with no strings attached, doesn’t this just kick the same can down the road? We need the illegal Musk coup to end.

sraf10million.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I went overboard personally contacting my senators and getting friends to do same. because of your editorial reporting. you're an american hero, Josh.

lynne-sails.bsky.social•21 hours ago

100% agreed and I have no regrets becoming a subscriber!! 🙌🙌

lynne-sails.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Even if now we're finding out Schumer is a f-ing dick!!

josephcappadonia.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Are we showing some
🏀🏐.

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