Our leading armadillos:

Great plan! We need to motivate them because they seem to be playing by old rules & adhering to dead norms.

Why did the Democrats not grant citizenship to the millions of people now at risk of deportation during 2008-2016 & 2020-2024v?

Because Democrats don't believe in just granting citizenship to millions of people at risk for deportation. They believe in the legal process known as a 'Path to Citizenship'.

Which seems to take decades….

Defund ICE & defund Trump's S.S. protection, but stand down on some of this other stuff.

A lot of never Trumpers have gone ‘woke.’ 🤷‍♀️ Gald to see it.

We like it. 👍🏼

If only Conway would alt-text his screenshots. I can't share them as is.

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Bless you. I quote-posted it myself with the alt-text, but geez, people shouldn't have to do that.

Agreed. Like you, I try not to share w/out alt-text, so am grateful to those who take the time to do it.

(And of course the kicker here is that Stuart Stevens is a life-long conservative.)

👏🏻👏🏻🎯

And, as a registered republican (although I don't see eye to eye with MAGA or GOP AT ALL), he is absolutely right. Dems need to shut everything down and expose everything these traitors are doing! And, they need to go after people breaking the law and defiling the Constitution.

Swiftboat Stu

You mean he was a secret Democrat all along?

Sounds reasonable to me! But on the second day they shouldn't act in such a restrained manner.

I like it

I like it !

Stuart has written about his shame in promoting Republicans. He is absolutely correct in what is posted. The only thing else I would do on day one is expand the SC.

Either that or our elected Democratic politicians are clueless and/or cowards.

not far enough

they seem to understand more acutely how dangerous the GOP has become.

Yes—this. That GOP unpopularity alone really really does not much help us at all (and that this is foreign adversary orchestrated high tech information AI augmented weaponry fueled war against the U.S. and rule of law and the dollar and a full takeover and dismantlement of gov and oppression…)

Finally.

When they take the house?? We likely won’t even have elections! If we do, they’ll be like Russia’s. And Hungary’s. And don’t forget Turkey’s.

Don’t count us out yet.

Oh I HAVE and I suggest you do as well. If we wait for elections to save us from authoritarianism then we aren’t even learning from history. And we aren’t. And it’s sad AF.

I’m still waiting for the revolutionary’s plan. Because standing up to defend our rights to the last man (which I’m prepared to do), is not the same as a revolution. Need more info on what government looks like after the revolution…..

I live in DC. We aren’t even out and we’re occupied.

Works for me.

And it’s not even a lefty position.

I always feel so sorry for those dead armadillos. They don't deserve to be compared to Congress.

Love the quote from Jim Hightower (armadillos)

Easy to do when you don't have to actually...well, you know, govern. Political punditry by people who have never held elected office is so tiresome.

The dems must elect a new leader.

There is only one thing that's important right now and that's saving our democracy. Nothing else matters. Nothing! But what is certain is that people with agendas not as important will try to force their will.

America!

Excellent guidance!

Expand the court. Have the legislation ready to go.

Imagine that. And he's 100% right.

That list should be the bear minimum.

Zero chance this happens with the established "leadership" in DC. Schumer and Jeffries just get a lot of podium time. They do nothing but wear a nice suit and spend time in front of the camera. Newsom, AOC, Crockett, Bernie...that's more what we need. And don't even mention the turncoat fetterman.

Also on the first day: order all National Guard soldiers back to base.

An excellent example .

Well, this won’t happen if Jefferies is the house leader, and Schumer is the Senate leader. Both of those men need to go. They’re not strong enough.

And that's his reaction to Harris's extended SS being canceled Dems are nowhere near angry enough right now about anything

keep posting this and ask this guy Stuart Stevens to take over strategy for Dems. @sanders.senate.gov are you listening?

Starlink may have backdoors built in.

This should be sent to every sitting Democrat by as many constituents as possible. Maybe it will light a spark or two

Seem like a good plan of action

No Do Not Give Felon any more money by nationalizing StarLink We boycott Teslas, Starlink should be next

No Dont Nationalize Felon's companies. Are you crazy?

Do you know what nationalize means?

I didn’t know it was Stevens until after I read it. I thought it was an interesting lefty wish list. Also too, Trump family should be stripped of SS protection and Rotting Orange Bloat should be stripped of all presidential benefits.

What percentage of people know who Stuart Stevens was 20 years ago?

