After talking to Ro Khanna, here’s what I learned Democrats are actually considering in response to Trump’s nuclear threat and the Bondi subpoena fight.
Watched the interview with Khanna. Great. I would be very happy to see him as speaker of the house. Jefferies has to go along with Schumer. Amazing the Democrats are still timid when every single sign in the country points to voters desperate for a Congress with bold vision and actions. I guess we just need to keep replacing the old establishment duds until we get the Congress we want. And by the way, I am 64 years old. I donate, I vote, take part in every demonstration, I contact my Congressperson. I am part of the generation that supposedly wants bipartisanship and norms. We don’t. We want bold, progressive action or we want you to get out of the way.
Couldn't agree more. Schumer and Jeffries both take AIPAC money and they have shown that they will fold to the republicans in a NY minute. Schumer stated in front of an AIPAC crowd that his number one priority is the defense of Israel. I thought a congressman's number one priority was to his constituents. They both need to go. The avg age of congress people needs to be brought down with fresh blood and new ideas. This congress does not represent the younger generations.
Time to quit voting for people who take AIPAC money. They will always be beholden to what ever Netanyahu wants. I also do not give money to DNC only to specific candidates.
Gail, you are absolutely correct! I am almost 69 and like yourself I donate, protest, write, and call. But our generation although very active in the anti-MAGA fascist hate cult.
Our generation of leaders have become obsolete and are sucking off the gvmt teet as long as they can. We need new leaders that have the energy to address the fascist regime along with the Epstein class of billionaires that are raping and pillaging our society along with their tax payer wars and fictional AI as saviors.
We need amendments, we need heathy guardrails on the war industry, capitalism in general and technology, AI included. Just my thoughts. Just to be clear. I love this country and capitalism but it obviously has been corrupted in all walks of life in America 🇺🇸
I'm with you, well said. This is why I no longer give to the DNC but instead I am supporting individual candidates who are actively doing the work necessary. I also highly recommend supporting, as I do, Leaders We Deserve, who are actively primarying useless Democrats, and winning! Time to clean house on both sides of the aisle!
I do the same Emily. Former DNC chair Harrison blocked me and other staunch vocal Dems on social media for telling him to get off his ass and on the road/on every cable & network show to talk about the BidenHarris accomplishments and support candidates. He obviously didn’t agree with us. Ben Wikler should have been the new DNC Chair. Anyhow I support individual candidates and groups like Leaders We Deserve and the Seneca Project now.
Same here, 79 years and it is so interesting seeing so many older women at the protests. I keep reading that we are uniformly for trump. Not sure where this is coming from. Had enough of Democrat Lite agenda. Time for radical change. Maybe trump and the mess we are in is one of those crisis/opportunity situations where we can make some real progress in the US and have a government that is for the PEOPLE, NOT THE BILLIONAIRES.
I'm sure I speak for many of us when I say GO AFTER REMOVING TRUMP! We are way beyond partisanship, there is right and there is wrong. And he has lost his mind. Dems need to move beyond being too scared to make calls for accountability because it might make someone mad or they might push back! They will! So what?! Do it anyway! How about playing to your base for a change!
Ro Kana is looking more like a real Speaker, when we take the House, than Jeffries!
Jeffries needs to go, so does shumer and every other corporate democrat. the right has moved so far right than centrists are now where republicans used to be. The base has gone far left. It's time to embrace that and stop apologizing for being right! These people are vile monsters, the system they've designed to extract wealth from us is monstrous. We have to be willing to make the sacrifices now to win later. voting for another Epstein class owned goon will achieve absolutely nothing, we will continue the steady march into late stage capitalism that is devastating the working class and poor people of this country and gave rise to Trump in the first place!
Agree. Everyone needs to write to their Representative and copy Ro Khanna and Hakim Jeffries! It’s not about party at this point. The country has been teetering for months. Let’s try the legal revolt. Democrats need to step up now. Not acting is compliance with the autocratic. Send a strong message for once, and stand up for what’s right. For the love of country, BE BOLD!!
I believe many Republicans that are not MAGAs are outraged by the Trump regimes handling of the Epstein files and the atrocities in Venezuela and Iran.
Look at the No Kings rallies. We had republicans and independents joining us. People are tired of Congress doing nothing. It’s time for accountability!
