Regardless of his skill past or present, the optics of an old white guy who isn't tearing things up a bit, like Bernie, are terrible. Biden was in the same boat. The optics matter, for better or worse. Time for Chuck to step aside.
I give Bernie lots of credit for hitting the road trying to save the feckless congressional leadership from themselves. Don't criticize unless you're willing to follow in his footsteps.
No, he doesn't. He's not even a major progressive leader in reality. There's a senator from Vermont who's currently ranked the 6th most progressive in the Senate — and it's not Sanders, it's Peter Welch. Bernie is ranked #20.
Finally! Will no one scream to high heavens that Bernie IS NOT A DEMOCRAT! I will never forgive him for screwing Hillary over when he could have helped her win and beat trump the first time. I look forward to your angry letters.
Who fucking CARES what his label is, Richard? He's out there speaking the truth. Which is a lot more than we can say about dyed-in-the-wool Democrats like Chuck Shumer.
You are wrong! Bernie got fucked over by Donna Brazile and Debbie Wasserman Shultz. They fed Hillary debate questions in advance. You have your history all wrong.
Correct! They refused to include him or listen to him. i absolutely agree with you. Look, I wasn’t a Bernie fan but honestly, he has never not been out to harm people. He has consistently been the advocate for everyone, especially those less fortunate. I give him so much credit for these rallies.
If any of you actually stopped to listen to yourselves for the last 9 years, you might realize how dumb it sounds to harp about someone feeding debate questions to Hillary Clinton and helping her win. To actually believe that a politician with so much administrative and foreign experience wouldn't already know the questions that moderators would ask, plus about 50 more... and have answers already in mind ... well, y'all just to find some common sense. Bernie didn't get enough votes, period. No one cheated him. 🙄
Hillary? The unabashed Wall Street shill and war hawk? The corporate establishment Dem? The one who couldn't be bothered to campaign in flyover country? Yeah, she was a real prize. At least as much Republican-lite as her husband. I say this as a woman and Dem voter.
I dont think you are wrong. I think it more comes down to a statement of Conservative vs Liberal (in mindset). Remembering of course that Liberal and Conservative arent entirely relegated to Democrat or Republican. There are conservative and moderate democrats, as there are , shockingly enough, Liberal and moderate Republicans.
No matter the case, its time for the Democratic party to shape up and clear its ranks of the ones not in the fight or trying to maintain the status quo.
Obama was a populist. No break is his terms. We have to hear the populist message from whoever is out there. So, one part of the fight is confronting it. Kudos to Jazmine, AOC, Sanders, Raskin, and others who are out there. The other part is offering the people a message of what things could be should be. Like, from birth to death you will be able to take care of yourself because we will provide the supports you need. You should not have to worry about housing, medical expenses, child care, or basic needs.
We ARE offering that message and people don't listen. Kamala Harris offered that message. Here in Ohio, Sherrod Brown hammered that message. And you know what happened? Billionaires bought his opponent, Bernie Moreno, a flood of ads saying "Trans people are coming to rape your daughter." And they worked! A study found people you played the ads for were 85% more likely to vote for Moreno. I'd love to know what the answer is when people are more worried about non-existent transgender rapists than about their job, access to health care, affordable housing, their kids' schools, enough food to eat. I don't get it and I don't know what the answer is, but it's not "talk more about helping working people," unless you have a new way of getting across a message we already have.
👆Exactly! Being a 75 yo widow who lives in a rural area, I was super excited about Medicare covering in home care for seniors who need it but noooo They voted for the lunatic!
Couldn't agree more, Anastasia. As you know, Sherrod started his campaign early, and his ads were excellent; probably the best political ads I've ever seen. He talked about corporations ripping off average people, showing price gouging in graphic terms. There's absolutely no question that he fights for his constituents.
Then came Peter Thiel and others, flooding the zone with many millions of dollars' worth of Moreno kabuki ads with ridiculous themes. The clueless people in rural areas (much of Ohio) bought it, and we lost the best senator we've had in at least 50 years.
Now, if Moreno even responds to a message or call---not often---it's with a never-changing, meaningless letter saying that he appreciates hearing from constituents. WORTHLESS!!
I was crushed about Brown, he is as truly one of the good ones - super articulate, very rational and clear thinking, interested in solving problems for people vs corps. He put up a great piece of legislation his last term to recalculate SSI benefits which have literally not changed amount since the 1970s.
I’ve been screaming into the void, get these old blue haired fucks out of the Democratic Party for many years! The long lost ability to lead by vacuous minds, body and souls shouldn’t be part of the party plan…clearly there must be better options!!
Me too! I’m 67 and I want the young, clear sightedness. I want those people who understand this world now, not 30 years ago! You had your chances, time and again to DO something about Republicans and Russian assets infiltrating our system of government. You knew, some of you were Russian assets, and you did NOTHING!
You helped yourselves to millions using insider trading. You used your positions after Citizens United to buy and sell power, a means to an end.
You’ll walk away with so much more than you earned.
All of your kowtowing and “bipartisanship” lead us this.
It’s inconceivable the damage being done, and you hid from us.
Reps Crockett and Cortez, Sen Sanders, Gov Tim Walz Sen Chris Murphy are rousing the citizens to get together and protest against this administration. Meanwhile, Hakeem Jeffries is on a book tour? I’m sure he’s a fine statesman, in a knife/gunfight sort of way.
Blue hairs and goldbrickers, step aside, we have a democracy to save.
It’s our children who will suffer most ! Our time is passing rapidly ,let’s fight like Hell to make a world that they can prosper and thrive in ! The old guard has failed us as well as the kids ! Bring on the next generation of leaders NOW ! Holy shit they have to be an improvement over the present ones !
I guess I have to agree. I was all for Schumer's stance on the government shutdown - I still believe keeping it from shutting down was the right thing to do, because they were salivating for the chance to blame democrats for a shutdown. But now I'm beyond ready for Democrats to put some teeth into this thing. It's insanity for us to keep trying to play nice. Insane and foolhardy.
His position makes sense on the face of it with rational people, but the problem is that this situation is a race to the bottom which is literally a gvmt shutdown. They did have a moment when the admin couldn't cut medicaid legally without Dems going along with it, but because they folded they now have zero leverage and it's going to happen anyway with a permission slip from 10 out 258 Dems. I think those numbers speak volumes. People want AOC to lead but who's watching out for her? Not Schumer and Gillebrand.
I'm responding mostly to this conversation I had with a 78yr elder who saw him on the view after the cr vote. Many older women are scared shitless of not getting their SS check so anything akin to a shutdown freaks them out, and he was smart like a fox going on the view the next day to sell his version of why he rolled over to our retired elders. They don't really know how these operational votes happen or why they can't all just vote to stop shutdowns and then go back to the table. They don't understand there's no going back, the medicaid cuts are already voted in. That was the fight and he gave up and got nothing in return.
I'm saying what chuck is saying makes sense in a totally other universe where the people involved are rational and we're responding to things in a rational timeline. It is totally 365/24/7 crazypants and we need someone who can walk sideways and throw a punch from left field in 4D. We need people young and angry enough to stand their ground. He 100% needs to GTFO and I called his office multiple times prior to the CR vote and then after to tell him he should be done, step aside and let someone who's able take the fight.
Fuck all the politicians! Most have failed us ! When my house is burning to the fucken ground any one with a bucket is welcome ! We can debate after the fucken fires 🔥 under control ,for shit sake we were allied with the fucken Russians during WWII and we’re still here any and all assistance is welcome pissing and moaning now does not advance our cause! UNITE !
Love ya, Jeff. I said the same thing about Schumer when this happened. Said it to him on Bluesky. Because he just joined. Boy there's a lot of pissed off democrats on Bluesky.
