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Mike Intaglietta @cusemikei.bsky.social

I’m confused. So should we not delay nominations?

aug 28, 2025, 11:09 pm • 31 0

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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

By all means do so but my yearly performance reviews always emphasize the need to focus on impact not activity. We delayed a bunch of lower level nominations, that’s activity, what was the impact? Did it slow our march to fascism any appreciable amount? From here it doesn’t seem so.

aug 28, 2025, 11:29 pm • 15 0 • view
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Brandon Ford @cobradj.bsky.social

The lack of ability to connect dots feels deliberate at this point

aug 29, 2025, 12:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Wilson Shmeep @wilsonshmeep.bsky.social

Activity is sand in the gears. It's all good.

aug 29, 2025, 12:26 am • 12 0 • view
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social

We have no power, stalling until the election is all we can do shy of a violent revolution that would kill millions. Stalling appointments IS the right strategic play, and they need to do MORE of it, not LESS.

aug 29, 2025, 3:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

That Chuck Schumer has so many voters convinced that political power begins and ends at minor procedural machinations and sternly worded letters is a large part of why we’re in this mess.

aug 29, 2025, 4:16 pm • 3 0 • view
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social

I don't think depriving Trump of political power is a "minor procedural matter," I think it's actually very important to do

aug 29, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

Again, if you think missing some low level appointments is going to materially slow Trump and Miller and co from proceeding full steam ahead with their goals then you may be from the Chuck Schumer school of politics which has overseen the destruction of American democracy.

aug 29, 2025, 4:23 pm • 4 0 • view
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social

its always helpful when people just like, say they aren't paying attention and shouldn't be taken seriously. appreciate it

aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

Chuck Schumer’s strategic brilliance is unmatched. His strong leadership and forward thinking has brought us to this incredible moment and I look forward to decades more success under his watchful eye. A historic Democratic leader.

aug 29, 2025, 4:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social

So what would you have them do? Simple question.

aug 29, 2025, 4:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

The highest leverage thing Chuck Schumer can personally do for the future of democracy is step down from leadership and retire so we can get an actual fighter with long term strategic competence in place. Any executive overseeing his record of failure the past 10 years would’ve long ago been fired.

aug 29, 2025, 5:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social

That's not policy lmao So what would you have his replacement do? You don't have an answer and don't understand how things work you're just shaking your fist at the sky Schumer sucks but you aren't contributing anything at all

aug 29, 2025, 5:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

His replacement can do these same trivial things that have no material impact while focusing on all the long term organizational, leadership and policy Schumer has failed at for 10+ like making sure every new candidate is vociferously in favor of abolishing the filibuster and packing the court

aug 29, 2025, 5:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

Are you looking forward to how he handles these next budget negotiations after how poorly he handled the last ones? A thing with actual impact. Get him out immediately is higher leverage than slowing appointments anyone can do.

aug 29, 2025, 5:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social

The GOP has a majority of the house, the senate, has 6 supreme court justices (who are extremely partisan) and they have the executive. Pray tell, what power do they have?

aug 29, 2025, 4:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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derelict515.bsky.social @derelict515.bsky.social

We are in this horrific position because of the strategic mind of the same person you are currently lauding for their execution. Chuck Schumer’s best solution to the Supreme Court is working very hard to get term limits that won’t do anything for ~20 years and even then guarantee no improvement.

aug 29, 2025, 4:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social

So what would you have them do? What is the thing they can do that they aren't doing? If its so obvious, just state it already.

aug 29, 2025, 4:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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HomieSteve @oddsteven.bsky.social

Cool nice to hear RFK jr hasn’t been nominated yet….

aug 29, 2025, 1:09 pm • 2 0 • view