Ro Khanna for house. AOC has executive aspirations.

Thank you for doing this. PBS turned off the comments so it’s good to see what we all think about his useless platitudes here.

The first thing I did this morning was send a note to Chuck telling him to step aside because of his personal pick of the traitor Haley Stevens and then taking credit for everyone else’s work.

And then I wrote my congressman telling him to not support Jeffries as speaker. My rep is super lefty in an uncontested seat. It’s safe for him to fight for us because he doesn’t need corporate money.

Don’t forget Blackstone Group, his second-highest contributor during his reelection year.

Schumer and Jefferies both accepted approximately $1.7 million from AIPAC. Each.

Don’t just tell them who not to pick. Give them a list names for better choices.

Day one, first order of business, the new congress needs to sideline them. They shouldn’t even be allowed to take interviews.

I wonder if it is too early to contact my new senator and house rep. I don’t see a way other than sending an email to their campaign emails. I suspect Abdul and McCann already believe this, but want to make sure they know they have our support as well.

Yup, you’re absolutely not wrong on that at all. This election isn’t a endorsement of Democrats but a rebuke of Republican’s actions and lack of actions against Trump’s insane desires and should act accordingly to affect real change.

It would behoove Democrats and Progressives to understand that moving forward but at least for Democrats, I highly doubt it considering what the leadership have already said about today’s elections results.

That’s not necessarily true. Talarico beat Paxton by 20pts

While I do feel that some candidates were exactly that, I wouldn’t ignore that some candidates have genuine merit.

Jeffries knows jack shit about what Americans want. He has that position because he’s pleasing to rich donors not because he has ever given a single care for what regulars voters want.

Jeffries put it better than me: Americans ‘don’t want us to get even, they want us to get things done on their behalf’

get off the bus lest under the bus

It’s great right? Now, trump was so bad, that they won’t have to deliver anything if substance. And when we complain, the blue MAGAs will call us “tankies” and say we “don’t understand politics”. We better just hold our nose and vote blue no matter who or else, MAGA will come back!

After watching how the rules don’t matter at all for the last ten years (at least), we have already been shut out of any progress because now we don’t have a supermajority. We are already dead in the water for two years and we saw what that did to investigations with Biden and Garland. Blue treason will have to be accepted or else we get the MAGA stick again.

They have all they need to impeach his whole cabinet and cutoff all funding to things like ICE. They could probably 25th amendment his ass as well before setting up criminal investigations. I’m sure we will just have to vote harder

So what are the ways to boot him and Jeffries out now? Not in 6 months, that’ll be too late.

The leadership positions are elected at the beginning of each term, which will happen at the beginning of January. Between now and then, we can write our Dem Senators and Representatives (be polite and clear–staff tally these), and we can hold demonstrations as two ways to express our demands directly. The more who do this the better.

Bloggers, columnists, and podcasters should be writing articles and conducting interviews publicizing what the people want.

We can’t let the old guard redefine goals and set a false narrative. For example, Jeffries just came out and said,

“The American people don’t want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf, because life is way too expensive”

He’s trying to frame our expecting accountability as just petty “wanting to get even”–don’t let him!

When you write your representative, you could include this quote (or one from Schumer along the same lines if writing your Senator). Say that enforcing the Rule of Law is not “getting even”, rather it is the only way to cure corruption, which thrives when people in power who break the law are not held accountable. We demand a leader who understands this. Say that he is also implying that we have to choose between holding bad actors accountable or tackling the other issues. We demand a leader who can deal with multiple issues at the same time (or “walk and chew gum at the same time”).

IMO we also have to continue with the demonstrations, holding signs that state our demands. If we don’t they’ll think we’re complacent now that the elections are over, and that they can just go back to business as usual. But if we do, they’ll realize we are serious and have certain expectations of them. The newly-elected Dems are going to be paying a lot more attention to us than the others (at least for a while!), so we should take advantage of this window of opportunity to make ourselves heard.

I’m the outsider and I’ve been looking across threads and I don’t see real answer to this other than calling your reps.

Now I’m wondering how did those guys got into their positions? And why people or their colleagues can’t do (or aren’t doing) anything about it.

Couldn’t Dems have meeting where somebody propose change to the leadership and somebody else second the motion, then they all vote on it? Or something. Again I’m outsider so…

I was watching live last night and he was screaming so hard at Chuckles I thought he was going to pop a blood vessel.

It was hilarious.

You sound like the don’t vote people that were around yesterday.

Read the room! Chuck Schumer’s glaring disconnect shows he’s already in way over his head

The Dems hadn’t even had control of the Senate for an hour before Chuck Schumer uttered his latest beyond-infuriating statement.

If this newfound congressional power is going to mean anything, it has to begin with a long-overdue changing of the guard. And that means good ole grandpa needs to go.

