Senators’ phones have been ringing off the hook with nonstop calls from hospitals, police departments, volunteer firefighters, food pantries, drug treatment centers, on and on and on.
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You have got to stop the attack on our democracy and our government. Trump is breaking the law and his oath of office. No one is fighting back. Be a hero, show some backbone, and uphold your oath of office. Protect and defend our constitution, please!
Work with democrats and organize a resistance to stop the attack from within of our country! Surely, there's a way to stop all of Trump's lawlessness. He has broken laws and his oath of office several times since being in office. Is there no recourse?
And that's the problem "if t doesnt rescind," are you daft? We are tired of this loser approach. And the gaslighting. You still have your salary, your healthcare, your home. How long do you think this is sustainable? Shall i call my senator? Fuck that noise. All of you need to be fired and replaced.
or you could just act now, immediately, not waiting for shit that won't happen. go. do you actual job. oppose and stop things like an actual opposition
He’s going to text you asking for money, and if you don’t send it (or, hell, even if you DO send it), he’ll go ask Wall Street for it and then roll over and play dead when they make cooperating with Trump a stipulation of getting the money. He is a coward and his party is managed opposition.
We all know there are phone calls and widespread panic over this, because it’s impacting ALL of us. The difference is that you were elected to serve and protect us from this.
Thus far YOU. ARE. FAILING.
Do your job or step down so we can elect someone who will.
Not so. Kindly review McConnell's video the day after Biden's election. He was pretty damn effective as an obstructionist. Campaign of obstruction fueled by EFFECTIVE messaging and grassroots organizing.
Congress needs to act anyway! Organize, plan, and resist! The whole country needs to be told what is happening daily. We need country wide outrage! We need to rise up together. Fill Washington with millions of protestors.
They have 'concerns' and stern faces. Maybe they need to consult a political consultant on the right stern look on their stern faces. Maybe ask a lobbyist if now is the right time to do what we hired them to do. I am conflicted.
Act...act...Senator...we need a Senate that acts....not reacts. This onslaught of pain will continue, morph...but it is all bad, illegal and contrary to the functioning of a democratic Republic. Be bold, be a leader...the old rules clearly do not apply.
I don’t know you but I feel confident that you would be a strong Senate minority leader right now that this corporate cuckold lapping at Wall Street’s teats.
Are you fucking stupid? Where the fuck have you been the past months? You and the rest of your party MUST fight everything that they do. Stop all movement in Congress for anything he tries.
ACT NOW! Look, even if you can't win, do *something*! He's tearing up the constution to fill the government with corrupt loyalists, as seen in the hit publication "How I plan to tear up the constution to fill the government with corrupt loyalists".
The bad guys had the decency to release a 500 page guide on their intentions and methods, I kind of feel like maybe the DNC should have had a plan here, and should come up with one immediately. Save democracy!
No wonder the Democrats lost, even the Democrats their party for everything. It is the believable to sit back and watch you folks destroy each other. What a world we live in.
You are angry at the wrong person, the coward is the GOP. They control all 3 branches. The Democrats try to warn us what will happen. Project 2025 is in place.
Start the Articles of Impeachment in the House today, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow! Grind this Criminal Regime to a halt! #GumUpTheWorks
You sound like one of those parents that says to their kid "if you touch that one more time...." and repeats it 10 more times. Just do something about it. Stop with affording him the opportunity to fix what he has no intention on fixing.
Fucking get off your ass stop writing letters and fucking throw a fucking fit on the Senate floor that will hit every network with how fucking angry with are.
How about congress acts because he ENACTED it and even if he rescinds it make sure he can't do it again? How about if congress gets their feet underneath them before he removes any power there might be there to stop him. Also, OPM has our records, and Musk has OPM. Maybe look into that.
Suggestion for you and your fellow reps in DC...do your damn jobs to save democracy and serve the people. And stop with all your performative oh my gosh things are so bad bs.
There is literally nothing congress or the courts can do other than impeachment. People need to contact their house representatives and encourage impeachment. There is zero other enforcement mechanisms for the president.
Bullshit. Congress routinely ground to a halt when Obama was in charge. Schumer WANTS all of this stuff. He just wants Trump to do it not him. Remember; he tried to pass a law making all of this happen last year and was upset when Trump stopped it. Schumer loves deportations & roundups.
I don’t know, but Mitch McConnell was pretty effective at shutting Obama’s legislative agenda down when he was Senate minority leader. Maybe we start there.
Schumer said he doesn't even own a phone, so this is probably just an intern trying to make it look like Schumer isn't asleep at his desk after his pedialyte made him sleepy
They'll write a really angry letter about it. Maybe even go on social media and decry it! Fists will be shook, but elections will certainly not be won, not on the Old Guard's watch!
He will instead do nothing as stay in office until his entire generation dies, just like Feinstein. It is their duty to stymie all leftward progress in this country.
Act now, you spineless dickwit!!! What the fuck is the point of you being in a leadership position if you’re not gunna lead?! Clueless geriatric weasel
act now! you all have to push back hard. look he’s doing this with EOs even tho he has house and senate? then this means there are R house and senate you can peel off. BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT. they won’t come skipping over with out applied pressure
How do we hold our representatives accountable if we don’t know how they voted? Threats of political violence are terrorism and should be dealt with promptly by the legal system
Let me tell you something the moment they murder a senator for trying to do the right thing and oppose Trump and MAGA radical right Republicans, that’s when a civil war definitely begins and that’s when they should really panic and worry!
ALL VOTES NEED TO BE PRIVATE IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
Things will change when congress and their families are protected from being targets.
They're rightly afraid of the Mobster.
Grow a set. He's not going to rescind "it" or anything else, for that matter. The Article III branch is doing all the work here and is not 100% reliable. You know who your friends are in the Senate - FFS even Grassley wrote a letter with Durbin. Read Article I, stand on your hind legs and get busy.
What in the fuck are you there for if not to do something? We have fucking reporters for what you’re doing. GET WORKING OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY OF SOMEONE WHO WILL.
DT shouldn't be the first target. We must go after The Heritage Foundation and all it's members. No quarter, only extreme prejudice. This is their plan after all.
"Like both legislative statutes and the regulations promulgated by government agencies, executive orders are subject to judicial review and may be overturned if the orders lack support by statute or the Constitution."
If the senate leader and one of the biggest figures in the party can't get 4 senators behind challenging the most flagrant breach of powers then what the fuck is he even good for?
Isn't that the whole excuse these ancient bastards give when shafting young progressives? Experience and connections?
Not true. Every Dem should pick one each of every single IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE the orange Q-hristian fascist nazi has ALREADY committed and the hundreds more to come and introduce article of IMPEACHMENT; today, tomorrow,every f🎼king day until midterm-win back congress guaranteed. Punch the f back Sen!
It’s an illegal, unconstitutional power grab and you should be saying so LOUDLY at every opportunity. Not to mention halting all other senate business, whipping votes against every nominee, and doing your job to protect democracy.
*You* are congress
*You* are leader of the opposition party in the *upper house* of *the congress*
I did not vote for you to sit on your ass and say while safety nets are gutted and trans people on my timeline are literally being rounded up and forced to detransition and revert their legal IDs
Act already. The fact that he did something so egregious in the first place - and based on his WHOLE FIRST TERM - is evidence enough that he’s unstable and not bound by the constitution. Congress is the only thing that can limit his takeover of our country.
I was sort of hoping we coudl agree to... IDK, not subvert the constitution and crash the economy by day 14 not, you know, bring in MORE wrecking balls
Naaah, he’s gonna stay in office forever, just like his buddy Feinstein. Their generation can’t face the fact that they’ve ruined the world, so they can’t step aside and let us fix it because that would be admitting their failure.
