SteveG
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Until other senators move to get rid of chuck it is all kayfabe
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Until other senators move to get rid of chuck it is all kayfabe
. @democrats.senate.gov Do Not Vote to Fund This Government!
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Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
. @democrats.senate.gov Do Not Vote to Fund This Government!
#PedoPrezMobBoss #DonTaco demands his Piece Prize.
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#PedoPrezMobBoss #DonTaco demands his Piece Prize.
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How do you write/read this & not be appalled that (blue state) Senators - constitutionally created to protect the sovereign states from Federal overreach - are solely focused on (clinging to their) healthcare (woobie) with their rare lever of power? Their clients are their states, not the Fed govt.
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
How do you write/read this & not be appalled that (blue state) Senators - constitutionally created to protect the sovereign states from Federal overreach - are solely focused on (clinging to their) healthcare (woobie) with their rare lever of power? Their clients are their states, not the Fed govt.
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As everyone else has noted, the ice stuff is just going to get worse and the dem plan of ignoring it isn't going to get better
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As everyone else has noted, the ice stuff is just going to get worse and the dem plan of ignoring it isn't going to get better
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perhaps instead of cowering under a blanket labeled "health care," democrats should respond and advance on the issues that move people. this, of course, would require a foundation of conviction and principle, which may be asking too much of the party's leadership and strategists.
After Volatile Summer, Trump’s Approval Remains Low but Stable, Poll Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
perhaps instead of cowering under a blanket labeled "health care," democrats should respond and advance on the issues that move people. this, of course, would require a foundation of conviction and principle, which may be asking too much of the party's leadership and strategists.
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chris, call your senator!
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
chris, call your senator!
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Donald Trump was overwhelmed with emotion as he looked into the middle distance and pondered the mystery of whether the Widow Kirk is a B cup or a C cup as her firm breasts pressed against his rotting flesh.
“She’s hot, but not Ivanka hot,” he thought as he wondered what she looked like at 14.
“She’s hot, but not Ivanka hot,” he thought as he wondered what she looked like at 14.
September 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump was overwhelmed with emotion as he looked into the middle distance and pondered the mystery of whether the Widow Kirk is a B cup or a C cup as her firm breasts pressed against his rotting flesh.
“She’s hot, but not Ivanka hot,” he thought as he wondered what she looked like at 14.
“She’s hot, but not Ivanka hot,” he thought as he wondered what she looked like at 14.
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Chuck Schumer: How about we give you everything you want in exchange for nothing
Thune: not good enough, chuck
Thune: not good enough, chuck
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Chuck Schumer: How about we give you everything you want in exchange for nothing
Thune: not good enough, chuck
Thune: not good enough, chuck
How does this happen when there isn't even one back-bencher in Senate suggesting anything remotely close to any of these asks? Without the How, What doesn't matter. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
What Dems Should Ask For
I’ve gotten some rather heated responses to today’s Backchannel. The one point...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
How does this happen when there isn't even one back-bencher in Senate suggesting anything remotely close to any of these asks? Without the How, What doesn't matter. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
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As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Q: Would you welcome federal resources going into a part of South Carolina with a high crime rate?
Nancy Mace: I hear that DC is safer than it's ever been…I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago
Nancy Mace: I hear that DC is safer than it's ever been…I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Any political leader who needs poll tested consultant advice on what to say about looming military occupation of American cities is in the wrong business and unworthy of their job.
The contrast between JB Pritzker’s remarks on Monday and congressional Democrats’ consultant-crafted evasion is immense but hopefully instructive. With a particular focus on his concluding paragraphs. www.offmessage.net/p/jb-pritzke...
JB Pritzker And The Void Of Federal Leadership
Here's a template for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Any political leader who needs poll tested consultant advice on what to say about looming military occupation of American cities is in the wrong business and unworthy of their job.
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I am begging my fellow Dems to emerge from the reflexive “it’s a trap” position on these issues and realize that some things are very simple: the public doesn’t like the federal government turning the military against its own citizens.The public doesn’t like the armed occupation of a city.Period.
Striking: New Quinnipiac poll finds 56% of voters nationally oppose Trump's sending of National Guard into DC. Only 41% support it.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
Independents oppose it by 61-34.
Trump's overall approval on crime is cratering at 42-54.
That sound you hear is a lot of dimwitted pundit narratives imploding.
August 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am begging my fellow Dems to emerge from the reflexive “it’s a trap” position on these issues and realize that some things are very simple: the public doesn’t like the federal government turning the military against its own citizens.The public doesn’t like the armed occupation of a city.Period.
