Democrats

Democratic Defense

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Chuck Schumer announced that he’d vote for cloture (which is effectively a yes vote for its passing) on a continuing resolution to avoid a budget shortfall. He and other feckless Senate Democrats will claim this is necessary to avoid a government shutdown. But those of us with eyes and two brain cells to rub together know the federal government is already shutdown due to the illegal withholding of congressionally appropriated funds by the White House and Elon Musk’s DOGE. Causing a budget impasse was the Democrats’ best shot at having any leverage and they blew it.

To Hakeem Jeffries’ credit, he called out Schumer’s move as complicity with the Trump regime. Not sure what else he’s been up to for the past two months that disproves his depiction in this cartoon, though.

Before anyone gives the ol’ “They’re the minority! There’s nothing they can do!” razzle dazzle, there’s plenty of parliamentary shenanigans that can gum up the works of the Republican bulldozers. These two are choosing not to use them for reasons that get more dubious as one crisis after another happens every week of this nightmare administration.

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Dick Durbin’s Judiciary Committee Arsenal

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As more and more reports of Clarence Thomas’s opulent gifts from weirdo billionaire Harlan Crow come out, calls for Senate Democrats to do something grow louder. Unfortunately, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is Dick Durbin.

Durbin’s one of the up and coming septuagenarians in the Democratic gerontocracy that’s doing as little as possible while Republicans seize the courts despite being being overwhelmingly unpopular. They’d rather protect the feelings of Dianne Feinstein (D-Dementia) than the future of the nation. And why not? The rest of their days are measured in pudding cups rather than on a calendar.

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Meet the Democratic Fringe Candidates

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Time to narrow the debates down to a smaller cast than the Avengers movies. Moving them to C-SPAN would also be a welcome improvement, too.

I watched 5 hours of debates this week, and aside from tossing off a few joke tweets at Delaney and Biden’s expense, it was not a good use of my time. I hope you had a more productive week!

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Senator Squish and Senator Stalwart

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The dozen or so Senate Democrats who voted to roll back the meager financial protections in Dodd-Frank could benefit from a Highlights for Children “Goofus and Gallant” to tell them how to vote if they weren’t too busy cashing checks from banks and dampening midterm enthusiasm as a result.

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The DNC’s Unscheduled Events

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The DNC's Unscheduled EventsThe other party’s having a convention this week. Instead of being outright racist and hateful, they are simply comically inept. It’s great to have choices in a democracy!

If you’re in Philly for the convention, check out The Nib’s HQ at 303 Cherry Street between 12 and 6pm. I won’t be there, but a lot of my friends will. I have a bunch of work at the space, including some swag you can take home.

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Democratic Debate Tweaks

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Democratic Debate TweaksLast week’s Democratic debate was a welcome relief from the GOP train wrecks. While light on foreign policy, it was a substantial discussion of what’s at stake in the upcoming election. 15 million tuned in, the most for any Democratic debate, which is great free advertising for a party that’s been struggling for air time against the Trump Show™.

The next three debates won’t get that number of eyeballs combined. In a bid to pave the way for Hillary, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz scheduled them all on weekends and possibly in the middle of the night between infomercials. I’ll never know because I spend my weekends doing fun things and staying as far away from the news-cycle grind of the workweek.

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