CatFeb 12, 2025

Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party.

https://ponder.cat/post/1613522

Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party. - Ponder.cat

> House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration’s authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

Show threadevenglowFeb 12, 2025

“Forcing recorded votes is possible. Frequent quorum calls are possible. A wide variety of dilatory motions are possible. In short, harassing the majority is possible. If they think it’s a bad idea, say so. If they say it’s not possible, they’re lying.”

I like how politicians voting is considered a time out. It’s their job, jfc.

Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 13, 2025
They actually can’t force votes though, so we’d be getting the same votes and we already knew whenever Republicans stepped out from the ranks such as the Hegseth confirmation where 3 of them abstained but he got appointed anyways. Recorded Votes doesn’t stop the Trump admin. The Dems are effectively powerless without 13 Ind + Gop to impeach and remove him or his cabinet members or corrupt federal judges.
Show threadKeeponstalinFeb 13, 2025
Dems have plenty of options available even as a minority party, they just aren’t doing so.
Why Aren't Democrats DOING Anything??

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Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 13, 2025

Leeja is cool but her opinion was that they’re running their tiktok accounts wrong and they were born in the wrong year.

What specifically would YOU do to stop what the Trump admin is doing?

Show threadKeeponstalinFeb 13, 2025
Lmao, I can’t believe that’s what you got from the video. That was not remotely her point. Her entire point is that the Democrats should be using everything within their polical power to obstruct and delay everything the Trump Admin is trying to do. She gave multiple examples of exactly how they can do that. That’s the bare minimum the Democratic Party should be doing. I already participate in local community organizations.
Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 13, 2025

What is it YOU think is in their political power?

People didn’t vote dems into power and that is why we are in the situation we have now.

Show threadKeeponstalin

Here’s an entire comprehensive list. Which was, again, discussed in Leeja Miller’s video…

indivisible.org/…/explainer-how-senate-democrats-…

The Democrats are responsible for losing this election to an unpopular fascist by failing to represent the demands that the majority of their constituents were demanding. Start demanding more from your representatives.

EXPLAINER: How Senate Democrats Can Delay & Defy Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball

Indivisible
Feb 13, 2025 at 3:16amWeb
Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 13, 2025

So you want them to do the things they’re already doing to delay votes that will happen in short matter regardless of what they do?

Reminder that only simple majority of 51 breaks filibuster for cabinet and judge confirmation hearings. The DNC stalled for 30 hours because they were allowed to by the GOP, and the hearing still went through as planned. Nothing can stop this.

Show threadTrainguyromFeb 13, 2025
The Republican party has used every dirty tactic they can to advance their agenda regardless of their current count of votes in the house or Senate. Remember how they refused to confirm a Supreme Court pick for over a year on the off chance that they’d win the 2016 election? Remember how they stonewalled and blocked anything and everything every way they could during the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations? There is no “they go low we go high” because all that gets is more incrementalism
Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 13, 2025
“Every dirty trick” is having actual majorities without independents to caucus. That is exactly why Republicans were able to deny the Obama appointee.
Show threadEnsign_CrabFeb 14, 2025

“Every dirty trick” is having actual majorities without independents to caucus.

Don’t blame the independents. They weren’t the fucking turncoats who voted with Republicans.

Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 14, 2025
Sometimes they did. Thats kind of what it means to be Independent, you dont vote with the party. One of them is the reason we don’t have public healthcare and instead only medicaid expansion.
Show threadEnsign_CrabFeb 14, 2025
And now you’ve pivoted from 2020-2022, which is the useless neoliberal majority we were talking about to 2008-2010, which is the useless neoliberal supermajority that kept the filibuster around just to make sure that the public option died.
Show threadfinitebanjoFeb 14, 2025

After 2011 actually, specifically the most productive and progressive US congress in modern history when Dems had 58 for 72 days in the 111th congress.

When we came up 1 independent vote short of socialized healthcare.

2013 was over a decade ago. 2014 was over a decade ago.

Show threadMonumentFeb 13, 2025
You have incredible patience.