To the so-called Democratic “leadership,” here’s a little free advice…courtesy of Iron Maiden: “If you’re gonna die… die with your boots on.” Stop tiptoeing like cowards in bedroom slippers. Fight like you mean it…or get out of the way. You have left so many options and strategies on the table.
A very cynical part of me says that they're not fighting, because some are wealthy enough to peace out, and flee to another country when shit really gets awful. And that's including a few pundits.
That's why they need like a MIDDLE MANAGER"S salary, and MEH benefits. They need to be banned from buying stock, and live in a barracks, or pay for a place on their own.
The median age is the Democratic leadership 65. They no longer wear boots but house slippers. My advice is for them to retire.
Bit late....but, yep.
I'm waiting for the gloves to come off. They've gotten close, but just can't do it. It's disappointing. Canada fucking gets it.
Once they couldn't be bothered to vote "Yes" on a noble but doomed motion to impeach they crossed the Rubicon of "Officially Useless." No coming back from that.
I other words, lead, fallow or get out of the way.
Its the “get out of the way” part that i need They’ve been given their moment to be met and could not meet it
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Democratic Party ”leadership" cares only about protecting their privilege, connections, and wealth. They don't care what Democratic voters want. Case in point: they will be supporting an independent in the NYC mayoral because they reject the choice their voters made in the primary
Instead they run to the hills.
Like what? They have control of nothing! Be specific!
They need to man the fuck up.
They want to give the appearance of "fighting" - while rolling into $500 dinners on Friday The Dem old guard also pushes #LetThemEatCake
What happened to the last person who said “let them eat cake”?
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I agree!!
I don’t think that’s fair. President Biden tried, and they kept taking him to court and Republicans would not fund anything for him, especially the border and they didn’t allow border reform that on Trump and the Republicans.. President Biden had repair the damage that Trump did during Covid.
A Republican minority can completely impede a democratic president, as you pointed out. So it’s unfair to expect the same from a democrat minority to stop a fascist… That’s your point?
Two words: Merrick Garland
Thank you
Now’s not the time to wait, and see.
Or send a strongly worded letter.
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And they are shocked that Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic Mayor Primary Election pretty much by a landslide.
We'd need Constitutional Convention in order to cut out the cancer. TAX revenue should fund campaigns. Everyone gets the same amount, and that's it. Citizens United needs to be reversed, LIFETIME appts need to GO, no stock trading, military style housing, and MODEST salaries with MEH benefits.
Absolutely…”Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead …”
YES!!!!!
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Yes yes, yes. And you wrote an excellent article in Substack outlining options and strategies for democratic leadership.
I believe they just want to keep their seats when the fascist coup is finished.
Power grab, and a way to keep raking in dark money for their votes.
Their inaction is killing us
Too many years of business as usual has them unprepared for an actual fight. They’re soft and comfortable and fine with the status quo.
They need to come out in full throated support of Mandani in NYC instead of hiding in Adams’s corrupt shadow. Be the anti-MAGA party we need them to be. No retreat, baby, no surrender.
The collective silence that perpetuates oppression. The daily bombardment by this regime is paralyzing. It’s like too many things to do & not knowing where to start. They can’t hear us screaming for action over their own loss of control or a voice that will hear them. IMO youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?...
I love this version! I play it all the time.
I do too. What a powerful voice.
This is another song I've turned to. youtu.be/xEMy34qhQe4?...
Another great one. Comfortably Numb is my fave of theirs.
Could not agree with you more! Called them today, asked why there was no press conference scheduled to rebut chumps propaganda show this afternoon. A zoom interview of those who are strongly opposed to the bill would take a couple of hours to set up. Invite the press and podcasters. Crickets....
Hear, fucking hear!
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 great song
The leadership is divided, only a few are worthy and they are the ones you see fighting everyday. As for the rest of them, I suspect their intention was never to fight from the beginning. They are corrupted and definitely not interested in working for their Constituents. Aipac owns them all.
Hey! Oh never mind🤣
Better to die on your feet than submit on your knees.
Exactly! Stand up and fight fire with fire. At least show us some courage, AOC and Bernie can’t do it alone. Kudos to them!
Fight like you mean it... or get out of the way. Goddamn right.
Time to stop playing by the rules. Stop bringing pencils when they’re bringing rifles.
