This is doing something. Man has not been equal to the moment but this is a step in the right direction and will help to get the ball rolling on this. Could be a bargaining chip on a govt shutdown as well
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This is nothing. Yet it’s the most we can expect from him.
aug 30, 2025, 3:21 am • 3 0 • view
I think it’s slightly better than nothing, but yes, expectations are low
aug 30, 2025, 3:24 am • 1 0 • view
Bro
aug 29, 2025, 10:15 pm • 1 0 • view
The bar is so low for Libs in America
aug 29, 2025, 9:57 pm • 23 0 • view
I don't think he has done a good job and he has not met the bar. if this is a start of something different then maybe that could be a good thing?
aug 29, 2025, 10:10 pm • 0 0 • view
He's done a great job.
aug 30, 2025, 1:20 am • 0 0 • view
lmao god you're pathetic man
aug 30, 2025, 12:09 am • 0 0 • view
I think the lives he's responsible for taking with his hyper-conservative agenda make him irredeemable and unworthy of power, and the existence of Trump does not negate that at all.
aug 29, 2025, 11:51 pm • 6 0 • view
I don’t even know what his agenda is and that is bad enough! I think he is ineffective and that he should leave!
aug 29, 2025, 11:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Least violent scenario; though arguably, completely expropriating everything he owns including land would bring a lot of needed relief to a lot of his poor constituents, and he could live the rest of his life basking in the glory of a man who loved the people
aug 29, 2025, 11:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Nicely written Mr. Duck poop administrator 😂
aug 30, 2025, 12:01 am • 2 0 • view
Ly
aug 30, 2025, 12:02 am • 1 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 10:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Nah man we’re past this kinda shit for it to even count as partial credit.
aug 31, 2025, 12:18 am • 1 0 • view
Demanding a firing of RFK Jr is the only option we have. America’s public health is literally an ongoing disaster and may be a wreck if he isn’t stopped
aug 29, 2025, 5:44 pm • 2 0 • view
oh is this a demand? where's the "or else"
aug 29, 2025, 10:13 pm • 12 0 • view
You can't hold your leaders responsible so instead you turn on the people
aug 29, 2025, 11:52 pm • 13 0 • view
Rapist PFP spotted.
aug 30, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
He's actually not a step in the right direction. He's actively not taking any steps. He's useless.
aug 29, 2025, 11:44 pm • 8 0 • view
I don’t agree. He has been ineffective and I really want for him to be effective. He has never asked for a resignation much less ask for someone to be fired. I thought this was a good thing for him to skeet!
aug 29, 2025, 11:49 pm • 0 0 • view
You're easily impressed.
aug 30, 2025, 3:17 am • 4 0 • view
Not really. I think he sucks overall. This was pretty good though
aug 30, 2025, 3:19 am • 0 0 • view
Maybe try not responding like a bot. It adds to the believability of the whole thing.
aug 30, 2025, 6:00 am • 2 0 • view
I have no idea what this means
aug 30, 2025, 6:16 am • 0 0 • view
He's posting. I'm posting. We're both accomplishing the same thing. I'm literally exactly as effective as Chuck here. He should stop posting and *do* something.
aug 31, 2025, 4:29 am • 1 0 • view
It's a Bluesky post
aug 29, 2025, 9:54 pm • 32 0 • view
Mr Trump fire him immediately or the posts will continue
aug 29, 2025, 9:55 pm • 21 0 • view
holy fuck you're dumber than dogshit
aug 29, 2025, 9:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh yeah... a sternly worded post. That'll scare das führer.
aug 30, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Imagine having a negative IQ low enough to defend Schumer. Are you one of his imaginary Bailey family members? We need to primary him and get someone with actual balls in the office. Maybe then we can get some actual progressive shit done.
aug 29, 2025, 11:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I think primarying him is the right idea! Not a fan of the dude and I believe he is ineffectual. I thought he took a tiny step towards doing something and I said so 🤷♂️
aug 29, 2025, 11:50 pm • 0 0 • view
You mean like the time when he explicitly did NOT shut down the government when he had the chance? Do not put money on Schumer shutting down the government. He doesn't have it in him and never will.
aug 30, 2025, 12:12 am • 0 0 • view
Not counting on anything but it would be awesome if he pulled it off this time. Not holding my breath though
aug 30, 2025, 12:17 am • 0 0 • view
Please tell me this is satire.