Our side of the barricade is growing quickly, and it's hardly a united, homogeneous mass. It's a swirling, squabbling mess, just like... America. There's going to be plenty of those squabbles to go around, and there's no guarantee that they'll be resolved long enough to win together, but it's all we've got. I predict our bedfellows will get even stranger in the future.
He's not "willing to fight" for anyone but himself and his image. He's openly telling people not to run as Democrats but as independents, which makes him de facto MAGA.
'28 huh?? That why he's playing rope a dope with us....he just wants more money in his pension. And he refuses to step-down from leadership. I guess he still has more destruction to do for his boss Trump. I heard he's also defending Biden. He's doubling down.
Schumer's a Senator, so she's "in his district", which is the whole of New York State.
The problem is that New York (my former home state) HAS good progressive Democrats like AOC and Zephyr Teachout. Unfortunately, we not not only have Schmuck Schumer, we ALSO have Corrupt Corporate Clinton NeoLiberals like, well, Hillary Rodham Clinton (may she BERN in Hell!), Joe Crowley (whose ass AOC kicked to win the Democratic Primary in 2018), my former Congressman Dan Maffei (who I personally liked, but he was too focused on process and not enough on kicking the Fat Hypocrite Ass of the Anti-Choice Homophobic KKKhrister Right like his once-opponent Anna Marie Buerkle!)...AND we have the Geronticidal Sexual Predator that is Andrew Cuomo trying to slither back into power!
I have heard that Hillary Clinton is corrupt. I haven’t seen references or evidence. I’m open to new information. Please point me to reliable evidence to support the charge of corruption. Thank you!
She's slammed and slimed Bernie Sanders, one of the few DECENT people in Congress, without letup, even in 2020 when she accused him of being a "Russian Asset"! That is all I need to hate on her.
The worst part is? Donald Trump is as corrupt as the day is long, obviously engaged in pedophilic sexual predation on Epstein Island, and WE KNEW ALL THAT BEFORE he even started running in 2016! So what we had, at the end of the day, were two deeply corrupt, compromised major party candidates running for President...and Bernie Sanders trying to steer the 2016 election away from Oligarchs Versus Oligarchs....
Wow, talk about having a hard-on for someone. You bought it all, with no discernment. (BTW, it wasn't Leticia James. It was Lynch. So good at the spewing, that you had to Google "reasons to hate Hillary", huh?) smh. And y'all wonder why Dems don't win - the party that eats itself alive, lol!
And by the way, genius, Hillary Clinton was listed as a possible witness for court proceedings on those sensational released docs in January - not a contact of Epstein's, not on the flight logs, and not a visitor to his island. In fact, about 80% of the names listed in social media posts as Epstein "friends or conspirators" were complete bogus, geared toward purveyors of hateful misinformation just like yourself. Hindustan Times, really? 🤣🤣🤣
Sheeeiit ! At this moment I’d let Hannibal Lector and Fucken Charlie Manson be my allies ! We are not advancing our cause bickering about petty politics ! UNITE ! The Enemy and threat is not among us unless we allow him to be !
We waste our time energy and resources by debating matters better addressed after we have done what must be done to save this country!🇺🇸UNITE ! Stand together! There will not be any second chances! 🇺🇸UNITED WE STAND ! Sound familiar?
You've already shown you'd accept Lecter and Manson as allies when you let Schmuck Schumer and Ratty Andy Cuomo keep winning rather than getting rid of him in favor of Zephyr Teachout or any other true Progressive.
I was not bothered by Biden's optics. I am not afraid of old people, in fact, one of my favorite people in the world is 90. That is my mom. However, I am bothered by incompetence and disloyalty. Chuck Schumer did not have the backs of the people in the House who stuck their necks out. He is so unqualified for what he is facing. Clearly Chuck never had a school yard fight with a bully, and he should step aside for those who have. I think Chuck should be challenged to a duel of getting a crowd to hear him talk vs. others who might want to take the lead. He is coming off as a clueless misogynistic ageist. What is his message for Americans? You go do it yourself. Stand up to Trump for me, while I draw a paycheck on your tax dime and don't do a thing to earn it. That is some waste we people should cut.
Excellent thoughts Linda!! There’s plenty of elderly people I have the utmost respect for, he’s not one of them! Schum’s face has never been bloodied by the local bully, that’s rather obvious!!
This is a problem with my party, the Democrats. Everyone is pissing and moaning about the Dems being rudderless after Trump wins. Where are the leaders?
So Bernie and AOC show some leadership and then they get attacked by the party. WTF is wrong with people?!
Bernie is 83 freekin years old....and HE has had to take it upon himself to get out there, become a target of the right, and fight back!!? Does anyone expect ole Dick (it ain't gonna happen) Durbin to fight the good fight?? And has he had a stroke as I've seen him shuffle around?? D has targeted Schumer into submission....as long as he's 'nice' to Trump he won't have to face what an 83 yr. old faces. Yeah....Chuck is a real profile in courage. And I heard he's not gonna step-down either. These effing elderly moderate Democrats brought us to this point & are arrogantly not taking responsibility. If a Japanese leader screwed up as much as these guys they'd take 'responsibility'.
The Senate Democratic Caucus has the power to vote Chuckles out as their leader. I hope those 46 senators have the guts to take this vote when they return from recess. If they keep Schumer as their leader, then we’ll know where we stand.
Dick Durbin is more progressive than Bernie. I follow Progressive punch's ratings religiously. He's #14, Bernie's at #20. You want real progressives? There's Mazie Hirono and the Massachusetts Two — all over 75. And they are all outspoken and fight like crazy. Warren has been out there, making statements constantly that are a lot more coherent and reactive to current events. But yeah, she's a woman so she doesn't count. We see that. A woman's only value comes from being young and pretty. Just ask Trump. Kristi Noem even got plastic surgery to make herself more attractive to him.
I’ve always been a middle of the road progressive but people my grateful hand is out to any one willing to pick up the flag and fight along side of me! We accomplish nothing by bickering at the most extremely IMPORTANT time in the history of The UNITED UNITED States of America ! OUT OF MANY ONE ! UNITE OR PERISH !
And lies drown out facts and reality. We saw this in the Ohio Senate race. Talking abut lifting up the working class matters less than some imaginary trans rapist.
There’s no doubt Muskputin was high as hell playing with the silverware in the video. We’re going to let THAT druggie destroy everything good about the US?! WTF?!
I know! And the young woman next to Musk rocking back & forth...she looks drugged out as well. She his next conquest? It feels like we are looking at the court of Mad King George or the French monarchy in the days before the French Revolution. Very, very disturbing. The Secret Service is getting what they deserve for selling out their souls on Jan 6.
Melinda: thank you for reminding all of us what the Secret Service did on January 6. Breaking their phones? Deleting texts? Cover-up? They blindly followed a traitor and sold their souls. I’m sure some of those same guys are now working for Trump because they’re complicit. Hopefully one of them will have a Michael Cohen moment wake up and turn on Trump. That’s what we need.
I'm sick of hearing the "we're in uncharted waters" line from leaders-in-name-only who can't or won't lead when the trail drops off into the wilderness. The leaders of the American (and French) Revolutions faced uncharted waters as well. Schumer is past his expiration date, focused on his book tour, and determined to pull a BIden or Feinstein and go out like a burnt out light bulb.
The woman next to the Space Nazi rocking back and forth in a ketamine-fueled daze is his baby-momma director of Neuralink. He looks like a 5-yr old you give Legos to at Applebees to keep them occupied.
I'm surprised that he didn't do that trick of hanging a spoon from his nose. And Jesus, that annoying shrill voice in the background. Also, does Drumpf go to Merde a Lardo every weekend. I recall the hysteria when Biden would occasionally go to Rehoboth DE in the summer.