Not next year. Not after another round of closed-door meetings, not after more strong letters, bipartisan luncheons, or carefully worded statements expressing deep concern. Now.

For years, Democratic voters have watched their elected leaders respond to increasingly outrageous Republican behavior with the political equivalent of a sternly worded letter to the principal. And nobody embodies that frustrating, antiquated approach to politics quite like Chuck Schumer.

But Schumer’s suggestion that Donald Trump might somehow change his ways and work constructively with Democrats represents something far worse than political naïveté. It suggests a fundamental disconnect from the reality the rest of us have been living in for the past decade.

Seriously, Chuck? After everything we’ve witnessed, you’re still entertaining the possibility that Donald Trump might suddenly discover the virtues of compromise, constitutional responsibility, and bipartisan cooperation?

What planet are you living on? This guy would try and sing Kumbaya with Hitler.

Trump is a sociopathic narcissist who attempted to overturn a free and fair election. A man whose supporters stormed the United States Capitol — almost all of whom he pardoned on day one. A man who’s spent years attacking judges, journalists, prosecutors, political opponents, and virtually anyone else who dares challenge him. A man who’s proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, he thinks the Constitution is nothing more than decorative toilet paper.

Yet Chuck Schumer thinks there’s a reasonable possibility that this same insane individual might wake up one morning, put down his phone, and decide it’s time to work across the aisle for the good of the American people? Did he not witness Obama’s seven years of trying to make nice with Republicans who were nowhere near as crazy as our naked Emperor?

That’s not optimism. That’s delusion.

Democrats don’t need leaders who continue to pine for a Republican Party that no longer exists. They need leaders who understand the Republican Party that actually does.

And they need to start acting accordingly.

The voters have spoken. Now it’s time for Democrats to listen.

The 2026 midterms delivered something extraordinary: Democrats won control of both the House and Senate, handing Trump a stunning political rebuke. Voters rejected the direction of his administration and gave Democrats the power to challenge it.

And what was Schumer talking about on Election Day?

Whether Trump might change his ways.

Asked about working with the president, Schumer told reporters, "We’ll see if he will actually change his ways and join.” Yeah, and Elon Musk will donate half his shares in SpaceX to feed migrant children.

The American people didn’t deliver Democrats control of Congress because they wanted another two years of spineless cowardice and obtuse governing.

They voted for accountability. For oversight. For fortitude.

They voted for someone, anyone, to finally put the brakes on an administration that has spent years testing the limits of presidential power. And to stop trying to play nice.

And they deserve leadership that understands the assignment.

Treating Trump, the guy whose favorite pastime is watching people suffer, as though he’s just another conventional president with whom you might hammer out a sensible agreement over coffee is to ignore practically everything he’s shown us to this day.

At some point, experience has to count for something.

And Schumer has had more than enough experience to know better.

Accountability isn’t a campaign slogan.

With control of both chambers, Democrats will possess meaningful tools to investigate abuses of power, subpoena witnesses, scrutinize federal spending, and challenge presidential appointments.

Those powers must be used aggressively, responsibly, and relentlessly. Even if it means our grandkids are still sitting through hearings.

It’s time for a new generation of leadership.

Schumer has spent decades navigating Washington’s corridors of power. That experience once made him a valuable political operator. Today, it increasingly makes him look like a relic of a political era that ended years ago.

Democrats need someone who communicates with urgency, understands the anger and exhaustion of ordinary Americans, and recognizes that defending democracy requires more than defending Senate traditions.

Someone who can explain, in plain English, why accountability matters to families struggling with rising costs, communities worried about their rights, and citizens who have lost faith in their government.

Someone who doesn’t mistake institutional politeness for political effectiveness.

That doesn’t mean replacing Schumer with the loudest person in the room. It means finding the most capable person willing to confront the reality outside it.

A leader who recognizes that the public’s patience has run out.

A leader who understands that winning elections is only the beginning of the responsibility, not the accomplishment itself.

And above all, a leader who doesn’t need another 10 years of evidence to figure out who Donald Trump is.

Schumer’s colleagues will have the opportunity to choose their leader for the incoming Senate. They should treat that decision as seriously as the voters treated this election.

Because Democrats have been handed something precious: a last chance to prove that government can still function as a check on unchecked power.

We don’t need another speech about the importance of democracy.

We need leaders willing to defend it. At all costs. Even if it means stepping aside and letting a younger, more prepared, more focused leader take your place for the greater good.

What we don’t need is a Senate majority leader waiting around to see whether a fish can ride a bike.

You’ve had your chance, Chuck. It’s time to pass the torch to someone who understands that the house is on fire, and we’re long past the point of asking the arsonist if he’d like to help put it out.