aug 31, 2025, 9:34 am • 0 0 • view
Yes, his post on Bluesky will save society
aug 29, 2025, 10:15 pm • 32 0 • view
never said anything remotely close to this. it is better than anything else he has been doing and i want him to do more because his response has been sorely lacking
aug 29, 2025, 10:33 pm • 0 0 • view
It's not "doing something" Raise your standards
aug 29, 2025, 10:39 pm • 25 0 • view
i’m sure this would do something if politics worked like the west wing
aug 30, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Empty platitudes and worthless statements are something to you huh?
aug 30, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Posting is not doing something
aug 29, 2025, 11:36 pm • 7 0 • view
ha ha, no.
aug 30, 2025, 3:38 am • 0 0 • view
He’s literally been posting empty threats and meaningless platitudes since Trump got elected. This isn’t doing anything. Nothing of consequence will come from him shouting TRUMP BAD and posting. He needs to stop invoking unanimous consent and start using resources outside Capitol procedure
aug 29, 2025, 5:44 pm • 490 3 • view
This isn't shouting "Trump Bad" which he has been doing! This is "fire somebody" which he hasn't been saying. This will get more traction compared to his previous platitudes. Like I said and read elsewhere, this could also be a bargaining chip when it comes to the potential govt shutdown in oct
aug 29, 2025, 5:55 pm • 27 0 • view
bsky.app/profile/schu... He did it literally yesterday and doesn't offer any bargaining chip.
aug 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
I posted this yesterday when he did it.
aug 30, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
So his bargaining chip is demanding what he didn't get again later?
aug 30, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I am not sure what this means. I have very little confidence in Schumer. I thought this was a different tone from the other things he has done and I think something like this is a baseline for what he can do
aug 30, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
What can he do? I don't really see much strategy in this other than being... Blunter? I understand using small words is how one NEEDS to speak to Trump, but that doesn't mean Trump will listen, that's the core issue.
aug 30, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
He won’t listen and being in the minority, there is little can do, but it’s better than posting about eggs. Go back and look at his older posts. You can’t tell me that this one stands out differently. It’s sad, but it’s true. He can be more aggressive and hopefully this is the beginning of something
aug 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Aggression without results is bluster. Raging at your chains will not break them faster, only tire you out.
aug 30, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
At least it’s something. Dude has been feckless for sure
aug 30, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
You think demanding that the President fire someone... Isn't a platitude? What's he gonna do if Trump doesn't do it and continues not listening to what Chuck Schumer thinks?
aug 30, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh wow, he's SAYING SOMETHING? how brave of him
aug 30, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
He could bring forward articles of impeachment. He isn't. He's still doing nothing.
aug 29, 2025, 10:55 pm • 1 0 • view
He can’t because he is in the Senate. But I agree with you. He definitely needs to do more! I thought this was a step in the right direction.
aug 29, 2025, 10:57 pm • 1 0 • view
Fair point - though if Schumer wanted Jeffries to do it, it'd be done.
aug 29, 2025, 11:00 pm • 2 0 • view
Ha ha! I was actually on the opposite side of this argument when criticizing a Jefferies post a few weeks back. I was arguing that he needed to bring articles of impeachment for and others were telling me it was pointless
aug 29, 2025, 11:02 pm • 1 0 • view
They're both so wrong for this moment it's actually surprising that's who we have. As a New Yorker, I'm definitely ashamed.
aug 29, 2025, 11:03 pm • 2 0 • view
No need to feel ashamed. I’m from Ohio originally 🤣😭
aug 29, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
Trump's already been impeached and he was just re-inaugurated back in January. I'm starting to suspect that impeachment may not actually be a useful contingency in practice.
aug 30, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Are you new here? Schumer isn’t going to do anything silly! He writes letters and posts. That’s it.
aug 30, 2025, 7:39 pm • 2 0 • view
No, this isn't "doing something." Doing something would be saying "I and the rest of the Democrats will grind the Senate to a halt until RFK Jr. is fired," or "no Democrats will vote for a funding bill until RFK Jr. is fired." There's nothing actionable in what Schumer said. There's no threat...
aug 29, 2025, 10:51 pm • 12 2 • view
or promise. How, in any way, is this "doing something" especially coming from someone who's already both been played by the GOP and stabbed us all in the back at the behest of the voices in his head he says are his constituents?
aug 29, 2025, 10:51 pm • 4 0 • view
Bargaining chip? So we're bargaining for our lives now?
aug 29, 2025, 10:07 pm • 1 0 • view
yup! it sue seems like it!
