Not only this, but they are CRITICIZING Indivisible and Move-on for urging voters to call their elected representatives. Apparently, we're tying up their precious phone lines! I'm sorry, but they work FOR US! It is time Democrats, including the newly elected head of the DNC (now, what was his name???🤔) take the floor of the House, the floor of the Senate, get in front of the Press, and attend community meetings with their constituents (like our Rep.) and fight this damn coup with every once of blood they've got!😡
Sensators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks, ASB, held a Town Hall last night with the head of Democracy Forward (filing law suits, 6 so far, "for the people")! It was Excellent. Steny Hoyer will be holding 1 tonight.
I was appalled when I heard that. I don’t live in their state. If I was I would be raising Kaine. Heard it in Majority Report. Sam Seder attempted to call both times his congressman in Brooklyn. Went to voice mail. He was great and sarcastic as a NYer is.
We Do Not have to take this sitting down. Call your Senators, call your Representative. Make waves. You'll feel better at least, and just maybe spur them into action. If you're in a Republican district, all the more reason to make waves.
I just sent emails to Schumer and Jeffries citing Pia's great cartoon. Every democracy loving citizen should do the same.
Mr. Schumer (Jeffries), I am sick and tired of your excuses and non-action as minority leader in the US Senate (House of Representatives). Just in the last week, I have read numerous suggestions by experts on actions that can be taken by you and your Democratic colleagues. The election was over three months ago, your shock should have worn off. The orange felon has been in office for three and one-half weeks and what do we hear from you? Absolutely nothing. You should be ashamed of yourself. You are no leader! Time for all of you to get off your lazy duffs and use these suggestions and McConnell's (Nancy Pelosi's) playbook, when he (she) was in your shoes, and GET TO WORK. See Pia Guerra's political cartoon in the Contrarian of 2/12/2025.. It is the most apt comment on your and Hakeem Jeffries' non-action. Joining a protest called by normal citizens in front of the Treasury is not ACTION! Get on with it!
Can you tell me how you were able to send Schumer and Jeffries the emails? I have found that I can't email anyone other than my state congress people because everyone's websites require me to be a constituent in order to email anything (other than Senator Collins' website). What I currently am doing is posting to congressional representatives' Facebook pages, if they have one. I'd love to know how you are getting through by email. Thank you for all you are doing, Arkansas Blue!
Susan, I use Firefox for my browser and DuckDuckGo for my search engine. For both Schumer and Jeffries I just type their name, go to their home sites and tap on "Contact." Schumer's site did not ask me whether I was a constituent. On Jeffries' site, tap on "Contact," then "email me", then scroll down just a little, you will see "send me a message," tap on it, et voila!
Thank you! I just switched to Firefox and DuckDuckGo after reading an article about Google and its renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. I appreciate your insight and getting back to me. Be well.
Chuck Schumer went on national TV and said, "We're not going after every single issue. We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights." Yeah, and getting run over by the trump train. Could he have possibly selected a worse metaphor? And his idiotic "We will win" chant is not going to convince any voters that Democrats are a better option. He had many years to learn how to function as the minority party, watching Mitch McConnell grind the Senate to a halt on numerous occasions. Schumer watched Tommy Tuberville, arguably the stupidest person ever elected to the Senate and a man who was unable to name the three branches of government when asked to do so, single-handedly hold up critical military promotions for months. Yet he and the rest of the Democratic "leadership" couldn't figure out a way to thwart or at least delay, the confirmation hearings for the most unqualified, unfit, and dishonest group of poltroons to ever be nominated to the cabinet? Has Schumer learned nothing in 25 years in the Senate? There is a real leadership void in the Democratic Party and it needs to be filled yesterday.
Also, can someone tell me what the Democrats were doing for the two-and-a-half months between the election and Mango Mussolini's inauguration? They still seem to lack any coherent strategy for dealing with trump's attack on democracy. Worse, they seem to lack a strategy for convincing Americans that they are a better option.
