I am afraid we’re going to find yet another pair of traitors from inside the party, enabling and protecting trump and his band of mafiosi: Schumer and Jeffries. We need to clean our own house first, before we can hope to address the evil in trump’s administration.
Ro Khanna would be a wonderful Speaker of the House. When he was in Erie PA this summer to learn about our needs, he LISTENED. I could see on his face that he was processing what he was hearing from each person. And then he asked intelligent questions pertaining to what had just been said, NOT his talking points!
Senator Elizabeth Warren because she’s smart, energetic, knows the ropes, and is on our side.
The debate about Schumer/Jeffries is a sideshow that President Stephen Miller would love us to discuss. He and Blanche are busy doing the real damage of allowing the administration to make Congress, the free press, and our recent votes irrelevant. We have much bigger fish to fry.
Discussing who has the power to set the agenda, allow bills to be advanced or NOT, and keep the Democrats united--how is this a "sideshow"?
Last November Schumer (the Senator from Wall Street, as he's long been known) gave the go ahead to 8 conservative Dem senators to surrender to the Republicans on the shutdown. Just as it was really doing its work. Jeffries was furious with Schumer, and the Democrats got absolutely nothing in return for caving. A lot of Americans started losing healthcare. At this crucial juncture, the nation hardly needs Two Guys from Brooklyn.
Right now, Blanche is using the Constitution to manufacture an event which will give Trump a reason to declare an emergency, call in troops and the National Guard and shut it all down. If there is an especially heinous move by the WH that sparks protests? The Black Lives Matter peaceful protest will look like a garden party. They’ve been plotting since April how to do A work- around similar to the one in Myanmar - that will completely circumvent the rest of the government so he and he alone will be in charge. Hint - notice suddenly Hegseth isn’t on the chopping block? His services will be needed to pull this off. So yeah, once we’re sure we have a Democracy, let’s wave bye bye to Schumer and Jeffries.
No, he would not. Like any other person totally outside leadership, he would lead to chaos and derail the plans already moving ahead for change and accountability, and had to months on infighting and stasis.
There are no "traitors" in our party*, least of all Schumer and Jeffries, and your post isa perfect example of what I think could ruin this moment and drag it down. "Mafiosi"? Seriously? Dramatic much? "Clean our house"? You'll need to get a lot more specific than flailing these vague accusations.
Traitors? No. Cowards? Absolutely. For two years it’s been “We can’t do anything, we’re in the minority” Funny how that never stopped McConnell from throwing sand in the gears. We do not have time to wait through two more years of sternly worded letters and focus grouped op-ed’s. If Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the sack for a knife fight, (news flash he does not) he should stand down for someone who does. At the very least, there needs to be a debate about it, and not one carried out in secret behind closed doors. Jeffries is little better, but I will never ever forgive Schumer for that Lucy with the Football cave in on the shutdown last year. He had the backing of the people who had everything to lose, and sold them out. It was a gut punch for the rest of us, but for *them* it was a knife in the back.
Neither of them seem to understand that you cannot negotiate with bad faith actors. They both seem to still think they can “work across the aisle”. Anybody who can look at the last two years and still come away with that impression is at best monumentally naive. Tammy Duckworth thinks if we give Trump a way to save face, he’ll work with us. He will not. And I don’t know how anybody who’s watched him in action for the last 30 years could believe otherwise. We know damn well he is a snake, to borrow form the parable he perverts for this own use, and if we trust him we’re going to get bit, and deserve it. This is no different than Susan Collins thinking Trump “learned his lesson”.
Then there’s AIPAC, but that’s endemic. Making every American taxpayer an accessory to war crimes SHOULD be a deal breaker, but you’d have to disqualify a third of the caucus or more if we did that.
What's to "come clean" about? maybe it's no one's business. In fact, it's pretty out of the ordinary to make public statements about strategic meetings you have. Maybe he told him to get his affairs in order because they would be investigating, we don't know. If this is the only excuse you can find to attack someone as effective and qualified as Jeffries, I suspect you're just looking for something to justify your impression.