"These are all the makings of a powerful opposition politics and Democrats must not run away from it."
Here's a challenge: Find any Democratic leader in Washington running toward the fire with anything remotely close to the urgency of the crisis.
Here's a challenge: Find any Democratic leader in Washington running toward the fire with anything remotely close to the urgency of the crisis.
No Kings, No Occupations — Toward a Democratic Opposition Politics talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/no-ki...
No Kings, No Occupations — Toward a Democratic Opposition Politics
We’re seeing lots of news today about the occupation of Washington, D.C....
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August 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"These are all the makings of a powerful opposition politics and Democrats must not run away from it."
Here's a challenge: Find any Democratic leader in Washington running toward the fire with anything remotely close to the urgency of the crisis.
Here's a challenge: Find any Democratic leader in Washington running toward the fire with anything remotely close to the urgency of the crisis.
Business as usual by Democrats today - right now - is unacceptable. Their 'colleagues across the aisle' are not colleagues, they're co-conspirators aiding, abetting & cheering an anti-American rogue criminal Executive. Dems cannot allow business as usual in Congress. No comity. Disrupt everything.
it will take years to undo the damage from this lawless, criminal conduct. business as usual once Democrats reclaim executive power will unacceptable. no turning the page without repairing the damage
Extraordinary new detail about the FBI purge.
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
*Senior officials were asked to fire lower level officials tagged by online right wingers as being anti-Trump.
*When they asked for a reason - required by law - they were not given any. They refused. Then they were fired.
www.cbsnews.com/news/politic...
August 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Business as usual by Democrats today - right now - is unacceptable. Their 'colleagues across the aisle' are not colleagues, they're co-conspirators aiding, abetting & cheering an anti-American rogue criminal Executive. Dems cannot allow business as usual in Congress. No comity. Disrupt everything.
This is NOT NORMAL. @democrats.senate.gov must begin NOT NORMAL civil disobedience in the Senate. No more UCs allowed. Require mandatory quorums at all times. Raise a ruckus. Make a spectacle. No normal business as usual in the Senate until this stuff stops.
This is getting very bad:
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
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*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
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Trump’s FBI Raid of John Bolton’s Home Looks Like a “Five Alarm Fire”
Thus far little is known about Friday’s law enforcement action against a top Trump critic. But we’re seeing an escalation of authoritarian power on many fronts that has grown unmistakable.
newrepublic.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is NOT NORMAL. @democrats.senate.gov must begin NOT NORMAL civil disobedience in the Senate. No more UCs allowed. Require mandatory quorums at all times. Raise a ruckus. Make a spectacle. No normal business as usual in the Senate until this stuff stops.
#PedoPrezMobBoss #DonTaco strikes again.
The President of the United States is a gangster shaking down anyone who won’t pay up
August 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
#PedoPrezMobBoss #DonTaco strikes again.
There's a word for state ownership of busnesses that produce goods and services. It's right there on the tip of my tongue. *thinking* It's one of those words that triggers right-wingers too.
"The United States paid nothing for these Shares" is an interesting way of describing "the U.S. released $8.9B in CHIPS funding intended for Intel in exchange for $8.9B in stock."
Perhaps Congress could've demanded shares for CHIPS money, but POTUS adding this ad hoc is simply unconstitutional.
Perhaps Congress could've demanded shares for CHIPS money, but POTUS adding this ad hoc is simply unconstitutional.
The President of the United States is a gangster shaking down anyone who won’t pay up
August 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There's a word for state ownership of busnesses that produce goods and services. It's right there on the tip of my tongue. *thinking* It's one of those words that triggers right-wingers too.
"Leaders should be zeroing in on this question and this mantra: No troops in our cities, no troops in our homes."
Precisely. Who & where are these leaders? The Sens from sovereign CA, harassed by DHS & DOJ, see ICE wilding in LA, yet say little & do nothing but allow Fed & Senate business as usual.
Precisely. Who & where are these leaders? The Sens from sovereign CA, harassed by DHS & DOJ, see ICE wilding in LA, yet say little & do nothing but allow Fed & Senate business as usual.
What Lines Should We Draw? President or Conqueror talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
What Lines Should We Draw? President or Conqueror
I had an interesting exchange with a TPM Reader this week about...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
"Leaders should be zeroing in on this question and this mantra: No troops in our cities, no troops in our homes."
Precisely. Who & where are these leaders? The Sens from sovereign CA, harassed by DHS & DOJ, see ICE wilding in LA, yet say little & do nothing but allow Fed & Senate business as usual.