Congress must act *regardless.* This kind of overtly unconstitutional activity must be answered, and we can't care if Trump says "oopsie." There are no take backs, and letting him test the system like this without response is dangerous.
How about you RETIRE, and then maybe someone will replace you and ACT NOW instead of waiting for that wannabe dictator to find a conscience?! You really are unbelievable, couldn't be more unsuitable for the situation.
Rather than treating us like we're panicked for no real reason (which I know you're doing) and dismissing deep concerns as 'overreaction,' you should tell us WHY we're panicked for no real reason and having an overreaction. Or better yet, lay out your plan to do anything other than speech and tweet.
You know that many Republicans in congress are not happy about his EO frenzy agendas. Have the congress to put a stop to his before the country falls apart.
You're part of congress though. Do you mean the house or is this really awkward phrasing where you're talking in the third person like Bob Dole used to do instead of saying "we" or "I"?
"Congress must act" is a way of taking no personal responsibility for messaging yourself.
You idiots need to start yelling from the rooftops that people dying and things like elderly not receiving Meals on Wheels ARE THE INTENDED RESTULTS...THE GOALS...not accidents.
Can you please let someone with a real spine take over for you? You can't even get all your senators to vote against these completely unqualified cabinet members. How are you ever going to take on anything bigger? We're in a desperate fight for our country and democracy and we need actual leaders!
Well then do your job Chuck! Get a lawsuit filed, pass some laws, get organized and stop this insanity. It’s not like 70 million Americans didn’t see this coming!! You’d think you guys had months to start preparing for this. Holy shit! Talk about dropping the ball.
Yes but he’s the one we got right now. We have to work with what we have. And he’s stood up to the shit stain before. And there’s no time to find and vote for anyone else. Action needs to be taken right now, today. People are going to start dying soon, there are so many poor people left stranded.
How do you suggest they pass laws? The democrats told you this would happen if the people didn't get out and vote, now they have no power to fix it - exactly as they warned.
I have CPTSD from 10 years of this BS. The Democrats had ONE job and 8 yrs. We elected them 2stop this very thing but they elected to stay silent. They rolled out the red carpet of decorum, smiled & welcomed fascists in by holding the door. I don't want anymore pep talks. I want ACTION & a damn plan
Most ineffective political party ever .They had 4 years to put an end to this madness and they completely ferked it up and now we,the civilised world, have to suffer for it .
Couldn’t organise a pissup in a brewery
I agree!! 4 years and did nothing. It was so evident this was going to happen. Biden sold us all out. I know peeps love him but let’s speak the truth here. He handed our country to Trump on a silver platter. He knew damn well this was going to happen. If you and I knew it so did he.
Yes!!! They need to get off their azz & do something!! This civil BS isn't working. We are tired of it! Dem politicians need to go low. Fight back. Damn it grab the GOP playbook and use it against them! Tired of Dems just speaking with zero action! We elected them so they need to fight 4 us!!
Chuck, my good man, it’s already illegal and stomping on Congress. If you want to continue to have authority, go use it. No sternly worded letters. This is not normal, quit acting like it is. Do something.
I am your neighbor in Brooklyn. ICE is out rounding up people in Brooklyn NOW. Parents have been told to put a copy of their child’s birth certificate in their back pack just in case. Our schools are going to lose funding. This is dystopian and we need you to fight.
Whoever is in charge of this account, just stop with your pathetic posts. Your words mean absolutely NOTHING. It’s like sending prayers out for victims of mass shootings. How about f$cking doing something.
@elissaslotkin.bsky.social per my telephone message I left for you earlier today —- where are you?! Where are the democrats?! Where is the fight?! DO SOMETHING!
If you cannot fight this with every tool available and others that you can invent, then you should get out of the way and let the real fighters lead. The time for talk is OVER.
Cut the crap Chuck. If America was actually a proper functioning Democracy, Trump would have been arrested straight away & held without bail. Instead, you & the rest of your politician mates are wholly & solely responsible for ALL of this, every single one.
Hang your heads in shame.
Why are you adding your vote to any Trump nominees. Trump is literally attacking the most vulnerable & your priority is to be bipartisan. Are you serious.
Who fucking cares! This is what Americans voted for - leave them to it and let the chips fall where they will. Dems scurrying about and crying the sky is falling will only result in you all being called overly dramatic very soon! You lost leave it to them to the GOP to sort this shit out!
Could you ALL do more than shooting judgmental looks across the isle please! Like, yesterday, today is a good time to start fighting like the third monkey in line to get on the Ark and it’s starting to rain. There will be no future careers for any of you if you don’t. Because he’s killing freedom
Start fighting like Republicans. Our party has been too accommodating for way too long! There is no way any of this should be going on because Trump never should have been elected.
We keep reading & seeing statements by & interviews with congress people, senators & everyday people. Many, such as yourself, voice your concerns. Please move past “concern” to “action”—NOW!
The republican majority of the House of Representatives has officially addicted every one of their congressional seats to the executive branch.
The republican majority of the House of Representatives officially declares that they have willingly refused to perform oversight of the executive branch
They get no calls because a Fox News lies & their constituents are kept dumb. It’s YOUR job to make sure the Senators you “lead” get the truth out. To everyone.
Fuck calls. They KNEW. They knew the lies the manipulation and THEY KNEW in 2018 he was working with russia and fb to rig elections with psyops. They chose to be criminals just as he did when they could have chosen a million different ways to serve the people instead.
Wake up, Chuck. You and your party are lost. You're so goddamn concerned with "reaching across the aisle" you don't pay attention to who is on the other side.
Listen to voters. Listen to people. Listen to US! Quit believing donors and "polls" speak for our needs.
Now tell us what you are going to do about it. We don't need you to report on what we are already experiencing, feeling, and doing. We need YOU, as elected officials, to do something. Want to reduce panic? Tell us what you are working on. Otherwise, it feels like we can't count on you at all.
Jesus Chuck! DO SOMETHING. You represent your constituents and we want all of you to fight for us! Fight for us dammit!!! There are so many of us doing everything we can but you’re on the front lines. You have the most power! Use it FFS!
Have you tried actually taking a stand against Djt instead of confirming his unqualified nominees? You do realize you will not be getting money or democratic voters to vote for any of you that abandoned us. Better start looking for another job!
Yeah?
And wtf are you or any other Dem going to do about anything? A strongly worded memo? A firm statement? Give me a break, Chuck!! Dems will clutch their pearls and allow it to happen.
Democrats aren’t confirming them! We need at least 4 repugs to stop this madness. Four strong republicans who will fight for the American people and not the wannabe king.
Here is another vote and Chuck voted to confirm. So maybe actually do a light google before you question people? I don’t care if the vote would pass anyway, Dems should be fighting this wanna be dictator tooth and nail. Even if they are protest votes.
You can't appease Trump. Vote against everything Trump desires. Otherwise, history will record you as a collaborator. It's time to retire and let a fighter have your seat.
Yes. So how about you and the Dem caucus you lead start acting like this is a billion-alarm fire? Obstruct everything. Get the hand-wringing moderates to fall in line. Pretend you're not one of them. Hell, pretend you're Dem Mitch McConnell: surely you can do that if you really really try?
If only you, as a fucking senator and so called pretend ass leader had a way to do something about it. Your sorry fucking ass can't get primaried fast enough. You are a pathetic excuse for a human.
All of his nominees are henchmen. Get your votes and your caucus in line. No to all of them. We're not looking for compromise, we're looking for integrity.
That means you guys have to stop pussyfooting around & get tough with the Republicans in Congress. STOP trying to work with them. Pull a Tuberville—dig in and give up nothing. Bringing them to a dead stop is better than giving them rope to hang us. Allow them nothing. That’s the only way they play.