Hell Yes!!! 100%

And punch any Democrat in the nose who wants to reach across the aisle

the idiot is setting up his own source of revenue solely controlled by the executive branch! so there is no when ... they should have cut off funds from the state level on jan 20th, so cut it off now and tell everyone to stop paying taxes. then catch the snake by its head.

No playing around!

... and take palantir ...

Also can't happen, due to Presidential veto.

as if we will have free elections

Woohoo, I love his day one agenda. Get it done Dems!

embarrassingly true.

I mean they can pass it in the house, but it'll die in the Senate, so I don't see how this actually helps.

also less maga than you. both meanings.

Most of the current democratic leaders are hopelessly out of touch. Brain dead. Useless.

It’s a mistake to call this left/right. This isn’t in anyway about policy.

So cute to think we’ll have a fair midterm election

Guaranteed they won’t.

Works for me‼️Be Brave & do it ‼️

Finish off Fox for in American activities.

It's not a question of left or right. It's a hating contest and Democratic leadership just plain doesn't hate hard enough.

there are tens of millions Americans "currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill" and we are getting a hella goddam pissed off with "most democratic leaders on the Hill."

This defeatist attitude is so frustrating!!! What ever happened to doing the right thing, if only because it’s the right thing to do? Everyone is so focused on results instead of principals.

"defeatist" in what way, my friend, is it to try stirring the democratic party leadership to stand up against the fascist regime? i'm focused on principled results, like stopping the cruelty, the criminality & the incompetence of the trump crime syndicate.

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I’ve got a long memory. He worshipped Ronald Reagan where this all started with the creation of the Federalist Society. Then came Citizens United. I’m not in a forgiving or conciliatory mood, quite honestly.

He's dreaming. They won't do any of that.

They also need to cancel all SS to the trumps, all of them.

He’s been radicalized. Needs a profile.

This will never happen. And I’m not even thinking about Republicans blocking it, the Democrats would torpedo his efforts before the GOP ever got a crack at it! We all know this.

Which is why primaries are just as important as general elections. We need to oust the old guard and elect people who want to live in a better world more than they want to get rich on lobbyist bribe money

To be honest, after seeing so much, it is very difficult for me to believe that the system can be changed from within. We have to rewrite a lot of nonsense baked into our federal government.For that, I do not think we have enough people willing and able to say, this shit ain't working.

I don't disagree, but I like the adage "voting is like riding a bus, you vote for the candidate that will take you closest to where you want to go". Voting probably won't end systemic issues any time soon, but it's damage mitigation while we figure out how to fix everything with minimal loss of life

We are living in polar times.

Dem leadership is still stuck on the notion that we're still operating under the "business as usual" principles of comity and mutual respect and that the Republicans will someday soon come to their senses

Or the “when they go low, we go high” crap.

which i frankly see as code for "i can't be bothered to come up with a strategy"

I always liked Michelle Obama but holy hell this utterance of hers has aged like milk.

A lot of lefties despise the Never-Trumper GOP apostates. IMO they’re about the only ones who appreciate the stakes today. It’s time for a battle royale.

Why they need to gtfo

It’s a break-glass moment. Democrats ALL need to act like it if our democracy is going to survive.

It is a take out the death star moment.

I’m not holding my breath for either scenario.

The Dems have getting coached hard by the never-Trumpers. Maybe that should be a moment of self-reflection.

The Dems,always weak, will do nothing

I agree with him. The GOP have sent me so left, I passed Bernie and AOC, making me more left than them. 😂😂😂

Gonna need a new speaker

I’m very concerned that when Dems retake control, Schumer and Jeffries gonna roll over and placate the MAGAt sensibilities instead of putting the stake in their heart.

Copy that 💥💥💥 Why does there have to be dead armadillos☹️

It’s a southern reply. Northern reply would have included squirrels.

I don’t know who Stuart Stevens is but this plan looks less “left” than it does “fanfic”

Like, it wouldn't HURT to do this stuff, I guess. The administration and GOP types will scream about "why are they posturing and doing messaging bills when there are real problems blah blah" but they'll have no credibility at all and Trump will be even more unpopular so who cares?

But if you're going to go to work and take votes you'd think the priority would be "we are setting up the FOLLOWING investigative committees with subpoena power, who wants in? Oversight Time, motherfuckers!" Much more useful.