Hey, no knocking the spoon from the nose trick! As part of my graduation present from my parents my dad had a “motivational poster” made and framed starring a photo of a teenage me proudly displaying my spoon hanging skills as proof of my future engineering aptitude 😂
Starlink now has 8 unsuccessful launches in a row. In addition, the imagined capacity for hauling shit to space in President Elmo’s new rocket has decreased by over 50%. Analysis shows that his new rocket is less capable than his obsolete one and would cost more per ton than before, if it is even capable of staying together.
The look on that Secret Service agent's face says it all. He must of drawn the short straw to watch ketamine-fueled Smuk play with his silverware like a spoiled, bratty, little shit kid. Manners don't matter to the MAGAs whether it's dear leader blowing a load in pants at the dinner table or Elno fondling the silverware while looking like he's 1000 light years away from home.
Seriously. He should be fired for that alone. Can you imagine if Biden, or ANY Dem did something like that???
Also, and dead serious about this, Pete the Drunk should absolutely and immediately be removed because he “accidentally” sent critical info to a reporter. Huh? Really? I haven’t looked to see exactly what he sent, but I believe there’s agreement that it was super sensitive. I heard he was told he must not drink and send emails. He said “Ok, fine! I won’t send anymore emails!”
I thought it made him look more human than his photographs. I guess he doesn't like to look like a nice person. He should see some of the paintings some of the California governors had painted of themselves in the state house. One of them is really bizarre.
She testified at her confirmation hearing numerous times she would uphold the constitution and she would not show favor to diaper daddy. And she was confirmed and now here we are. So much for oath taking. 🤥
“nothing will happen to Elon Musk, and we will fight to protect all of the— all of the— all of the Tesla owners throughout this country. “ so the rest of the country can just fuck off? Thanks Pam Bondi I feel so much better🙄😡
I'm only going to say once this once more. Tesla owners are doing more for you than owners of regular gasoline powered cars. We have two EVs (Bolt and Equinox), but what's important to us is the quality of the air we breathe. If you already own one, keep it. If you don't, don't buy one. There are other EVs on the market now, and there are lots of charging stations.
I don’t really know @PrincessKrapotkin but I’d guess they are too afraid of CF47 & the muskrats. So that leaves it up to us. To continue to see these posts and resend/restack them so more people will see the stupidity!!😡🙄
Notice how Bondi and the other Cabinet members are on FOX “news” incessantly spewing their venom and LIES to the dumb as F MAGA base?!?! They will not go on any other channel and do it. FOX infotainment and the MAGA megaphones have gotten away with murder and will be the death of democracy.
"In the movie, Michael Corleone dismisses Tom Hagen as the consigliere because he believes Tom is not suited for the role during a time of war, stating "You're not a wartime consigliere"
I hope I'm right, because if I'm wrong I'm going to get ten thousand emails about it
I’ve been using the “wartime consigliere” analogy going back to Garland’s milquetoast approach, and have actually called Schumer the “Merrick Garland” of the Senate. So, good on you to give it a wider audience.
But, I think some substance is useful: Schumer’s “plan” is for Trump to defy a SCOTUS order and pray for an uprising. THAT AIN’T LEADERSHIP. And it is telling that HE thinks it is.
Finally, Jeff, and I would have thought you would have been on this before me, but why the fuck are we calling on Schumer to resign, instead of calling on Dem Senators to oust him by vote. The whole party looks like weak sniveling fools if they coddle Schumer when we are in the midst of a fascist takeover.
100% agree. I read an article a couple years ago that criticized Schumer for hauling out the same, tired damn speech every time he spoke at a college graduation event -- for a decade! This is about more than optics.
Paul I think you're totally onto a really serious point about his waiting for an 'uprising', which 10:1 odds ends in some version of invocation of 'emergency powers' and justification for Marshall law, but then people are in the streets taking rubber bullets. Doesn't anyone remember the King riots? It was serious, there were tanks. That's not cool at all. He needed to stick HIS neck out with the caucus and force a filibuster and leverage people's ire with the GOP, who are literally hiding from their voters, to put them in the hot seat peacefully with civil disobedience. Waiting until the rage pot boils over will only muddy the waters and send people to jail with murder sentences for vandalism of private property. Recent polls showing somewhere around 84% of people who didn't vote are pissed? what other version of rising up does this asshole need to see? He's gaslighting.
Hopefully the military won’t follow frivolous orders. They take an oath to defend the constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Trump is clearly a domestic threat to the constitution. The military should do their duty.
I would hope so too but I'm not sure how programming works and whether the majority of the military see him as a legitimate commander in chief or a banana. I remember the riots though and those were not just national guard troops rolling around in tanks. I remember thinking it was totally illegal, they were testing it out to see if people serving would do it and people in the country would tolerate it.
I just finished writing a post about 5 things we and the Supreme Court can do if Trump defies a Supreme Court order. Chuck Schumer is never mentioned. AWOL.
Great post! I like #1 and agree that ACB is turning out to be interesting, and Roberts has only made 2 comments in 20 yrs and both were directed at orange turd. I think you're right about the military though I do have a lot of concern about creating the conditions for Marshall law or some 'emergency' so I'd really like the movement to be civil a la Ghandi. We were shown how to do it. It's not easy or pleasant but it can be done. If you occupy the moral high ground it's better than giving them a reason to shoot first and make up stories about it later like during covid.
There is no history of martial law in this country inside an existing state. I know it's been set up sometimes in territories during a declared war. I am completely agreed, as you already know, that we need to keep this movement nonviolent, as in not injuring or killing others.
You’re right, Jeff. I watched over weekend. Michael says the line to Tom when the latter is pleading across the Don’s desk not to be cut out of the regime change as Michael begins to take over from his father.
Yes, but it was a deleted scene. Sonny is the one bitching about Tom Hagen not being a wartime consigliere after the Don is shot. Quote: "Pop had Genco, look what I got."
Jeff , You are absolutely correct U Gotta have the balls to go to the wall ! There is no time left for being anything less than completely dedicated to the survival of democracy and our country!
I’m thinking how humorous it is that we’re all so used to the way that we can be so casual about discussing politicians and gangsters in the same breath without catching the irony! HAHA!😂
They are all working overtime sending me pleas for donations to save Democracy. But the only ones I am helping are ones running for the House in the upcoming special election. Two of them are in N. Florida, including Matt ‘McEyebrows’ Gaetz’ abandoned seat.
The Dems need an organized response every single day outlining the days stupid actions by shit stain and his minions.
Chris Murphy has been great. Very clear, very animated, articulate about what is corruption and why it matters. Also heard Jon Ossof speak in the last few days and he was animated as well. There are people in both houses who can lead. The dead weights need to get the fuck out of the way.
I believe the entire party has been compromised. Remember, 'It will be bloodless if you allow it'.?? That was enough to kow Dem leadership. Vichy indeed...
The two chucks, Schumer and Grassley, appear to be in some sort of a geriatric foot race to try to bullshit their way out of confronting the evil that must be confronted by someone. Seems clear it won’t be either one of them.
The good thing is that it doesn't look much like him. Too human and sane. The bad thing is all the time spent on bitching about it when he allegedly has another job to do. Oh wait, Elon does that.
We have been in a comfortable rut in the US for decades. That has come to an end, and powerful,self satisfied people in power like Schumer are the last ones to admit it and do what is necessary.
David, I’m glad you said that. Comfortable rut indeed. We’ve been living life, fat and sassy, ignoring all the signs. And now here we are…with ancient, doddering old guys dragging their feet, letting their constituents suffer, the country on the brink of dictatorship.
Where do you live? I live in California, the Bay Area, and we don't ignore the signs. Remember, Reagan, to our shame, started here. And we take the climate crisis VERY seriously.
Well, the rest of the country may have missed the point. Berkeley and its direct representatives have not. We are 20 years ahead of the rest of the country. I personally don't try to help red states and realize that blue states are pretty much beyond help. Until other areas catch up, I'm focusing on here. I lived through the Sixties and Seventies and J Edgar Hoover here, and I know what is going on.
