Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that āsenior members of the Democratic Houseā have threatened to make his life āa living hellā unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.
You can make their life a living hell right back. They got fucking lazy while the republicans were in power and rich off of insider trading, AIPAC, and corporate donations. Fuck āem.
AIPAC Shakur.
This is a terrible and racist nickname. Jeffries doesnāt have anything in common with Tupac except theyāre both black.
Donāt compare a murdered Black artist and activist to the AIPAC funded, rich piece of shit Jeffries. All they have in common is being black. Check your racism.
This is what you get voting for the lesser evil. You get evil.
Name the reps or go homeā¦
Grow a fucking spine. we elected all of you assholes to fight for us, not to sit there and fucking be turned into one of them vampires.
The fact that theyāre speaking about it openly gives me hope tbh
He needs to name them. Canāt get cockroaches out without shining the light on them.
Yes. Note that the person telling us is a new progressive elect with nothing to lose, no corporate support, and absolutely nothing to gain by hiding how it all works.
When possible, broadcasting an extortion attempt is the absolute best way to handle one, and they picked the guy with absolutely no reason to keep this hidden.
I hope and expect to hear more attempts in the near future: I can think of no better way to end the current practices than for those employing them to try them on this new crowd only to have them broadcast for the rest of us.
Israel has been expending all of its political capital since O7. Itās now almost entirely gone.
You see before this time, Democrats had a strong Jewish caucus in their coalition who equated support for Israel as opposition to antisemitism; same with the converse.
This meant that Israel mostly through AIPAC could bully Democrats by forcing a pledge of fealty in order to get not only their endorsement, but their money, and also an assurance they wouldnāt accuse them of being an antisemite and or supporting their opponent.
Cori Bushās primary loss is textbook of this.
But now the tables are turning. The baggage is now associating with Israel and AIPAC. The cost of being tied to them is worse than the consequences of their opposition. Their ability to drive a wedge is diminishing greatly.
The more this is brought out in public, the better.
My fear is that short of political capital, theyāll start just assassinating people.
They are certainly capable of it.
I need names Donnie. Name the names
Agreed. I need to know where to donate my $$ in 2 years to primary the hell out of these GOP light types.
The people that stayed home, or voted against today is a good starting list.
Yeah, record these conversations. Save the emails and text messages.
My guess is they are anonymous. Probably anonymous internet phone calls or calls from a burner phone.
If they were anonymous, we wouldnāt know they were āhouse members.ā
Yeah, youāre right, the wording doesnāt leave room for anonymous threats.
Then youāll just have to go through living hell if you want to make a difference for our country. Unless youāre a coward.
āIf youāre going through Hell - Keep going!ā -Churchill
Damn, not even any sympathy or appreciation just āsacrifice yourself for me or you suckā?
This is akin to a police officer telling the press that his colleagues are incompetent and corrupt. Yes, we all know that, but it is nice to get confirmation on it from someone on the inside.
I am hoping this statement is a signal of, āhere is what Iām fighting againstā and not a signal of, āhere is why I am giving upā.
Yes. They wanted to serve the people now do it. Iāve no sympathy, they asked to be there now do the thing we elected you there for.
It doesnāt even sound like youāre on his side and think he deserves to have a rough time because he stepped up. I donāt think you deserve his service with that attitude; hopefully he doesnāt decide the same.
I feel so undeserving now. Thanks for the enlightenment master ābuddaā
It is a good sign that a newcomer is broadcasting how the sausage is made rather than falling into line. I hope all these newly elected dems support each other and hold the line against the establishment.
Not going happen. Just like how AOC fell in line her first year. She once changed her vote after the cunt Nancy had a strong word with her.
AOC was effectively on her own when she started in Congress. This time thereās a large number of progressive freshmen coming in, which gives them the ability to mutually support each other. Donāt pretend the 2 situations are the same.
I was hoping for the same thing, but after watching her livestream from earlier this week, she all but explicitly says sheāll support Jeffries.
Why? Because 1) itās completely uncontested right now so there is no alternative on the ballot, and 2) if she doesnāt, the leadership will make sure she gets no comittee assignments and therefore no real influence. It really was eye opening and disappointing to hear how the sausage is made. It seems like step #1 is to get an alternative to throw their hat into the ring and even that hasnāt happened yet.
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFqWmoyDN1s
The vote next week the new Congress will have no say on who leads.
It doesnāt become more true just because you keep repeating it
You lack reading comprehension
You may be right, but this time could also be different. Thereās a whole crop of energetic newcomers who seem to understand that people are tired of the same old bullshit. I wouldnāt bet the farm on it going either way, but thereās no harm in hoping.
