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People will say this is the result of a presidential election, and that’s partly true. But the Constitution does not delegate tariff power to the president, and he is only able to impose these ruinous, peace-destroying taxes because Congress has let him do so. Congress can end this at any time.

submitted 1 day ago • 121 comments

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

submitted 1 day ago • 1119 comments

it’s insane that it’s taken this long for any democratic senator to do what cory booker is doing

submitted 2 days ago • 218 comments

They should still pursue criminal charges against Elon in Wisconsin for illegally trying to bribe voters.

submitted 2 days ago • 47 comments

moving forward I would like to see dems gum up the works every way possible. No unanimous consent, full votes on every tiny piece of business. I don't expect everyone to have the stamina to do a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but many lengthy floor speeches. Just slow everything down to a crawl.

submitted 2 days ago • 60 comments

If I was a judge and a DOJ lawyer filed a brief saying "yes, we mistakenly shipped someone with a right to be here to a foreign gulag but you have no power to order us to bring him back" I'd put that lawyer in jail until that person was brought back.

submitted 2 days ago • 259 comments

Dear Democratic Members of Congress, Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it. Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it! Signed, Americans

submitted 6 days ago • 960 comments

Seriously -- he's broadcasting plans to violate state and federal election laws, in support of his quest to sway a state Supreme Court election. Arrest him. Yes, even though he's really rich. Arrest him.

submitted 6 days ago • 233 comments

Seriously: arrest him. The governor should have state police arrest him and charge him with election fraud. Then immediately hold a press conference explaining you arrested someone for committing election fraud and will continue to do so. Just fucking arrest him already. You can actually do this

submitted 6 days ago • 146 comments

Elon’s coming to Wisconsin to hand out million dollar checks in his bribe scheme. They should arrest him when he does.

submitted 6 days ago • 98 comments

My 5th grade teacher was permanently disabled by polio. He had crutches and braces. I’ll never forget him telling us how no child would have to suffer the way he did because of the miracle of the polio vaccine and modern medicine. 30 years later here we are.

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

I just want to personally thank Pete Hegseth for proving my theory that when your entire personality is “minorities are incompetent,” it’s usually because you’re more incompetent than anyone could have imagined.

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Hey @schumer.senate.gov, the public did rise up (against the ongoing genocide in Gaza), and then you said the students should be arrested and deported, so maybe you might want sit this one out and resign

submitted 11 days ago • 67 comments

Every member of Congress over the age of 60 should pick a young legislator or candidate to mentor and support with the expectation that the mentor leaves office within 5 to 10 years. Stop hoarding power.

submitted 13 days ago • 83 comments

"Walz says now he should have been doing events all through last fall. He says he offered, but was told no, and in his bewildered daze, he decided to be a team player." Need to seriously start asking if these dem consultants are actively on the take, no other way to explain such uselessness

submitted 14 days ago • 201 comments

I'm tired of hearing the phrase "Dem consultants." I want the actual names and faces of these people who cost us everything.

submitted 14 days ago • 28 comments

You all need to go into retirement

submitted 15 days ago • 118 comments

Russia agrees to stop targeting energy infrastructure then immediately bombs energy infrastructure. Trump is putins bitch

submitted 16 days ago • 749 comments

we're not throwing trans people under the bus for any fucking reason. None. There are two sides: the one that throws people under buses and the side that does not. Choose which one you are on.

submitted 16 days ago • 83 comments

It's kind of impressive how perfectly Chuck Schumer is not meeting this moment. Like he brought in punch-up writers to heighten and refine how badly he's botching it.

submitted 17 days ago • 357 comments

Chuck Schumer just delivered eight votes to Donald Trump, and the rest of the Democratic caucus should now deliver their 36 votes to a new leadership team.

submitted 19 days ago • 29 comments

No formal process in the Constitution or Senate Rules to replace a Minority Leader. It’s in caucus rules: www.democrats.senate.gov/rules-for-th... At least 20 Senators must can call a meeting. Someone nominates a candidate. Senators cast a secret ballot. Vote of no confidence may precede nomination.

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

Capital is flowing from the U.S. to Europe. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 @barchart.com

submitted 19 days ago • 84 comments

I hate to say ‘I told you so’ but… I told you so. Seven years ago:

submitted 19 days ago • 836 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 21 days ago • 5233 comments

it’s only cloture if it comes from the Clôture region, otherwise it’s just sparkling capitulation

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments

I am so fucking furious at Chuck Fucking Schumer

submitted 21 days ago • 225 comments

It's clear Chuck Schumer is not cut out to lead the senate Democrats. There needs to be a vote of no confidence and he needs to be replaced with someone willing to fight. Trump and Elon are dismantling democracy while Schumer whines and capitulates.

submitted 21 days ago • 73 comments

Just a friendly reminder that while voters won't have another chance to remove Schumer until 2028, the Dem senators can remove him at any time if they just get together. He may be able to stay in the senate, but he doesn't have to remain leader. It's time for something new.

submitted 20 days ago • 592 comments

CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness. Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.

submitted 21 days ago • 798 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 21 days ago • 960 comments

I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.

submitted 21 days ago • 638 comments

Hey Democratic Party, You ain’t raising money until you start raising hell. Sincerely, A Huge Portion of Your Supporters

submitted 28 days ago • 617 comments

Primary Every Democrat

submitted 30 days ago • 76 comments

DC Democrats do not understand how badly they're jeopardizing their own jobs. If they keep this up, politicians who haven't caught a credible primary challenger in years are about to get walloped in the '26 cycle.

submitted 30 days ago • 168 comments

Whoever is giving them this advice needs to be loaded into a trebuchet and launched into the woods.

submitted 30 days ago • 254 comments

Dems who turn up at SOTU tonight are acting as if normal democratic processes are continuing. Their absence would send a more meaningful message. Do something that conveys the damage being done, even a webinar or public event. Talk to people being hurt.

submitted 30 days ago • 38 comments

STOP DOING TRUMP'S WORK FOR HIM. STOP CONCEDING HE CAN DO ILLEGAL SHIT VIA EO. STOP SAYING THE EQUIVALENT OF, "OH WELL, NO ONE WILL STOP HIM, WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP." STOP IT. DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW. ALWAYS.

submitted 30 days ago • 17 comments

"Die Linke’s proposal is a simple one: We don’t need to moderate fascism, we need to oppose it." natasha lennard at @theintercept.com on the german election theintercept.com/2025/02/25/g...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

submitted 35 days ago • 480 comments

People are dying. Gay and trans people are being targeted daily. The government is being re-segregated. The richest man in the world is literally taking power at breakneck speed. James Carville and other strategists see this as a game. The lives and fates of human beings don't factor into it.

submitted 37 days ago • 14 comments

There’s something happening in this country.

submitted 41 days ago • 739 comments

Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard.

submitted 43 days ago • 944 comments

If you can’t successfully message against this you don’t deserve another cent in fundraising and should go the way of the Whigs.

submitted 43 days ago • 44 comments

Every ten minutes here is like: - Trump doubles student debt - Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs - Three planes just crashed - Trump signs EO making women illegal - Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA - Meteor not arriving fast enough