Tried calling new U.S. Sen Jon Husted’s office (OH-R),
but cannot even leave a message. Call your senators & reps & let them know you disagree with the Trump agenda, esp targets on children.
“Mr Kennedy, all of these things cannot be true,” Wyden said. “So, are you lying to Congress today when you say you are pro-vaccine, or did you lie on all of those podcasts? We have all of this on tape.”
Senator Schumer, Yes, this is what is happening. What are you and other elected officials doing about it? What actions are you taking? What is being done to counter these actions to cripple our government?
But we are counting on all of you Democratic Senators to remind your Republican colleagues that Felon-47 Has No Mandate.
75 million patriotic Americans (over 48%) voted to continue compassionate, reponsible, productive government with Harris-Walz.
Project 2025 HAS NO MANDATE !
Stop confirming his nominees. Do everything in your power to stop them. Now. No time for anything else. You will all be seen as complicit if you do not do everything you can to put the brakes on this mess.
You have members of your own party, voting for these department heads. I'm talking about Fetterman, Peters, Slotkin, and others. None of these picks have been qualified to run a street cart, let alone a government. We need to resist everything we know is wrong.
Stop voting for his nominees. Stop trying to work with people who cannot be trusted. Fight for the American people. Put up a fight to stop the insanity.
We’re in panic mode because our members of the House and Senate are standing by with their thumbs up their asses, approving his nominees and looking for bipartisanship instead of standing on every street corner decrying this facism. You’re the opposition, OPPOSE!!!
You get your Dems in line and NO VOTE every single nominee for the next 4 goddamned years! You obstruct, you push back, and you refuse to comply with every single thing Trump wants. No bipartisanship, no deal making. This is what the people on the left in this country demand. Do it.
You are useless, senator. Absolutely useless. Why are you voting to confirm his nominees? Why aren't you putting up even a hint of a fight? Posting on social media is not doing your JOB.
Then DO something about it. Stop acting as if any type of retribution would be thrown back at you during some future administration. If you won't get your hands dirty THERE WILL BE NO NEXT ADMINISTRATION. We see nothing but kowtowing and "norm" genuflecting. Get in the trenches!
The only way enough voters turn on ffotus is that they will be crushed by his policies. Good news is the feckless Democratic Party is so incompetent that all the horrible policies will be implemented. Y’all did lose to a convicted felon and rapist of course.
STOP THE CABINET HEARINGS, Mr. Schumer. STOP COMPLYING WITH THIS CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATION. They don’t follow any rules or have any moral compass. You can’t deal with them like they do.
senator schumer, PLS do what you must do! refuse to cooperate with your R colleagues on ANYthing until all this nonsense is cleared up. no more nominations confirmed! period! deny quorum if need be, but don't stroll along like this is normal and worthy of any respect!
Stop voting for his nominees. Take a page from the Republican play book and be an absolute menace to this dictator as they were to Biden. Stop playing by the old playbook!
What the hell do you think you were elected to do!? Sit around aimlessly and collect a paycheck while you throw your supporters under the bus of fascism and claim the loss of their rights is a “distraction”?
You have been a colossal disappointment in every way. Stand up and actually fight for us and our democracy or get out of the way and let someone with real integrity and courage push back against this regime.
You are weak and feckless. You vote for TFG nominees. You are letting America burn. You are not a leader. Step down and find someone who can fight for America. Shame on you.
Every sane GOP legislator should be asked by a Dem colleague how they feel about meals on wheels being one of 45’s first hits. Make them own this. Get the facts in hand and confront them. In the elevator, the parking lot, the bathroom. Ask them if this is what they’re here to do.
Bipartisanship is a wish and currently unattainable. We don’t need you to negotiate. We need Good Trouble. We need you to stop trying to work with them because they are NOT working for anyone but themselves.
Americans are in a panic because Democrats, especially you, have rolled over like an old Louisiana coon hound. Stop trying to work with Trump. Stop holding confirmations. Stop capitulating. He's violated his oath to the Constitution, and you need to have him arrested.
You would stop voting for his nominees. Use every tool if the severe and grind it all to a stop. Fucking hell so something more than telling us it's bad. We know that
Thanks for the update on what we already know. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? Is the question Americans apparently have to scream at legislators these days in order to get an answer. Or at the very least informative posts about your plans.
And yet all you people ever do is yap yap yap. You were hired to fight for the interests of the American citizens, not spew platitudes on the internet. Do something or get out of the way.
Stop taking the high road. Grind Congress to a halt. Play dirty. Time for being Mr. Nice Guy is over.
The House and Senate Dems need to unleash the dogs.
You know what I'll be in a panic about?
You Democrats not doing your damn job & resisting the GOPs every move.
"Compromise" you say.
Fettermanchin at the FL golden toilet.
Old ppl in charge of committees instead of the young that are willing to fight.
You are my senator.
Do your damn job.
So Democrats do you have a plan? ANY PLAN? Because if the next four years is your party working to capitulate and find middle ground then THIS COUNTRY IS SCREWED.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social we the people have now clearly identified a problem for you. What are you going to do to solve it?
says the guy confirming all the nominees inspiring part of that fear. You're letting too many people see behind the Democrats curtain here Chuck. Tighten up a little bit.
STOP VOTING FOR HIS NOMINEES!!! They will never work with Democrats. You’re behaving like Charlie Brown when Lucy insists she won’t pull the football away. Spoiler: Republicans will always pull the football away and this time the whole country will be lying flat on its back.
Time to step up to the plate and do your job. You are there to represent our best interests. Stop crying and do something about it. At this point the American public think the Democratic Party is as bad as the MAGAts
I have always been a fan of yours, BUT the American people deserve better than what the Dems are showing us right now!! You are all showing us no one except AOC and Crockett have a spine. The only words we want to hear from all Dems for the next four years IS NO! No to fascism ! No to all they do!
Agree. We feel the old politicians don’t have the fight in them that AOC and Jasmine Crockett have stand up obstruct get in their way make it possible for them to get anything done or passed stop confirming guys like Hegseth.
I agree. Democrats need to stop working with them on anything. I do mean anything and everything. If it means the government gets shut down so be it. Stop complying.
Please tell us something we don't already know. We knew this was coming, we're seeing it in real time. This is a game to get Dems to give in to what they want in the name of stopping the suffering. RESIST! FIGHT! JAM THEM UP!
NO MORE F'N AROUND!
I have called and written letters to my Republican Senators but they are so far up the Orange Asshole that when I said Kennedy’s appointment was literally going to sign my death certificate due to being immunocompromised from #MS, Senator Risch practically giggled in his letter back to me.
I am so sorry. They are truly soulless. I’ve never witnessed cruelty on this scale and the joy they take from it is bone-chilling. May you find local organizations and helpers to lean on. I can’t imagine how terrifying it is to be living with MS right now. Be well. Keep fighting and I will too. ❤️
Good… and now it is time for all 3 crazy nominations this week by Trump to be rejected by all the Senate Republicans. Show Trump that the Senate still has their congressional role and the power given to them by the Constitution.
Perhaps don't cozy up to, fund, and support a genocide you sick fuck.
Many americans voted for trump to 'end the usa', to give way to a revolution, or to anything better - because the DNC doesn't care about the people, so nothing should exist
As gaza goes we all go, and gaza is in fuken rubble.
You have failed the American people - all of you. Peacefully complied with a hostile takeover disguised as a fair election. When the people rebel, you need to move out of the way. Enough with putting it on us to make fucking phone calls. You are impotent in this fight. Shame on you all.
It would behoove you to actually READ all the comments and if your aide isn't because they are just lazy then screw whomever reads this and ignores it.
And me!!! Wonderering why you and Jeffries aren't making multiple appearances whether live or recorded DENOUNCING every move that they make! The two of you aren't LEADING, it's making those who voted for all of you more squirrely than we already are! Will you PLEASE stop being polite and scripted?