He's a really smart dude

They're ALL smart dudes! They were the smartest little boys in the room their whole lives and they used it to give degenerate reactionary politics a sheen of the intellectual. I'm glad they walked away from it, but...

Well I give grace to anyone that came over from the dark side.

Nationalize starlink? Isn't that bad? Am I misunderstanding what he is saying?

But Conway absolutely🤮 🤮🤮

Dude is evil, married to evil, made his money creating evil. Etcetera evil

How the fuck are *these guys* running laps around the DNC in terms of understanding the moment?

How the fuck do people in 2025 still not grasp what the DNC does and does not do? So 2016.

How the fuck do ppl just lap up their bs w/o any fact checking/knowledge whatsoever!?? They play you for the fool you are. They tell you what you want to hear- NOT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. JFC. Wake up. ALL you need to be doing right now is getting out the vote. Period. They are grifters-you’re the mark

Because they're willing to lie to you, and the DNC treats you like an adult. Who are you going to blame when the Dems pass those bills and they are DOA in the senate, or worse - they pass the senate and die by veto? We know the answer.

Where’s the lie? You don’t negotiate with Nazis, you punch them in the mouth! The DNC is bought and paid for.

The lie is that any of those things will come to pass because Trump can veto. You're saying is you'd rather be treated like a child and told Santa Claus is real than told the truth. This no less performance art than Schumer's letters. And less effective, since letters lead to investigations.

They would never do these things even if they had full power and we all know it.

Veto? They just take them out of the budget, which he can either sign, this budget where that’s defunded, or no budget so that stuff is defunded. They won’t do it because they like to be responsible, which in the before times, was a good thing

I’m so tired of people saying that there’s no use trying anything because blah blah blah. That’s exactly the attitude that lets dictators thrive! LEARN TO FIGHT!!!

Should've fought in November when it actually would matter. Electing Harris would've put Trump in a New York prison and prevented all of this. But white people aren't that smart, so now you're arguing which strongly worded letter would be more effective. That's not fighting.

They can take them out of the house budget, but it'll be DOA in the senate. Then they'll be blamed for the government shutdown. The never Trumpers path to take back the GOP is the crossroads of Dem infighting and MAGA being toxic. All they need to win is the primary, and the GOP falls in line.

I’m not sure we should be playing out scenarios as to what could happen politically if we do this. It’s not about winning an election in 2028 which may not count for anything. It’s about neutering a tyrant. No budget, no debt ceiling increase. States should also stop federal withholding on paychecks

First and foremost - is getting Johnson away from deciding whether or not the 2028 electoral college goes to the states. The Dems plugged the hole with the VP, but the Speaker has to enforce it. Second to that would be investigations and hearings. That's what the "letters" are: the 1st step.

Beyond that is wishcasting. We know that the GOP will not honor the subpoenas, and will not vote to remove. No way Dems get to 67 in the senate in 2026. We also know the Dems were blamed for Republicans not voting to convict Trump. The reality is that 2026 only matters to ensure 2028 does.

I mean, they did most of them last term and got blamed for the GOP blocking them. The Dems have no reason to trust that the voters will act in good faith. And lots of evidence to the contrary. Biden's admin proved that "try things and we'll reward you" was the biggest lie of the century.

Ahistorical nonsense. - They left in blue slip rules to allow home state Rs to block Biden's judicial noms. - They avoided any serious consideration of court reform or expansion - They kept in filibuster rules allowing GOP obstruction - They left for breaj after Jan 6 instead of impeaching ASAP.

Most current congressional Dema and the Biden WH were playing by old rules where civility and norms were paramount, when the other side wipes their asses with them. Time to wise up and elect people who will actually treat this as a fight instead of Model U.N.

Speaking of "ahistorical" The house impeached On Jan 13th. The Senate, still headed by McConnell, took vacation. The Dems didn't have a majority until after Jan 20th. And had the filibuster rules been thrown out like you wanted, the house version of the BBB would have passed. Anything else?

Yeah, your “can’t do anything so don’t even try” plan sucks nuts. Get out of the way.

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So much better to fill people's heads with false promises to regain power and then break their trust once they can't do anything about it. So the whole part where Democrats were blamed for Republicans keeping Trump out of jail, blocking COVID mandates, and ending abortion was a dream? Whew.

I’m beyond the never trumper hero workshop bs. They fuvking did this. Democrats are fine and they NEED our support! Do any of these grifters ever tell these lazy losers what to do to save democracy????? NO! They are worthless. They are making it WORSE.

