knotcarl.bsky.social
@knotcarl.bsky.social
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Chuck Schumer makes it to the New Yorker cartoon section. And not in a good way. Chuck, this is your legacy unless you seriously step up.
@schumer.senate.gov
April 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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My latest, about how both the media and the Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
Is Anyone Ready For This?
Neither the media nor the Democrats are built for a constitutional crisis
stringinamaze.net
March 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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look at this point if you can’t bring yourself to admit that the biden admin’s approach to trump—which was back by senate and house leadership—was a total and complete failure idk what to tell you. the fact it’s largely still same leadership in congress is a real problem
Inevitable at this point, and won’t be among the five worst things today, but very dispiriting nonetheless.
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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First of all, don’t talk like a fucking loser. I’d start with that.
"What leverage do we have?" says Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "They control the House, the Senate and the presidency; it's their government."
February 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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truly incredible to (1) not be doing everything you can to delay and obstruct, (2) receive historically high call volume demanding you max out delay and obstruction, and (3) complain that the callers are focusing on the “wrong” people
inadvertently vital reporting here from axios showcasing dem staffers whining about a foundational tenet of representational democracy: telling your representative how you want them to represent you.
February 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Ah ok, well, glad we know now, I guess.
January 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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give us a bit of time we've only had three months to prepare! it's not like Trump is a known quantity or that we were handed a complete roadmap for everything ahead in the form of a handy book of policy intentions they released like monologuing villains
“We’re obviously in a bit of disarray,” a Democratic senator told Semafor. “I don’t think people are really completely sure about what lesson is to be learned in this election.”

“Give us a little time,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin also said. “This is brand new.”
January 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM