usernamesAreTricky

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1y ago

AOC condemns Chuck Schumer for caving to Republicans on funding bill
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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

He can realistically be stripped of senate leadership in the short term. Call your senators and tell them to support removing him from leadership

1y ago

AOC condemns Chuck Schumer for caving to Republicans on funding bill

She would have to be in the senate to take over senate leadership in the short term. For his seat itself, there's been house members - including moderates - starting to support the idea her primarying him when his term is up in 2028

Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

1y ago

Musk immediately calls for judges to be impeached after DOGE rulings

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

House dems aren't as much. The censure vote is stupid, sure, but censure is just paper with no teeth. House spending votes do matter and all House Dems minus 1 all voted against the bill Schumer wants to get through. They are fucking pissed at Schumer right now. They're actively pressuring him (and publicly so) and starting primary efforts. State AGs are also pressuring Schumer not to go through with this

Complete meltdown. Complete and utter meltdown on all text chains," said the member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer sensitive details of members' internal conversations.
A senior House Democrat said "people are furious" and that some rank-and-file members have floated the idea of angrily marching onto the Senate floor in protest.
Others are talking openly about supporting primary challenges to senators who vote for the GOP spending bill

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"People are PISSED," one House Democrat told Axios in a text message.
Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.
One lawmaker even vowed at the House Democratic retreat to "write a check tonight" supporting Ocasio-Cortez, said the senior House Democrat
Another Democrat told Axios the ideation has gone a step further: "There is definitely a primary recruitment effort happening right now ... not just Schumer, but for everyone who votes no."

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Said one member: "Folks are still working the phones tonight with their senators. We have not given up."

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

If they do actually try and start impeachment against a judge, do keep the pressure on the senate to vote no, but don't preemptively doom about it. It just makes people defeatest and stop fighting

1y ago

Musk immediately calls for judges to be impeached after DOGE rulings

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

2/3 is 67 senators. Republicans have 53 in the senate. You need 14 Fettermans

1y ago

Musk immediately calls for judges to be impeached after DOGE rulings

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

However, impeachment of judges requires 2/3rd in the senate. That's the more important thing to note

1y ago

'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

They are, but most media just doesn't talk about people fighting back even close as much as it talks about the problems. Axios has a bit better coverage of what house dems are doing besides just their public statements of pressuring of senate dems

Complete meltdown. Complete and utter meltdown on all text chains," said the member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer sensitive details of members' internal conversations.
A senior House Democrat said "people are furious" and that some rank-and-file members have floated the idea of angrily marching onto the Senate floor in protest.
Others are talking openly about supporting primary challenges to senators who vote for the GOP spending bill

[....]

"People are PISSED," one House Democrat told Axios in a text message.
Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.
One lawmaker even vowed at the House Democratic retreat to "write a check tonight" supporting Ocasio-Cortez, said the senior House Democrat
Another Democrat told Axios the ideation has gone a step further: "There is definitely a primary recruitment effort happening right now ... not just Schumer, but for everyone who votes no."

[...]

Said one member: "Folks are still working the phones tonight with their senators. We have not given up."

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

1y ago

'People Will Not Forget': Fury as Schumer Caves to Trump-Musk Destruction

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Call your senators, leave voicemails if no one's there, they can still block this despite Schumers push. The vote is in the morning. If all republican vote for it, they need 7 dems. 8 with Rand Paul who has said he’ll vote no. (Republicans are not using reconciliation so it needs the the filibuster)

Many senate dems are publicly coming out against voting for cloture (meaning they won’t vote to let it get through the filibuster). As of what I last read, around 10 dems are thought to potentially vote to let it pass filibuster. Most of those are still not sure. We only need a handful more of those to become noes and it will get blocked. Some yeses have flipped to noes because of public pressure. We cannot let up now

Link to find direct numbers your senators

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Or call the capitol switch board (202) 224-3121

House dems are publicly telling the senate not to do this (and it’s not just AOC on this - it’s quite a few of them). Earlier read that 7 Dem state AGs are saying the same. Federal worker unions are telling senate dems not do this. Keep the pressure up

