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I’ll be honest, this week there was more to destroy the rule of law than in trumps first term, And i have no idea what the Democrats are doing to fight back. Or even saying. Crickets

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What would you do? What can they do? The party in the majority is lawless following a lawless dictator-dems could complain until they are blue in the face, but the total take over of the Republican Party is complete

Stop blaming democrats. Your party is doing this to America Adam. Yours. Dems are sitting back and watching republicans destroy the country. Why should they not? America voted for this… If America falls it will be 100% because of the republican party. Congrats buddy. Your party did this.

Yup. Way too fucking many people are skipping the step where they blame the criminal rapist and his party of servile enablers for fucking us all over and shifting all that blame to the ineffective resistance. No, Adam, your party needs to buy a fucking mirror and gaze into it honestly for once.

The reality is that your party, Adam, has been waging tireless war on government and the idea of a multiparty system for decades. In 1980, your pre-trump declared govt the enemy while he sold missiles to Iran to pay for South American death squads. Bush lied us into our longest war.

And all the while, your party has declared minorities and the opposition as not only wrong but evil and out to get Americans. Your party gleefully participated in the establishment of 24/7 partisan propaganda channels and now it’s putting those TALK SHOW HOSTS in charge of nuclear fucking weapons!

Did he have a stroke? Presidents come and go but god stays on the throne?? Motherfucker, TRUMP will stay on the throne if we don't start demanding that they follow the rule of law. Why are agencies and companies bending over backward for useless EOs that are NOT law? I'm furious.

If we don’t immediately fund & start up a nationwide series of progressive Anti-MAGA rallies featuring dynamic voices like yours, Buttigieg, AOC, Hogg, Bashear to galvanize the #resistance movement & protest the dismantling of Democracy & the American way of life….then, all hope is lost.

Rallys aren't the answer, we need to quietly infiltrate, and dismantle. We've made noise for years and nothing has happened It's time to go on the inside!!!

If you aren’t making the weekly headlines with something incendiary said by an AOC or Mayor Pete at a showy and regular anti-Trump rally about a current issue(s), you’ve lost the information/disinformation war these days. And you can add protest marches to it. Otherwise, Jeffries leaves it to God.

So agree. Resistors need to claim the news cycle -- beat Trump at his own game. Guerrilla theatre at admin events, civil disobedience. When Abbie Hoffman burned money on the balcony of the Wall Street Exchange, it was on air 4 days. 'member the guy who got busted 4 sticking daisies in the guns.

We need both. Rallies - so people see they are not alone and get invested. It gives opportunities for local organizations to show up and get folks involved. It makes the Dems on tour “celebrities” (which is apparently very important to Americans).

Let's get caught trying. Even if all a lawsuit does is distract them and slow them down, that's something. Not doing anything because it might not work is giving in, and we can't do that.

There actually ARE lawsuits being brought. But that takes time. His actions on the 14th Amendment drew an immediate legal action. But there are some things that can not be remedied by the courts, such as pardoning 1600 convicted felons, including some who assaulted police.

Yes, for sure, I know not everything can be remedied by the courts. And I know there are some lawsuits happening. But we need more. I've seen so many congresspeople on social media complaining, this is illegal, that's illegal. We have to move faster and harder. That's all I'm saying.

Mostly they are posting shit like "presidents come and presidents go." So, basically, nothing. Which is standard these days, much to the dismay of a lot of Dems. Heaven forbid they roll up their sleeves, worry less about reelection, and do something for the fucking people.

That quote made me ill and illustrates the out if touch thinking of the Dem party....this felon WILL NOT GO if he continues to get his way. I am a proud dem but looking for some leadership from the party. Give us something to give us hope that we have a future!

Really looking for a never-Trump coalition to re-form for 2026. Pick some gettable seats and find a D or never-Trump candidate with law-and-order credibility for each. Hammer on the crimes and grift while making average Americans worse off. Heck, I could write the platform. Don’t know why it’s hard

As some said above: Outspoken ones shouldn’t wait for permission to hold daily press conferences outlining the outrages of the day, how they’re illegal or harmful, whom to contact, what legal funds to contribute to, and what the right course of action should have been.

Let true leaders emerge by speaking out in a timely and articulate way. Amplify their voices - Ds and never-Trumpers. Party “leaders” can catch up when they’re done wringing hands and casting blame, if ever. Don’t wait for them.

I agree! Where are elected Dem voices??? 75 million Americans voted for Harris. Trump won by 1.5%. Where are the voices speaking for the 75 MILLION???

Yup. Dems are way too quiet. Saying this as a lifelong Dem. Always remember though… it was Republicans who opened Pandora’s Box and started the divide and conquer.