Amen brother - or sister - or whatever. You're right on target.
My Rep (Democrat) held a town meeting accessible by zoom and phone tonight. About 3500 people attended. Though I'm not in total agreement with everything he said, at least I felt heard. The past couple of weeks phones for Senators and Representatives have been ringing off the hooks. We voted for them to REPRESENT us, and the damn near better hear us now.
This is one of the best political cartoons I’ve seen in years. It perfectly skewers the fearful and impotent current “leadership” of the Democratic party.
We need our Navalny; she should announce her POTUS run now, so we have a single, clear ACCOUNTABLE voice steering the party, not the ineffective yahoos at DNC.
“ Just in the last week, I have read numerous suggestions by experts on actions that can be taken by you and your Democratic colleagues. “. Please provide a few. (I’d love to offer a few doable - for them, effective directions when I call to otherwise flail and rail …). Thanks!
Truly, a picture is worth a thousand words!!! I am send this to my Congressman ,Greg Landsman.
Unfortunately Ohio is becoming a solid Red State - both senators are now MAGA. I am searching for a few more Democrats in Congress from Ohio, and sending a copy to them.
Yep.
As generals fighting this autocratic takeover, these folks make nice accountants.
We out here in the cheap seats are going nuts. Mount a daily organizing/speaking out offensive, you shmendricks !!
Not only this, but they are CRITICIZING Indivisible and Move-on for urging voters to call their elected representatives. Apparently, we're tying up their precious phone lines! I'm sorry, but they work FOR US! It is time Democrats, including the newly elected head of the DNC (now, what was his name???🤔) take the floor of the House, the floor of the Senate, get in front of the Press, and attend community meetings with their constituents (like our Rep.) and fight this damn coup with every once of blood they've got!😡
Sensators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks, ASB, held a Town Hall last night with the head of Democracy Forward (filing law suits, 6 so far, "for the people")! It was Excellent. Steny Hoyer will be holding 1 tonight.
It is WELL PAST time! . . . .. .
I was appalled when I heard that. I don’t live in their state. If I was I would be raising Kaine. Heard it in Majority Report. Sam Seder attempted to call both times his congressman in Brooklyn. Went to voice mail. He was great and sarcastic as a NYer is.
Vote them out - if possible -!
"When" was November 7th, Dems. Late to the party has sealed our doom. Thanks so much.
We Do Not have to take this sitting down. Call your Senators, call your Representative. Make waves. You'll feel better at least, and just maybe spur them into action. If you're in a Republican district, all the more reason to make waves.
5calls.org
The Congessional switchboard, Green, is 202 224 3121 and ask for which Senator or Congress person you want to talk to.
I just sent emails to Schumer and Jeffries citing Pia's great cartoon. Every democracy loving citizen should do the same.
Mr. Schumer (Jeffries), I am sick and tired of your excuses and non-action as minority leader in the US Senate (House of Representatives). Just in the last week, I have read numerous suggestions by experts on actions that can be taken by you and your Democratic colleagues. The election was over three months ago, your shock should have worn off. The orange felon has been in office for three and one-half weeks and what do we hear from you? Absolutely nothing. You should be ashamed of yourself. You are no leader! Time for all of you to get off your lazy duffs and use these suggestions and McConnell's (Nancy Pelosi's) playbook, when he (she) was in your shoes, and GET TO WORK. See Pia Guerra's political cartoon in the Contrarian of 2/12/2025.. It is the most apt comment on your and Hakeem Jeffries' non-action. Joining a protest called by normal citizens in front of the Treasury is not ACTION! Get on with it!
Can you tell me how you were able to send Schumer and Jeffries the emails? I have found that I can't email anyone other than my state congress people because everyone's websites require me to be a constituent in order to email anything (other than Senator Collins' website). What I currently am doing is posting to congressional representatives' Facebook pages, if they have one. I'd love to know how you are getting through by email. Thank you for all you are doing, Arkansas Blue!