aug 29, 2025, 10:08 pm • 1 0 • view
At what point in this slow motion car wreck has the Democratic Party proven that it has some kind of strategy?
aug 30, 2025, 2:29 am • 1 0 • view
They haven’t
aug 30, 2025, 2:31 am • 0 0 • view
It’s as meaningful as the letters he writes. It puts words into a record. Who cares about the record? Not Trump Our standards shouldn’t be so low for folks who are supposed to be leading the charge against fascism, particularly when these same leaders are accepting $$$ and influence from Wall St
aug 29, 2025, 6:01 pm • 160 1 • view
i just think this is a stronger statement compared to his previous ones. it is asking for something concrete and it continues to focus the spotlight on a bad dude that is struggling right now. you and i agree that his inaction has been detrimental, but i think this step could have legs.
aug 29, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
i have been yelling at him about his lack of action as well, but i think this is different and i want to encourage more steps like this.
aug 29, 2025, 6:17 pm • 0 0 • view
The courts care. The voters care. Just because you insist on nihilism doesn’t mean every action can’t up to the pushback we need.
aug 29, 2025, 7:01 pm • 3 0 • view
The courts care? Lol It’s our leaders job to present policy and a platform to give voters something to care about. I don’t insist on nihilism. I insist on being proactive and eradicating useless neoliberals from our party leadership so we can actually have a center-left party.
aug 29, 2025, 7:04 pm • 9 0 • view
[sarcasm]Ah, yes. Because no American regime has been more respectful of its judiciary system than Donald J. Trump's.[/sarcasm]
aug 30, 2025, 7:40 pm • 3 0 • view
(The majority of which, are wealthy Republicans looking to hoard more wealth)
aug 29, 2025, 6:02 pm • 47 0 • view
Who did you vote for last year?
aug 30, 2025, 5:54 pm • 1 0 • view
The purist police continuing to just ask questions
aug 30, 2025, 8:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Harris
aug 30, 2025, 5:55 pm • 33 0 • view
Man they dipped real quick when their preconceived idea was wrong
aug 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 50 0 • view
Rebecca Lynn buncha numbers
aug 31, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0 • view
There are Harris voters who hate the Democratic party because y'all are tragically impotent and anti-working class.
aug 30, 2025, 8:16 pm • 17 0 • view
you are such a fucking bootlicking loser
aug 29, 2025, 10:02 pm • 0 0 • view
This is “thoughts and prayers” kind of action
aug 30, 2025, 9:13 pm • 0 0 • view
Shut the fuck up, dumbass
aug 29, 2025, 10:03 pm • 1 0 • view
Good point. I hope so.
aug 29, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
Traction with...?
aug 30, 2025, 7:31 am • 0 0 • view
They sign off on everything the Republicans want and do every single time. This is to make YOU think this is doing something. And it apparently works.
aug 30, 2025, 1:29 am • 1 0 • view
No they don’t. There was just an article in the WSJ about the record number of federal judges that have been blocked. That being said, not a Schumer fan. He’s really been ineffective and meek. Thought his post showed something he hasn’t yet
aug 30, 2025, 1:35 am • 0 0 • view
Can you give an example of where they have held out instead of capitulating in their words “to avoid a govt shutdown”?
aug 30, 2025, 2:11 am • 1 0 • view
Don’t have one. The one opportunity they had they caved. This is their next opportunity. Hope it goes differently
aug 30, 2025, 2:16 am • 0 0 • view
your standards are so low that i almost tripped over it walking into this thread
aug 31, 2025, 12:44 am • 0 0 • view
The lowest
aug 31, 2025, 12:53 am • 0 0 • view
yeah, sadly this is a step up for him. better than what he's been doing.
aug 30, 2025, 10:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Has schumer made a statement to that effect? End of sept is when a budget deal is needed. They're starting negotiations right now
aug 29, 2025, 5:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Schumer is already slow-rolling confirmations - GOP Senators have complained about this - and I have no idea what 'resources outside Capitol procedure' is supposed to mean.
aug 29, 2025, 10:48 pm • 3 0 • view
He invokes unanimous consent regularly. Of course you don’t know because there hasn’t been a crisis worth exiting the procedures of the Capitol to leverage oligarchs and tyrants since last century. Folks like Schumer are too constrained by their donors to do anything out of the ordinary - boycotts
aug 29, 2025, 10:51 pm • 2 0 • view
And define 'regularly'.
aug 29, 2025, 11:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Regular business in the Senate runs through unanimous consent as opposed to historic procedure because Senators want it to move quickly without debate. It's a cop out.
