It’s simple: if you make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker, you are giving Palantir and Anduril executives, the Israel lobby, Wall Street, crypto CEOs, and defense contractors veto power over the Democratic Party’s agenda.

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social · 6d ago

Meet the donors behind incoming speaker Hakeem Jeffries: -Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf: $100,000 -Anduril COO Matthew Grimm: $44,300 -Palantir’s Mehdi Allhassani: $44,300 -Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: $7,000 -Crypto trade group lobbyist Adrian Wall: $50,000 🧵

It’s good that Stephen Miller is getting a bigger office because he’s going to need it for all the subpoenas we’re going to send him.

The American people have spoken loud & clear: They want us to end Trump’s illegal & senseless war. And in 1 month, we’ll have an opportunity to do that. I will not support a government funding bill unless it defunds this war.

If she tells millions what socialism and socialist organizing means, and it includes backing Jeffries, stumping for transphobes and arms sales to Israel, is that helping building an independent socialist movement that can take power in this country and protect the most marginalized? This is primary.

A Schumer recruit, in case you still think it's wise to keep that jabroni at the wheel of the ship

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 15h ago

While she remained out of sight to reporters, it turns out Haley Stevens spent Monday’s vote series in the Republican cloakroom just off of the House floor, multiple sources told The Washington Sun.

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Ahmed Moor, a Gaza-born Philadelphian, is John Fetterman’s first 2028 challenger

Sen. John Fetterman has not said if he's running again. His first official challenger is an outsider with a polar-opposite view on his top issue.

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22 Democrats including their Leader Chuck Schumer & Incoming Judiciary Committee Chairman Whitehouse vote to advance a bill less than a week after an historic election giving Dems huge majority/leverage ... that will ... checks notes ... to speed up building of data centers.

Senate advances sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

The Senate is moving forward with bipartisan legislation to speed up permitting for data centers and infrastructure projects.

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Here are the Democrats who helped Trump, Stephen Miller, Republicans & their Big Tech allies out by voting to advance a deregulatory bill that will speed up building of data centers and ICE warehouses.

The centrist mandate: Dissipate voters’ energy and urgency, ensure progress be near-invisible, and help fascists regroup. Every single time.

Stephen Miller has been the architect of Trump's cruel and unconstitutional mass deportation campaign. Todd Blanche doesn't want us to take him on. Why? The American people deserve accountability for the harms done by ICE and DHS in this country.

Net-Favorable Polling: 🔵Harris: +6% 🔵Jeffries: +3% 🔵Democrats: -2% 🔴Johnson: -4% 🔴Vance: -5% 🔴Thune: -7% 🔴Republicans: -8% 🔵Schumer: -10% 🔴Trump: -13% Morning Consult / Nov 8, 2026

Hello, DC. Let’s get to work. 🇺🇸

When Schumer was still in "duck and cover" mode after 2024, Van Hollen flew to El Salvador where Kilmar Ábrego García had been illegally sent to CECOT and did not stop until Trump was forced to follow the law. This is the kind of voice that should be leading Democrats right now.

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · yesterday

New in Politico Playbook: Sen. Chris Van Hollen has “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode. The door is not shut.”

I think the craziest post-election line I hear is “Chuck Schumer Is going to be Senate leader whether we like it or not”—but nobody likes him! It isn’t a sure thing. If @eleanornorton.bsky.social had a brain left I’d give her my thoughts on the matter.

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · yesterday

For weeks if not months, top Republican operatives working on those races were, in the words of one, “praying” Dems wouldn’t wise up and send significant money or resources to Florida They were absolutely, based on on the ground developments and internal polling etc., convinced that if Dems did…

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Anthony Blinken, who served as Secretary of State under President Biden and lied to Congress by doctoring a report on Israel's compliance with international law, sat alongside Trump's second Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and falsely claimed Israel has never tried to harm civilians.

Blinken, Pompeo offer robust defense of Israel at major Jewish gathering

The former Republican and Democratic officials made a bipartisan appeal to preserve U.S.-Israel ties amid declining support for Israel in both parties, while expressing sharply different views on the ...

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i *think* what they were alluding to there is the term 'reactionary centrist', which i'm actually quite proud of my role in popularising lol www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?

A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

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If a Democrat says anything along the lines “we need to play it safe” or “we shouldn’t read into the election results”, it’s because they endorse Stephen Miller’s plans for America

Nandita Sharma@nsharma101.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nazi #1 “I don’t think it can be underestimated,” Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, said. “Most of the shots are being called from Stephen’s office in the West Wing.”

Cautious pols will insist Democrats need to “play it safe” by avoiding fights and focusing on small-bore issues around the margins, but *that* is the risky approach, one that all but guarantees the pendulum will swing back. Voters wanted real change. Give it to them or they’ll vote you back out.

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's an historic election. It's a response to the unmitigated disaster and living nightmare we call Trump 2. What I'm saying is this wasn't a vote for their confidence in Dems so much as Time For A Change. Don't listen to anyone running old playbooks. They're losers and stuck in the past

#ChuckJeffriesandYeetSchumer

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Every person in this photo has been accused, indicted, convicted or found civilly liable for sex crimes.

Petition to replace Hakeem Jeffries as House Speaker now has over 950,000 signatures. Please sign in addition to contacting your reps. They need to hear our powerful rebuke of the status quo in all forms. It’s time for real change.

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House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER

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Amazing job everybody, keep going

Keira Havens@highcountryrose.bsky.social · 4d ago

It is **crucial** to do this now because once a majority of Dems selects a speaker in their caucus meeting on Nov 18 and 19, EVERY SINGLE DEM is bound by that decision on the floor Jan 3 per Dem Caucus Rule 34.

The point of the Stephen Miller news is to scare you. Don't give them that power. Mock them right now and stay focused. Yell at your elected representatives if they don't prosecute him. They want you in the fetal position. Stand up.

Buckle up: this is a sign of Trump's contempt for the voters. In the aftermath of an election that was a repudiation of Trump's corruption, wars, cruelty, and indifference to the economic pain of Americans, it’s another kick in the teeth to the American people.

He's testing the waters and betting correctly that if Schumer/Jeffries are the leaders, there will be no accountability

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 4d ago

BREAKING: Trump announces Stephen Miller will become White House Chief of Staff

This is why Dems can't be fucking soft on ICE. No more horseshit. This is not a game @democrats-judiciary.house.gov these are people's lives. This is not a political game. Do your job. Abolish ICE is the median position. That's what will make America safer. Your job is to protect Americans.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d ago

while promoting miller feels like the last gasp of a dying administration, it's extremely scary to consider the amount of harm he can do to immigrants in the very short term. he is still very powerful.

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