True, but there are some notable progressive exceptions among the Dems. Too bad the Dems in power do their best to silence them and vote them out.
The average Democratic congressperson is not very different from a Republican one.
I'm seeing that, yes. They'd be doing themselves and us a great service by emulating the fire and conviction of @aoc.bsky.social, @warren.senate.gov, @repjasmine.bsky.social, Tammy Duckworth and to add a male, @ericswalwell.bsky.social. I hope they listen to us and fast!
So what exactly are you and democrats doing to resist and uphold laws and institutions? From my perspective it seems you’re waiving the white flag sitting on the sidelines
Where is democratic leadership? you all seem to be in hiding . . . if you are silently creating a bold new plan, please loop us in ASAP, many of us feel entirely abandoned
My original post remains. *Doing something* didn't mean arguing about whether or not going high is a "terrible strategy." The opposition party needs to DO SOMETHING.
Well Chuck you Chuck. The Dems abandoned the people in favor of billionaires and look where we are. Your hubris and greed got us here. Time to reform the Dem Party.
Oh I don't . TMN has a lot of people on it..and with the state of CNN ,MSNBC and all of the other" major" news sources that have kissed the ring..I prefer to watch people I can trust.
Nor should you - only MAGAts do that (looking at you faux sewer, tHwITLER x 👀 👀 👀). No one in their right mind (emphasis) who possesses critical thinking skills relies on one source.
Democracy Now, Keith Olbermann, (for now still MSNBC), Mike Malloy, hell, Germany’s DW!! We don’t have many, but…
@schumer.senate.gov Dems. Should be ALL OVER the airwaves right now, ALL OVER social media and screaming about what Trump is doing. If you and Nancy aren’t up to it, get out of the way. Let @aoc.bsky.social and her crew take over - it’s time. Stop bringing knives to gun fights.
Then start with the general strike already being called for in 2028. Strikes require unions to actually work for any period of time and people need time to save and prepare if they're going to be out of work for two weeks.
I don’t want to encourage your deviant behavior but your upside down name really fucked with my ambien brain as I tried to read what you wrote. My eyes could not reconcile what was happening. Genius way to mess with someone whose brain is already chemically compromised.
Trump & his Project 2025 goons overreached.
So find your gonads, Chuck: refuse to give unanimous consent on *anything*.
This is your leverage. Now use it.
Or quit.
"Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts."
I don’t believe you have the stomach for your job. In the same way Merrick Garland didn’t have the stomach for his.
America is a lunatic asylum and people are dying.
Right so come over here and post about it. Maybe add another post to your thread and that should fix it. What an embarrassment. I've never been more disappointed in my government in my entire life. Your inaction is proof we are a failed state.
We need all elected DEMs to fight for us - stand up and be loud about it. Obstruct like they to the DEMs. Unite as one and fix this nightmare. Lives depend on it.
And? This is your JOB. And they told us all what they were going to do. I hope you're not surprised that people are afraid & looking to YOU to help them.
Good. The question is, can they do anything about it? The next question is WILL they do anything about it? I mean other than send spam email asking for donations to their campaigns.
This is an outrage!!! This administration is run by people who do not understand public health or programs!!! Prayers up for America 🇺🇸 it’s time for peaceful protest 💪🙏
Oppose and fight Senator. You will use every trick in the book that republicans used. Polite politics are over. The old ways are done. Bipartisan is dead. Talk is cheap when resistance is needed.
So what are they doing and what have they already done, and explain why what they've already done is useless.....since you know so much. Details or GTFO.
Words, words, and more words. Trump's cadre of criminals is dredging up a 200yo law to go after anyone who opposes them. It's time for the Dems to get creative.
He said he would before the election. Why are people shocked now that he actually did what he said? Democrats warned everyone for months. Clinton warned in 2015. Folks have had YEARS. The reality is white and white adjacent voters like what he does. That's why they vote for him. Work on white voters
They have been sounding the alarm about this behavior for years! People simply lost their focus and now here we are. The Apprentice isn’t real, he’s not going to make you rich. Project 2025 in full effect. It will take all of us to fix this.
While it's 100% true that voters are to blame for this mess, at the same time, it doesn't mean that Dems get to wipe their hands clean from the situation.
They are the last line, and that is why we elected them. They need to stop confirming his picks, obstruct in any way possible.
Mainsteam media is very likely not covering what they're doing, as well. Folks also need to remember that mainstream media has been working hard to bend the knee to Trump as quickly as possible.
With that bent knee comes suppression tactics. They want the left to fracture and be afraid.
They are definitely not covering what Democrats are doing, because their CEOs and owners support Trump.
Folks need to pay attention to legislators themselves. They constantly talk about what they're doing. People just need to be willing to search for details, and not be spoon fed info.
My eyes were opened to how little ppl. really knew about their legislators when I began to ask "where can I find info" and people largely don't know. So now I'm trying to do what I can to find and push it.
But I've never been a social media user, and truth be told, I've no idea how to get it to ppl
Tell me you don't know what people are doing in Congress (not to mention the actual job description of a Congress person), without telling me you know what people are doing in Congress.
Tell me you don't know Jeffries is posting about "God on the throne" bullshit and that several Democrats are voting FOR Trump cabinet picks without tell me you don't know.
Tell us you think ilthis is all business as usual, without telling us.
Get real.
And what are you doing about it, Senator Schumer? Why are you not spending you waking hours protesting the illegal actions of the Trump administration? If this power grab succeeds there will be more power grabs. In short order we will not have a country. Get to work!
When you fail to fight back-you find yourself on the ground getting pummeled-maybe time to let some else take up the banner-somebody still hungry to win.
THEN DO SOMETHING!! Support suits on behalf of the American People at the State levels. Our best interests are not being upheld at the Federal level. Support withholding federal income tax. Support a General Strike! Please, do something.
Hey Chuck, I tried to call your office today and didn’t even get voicemail. What gives? I wanted to give you an earful and I wanted to tell you to stop fucking voting for their nominees. We need a party to oppose this nightmare not be complicit. #Retire
You & your caucus should—
oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
I know this is a tired piece of advice but I've been calling my rep and senators, asking them to fight back and get their colleagues to fight back against this. It's not much but it's the best I can do
So do something other than whine! You have a lot of power to block Republicans from passing anything in the senate via delays and obstruction. If you’re too old to get creative, resign now and let someone younger and more energetic take the job.
People wanted a government that did things differently. There was no difference between dems or reps. Well there you go, now you have someone doing things very differently, very banana republic style. People should be happy now no?
BTW you and every other Dem in congress in 2021 is part of the problem. You had a trifecta and did not take action to insure this idiot did not see the White House again.
Do something about it! Use your voice! The dems are too silent. AOC and Jasmine Crockett are the only ones out there doing something. Get more dems to be louder!!! Get them on tv shows!
GET ON OFFENSE AND FIGHT HARDER. What is the clear messaging from dems? Why are you all not in DC, all
over tv and social media putting out your own videos. Get the base out to peaceful protests every week. I know he’s exhausting but pick one or two things to focus on
and start a movement.
Agree! Everyone is crying about being fragmented (looking at you NYT). How about Defending the Constitution? That is it. Start getting loud - the Dems need to step up and do their job. The governors seem to be leading the way - with some help from AOC and Liz Warren.
I hope every Dem that is up for re-election in 2026 is going to make this a central part of their campaign. They need to be shouting this on the rooftops and in fox news studios so that the low information cult understands what they voted for.
Well, post when they actually DO something about the present situation.
Remember back when DT has his first swing at the Presidency?
'Resistance accts' lying that they were working in the White House, that he'd be arrested & jailed 'any time'.
I'm SO over that previous crap.
