Schumer isn’t presently the Majority Leader though. LBJ’s brief tenure as Minority Leader from 1953-4 doesn’t reveal any great legislative success.

And after last week’s election, there wasn’t much to be gained politically from continuing the fight, since it was evident that Trump and the GOP were already in a political death spiral.

By what? Depriving them of the honor of being a Ranking Member in committee?

Two of them are retiring, one isn’t even a Democrat, and one has been a de jure Republican since his stroke. None are up in 2026, and don’t care about empty threats to primary them in the distant future.

So what. He can’t pardon state criminals.

Who cares? He can’t pardon state criminals.

Fetterman's already a de jure Republican, so demands that he resign will go nowhere. King isn't even a Democrat, so it's not likely he can be shamed either.

Yeah, we need a multi-party system that works as efficiently as the ones in Italy and Israel....

Whatever. He's not up til 2030.

Curious what their polling was telling them. Wouldn’t surprise me if there was a sizable bloc that’s, say, iffy about trans players in school sports or whatever, & they thought “aha, a wedge issue” not realizing that even those folks would find it super creepy that it’s now your only message.

The second-worst part of having a lost pet (after them actually being lost) is how much time you have to spend on Nextdoor looking for any possible sightings. I am about to have to scroll through so many Prop 50 meltdowns lmao.

Has Yamamoto been ordered to read about the Hiss Matter?

I think the consensus opinion going into Game 7 in 2017 was that it was one of the classic World Series, and now the only thing people remember about that Fall Classic was someone banging on a garbage can....

Blake Treinen is fresh and ready for Game 7.