I'm following the Jeffries and Schumer story because I vehemently oppose any financial support to Israel. The old saying, they made their bed...and the overused politician's lies that we are defending Democracy as the reason for interfering in another country doesn't cut it for me. Jeffries supports funding for Israel and genocide. He has rec'd over $1M in support from AIPAC, pushed through the NDAA and earmarked three Israel supporter Congressmen to sit on the Committee that controls their funding in the upcoming Congress. So we will be funneling billions of dollars to Israel.
Schumer is corporate-owned and is a colossally stupid and lazy man who pushed through the passage of the BBB w/o negotiations. The NDAA bill is now in the Senate waiting to be signed that effectively combines our armed forces and intelligence with the Israeli's. So they get to reach their blood-soaked hands directly into our piggy bank for money, equipment and more importantly men to fight their wars since their men are too religious and won't fight. Maybe that's the reason Congress is asking WTF for $1.6 Trillion dollars for a Defence Budget when they refuse to allow anyone to audit those books!!!!!!!!!!!! My response is go Pound Sand asshats. NOT when health care, food, gas, rent and daily expenses has been squeezed for the billionaires to decrease their taxes.
The problem is no one has stepped forward as replacements for either seat. Some are trying to convince Van Hollen to take Schumer's seat, but he hasn't agreed so far. He would be an excellent choice since he is opposed to genocide, not Israel per se.
An excellent article was written by Anthony Christian 11/9 about Israel's reactions to the Jeffries seat and how they will own all the decisions relating to their military funding and lust for land at any cost. It almost appears they have spent a good portion of the money we gave them to buy off all the politicians to continue their funding. Abolishing Citizens United would be a good start to solving this problem. Maybe that would solve the problem of who sits in those two chairs. Until then Israel will own every politician who sits on a decision making committee that impacts their funding. Emailing your Congressman and Senator starting now with protests helps.
Such a harsh and in my mind, totally unwarranted condemnation. Call them mealy mouthed, do nothings as most of the far left do, but there is no proof to call them traitors, and no evidence to support that. We need to be rational, as the lack of it doesn’t get us anywhere.
Lest we forget, Trump leads a death cult. This hateful doubling down with Miller, Hegseth and Trump saying he will hate people forever confirms that destruction and death are their aim. Winter is not coming, it has arrived.
Miller is Putin’s man. This is a criminal conspiracy. It’s not politics at all. Nor can America stop what’s happening alone. It will take a global coalition to plan and execute a police action. This isn’t politics. It’s crime in broad daylight ‘under the guise of the law.’
I think Dems should send A LOT of simple bills that they know will be vetoed. They can send the same bills over and over. Send bills that undo the tarriff powers. Send bills to support our allies. Throw spaghetti at the wall.
He spent the day before the midterms addressing the nation from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, using his final pitch to blame vandals for the peeling, multimillion-dollar renovation—despite federal prosecutors dropping charges against a former Olympian and blaming contractor error—as if a plumbing dispute were what voters needed to hear 🤯
If this administration and Trump's inner circle gave a damn about this country and it's people, then they might have learned something; I guess if they gave a damn we wouldn't be here to begin with.
Dear Kathy, If there is ANY institurion one can trust in the current turbulence it is the federal Distruct Courts, The fiunders took a magnificent gamble when they gave them life tenure. That is the bedrock of why they are so independent and so powerful. Just keep watching, closely, what they do. Former atty (48 years).
What did you expect Mike????? They are ALL Corrupt as Hell!!!! They NEVER intended to actually SERVE the People of America!!! They are ALL only in it for THEMSELVES or their Dark Agenda's to SCREW everyone else and stuff themselves with Loot!!!!! From Trump to Miller to Vought to Natalie to Melania to the boys to Kushner and Ivanka to Hegseth to RFK Jr. to Rollins to Mullin to Duffy to Rubio to......to Musk to the Roberts 6 to the Billionaires to the Corporations to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 to the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo to Christian Nationalists to White Supremacists to........the MOST CORRUPT people EVER in the HISTORY of America!!!!!!!!! They should ALL be in jail AND be forced to PAY back America ALL the MONEY they have STOLEN!!!!!!!
