Eric T. Caldwell
@eurika-ex-machina.bsky.social
Word-jotter, river-walker, capacity builder, with conflicted proclivities for radical extemporization. Learning Korean cooking. Need to learn faster.
Welcome to the party, DOJIE!
April 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Welcome to the party, DOJIE!
What is the content of your question beyond an inarticulate expression of outrage? Everyone is working the problems before them; there are so many, though, and Dems are in the minority. Anyway, what do you expect them to do about the GOP supermajority on the Supreme Court? Constructive criticism pls
March 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What is the content of your question beyond an inarticulate expression of outrage? Everyone is working the problems before them; there are so many, though, and Dems are in the minority. Anyway, what do you expect them to do about the GOP supermajority on the Supreme Court? Constructive criticism pls
Ignorance of the world doesn't magically render it featureless. Read a book.
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ignorance of the world doesn't magically render it featureless. Read a book.
Oh yes. A new party. A third party. One that will ensure that Republicans continue to win elections, and fill SCOTUS seats, and imperil the country. I've never heard that one before. A little sense of history here, please. Just a little.
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Oh yes. A new party. A third party. One that will ensure that Republicans continue to win elections, and fill SCOTUS seats, and imperil the country. I've never heard that one before. A little sense of history here, please. Just a little.
Dude: what you have have them do, exactly?
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dude: what you have have them do, exactly?
Hey man, seriously, you need to back off, and understand that all you're doing in statements like this is demoralizing the folks who are opposing the fascists. We're in the minority in the Senate, the House, SCOTUS, and out of the WH. They are doing all they can. What would you have them do exactly?
February 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hey man, seriously, you need to back off, and understand that all you're doing in statements like this is demoralizing the folks who are opposing the fascists. We're in the minority in the Senate, the House, SCOTUS, and out of the WH. They are doing all they can. What would you have them do exactly?
I hope that he counts these as part of the five things he's done this week, lol. What a loser.
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I hope that he counts these as part of the five things he's done this week, lol. What a loser.
With respect--and I mean this--Democratic votes here are symbolic only. If the GOP will vote through Kennedy, they will vote through anyone. Some Dem Senators are gaming this out and voting for nominees because they know that those in the bullpen are so much worse. So easy.
February 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
With respect--and I mean this--Democratic votes here are symbolic only. If the GOP will vote through Kennedy, they will vote through anyone. Some Dem Senators are gaming this out and voting for nominees because they know that those in the bullpen are so much worse. So easy.
With respect, this is incorrect. The calculus that Senate Democrats are engaging in right now is whether the sabotage of a nominee might result in someone worse. Rubio? He's not a psychopath like Patel, a nitwit like Kennedy, and so on. Will he enact Trump's policies? Yep. No avoiding that.
February 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
With respect, this is incorrect. The calculus that Senate Democrats are engaging in right now is whether the sabotage of a nominee might result in someone worse. Rubio? He's not a psychopath like Patel, a nitwit like Kennedy, and so on. Will he enact Trump's policies? Yep. No avoiding that.
And yet somehow you fail to adduce evidence, fail to respond to criticism, and engage in vacant snark. Yawn. I'll stick with those who aren't abusing Democratic leaders as a means to overcompensate for their overwhelming feelings of personal helplessness. Good luck, buddy.
February 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
And yet somehow you fail to adduce evidence, fail to respond to criticism, and engage in vacant snark. Yawn. I'll stick with those who aren't abusing Democratic leaders as a means to overcompensate for their overwhelming feelings of personal helplessness. Good luck, buddy.
With respect, what are you suggesting they do? We are in the minority in the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, and are no longer in the White House. We are f&cked, but criticizing how Ds are playing their sh&tty hands and not taking into account how that sh&ttiness limits their options is also an abdicat'n
February 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
With respect, what are you suggesting they do? We are in the minority in the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, and are no longer in the White House. We are f&cked, but criticizing how Ds are playing their sh&tty hands and not taking into account how that sh&ttiness limits their options is also an abdicat'n
To be clear, we're in the minority in the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, and are out of the White House. Ds have no power. Zilcho. Nada. By saying that we should work together, K is trying to use the minimal power that we have to blunt the worst of what's happening. The alternative: blunt nothing.
February 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
To be clear, we're in the minority in the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, and are out of the White House. Ds have no power. Zilcho. Nada. By saying that we should work together, K is trying to use the minimal power that we have to blunt the worst of what's happening. The alternative: blunt nothing.
Strategy is not helplessness. Flailing out in all directions without a plan is not strength.
February 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Strategy is not helplessness. Flailing out in all directions without a plan is not strength.
Yes indeed, 2) relies on bipartisanship. It's the whole point. If you want to stop any of these nominees, bipartisanship is the only way to do it. That's the reality. The decision is: go all-out war and lose every battle, or try to appeal to what little nobility remains in the GOP to win a couple.
February 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yes indeed, 2) relies on bipartisanship. It's the whole point. If you want to stop any of these nominees, bipartisanship is the only way to do it. That's the reality. The decision is: go all-out war and lose every battle, or try to appeal to what little nobility remains in the GOP to win a couple.
Schumer's choice was this: 1) gum up the whole Senate works so that the hearings are delayed, but not stopped, putting the GOP in the position to confirm all nominees, or 2) let them play out and hope to ruin some of them. He went with option 2, and made the right choice. What would you choose?
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Schumer's choice was this: 1) gum up the whole Senate works so that the hearings are delayed, but not stopped, putting the GOP in the position to confirm all nominees, or 2) let them play out and hope to ruin some of them. He went with option 2, and made the right choice. What would you choose?
2/ If you have a plan, let's hear it. Otherwise, you're just criticizing folks for how they're playing sh*tty hands without taking into account the degree to which they are constrained by their sh*tty hands.
February 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
2/ If you have a plan, let's hear it. Otherwise, you're just criticizing folks for how they're playing sh*tty hands without taking into account the degree to which they are constrained by their sh*tty hands.
1/ Even if this is true, and I think that it is, how does that increase our options or make them better? My objections are essentially that the DO SOMETHING crowd is advocating for any action, even if it makes our position worse, because they feel desperate.
February 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
1/ Even if this is true, and I think that it is, how does that increase our options or make them better? My objections are essentially that the DO SOMETHING crowd is advocating for any action, even if it makes our position worse, because they feel desperate.
Schumer has made the strategic decision to let the nominations play out in the hopes that they can derail the worst of them. He's not happy about it, nor is anyone. When judging how someone plays a sh&tty hand, it's pretty shoddy work not to consider the paucity of one's options.
February 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Schumer has made the strategic decision to let the nominations play out in the hopes that they can derail the worst of them. He's not happy about it, nor is anyone. When judging how someone plays a sh&tty hand, it's pretty shoddy work not to consider the paucity of one's options.
Kinda have no idea what you're talking about--I'm actually advocating for strategy-based action regardless of "feelings." Still, okay. What next thing, exactly? What are you advocating for, specifically?
February 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Kinda have no idea what you're talking about--I'm actually advocating for strategy-based action regardless of "feelings." Still, okay. What next thing, exactly? What are you advocating for, specifically?
I don't think that we do. We disagree about the usefulness of insisting that elected officials "do something--anything!" when their options are terribly limited. Lashing out without specifics against Ds is just political victim blaming. But we're on the same side, and I wish you a nice nite as well
February 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I don't think that we do. We disagree about the usefulness of insisting that elected officials "do something--anything!" when their options are terribly limited. Lashing out without specifics against Ds is just political victim blaming. But we're on the same side, and I wish you a nice nite as well