Amen
They're too occupied taking oligarch bribes to care.
Something!
In the words of Rage Against the Machine: "The rage is relentless We need a movement with a quickness You are the witness of change and to counteract We gotta take the power back"
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Their inaction is a disservice to all that voted for them
If you're gonna try, well, stick around.
The New York race is showing Jeffries & Schumer that they better step up. They won’t because they think they need to be stealthy to avoid a full outright dictatorship, but how far will they let this tip? Meanwhile GOP smell blood in the water.When Mandani wins they will sabotage his work like Obama.
Jeffries & Schumer need to pass the Baton! They have Proven to be ineffective! Democrats need Strong Fearless Young Individuals who can Wake-Up this Party from a Deep Sleep they are in. This is needed Immediately NOW!
AOC would be a great Speaker & it puts her inline for future role that might pan out someday. I know people are talking about her running for Senate though.
Time for the timid old guard to get the hell out of the way!!!!
That's true. The old guard doesn't have a clue how to combat the magats. If we are able to beat them, it'll be done by the young.
Get out of the way is my only message.
Who will take command of the #Resistance
Totally agree!!
How about this option. Tell all those "Genocide Joe" clowns and the "Abandon Kamala" idiots to buy a clue. They aren't progressive. Just Anti-Dem. And they help to elect NAZIS.
You're the clown. After Jan 6th, Biden and Harris did not do enough to protect US democracy and its key institutions. Their complacency and lack of action led us here.
Well, you showed them, didn't you? You own Trump and you own this 👇 www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
Nope. It's the white Americans who own this. Most of you voted for Trump. The American bombs and bullets killing Palestinians are the same now as they were when Biden was in power. All because Harris was more loyal to Israel and Netanyahu than America.
whenpeople who refuse to vote for genocide stay home trunp wins. Ans now that we know that, its going to be even harder to get our votes
Happy? apnews.com/article/jare...
Just what you wanted obviously. Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza, move Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
I'm sure you just LOVE Trump authorizing 2,000 pound bombs again.... www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
www.ynetnews.com/article/bk8m...
Putin/Bibi/Trump and Kushner appreciates everything you did to help ensure that Palestine never gets a two-state solution. Putin gets Trump elected. Bibi gets one state. And Kushner gets condo developments on the Gaza coast. Congratulations!!!
Nah. Just LW radical communists still pissed they didn't get their free cheeseburgers.
Right! Democrats either need new fighters, or a new party with fighters is required. Sick and tired of tired democratic leadership.
We the people are going to need this advice as well.
They're still living in pre-TeaParty times when everyone was polite when stabbing each other in the back. We're not in those times anymore. WHO CARES if Rep Green's impeachment had no chance. Voting to table was outrageous. Have some courage, take the gloves off and fight! People have had enough!
But trying nothing didn’t work, why would actions affect anything.
This is what I’m saying… and why I’m running. The Reps are out of control & Dem leadership has given up the fight. I’m here to bring it back. I’m an astronaut, fighter pilot, and Texan. Running as a Dem in Texas for U.S. Senate. Help me get this campaign in orbit! secure.actblue.com/donate/terry...
I am going to need to vet EVERY single one before I donate. I don't want to be SINEMA'ed or "Manchined" without a lubricant, again.
They need to become VOCAL now
And DO the “kajillion” things they COULD be doing.
1000%.
Well what is going on IS unprecedented but they should be out of shock by now. They still act like they are though except for a small minority.
Once again, thank you!
The majority of the Democrats are like fireman sitting and having a cigarette while an apartment building filled with people goes up in flames. That’s quite a fire. Yup. Quite a fire. 🔥
"I should write a Haiku about that fire" Yep, It's all on fire Watching it go up in flames I'll write a strong letter
Good people don't vote. Blame them.
Unfortunately we will all die waiting.
Heck yeah. If they aren’t going to fight and take a few for the team, f*** them. Vote out the sheep and bring on the wolves!!
The Democratic Party has been whimping out, missing opportunities, and letting the GOP take its lunch money since Obama. IMO, that is why they lose majorities. No true commitment, no leadership, no guts. (I'm a registered Democrat since 1970.)
Like yourself, I’ve been a Democrat a long time I opine that Democrats have hidden their transgressions in plain sight since the Reagan era I’ve been mentally drained just trying to collect my thoughts on the Democrats. Their actions haven’t just disappointed — they’ve actively put us at risk.