The infighting about getting rid of Shumer and Jeffieries could be very damaging. We need experience now. Nonetheless, these two need to be bringing up the young guns and put in positions to take over the leadership very soon; not now, but certainly by 2028. David Brooks pointed out a similar time when people wanted Pelosi out when the Dems took over before in a divided government, but we need leadership that understands what it takes to get things done. Ideological warfare isn't going to cut it for the American people. Accountability yes, but first and foremost we have to deliver real improvements to peoples' lives, such as undoing the real damage of the Big Ugly Bill that is coming down the pike.
It IS damaging — and pointless, almost certainly driven by desperate Republicans to try to create chaos. Jeffries is already bringing up young guns including a probably future speaker, Joe Neguse. The oldest is Katherine Clark at 63. The others are in their 40s and 50s. Neguse is 42. The people many think are riding young leaders because they are sassy and outspoken are probably not the people who can best lead.
Joe Negues would be a fantastic speaker. Chuck Schumer needs to step aside. He doesn't have the respect anymore. Jeffries problem is he is "wanting to work with the white house" No! That's not the goal right now. Listen to the people and get something done. Miller and Vought have been working on how to bypass congressional authority since April.
The only "respect" for Schumer that matters is from his caucus, and we'll see if he has that. What a bunch of gullible people falling for a rightwing astroturf campaign online demand is irrelevant. It seem like you haven't been listening to Jeffries carefully and plucked one thing out of thousands of words to twist out of context. That is so far from what he's been saying. "The people" have no idea HOW things get done and I've seen a mountain of that ignorance in the last week. Instead, people should focus on being advocates for issues they believe in.
The amount of AIPAC funding they get, the people Schumer chose to support or not, is just a small reason for why I don't want to see him Majority leader. Step aside and be available as a mentor while you are in office. But it's time for change. They have been called on to meet the moment right now. Wanting leaders not to squander a historic win across the country with the same letters and not rocking the boat isn't ignorance. It's the people who voted to change the direction we've been going.
Yes, ultimately it's up to the congress to decide. But they will be watched carefully and they will be called out.
Will enough Republicans join Democrats to override any veto that Trump uses to kill a bill that he doesn't like? Probably not, but we have to try. Rich S Octogenarian and Contrarian
As a professor, I am appalled that these Congress people don’t read the bills - and admit it!! It is their actual job!! Knowing what they are voting for and deciding what is best for their constituents IS the job! No wonder they fight so hard to stay in there - we would all have been fired ages ago if we didn’t do our jobs. So yes, make it real simple for them - one bill at a time. They may have to actually show up daily to read them and vote. How awful for them! 🙄
The Dems haven’t learned anything either. They’re about to pass a “permitting reform” bill that’s a project 2025 wish list that trump endorses. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Can you give details? All I've seen this morning is one post from Melanie Stansbury saying she's against it. I can't remotely imagine Democrats voting for anything from "the Project 2025 wishlist." I'd need to know a lot more. I'm depressed to see so many vague posts attacking Democrats for something something without further explanation.
TRUMPS REMOVAL FROM THE WHITEHOUSE IS NON NEGOTIABLE
💯💯💯CORRECT!💯💯💯
I am afraid we’re going to find yet another pair of traitors from inside the party, enabling and protecting trump and his band of mafiosi: Schumer and Jeffries. We need to clean our own house first, before we can hope to address the evil in trump’s administration.
Ro Khanna would be a wonderful Speaker of the House. When he was in Erie PA this summer to learn about our needs, he LISTENED. I could see on his face that he was processing what he was hearing from each person. And then he asked intelligent questions pertaining to what had just been said, NOT his talking points!
Senator Elizabeth Warren because she’s smart, energetic, knows the ropes, and is on our side.