Walt, Hannah, Ole, you have someone to join your club. Oh, and David, the Bay Area is spending a lot of time and money on restoration of the San Francisco Bay. EBMUD, my water district, also spends a lot of effort on water, not just pipes and conservation, but our water is snow melt, so we are all very careful and have been since the Eighties.
Lynn- spot on! Our moral decay and capitalist rot is starting to cause an implosion in this country. Mix in extreme racism and devotion to gun culture and this place is collapsing
I see well regarded Senators; Klobuchar, Warren, Murphy, Swalwell, Whitehouse etc posting about the problems of the day only repeating what we know. The incident with Hegseth broadcasting war plans to a reporter is the highest level of incompetence ever. What will our esteemed Democrats leaders do? Just post how awful it was or do they see the window open and will finally do something? We are waiting!
Bernie and AOC aren't leading any charges except for their own ambition. Crockett is a fighter and there are more like her that we aren't paying attention to because they aren't as loud.
I'd say, judging from the response, Bernie and AOC are doing fine. If it's their own ambition driving their efforts, so be it. Jasmine Crockett is an absolute star.
I beg to differ on Bernie and AOC. They're on a fundraising tour that provides catharsis for people who like to go to rallies. Action is needed in the House and the Senate and in courtrooms, not at rallies.
Guess who else had huge, cathartic rallies? Harris and Walz. Rallies without direct action mean nothing.
Also, just hear me out - if Dems had shut down the government, the federal lawsuits against the administration would have stalled, TROs would be frozen, hundreds of thousands more federal workers would be furloughed, Social Security and the IRS would be shut down completely, and the GOP and Trump would have no incentive to reopen the government because a broken government is easier to kill. How would this be a good thing?
I'm no Schumer fan, but I think he was over a barrel on the CR.
I agree. There was no good choice. And a LOT of Democrats are fighting behind the scenes. Overpraising Bernie and AOC for their self-promotion tour is demoralizing. Bernie tore the party apart and is still urging people to run as independents not Democrats which means getting more Republicans elected. Look at Ohio-7. Not sure if Diemer could've won, but with a clear race, he would've had a better shot. Dennis Kucinich, now at the very end of the horseshoe as an apologist for Assad and RFK Jr, getting in the race as an independent made it hopeless. Max Miller, an awful person and awful candidate, barely eked out 51%. If Diemer hadn't had to fight off Kucinich as well, who knows.
Regardless of his skill past or present, the optics of an old white guy who isn't tearing things up a bit, like Bernie, are terrible. Biden was in the same boat. The optics matter, for better or worse. Time for Chuck to step aside.
I kinda agree somewhat about Bernie, but at this point I'll take help from anyone willing to fight
Bernie has more fight in him than most of his fucking colleagues!!
He always has!
I give Bernie lots of credit for hitting the road trying to save the feckless congressional leadership from themselves. Don't criticize unless you're willing to follow in his footsteps.
No, he doesn't. He's not even a major progressive leader in reality. There's a senator from Vermont who's currently ranked the 6th most progressive in the Senate — and it's not Sanders, it's Peter Welch. Bernie is ranked #20.
Finally! Will no one scream to high heavens that Bernie IS NOT A DEMOCRAT! I will never forgive him for screwing Hillary over when he could have helped her win and beat trump the first time. I look forward to your angry letters.
Who fucking CARES what his label is, Richard? He's out there speaking the truth. Which is a lot more than we can say about dyed-in-the-wool Democrats like Chuck Shumer.
I mean, c'mon man. For fuck's sake.
You are wrong! Bernie got fucked over by Donna Brazile and Debbie Wasserman Shultz. They fed Hillary debate questions in advance. You have your history all wrong.
Correct! They refused to include him or listen to him. i absolutely agree with you. Look, I wasn’t a Bernie fan but honestly, he has never not been out to harm people. He has consistently been the advocate for everyone, especially those less fortunate. I give him so much credit for these rallies.
If any of you actually stopped to listen to yourselves for the last 9 years, you might realize how dumb it sounds to harp about someone feeding debate questions to Hillary Clinton and helping her win. To actually believe that a politician with so much administrative and foreign experience wouldn't already know the questions that moderators would ask, plus about 50 more... and have answers already in mind ... well, y'all just to find some common sense. Bernie didn't get enough votes, period. No one cheated him. 🙄
He DID help her! Hillary's consultants shit on Bernie's delegates at the convention.
Bernie held his nose and endorsed her. He is, and always has been a team player.
Hillary? The unabashed Wall Street shill and war hawk? The corporate establishment Dem? The one who couldn't be bothered to campaign in flyover country? Yeah, she was a real prize. At least as much Republican-lite as her husband. I say this as a woman and Dem voter.
Hokum for the yokels!
I dont think you are wrong. I think it more comes down to a statement of Conservative vs Liberal (in mindset). Remembering of course that Liberal and Conservative arent entirely relegated to Democrat or Republican. There are conservative and moderate democrats, as there are , shockingly enough, Liberal and moderate Republicans.
No matter the case, its time for the Democratic party to shape up and clear its ranks of the ones not in the fight or trying to maintain the status quo.
100%
What American Historian Jefferson Cowie says is that populists win.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/is-populism-the-way-to-go?r=f0qfn
Obama was a populist. No break is his terms. We have to hear the populist message from whoever is out there. So, one part of the fight is confronting it. Kudos to Jazmine, AOC, Sanders, Raskin, and others who are out there. The other part is offering the people a message of what things could be should be. Like, from birth to death you will be able to take care of yourself because we will provide the supports you need. You should not have to worry about housing, medical expenses, child care, or basic needs.
We ARE offering that message and people don't listen. Kamala Harris offered that message. Here in Ohio, Sherrod Brown hammered that message. And you know what happened? Billionaires bought his opponent, Bernie Moreno, a flood of ads saying "Trans people are coming to rape your daughter." And they worked! A study found people you played the ads for were 85% more likely to vote for Moreno. I'd love to know what the answer is when people are more worried about non-existent transgender rapists than about their job, access to health care, affordable housing, their kids' schools, enough food to eat. I don't get it and I don't know what the answer is, but it's not "talk more about helping working people," unless you have a new way of getting across a message we already have.
👆Exactly! Being a 75 yo widow who lives in a rural area, I was super excited about Medicare covering in home care for seniors who need it but noooo They voted for the lunatic!
Couldn't agree more, Anastasia. As you know, Sherrod started his campaign early, and his ads were excellent; probably the best political ads I've ever seen. He talked about corporations ripping off average people, showing price gouging in graphic terms. There's absolutely no question that he fights for his constituents.
Then came Peter Thiel and others, flooding the zone with many millions of dollars' worth of Moreno kabuki ads with ridiculous themes. The clueless people in rural areas (much of Ohio) bought it, and we lost the best senator we've had in at least 50 years.
Now, if Moreno even responds to a message or call---not often---it's with a never-changing, meaningless letter saying that he appreciates hearing from constituents. WORTHLESS!!
Their messaging has ALWAYS been better than ours! The Lincoln Project people offered their services years ago and no one took them up on it. Sigh…
Moreno is a crook, pure and simple.
I was crushed about Brown, he is as truly one of the good ones - super articulate, very rational and clear thinking, interested in solving problems for people vs corps. He put up a great piece of legislation his last term to recalculate SSI benefits which have literally not changed amount since the 1970s.
I’ve been screaming into the void, get these old blue haired fucks out of the Democratic Party for many years! The long lost ability to lead by vacuous minds, body and souls shouldn’t be part of the party plan…clearly there must be better options!!
Me too! I’m 67 and I want the young, clear sightedness. I want those people who understand this world now, not 30 years ago! You had your chances, time and again to DO something about Republicans and Russian assets infiltrating our system of government. You knew, some of you were Russian assets, and you did NOTHING!
