Peter Schurman
@peter415.bsky.social
Builder of organizations. Ex MoveOn. Lover of nature and community.
My passion: OneGlobalDemocracy.com
My passion: OneGlobalDemocracy.com
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FYSA ▶️ “[A]ny member of the Senate Democratic caucus can bring a challenge to Schumer’s continued leadership up for a vote. They would only need a majority of the caucus, or 24 of the 47 members, in order for the vote to succeed.”
Many are calling for Chuck Schumer's resignation. What hasn't been reported until now is that any Senate Democrat can offer a motion to challenge his leadership position, and it would have to get a vote within 7 days. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social:
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One Weird Trick to Get Rid of Chuck Schumer - The American Prospect
Multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates say it’s time for the Senate minority leader to go. It turns out any single Senate Democrat can force a vote on Schumer’s job.
prospect.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
FYSA ▶️ “[A]ny member of the Senate Democratic caucus can bring a challenge to Schumer’s continued leadership up for a vote. They would only need a majority of the caucus, or 24 of the 47 members, in order for the vote to succeed.”
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
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Psst: @pelosi.house.gov : you helped sideline Biden to save the party from a 2024 wipeout. Might you chat with Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin? Asking for 7M friends...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Psst: @pelosi.house.gov : you helped sideline Biden to save the party from a 2024 wipeout. Might you chat with Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin? Asking for 7M friends...
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Leaf blowers are the AI of rakes: An unnecessary tool for the lazy that creates a bizarre dependency and unnatural loyalty among users, while harming the environment and making society worse
I have never loved anything more than being woken up bright and early by a man walking around aimlessly with a leaf blower
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Leaf blowers are the AI of rakes: An unnecessary tool for the lazy that creates a bizarre dependency and unnatural loyalty among users, while harming the environment and making society worse
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"I’ve been impressed with Van Hollen's moral clarity on key issues," says @rokhanna.bsky.social, when I asked him who should replace Schumer. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Transcript: Ro Khanna Says Schumer Must Resign In Wake of Budget Deal
Khanna says that the capitulation by Senate Democrats is a “moral surrender.”
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"I’ve been impressed with Van Hollen's moral clarity on key issues," says @rokhanna.bsky.social, when I asked him who should replace Schumer. newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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Democrats have a lot of old leaders. But there are plenty of old populists, and plenty of young corporate Dems. The wisdom lies in knowing the difference, as Bob Kuttner writes.
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The Myth of the Democrats’ Gerontocracy Problem - The American Prospect
The Democrats’ problem is not age—it’s corporate and centrist Democrats of all ages. What distinguishes some of the most successful young Democrats is not just their youth but the fact that they are c...
prospect.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Democrats have a lot of old leaders. But there are plenty of old populists, and plenty of young corporate Dems. The wisdom lies in knowing the difference, as Bob Kuttner writes.
prospect.org/2025/11/11/m...
prospect.org/2025/11/11/m...
Angus King III, son of Sen. Angus King who is running for Maine governor, signals support for the shutdown deal his father helped broker.
"A shutdown didn't fix any problem, it just made others worse," he says.
"A shutdown didn't fix any problem, it just made others worse," he says.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Home of the free speech movement.
4 UC Berkeley undergrads who put up a cardboard insect to protest Turning P*int USA’s sold out campus event are being charged with FELONY VANDALISM.
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
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4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Home of the free speech movement.
@replsimon.bsky.social @adamschiff.com @padilla.senate.gov please join this call on Schumer to step down from leadership.
Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@replsimon.bsky.social @adamschiff.com @padilla.senate.gov please join this call on Schumer to step down from leadership.
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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 12:01 AM
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The short video has a great synopsis of the whole situation.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The short video has a great synopsis of the whole situation.
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Cool, challenge Schumer for his position then @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
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 11:00 PM
Cool, challenge Schumer for his position then @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.
This
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This
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Would be a good time for @pressley.house.gov to step and challenge dinosaurs tethered to boomer losers in the leadership.
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Moulton is already challenging Ed Markey. I'm just not sure for progressive Massholes that Seth Moulton is the challenger of choice.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Moulton is already challenging Ed Markey. I'm just not sure for progressive Massholes that Seth Moulton is the challenger of choice.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Congressman Moulton launches primary challenge against Sen. Markey, calling for generational change
In a campaign video released Wednesday morning, Moulton said the Democratic Party "has clung to the status quo," and it's time to "change course."
www.wbur.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Would be a good time for @pressley.house.gov to step and challenge dinosaurs tethered to boomer losers in the leadership.
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Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
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November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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No paywalls. No capitulation. No BS.
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No paywalls. No capitulation. No BS.
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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The Senate exists for the same reason that the ACA doesn't have a public option: it was negotiated to placate the necessary votes. Slave states were nervous about being beholden to public will so we massively over-elevated state representation. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...
The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention
www.law.cornell.edu
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Senate exists for the same reason that the ACA doesn't have a public option: it was negotiated to placate the necessary votes. Slave states were nervous about being beholden to public will so we massively over-elevated state representation. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...
Mallory McMorrow for Senate Dem leader.
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Mallory McMorrow for Senate Dem leader.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit
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watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is