The debate about Schumer/Jeffries is a sideshow that President Stephen Miller would love us to discuss. He and Blanche are busy doing the real damage of allowing the administration to make Congress, the free press, and our recent votes irrelevant. We have much bigger fish to fry.
Discussing who has the power to set the agenda, allow bills to be advanced or NOT, and keep the Democrats united--how is this a "sideshow"?
Last November Schumer (the Senator from Wall Street, as he's long been known) gave the go ahead to 8 conservative Dem senators to surrender to the Republicans on the shutdown. Just as it was really doing its work. Jeffries was furious with Schumer, and the Democrats got absolutely nothing in return for caving. A lot of Americans started losing healthcare. At this crucial juncture, the nation hardly needs Two Guys from Brooklyn.
Right now, Blanche is using the Constitution to manufacture an event which will give Trump a reason to declare an emergency, call in troops and the National Guard and shut it all down. If there is an especially heinous move by the WH that sparks protests? The Black Lives Matter peaceful protest will look like a garden party. They’ve been plotting since April how to do A work- around similar to the one in Myanmar - that will completely circumvent the rest of the government so he and he alone will be in charge. Hint - notice suddenly Hegseth isn’t on the chopping block? His services will be needed to pull this off. So yeah, once we’re sure we have a Democracy, let’s wave bye bye to Schumer and Jeffries.
No, he would not. Like any other person totally outside leadership, he would lead to chaos and derail the plans already moving ahead for change and accountability, and had to months on infighting and stasis.
There are no "traitors" in our party*, least of all Schumer and Jeffries, and your post isa perfect example of what I think could ruin this moment and drag it down. "Mafiosi"? Seriously? Dramatic much? "Clean our house"? You'll need to get a lot more specific than flailing these vague accusations.
* OK, MAYBE Fetterman.
Traitors? No. Cowards? Absolutely. For two years it’s been “We can’t do anything, we’re in the minority” Funny how that never stopped McConnell from throwing sand in the gears. We do not have time to wait through two more years of sternly worded letters and focus grouped op-ed’s. If Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the sack for a knife fight, (news flash he does not) he should stand down for someone who does. At the very least, there needs to be a debate about it, and not one carried out in secret behind closed doors. Jeffries is little better, but I will never ever forgive Schumer for that Lucy with the Football cave in on the shutdown last year. He had the backing of the people who had everything to lose, and sold them out. It was a gut punch for the rest of us, but for *them* it was a knife in the back.
Neither of them seem to understand that you cannot negotiate with bad faith actors. They both seem to still think they can “work across the aisle”. Anybody who can look at the last two years and still come away with that impression is at best monumentally naive. Tammy Duckworth thinks if we give Trump a way to save face, he’ll work with us. He will not. And I don’t know how anybody who’s watched him in action for the last 30 years could believe otherwise. We know damn well he is a snake, to borrow form the parable he perverts for this own use, and if we trust him we’re going to get bit, and deserve it. This is no different than Susan Collins thinking Trump “learned his lesson”.
Then there’s AIPAC, but that’s endemic. Making every American taxpayer an accessory to war crimes SHOULD be a deal breaker, but you’d have to disqualify a third of the caucus or more if we did that.
What was Jeffries’ meeting with Jared Kushner about? Did he ever come clean?
What's to "come clean" about? maybe it's no one's business. In fact, it's pretty out of the ordinary to make public statements about strategic meetings you have. Maybe he told him to get his affairs in order because they would be investigating, we don't know. If this is the only excuse you can find to attack someone as effective and qualified as Jeffries, I suspect you're just looking for something to justify your impression.
They're corporate Dems on AIPAC money that need to go...
I strongly disagree
I'm following the Jeffries and Schumer story because I vehemently oppose any financial support to Israel. The old saying, they made their bed...and the overused politician's lies that we are defending Democracy as the reason for interfering in another country doesn't cut it for me. Jeffries supports funding for Israel and genocide. He has rec'd over $1M in support from AIPAC, pushed through the NDAA and earmarked three Israel supporter Congressmen to sit on the Committee that controls their funding in the upcoming Congress. So we will be funneling billions of dollars to Israel.