Clearly there’s 2 paths. 1st: business as usual and stay cozy with the monied up class. This is why we’re here now. 2nd: Actually represent working ppl. Ya know , the majority in the country who get their tax dollars stolen year in,year out and just want a fair deal.
Amen!!!
And for Pete’s sake, learn to tell our story!
Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled The battle outside ragin' Will soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'
I’m just gonna say it — the real Stepping Up should have happened BEFORE the election!!! I will forever want to know WHY NO ONE ACTED TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING? Millions were so sure a Last Minute SAVE would come, but NOTHING!!!
On your feet, not your knees.
They are all cowards. No backbone, no balls. Hell I’m a 65 yo boomer and I believe in AOC, Jasmine Crockett, and Maxwell Frost to name a few. I’m tired of the do nothing Dems.
Absolutely! I’m 70 years old, and I celebrated Zohrab Mamdani’s win! Our children, grandchildren, and on down the line, will be burdened with this crap! They need to be represented in both houses! Get the old farts outta there! Their time has passed!
I'm only 60, and broke AF, but maybe I'll run as "Granny Clampet" I am so pissed off. I'd love to take on MTG and the rest of those Nazi mofos. I want to sit next to Ms. Crockett.
I like ur style!💙
75 here- SAME.
Jack—they don’t know how. Even if we told them, attempts would come off as awkward, like Trump pretending empathy. They need to be replaced. People is policy.
Leadership vacuum.
Have you donated so they have the money to bring court cases?
No. But most of us don’t pulldown almost 200k /yr, insurance/insider stock trading etc.
My mobile home lot rent is more than 39% of my social security, and I have donated some.
I applaud you for it.
UP THE IRONS
You are so right
None of which seem to be viable at the moment so long as they keep parroting Far Left ideological gibberish aimed at the rainbow cretins.
open.substack.com/pub/mdavis19...
Up the Irons!
Time is of the essence as it’s also “Two minutes to midnight”
Jack is talking to YOU senator Schumer
Absolutely!!!
Why haven’t the Dems seen this coup coming for at least a decade😒 Is it just me, there are a lot things that should have happened, but didn’t such as filibuster, electoral college, packing SCOTUS, voting rights, allowing a convicted criminal run for office etc 😡
YES! Thank you Mr Hopkins
See the reason why there’s a difference between supporting a womanizer and not giving the media and opposition, along with third party opportunists to divide the vote? 2016? Mueller report. Russia helped 2 candidates.
Absofuckinlutely. No strategy, no innovation, no ability to outmaneuver the most stupid people in power. It is criminal.
Such as?
Dems need to dominate the media and call out the downright lies tRump and his goons pedal.
What’s the point his face won’t believe it and two these new stations aren’t gonna do it. Even even CNN is scared of them now. They’re all covering and thinking of their bottom line. All you have is protest, protest protest. Or start recalling Republican, congress and senators.
"You have left so many options and strategies on the table." Like what?
Shock collars required with cattle prods for the majority.
We don’t deserve what’s happening, but they do! What a bunch of pussEEE’s.
Except pussies have power. They are strong. They give life. What a bunch of testicles, is a better phrase, actually.
Exactly!
What a bunch of ball sacks!
They’ve left ALL the options on the table
Yes!!!!!!!!!!
💯It's infuriating!
But blame the people for the election loss. The Democratic Party is a limp biscuit.
Another Iron Maiden: as the reason for the carnage cut their meat and lick their gravy, we oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
I mean, it's so easy, they don't even have to think about it. Just do whatever the Republicans did to the Democrats when the Democrats were in the majority. I seem to remember the GOP being very successful at shutting down the works.
Funny that I come across this while jamming to "Run To the Hills" ...
Democratic leaders … Chicken Shit’s comfortable with the status quo….. they need removed
From outside the US the apparent lack of action from the democrats is utterly bewildering.
A party of surrender. But wow can they raise cash.
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Yep, I sing it every day.
Great song.
I've never been so disappointed in my party in 60+ years. Why aren't members of congress screaming and yelling like their hair is on fire! How else will we survive?
I don't know! How is anyone refraining?
