Ominous the hearing is on April 1st, with how we seem to be living in an especially on-the-nose political novel

if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader

State that might decide the senate. But fuck if that matters if this is how they operate

Feeling spicy might delete but I used to work with Chuck Schumer's eldest daughter, and when she was getting ready to go to Yale Law she was dissatisfied with her financial aid package so she made them do a three way call (at the office) with her and her dad to push for a better package

thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014

If Dems want anyone to vote they need to be an entirely different party than the one they are nkw

Anyways instead of wasting time voting or donating to ActBlue hit up your local mutual aid org or food pantry because they're a damn sight more useful than the Dems

Leftists not missing challenge: impossible

even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people

Go fuck yourself

His vote for Cuomo, Trump's favorite mayoral candidate, is more revealing

(And before anyone think I'm being too harsh a friendly reminder that close votes like this where the deciders are all not up for election or are retiring means a bunch of the "nays" are secretly "yays")

Every single Dem not named Bernie can go

Having this shit break out Sunday night when it's inherently difficult for constituents to contact your office is some real sick shit but the cavers

For Falcons fans, it's the equalvalent of this

My guess? Airlines. Friday’s stock dip had them call the special phone that gets votes. With a looming party showdown between progressives and moderates, Schumer wants all the PAC funding he can get.

And caving lets Trump know the Democrats won’t stand and fight. He will be emboldened to do whatever he wants and Democrats will have no leverage to stop him.

I’ve been going without pay for 7 weeks for nothing. This feels like a slap in the face from someone who was supposed to represent me. They used federal workers as pawns and then couldn’t even stick to the leverage that was supposed to gain them? No discipline in these electeds. Primary them all.

No they know what they're doing. They're doing the oligarchy's (read: airline CEOs in this case) bidding

He's likely part of the "secret yes" club like Ossoff. Any time you see a "tough vote" like this and nobody up for re-election votes for it it means there's almost certainly "extra yeas" for the next time this happens. See: every min wage vote and the Dems that votw against it

in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Dems: "The election results are a distraction from kitchen table issues such as the billions we get from the airline lobby"

Senate Dems going out of their way to prove the far-left right that voting is a scam

In any case, quite disinterested in voting after this. What's the damn point if they're just controlled opposition?

That's only if you think Schumer and Co. aren't on Trump's side. They did like the same mayoral candidate after all...

Senior Dems are currently trying to tank their own momentum to punish the base for getting Mamdani into office. He hurts the "left can't win" narrative

every “zohran mamdani isn’t the future of the democratic party” post always ends with “the future of the party is actually this guy who sucks that only 80 year olds who are about to die think is dope”

Schumer and Trump both wanted Cuomo to be mayor. Says everything!

They’re reopening the government because they saw Trump took a major L on Tuesday and want to help him win.

It’s not much deeper than that.