Schumer is corporate-owned and is a colossally stupid and lazy man who pushed through the passage of the BBB w/o negotiations. The NDAA bill is now in the Senate waiting to be signed that effectively combines our armed forces and intelligence with the Israeli's. So they get to reach their blood-soaked hands directly into our piggy bank for money, equipment and more importantly men to fight their wars since their men are too religious and won't fight. Maybe that's the reason Congress is asking WTF for $1.6 Trillion dollars for a Defence Budget when they refuse to allow anyone to audit those books!!!!!!!!!!!! My response is go Pound Sand asshats. NOT when health care, food, gas, rent and daily expenses has been squeezed for the billionaires to decrease their taxes.
The problem is no one has stepped forward as replacements for either seat. Some are trying to convince Van Hollen to take Schumer's seat, but he hasn't agreed so far. He would be an excellent choice since he is opposed to genocide, not Israel per se.
An excellent article was written by Anthony Christian 11/9 about Israel's reactions to the Jeffries seat and how they will own all the decisions relating to their military funding and lust for land at any cost. It almost appears they have spent a good portion of the money we gave them to buy off all the politicians to continue their funding. Abolishing Citizens United would be a good start to solving this problem. Maybe that would solve the problem of who sits in those two chairs. Until then Israel will own every politician who sits on a decision making committee that impacts their funding. Emailing your Congressman and Senator starting now with protests helps.
Such a harsh and in my mind, totally unwarranted condemnation. Call them mealy mouthed, do nothings as most of the far left do, but there is no proof to call them traitors, and no evidence to support that. We need to be rational, as the lack of it doesn’t get us anywhere.
Lest we forget, Trump leads a death cult. This hateful doubling down with Miller, Hegseth and Trump saying he will hate people forever confirms that destruction and death are their aim. Winter is not coming, it has arrived.
Miller is Putin’s man. This is a criminal conspiracy. It’s not politics at all. Nor can America stop what’s happening alone. It will take a global coalition to plan and execute a police action. This isn’t politics. It’s crime in broad daylight ‘under the guise of the law.’
Can we all contribute to his one-way ticket to Moscow?
Yes, I agree.
I think Dems should send A LOT of simple bills that they know will be vetoed. They can send the same bills over and over. Send bills that undo the tarriff powers. Send bills to support our allies. Throw spaghetti at the wall.
😄 There’s a unique idea. Why not?
tRump would never, ever admit defeat.
He spent the day before the midterms addressing the nation from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, using his final pitch to blame vandals for the peeling, multimillion-dollar renovation—despite federal prosecutors dropping charges against a former Olympian and blaming contractor error—as if a plumbing dispute were what voters needed to hear 🤯
If this administration and Trump's inner circle gave a damn about this country and it's people, then they might have learned something; I guess if they gave a damn we wouldn't be here to begin with.
Trump praises Hegseth and appoints Miller.
You were surprised?
Remember, AND NEVER FORGET, Trump' dominant mentor was none other than the "honorable" (?) Roy Cohn.
Cohn's baseline advice: " Always attack. When attacked, counter attack. Never apologize."
In three short short sentences, you have . . . Trump, and the appointment of rabid attack dog Miller.
What I see coming is a wonderful standoff between Miller and the Federal District Courts.
Guess who holds the final power.
It ain't Miller.
I hope you’re right, but current machinations in the White House make even that questionable.
I’m glad YOU’RE confident. I’m not.
Dear Kathy, If there is ANY institurion one can trust in the current turbulence it is the federal Distruct Courts, The fiunders took a magnificent gamble when they gave them life tenure. That is the bedrock of why they are so independent and so powerful. Just keep watching, closely, what they do. Former atty (48 years).
