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“The bill’s process for selling off lands runs at breakneck speed, demanding the nomination of tracts within 30 days, then every 60 days until the arbitrary multi-million-acre goal is met, all without hearings, debate or public input.”
June 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“The bill’s process for selling off lands runs at breakneck speed, demanding the nomination of tracts within 30 days, then every 60 days until the arbitrary multi-million-acre goal is met, all without hearings, debate or public input.”
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from NYT interview w/Schumer: 1. no plan beyond hoping it wouldn't pass the Senate. 2. never understood it was a leverage time not a binary choice 3. sounded old and cranky. Conclusion: Time to go. Biden realized he had to step aside but too late. Schumer shouldn't wait for the Const to implode.
March 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
from NYT interview w/Schumer: 1. no plan beyond hoping it wouldn't pass the Senate. 2. never understood it was a leverage time not a binary choice 3. sounded old and cranky. Conclusion: Time to go. Biden realized he had to step aside but too late. Schumer shouldn't wait for the Const to implode.
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BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
Why?
Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole
Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
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again, we're americans. we don't have masters. we're not slaves. we talk back to our leaders. and they work for us. we don't cower before clowns. that's our civic tradition going back centuries. i'll lash my to that tradition and go where it takes me
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
again, we're americans. we don't have masters. we're not slaves. we talk back to our leaders. and they work for us. we don't cower before clowns. that's our civic tradition going back centuries. i'll lash my to that tradition and go where it takes me
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“This is bullsh*t. This is not a real strategy. The reason why you do this is because you think your constituents are too dumb to understand how congressional procedure works.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
March 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“This is bullsh*t. This is not a real strategy. The reason why you do this is because you think your constituents are too dumb to understand how congressional procedure works.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Call your Democratic senators and urge them not to cave: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Too much is at stake not to keep up the pressure on the Senate Democrats up to the very moment of the vote.
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Too much is at stake not to keep up the pressure on the Senate Democrats up to the very moment of the vote.
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No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
SCHUMER just now: "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse."
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No Dem Senator has to follow Schumer here. This is a weak stategic move driven by fear and learned helplessness. Don't follow him. He's leading the party into irrelevance and helping Trump and Musk in the process.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
Call your Dem Senators and ask them not to join Schumer's surrender tomorrow.
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This is the key takeaway I think. If we are gonna slide into authoritarian rule, I would have preferred someone to have taken a swing on the way down at least.
March 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is the key takeaway I think. If we are gonna slide into authoritarian rule, I would have preferred someone to have taken a swing on the way down at least.
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4/ don't have to and sometimes may be obligated not to do what you want. But they should never play their voters for fools. Schumer tried to play his voters for fools here. He tried to engineer a performative stand down. He wanted to keep his hands clean while still allowing the CR to pass.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
4/ don't have to and sometimes may be obligated not to do what you want. But they should never play their voters for fools. Schumer tried to play his voters for fools here. He tried to engineer a performative stand down. He wanted to keep his hands clean while still allowing the CR to pass.
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Okay, Schumer's speech was a head fake. This is the Senate D caucus trying to fool their own supporters. Sorry to say that but that's what's happening.
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Okay, Schumer's speech was a head fake. This is the Senate D caucus trying to fool their own supporters. Sorry to say that but that's what's happening.
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I have spent a lot of time volunteering for Dems in my lifetime and making significant donations (max individual) in 2020. I am an “OG Wine Mom.”
I have defended things that I think folks can be naive about in politics.
But this is the line for me. No more. Fuck the Dem leadership. Fuck NY.
I have defended things that I think folks can be naive about in politics.
But this is the line for me. No more. Fuck the Dem leadership. Fuck NY.
Schumer: "As bad as this CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take much more power via a shutdown is the worse option."
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I have spent a lot of time volunteering for Dems in my lifetime and making significant donations (max individual) in 2020. I am an “OG Wine Mom.”
I have defended things that I think folks can be naive about in politics.
But this is the line for me. No more. Fuck the Dem leadership. Fuck NY.
I have defended things that I think folks can be naive about in politics.
But this is the line for me. No more. Fuck the Dem leadership. Fuck NY.