It is absolutely a very sad state of affairs. And WHY would we change the name of our airport to a convicted felon’s name???? Does this help the price of eggs??

We are and we should be. Every single member of Congress -- Dem or Rep -- was elected to fulfill their constitutional duties. Any of them who don't, or who cede them to the Executive branch should be held to account.

Dems don’t have a think tank. They are corporate technocrats with a laundry list of policies. They e had years to stand up to the Rethugs but have never figured out how. We’ve all been frustrated. Biden and Dems had 4 years and we got Weimar.

A little from Bernie. But it is amazing how the dems are just silent. Are they just gonna wait for the next election cycle, whre they will pretend to care, then?

This is just not true. Dems are on receptive TV all the time. Watch MSNBC and CNN. The problem is the firehose of disinformation-its hard to keep up with. The MSM can barely cover Trump and his menagerie of appointments let alone have time for dissent-but its coming.

Hey jersey? Why do I care if Dems go on TV? That’s all they do. How about do some fucking rallies? How about fight as a unified party? How about not capitulating to bad nominees? Remember when mitch the turtle said he led the party of NO? That’s what we want.

Unless the dem leaders are heard do not expect the masses to hit the streets. I was responding to the suggestion “crickets “.The senate resolution re Jan6 pardons was not nothing. Now the purges at DOJ and IGs need attention .But the appointments is next on the calendar

I agree w/ Jerseydem. The party has to come up w/ a smart plan & work it. As Amy Walter stated @Newshour @cookpolitical.bsky.social the Dems have no power. All they can do (for now) is react. Some are doing that but hard to compete w/ the cult noise & MSM attention to Donold’s distraction tactics.

Oh please. You cannot watch Rachel Maddow night after night and conclude that she’s not doing her best. Where else are you gonna go? As far as CNN is concerned, do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good on a scale of one to 100 with fox being a one and MSM being 30, CNN is somewhere around 70

Well there was my Pennsylvania Senator, John Fetterman as a guest on the view stating that the New York trial of the convicted felon, Orange, was weaponizing. He also mentioned how nice Orange was when he was at MarLoco. Dems ned to listen to Michael Steele.

I hear you and believe many do. It’s further complicated by republican voters who don’t understand project 25 or are convinced that it is a made up liberal talking point, proving in their minds how “unhinged” the left is. It’s chaos by design, and somehow the center/ left are supposed to fix this?

They are spineless. They have bowed to Trump, or left office. Mr. Kinzinger knew where this was headed. He tried to call it out. While I may not agree with all of his political positions, I respect the hell out of his and Ms. Cheney's attempt to right a wrong.

Been around long enough to remember the assassinations of the 60’s, Watergate, 9-11. I have never felt more in danger and abandoned than right now. We can’t look to our leaders, they’ve gotten us in this mess. It’s up to us.

You have gotten yourself there. The American people lost democracy, no the fight will be incredibly hard to get it again. You could be on for tens of years of dictatorship. Look Syria, look at Belarus. You are in the SAME situation.

I am not saying you may be right- but they should feel the discord and chaos seep into their offices. Phone calls and letters are a start. Have you ever voiced your objections at a city council meeting? Try speaking at a few meetings in a district- you WILL get a response.

Seems like they're waiting for it to get so bad that Americans turn on him on their own. Cause I really can't think of why else they aren't all over this shit.

I think Jon Stewart did a good job Monday night of helping me think about focus and going forward. His guest discussion re prisoners becoming fire fighters reminds me there can be ways to help our disenfranchised succeed given opportunities

There's a sample - and many more I'm missing. The key thing the Democrats wR missing, aside from losing their umbilical cords to corporate oligarch donor class, is a deep bench of indy media to counter and drive home counter-points (e.g. truth) and memes (e.g. dem propaganda) to keep hammering MAGA

You have two sets of Democrats: the NewDemocrats who are neoliberal, tied at the hip with the oligarchs; and the Progressive Democrats who are liberals and progressives in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Bernie Sanders. Presently the NewDemocrats control the Democratic Caucus. But..

There is a leadership vacuum amongst the Dems for the moment. Hoping there’s some behind the scenes planning now. There needs to be a brutally strong response to Felon 47 and MAGA’s orchestrated sh*t show.

I’ve reached out to both of my senators asking what exactly they are doing to push back on Trump’s dangerous policies and EOs. I think we all need to reach out to our MOC multiple times a week to voice our concerns, anger, frustration. But we also need to thank them when their votes align with us.

Adam clearly saw January 6th as a defining moment to oppose Trump. And now he does it more forcefully than most elected Democrats despite the negative consequences. I think he expects them to show the same spine he has demonstrated for a few years now.