What did you expect Mike????? They are ALL Corrupt as Hell!!!! They NEVER intended to actually SERVE the People of America!!! They are ALL only in it for THEMSELVES or their Dark Agenda's to SCREW everyone else and stuff themselves with Loot!!!!! From Trump to Miller to Vought to Natalie to Melania to the boys to Kushner and Ivanka to Hegseth to RFK Jr. to Rollins to Mullin to Duffy to Rubio to......to Musk to the Roberts 6 to the Billionaires to the Corporations to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 to the Federalist Society and Leonard Leo to Christian Nationalists to White Supremacists to........the MOST CORRUPT people EVER in the HISTORY of America!!!!!!!!! They should ALL be in jail AND be forced to PAY back America ALL the MONEY they have STOLEN!!!!!!!
The infighting about getting rid of Shumer and Jeffieries could be very damaging. We need experience now. Nonetheless, these two need to be bringing up the young guns and put in positions to take over the leadership very soon; not now, but certainly by 2028. David Brooks pointed out a similar time when people wanted Pelosi out when the Dems took over before in a divided government, but we need leadership that understands what it takes to get things done. Ideological warfare isn't going to cut it for the American people. Accountability yes, but first and foremost we have to deliver real improvements to peoples' lives, such as undoing the real damage of the Big Ugly Bill that is coming down the pike.
It IS damaging — and pointless, almost certainly driven by desperate Republicans to try to create chaos. Jeffries is already bringing up young guns including a probably future speaker, Joe Neguse. The oldest is Katherine Clark at 63. The others are in their 40s and 50s. Neguse is 42. The people many think are riding young leaders because they are sassy and outspoken are probably not the people who can best lead.
Joe Negues would be a fantastic speaker. Chuck Schumer needs to step aside. He doesn't have the respect anymore. Jeffries problem is he is "wanting to work with the white house" No! That's not the goal right now. Listen to the people and get something done. Miller and Vought have been working on how to bypass congressional authority since April.
The only "respect" for Schumer that matters is from his caucus, and we'll see if he has that. What a bunch of gullible people falling for a rightwing astroturf campaign online demand is irrelevant. It seem like you haven't been listening to Jeffries carefully and plucked one thing out of thousands of words to twist out of context. That is so far from what he's been saying. "The people" have no idea HOW things get done and I've seen a mountain of that ignorance in the last week. Instead, people should focus on being advocates for issues they believe in.
The amount of AIPAC funding they get, the people Schumer chose to support or not, is just a small reason for why I don't want to see him Majority leader. Step aside and be available as a mentor while you are in office. But it's time for change. They have been called on to meet the moment right now. Wanting leaders not to squander a historic win across the country with the same letters and not rocking the boat isn't ignorance. It's the people who voted to change the direction we've been going.
Yes, ultimately it's up to the congress to decide. But they will be watched carefully and they will be called out.
Will enough Republicans join Democrats to override any veto that Trump uses to kill a bill that he doesn't like? Probably not, but we have to try. Rich S Octogenarian and Contrarian
Make omnibus bills a thing of the past. They lead to confusion and pork barrel spending. Make all bills single issue bills to prevent confusion.
As a professor, I am appalled that these Congress people don’t read the bills - and admit it!! It is their actual job!! Knowing what they are voting for and deciding what is best for their constituents IS the job! No wonder they fight so hard to stay in there - we would all have been fired ages ago if we didn’t do our jobs. So yes, make it real simple for them - one bill at a time. They may have to actually show up daily to read them and vote. How awful for them! 🙄
The Dems haven’t learned anything either. They’re about to pass a “permitting reform” bill that’s a project 2025 wish list that trump endorses. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Can you give details? All I've seen this morning is one post from Melanie Stansbury saying she's against it. I can't remotely imagine Democrats voting for anything from "the Project 2025 wishlist." I'd need to know a lot more. I'm depressed to see so many vague posts attacking Democrats for something something without further explanation.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/6209002-ai-boom-infrastructure-risk/
Mike, thank you for appearing in those spaces where you can show their audiences how foolish and out of touch these people are…
They can’t learn BIG defects in their gray matter‼️
Trump should be impeached