If on January 7th, 2021, you told me that the official Democratic position in 4 years was compromise and bipartisanship with the coup plotters (and zero consequences for them) I would have guessed Romney and Manchin had taken over the Democratic leadership

Trump’s gonna withhold disaster relief from California the next time there’s an out-of-control wild fire and Dems are gonna be like “b-b-but we helped Texas!”

who do they think that appeals to??

Amen!!!!

Clearly @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov had their heads in the sand for the past 5.5 months. Heck even before, when news of Project 2025 came out. Take your hand out of the $$ bag from AIPAC/big corps to see what the hell has been going on. You’re just adding to the problem now.

I mean, they COULD if the Republicans were not the other party.

Jeffries is so weak. The entrenched democrats are corporatists and need to stretto aside or be removed, but the activist democrats are the only ones work listening to in politics today.

The Democrats idea of bipartisan is to bend over and give the right everything they want . It's been that way for years and it's still that way.

There is no “bipartisanship” with a political party that has pledged blind loyalty to Donald Trump as he wages war with the constitution, the rule of law and the foundation of our government. He views democrats as actual enemies, not just political opponents.

Bipartisan as a word now is a clear offense against the people. Any Democrat using that word should be retired for pathetic.

Exactly! Until there's some kind of shift to normalcy its like saying... Charles Manson has some good ideas let's work with him... naa

They talk about bipartisanship as if it’s a goal in and of itself. Never asking if bipartisanship serves the policies that people want and deserve, because they know the opposite is true. Not admitting that compromise with fascism equals collaboration with fascism.

whole lotta nothing said there, as usual

Yes. Fire Jeffries

Oh man here in VA we've got Spanberger spamming YouTube with her ads about being the most bipartisan member of congress or some shit and she can't wait to work with R's to get stuff done and I really need her to cut that shit out before she turns people off so much that she ends up somehow losing.

WTF! Jeffries is a moron! Trump says he “hates” every Democrat, and Jeffries thinks he can get Reeps in Congress to work with Democrats! Hell no!

Right, just say you’re going to do the good and necessary thing and people can join you or not. Bipartisanship is a sucker’s trap

I'd also be happy to never see or have to hear from Sharpton ever again.

donate harder, micah, if you want to fight the GOP and trump (with whom we want to work across the aisle with)

AOC and Warren for leaders. Let's get some people who will actually fight.

Every time a Democratic says "bipartisan" one should hear "collaborate with fascism, as a minority interest where they are in charge and get to set the agenda. All I am here is to beg and plead, but certainly not lead." Jeffries is sold out to rich donors who prefer GOP but hedge their bets. Bribe

“But I talked for 8 hours resulting in absolutely nothing…WHAT ABOUT THAT PICTURE WITH THE BAT?!?”

Those days are long gone. You and Chuck are the last ones to realize it. It will take years for that to come back, if ever. Forget the self-fulfilling prophecy, Hakeem. Treat them like the enemy they are.

At least for me when Democrats come back into power the bare minimum I'll demand from my representatives will be abolishing ICE and reversing all of the BBB, regardless of partisanship, precedent, or decorum.

This is exactly what i'm asking about the blue wave. The current damage is too hard to pass or ignore and they can't say "next time". If they want to return it's clear saying why and how this time.

Loved the 9 hour speech. Does not BEGIN to offset the 9 months of lead time squandered in total paralysis without leadership, strategy, optics, or messaging platform.

You must have heard the first 2 town halls by my representative after January 20. If he said "bipartisan" one more time I was going to scream bloody murder.

I might not have an issue with it if weren't for the fact that in every scenario, it's always framed as "how can the left compromise on their values to wing the right's support?"

Who does he think this type of message resonates with? Ghastly pathetic.

Of course , it .all democrats fault.

Amen brother I’ll smack someone

This is really the core of why so many people are unhappy with (most) Dem electeds (and what their defenders don't get). They tell us they're fighting authoritarianism, then they tell the media they want to reach across the aisle. What do they actually believe?

The big problem is that the people on the other side of said aisle have never even ONCE tried to so much as pretend they're not the most awful psychos imaginable, and the dems keep acting like they're not. The time for being nice is so fuckin' far in the past, and it's not helping shit.

