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it would be nice if some dem governors could weigh in as well. Walz and Pritzker publicly telling senate dems to get it together might be helpful. don't expect this to happen, but you know.

submitted 4 hours ago • 4 comments

Think about that 60-some-year-old South Korean senator who was literally climbing over walls to vote for impeachment as martial law was imposed in the country and then looking at…. Chuck Schumer.

submitted 8 hours ago • 42 comments

Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

submitted 5 hours ago • 659 comments

Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight

submitted 4 hours ago • 95 comments

A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.

submitted 5 hours ago • 1096 comments

Gov employee told me he supports doing everything to stand up to lawlessness even at cost of his job. He understood the odds are tough with Republican control. But our nation was founded on long odds against authoritarianism. I’ll say again, I’m voting NO on cloture/CR tomorrow.

submitted 6 hours ago • 76 comments

🚨Join us for an emergency rally outside @schumer.senate.gov’s at 8am FRI morning at 9 Prospect Park West to tell him to vote NO on cloture & the Trump/Musk budget! 🚨 @indivisible.org @marisakabas.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @popdemocaction.bsky.social @foodandwater.bsky.social

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

submitted 5 hours ago • 2899 comments

I was on Senate Floor in October 1991 when Congresswomen marched over to protest the handling of the Thomas nomination. In the next cycle, incumbents lost primaries and women Senators were elected. I encourage House Democrats to make a similar protest tomorrow. @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov

submitted 5 hours ago • 21 comments

MAGA Murder Budget Say fewer things, say them loudly and more often. "I cannot vote for this MAGA Murder Budget."

submitted 12 hours ago • 9 comments

These aren't quotes by online lefties! These are House Democrats!

submitted 7 hours ago • 62 comments

If voicemails are full, you can also email these staffers in Schumer's office: mike_lynch [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov meghan_taira [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov

submitted 6 hours ago • 64 comments

It is clear that some of us understand the present danger & some don’t! I stand by the NO vote on the blank check for Trump & Elon… I’ve got no explanation nor agreement with Senate Dems being complicit in Trump’s Tyranny.

submitted 7 hours ago • 376 comments

No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process. Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.

submitted 8 hours ago • 232 comments

it doesn't matter if the CR was bad or anywhere near good; as long as lawlessnes reigns supreme in Washington you don't vote for a single GOP bill or a single GOP nominee, why is this so fuckin' hard to understand

submitted 6 hours ago • 96 comments

Hey @schumer.senate.gov You’re a spineless pale pathetic clot. And you haven’t got a clue. You’re unsuited for the rage of war. Pack up, go home, you’re through.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Anyone who votes yes on cloture is complicit. Full stop, no excuses.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them. We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.

submitted 8 hours ago • 195 comments

If you vote for this Republican Funding Bill, you are complicit in all that DOGE, President Elon, and Trump does.

submitted 8 hours ago • 326 comments

I will just put this out there. If all the senators who are saying they want to block this bill really wanted to badly enough they could force Schumer's hand. This isn't 'if Mike Pence has courage'. A leader doesn't buck the overwhelming majority of his caucus. Doesn't happen.

submitted 8 hours ago • 179 comments

The word for what Senate Democrats are doing right now is "betrayal." Not only are they voluntarily surrendering the only leverage they have, the leverage they have spent months promising to use against Trump, they're doing it while lying and pretending they want the opposite.

submitted 9 hours ago • 80 comments

@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.

submitted 9 hours ago • 885 comments

It's not that Democrats routinely bring a knife to a gunfight. It's that they bring concern and regret to a gunfight.

submitted 9 hours ago • 26 comments

In the Senate there are votes that are forgotten on the day they are cast; and there are votes cast in granite that will be learned about by Senators’ great grandchildren. Whether Senators do everything in their power to curtail Trump’s excesses will long be remembered.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

The only thing abusers like Trump understand is resistance. Concession makes them subject you to ever-increasing levels of depredation until you reach a breaking point.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

The @democrats.senate.gov need a new leader. Schumer is unable to meet this moment. He cannot be the opposition leader when he’s a spineless collaborator.

submitted 9 hours ago • 23 comments

This may be right. Any Dem who says they oppose the GOP bill but then votes for cloture thinks you're an idiot.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

Voting yes on cloture is functionally the same as voting yes on the bill.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

@schumer.senate.gov what do you not get about “Democratic voters want you to fight, not play games?” We see the games and see not impressed. NO ON THE GOP CR NO MATTER WHAT

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen? We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

submitted 1 day ago • 152 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 1 day ago • 2728 comments

If the filibuster exists for Republicans to block Dems, then it should be used by Dems to block the GOP in this era of lawlessness. Democratic Senators who refuse to play procedural hardball are wrong and frankly unfit for the demands of this era.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

So.. I told my students about Mahmoud Khalil at the end of class today and assured them that in case I disappear, I will leave plans for their class with the department head. I, too, am a green card holder. I, too, publicly oppose the genocide in Palestine. I, too, fear disappearance. 1/n

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Senate Democrats— A vote AGAINST the Republican CR isn’t a vote to shut down the government—they’re in charge and need your votes. But a vote FOR the Republican CR is a vote to allow Elon Musk to continue shutting down the government and nullifying the role of Congress.

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.

submitted 3 days ago • 620 comments

Repetition is an essential element of effective communication

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Trump needs to be removed from office and his DOGE brownshirts all need to be arrested. Democrats need to start saying it and socializing the idea. How it happens is something to discuss later. But people need to start calling for his removal. He is a clear and present danger to U.S. interests.

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

How do you campaign on “this is the end of democracy if Trump wins” then proceed to act unfazed and do nothing while madness ensues?

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

ALL of the Republicans are standing up and cheering for DOGE, Elon Musk, and Trump’s “policies.” Remember that when you’re unemployed and can’t afford your basic necessities because of Trump’s tariffs.

submitted 9 days ago • 163 comments

I don't understand why the DAILY MESSAGE from these losers isn't "ELON AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE STEALING FROM YOU TO ENRICH THEMSELVES AND THEIR BILLIONAIRE BACKERS." Why is this hard????????????????????/

submitted 9 days ago • 71 comments