Kari Johnson
@karijohn.bsky.social
Animal lover, bleeding heart liberal, wife of USAF retired husband, grandma, aging services non-profit strategic director. karij at Daily Kos. 💙Stronger Together 💙Resist 💙Revolution
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The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
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I wrote a bit more about that here: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse | Press Watch
The current crop of Democratic leaders does not constitute an effective opposition to Trump
presswatchers.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I wrote a bit more about that here: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
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open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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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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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
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contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
Incandescent Rage: Ezra Levin on the Eight Democrats Who Put Americans Last
"What do we do to demand a better party, a party that actually fights back?"
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
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Big Phony Schmuck! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Why am I saying this
Last Tuesday was so invigorating, so MANY YOUNG PEOPLE showed up, worked hard & DEMOCRATS WON
AND not only young people, so many others but
NOW DISENFRANCHISED
LeaderJeffries kept the House Democrats United
I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT SCHUMER
WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP NOW
Last Tuesday was so invigorating, so MANY YOUNG PEOPLE showed up, worked hard & DEMOCRATS WON
AND not only young people, so many others but
NOW DISENFRANCHISED
LeaderJeffries kept the House Democrats United
I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT SCHUMER
WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP NOW
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Why am I saying this
Last Tuesday was so invigorating, so MANY YOUNG PEOPLE showed up, worked hard & DEMOCRATS WON
AND not only young people, so many others but
NOW DISENFRANCHISED
LeaderJeffries kept the House Democrats United
I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT SCHUMER
WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP NOW
Last Tuesday was so invigorating, so MANY YOUNG PEOPLE showed up, worked hard & DEMOCRATS WON
AND not only young people, so many others but
NOW DISENFRANCHISED
LeaderJeffries kept the House Democrats United
I CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT SCHUMER
WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP NOW
This is nearly at 47k signatures, by the way. Join us.
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
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Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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its especially humiliating for the Cave Caucus that he's not even trying to pretend that he might do this.
US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
its especially humiliating for the Cave Caucus that he's not even trying to pretend that he might do this.
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
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I’m old enough to remember when the New Hampshire House passed a repeal of the death penalty and then-governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed it because she wanted to become a Senator.
And she became a Senator so she could betray her party, her region and progressive values in DC just as she did in Concord.
And she became a Senator so she could betray her party, her region and progressive values in DC just as she did in Concord.
Senate advances deal to reopen government after centrist Democrats strike major deal to end shutdown | CNN Politics
A critical bloc of eight Senate Democratic centrists on Sunday helped advance a funding deal to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies,...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m old enough to remember when the New Hampshire House passed a repeal of the death penalty and then-governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed it because she wanted to become a Senator.
And she became a Senator so she could betray her party, her region and progressive values in DC just as she did in Concord.
And she became a Senator so she could betray her party, her region and progressive values in DC just as she did in Concord.
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If Democrats had held out for just 12 more hours, they would have seen that Trump was going to be FORCED to fund SNAP and that that should not have been the centerpiece of a negotiation to betray 40 million Americans on healthcare
BREAKING: Federal appeals court says full SNAP benefits must be paid for November. The Trump administration is expected to appeal.
States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments
States are facing uncertainty about providing full monthly benefits for a federal food program serving 42 million Americans.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If Democrats had held out for just 12 more hours, they would have seen that Trump was going to be FORCED to fund SNAP and that that should not have been the centerpiece of a negotiation to betray 40 million Americans on healthcare
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I was the guest who "flat out" last night on MSNBC said this has to be the end of Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader of the Senate. We were on live when news of the deal broke and how Schumer barely was part of the talks and he could not hold the Democrats together.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was the guest who "flat out" last night on MSNBC said this has to be the end of Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader of the Senate. We were on live when news of the deal broke and how Schumer barely was part of the talks and he could not hold the Democrats together.
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81% of the Democratic base in a poll last week said Congress should “refuse to approve a budget unless it includes extending these tax credits, even if it means the government remains shut down.” But even 81% of the Dem base is not enough to get all Senate Democrats on board. #Pathetic
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
81% of the Democratic base in a poll last week said Congress should “refuse to approve a budget unless it includes extending these tax credits, even if it means the government remains shut down.” But even 81% of the Dem base is not enough to get all Senate Democrats on board. #Pathetic
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov, do not sell out to the republicans. The people know who is responsible for the shut down. Do. Not. Cave. Really don't cause the people will be pissed and you will not be re-elected nor will any other dem that caves.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov, do not sell out to the republicans. The people know who is responsible for the shut down. Do. Not. Cave. Really don't cause the people will be pissed and you will not be re-elected nor will any other dem that caves.
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Even the senators who are retiring and think they won't have to face the wrath of furious Democratic voters should know that their last name is about to become so toxic that not even a goddamn nonprofit is going to want you on the board.
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Even the senators who are retiring and think they won't have to face the wrath of furious Democratic voters should know that their last name is about to become so toxic that not even a goddamn nonprofit is going to want you on the board.