You helped yourselves to millions using insider trading. You used your positions after Citizens United to buy and sell power, a means to an end.
You’ll walk away with so much more than you earned.
All of your kowtowing and “bipartisanship” lead us this.
It’s inconceivable the damage being done, and you hid from us.
Reps Crockett and Cortez, Sen Sanders, Gov Tim Walz Sen Chris Murphy are rousing the citizens to get together and protest against this administration. Meanwhile, Hakeem Jeffries is on a book tour? I’m sure he’s a fine statesman, in a knife/gunfight sort of way.
Blue hairs and goldbrickers, step aside, we have a democracy to save.
One of the best statements of our current reality I've seen, Karen. BRAVO!
It’s our children who will suffer most ! Our time is passing rapidly ,let’s fight like Hell to make a world that they can prosper and thrive in ! The old guard has failed us as well as the kids ! Bring on the next generation of leaders NOW ! Holy shit they have to be an improvement over the present ones !
👍👍👍👍
Yay Karen, well put.
I guess I have to agree. I was all for Schumer's stance on the government shutdown - I still believe keeping it from shutting down was the right thing to do, because they were salivating for the chance to blame democrats for a shutdown. But now I'm beyond ready for Democrats to put some teeth into this thing. It's insanity for us to keep trying to play nice. Insane and foolhardy.
His position makes sense on the face of it with rational people, but the problem is that this situation is a race to the bottom which is literally a gvmt shutdown. They did have a moment when the admin couldn't cut medicaid legally without Dems going along with it, but because they folded they now have zero leverage and it's going to happen anyway with a permission slip from 10 out 258 Dems. I think those numbers speak volumes. People want AOC to lead but who's watching out for her? Not Schumer and Gillebrand.
I'm responding mostly to this conversation I had with a 78yr elder who saw him on the view after the cr vote. Many older women are scared shitless of not getting their SS check so anything akin to a shutdown freaks them out, and he was smart like a fox going on the view the next day to sell his version of why he rolled over to our retired elders. They don't really know how these operational votes happen or why they can't all just vote to stop shutdowns and then go back to the table. They don't understand there's no going back, the medicaid cuts are already voted in. That was the fight and he gave up and got nothing in return.
Rational people? What about this current crop of crazypants assholes is rational?
You have to meet the crazy where you find it.
Chuck's problem is that he's practicing the politics of the 90s. It's not those times any longer.
Not ready to make nice. Take the 'L', pick up your marbles and go home.
I'm saying what chuck is saying makes sense in a totally other universe where the people involved are rational and we're responding to things in a rational timeline. It is totally 365/24/7 crazypants and we need someone who can walk sideways and throw a punch from left field in 4D. We need people young and angry enough to stand their ground. He 100% needs to GTFO and I called his office multiple times prior to the CR vote and then after to tell him he should be done, step aside and let someone who's able take the fight.
It’s clearly a stupid thing for us to do!
In what can only be seen as a near-Trumpian level of self-delusion, MINORITY leader Schumer says his skill is winning Senate seats!
Chuck is peeing on our legs and telling us that it's just a spring shower. Remember the Vichy French???
Oh.
Oh, yes!
A Vichy Frenchman is the perfect analogue for Schmuck Schumer!
Fuck all the politicians! Most have failed us ! When my house is burning to the fucken ground any one with a bucket is welcome ! We can debate after the fucken fires 🔥 under control ,for shit sake we were allied with the fucken Russians during WWII and we’re still here any and all assistance is welcome pissing and moaning now does not advance our cause! UNITE !
Sadly, a bigger, more profound joke can not be found Paul!!
Really?? He's picked loser after loser.
Well, that sure ain't Schumer!
I promise to break line every day until April 5th to post the link to Hands Off so anyone who wants to, can find a protest near them. Good one, Jeff!
https://handsoff2025.com
With you, Jeff, on this
Love ya, Jeff. I said the same thing about Schumer when this happened. Said it to him on Bluesky. Because he just joined. Boy there's a lot of pissed off democrats on Bluesky.
Damn straight Jeff we don’t have the luxury to be picking our allies right now !
Our side of the barricade is growing quickly, and it's hardly a united, homogeneous mass. It's a swirling, squabbling mess, just like... America. There's going to be plenty of those squabbles to go around, and there's no guarantee that they'll be resolved long enough to win together, but it's all we've got. I predict our bedfellows will get even stranger in the future.
He's not "willing to fight" for anyone but himself and his image. He's openly telling people not to run as Democrats but as independents, which makes him de facto MAGA.
Bullshit!
Time to chuck Chuck out of the Senate. AOC has to run in his district. She’s a barn burner and will breath new life into the Old Farts House.
He's in until 2028, I believe. USA will be burnt to the ground by then if we don't get moving.
Just maybe the White House. Canada is pissed.... ;->
Thanks Arne. You are correct. 🏅
And have every right to be ! Elbows up CANADA 🇨🇦
Sad truths Arne!!
And Gillebrand until 2030. We can't get rid of them and they know it.
'28 huh?? That why he's playing rope a dope with us....he just wants more money in his pension. And he refuses to step-down from leadership. I guess he still has more destruction to do for his boss Trump. I heard he's also defending Biden. He's doubling down.
Schumer's a Senator, so she's "in his district", which is the whole of New York State.
The problem is that New York (my former home state) HAS good progressive Democrats like AOC and Zephyr Teachout. Unfortunately, we not not only have Schmuck Schumer, we ALSO have Corrupt Corporate Clinton NeoLiberals like, well, Hillary Rodham Clinton (may she BERN in Hell!), Joe Crowley (whose ass AOC kicked to win the Democratic Primary in 2018), my former Congressman Dan Maffei (who I personally liked, but he was too focused on process and not enough on kicking the Fat Hypocrite Ass of the Anti-Choice Homophobic KKKhrister Right like his once-opponent Anna Marie Buerkle!)...AND we have the Geronticidal Sexual Predator that is Andrew Cuomo trying to slither back into power!
Guess which side Wall Street has the back of...?
I have heard that Hillary Clinton is corrupt. I haven’t seen references or evidence. I’m open to new information. Please point me to reliable evidence to support the charge of corruption. Thank you!
The fact that she was Wall Street's darling is enough for me.
Oh, yeah, and she was a big admirer of Kissinger. In fact, she fawned over him. That's as damning as it gets, in my book.
Yes. Thank you.
She's slammed and slimed Bernie Sanders, one of the few DECENT people in Congress, without letup, even in 2020 when she accused him of being a "Russian Asset"! That is all I need to hate on her.
But, despite there seeming to be an online whitewash of her? The Clinton Foundation's activities as a response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake are pretty telling: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid
Her "private e-mail server" was wiped of all data before the FBI got their hands on it—and Hillary's response was "Oh, you mean wiped, like with a cloth?" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/clinton-lawyer-says-email-server-wiped-clean
Bill Clinton had a meeting on the Phoenix, AZ airport tarmac with Attorney General Letticia James in 2016, shortly before the FBI decided not to press forward with charges against her—https://www.vox.com/2016/7/1/12079366/bill-clinton-loretta-lynch-plane-meeting
Oh, and Hillary's name came up in the list of people who flew Jeffrey Epstein's Pedophile Air—https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-list-hillary-clinton-named-in-the-paedophiles-list-101704502932011.html
The worst part is? Donald Trump is as corrupt as the day is long, obviously engaged in pedophilic sexual predation on Epstein Island, and WE KNEW ALL THAT BEFORE he even started running in 2016! So what we had, at the end of the day, were two deeply corrupt, compromised major party candidates running for President...and Bernie Sanders trying to steer the 2016 election away from Oligarchs Versus Oligarchs....