Then he should've stayed in ass in Congress where he had a better chance of effecting resistance If you're not in the room, don't hold judgement against those who are Stop blaming the Democrats Start looking at the ppl who gave the GOP the House, Senate & WH Your neighbors, family & friends

I don’t disagree but I do find it weird that Democrats always seem to need to clean up after Republicans. The difference this time is it is a nation wide nuclear spill instead of the normal low level poison and toxic waste.

They should be telling us to withhold tax payments until the rule of law is restored They could even use a cool slogan I heard somewhere: No taxation without representation

Unless you have SOMETHING to make it all stop.... ? 🤷‍♀️ Lets give them some time to sort out all this crap he is spewing at all of us! Remember, it's only been 1 week. 🤔 Hard to believe, right? Aren't you embarrassed to be an American at this point? We tried to warn everyone?

I hear ya! Hey WE/THEY knew all this was coming so it wasn’t a surprise. If it was the other way, don’t you think McConnell and 🍊💩🤡 would have had, at the very least, the propaganda machine cranking ready to use 24/7? We have real 💩 happenings. We should have our top public speakers out there. 🤷‍♀️

If you turn on your tv, you'll see an older woman with straight blond bangs on all the channels? That's senator Patty Murray of WA. She the vice-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, she's also president pro-tem of the Senate.

That's obviously part of the plan. Some of it is performative, some of it is just flooding the zone, but some of it is serious attacks on the rule of law, but there's so much going on below the surface in terms of destroying any accountability or any independent oversight

I am almost done with both parties. I will vote blue, but our party has to stop being such cowards. I am sick of the lip service and no real fights. Fck decorum, now is the time for Dems to start some real meaty fights and tear them apart on the house and Senate floors!

They just don't know how to handle this do they? They have gone to work everyday to just keep the norm, do little to change anything and collect a pay check. Now this. They seem stunned and not able to handle the situation.

I think this is a grand opportunity for the Progressive Caucus to take control of the Democratic Party - away from the neoliberal laissez-faire capitalists in cahoots with the MAGA Republicans - in the next election! I saw this article: rollcall.com/2025/01/22/h... Such presumptuousness!

rollcall.comHaley Stevens says ‘New Dems’ are key to winning House majorityMichigan Rep. Haley Stevens hopes to help her party win the House as chair of the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund.

We impeached him twice last time. That worked well. We charged him with crimes, SCOTUS said “nah, immune.” Americans voted for him for a second term. FAFO seems to be the great educator. If we’re still here in four years, we’ll see how that works out.

Where is the backbone of the Republican Party? Those with the power are too scared for their jobs. Only a few stood up to him (like you and Liz C.) At this point, it’s up to the republicans who are in the majority and they need to stop Project 2025. People didn’t believe he would do it? Here we are.

Standing up to Trump means a primary challenge and that means losing. It's tragic that incumbent Rs would rather be stripped of their integrity than to lose their seat. The Founders never envisioned this. They saw elective office as an obligation -- almost a penance.

What can be done? All three seats of government are ruled by MAGA. Media conglomerates are all falling in line behind MAGA. White supremacists are running around in the streets. The military has been dispatched on American soil. As soon as we start protesting, the Insurrection Act will be invoked.

What can be done is: don't just throw up our hands claiming nothing can be done. We may not have the solution today, but we need to focus on local government, pressure them to do the right thing, because that's where we have the most power if they don't

They don’t even know why they lost. They have not the power to turn their ship around, nor the sense to see why they should. How could it be otherwise? Democrats believe they don’t have beliefs; they believe they’re just good people, so asking them to change is asking them to become bad people.

Thats rich. Its YOUR party destroying everything. What are YOU doing about it, besides trying to blame the democrats? Oh, wait, that's what Republicans ALWAYS do to avoid culpability. F'n coward. Maybe stop posting and go DO SOMETHING to stop YOUR party from continuing to ALLOW this destruction.

If WE ALL don't stand up TOGETHER then it's useless... don't attack those that agree with us. When they see the error of their vote. They will think twice about doing it again. Lead with kindness, it's a novel approach lately and refreshing in my opinion. 🤷‍♀️👍🤔😉

Blaming democrats instead of calling out his fellow Republicans is kind? I don't agree with blaming democrats. Wtf are they supposed to do when Republicans own LITERALLY ALL THE POWER??? Wtf are the democrats supposed to say?? I mean, besides, WE TRIED TO WARN YOU ALL.