1y ago

Schumer Will Lead Senate Democrats To Pass Poison-Pilled Republican CR

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Fetterman is an asshole for sure, but he's also inconsistent. He does sometimes vote the right way, and sometimes doesn't. He is less pressurable than other dems, but it doesn't mean he can't be pressured at all. It is still worth calling him. If nothing else his staffers hearing those calls might talk to other dems about how widespread they are and help other dems flip

1y ago

Schumer Will Lead Senate Democrats To Pass Poison-Pilled Republican CR

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Call your senators, they can still block this despite Schumers push. This is not a done deal. The vote is tomorrow. If all republican vote for it, they need 7 dems. 8 with Rand Paul who has said he'll vote no. (Republicans are not using reconciliation so it needs the the filibuster)

Many senate dems are publicly coming out against voting for cloture (meaning they won't vote to let it get through the filibuster). As of what I last read, around 10 dems are thought to potentially vote to let it pass filibuster. Most of those are still not sure. We only need a handful more of those to become noes and it will get blocked. Some yeses have flipped to noes because of public pressure. We cannot let up now

Link to find direct numbers your senators

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Or call the capitol switch board (202) 224-3121

1y ago

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

The overall reporting on this right now is kind of a mess. Most other outlets are disagreeing with the article and saying they will not vote for cloture (meaning will not let it pass the filibuster). But some others are saying the opposite

In any case, we ought to call our senators and keep the pressure up for them not to let it pass cloture. Call your senator and tell them to vote no not just on the bill but no on cloture. They have been getting a flood of calls and some senators are starting to publicly say they will explicitly not vote to pass cloture. Let's make that pressure louder to make more of them to do the same

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

1y ago

Looks like the Dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill... "After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice"

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Looks like the dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill

That's not what the article says. Only 1 dem voted in favor in the house out of 214. A number of senate dems have come out against the CR, and more keep going that way. Plus Rand Paul has also said he'll vote no. For some reason, republicans aren't using reconciliation (which would only need a strict majority for budget bills) so it goes to the filibuster which requires 60 votes and thus 7 flips without republican defections, 8 if you count Ran Paul's pledged defection

Call you senator if they haven't said what they plan to do, floods of calls will matter here a lot

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

1y ago

Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Keep boycotting, and join protests outside Tesla showrooms. ~60% of Musk’s wealth is in Tesla shares. Tank the stock and tank his wealth and thus influence

There are protests all across the US and starting to spring up in other countries. Here’s a list of upcoming ones + a guide to help organize one around you if none exist

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

1y ago

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Wait, wait you can have productive discussions like this on the internet? (Thank you for being receptive - we need more people like you)

1y ago

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Elected dems do hold town halls like this article talks about. If you are referring to dems not in office, they're starting to do stuff like that. For instance:

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. R refuses to hold a town hall in NJ-07. So next Thursday March 13 in Summit, NJ former Rep. Tom Malinowski will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the current moment and what citizens can do to protect democracy. RSVP link here (or use the QR code): https://forms.gle/RcSVhWpsrLCfT9w67

https://bsky.app/profile/njindivisible.bsky.social/post/3ljww6godzc23

1y ago

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Comments like that unfortunately do the opposite - they make people defeatest which makes people stop paying attention to the situation at all

1y ago

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Elections are run at the state level including for federal offices. There have already been >48 state and local elections this year since January alone. Elections are way more than just the midterms and they are still happening. See https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar

Normalizing the idea that elections wouldn’t happen is just playing directly into Trump and Musk’s hands

They want us to be so cynical we stop fighting back. They want us not to vote. They want us to not protest. They want us to not boycott. They want us too tired to fight

Don’t give in, we can still win these fights

1y ago

The right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Local & state level is where a lot of the progress will live on in the near future. Call your local legislators & vote in every local election - they are way more frequent across the country than you may realize

https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar

1y ago

Elon Musk's Starlink has a growing footprint in the federal government

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usernamesAreTricky @lemmy.ml 1y ago

Normalizing the idea that elections wouldn't happen is just playing directly into Trump and Musk's hands

They want us to be so cynical we stop fighting back. They want us not to vote. They want us to not protest. They want us to not boycott. They want us too tired to fight