Wow, talk about having a hard-on for someone. You bought it all, with no discernment. (BTW, it wasn't Leticia James. It was Lynch. So good at the spewing, that you had to Google "reasons to hate Hillary", huh?) smh. And y'all wonder why Dems don't win - the party that eats itself alive, lol!
And by the way, genius, Hillary Clinton was listed as a possible witness for court proceedings on those sensational released docs in January - not a contact of Epstein's, not on the flight logs, and not a visitor to his island. In fact, about 80% of the names listed in social media posts as Epstein "friends or conspirators" were complete bogus, geared toward purveyors of hateful misinformation just like yourself. Hindustan Times, really? 🤣🤣🤣
I needed a source who hadn't whitewashed Hillary like YOU just did, you sellout.
Sheeeiit ! At this moment I’d let Hannibal Lector and Fucken Charlie Manson be my allies ! We are not advancing our cause bickering about petty politics ! UNITE ! The Enemy and threat is not among us unless we allow him to be !
We waste our time energy and resources by debating matters better addressed after we have done what must be done to save this country!🇺🇸UNITE ! Stand together! There will not be any second chances! 🇺🇸UNITED WE STAND ! Sound familiar?
...and that is the problem right there.
You've already shown you'd accept Lecter and Manson as allies when you let Schmuck Schumer and Ratty Andy Cuomo keep winning rather than getting rid of him in favor of Zephyr Teachout or any other true Progressive.
I'll bet you also consider AOC "not our sort".
The last person I want to see sacrifice our senate seat in NY is AOC. She would be toxic outside NYC and the GOP already has its ammo ready for her.
Troll
Thank you.
I disagree
I was not bothered by Biden's optics. I am not afraid of old people, in fact, one of my favorite people in the world is 90. That is my mom. However, I am bothered by incompetence and disloyalty. Chuck Schumer did not have the backs of the people in the House who stuck their necks out. He is so unqualified for what he is facing. Clearly Chuck never had a school yard fight with a bully, and he should step aside for those who have. I think Chuck should be challenged to a duel of getting a crowd to hear him talk vs. others who might want to take the lead. He is coming off as a clueless misogynistic ageist. What is his message for Americans? You go do it yourself. Stand up to Trump for me, while I draw a paycheck on your tax dime and don't do a thing to earn it. That is some waste we people should cut.
Excellent thoughts Linda!! There’s plenty of elderly people I have the utmost respect for, he’s not one of them! Schum’s face has never been bloodied by the local bully, that’s rather obvious!!
This is a problem with my party, the Democrats. Everyone is pissing and moaning about the Dems being rudderless after Trump wins. Where are the leaders?
So Bernie and AOC show some leadership and then they get attacked by the party. WTF is wrong with people?!
Bernie is 83 freekin years old....and HE has had to take it upon himself to get out there, become a target of the right, and fight back!!? Does anyone expect ole Dick (it ain't gonna happen) Durbin to fight the good fight?? And has he had a stroke as I've seen him shuffle around?? D has targeted Schumer into submission....as long as he's 'nice' to Trump he won't have to face what an 83 yr. old faces. Yeah....Chuck is a real profile in courage. And I heard he's not gonna step-down either. These effing elderly moderate Democrats brought us to this point & are arrogantly not taking responsibility. If a Japanese leader screwed up as much as these guys they'd take 'responsibility'.
The Senate Democratic Caucus has the power to vote Chuckles out as their leader. I hope those 46 senators have the guts to take this vote when they return from recess. If they keep Schumer as their leader, then we’ll know where we stand.
Dick Durbin is more progressive than Bernie. I follow Progressive punch's ratings religiously. He's #14, Bernie's at #20. You want real progressives? There's Mazie Hirono and the Massachusetts Two — all over 75. And they are all outspoken and fight like crazy. Warren has been out there, making statements constantly that are a lot more coherent and reactive to current events. But yeah, she's a woman so she doesn't count. We see that. A woman's only value comes from being young and pretty. Just ask Trump. Kristi Noem even got plastic surgery to make herself more attractive to him.
I’ve always been a middle of the road progressive but people my grateful hand is out to any one willing to pick up the flag and fight along side of me! We accomplish nothing by bickering at the most extremely IMPORTANT time in the history of The UNITED UNITED States of America ! OUT OF MANY ONE ! UNITE OR PERISH !
Biden was also busy doing his full-time job at the time…(!) And running 🏛️🌎sh*t.
Waiting for the world to notice that ‘manly man’ donny either plays the victim OR golfs 24/7 - will this spell ever break?.. any day now :/
Sadly, in our present time, optics are EVERYTHING.
And lies drown out facts and reality. We saw this in the Ohio Senate race. Talking abut lifting up the working class matters less than some imaginary trans rapist.
Nope. We respect our elders and this is a good sign.
Damn straight David!!
There’s no doubt Muskputin was high as hell playing with the silverware in the video. We’re going to let THAT druggie destroy everything good about the US?! WTF?!
I know! And the young woman next to Musk rocking back & forth...she looks drugged out as well. She his next conquest? It feels like we are looking at the court of Mad King George or the French monarchy in the days before the French Revolution. Very, very disturbing. The Secret Service is getting what they deserve for selling out their souls on Jan 6.
Melinda: thank you for reminding all of us what the Secret Service did on January 6. Breaking their phones? Deleting texts? Cover-up? They blindly followed a traitor and sold their souls. I’m sure some of those same guys are now working for Trump because they’re complicit. Hopefully one of them will have a Michael Cohen moment wake up and turn on Trump. That’s what we need.
I'm sick of hearing the "we're in uncharted waters" line from leaders-in-name-only who can't or won't lead when the trail drops off into the wilderness. The leaders of the American (and French) Revolutions faced uncharted waters as well. Schumer is past his expiration date, focused on his book tour, and determined to pull a BIden or Feinstein and go out like a burnt out light bulb.
Don’t forget Justice Ginsberg.
The woman next to the Space Nazi rocking back and forth in a ketamine-fueled daze is his baby-momma director of Neuralink. He looks like a 5-yr old you give Legos to at Applebees to keep them occupied.
I'm surprised that he didn't do that trick of hanging a spoon from his nose. And Jesus, that annoying shrill voice in the background. Also, does Drumpf go to Merde a Lardo every weekend. I recall the hysteria when Biden would occasionally go to Rehoboth DE in the summer.
I love your new moniker for his golf motel.
Ditto!!
Hey, no knocking the spoon from the nose trick! As part of my graduation present from my parents my dad had a “motivational poster” made and framed starring a photo of a teenage me proudly displaying my spoon hanging skills as proof of my future engineering aptitude 😂
I heard that shrill as well! 😳 🤯
His silverware spaceship may stay together better than his rockets. Or his Cyberwhatthefucks
Starlink now has 8 unsuccessful launches in a row. In addition, the imagined capacity for hauling shit to space in President Elmo’s new rocket has decreased by over 50%. Analysis shows that his new rocket is less capable than his obsolete one and would cost more per ton than before, if it is even capable of staying together.
Didja use the wrong glue again, Elmo? Didja?
I think the space shuttle was retired a little to early…?
And this is the guy putting Starlink in to run the FAA. What could possibly go wrong?
The look on that Secret Service agent's face says it all. He must of drawn the short straw to watch ketamine-fueled Smuk play with his silverware like a spoiled, bratty, little shit kid. Manners don't matter to the MAGAs whether it's dear leader blowing a load in pants at the dinner table or Elno fondling the silverware while looking like he's 1000 light years away from home.
Blowing a load in pants. Lol. What a freak show.
I'm looking forward to that Special K eventually doing us a very special favor.
I hereby sentence President Elmo to 40 years in the KHole!
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the Presidency being outsourced to a JUNKIE!
It appears that that's not a SS agent, I believe it is none other than KKKaroline and her husband being good little sycophants.
The Muskrat being high is going to get old with Trump but since he stole the election for him there will be no consequences. Musk owns the fELON now.