His opinion is NOT valid. That is my point. And I'm allowed to voice that. The Republicans own ALL the power. Wtf else are democrats supposed to do??? That's such typical pass-the-buck bullshit Republicans have always done. The dems have done everything they could to win the election. They're still

doing everything they can to thwart trumps dismantling of our government. So what is HE doing?? Don't put this on dems. Their hands are tied now. He should be messaging & calling out Republicans in public to stop this insanity. PERIOD. shit-talking the dems is not helping anything. Its sabotage.

Adam tried being loyal -- he now regrets voting for the 1st impeachment. I see him (& Liz) as Country Over Party heroes. They have paid a huge price. I hope we can rejigger our system and open it up to more voices. I'd love to back Adam especially if he rejected both parties.

Exactly! There are more R's country over party but they're cowards with no spine 😤 Cowards! They need to stop hiding and fight with us! I applaud him and Liz for standing up to them because the election was country over party.

I keep hearing about how the democrats are not fighting back. Instead, we all need to be saying how that happens and what it looks like because all I'm seeing is democrats owning slim margins and nothing else.

Join the Democratic Party and give them ideas. Here’s one. Organize a strike with immigrant workers especially in farming and food processing. Demand a real immigration bill, deportations truly aimed at criminals and legal status and path to citizenship for the workers and their families.

See, here’s my rub. Reps have been steel focused on this since Reagan, keeping their eye on the prize, they made their plan, tweaked as necessary, ever searching for the right candidates, presidents, focusing msg on dissent and dependency of the masses. No waiting til ‘24. Our plan must be NOW.

If you are not focused on changing this tide and getting people promoted for 2026, you can forget about being able to anything on a "Project2027". Democrats are not good at that continuous development

What I want to know is what states have potential for movement in 2025. find out issues there mobilize people to call and campaign- try to reclaim the house. It’s not much but we have people who want to act and while the DNC has no platform right now we do have people who want change and to help.

It is critical to at least rip the House away from MAGA. The House is so fragile right now for MAGA; getting the message of any remaining "Republicans" is important. This is where people like Adam and Liz are so important.

I do not disagree. However, priorities should be set on today and what can can be accomplished to move as many MAGA as possible out of power in 2026. I do think MAGA will remove themselves by harming their base

The 2 party system blew itself apart years ago, and neither is functioning for the American public. It's time to move onto a more independent system where support is given to those who share our voice. The days of sharing our wallets for party are done.

he's my rep!! very proud of him. i voted for him and have contacted his office numerous times. he's responded to me personally a few times. saved a couple of his letters. he's a good rep.

Yeah Dems aren’t great, but so many ‘Rino’s’ the wackos ran out of the party just resigned and faded into the shadows. Never a peep about what’s become of their party. They’ll never listen if Dems say they’re dangerous. It has to come from a significant enough number of Republicans.

Well…the Dems should be a true opposition party. Aside from maybe AOC, the rest are content to just roll over. They’re willing to let our country burn for the sake of optics.

I truly wish they would WAKE THE HELL UP ! The American people elected these people to be our voices, and so far I haven't heard anything 🤷‍♀️ they are stripping our RIGHTS AWAY faster then we can react to it! This isn't AMERICA ANYMORE, where are our representatives? Can you shake some trees?

They can help organize. We have a lot of smart people looking for something to do. Bucket these EOs into categories, and get motivated people lined up to support each category. The ACLU is really good at this, and has already started.

We also need motivating speakers to help get people off the sidelines. Schumer and Pelosi are done as leaders in Congress. And we need strong leadership at the top of the DNCC. Someone as well spoken as reasoned as AOC.

Democrats such as Schumer are in fact speaking up. I heard him denounce the spending freeze. But what Trump is doing cannot be undone by Congress, not yet anyway. The Courts can act, but not quickly. But tell me, Adam, what do you want Dems to do? What can they do? Please respond, Mr. Crickets.

Thank you for replying. If Dems called out every lie, that's all they'd be doing. They should concentrate on the big stuff like birthright citizenship and the spending freeze, which guys like Schumer and Jeffries appear to be doing. Forget Greenland, Elon, etc, at least for now.

Get out in the fucking streets. Stop EVERYTHING in the government like the GOP does every time it tries. If Dems were as good in the minority as McConnell and the GOP were, we'd never have gotten in this situation to begin with. The very LEAST they can do is stop voting for Trump's nominees ffs!

Going out in the street and stopping the government is EXACTLY the response Trump wants. He loves mayhem. No, the better response is to denounce the issues like the spending freeze, let the lawyers sort out the mess, educate the people so that in 2026 we can elect a Congress that CAN do something.

And if there aren't elections in 2026? I understand your point, but in this case it's more likely there will not be elections (at least not legitimate ones) in 2026. And that's not hyperbole.