My question exactly 🤷🏻♀️🤬🤔
BIG $$$ is keeping them quiet
Amen
This is the most pathetic shit show I have seen in my life. They are not fighting hard. It’s that simple.
The solution is to vote for NEW, PROGRESSIVE, WELL VETTED people. Keep the good ones. Pour int THEIR campaigns, and get the rest of the do-nothings OUT. Don't STOP fighting and don't stop really putting these assholes to the test, until they're replaced. They think they work FOR TRUMP; not US.
Feeling like the majority of legislators are in the robber baron scam, regardless of party.
I think it's actually worse that they aren't part of the scam, they just don't know what to do and have never been good at countering the other side. And they're too trusting of so-called mainstream media.
Sounds pretty fuckin incompetent to me. Why are you guys STILL supporting them?
Oh yeah. It’s sick!
And it continues to be so bizarre. They're afraid? Lazy? Eyes closed? WHAT???!!! They're like Stepford people.
They are not fighting. FULL STOP. They're either INCREDIBLY inept and should lose their fuckin seats. Or #They'reInOnIt and should lose their fuckin seats. #DemsAreSpineless
I work in trauma-informed community development. Your Dems make me want to fly to the states specifically to find one of them, breathe deeply through my nose, and through gritted teeth say "you people..." They have so many opportunities to fight. SO MANY effective pathways. And yet *gestures south*
It seems to me they are not fighting at all. They just want to narrate what the Republicans are doing without offering any solutions to the madness. When did the Democratic party become so milk toasty?
No leadership in place they will form under. No strategy. Punch-drunk and whiplashed doing reply guy to the insane volume. They do not have a plan.
Indeed I've been asking that also..
Because they're dems. Maybe it's time to stop supporting COWARDS who refuse to fight for us? #DemsAreSpineless
Because they aren't hysterical children panicked by imaginary "fascism"? Just a guess.
It seems today's Democratic leadership is trying to claim the PAB title from Trump.
I love Iron Maiden songs!
Democratic leadership is still comprised of federalist-minded capitalists, as we all watch the value of a dollar erode in real time.
I'm starting to say, "He who can't...runs for Congress."
“They put one of our guys in the hospital, we put one of theirs in the morgue!” The Untouchables
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I believe it was Gore Vidal who said "Our only political party has two right wings."
I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees
Thank you! This needed to be said. They’re failing us & can either resign or get bounced in 2026. But one way or another, they will be removed & they richly deserve it!
I think Teddy made this point as well.
Thats what Ive been saying. Theres no real leadership,or spokesperson. Bernie seems to be the only leader.
Bernie Sanders was here in Louisiana last weekend a FREE rally💯 when National Dems come to Louisiana it's only to have fundraising dinners it costs more than $300 to get in the door🤦🏿♀️😫
And don't Run to the Hills
Smoke em.
Plus, with their incompetence have the audacity to solicit contributions by email and mail. I’ve been a democrat all of my life and I cringe when the current DNC speaks. They are so out of touch. The last straw for me was ousting David Hogg! David was/is the future for our country.
I’m getting deluged. I delete them all (well I can be sucked in occasionally) But I object to the threatening language in the texts. Including click bait! Ugh. Enough! WE pay for fucking everything in this country. Because the oligarchs DON’T.
Agreed!!
At this points it’s compliance and subservience to a false idol, rather than their duty to the people to which they should be bound.
We are brainwashed to thinks leaders love/admire our forefathers and the American Dream. A constitutional Convention could fix loopholes. Give them shit salaries like teachers, (or like a GS9, or military)offer them a barracks for housing, get Citizens United reversed, and end lobbying.
This sounds like a terroristic threat. Both Democrats and Republicans agree…
We are all fucked, but as a teenager of the 80s, I appreciate the Maiden reference.
And the media needs to grow a set as well.
They suck!
Well said!
B b b but they do write stern worded letters. No?
Agree.
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Word biatches! @davidhogg.bsky.social
It's time to pass the baton.
Man there's a lot of lyrics out there from the past that are apropos for today. Thank you
They have done nothing. This is up to us.
And I’ll toss in Midnight Oil’s use of “better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.”
Politics is poison. America doesn't need politicians. America needs its People. Freedom is calling, are you American enough to answer the call? Revolution is the solution.
They are weak. The Democrats need to reboot and fix their party