I know the video doesn't show it but I saw another pic of this obscene scene and she's standing next to him. Maybe wrong but wth
Does the guy look old enough to be her father? Then that’s her hubby
Seriously. He should be fired for that alone. Can you imagine if Biden, or ANY Dem did something like that???
Also, and dead serious about this, Pete the Drunk should absolutely and immediately be removed because he “accidentally” sent critical info to a reporter. Huh? Really? I haven’t looked to see exactly what he sent, but I believe there’s agreement that it was super sensitive. I heard he was told he must not drink and send emails. He said “Ok, fine! I won’t send anymore emails!”
Here’s more info on the Hegseth/Mump administration security breach debacle.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
I enjoyed the portrait of Orange Fuckwit. It exposed what’s really on the inside: a sullen toddler. The artist captured him perfectly. Mad props.
This is a great video of Trump’s reaction to his portrait in Denver! 🤣
https://youtu.be/KLfgCDDb6Is?si=SiPTezQD_BpzXK54
Hilarious! Well played Mr. Newberger.
I check out Mr. Newberger’s YouTube channel whenever I need a lift.
Glad you liked it.
Just ridiculous and worse love the teenagers though.
I thought it made him look more human than his photographs. I guess he doesn't like to look like a nice person. He should see some of the paintings some of the California governors had painted of themselves in the state house. One of them is really bizarre.
I’m not sure anything could make him look more human.
Now I’ll have to check out the California governors portraits. Thanks!
If i bent over and my ass was painted, it would look better than that flim-flam traitor!
It's true, even when it's realistic, it's not exactly photogenic.
He looks more and more like Biff everyday
If you're in the market for an AG, the going retail price is $25K. That's what Donnie paid Pam to let him off the hook in Florida.
She's easy and cheap.
2 bit street walker?
'for a dollar you kan look
for two you kan stay
for $14.95
i'll go all the way!'
No surprise that she's a grifter. Gotta be to be one if you're MAGA
Trump overpaid. She probably would have done the deed for a steak sandwich and a beer.
Quid pro quo right there.
I thought the AG was supposed to enforce the laws of these United States of America, not to protect the oligarchy from peasants who are mean to them.
The times they are a changin.
Excellent point. 👏👏👏👏
She testified at her confirmation hearing numerous times she would uphold the constitution and she would not show favor to diaper daddy. And she was confirmed and now here we are. So much for oath taking. 🤥
Not this one
“nothing will happen to Elon Musk, and we will fight to protect all of the— all of the— all of the Tesla owners throughout this country. “ so the rest of the country can just fuck off? Thanks Pam Bondi I feel so much better🙄😡
Cite: Pam Bondi
Exactly! Let’s protect gun owners and Tesla owners. They are priorities. Why does no one EVER push back on their nonsense???
I'm only going to say once this once more. Tesla owners are doing more for you than owners of regular gasoline powered cars. We have two EVs (Bolt and Equinox), but what's important to us is the quality of the air we breathe. If you already own one, keep it. If you don't, don't buy one. There are other EVs on the market now, and there are lots of charging stations.
I don’t really know @PrincessKrapotkin but I’d guess they are too afraid of CF47 & the muskrats. So that leaves it up to us. To continue to see these posts and resend/restack them so more people will see the stupidity!!😡🙄
Speaking of Rittenhoff is he back in his parents basement?
There once was a MAGAT, Pam Bondi,
She failed at doing her laundry,
So, she sold out her soul,
Started burning more coal, and was
Found later buried under a foundry.
Spot on Walt!
Notice how Bondi and the other Cabinet members are on FOX “news” incessantly spewing their venom and LIES to the dumb as F MAGA base?!?! They will not go on any other channel and do it. FOX infotainment and the MAGA megaphones have gotten away with murder and will be the death of democracy.
That is an absolute fact. It's a damn shame the FCC didn't just take them down after they lost that lawsuit.
Yes
Pam Bondi is bought and paid for. Trump literally purchased her to do his bidding.
I’m in love with Rep. Crockett. Full stop.
It was Sonny Corleone, not Michael.
And Schumer doesn't have the balls to fight back; call him what he is - a collaborator.
here's what google tells me:
"In the movie, Michael Corleone dismisses Tom Hagen as the consigliere because he believes Tom is not suited for the role during a time of war, stating "You're not a wartime consigliere"
I hope I'm right, because if I'm wrong I'm going to get ten thousand emails about it
I’ve been using the “wartime consigliere” analogy going back to Garland’s milquetoast approach, and have actually called Schumer the “Merrick Garland” of the Senate. So, good on you to give it a wider audience.
But, I think some substance is useful: Schumer’s “plan” is for Trump to defy a SCOTUS order and pray for an uprising. THAT AIN’T LEADERSHIP. And it is telling that HE thinks it is.
Finally, Jeff, and I would have thought you would have been on this before me, but why the fuck are we calling on Schumer to resign, instead of calling on Dem Senators to oust him by vote. The whole party looks like weak sniveling fools if they coddle Schumer when we are in the midst of a fascist takeover.
100% agree. I read an article a couple years ago that criticized Schumer for hauling out the same, tired damn speech every time he spoke at a college graduation event -- for a decade! This is about more than optics.
Schumer is an old, traditional Democrat. Manners and decorum first, chasing cash donations second, helping people third.
Paul I think you're totally onto a really serious point about his waiting for an 'uprising', which 10:1 odds ends in some version of invocation of 'emergency powers' and justification for Marshall law, but then people are in the streets taking rubber bullets. Doesn't anyone remember the King riots? It was serious, there were tanks. That's not cool at all. He needed to stick HIS neck out with the caucus and force a filibuster and leverage people's ire with the GOP, who are literally hiding from their voters, to put them in the hot seat peacefully with civil disobedience. Waiting until the rage pot boils over will only muddy the waters and send people to jail with murder sentences for vandalism of private property. Recent polls showing somewhere around 84% of people who didn't vote are pissed? what other version of rising up does this asshole need to see? He's gaslighting.
Hopefully the military won’t follow frivolous orders. They take an oath to defend the constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. Trump is clearly a domestic threat to the constitution. The military should do their duty.
I would hope so too but I'm not sure how programming works and whether the majority of the military see him as a legitimate commander in chief or a banana. I remember the riots though and those were not just national guard troops rolling around in tanks. I remember thinking it was totally illegal, they were testing it out to see if people serving would do it and people in the country would tolerate it.
I've literally been ALL CAPS SCREAMING to oust him. WTF are they waiting for? They surely know they HAVE to.
If you get ten thousand emails that just means that you have a huge, well-deserved audience.
I just finished writing a post about 5 things we and the Supreme Court can do if Trump defies a Supreme Court order. Chuck Schumer is never mentioned. AWOL.
https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/can-the-courts-fight-trump
Good for you and now us, you have plans 5 good some tried and true. That is more than Schumer ever had!
Great post! I like #1 and agree that ACB is turning out to be interesting, and Roberts has only made 2 comments in 20 yrs and both were directed at orange turd. I think you're right about the military though I do have a lot of concern about creating the conditions for Marshall law or some 'emergency' so I'd really like the movement to be civil a la Ghandi. We were shown how to do it. It's not easy or pleasant but it can be done. If you occupy the moral high ground it's better than giving them a reason to shoot first and make up stories about it later like during covid.
There is no history of martial law in this country inside an existing state. I know it's been set up sometimes in territories during a declared war. I am completely agreed, as you already know, that we need to keep this movement nonviolent, as in not injuring or killing others.
You’re right, Jeff. I watched over weekend. Michael says the line to Tom when the latter is pleading across the Don’s desk not to be cut out of the regime change as Michael begins to take over from his father.
Yes.
and truthfully-who the hell cares who said it!! It is the truth in chuckie’s case!!!