CDC reads An HHS Gag order! USDA says call CDC or HHS
HHS press person 3 messages 2 days! they may have fired her! so complete Government Shutdown will drop USA Borrow rate to A Rating from AAA before Trump 1st term!
you need to scream it every hour every news station!
Impeach him. Just do anything to stop this or make it harder for them. Agree to nothing. Negotiate on nothing. Ignore them. Run a side by side government. Go meet with world leader ahead of him.
Well…Chuck…maybe it’s time to finally stop taking a bread knife to the GOP gunfights. Every Democrat in Congress should be in front of cameras and online everywhere using their outdoor voices to call out this sh*t. Your mealy-mouthed responses suck. 😡
They want you to step up Chuck. These aren't normal times. If the old guard can't get it done, then it is time to yield to another generation that actually wants to fight for us.
Exactly. And democrats and media need to come hard back at trump administration. It’s not like they weren’t saying they were going to destroy everything. Why was no one prepared??!
Exactly - the media is owned by the same billionaires flooding the GOP w dark money. Greedy cowards. Bezos and other billionaires should never have been allowed to purchase our Fourth Estate
The LA Times, WaPo owned by those with an agenda. Look how that worked out at X. And cnn running scared. We may look for independent journalists but with those still watching Fox we are screwed
Not sure how you prepare for this. They don’t care for laws or norms and without that there isn’t a lot to do. The ones who should be held accountable are the voters. They created this
Made it sticky for them to do stuff and have to undo stuff
Dems like you have no imagination because they think their precious constitution will save them. We all know dictators follow the law we saw that on Jan 6. Now tp has a private militia to fight for him. Dust be naive
Could have should have. They never had the votes or legal ground to expand scotus and if they did McConnell would have held that up to meaning Trump would have more seats on the bench.
IMPEACH THE FELON! .... Chuck what are you waiting for???? How much damage are you going to allow to be inflicted on those who voted for you? Posting on here doesn't do much!
Articles of Impeachment must begin in the House of Representatives which is under Republican control so that won’t happen. if it did it would take a 2/3 majority of the Senste to remove trump. The Senate is 53-47 Republican. Removal won’t happen
If there were any backbone among House Dems they might at least toss up the demand to begin the process. It never hurts to show that you're trying to make a stand.
Removal won’t happen but chaos and obstruction will and this will slow the orange monster down. How many times did republicans bring articles to the floor for Biden. Basically every week. Make noise. Make good trouble. It’s time.
Democrats are the House and Senate minority. They can't just 'impeach' him. Even if they could get enough votes in the House to move the motion to the Senate it takes 67 votes in the Senate to pass.
We're all a little panicked but we still need to keep our wits about us.
They can damn sure bring up articles of impeachment and make the damn Fascists respond. Make the MSM cover it. Beat it like a drum DAILY. JFC have they learned nothing from the war machine that is the Republican Fascist caucus?
All they can do is 'bring it up', they can't even get it through the House. CNN just fired Acosta for telling the truth, what do you think that coverage would look like? Oh LOOK THE LOONEY LIBS! The Fascist caucus has all 3 branches of gov & more federal judges.
I’m not sure if you’re aware that it’s literally their job to impeach the President for abusing his power when he does illegal and unconstitutional shit. The fact that you are even slightly concerned what MSM has to say tells me that you have no idea how serious this is.
It’s really time to clean house in the senate and start bringing in some fresh new blood instead of these people who are comfortable in their positions. Seriously Chuck it’s time to hang it up and take Gillibrand with you on the way out PLEASE.
We really need term limits. I’ve been an advocate for that for a very long time. People get too comfortable in these positions & I believe they become ineffective. That’s just me though. At the very least we need age limits for EVERY office including the presidency. Look what happened with Biden.
Chuck as a neighbor of yours in Brooklyn & a former Park Slope neighbor GET THE FUCK OFF THE SOAPBOX AND DO SOMETHING YOU ASSHOLE!!! Who cares about your phones ringing start ringing some phones yourself!! GET OFF SOCIAL MEDIA AND DO YOUR FUCKING JOB!! AOC FOR SENATE!!!!!!
Like what?
What do you suggest he do?
He's no longer majority leader in the Senate. He can't get bills passed, he can't make the senate do anything.
And the republicans hold the majority in the House. Great Democrats like AOC & Jamie Raskin can't do anything either
What do you expect them to do?
How about spending less time on social media telling us what he’s NOT doing and more time actually doing something. He didn’t do all that much when he WAS majority leader now did he? He’s been MY senator for a long time now same with Gillibrand & I’m not happy with either of them. Who reps you?
Funny. One of the big complaints over the last few months was that Dems did make enough use of social media.
As for not doing much, maybe you don't remember how Schumer and Biden tricked McConnell so that they could get the Inflation Reduction Act passed -- lots of money for jobs and infrastructure.
Tricked McConnell? Pfffffft as for social media it’s a tool to be used not solely relied on. Sitting there & having an aide write out a post about the phones ringing isn’t my idea of using it to our best advantage can you honestly say that’s a good way to use it? You can’t possibly.
Exactly. They held the majority in the senate for how long? 2 years? What was actually done? Not a whole hell of a lot. I realize part of that was because of the house bu they didn’t GET ANYTHING DONE while the GOP held the majority! He couldn’t even get Manchin or Sinema to toe the line gods sake!
Biden did which I am well aware of inspite of an uphill battle with an uncooperative Congress. He did a lot of that on his own certainly without help from the house & very little help from the senate. BTW I’m still waiting to find out who reps you?
But they aren’t even doing that! Oh well the senators phones are ringing off the hook……. What the hell good is that? Of course they are! Tell us something useful like WHO SHOULD WE CALL INSTEAD OF OUR DO NOTHING SENATORS?? Don’t make excuses for ineptness it’s why we are in this mess. ARRRRRRGH
Right. But they would be doing something. They would be telling the American people what they believe in and what their priorities are if they have the majority.
Or Schumer can get on here and keep telling stuff we already know.
They weren't hired to just sit in Congress and collect a paycheck.
EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY!! We already know they aren’t doing anything. My guess is they aren’t even taking any of those phone calls but have aides fielding them while they sit at their desks with their heads in their hands crying WOE IS ME! WHATEVER WILL I DO!!! Nonsense.
What are you going to do about it! No speeches , no
Indignant TV interviews! Storm the White House and stop everything in the Government. The house and Senate must blockade all Trump business NOW including his cabinet appointments.
there was a nationwide blackout of remote services today at the VA. my husband was supposed to have a zoom call with a provider, but they could not use that service and she had to call him on the home phone instead. what is that about?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Then how about you get out of your offices & do something.My son who is autistic, non-verbal and unable to bathe, dress or toilet independently has lost his Medicaid. This was illegal. WHAT ARE DEM'S GOING TO DO?? Just watch & post how Pres' come and go?
Let me explain something to you, Chuck (I won't use the title of Senator because I've already lost respect for you): when you truly want to do something, no matter the obstacles in front of you, you get it done.
And if you are a true leader, you don’t waste your time writing letters and sending messages while your constituents are terrified and demoralized in the face of the destruction of democracy and this country's institutions.
Don’t make excuses claiming that the democratic leadership is in the minority or that the media is dominated by republicans. The problem with you and all democratic leadership is that you didn’t do your job after the elections.
You didn’t prepare for what we all knew was coming, you didn’t plan strategies in advance, you didn’t organize across the country, and you failed to identify and politically secure the defectors in your delegations.
And you, yourself, have even voted to confirm members of the maga cabinet.
Don’t tell me you need money or that you're in the minority, because I won’t accept it. When freedom and democracy are at stake, what you need is will and determination. With that, you’ll find everything else you need because then you'll have the support of the people.
