Brad
@bradaltad.bsky.social
Liberal/left/progressive, happy husband 🏳️🌈 and dad to our smart and perfect son, recovering German historian haunted by today’s parallels to the fall of the Weimar Republic.
Can someone please primary this naive Pollyanna?
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Can someone please primary this naive Pollyanna?
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what the moment calls for is fighters instead of gormless boobs who should have retired 30 years ago. policy differences can be hashed out later, everyone can agree that Musk and Trump must be stopped and democracy restored
“Unlike the Tea Party of 2010, this is not an issue that breaks down cleanly along ideological lines. An insurgency isn’t necessarily going to pull Dems to the left, especially because Dem voters can’t really agree on which ideological direction to take their party.” split-ticket.org/2025/02/21/t...
Democrats May Risk Their Own Tea Party Moment
For keen political observers, the most surprising thing about Donald Trump’s second term probably isn’t the slew of executive orders, the abrupt foreign policy pivots, or even the integration of El…
split-ticket.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
what the moment calls for is fighters instead of gormless boobs who should have retired 30 years ago. policy differences can be hashed out later, everyone can agree that Musk and Trump must be stopped and democracy restored
Everyone should call their Reps and Senators and tell them they won’t donate another penny until there is new leadership an a commitment to actually fight.
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Everyone should call their Reps and Senators and tell them they won’t donate another penny until there is new leadership an a commitment to actually fight.
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We are headed toward martial law and the end of our democracy and I will never forgive the people in power who every step of the way told us it was all just fine and everything would work out swell as long as we kept pretending that nothing we have actually seen with our own two eyes was happening
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We are headed toward martial law and the end of our democracy and I will never forgive the people in power who every step of the way told us it was all just fine and everything would work out swell as long as we kept pretending that nothing we have actually seen with our own two eyes was happening
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We can get past the internal recriminations once Schumer is no longer the minority leader.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We can get past the internal recriminations once Schumer is no longer the minority leader.
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Americans are enraged, and they want fighters: an opposition party that communicates that they share and understand that rage. The Senate Democrats showed Sunday that they still don’t get that, and it’s not clear that some of them ever will. trib.al/mZfi6Qw
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Americans are enraged, and they want fighters: an opposition party that communicates that they share and understand that rage. The Senate Democrats showed Sunday that they still don’t get that, and it’s not clear that some of them ever will. trib.al/mZfi6Qw
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more like Cuck Schumer
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
more like Cuck Schumer
As always, Dems just posting in to the ether without "HERE IS OUR PLAN OF ACTION."
Dems upset should be turfing Schumer as leader. They should be demanding he step down, instead of these vague "oh it's bad" posts on social media.
Dems upset should be turfing Schumer as leader. They should be demanding he step down, instead of these vague "oh it's bad" posts on social media.
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As always, Dems just posting in to the ether without "HERE IS OUR PLAN OF ACTION."
Dems upset should be turfing Schumer as leader. They should be demanding he step down, instead of these vague "oh it's bad" posts on social media.
Dems upset should be turfing Schumer as leader. They should be demanding he step down, instead of these vague "oh it's bad" posts on social media.
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Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
If you think the president is a tyrant and you're running for office to oppose him the only platform you can have is "Give us enough votes to impeach and remove this menace." Otherwise what's the point of electing you?
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
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Democratic caver Jeanne Shaheen: "Hopefully, our Republican colleagues will work with us."
Sigh.
We've got to defeat the Weimar Democrats before we can defeat the fascist Republicans.
Sigh.
We've got to defeat the Weimar Democrats before we can defeat the fascist Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Democratic caver Jeanne Shaheen: "Hopefully, our Republican colleagues will work with us."
Sigh.
We've got to defeat the Weimar Democrats before we can defeat the fascist Republicans.
Sigh.
We've got to defeat the Weimar Democrats before we can defeat the fascist Republicans.
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People were donating to food banks in communities across the country. Many SNAP recipients who were struggling felt the momentum. They too need healthcare & many didn't want us to cave. 7M of us didn't march to cave. We didn't win every election last week to cave. Shame on the cavers. Vote them out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People were donating to food banks in communities across the country. Many SNAP recipients who were struggling felt the momentum. They too need healthcare & many didn't want us to cave. 7M of us didn't march to cave. We didn't win every election last week to cave. Shame on the cavers. Vote them out.
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They took that beautiful blue victory on Tuesday and decided to take a shit all over it. So disappointing.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They took that beautiful blue victory on Tuesday and decided to take a shit all over it. So disappointing.