Precisely. Who & where are these leaders? The Sens from sovereign CA, harassed by DHS & DOJ, see ICE wilding in LA, yet say little & do nothing but allow Fed & Senate business as usual.
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Probably a coincidence that Ghislaine Maxwell is free to leave her minimum security jail at the same time Taylor Swift is releasing a new album aimed at emotionally needy young women who would be susceptible to a “Hop in the van, I got an early copy, we’ll make friendship bracelets” pitch
August 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Probably a coincidence that Ghislaine Maxwell is free to leave her minimum security jail at the same time Taylor Swift is releasing a new album aimed at emotionally needy young women who would be susceptible to a “Hop in the van, I got an early copy, we’ll make friendship bracelets” pitch
Imagine a world where the state representatives in the constitutional body created to protect the interests of the sovereign states used the filibuster rules to stop funding the extorting Federal govt. If Dems can't win a shutdown fight over the war on cancer etc they should just pack up & go home.
It's another good reminder of the profound state of corruption of the current federal judiciary that these kinds of openly/criminal actions can take place and citizens have no recourse to the courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
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August 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Imagine a world where the state representatives in the constitutional body created to protect the interests of the sovereign states used the filibuster rules to stop funding the extorting Federal govt. If Dems can't win a shutdown fight over the war on cancer etc they should just pack up & go home.
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To paraphrase George W. Bush: Is our Democratic senators learning?
No, they effing aren’t. “Let’s try hard on bipartisanship. Let’s try to restore good faith in budget negotiations.”
Mofos, are you STILL so effing clueless on what you’re facing? My cats are more trainable than them.
No, they effing aren’t. “Let’s try hard on bipartisanship. Let’s try to restore good faith in budget negotiations.”
Mofos, are you STILL so effing clueless on what you’re facing? My cats are more trainable than them.
Sadly, they are in full March CR replay mode, looking to "inoculate" themselves from confrontation. It's infuriating and demoralizing. @joshtpm.bsky.social
www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
Democrats try to defuse shutdown bomb
The party is looking to avoid a repeat of the painful schism it faced earlier this year after the Senate minority leader helped Republicans fund the government.
www.semafor.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
To paraphrase George W. Bush: Is our Democratic senators learning?
No, they effing aren’t. “Let’s try hard on bipartisanship. Let’s try to restore good faith in budget negotiations.”
Mofos, are you STILL so effing clueless on what you’re facing? My cats are more trainable than them.
No, they effing aren’t. “Let’s try hard on bipartisanship. Let’s try to restore good faith in budget negotiations.”
Mofos, are you STILL so effing clueless on what you’re facing? My cats are more trainable than them.
With numbers like this how do @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov keep their jobs? How does the @democrats.org political/industrial complex allow this status quo to continue? bsky.app/profile/sahi...
New WSJ poll: The Democratic Party is 30 points under water with registered voters, considerably worse than the GOP (-11). www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
July 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
With numbers like this how do @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov keep their jobs? How does the @democrats.org political/industrial complex allow this status quo to continue? bsky.app/profile/sahi...
Great. They should try this with cancer/Alzheimers research funding and masked federal kidnappings.
"Sen. Brian Schatz said Democrats' Epstein messaging has resonated 'because we didn't check with any pollsters or strategists...We just [said] it's bad to be affiliated with a pedophile and a cover-up and ran right into it without checking with anyone.'"
punchbowl.news/archive/7242...
punchbowl.news/archive/7242...
7/24/25 ☀️ AM:
PRESENTED BY IN THIS EDITION Congress slips from Trump’s grip as Epstein scandal drags on The brewing Senate GOP primary fight in Georgia White House
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July 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Great. They should try this with cancer/Alzheimers research funding and masked federal kidnappings.
Senate Dems are totally cowed. Tails between their legs in fear. This is just incredible cowardice.
New: Dems trying to defuse another shutdown fight via a bipartisan funding bill, on heels of GOP running them over on reconciliation, rescissions, CRA + even debt ceiling
They see it as least terrible of limited options. Most Dems voted to advance VA bill today
www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
They see it as least terrible of limited options. Most Dems voted to advance VA bill today
www.semafor.com/article/07/2...
Democrats try to defuse shutdown bomb
The party is looking to avoid a repeat of the painful schism it faced earlier this year after the Senate minority leader helped Republicans fund the government.
www.semafor.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Senate Dems are totally cowed. Tails between their legs in fear. This is just incredible cowardice.