The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway: 1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.

If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately. He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go. Literally resign tonight.

The power of diversity, empathy, and kinship with our fellow human beings. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

Allow me to reintroduce myself. I’m Fred Wellman and I’m running for Congress to win next. Join us and let’s take back Missouri.

26 billionaires spent over $22 million to beat Zohran Mamdani. Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money. That is how we win.

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

The "Mamdani Model" isn't about a specific set of policies. It's about being (a) relentlessly charismatic, energetic, and on message, (b) creating a positive vision not just a critique, and (c) identifying a focused set of issues that connect to the real needs and lived experiences of your voters

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Members of this ‘silent majority’ come from all walks of life…’” #ClimateChange

Let’s keep this simple so everyone will understand… This is what happens when folks vote for reproductive rights and also for Republicans on the same ballot. [Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO)]

People should boycott whatever election they want for whatever reason they want and they should never feel forced to vote for someone they don't believe should be their ruler.

for Takes about the Democratic Party, a new source of data: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

"Elections are determined by four broad factors: (1) your message, (2) the messenger, (3) the media environment, and (4) the moment. The only thing that political campaigns have complete control over is the message." Fun, thoughtful piece from @davekarpf.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2023...

i haven't seen this many guys striking out since I went to a DC happy hour.

World Series games don’t even let you go to sleep anymore. Because of woke.

The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.

It’s 4 AM. We’re in the middle of the 32nd inning. The ballpark kiss cam keeps panning to the only two people left in the stadium.

Game 3 of the World Series will continue until morale improves.

When James Foley was brutally executed in 2014 by ISIS and the video released, emotions where high, so keep that in mind. But Graham Platnwr posted these comments on reddit in response: "We wil kill thousands..... maybe millions. Our way of life is better..."

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

“So far this year, lawmakers in at least 12 states have introduced legislation that would treat fetuses as people and leave women who have abortions vulnerable to being charged with homicide – a charge that, in several of these states, carries the death penalty.” 4/23/25 … 1/

A blaring red warning signal for the rule of law; a President declaring “we’re just gonna kill people” without a trial or even a shred of due process.

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

It's important for prominent Democrats, especially those running for president, to loudly promise they'll throw the full weight of the DOJ into prosecuting illegal acts committed by Trump officials during his administration. If people fear a prison cell, they're more likely to abandon the GOP.

I’ve come to understand that a lot of it comes from deceiving senior citizens open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

The Supreme Court looks poised to allow states to draw racially discriminatory maps – effectively eroding civil rights law and giving Republicans an almost insurmountable majority in the House. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/Vjs7n9K

By allowing for the dismantling of minority districts held by Democrats, a ruling against the VRA could give President Donald Trump and the GOP enough additional seats to lock in the party’s control of the House for a generation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

"News organizations including The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative Newsmax television network said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon."

McSweeney's is trying: www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/lest...

How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United, eliminate campaign donations restrictions, and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped.

Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress that here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

Members of Congress should be on the streets of DC—where many of them live! —putting their bodies between these law-abiding citizens and ICE. Congress should be demanding names, and promising ICE will be prosecuted when US democracy is re-established. But they are not—b/c they think it polls badly.

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again. These two gotta go.

Democrats lose by ignoring our base. Republicans don’t win elections, Democrats lose them.

There's also a lot of research showing that more moderate political candidates only receive a small electoral bonus (at best). It's not like you can tune a dial to the right and gain 15 points. Put another way: An anti-abortion Dem Senate candidate would *still lose* in Missouri.

This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

If/when Dems regain control of Congress, the path is clear. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until the Wizards In Robes stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25, with 9 chosen by lottery for any case.

This isn’t planning. It’s pressure. You don’t summon every general in the U.S. military without a damn good reason. Here are the three scenarios that fit.🔥👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

The Democrats who pushed for the TikTok ban are helping Trump and his allies turn TikTok into a propaganda tool that will soon unleash an algorithm-driven firehose of MAGA disinformation to the 170 million Americans who use it. That's more dangerous to US democracy than China. Good job, everyone.

NEW: When Mallory McMorrow conveyed her plans to run for Senate, DSCC asked her to hold off, per 3 sources. More calls, some staff level; same result. Per one source: “It was, ‘Can you wait a little longer, can you wait?’” McMorrow defied them and launched. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Oh no, now Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are going to send a strongly worded letter to the Democratic base

"Politicians are all the same" is by far the most common political belief among Americans and Democrats should spend way more time convincing those people "no, they're not" than trying to position themselves as representing a middle that doesn't exist.