aug 29, 2025, 11:37 pm • 1 0 • view
If Dems try and blanket block unanimous consent, Senate Republicans will ditch it. Maybe that's no bad thing, but it does mean that it's not a tactic that can be used unrestrictedly.
aug 29, 2025, 11:52 pm • 0 0 • view
So make them do it
aug 30, 2025, 12:09 am • 1 0 • view
“democrats cant use this procedural rule to block republicans bc then the republicans will get rid of the rule” so make them get rid of it. make them muck around with procedural rules. it will slow things down even more.
aug 30, 2025, 8:40 pm • 0 0 • view
This argument is used to block Democratic action ad nauseam It's time to stop playing by a rulebook that the other side does not follow. We have vast disagreements about the direction of our party. You are full of "you can't do that's"...that's not a country I want to live in. Have a nice night!
aug 29, 2025, 11:59 pm • 2 0 • view
How is boycotting Senate sessions going to help?
aug 29, 2025, 11:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Boycotting R donor products Party endorsed protest Showing up to R events And I'm not even in leadership!
aug 29, 2025, 11:29 pm • 2 0 • view
Not with that attitude shitlib 😂
aug 29, 2025, 11:31 pm • 1 0 • view
Republicans don't give a shit about protests, and 'showing up to R events' isn't going to do anything to disrupt Congressional Rs. Boycotts can be judged on a case-by-case basis, but they're unlikely to shift donor behaviour as long as Dems are out of power.
aug 29, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view
I guess we wont engage in historical methods to leverage oligarchs and allow our democracy to irreparably destroyed by said oligarchs because...folks who voted for them dont care? Give me a break. The Ds needs to stand for something more than keeping their head down while the executive usurps power
aug 29, 2025, 11:35 pm • 1 0 • view
The Dems can only do so much when the Republican Party has a majority. That's democracy. There's no "one weird trick" to undo or nullify the results of last year's elections.
aug 29, 2025, 11:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Like I said, Republicans don't regard dissent as legitimate so they have no interest in responding to expressions of dissent with anything other than contempt and/or violence.
aug 29, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
It's not about appealing to Republicans who have not intent on operating in good faith no matter the circumstances It's about showing the American people and their own voters, that they care about opposing a fascist with actions of consequence, not speeches in allotted time given to them by the GOP
aug 29, 2025, 11:57 pm • 1 0 • view
it’s weird that when republicans are in the minority they seem to be able to leverage so much shit to block dems, but when dems are in the minority they’re apparently helpless and have to let republicans do whatever they want
aug 30, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
This is a cop out answer and not how representation works. I am advocating for them to protect their constituents from the tyranny of the federal gov by the historical, peaceful means it's been performed. It's not one weird trick, it's being proactive instead of sitting back and padding a reelection
aug 29, 2025, 11:56 pm • 1 0 • view
It's not even Schumer saying to post it, it's some political staffer and their social media person. He has no idea it's even being posted. Let alone doing anything.
aug 29, 2025, 11:03 pm • 7 0 • view
Then that same energy should be shown to his much more temp post that he makes on a regular basis. People were tearing him apart for all of his price of egg post and rightfully so but people were pointing out that was his aid as well.
aug 29, 2025, 11:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes that additional degree of separation should add to the concern and urgency of replacing one of our leaders against fascism.
aug 29, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
What exactly should he do?
aug 29, 2025, 10:34 pm • 1 1 • view
Endorse protests and boycotts against R donors. Show up to R events and call out hypocrisy. Rally around a new Democratic platform that helps shed their out-of-touch image, including literal rallies.
aug 29, 2025, 10:40 pm • 4 0 • view
He definitely should do those things! He should have already been doing those things! He has been very far away from doing those things! I hope this is a step in the right direction
aug 29, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Here’s the thing Even if this is a very slight move in the right direction, the politician that is Chuck Schumer makes that moot He’s bought by Wall St He clings to decorum to a detriment He wont push the envelope to help working people He protects bought incumbents He’s a spineless neoliberal
aug 29, 2025, 11:01 pm • 3 0 • view
And most recently, is showing the world that he has nothing new to resist the executive usurping power from the other branches of government m. I won’t be optimistic about a “leader” who regularly shows us where his priorities lie and his speeches continue to get worse
aug 29, 2025, 11:03 pm • 2 0 • view
I am definitely not optimistic that he is going to rise to the challenge either. I wish you would, and I thought this was at least a step in the right direction.