Dude read the article, the DNC arenāt giving them opinions. They are flat out saying it is Jeffries and Schumer period. Fucking DNC donāt give a fuck the will of the people. And these new Democrats either fall in line or will be sumb and will get no appointments and nothing they want will even be brought to a vote. Like they are saying as Nancy Pelosi before do as we say or we make your time in Congress hell. Just ask AOC she got told behind close doors how it was going be, and man has she been good little doggy and voted party line. Hell she support Jeffries for the position and promise she wonāt change that. If anything she be champion for him when times come. Just watch and see. But be nice if I was wrong.
Weāre in agreement here. The DNC is trying to tell them how it is, they way theyāve always done. But itās a big class of freshmen who seem to still be in touch with the actual people they represent and got to where they are on some bold promises. All Iām saying is, I hope they stay true to those promises despite what the establishment tries to push them into.
Weāve seen plenty fail at it, but there seems to be a bit more energy than usual right now, and there are a lot of freshmen, so maybe something can actually change. Just maybe.
But the vote comes up this month. Does the new members get a vote?
The vote for who is nominated as leadership is 18th and 19th this month. The new Congress doesnāt get sworn in until January. So donāt think they get a vote.
This is why Schumer and Jeffries are not worried.
They traumatised her ffs, sheās found her footing now and now she can guide the others.
I already heard she support Jeffries so no she not.
AOC was effectively on her own. This time thereās a large number of progressive freshmen coming in, which gives them the ability to mutually support each other. Donāt pretend the 2 situations are the same.
Theyāll never fight for us as hard as they fight for Isreal.
wonāt somebody please think about the military industrial complex!
Oh so now theyāre threatening members to do as theyāre told? That isnāt very ādemocraticā leadership, is it? š¤ ā¦
No wonder Schumer and Jeffries have felt so confident about the seats.
We need new leadership!
Chris Van Hollen is calling his colleagues: https://www.ms.now/news/van-hollen-schumer-senate-majority-leader-democrats
Letās get the new leadership we so desperately need!
7 calls to help replace Schumer and Jeffries:
- Call Ayanna Pressley and encourage her to run for speaker of the house. She would be a great leader in addition to being the first black speaker of the house - which eliminates Hakeem Jeffries false claim only racists oppose him.
https://pressley.house.gov/contact-us/
- Call Senator Chris Van Hollen and encourage him to run for Senate leader to oust Chuck Schumer.
https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/ Numbers at the bottom of the page
- Call your representative and urge them to support Ayanna Pressley for speaker of the house.
4 & 5) Call your senators and demand they support Chris Van Hollen and oppose Chuck Schumer for Senate leader.
http://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/
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Call Chuck Schumer and demand he step down as Senate leader: (202) 224-6542
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Call Hakeem Jeffries and demand he step down as house leader: (202) 225-5936
Repeat every day until we have new leaders.
Lean over and whisper in their ear, āthe people are coming. Fuck you.ā
Then bite off the lobe.
end Citizens United
Thatās the big one. The people running the party are going to defend their nut.
It would require a constitutional amendment, so thatās going to be a pretty big challenge.
There is already a proposed constitutional amendment in the works to do just that, among various other measures at the state level, and it already has state approval for ratification by twenty-five of the necessary thirty-eight to pass.
Essentially, Citizens United and other corrupt rulings like it operate on two legal grounds: making artificial entities (groups, PACs, corporations) legally the same as individual citizens with the same protected rights such as free speech, AND barring states from limiting the amount of cash that flows into the elections they constitutionally control. This amendment addresses both of these legal bases.
Hereās the text of the proposed amendment:
Section 1. We the People have compelling sovereign interests in the freedom of speech, representative self-government, federalism, the integrity of the electoral process, and the political equality of natural persons.
Section 2. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to forbid Congress or the States, within their respective jurisdictions, from reasonably regulating and limiting contributions and spending in campaigns, elections, or ballot measures.
Section 3. Congress and the States shall have the power to implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation and may distinguish between natural persons and artificial entities, including by prohibiting artificial entities from raising and spending money in campaigns, elections, or ballot measures.
I know itās hard to believe, but getting big money out of politics really is a bipartisan issue. It keeps good people out of office altogether and the rest unable to address the power of cash concentrated in a very few hands.
If your state isnāt already on this list, look it over and see if itās something you can support. It needs to happen not just with an amendment, but at all levels. Every bit helps.
I donāt have a state, but my province is very affected by all the states.
I deeply regret our current course of idiocy toward the best friend and ally this country has ever had, or could have.
yeah good luck with that.
