He still needs to hire a comms director who can actually ensure people know about it. Still hasn't learned that Dems needs to crow about their wins.

I didn't know Schumer was doing this. I'm glad he is doing something, but messaging and visible action need to improve.

Are the MAGA nominees qualified? Probably not. They should not have confirmed the ones we already have.

This is a plus, and I have not heard about it. Perhaps informing the public about these actions, say in a leadership news conference, would help decent people who do not follow the political news so closely to feel encouraged. That's not illegal, either.

What media outlet would broadcast such a thing? The "mainstream"media is controlled & owned by billionaire oligarchs who only show Trump friendly content. None of them have covered the daily protests that are happening all over the country involving millions of people.

Don't get to excited folks, the democrats won't do anything about it either. Look how they did Biden/Harris! The most the democrats will do is fund raise on it.

Tommy Chickenhawk Tuberville cough cough cough

Where were they during Moscow Mitch’s heyday? Give me a break. Chuck S. Is doing the necessary work to slow walk our path to total government incompetency.

A confirmation cadence commensurate with candidate competence

We need to stop blaming Democrats for the underhanded dealings of the Republican party. We didn't vote in more Democrats so we're to blame. Yes, Republicans cheated. Yes, Republicans lied. Yes Republicans propagandists. But we failed to give the Democrats the majority they need to dump trump

My spell ck changed propagandandized to propagandists, but you get the point, right?

Respectfully, "we" is carrying a heavy burden here. Many, many, many people, especially women of color, have been trying to avoid a regime like this for years. Speaking, working, organizing against this very potentiality. Even among Democratic voters, the failures are not distributed evenly.

You're right, of course. Some of us have been working campaigns, protesting and voting Democratic for decades while others 'ho-hum' 🥱 every election. Women of color are the champions! I've been explaining to others since Reagan why a vote for Republicans is a vote to cut yourself off at the knees.

Exactly!

Any and all friction against the Trump regime must be applauded! Throw more sand in the gears!

Is he trying to get into heaven too? Schumer didn't hold confirmation hearings for President Biden's last 3 nominees to the USPS Board of Governors when he was MAJORITY leader. He left them open for trump to fill. Steiner wouldn't be PG right now and the board would have a Democratic majority.

All I have to say is, Merrick F’ing Garland!

SCOTUS showed us why that’s a red herring: they were prepared to give him immunity up to and including for treason. Nothing could have stopped this, apart from McConnell allowing a proper trial and conviction in the Senate. That would have been beyond the reach of this corrupt SCOTUS.

Schumer 100% needs to go as senate leader for a long list of reasons, but this type of obstructionism is good and we need more of it.

1,000? I’d imagine about 2 of them are qualified. The other 998 are just mediocre, well-connected Bros.

WY republican Barrasso's article is misleading. Schumer has done nothing new. Congress confirmed roughly the same # as last time. (Alt-text link) Trump made 822 total nominations to date, not 1000 senior level ones. presidentialtransition.org/reports-publ...

Except that you’re measuring against McConnell’s sabotage, not a “normal” state of affairs.

Glad he's doing it. 100% of F47 appointees aren't fit for the jobs.

The WSJ would bitch about snow on Christmas.

Remember how much we hated Tuberville doing this? This is a good thing. The DNC might want to actually let Dems be aware of these actions. They might get broader support.

There is no one in the modern press who understands the term "unprecedented." Did this person watch Mitch McConnell halt everything during Democrat admins? Or is this a bot article? Maybe that explains how that word keeps cropping up.

It only matters if people know he's doing it. Democrats are afraid of their own accomplishments when they should be crowing to all who will listen about the things they do. That's politics. Getting the work done is legislating, politics is getting people excited about what you're doing. Cmon, Dems.

"This" would hold more without weight if Trump didn't just appoint people as acting and then couldn't care less about confirmation. "This" would hold more weight if the Supreme Court didn't act as a backstop for rulings that hold him responsible.

Chuck Schumer (self described concierge instead of leader) isn't leading any sort of opposition. Remember, their leading theory is self impeachment!

“This” is too little, too late. Schumer has had so many opportunities to gum up the works and just let them pass by. We need to primary so many Dem incumbents.

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But I was told Schumer was playing on the MAGA team or sitting around doing nothing🙄

Didn’t Tuberville do this with military promotions?

Why is it that we don’t know about this?