aug 29, 2025, 11:06 pm • 2 0 • view
If he says “bipartisan” one more time I will PERSONALLY ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️ (redacted.)
aug 30, 2025, 2:03 am • 1 0 • view
Agree. Fuck that.
aug 30, 2025, 2:15 am • 1 0 • view
Not even a Time Machine could accomplish that.
aug 30, 2025, 2:17 am • 0 0 • view
Lmao
aug 30, 2025, 12:21 pm • 0 0 • view
You think posting that on BlueSky is doing something? Why do libs glaze these cynical mfers over the most surface bits of nothing?
aug 30, 2025, 12:08 am • 4 0 • view
Not really glazing him. I think he’s been tremendously ineffectual. I thought it was a good skeet though and said so.
aug 30, 2025, 12:09 am • 0 0 • view
It’s on BlueSky so it’s actually less than nothing. Also, “skeet”??? What do you think that means?
aug 30, 2025, 12:11 am • 0 0 • view
Gotcha. I know they say “skeet” over here instead of tweet. I also know the other definition.
aug 30, 2025, 12:16 am • 0 0 • view
Well I don’t think I’ll be using that one. Almost sounds like a prank.
aug 30, 2025, 3:32 am • 0 0 • view
Nah. @rose.bsky.team can verify
aug 30, 2025, 3:33 am • 0 0 • view
@rose.bsky.team is “skeet” a thing on here or is this an amazing prank? I’ll take my answer off the air.
aug 30, 2025, 3:36 am • 0 0 • view
aug 30, 2025, 3:39 am • 0 0 • view
Back to the drawing board. Thanks for the slop.
aug 30, 2025, 9:40 am • 0 0 • view
Schumer says stuff like this all the time and the only that happens is his reader glasses fall off and he forgets what he said while trying to find them
aug 30, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
The bargaining chip is a simple NOPE
aug 29, 2025, 10:26 pm • 0 0 • view
you could be right but i hope you are wrong
aug 29, 2025, 10:29 pm • 1 0 • view
skeeting is not doing something, you and i are not doing anything, no one here is doing anything
aug 29, 2025, 10:55 pm • 1 0 • view
the guy hasn’t and won’t do shit dude
aug 29, 2025, 10:39 pm • 1 0 • view
chuck skeeting through it
aug 29, 2025, 11:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Do you think the Republican fascists care about sternly worded letters?
aug 30, 2025, 2:18 am • 1 0 • view
Nope.
aug 30, 2025, 2:19 am • 0 0 • view
You’re not a real person no one with a sense of self preservation would eat this much shit and ask for more
aug 29, 2025, 11:36 pm • 3 0 • view
Nah. I’m real. I think it would be different if I actually liked Schumer or thought he was doing a good job but I don’t. I just thought he was doing something with this one and he had actually gone further than he had before. All I was saying
aug 29, 2025, 11:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Any single one of us can make a skeet on Bluesky, dude. We elect these people to do OTHER things that we cannot. His consituents are probably pissed like the rest of us.
aug 29, 2025, 11:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Trust me it’s not doing anything
aug 29, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Hope those dark money checks feel good!
aug 30, 2025, 7:56 pm • 1 0 • view
It's literally doing nothing. Because he's a corpo Dem who only cares about $$$
aug 30, 2025, 4:11 am • 1 0 • view
A lot more than he has done before
aug 30, 2025, 4:14 am • 0 0 • view
No, it isn't. It's literally the same thing he's always done; nothing.
aug 30, 2025, 4:17 am • 1 0 • view
He never called for the resignation much less the firing of any cabinet member throughout the second term. Also,there was just an oped in the wsj about how there were a record amount of judicial openings because of of the senate dems. I’m not a huge fan, but it is wrong to say they are doing nothing
aug 30, 2025, 4:29 am • 0 0 • view
First of all I didn't say THEY are doing nothing. I said HE is doing nothing. And secondly it's actually not wrong to say that they are doing nothing. It's actually spot on.
aug 30, 2025, 4:32 am • 1 0 • view
I meant he. He is the leader and controls that. Also, I agree, he still sucks pretty bad
aug 30, 2025, 4:36 am • 0 0 • view
Literally the only thing that Senate Democrats are doing is posting on social media or sending strongly worded letters that don't amount to a hill of fucking beans. Letters that are likely not even fucking read
aug 30, 2025, 4:33 am • 1 0 • view
I just shared that they are also stalling judicial appts at a record pace
aug 30, 2025, 4:39 am • 0 0 • view