*worship

Ignorance of what was actually happening. Acted like it was never going to, couldn’t happen, wouldn’t happen. American people would never let happen. But it’s been in the works for 20+ years . Now it’s here. Time to fight.

SHIT YEA!!!💯💣💥

Too bad the audience for this is fundamentally opposed to dissidents and built their political identities undermining & denouncing dissidents.

Stevens gets that we are at war for the soul of the nation and that you give no air to the enemy.

Dem leaders cannot be to the left of their own voters. This is bullshit.

Not so much as to the left but less timid. Rising to power in Congress has always meant getting along, counting votes, avoiding conflict. Esp for Dems. It's an insider game. That's one reason Congress people don't become Presidents or Governors. It's just the institution.

Reposted by Conway. Never Trumpers have been leading the moment for at least a couple of years.

Um you maybe out by a few decades.For at least the last 20 years this movement to oust the GOP has been afoot. Ignores, sidelined and laughed at. No more. Time to act.

💯 Yes. @stuartpstevens.bsky.social has a no BS plan for regaining control over our constitutional republic. And, so far (unfortunately), I cannot picture Democratic lawmakers having the intestinal fortitude to pull it off.

Yes! But that's precisely why MAGA regime will do ANYTHING to keep Dems from winning! Gotta be prepared!!

Dump Starlink and all association with Musk.

It’s not right that a 34 time felony convicted president uses the Supreme Court to set the course of American jurisprudence for the next 30 years. 4 seats must be added and many of the decisions of the Roberts’ court relitigated.

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This implies that the Dem leadership has political positions, which I'm not sure is entirely true anymore.

Zealotry of the convert. Maybe we should just let the neocons take over the Dem party. At least they know how to fight dirty.

Get rid of Citizens United.

And correct

He's missing the point when he says "defund ICE". We're at the stage where almost all the 3 letter agencies that have armed agents are all being used for the same purposes. Even the secret service and FEMA are being used to round up people.

Totally agree

You mean the passing lane?

Trump has veto power. A Democratic House can’t get anything passed.

When the republicans were the minority they disrupted - Schumer writes letters

Democrats stop being fucking pussies!!!! In working class verbal clarity.

Day 2 would be taking away the power of the purse away from Rump and claiming Congress's Constitutional powers. Next would be overturning those executive orders that are illegal and which Rump had no business issueing.

What dem leaders? Do any still exist

Go after the Federal judiciary first. Trump will always have them in his back pocket to reverse anything the Dems will do. Supremes first.

Hard agree, expand the court immediately. The current composition and count is not serving the needs of our country.

How does this bill get past the veto, assuming it miraculously makes it out of the Senate (which it won't)?

Pie in the sky stuff. Can still dream!

Hell of a turn of phrase

Question on this - wouldn't they also need to take the Senate? And he would never sign those proposals into law. So we wouldn't just need to take both - we'd need to have 2/3 majority of both. I agree with all the proposals, but wouldn't those get sent off for him to sign?

Tough love ❤️

We don't want to nationalize Star Link and Space X and keep them. Let's get rid of bolt of them with the united states.

We actually want a vengeance party. Fix the mistake of reconstruction.

Incentivize 300,000 highly-likely-to-vote Democrats to move to Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas EACH.

Appropriate response to an absolutely failure of an administration, Supreme Court and Congress.

I don't want to nationalize Starlink & SpaceX! Find it from somewhere besides Musk who's trying to take over the government along with Peter Thiel and other tech bros & using Chump to do it.

Nationalize Starlink, SpaceX and Tesla. #Musk Enough.

The Democratic Party we have now is not up for the job.

the irony of these times!

I think you mean all democrat leaders and virtually all dems of any kind. I haven't heard AOC or Tlaib or the warrior-poet from Maine call for any of this. Why not

When you've lost the Joseph Kabila promoters...

100%

Almost every one of the Republican defectors (even those who haven't repented, unlike Stevens) have a much clearer view of the situation and the necessary response than the Dem national leadership. Because (1) they built the machine Trump is riding, and (2) they actually know how to fight.

The Dems would NEVER have the balls to do any of that. Seriously, they still think the system works....

Stuart is right!

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Damn.

Next Speaker, Stuart Stevens!?

Just has balls and guts Maybe it’s because he’s not a Dem but a reformed Republican

I love it. I hope someone listens.