The inaction of the democratic leadership is stunning in it's silence. The democratic party needs a full overhaul, starting with leadership. Ro has shown the courage many of us want in the party. Without his union with Thomas Massie, we still would have not seen any of the Epstein Files. Actions talk, where are Schumer or Jeffries? Counting AIPAC money?
Hi Brian, I like everything you do, but can you please give the title of someone when they first appear in your writing (e.g., Ro Khanna). Some people especially new followers may not know all the movers and shakers or others you write about. Thanks and keep up the good work. LT
The Dems better be serious about this. They have proven in the past they are not up to the fight. This is Trench Warfare against Republicans & Trump and requires Dems to dig up & use all the dirt they have on Rs. The Dems better wake up before it is too late.
Schumer needs to step down. He's mired in policy and procedure and strongly worded letters, but our country is SCREAMING for action and we will not survive as a nation of the melon felon isn't stopped!
The Dens never fail to disappoint overall. When MTG gives a stronger response than most of the elected Dems, there is something seriously wrong with the party. Time to bloody well clean house.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
Can we pack the court with a simple majority? If so do that immediately. They have carefully bought this court and placed their people in there who care NOTHING about the constitution and want an oligarchy. Screw that, we need to be as brutal reversing the damage they've done as they were inflicting it. I want to see 90% tax rate on incomes over 10 million a year and a 5% a year wealth tax on net worth over 100m. That leaves room for people to be stupendously rich without allowing for these families to never give it back. We have to close the loopholes that allow them to park money without it being taxed, we need to make borrowing using assets as collateral a taxable event! This is how they get out of paying any capital gains taxes. Massive estate taxes. Wealth inequality is the root cause of 90% of our problems. This is a class war through and through and anyone who doesn't think that way is not understanding what is happening.
My suggestion is to read the Constitution. Trump is not likely to appoint -- nor this Senate confirm -- the people we want on the Court. The way to reverse this is to elect tremendous blue waves this year and in 2028. THEN we can make it happen.
Your right, we will have to wait; but supreme court, both appointment and term limits, need to be updated. This court is completely corrupt. They voted to unleash a monster upon us and they need to be held accountable.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
So, with the Republicans controlling the White House, the House and the Senate, how do YOU propose to change the Supreme Court? The last thing we want are openings on the Court NOW where Trump would name their replacements and this Senate would rubber stamp them.
We can't do anything until we take congress then we expand the number of justices and the new president will appoint liberals. It's super f'ed up how much power the court has. There has to be accountability. There HAS to be.
And how do you propose Dems pack the court when they all have lifetime seats. That, in itself, needs to changed. Why should anyone be granted a lifetime job!
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
I’m interested in what Ro Khanna has to say, but the divide in the Democratic Party is largely between those who vote&those who whine about Joe Rogan, were stupid enough to think Trump gave a rat’s ass about the Palestinians.
Republicans are responsible for this, for SCOTUS, for giving Heritage&Elon Musk an outsize voice.
Democratic "leadership" has been a total failure. They seem to be more concerned about maintaining whatever "norms" existed pre-Trump, imagining that will make some kind of difference in November, and we cannot wait seven months to find out if that's true. Democratic voters need to contact their Democratic representatives and make sure they're aware of our real priorities: ACCOUNTABILITY as well as undoing all the damage caused by Trump.
We know Schumer is feckless but people seem to overlook Jeffries. For all his rhetoric and hand gesticulation he is not really any better.
I support any method to get rid of trump. However I question the timing. Right now Democrats have the momentum. If they pursue impeachment now, will that give republicans something to rally around? With the current makeup of the Senate, a third not guilty is probable. I don’t think we want to give them something to campaign on.
Let’s wait on impeachment until Democrats at a minimum are the majority in the House.
I think you're missing the big picture.. If Democrats act before the midterm elections they may alienate those who would give them control of the House, and with any luck the Senate. They may also rile up the MAGA idiots who may be sick of T-Rump and may not even show up to vote. It's a tightrope walk. Everyone is an expert the day after the election.
The Dems need to keep trying to blocking fascist policies until the midterms. Then they can go on the offensive. Then in 2028 weeks get a decent proactive leader and start making big changes to the policies that we have had since Regan. The ones that have lead to working people not being able to even afford to live in their own country. That is a “winning”/electable message.
