Eileen Schuyler
@eschuyler.bsky.social
Actor/director/acting teacher. SottoVoce on DKos. Widow, mother, grandmother, human.
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I live in NYS and I'm hoping for--and will support--a primary challenge to Chuck Schumer by AOC. (Both my Senators are a huge disappointment; Gillibrand voted to confirm Scott Bessent and when I called--40 times--to ask why, I never reached a human). I think the talented Mamdani taught us a lesson.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I live in NYS and I'm hoping for--and will support--a primary challenge to Chuck Schumer by AOC. (Both my Senators are a huge disappointment; Gillibrand voted to confirm Scott Bessent and when I called--40 times--to ask why, I never reached a human). I think the talented Mamdani taught us a lesson.
Not sure why you are going to turn your back on every Democratic candidate to punish the actions of eight (with the blessing/finagling of Schumer). Others fought valiantly and are as enraged as you are about this pathetic caving.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Not sure why you are going to turn your back on every Democratic candidate to punish the actions of eight (with the blessing/finagling of Schumer). Others fought valiantly and are as enraged as you are about this pathetic caving.
He's my Senator and I call him all the time (including last night) but it's a pointless exercise. I've never spoken to a human being in any of his offices, and never gotten a reply to any emails.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
He's my Senator and I call him all the time (including last night) but it's a pointless exercise. I've never spoken to a human being in any of his offices, and never gotten a reply to any emails.
And your orders of protection and multiple firings and substance abuse (especially steroids and booze) make you unfit for anything.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And your orders of protection and multiple firings and substance abuse (especially steroids and booze) make you unfit for anything.
He's convening the House? I thought he'd put it in sleep mode indefinitely.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
He's convening the House? I thought he'd put it in sleep mode indefinitely.
If a sci-fi film script had a guy like Musk, world's richest man & one of it's biggest monster, gifted that obscene pay package, agents would reject it as, "too ridiculous; not credible. No board would award the villain that much $$ when people are going hungry." I guess real life trumps fiction.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If a sci-fi film script had a guy like Musk, world's richest man & one of it's biggest monster, gifted that obscene pay package, agents would reject it as, "too ridiculous; not credible. No board would award the villain that much $$ when people are going hungry." I guess real life trumps fiction.
As a NYSer I can tell you that contacting him is impossible. I've called his offices countless times (including last evening) & never spoken to a human (Gillibrand is the same). If you leave an email, it flies into the trash. Weeks later you get a generic response that shows it wasn't read. Grrr.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
As a NYSer I can tell you that contacting him is impossible. I've called his offices countless times (including last evening) & never spoken to a human (Gillibrand is the same). If you leave an email, it flies into the trash. Weeks later you get a generic response that shows it wasn't read. Grrr.
Wondering now if Hillary Clinton lost the election because Tim Kaine was on the ticket. On the same week when every single district in VA moved to the left, he voted to trust the GOP's pinky swears that they'll definitely do the right thing in the future. Ugh.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wondering now if Hillary Clinton lost the election because Tim Kaine was on the ticket. On the same week when every single district in VA moved to the left, he voted to trust the GOP's pinky swears that they'll definitely do the right thing in the future. Ugh.
We'll see. It took a parade of utter losers to finally settle on Mini Moses. The GOP doesn't have anyone both decent and strong. If we retake the House, he'll be booted, though.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We'll see. It took a parade of utter losers to finally settle on Mini Moses. The GOP doesn't have anyone both decent and strong. If we retake the House, he'll be booted, though.
Oh, poor Kim Davis; the 4-times-married "Queen of the Sanctity of Marriage." I'm glad to see that there were no recorded dissents to this refusal to hear her case.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oh, poor Kim Davis; the 4-times-married "Queen of the Sanctity of Marriage." I'm glad to see that there were no recorded dissents to this refusal to hear her case.
They did it for naught. Mike Johnson is not going to open the House. There's a special election in December, and he's hopeful it'll be won by a Republican. He'll find a way to stall (at Trump's behest) until that election provides him with another GOP vote against releasing the files.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They did it for naught. Mike Johnson is not going to open the House. There's a special election in December, and he's hopeful it'll be won by a Republican. He'll find a way to stall (at Trump's behest) until that election provides him with another GOP vote against releasing the files.
Johnson is serving only one person: Trump. He knows that if he swears in Adelita Grijalva and the vote on the Epstein files goes forward, Trump will see to it that he loses his speakership. Trump is happy to have the House shuttered: no hearings, no legislation, no pesky government.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Johnson is serving only one person: Trump. He knows that if he swears in Adelita Grijalva and the vote on the Epstein files goes forward, Trump will see to it that he loses his speakership. Trump is happy to have the House shuttered: no hearings, no legislation, no pesky government.
Looks like Tim Kaine learned exactly nothing from the vote in Virginia, in which every single district moved to the left.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Looks like Tim Kaine learned exactly nothing from the vote in Virginia, in which every single district moved to the left.
Just saw a play, "Conscience" about this.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Just saw a play, "Conscience" about this.
True they are not up for re-election, but none of them should have abandoned their principles or their responsibility to their constituents by caving. So Schumer gets the lion's share of blame for figuring out who could vote "yes," but each of them should be castigated and shunned for going along..
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
True they are not up for re-election, but none of them should have abandoned their principles or their responsibility to their constituents by caving. So Schumer gets the lion's share of blame for figuring out who could vote "yes," but each of them should be castigated and shunned for going along..
It doesn't remember what "Americans will remember" when they have no healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It doesn't remember what "Americans will remember" when they have no healthcare.
That checks. Interesting that he knew his own deal was bad enough that he had to stay away from it. Maybe he realized in the meeting that the GOP, as they pinky-swore to revisit healthcare, were laughing at the whole thing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
That checks. Interesting that he knew his own deal was bad enough that he had to stay away from it. Maybe he realized in the meeting that the GOP, as they pinky-swore to revisit healthcare, were laughing at the whole thing.
Schumer voted against the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Schumer voted against the deal.
IMO Johnson will not reconvene the House until Trump gives him permission, which he won't. Johnson is so weak, so craven, so pathetic he'll do whatever Trump says. (He knows the minute he opens up the House, Trump will see to it he loses his Speakership). So the Dems who caved, did it for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
IMO Johnson will not reconvene the House until Trump gives him permission, which he won't. Johnson is so weak, so craven, so pathetic he'll do whatever Trump says. (He knows the minute he opens up the House, Trump will see to it he loses his Speakership). So the Dems who caved, did it for nothing.
You can use an apple slice as well.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You can use an apple slice as well.
Schumer said he's voting no. At least that's what I'm reading here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Schumer said he's voting no. At least that's what I'm reading here.
I'm surprised and relieved to hear that at least one of my Senators is voting no. What about you, Gillibrand?
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I'm surprised and relieved to hear that at least one of my Senators is voting no. What about you, Gillibrand?
Just read in the NYT that Schumer said he's voting no. If that is correct, I'll call and say thank you, just this once. No word about Gillibrand yet.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Just read in the NYT that Schumer said he's voting no. If that is correct, I'll call and say thank you, just this once. No word about Gillibrand yet.
What is the use of having two Dem Senators (in my case Gillibrand and Schumer) if they don't advance our interests—or even hear them--more than Republican ones? None of my countless phone calls has ever been answered by a human; their votes are those of conciliatory, or bought, cowards. Sigh......
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
What is the use of having two Dem Senators (in my case Gillibrand and Schumer) if they don't advance our interests—or even hear them--more than Republican ones? None of my countless phone calls has ever been answered by a human; their votes are those of conciliatory, or bought, cowards. Sigh......