Universal healthcare too. That would really help MAHA.

As if … Not gonna happen. Corporate democrats will continue to appease republicans, playing by rules that no longer exist.

Absolutely! Project 2026. Let’s get going Dems. Also, Tax the rich! Codify the limits on presidential powers? Expand the Supreme Court? Abolish the Electoral College? Codify Roe? Universal health care? Universal child care? Expand/right-size representation in the House AND the Senate? BE BOLD.

And for the reason: "But Trump/Vance will vetoed". Push for that. Pressure him, show him his power is limited. Even if you need to be out of the streets. When decorum and principles don't work, the streets is the next battleground.

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Democrats aren't dissident, with notable, but relatively powerless exceptions. They're still trying to save the GOP - not Trump's of course, but the dead & gone one.

Having an ambitious day 1 agenda, regardless of whether these are all good ideas or not, is key. Trump uses "flood the zone" tactics to keep his opposition distracted and divided. Democrats can do that also. Outrage is a finite resource. Exploit that fact.

100% agree with this plan!

Love the nod to Jim Hightower! 👏👏👍

You are missing one. Fucking imprisons the nazi cult.

100% defunding of the secret service would be nice. Obvs in addition to ICE. Take away Trump's control of Natl Guard. Kill all the presidential emergency powers. Killing funding for the whole executive branch is a lot, but certainly anyone who works in the whote House. What a dream.

Are you on Crack George...dismantle Elon Starlink and Space X and Arrest Elon and Big Balls 1 Baller !!

Anything less than this agenda will doom this Republic to failure. I hope Team Blue understands this. Yes, Democrats must become staunch (lowercase) republicans.

What do you call a conservative who actually believes in democracy and the rule of law? A Democrat.

He is 100% correct too.

Yup, and there’s a 0% chance this is what we do. There’s no evidence that democrats have the will or energy to pull this list off.

They definitely don’t have the courage.

They'll be wandering around the halls looking for their "bipartisan solutions"

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Truthfully it’s starting to look fairly plausible that Dems will take the house and senate in 2026. And they will do exactly none of these things.

Dems on the Hill are still trying to turn the conversation back to "kitchen table issues" because that's what the consultants told them to do. Honestly, those consultants need to be the first ones up against the wall... just before the billionaires.

Why would we want to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX? Or defund the Executive Branch? I'm confused. Is this guy pro or anti Democrats?

"communists" and "national socialists" both seem eager to nationalize. Two party system brings them all to politics.

Soon to be ex leaders one should hope. What failure!

Why are those recommendations “left”? I think you’re confusing ideology with style, rhetoric, and aggression, a confusion that is rampant these days.

Our “left” ain’t so left.

Speak for yourself

I kind of agree with him. We can’t play nicely with terrorists. Republicans are terrorizing our Country with their stupid ugly bill.

Exactly. In Schumers formative years it must have been a different world but writing a strongly worded letter to MAGA is like trying to put a bunch of hogs in time out.

Just his old way of doing things that used to work shows. He has not grasped the situation of the azzholes that he's dealing with.. HIM AND JEFFRIES ARE CLUELESS

With all due respect - Jeffries , Torres and Booker are AIPAC shills , Schumer is highly indoctrinated with a pro Israel agenda and Pelosi won’t displease the major donors who hide behind Future Forward . Project 2026!

I’m disappointed with the Party. I want a more progressive Democratic party. I would become an Independent, but then I wouldn’t be able to vote in the NY Primaries. I can’t stand Schumer. I’m not crazy about Gillibrand. LaLota is my Congressman. He’s a MAGA. DNC didn’t support the last race enough.

Electing progressive democrats in the primaries next year is our only hope. Project 2026!

And Bill fucking Kristol of all people, is out here sounding like Che Guevara 😂 Former Bush yes men are out there sounding the alarm while the Dems call everything a distraction so they don’t have to do anything

Love the idea of nationalizing Starlink.

Most of the independents, even the right leaning ones, are left of the current dems. They are barely "centrists" at this point

Stevens is correct, as long as the White House continues in Nazi hands and the Supreme Court remains controlled by the Extreme Six. A resounding victory in the midterms will only be a beginning in a long contentious process of restoration and rebuilding.

And he ain't wrong.

Stevens is a "Never Trump" Republican consultant. This says a lot about the Dem "leaders."

Oh yes! Be still my beating heart

All the “New Democrats” are