Can someone please create a post or method to make it easy for people to write messages to their representatives. I didn’t know how to do that but now that I do, I am very active. I think more people would if they knew how. We need to bombard our representatives daily until they realize how much they are in trouble with their constituents.
i use the "5 calls" app , which makes it super ez to reach out to the most relevant leaders on any given issue & for any given constituent. Dialing & scripts are all built into the app... I'd guess there's something like this for email too, if not an app then a website. Have you tried looking for one, or just hoping to come across something? if you find anything helpful, please post back here, and I'll pass it around the various pro-democracy communities I work with 🙏🏻💙🇺🇸‼️
Every person with a phone needs to learn how to use that little computer. A simple question to Siri or whatever search engine is used: "Who are my representatives?". It is as simple as that.
Watched the interview with Khanna. Great. I would be very happy to see him as speaker of the house. Jefferies has to go along with Schumer. Amazing the Democrats are still timid when every single sign in the country points to voters desperate for a Congress with bold vision and actions. I guess we just need to keep replacing the old establishment duds until we get the Congress we want. And by the way, I am 64 years old. I donate, I vote, take part in every demonstration, I contact my Congressperson. I am part of the generation that supposedly wants bipartisanship and norms. We don’t. We want bold, progressive action or we want you to get out of the way.
Couldn't agree more. Schumer and Jeffries both take AIPAC money and they have shown that they will fold to the republicans in a NY minute. Schumer stated in front of an AIPAC crowd that his number one priority is the defense of Israel. I thought a congressman's number one priority was to his constituents. They both need to go. The avg age of congress people needs to be brought down with fresh blood and new ideas. This congress does not represent the younger generations.
Time to quit voting for people who take AIPAC money. They will always be beholden to what ever Netanyahu wants. I also do not give money to DNC only to specific candidates.
Same here.
Gail, you are absolutely correct! I am almost 69 and like yourself I donate, protest, write, and call. But our generation although very active in the anti-MAGA fascist hate cult.
Our generation of leaders have become obsolete and are sucking off the gvmt teet as long as they can. We need new leaders that have the energy to address the fascist regime along with the Epstein class of billionaires that are raping and pillaging our society along with their tax payer wars and fictional AI as saviors.
We need amendments, we need heathy guardrails on the war industry, capitalism in general and technology, AI included. Just my thoughts. Just to be clear. I love this country and capitalism but it obviously has been corrupted in all walks of life in America 🇺🇸
I'm with you, well said. This is why I no longer give to the DNC but instead I am supporting individual candidates who are actively doing the work necessary. I also highly recommend supporting, as I do, Leaders We Deserve, who are actively primarying useless Democrats, and winning! Time to clean house on both sides of the aisle!
I do the same Emily. Former DNC chair Harrison blocked me and other staunch vocal Dems on social media for telling him to get off his ass and on the road/on every cable & network show to talk about the BidenHarris accomplishments and support candidates. He obviously didn’t agree with us. Ben Wikler should have been the new DNC Chair. Anyhow I support individual candidates and groups like Leaders We Deserve and the Seneca Project now.
Same here, 79 years and it is so interesting seeing so many older women at the protests. I keep reading that we are uniformly for trump. Not sure where this is coming from. Had enough of Democrat Lite agenda. Time for radical change. Maybe trump and the mess we are in is one of those crisis/opportunity situations where we can make some real progress in the US and have a government that is for the PEOPLE, NOT THE BILLIONAIRES.
I'm sure I speak for many of us when I say GO AFTER REMOVING TRUMP! We are way beyond partisanship, there is right and there is wrong. And he has lost his mind. Dems need to move beyond being too scared to make calls for accountability because it might make someone mad or they might push back! They will! So what?! Do it anyway! How about playing to your base for a change!
Ro Kana is looking more like a real Speaker, when we take the House, than Jeffries!
Jeffries needs to go, so does shumer and every other corporate democrat. the right has moved so far right than centrists are now where republicans used to be. The base has gone far left. It's time to embrace that and stop apologizing for being right! These people are vile monsters, the system they've designed to extract wealth from us is monstrous. We have to be willing to make the sacrifices now to win later. voting for another Epstein class owned goon will achieve absolutely nothing, we will continue the steady march into late stage capitalism that is devastating the working class and poor people of this country and gave rise to Trump in the first place!
There's no far left in the US. What the GOP screams about being far left is somewhere around Truman or Roosevelt centrism.
