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“To the crowd, Walz was encouraging, saying their anger is justified.

‘The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting,’ he said. ‘You’re not.’” https://www.yahoo.com/news/something-dammit-tim-walz-says-231537427.html

'Do something, dammit!': Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' 'primal scream'

Tim Walz held a town hall in Des Moines as he tours swing districts where vulnerable Republicans are not holding public town halls of their own.

Yahoo News

“Pluralistic: The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers (13 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow”

https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/13/electronic-whipping/

The reason why I think Cory Doctorow is right about this is that, when a market is dominated by oligopolies and customers are mostly stuck on their current platforms, actual software quality no longer matters so the biggest downside to generated code no longer applies

Pluralistic: The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers (13 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Let’s all take AOC’s advice Call your democratic senators tonight! Vote NO on cloture NO on the cr

#schumer #aoc #cloture #DOGE #trump

It would help, even a little bit, if you contacted your senators to vote NO on cloture and NO on the GOP budget that will further gut our social services and DC's budget.

#USPol

@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
Chuck Schumer (@schumer.senate.gov)

Official Account of Senator Chuck Schumer, New York’s Senator and the Senate Democratic Leader. schumer.senate.gov

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2 Hayes clips 👇🏽 SCHUMER: “the alternative would be worse” as he caves to avoid a shutdown, as Trump’s budget guy says the CR will be ripped up and Trump/musk will decide all BERNIE: Dems helping pass a CR they had no input on so Musk and Trump can keep hurting people is “not how democracy works”

Rick Wilson Has an URGENT Message for Chuck Schumer: SHUT IT DOWN! - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNbsxVCQD4

Rick Wilson Has an URGENT Message for Chuck Schumer: SHUT IT DOWN!

YouTube
“We have time to correct course on this decision. Senate Democrats can vote no,” said Opposition Leader Ocasio-Cortez. “We can correct course, and that is the most important thing in front of us right now.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-democratic-shutdown-plan/index.html
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill.

CNN
Even as more Democratic Senators have committed to voting NO on the Republican continuing resolution, Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said he plans to vote yes. This is a terrible choice, an abdication of his responsibilities to the Constitution, the country, and to those fighting to save democracy and rule of law in the U.S. I sent a comment via Schumer’s contact page, urging him to reverse his decision. You can too at https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck. Feel free to use mine as a script.
Message Chuck | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Chuck Schumer of New York