Susan, I use Firefox for my browser and DuckDuckGo for my search engine. For both Schumer and Jeffries I just type their name, go to their home sites and tap on "Contact." Schumer's site did not ask me whether I was a constituent. On Jeffries' site, tap on "Contact," then "email me", then scroll down just a little, you will see "send me a message," tap on it, et voila!
Thank you! I just switched to Firefox and DuckDuckGo after reading an article about Google and its renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. I appreciate your insight and getting back to me. Be well.
You are very welcome and thank you.
Chuck Schumer went on national TV and said, "We're not going after every single issue. We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights." Yeah, and getting run over by the trump train. Could he have possibly selected a worse metaphor? And his idiotic "We will win" chant is not going to convince any voters that Democrats are a better option. He had many years to learn how to function as the minority party, watching Mitch McConnell grind the Senate to a halt on numerous occasions. Schumer watched Tommy Tuberville, arguably the stupidest person ever elected to the Senate and a man who was unable to name the three branches of government when asked to do so, single-handedly hold up critical military promotions for months. Yet he and the rest of the Democratic "leadership" couldn't figure out a way to thwart or at least delay, the confirmation hearings for the most unqualified, unfit, and dishonest group of poltroons to ever be nominated to the cabinet? Has Schumer learned nothing in 25 years in the Senate? There is a real leadership void in the Democratic Party and it needs to be filled yesterday.
Also, can someone tell me what the Democrats were doing for the two-and-a-half months between the election and Mango Mussolini's inauguration? They still seem to lack any coherent strategy for dealing with trump's attack on democracy. Worse, they seem to lack a strategy for convincing Americans that they are a better option.
Amen brother - or sister - or whatever. You're right on target.
My Rep (Democrat) held a town meeting accessible by zoom and phone tonight. About 3500 people attended. Though I'm not in total agreement with everything he said, at least I felt heard. The past couple of weeks phones for Senators and Representatives have been ringing off the hooks. We voted for them to REPRESENT us, and the damn near better hear us now.
The facial expressions of Jeffries and Schumer are so telling. Well done.
This is one of the best political cartoons I’ve seen in years. It perfectly skewers the fearful and impotent current “leadership” of the Democratic party.
I am not donating another penny to the Dems until they get off their a--es! What an affront to all of us!
The party of John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama needs a savior Now !
We need our Navalny; she should announce her POTUS run now, so we have a single, clear ACCOUNTABLE voice steering the party, not the ineffective yahoos at DNC.
Can we have a cartoon of Trump in a tutu? He will be principal balarina at the Kennedy Center.
Andy Borowitz is at your service, right here on Substack! Not “quite* a cartoon, but the image will be crisp and full-color in your mind:
https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/trump-names-himself-lead-ballerina?r=gerol&utm_medium=ios
Was on a meeting today with local Congressman’s office. Nice guy. But still writing letters and making statements. There is no plan. We are the plan.
That's so sad. Horrible commentary on our elected Democratic officials--with a few.exceptions.
Sad or not, it's up to us. Time to step up.
Just like George B. McClellan
Wow, that's brilliant! Thanks for including this in our feed. Talk about nailing it...
“ Just in the last week, I have read numerous suggestions by experts on actions that can be taken by you and your Democratic colleagues. “. Please provide a few. (I’d love to offer a few doable - for them, effective directions when I call to otherwise flail and rail …). Thanks!
Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happening at the moment on the Democratic side: absolutely nothing. For shame.
Sure feels like that.
When we get to the point when everyone says "when," it ain't going to be pretty.
America needs to find the 2020s version of the late 1960s, early 1970s marching shoes and protest voices.
Truly, a picture is worth a thousand words!!! I am send this to my Congressman ,Greg Landsman.
Unfortunately Ohio is becoming a solid Red State - both senators are now MAGA. I am searching for a few more Democrats in Congress from Ohio, and sending a copy to them.