But you and all democratic leadership has show who you’re; just but a bunch of cowards, incompetents, and opportunists. I can already see you puffing up your chests and shouting for votes when the midterm elections come around. But we’ve learned this time that we're alone.
Elected Republicans (and their minions and appointees) are actively making us less safe and betraying the hopes and faith of the American people. This needs to stop NOW!!!
Don't you all get it yet? He doesn't want to work with you, neither do his people. Many keep giving in and this emboldens him more. This is NOT what you were elected to do. PROTECT the CONSTITUTION from these impeachable acts. His illegitimate executive power does NOT override OUR constitution!
Unfortunately, you are mistaken.
I was shocked to learn the Constitution is only real & only has power if moral men agree that it does.
It has no power, no enforcement when an entire party & “president” choose to ignore it.
Think I’m wrong?
Then tell me who can enforce it?
A minority party? How?
Well Chucky boy, if you hadn't gone along to get along and found a pair of balls we wouldn't be in this position would we? We had two years where we had all three branches and you motherfuckers went on vacation
Decorum will be the death of the Democratic Party. Last time I checked section 3 of the 14th amendment isn’t null and void just because the Supreme Court said that Colorado couldn’t keep him off the ballot. It’s beyond me why not one congress person did anything to stop this. This is on you all.
The Democratic Party still adheres to a rule book that the fascists wipe their asses with.
It's time for the People to take the power back. If we aren't going to fight DT, then it's time to go after The Heritage Foundation members with extreme prejudice. No quarter for them.
If you want to get angry, aim your vitriol at Milquetoast Merrick. To invoke A14S3 we would have needed at the very least a criminal court finding that he had indeed participated - c.f. Couy Griffin. Garland dragged his feet long enough for Trump to delay and run out the clock.
They're all failing in various ways, yes, but there was no path for Congress to somehow nullify the entire election. Americans - including a lot of so-called progressives angry that Biden couldn't force Bibi to stand down - looked us in the eye and spat in it. That isn't something Schumer can anull.
I would think that if the house impeached him on those grounds, then that shows engagement in rebellion or insurrection. But he’s in office, so I’m clearly wrong in my assumptions. Or the system is broken. Or both.
House impeached but that has no actual force of law unless the Senate convicts. Not that the system isn't broken, but it's broken at the point where the AG dragged his feet and our court systems were gamed by a longtime litigation gamesman so that there could be no final judgment to rely on.
I hear you and appreciate the discussion, but the constitution doesn’t say he needs to be convicted of anything, I guess I’m failing to understand how being impeached for insurrection in the house isn’t enough. To be fair, I’m no constitutional scholar, just an angry bitch from Michigan.
Where did I miss use my their, there, they're??? I can never find what I'm looking for on this site. Seems I could click you handle and go right to it. Please advise.
Sadly that's what I do and it doesn't take me to the stream.
Or, it just takes me to their site on bluesky.
I get lucky sometimes and go to what they're talking about but mostly not. Ugh!!!
good. now grab a millennial and a Z or two in your staff and follow their suggestions about messaging the rest of us. or take a look at AOC. stop mumbling about bipartisanship already. i say this as a gen x, buddy.
And as an f'ing BOOMER even I can see the importance of this message. Y'all just took a week to respond to the Jan 6 pardons - WAKE UP. DRINK SOME RED BULL.
I’m another f’ing BOOMER and I totally agree! Kick up a fuss and call them on their shit like they do y’all! Grow some cojones like Jim Acosta! You can still be bipartisan on issues that are beneficial to all instead of just the rich! But we need defense from you right now.
I'm not sure our old methods are going to play out so well this time but I'm smart enough to see that shout out to GEN Z and GEN X are raised in new media and play the new coms like we played our protest music! We'll bring the music and bodies; time to let the kiddos lead!
Chuck. DO NOT BAIL THEM OUT THIS TIME! Let them fail! Let the voters of this country feel what Republicans REALLY want for them. If you save Republicans again, Trump will take the credit, and this country will learn NOTHING.
We had to sit and watch during nearly two terms of Obama’s presidency and the entirety of Biden’s while Republicans played dirty. They mounted a successful resistance which then became a coup. They will never play by the rules. Bipartisanship is dead. No more going high while they go low. 🔥 with 🔥
They literally watched & called out Republicans when they would obstruct, obstruct, obstruct and somehow they seemed to not have learned anything.
Be the opposition party!
I dont want us to be Union and Confederacy again, but at some point we've got to ditch the pleasantries, and start getting loud. Like veins in the forehead loud
Dems in Washington need to stop clutching their pearls and get mean real quick. This administration is going to keep chipping away at the pillars of the system. So they better take their own unprecedented action against the unprecedented actions they claim to want to fight or else we get tragedy.
Wait, what?? Republicans didn't have a spine until now. Democrats have railroaded them for decades, which is why we're in this mess. On, and playing dirty? Hillary & the Russian Collusion hoax in 2016, spying on an American citizen, impeachments, lawfare? This is the gaslighting 101. 🙄
All due respect - WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP US????? I appreciate you telling us that we are being bulldozed by the felon in charge, we already know that. What are the dems going to do about it? And, boy it sure would have been nice if you started 4 years ago.
This right here. Why didn’t they take action four years ago? It’s not a “who coulda known” situation, everyone fucking knew Trump would try again. And yes, most of that falls on the GOP, but the Dems have had Four. Fucking. Years. To. Prepare.
This didn’t have to be this way. Failure at all levels
They didn't have four years because they did not control all branches. I grant you the DOJ let us down but we haven't had control since the 111 session with Obama.
My mistake they had a term under Biden! Ugh then they could have and should have fought to change things, like no one with open civil or criminal lawsuits can hold office. No one can work for government who kills pets, eliminate gerrymandered, and ended dark $ in elections!
I'm frustrated as well. All I heard during his last term was how he was violating norms but not necessarily laws, so why weren't these norms encoded into law the last 4 years? He should be taking heat from lawmakers, federal judges and lawyers for violating federal law not unenforcable norms.
Exactly. We've been paying attention. We did what they told us to do to "save democracy." What have they done, outside of their insider trading to help us?
Right?! We have plenty of those from the right already. Town criers that is, since the clearly announced all this ahead of the election. And then luke warm denied it. Now dem leadership is balancing their trade book writing strongly worded letters.
Slow down the Senate procedurally to try & freeze all business until you get answers. I called two senators today, neither office could tell me what will be affected. That's insane. People are scared. Senate Dems need to give us facts on what programs will be affected. No one trusts the White House.
And your answer here is quite simple: you do what you did with the ICC bill today. You unite all Democrats and shut Trump out. Don't vote for a single bill or cabinet member. Don't give him a single bone.
Translation: "Get your guns and start shooting them in the streets."
This is exactly the amount of force Trump and his Nazis are willing to pull, so this is basically what you're ordering. The opposition is not quite looking to start Civil War II just yet.
We need some Dems doing what JD vance did-- fill social media w/ a walk down the egg aisles in many stores & do the "because of trump, we can't buy eggs"
Then on to the next crazy social media blast.
Who? Who?
No. They've been ringing off the hook telling you to fukking resign. Quit lying. I thought the guy I talked to yesterday was gonna cry when I told him you were useless 🖕
Then do something about it. Ditch the Senatorial comity and create a work stoppage until he reverses the order. We want fighters in the Senate- you need to show that you can lead the charge, or get out of the way.
What do your Retrumplican thugs from across the aisle think about it? That is what really counts. If they are unmoved, the Orange King will continue to do what he wants with the backing of his corrupt Supreme Court.
I don't want to see you *talking* or posting about anything. I want to see you DOING SOMETHING. If you aren't capable, get the hell out of the way and let someone else with a spine take over. You are NOT HELPING!😡
Fucking DO SOMETHING!! We deserve a McConnell who did what needed to get done for the Republican Party!! Why do you pussy out? Fight DIRTY like they do!!!