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I’ll be on CNN at 6 with @jaketapper.bsky.social to discuss Senate Democrats’ responsibility to protect the federal government and vote NO on cloture and the GOP spending bill
March 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’ll be on CNN at 6 with @jaketapper.bsky.social to discuss Senate Democrats’ responsibility to protect the federal government and vote NO on cloture and the GOP spending bill
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And really, if that's your case for a "yes" vote, make it. Make it publicly. None of this Schumer "three losses add up to a win" bullshit.
The Dem base wants a fight, but they also want honesty.
The Dem base wants a fight, but they also want honesty.
Senate Democrats Decide Whether To Take A Stand On Republicans’ Poison-Pilled CR
We have less than two days to go before government funding runs...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And really, if that's your case for a "yes" vote, make it. Make it publicly. None of this Schumer "three losses add up to a win" bullshit.
The Dem base wants a fight, but they also want honesty.
The Dem base wants a fight, but they also want honesty.
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It is quite the indictment of Senate Dems that we cannot trust them to do the right thing even when we're holding their feet to the fire and the alternative for them is tacit support for fascism. This moment highlights what kind of Dem leadership we needed, and how terribly short they fall.
March 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It is quite the indictment of Senate Dems that we cannot trust them to do the right thing even when we're holding their feet to the fire and the alternative for them is tacit support for fascism. This moment highlights what kind of Dem leadership we needed, and how terribly short they fall.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Don't take this as gospel. It's not official. It's a very knowledgable source's best understanding of the situation. This persons likely Yeses on cloture are. Schumer, Hassan, Peters, Durbin, Schatz, King, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Gillibrand.
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Don't take this as gospel. It's not official. It's a very knowledgable source's best understanding of the situation. This persons likely Yeses on cloture are. Schumer, Hassan, Peters, Durbin, Schatz, King, Shaheen, Fetterman, Cortez Masto and Gillibrand.
@slotkin.senate.gov vote NO on cloture for the CR bill! Why would Dems ever give away their leverage? Would it be because then you can all safely vote NO on the CR bill, so you can tout this to your constituents, all while knowing you never really had to make a stand against the Republicans.
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@slotkin.senate.gov vote NO on cloture for the CR bill! Why would Dems ever give away their leverage? Would it be because then you can all safely vote NO on the CR bill, so you can tout this to your constituents, all while knowing you never really had to make a stand against the Republicans.
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Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR
Federal workers obviously don’t like government shutdowns. Most of them are furloughed....
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...
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Just to answer some of your questions: We are asking Senate Democrats to vote NO on cloture without a path to winning a clean 30-day continuing resolution.
Cloture requires 60 votes, so the Senate GOP will need Democratic support. Urge your senators to hold the line. 👇
Cloture requires 60 votes, so the Senate GOP will need Democratic support. Urge your senators to hold the line. 👇
March 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just to answer some of your questions: We are asking Senate Democrats to vote NO on cloture without a path to winning a clean 30-day continuing resolution.
Cloture requires 60 votes, so the Senate GOP will need Democratic support. Urge your senators to hold the line. 👇
Cloture requires 60 votes, so the Senate GOP will need Democratic support. Urge your senators to hold the line. 👇
“Now is the time to put your heart and your soul into protecting those parts of the American polity that you care about.
The different pieces of our government, which is, afterall, US, need our protection.”
Heather Cox Richardson - March 11, 2025
The different pieces of our government, which is, afterall, US, need our protection.”
Heather Cox Richardson - March 11, 2025
March 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“Now is the time to put your heart and your soul into protecting those parts of the American polity that you care about.
The different pieces of our government, which is, afterall, US, need our protection.”
Heather Cox Richardson - March 11, 2025
The different pieces of our government, which is, afterall, US, need our protection.”
Heather Cox Richardson - March 11, 2025
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1) If you changed nothing in current law about federal spending and taxes, that would have lower budget deficits than the proposed House GOP budget outline.
2) Neither option is anywhere close to a balanced budget.
2) Neither option is anywhere close to a balanced budget.
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1) If you changed nothing in current law about federal spending and taxes, that would have lower budget deficits than the proposed House GOP budget outline.
2) Neither option is anywhere close to a balanced budget.
2) Neither option is anywhere close to a balanced budget.