It increasingly feels like the answer is "nothing at all"

Bipartisanism would require both sides accepting each other's humanity. That's not the case right now.

What kind of person wants bipartisanship with Nazis

That's my biggest issue. So many of the top dems refuse to acknowledge that these aren't "normal times". The time for any sort of decorum or old norms are long dead and gone.

"We'll fight for you! By working with the Republicans!"

Bipartisan prison sentences

I want the word "bipartisan" to get the same reaction as a reference to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

I want the party system eliminated

The Colorado delegation worships at the false idol of bipartisanship. This was even @hickenlooper.bsky.social 's plan to address fascism. Which is why he must not win the primary.

But focus groups push their buttons so much when the consultant says bipartisanship it just has to work!

Ayup. Anyone who cooperates on so much as naming a post office should be primaried.

Why are democrats' normal way of speaking press release mode

Can you describe a purely partisan way for congressional democrats to address flash flooding in the state of Texas?

He just has such a smug punchable face

The sooner Jefferies and the gang become corporate lobbyists the better

Agreed. When one side blows up the bridge, it's plain stupidity for the other side to keep trying to get across by walking on the ruins. Ridiculous. These people are clinging to some fantasy of government that no longer exists. I do more battle in the streets, standing up to bigots and racists daily

The self-preservation instincts of a sponge

There are several people in politics right now that I never want to hear from or about again. The first twenty or so are obvious. Jefferies is right under that. He attempts to be a chameleon but he has no idea how to portray anything outside of his wheelhouse, a lame, self absorbed centrist.

It doesn’t seem like a bad thing to say under the circumstances - trying to get GOP defections in response to a tragedy.

I mean Democrats are not in power. If they want to accomplish anything to improve the weather reporting situation after the Doge cuts they have to get some GOP support in Congress. I do think he needs to go, but this statement was perfectly reasonable.

Ah yes, the bipartisan manner in which the administration is gutting NOAA (and FEMA) open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

I don't even want Post Office namings to be bipartisan anymore

Yeah it can’t be justified anymore even in pragmatic terms. If there are gettable voters who still see the appeal of that you can’t chase it. You have to use your platform to inform the low info voter how republicans have lied to them and are hurting them and just drill down on that 24/7 imo

I saw so called moderates over on the other site saying “nooo dont be mean like to republicans like they are to us!” It’s fucking maddening

"We must engage in scientific research with the guys who think science is the antichrist and destroyed all the science stuff we used to have, I am smart and this is a position for which I should be rewarded"

"We need to work with mentally ill pedophiles who lack impulse control, to help us solve the problem in elementary schools"

It’s like a reflex for these establishment Dems. They can’t help themselves. But they should

The only reason to reach across the aisle is to slap someone

I was watching that today. As soon as I hear "Bipartisan" I clicked the TV off. Jeffries is trying to be the next Obama. And he is. An Obama Bobble Head Doll.

Temu Obama indeed.

just tell me he's not wearing a golf jacket?

You cannot compromise with these people. Anyone who thinks they can is a fool and should not be supported

see also: their use of the word "colleague"

Every Democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio. 99-0. EVERY Democratic senator should be primaried. They are failing our democracy.

When one party is openly fascist, bipartisanship is openly fascist.

i’d be okay with a robust statement about defending democracy and the rule of law and welcoming any republican colleagues who feel these are bipartisan priorities

5 seconds into hearing just about any Dem talking, my eyes glaze over and it’s just The Peanuts trombone-speech. Wah wah wawah wah. They don’t sound like they even care about what it is they’re saying. We need to look at what happened? Why does he sound like he just woke up to a zero alarm fire? 😴

Bipartisan is a 5 letter word. Worse than a swear. Its a loser.

Clearly we'd be best served discussing fire prevention with a group of arsonist supporters.

"How can we work better with the people who just took Healthcare away from 15 million people?"

democrats attempting bipartisanship: “what if only 10M people lose their healthcare”

At the very least they should not pretend that this bipartisanship extends both ways. Every decent thing a Democrat does needs to be paired with a reminder of how Trump treated the California wildfires. That point won’t make itself, and needs to be made very explicitly and loudly.