Democrats need to do more than just get rid of Schumer..
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A bit of a "how do you eat an elephant" going on here.
agreed it's kind of a... we need to get schumer out of the way, because he's a large part of preventing us from doing anything else to clean up the party. He's not the sole problem no... but he is probably one of the biggest supporters of many of the other problems.
Why the fuck are democrats talking to the Traitor News Network?
I don’t trust Schumer and the Dems on any of this so if they want to build trust they need to speak out now and start by calling for Schumer to step down.
I feel like the plan they’re going for now is to make the shutdown a next year’s problem. It’s pretty much guaranteed to happen again at this point in 2026, right around re-elections again too.
If the pinky swear promises don’t come to fruition, then it’s likely going to be a worse shutdown than this one was. That doesn’t bode well for Republicans at midterms if those promises aren’t kept by that same token.
What will suck is people are going to have another year of higher costs because of the knock-on effects of the tariffs and higher insurance premiums now due to the ACA cuts.
Blue states need to be making up the difference for what the Federal government has failed to deliver on. We need each other more than ever to weather the storm of financial hardship caused by the Republicans in office.
I wish I shared your optimism that this is 4D chess by the Dems.
I think it’s more about kicking the can to next year than being about strategy. The best move would have been holding out this year as well as doing all that next year.
Corporate Democratic Senators were probably feeling the squeeze from their donors and some voters. For sure they’ll try to hold Republicans to their word by midterms.
Of course. Why else would it be dems not going for reelection. Just like republicans growing a spine and criticizing trump after they’ve resigned, the dems letting others vote for something unpopular and then resign so it’s “not the dem’s fault.”
So which party is still fucking me over harder? Oh yeah, as always, Republicans. So I'm going to continue to vote against them
The Republicans are the shady people who pull you into a dark alley and fuck you.
The Democrats are the people who see the Republicans fucking you in a dark alley, look concerned, and say they'll "call for help in a few minutes".
You should definitely do that. But also stay informed and help out in any efforts to primary these sellouts and help install real progressives at every level of the Democrat party.
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I don't know guys, I've heard a lot people saying he's totally not to blame since he himself voted against it (yes, seriously).
IDK, it seemed pretty clear to me from the start that the Democrats would only hold out until about mid November. The just wanted to wait long enough for people to start seeing their insurance rates for next year. Less than actually wanting to fix the problem, they wanted people to remember who was fighting for when the 2026 election year starts.