How is it that when Rs are in the minority they hold tremendous power, but when Ds are in the minority all you can do is issue strongly worded letters?
I desire a more stern approach, too.
I want more effective, positive action for the majority of people. This evening, I'm grateful for a one-week halt. I feel this was a scattergun approach. This way, those below them will be grateful to him.
That has been their approach since last Monday. Act first, think later then rescind. No actual thought given to effects and consequences of decisions. He has zero desire to actually govern. He’s just looking to fleece the coffers.
Start playing hardball, Sir!! Investigate FFOTUS' claim that ELON helped him rig the election for starters! File articles of impeachment! How many laws has he broken in one week? No more wishy-washy, "Oh, we're the good guys B.S.! You can't bring a knife to a gun fight!
100%!!! Chuck Schumer has proven to be the weakest government rep for the Dems that I can imagine. The guy still seeking "bipartisan outcomes" with folks who are proudly traitors and anarchists - today's GOP.
We have to start holding Reps and Senators' feet to the fire! Let them know we're watching and we're done with patiently waiting. Rip their complacency to shreds.
You and your Democratic colleagues need to quit making nice with the fascist party and start saying these things every hour of every day in front of microphones and maga podcasts. Otherwise, you are part of the problem.
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SIGNED, SOMEONE WHO VOTES IN YOUR STATE
We all know there are phone calls and widespread panic over this, because it’s impacting ALL of us. The difference is that you were elected to serve and protect us from this.
Thus far YOU. ARE. FAILING.
Do your job or step down so we can elect someone who will.
How pathetic dems.
🤡
Why are we paying you?
You are.
DO SOMETHING!
Never mind every day since scotus bullshit ruling on citizens-united in 2010.
Chuck Schumer is gonna DO something productive!
End impunity Abolish qualified immunity
Take a stand and DO something - or step out of the way for someone who will
The correct answer is “Trump won’t rescind it, I as the leader of senate democrats will act, here’s how:”
Still living in Biden Lala land.
Congressional inaction is complicity - and Democractic voters didn’t cast our ballots for you to cede our democracy to a petty tyrant.
Congress must act now.
#MurderingAPatrioticSenatorWillBringCivilWar #FuckFelon47 🖕🏼🖕🏼
Things will change when congress and their families are protected from being targets.
They're rightly afraid of the Mobster.
Your weakness is nauseating.
Pathetic.
Resign, geriatric.
Of course that would take strength and courage, things you have never had.
You're just going to wait and if it doesn't go away by itself, THEN you will act? Do we have an ETA on that?
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This is a start, at least.
Because from where I'm sitting it doesn't appear as though law or rule plays any part in how things run now.
Isn't that the whole excuse these ancient bastards give when shafting young progressives? Experience and connections?
HE WONT STOP UNLES THERE IS ACTUAL RESISTANCE FROM THE OPPOSITION PARTY CHUCK!
WHAT HES DOING IS ILLEGAL CHUCK!
*You* are leader of the opposition party in the *upper house* of *the congress*
I did not vote for you to sit on your ass and say while safety nets are gutted and trans people on my timeline are literally being rounded up and forced to detransition and revert their legal IDs
So.
What are you going to do about it?
Are you taking Acosta's spot on CNN? Are you reporting news?
I thought you were still a sitting US Senator?
And they can do a lot more than just those two things, neither of which they've done in spades.
COLLABORATORS TALK.
Resistance fighters ACT.
You idiots need to start yelling from the rooftops that people dying and things like elderly not receiving Meals on Wheels ARE THE INTENDED RESTULTS...THE GOALS...not accidents.
INTENDED INTENDED INTENDED.
Chuck can’t do anything.
Send your post to McConnell or Johnson.
Dinosaurs need to get out the way so the young dems, who know how to fight, can do something!!
Couldn’t organise a pissup in a brewery
We the People deserve a new election. Period.
Something the #cowardlydems could've done but didn't
https://chng.it/ssPgKJHT68
We're all pissed, if not terrified and traumatized.
The best strategy right now is to be our own leaders while encouraging any efforts for positive change?
This is a hellscape. But, we are very much #TheDiverseMajority
as a congressman, are YOU going to act?
y'all did NOTHING but yap
delete your account and resign
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-video-extreme-emergency
Hey Republicans, get going. Do your job. Clean house instead of sliming to Trump's demands.
Stand up and work with Democrats.
(but you won't) You got us into the shit mess.
YOU are Congress.
Protect us from this criminal ignoramus.
Just sticking up this number all over the place
U.S. Capitol Switchboard operator can connect you directly with the Senate office. (202) 224-3121
Doesn't fit your narrative
Hang your heads in shame.
This is your fault.
THEY ARE LYING
See how easy this is?
Had to call his Austin office.
The republican majority of the House of Representatives officially declares that they have willingly refused to perform oversight of the executive branch
Duffy yes vote is a disgrace
Could you withhold unanimous consent?
Listen to voters. Listen to people. Listen to US! Quit believing donors and "polls" speak for our needs.
-Ohio
OBSTRUCT THEM!
You are the highest ranking Democrat in the Senate—DO SOMETHING!!
And wtf are you or any other Dem going to do about anything? A strongly worded memo? A firm statement? Give me a break, Chuck!! Dems will clutch their pearls and allow it to happen.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00012.htm
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00008.htm
Instead, withhold "unanimous consent".
Start today.
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You need to do much, MUCH more. Stand in front of 🎥and scream. Withdraw unanimous consent. Make it painful for Rs
YOU KNOW THE SHIT THEY'RE DOING IS AWFUL
YOU DON'T NEED OUR FUCKING PERMISSION TO USE THE TOOLS YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST ***TRY***
YOUR JOB IS TO FIGURE THIS SHIT OUT, NOT TELL US THAT YOU'RE FUCKING CLUELESS
but cannot even leave a message. Call your senators & reps & let them know you disagree with the Trump agenda, esp targets on children.
Maybe find someone people like and put them out there to speak out.
(They are doing Kennedy today.)
75 million patriotic Americans (over 48%) voted to continue compassionate, reponsible, productive government with Harris-Walz.
Project 2025 HAS NO MANDATE !
These are not normal times - it is time for extraordinary measures.
Dems, Reps, and Inds who understand the threat need to act now to protect all Americans.
Trump is a criminal.
Project 2025 is treason.
Here, Chuck, try this: STOP HELPING THE GOP CONFIRM NOMINEES. DRAG EVERY CONFIRMATION TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT YOU CAN.
That way, when they battle this, they cannot do much else.
This is the death knell
Don't show up for nomination hearings and hold press conference outside?!?!
Or maybe ALL OF YOU gonto your Districts instead of nomination hearings and talk to impacted people and BLAST on media!!
Do you need me to come to DC and help?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna189180
You are NOT helping!
Turn them.
Bipartisanship is a wish and currently unattainable. We don’t need you to negotiate. We need Good Trouble. We need you to stop trying to work with them because they are NOT working for anyone but themselves.
You are past your sell-by date, and a disgrace.
The House and Senate Dems need to unleash the dogs.
Maybe call that Russ Vought guy, I hear he has a number, and tell him to get bent.
You Democrats not doing your damn job & resisting the GOPs every move.
"Compromise" you say.
Fettermanchin at the FL golden toilet.
Old ppl in charge of committees instead of the young that are willing to fight.
You are my senator.
Do your damn job.
I am among many New Yorkers poised to make a lot of noise if that doesn't happen.
… oh, wait. Who am I kidding?
Every last one of you voted to confirm Rubio.
Christ’s bloody wounds, man, DO SOMETHING!