Yes, but it was a deleted scene. Sonny is the one bitching about Tom Hagen not being a wartime consigliere after the Don is shot. Quote: "Pop had Genco, look what I got."
We're a literate bunch!
You're absolutely right
Jeff , You are absolutely correct U Gotta have the balls to go to the wall ! There is no time left for being anything less than completely dedicated to the survival of democracy and our country!
It was Sonny ! No big deal ! it was true no matter who said it ! If you ain’t got the nuts then step aside!
I’m thinking how humorous it is that we’re all so used to the way that we can be so casual about discussing politicians and gangsters in the same breath without catching the irony! HAHA!😂
A Vichy Esque Quisling
Sonny wanted to be consigliere? God, those two films were some of the best films ever made. The third one was a complete disaster.
https://youtu.be/g0IzBXO2pCE
That's good stuff.
A Vichy Democrat.
Where is the DNC, where is the advertising, Ontario Canada has a better ad campaign.
They are all working overtime sending me pleas for donations to save Democracy. But the only ones I am helping are ones running for the House in the upcoming special election. Two of them are in N. Florida, including Matt ‘McEyebrows’ Gaetz’ abandoned seat.
The Dems need an organized response every single day outlining the days stupid actions by shit stain and his minions.
Bring the Opposition!
And Chris Murphy. He is speaking out
Chris Murphy has been great. Very clear, very animated, articulate about what is corruption and why it matters. Also heard Jon Ossof speak in the last few days and he was animated as well. There are people in both houses who can lead. The dead weights need to get the fuck out of the way.
democrats have 'part-time give a shit.'
only when it fits their agenda and most times short sighted
example? SAVE THE WHALES! why not SAVE THE PLANET?
'GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA' ... why not 'BLESS THE WORLD!'
why not 'FUK YOU WE WILL NOT GO SILENTLY INTO THE NIGHT!
democrats got FAT, LAZY, KOMPLACENT' with obama win!
adopting a 'we got this' attitude! really?
why not a good ole PIZZ OFF! or let the mutherfuker burn down!
ENJOY YOUR 3rd WORLD PIECE of SHIT COUNTRY donnie dearest!
I understand your frustration, Keith.
It is mind numbing!
That’s cause the premier of the province has had it to his eyeballs with Drumf. 👀
until he didn't - premier of ON has his occasional moments in years'-long awfulness
Yes, but sometimes I suffer in silence with all media turned off so I don’t have to look at him and read or listen to his platitudes.
I believe the entire party has been compromised. Remember, 'It will be bloodless if you allow it'.?? That was enough to kow Dem leadership. Vichy indeed...
The two chucks, Schumer and Grassley, appear to be in some sort of a geriatric foot race to try to bullshit their way out of confronting the evil that must be confronted by someone. Seems clear it won’t be either one of them.
Irony: that painting is super flattering.
It just doesn't fit how he thinks he looks. Same old problem of recognizing reality.
The good thing is that it doesn't look much like him. Too human and sane. The bad thing is all the time spent on bitching about it when he allegedly has another job to do. Oh wait, Elon does that.
Kind of Impressionistic.
We have been in a comfortable rut in the US for decades. That has come to an end, and powerful,self satisfied people in power like Schumer are the last ones to admit it and do what is necessary.
David, I’m glad you said that. Comfortable rut indeed. We’ve been living life, fat and sassy, ignoring all the signs. And now here we are…with ancient, doddering old guys dragging their feet, letting their constituents suffer, the country on the brink of dictatorship.
Where do you live? I live in California, the Bay Area, and we don't ignore the signs. Remember, Reagan, to our shame, started here. And we take the climate crisis VERY seriously.
Hey birdwatcher, I think you missed the broader point.
Well, the rest of the country may have missed the point. Berkeley and its direct representatives have not. We are 20 years ahead of the rest of the country. I personally don't try to help red states and realize that blue states are pretty much beyond help. Until other areas catch up, I'm focusing on here. I lived through the Sixties and Seventies and J Edgar Hoover here, and I know what is going on.
No you don’t. You are just full of yourself.
Walt, Hannah, Ole, you have someone to join your club. Oh, and David, the Bay Area is spending a lot of time and money on restoration of the San Francisco Bay. EBMUD, my water district, also spends a lot of effort on water, not just pipes and conservation, but our water is snow melt, so we are all very careful and have been since the Eighties.
Yup, that’s what Putin has been counting on. We are a lazy people sedated by reality TV
Comfortably Numb
Lynn- spot on! Our moral decay and capitalist rot is starting to cause an implosion in this country. Mix in extreme racism and devotion to gun culture and this place is collapsing
I see well regarded Senators; Klobuchar, Warren, Murphy, Swalwell, Whitehouse etc posting about the problems of the day only repeating what we know. The incident with Hegseth broadcasting war plans to a reporter is the highest level of incompetence ever. What will our esteemed Democrats leaders do? Just post how awful it was or do they see the window open and will finally do something? We are waiting!
The American people are all alone now…and Jasmine, AOC, and Bernie are leading the charge to restore our freedoms. Schumer is a disaster.
We are the world’s pariahs. God forbid we have another 9/11. Our allies will be saying, “America who?”
Bernie and AOC aren't leading any charges except for their own ambition. Crockett is a fighter and there are more like her that we aren't paying attention to because they aren't as loud.
I'd say, judging from the response, Bernie and AOC are doing fine. If it's their own ambition driving their efforts, so be it. Jasmine Crockett is an absolute star.
That's why they call him "Schmucky Chuckie"
I beg to differ on Bernie and AOC. They're on a fundraising tour that provides catharsis for people who like to go to rallies. Action is needed in the House and the Senate and in courtrooms, not at rallies.
Guess who else had huge, cathartic rallies? Harris and Walz. Rallies without direct action mean nothing.
Also, just hear me out - if Dems had shut down the government, the federal lawsuits against the administration would have stalled, TROs would be frozen, hundreds of thousands more federal workers would be furloughed, Social Security and the IRS would be shut down completely, and the GOP and Trump would have no incentive to reopen the government because a broken government is easier to kill. How would this be a good thing?
I'm no Schumer fan, but I think he was over a barrel on the CR.
Jen Psaki and Chris Hayes had some good ideas. Maybe th congress could bring in more experienced advisors. Schumer and Jeffries look like naive fools
Dems in Congress should consult with advisors from Brazil who effectively ousted the destructive loudmouth totalitarian Bolsonaro.
I agree. There was no good choice. And a LOT of Democrats are fighting behind the scenes. Overpraising Bernie and AOC for their self-promotion tour is demoralizing. Bernie tore the party apart and is still urging people to run as independents not Democrats which means getting more Republicans elected. Look at Ohio-7. Not sure if Diemer could've won, but with a clear race, he would've had a better shot. Dennis Kucinich, now at the very end of the horseshoe as an apologist for Assad and RFK Jr, getting in the race as an independent made it hopeless. Max Miller, an awful person and awful candidate, barely eked out 51%. If Diemer hadn't had to fight off Kucinich as well, who knows.
and you expect or hope the excitement, the $$$ keeps rollin in until NOV '28?
maga was not the only ones watching the apprentice ...
ignorance duz as ignorance IZ!
Plausible.....but why did D congratulate Schumer and pat him on the head as if Chucky was a supplicant???
That’s how everyone knew for sure it was a ‘fuckup’.
The painting in Colorado is flattering. It's still hideous, but he's never looked that good in his life.
But where's the raised fist and fake blood spattered across his cheek? Where's the mug shot scowl? Where's that beautiful "tan"?
You can buy one at Marge a Lotso for ......price changes on a daily or hourly basis like bitcoin.
The portrait has been fixed https://preview.redd.it/the-trump-portrait-has-been-fixed-v0-61rns68fqqqe1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=525ae8132c23a24a3e9e07b929325071b6099f86
God Schumer is useless.