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the Dems keep operating like this cynical shit has no effect. It’s why their core voters don’t fucking show up. When they say “we fight for you” nobody believes them, because they constantly pull shit like this and say “what else are you gonna vote for.” But then people STAY HOME.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
the Dems keep operating like this cynical shit has no effect. It’s why their core voters don’t fucking show up. When they say “we fight for you” nobody believes them, because they constantly pull shit like this and say “what else are you gonna vote for.” But then people STAY HOME.
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After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
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It is a handicap in politics to be the party that genuinely believes in governance and is broadly opposed to continued suffering of constituents, and yet there is no future for anything but degradation and misery if the Republican Party under Trump cannot be made to suffer consequences for its acts.
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It is a handicap in politics to be the party that genuinely believes in governance and is broadly opposed to continued suffering of constituents, and yet there is no future for anything but degradation and misery if the Republican Party under Trump cannot be made to suffer consequences for its acts.
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The only way I would ever support a short term funding bill is if Adelita Grijalva is immediately sworn in first thing tomorrow morning, SNAP is fully funded, federal workers get back pay, and a vote is passed to release the Epstein files before January. Otherwise…No.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The only way I would ever support a short term funding bill is if Adelita Grijalva is immediately sworn in first thing tomorrow morning, SNAP is fully funded, federal workers get back pay, and a vote is passed to release the Epstein files before January. Otherwise…No.
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We cannot support leaders who trade away affordable healthcare for a pinky promise w/fascists.
If Dems cave we withhold our:
Votes
Donations
Volunteer time & energy from all who cave.
Hold the line.
Sign our petition. Join the movement. Take back your power.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
If Dems cave we withhold our:
Votes
Donations
Volunteer time & energy from all who cave.
Hold the line.
Sign our petition. Join the movement. Take back your power.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
Don’t Cave For a Promise
Democrats cannot reopen the government by abandoning the people they were elected to protect.
Millions of Americans rely on the enhanced ACA premium tax credits to afford health care. Failing to ext...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We cannot support leaders who trade away affordable healthcare for a pinky promise w/fascists.
If Dems cave we withhold our:
Votes
Donations
Volunteer time & energy from all who cave.
Hold the line.
Sign our petition. Join the movement. Take back your power.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
If Dems cave we withhold our:
Votes
Donations
Volunteer time & energy from all who cave.
Hold the line.
Sign our petition. Join the movement. Take back your power.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
DACO: Dems always chicken out.
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
DACO: Dems always chicken out.
One day blue states will realize that we will be better off on our own.
The Trump administration told states in a late-night Saturday memo that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, adding to the chaos surrounding the anti-hunger program. Here’s a timeline of the SNAP developments that led up to this point.
A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments
Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One day blue states will realize that we will be better off on our own.
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We always accuse the Republicans of putting party/politics over country in this era, but that’s what Pelosi did.
Do NOT praise her. She is just as responsible for Trump’s current atrocities as Biden’s failure to hold him to account as McConnell’s paving the way as SCOTUS’ countless BS as Newt…
Do NOT praise her. She is just as responsible for Trump’s current atrocities as Biden’s failure to hold him to account as McConnell’s paving the way as SCOTUS’ countless BS as Newt…
She also purposely sabotaged both impeachments of Donald Trump and is a prime reason we are in this mess.
The Legacy Nancy Pelosi Never Wanted
The groundbreaking speaker’s aversion to impeachment led her to short-circuit the oversight process. The price was two acquittals for Trump and a weakened Congress.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We always accuse the Republicans of putting party/politics over country in this era, but that’s what Pelosi did.
Do NOT praise her. She is just as responsible for Trump’s current atrocities as Biden’s failure to hold him to account as McConnell’s paving the way as SCOTUS’ countless BS as Newt…
Do NOT praise her. She is just as responsible for Trump’s current atrocities as Biden’s failure to hold him to account as McConnell’s paving the way as SCOTUS’ countless BS as Newt…
Exactly this. Everyone one of the “they don’t have the votes” people ignores that every elected Dem has a massive public platform that they could use to get messages out and to call for protests and stoke rage against Trump and the GOP.
They could be out there every day and they’re just not.
They could be out there every day and they’re just not.
People judging how well our feckless members of congress are doing during this shutdown should consider that any time, they could start posting that millions must assemble on the national mall so they can demand the regime's removal and throw Trump in prison. It would probably happen.
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Exactly this. Everyone one of the “they don’t have the votes” people ignores that every elected Dem has a massive public platform that they could use to get messages out and to call for protests and stoke rage against Trump and the GOP.
They could be out there every day and they’re just not.
They could be out there every day and they’re just not.
He’s bringing the entire country down.
Schumer’s instincts are legitimately terrible and he’s bringing his entire party down.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
He’s bringing the entire country down.