Tyranny is upon us!
Do, Speak Up, Speak Loud, Speak Often. DO YOUR DAMN JOB
NO MORE F'N AROUND!
Stop it with the 'staid, collegial, senatorial decorum'
We stand at a precipice, and we need you to be more determined to protect our system of government
Get loud
Bring other dedicated Democrats who know how to fight
Stop being nice
Many americans voted for trump to 'end the usa', to give way to a revolution, or to anything better - because the DNC doesn't care about the people, so nothing should exist
As gaza goes we all go, and gaza is in fuken rubble.
“Left wing, right wing belong to the same bird”
The average Democratic congressperson is not very different from a Republican one.
Community organizing Discord!
Unfortunately, being the bigger person with this group just doesn’t work 🤷🏽♀️
It's the only way strategy.
But just cos you take the high road and show grace does not mean you should not gracefully fight like hell for democracy
Notice her lack of attendance at the Inauguration?
Join us.
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There needs to be spectacle. Not court motions.
Trump owns the majority in DC. All the vitriol in this thread is aimed at the wrong party.
Democracy Now, Keith Olbermann, (for now still MSNBC), Mike Malloy, hell, Germany’s DW!! We don’t have many, but…
we're stronger together
Time for ALL Representatives of the PEOPLE to step up and SHUT DOWN THIS IDIOT!!!
So find your gonads, Chuck: refuse to give unanimous consent on *anything*.
This is your leverage. Now use it.
Or quit.
"Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve fronts."
Lead, follow or get out of the way.
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America is a lunatic asylum and people are dying.
MY GOODNESS IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO ✨DO YOUR JOB✨ TO GET THINGS DONE.
TAKE ACTION. FOR REAL. NOW. DO SOMETHING. I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS SMH.
They're useless
They are the last line, and that is why we elected them. They need to stop confirming his picks, obstruct in any way possible.
With that bent knee comes suppression tactics. They want the left to fracture and be afraid.
https://www.youtube.com/@thedavidpakmanshow
https://www.youtube.com/@briantylercohen
https://www.youtube.com/@MeidasTouch
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDamageReport
And a number of sites. Feel free to share more.
Folks need to pay attention to legislators themselves. They constantly talk about what they're doing. People just need to be willing to search for details, and not be spoon fed info.
But I've never been a social media user, and truth be told, I've no idea how to get it to ppl
Tell us you think ilthis is all business as usual, without telling us.
Get real.
Congress,have you not made enough millions in the office? You must scrap up all the crumbs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-playbook-trump-tune-noise-focus-economic-issues-rcna189180
oppose all Trump nominees until this EO is withdrawn
-deny unanimous consent to slow senate proceedings
-vote no on all cloture
-force quorum calls at every chance
It’s a constitutional crisis. There is absolutely no reason the Senate should be connecting business as usual.
Hey chuck, I need you to think long and hard. Do you know anyone in Congress who might be able to act on this information?
Why do you think nothing changed when dems had House and senate and president?
You are part of the problem and not the solution!
over tv and social media putting out your own videos. Get the base out to peaceful protests every week. I know he’s exhausting but pick one or two things to focus on
and start a movement.
Join us.
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Remember back when DT has his first swing at the Presidency?
'Resistance accts' lying that they were working in the White House, that he'd be arrested & jailed 'any time'.
I'm SO over that previous crap.
HHS press person 3 messages 2 days! they may have fired her! so complete Government Shutdown will drop USA Borrow rate to A Rating from AAA before Trump 1st term!
you need to scream it every hour every news station!
Vote no
Put your phone down & either get the job done or get out of the way of someone that will!
YOU LET THIS HAPPEN!
Dems like you have no imagination because they think their precious constitution will save them. We all know dictators follow the law we saw that on Jan 6. Now tp has a private militia to fight for him. Dust be naive
(Emails are going unopened. Petitions go nowhere.)
That's what they are waiting for.
Phone calls.
Physical mail.
Call/mail anyone and everyone, not just "yours"
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
We're all a little panicked but we still need to keep our wits about us.
No we need in your face action and we're starting to see it already. Let's not waste time with things like impeachment until we have the vote.
This shit won't work, more is needed
No he won’t be impeached. He won’t be thrown out. He won’t be in jail. Nothing can be done. It’s too late. Everyone give up.
Or
Waste their fucking time.
Come up with something that makes sense and not the same old worthless horseshit.
What do you suggest he do?
He's no longer majority leader in the Senate. He can't get bills passed, he can't make the senate do anything.
And the republicans hold the majority in the House. Great Democrats like AOC & Jamie Raskin can't do anything either
What do you expect them to do?
As for not doing much, maybe you don't remember how Schumer and Biden tricked McConnell so that they could get the Inflation Reduction Act passed -- lots of money for jobs and infrastructure.
They aren't to fill seats and collect a paycheck.
Biden got enormous amount of legislation passed despite a 50/50 senate w Manchin and Sinema.
You're better than MAGA, so speak from knowledge -- what Biden did in his first 2 years (and doesn't include his multiple attempts to forgive student debt):
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/01/1143149435/despite-infighting-its-been-a-surprisingly-productive-2-years-for-democrats
Absolutely nothing.
They're better off going outside of Congress and helping us organize a powerful resistance.
Or Schumer can get on here and keep telling stuff we already know.
They weren't hired to just sit in Congress and collect a paycheck.
Indignant TV interviews! Storm the White House and stop everything in the Government. The house and Senate must blockade all Trump business NOW including his cabinet appointments.
And you, yourself, have even voted to confirm members of the maga cabinet.
I was shocked to learn the Constitution is only real & only has power if moral men agree that it does.
It has no power, no enforcement when an entire party & “president” choose to ignore it.
Think I’m wrong?
Then tell me who can enforce it?
A minority party? How?
Signed #Humanity
We knew you couldn’t do anything, and you sure did your best (which is worthless).
It's time for the People to take the power back. If we aren't going to fight DT, then it's time to go after The Heritage Foundation members with extreme prejudice. No quarter for them.
It’s well past time. We must stop playing by the rules.
Or, it just takes me to their site on bluesky.
I get lucky sometimes and go to what they're talking about but mostly not. Ugh!!!
This is NO WAY to earn back the hearts & minds of the american voters.
The only one talking & doing anything is the autocrat!
The train is leaving the station for democrats.
Be the opposition party!
https://generalstrikeus.com/
This didn’t have to be this way. Failure at all levels
Join us
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Not helpful
DO something!
Join us.
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Do it. Get organized and do your job.
Trump and Republicans are “fighting like hell.”
Dems need to fight back with equal force. Stop with the old polite decorum.
#AuditNAZIElmo #DefundNAZIElmo #DeportNAZIElmo #JailtheOrangePustule #SubprimeCourtReformsNOW
Translation: "Get your guns and start shooting them in the streets."
This is exactly the amount of force Trump and his Nazis are willing to pull, so this is basically what you're ordering. The opposition is not quite looking to start Civil War II just yet.
Out crazy the lunatic.
We need some Dems doing what JD vance did-- fill social media w/ a walk down the egg aisles in many stores & do the "because of trump, we can't buy eggs"
Then on to the next crazy social media blast.
Who? Who?
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/776992724/analysis-of-2024-election-results-in-clark-county-indicates-manipulation/
Let's see...
https://www.youtube.com/live/vAqhNxLTMtw?si=KnM0Rle-qVWXNc8h
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
Democracy dies in darkness.
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The faster old scammers like you are relieved of your positions the better off the word will be.
I want more effective, positive action for the majority of people. This evening, I'm grateful for a one-week halt. I feel this was a scattergun approach. This way, those below them will be grateful to him.
#Republicans.
Cheat.
Repeatedly.
When two parties are right wing, this is what happens!