Agree. Everyone needs to write to their Representative and copy Ro Khanna and Hakim Jeffries! It’s not about party at this point. The country has been teetering for months. Let’s try the legal revolt. Democrats need to step up now. Not acting is compliance with the autocratic. Send a strong message for once, and stand up for what’s right. For the love of country, BE BOLD!!
I believe many Republicans that are not MAGAs are outraged by the Trump regimes handling of the Epstein files and the atrocities in Venezuela and Iran.
Look at the No Kings rallies. We had republicans and independents joining us. People are tired of Congress doing nothing. It’s time for accountability!
The inaction of the democratic leadership is stunning in it's silence. The democratic party needs a full overhaul, starting with leadership. Ro has shown the courage many of us want in the party. Without his union with Thomas Massie, we still would have not seen any of the Epstein Files. Actions talk, where are Schumer or Jeffries? Counting AIPAC money?
Hi Brian, I like everything you do, but can you please give the title of someone when they first appear in your writing (e.g., Ro Khanna). Some people especially new followers may not know all the movers and shakers or others you write about. Thanks and keep up the good work. LT
The Dems better be serious about this. They have proven in the past they are not up to the fight. This is Trench Warfare against Republicans & Trump and requires Dems to dig up & use all the dirt they have on Rs. The Dems better wake up before it is too late.
Schumer needs to step down. He's mired in policy and procedure and strongly worded letters, but our country is SCREAMING for action and we will not survive as a nation of the melon felon isn't stopped!
The Dens never fail to disappoint overall. When MTG gives a stronger response than most of the elected Dems, there is something seriously wrong with the party. Time to bloody well clean house.
This absolutely crystalizes the issue. When you're trailing MTG, youve got some serious problems.
Thank you Brian Taylor Cohen for standing up for democracy.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
I'm all for impeachment too. Now tell us how we get to 67 votes to convict in THIS Senate.
Can we pack the court with a simple majority? If so do that immediately. They have carefully bought this court and placed their people in there who care NOTHING about the constitution and want an oligarchy. Screw that, we need to be as brutal reversing the damage they've done as they were inflicting it. I want to see 90% tax rate on incomes over 10 million a year and a 5% a year wealth tax on net worth over 100m. That leaves room for people to be stupendously rich without allowing for these families to never give it back. We have to close the loopholes that allow them to park money without it being taxed, we need to make borrowing using assets as collateral a taxable event! This is how they get out of paying any capital gains taxes. Massive estate taxes. Wealth inequality is the root cause of 90% of our problems. This is a class war through and through and anyone who doesn't think that way is not understanding what is happening.
My suggestion is to read the Constitution. Trump is not likely to appoint -- nor this Senate confirm -- the people we want on the Court. The way to reverse this is to elect tremendous blue waves this year and in 2028. THEN we can make it happen.
Your right, we will have to wait; but supreme court, both appointment and term limits, need to be updated. This court is completely corrupt. They voted to unleash a monster upon us and they need to be held accountable.
There is nothing preventing the next Congress -- under a Democratic president -- from expanding the Supreme Court.
That's what I was saying, we can expand it and appoint people who aren't bought and paid for. They've done it multiple times in the past.
Yes. And we have to start somewhere! We could petition Congress, too, as well as individual letters cc’d to Khanna and Jeffries.
Does anyone know how to start an online petition? I’ll help.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
To do what?
Sorry. I meant calling for impeachment. That may not be the best way….. Just throwing out an idea so we could keep momentum.
I think you are following exactly the opposite of what needs to happen.
So, with the Republicans controlling the White House, the House and the Senate, how do YOU propose to change the Supreme Court? The last thing we want are openings on the Court NOW where Trump would name their replacements and this Senate would rubber stamp them.
We can't do anything until we take congress then we expand the number of justices and the new president will appoint liberals. It's super f'ed up how much power the court has. There has to be accountability. There HAS to be.
And how do you propose Dems pack the court when they all have lifetime seats. That, in itself, needs to changed. Why should anyone be granted a lifetime job!
Under a Democratic president and Congress they can expand the Court to however many seats they want. See Article III, Sect. 1.
Strong regime change in midterms across both parties.
By being serious! We still have time to convince others.
We have time to convince others to vote in November. We will not be convincing this Cabinet to invoke the 25th or this Senate to vote to convict.
Agreed, but it is building an obstacle, which is better than nothing. Trump needs to go, but we need to weaken Vance before he gets there.
IMPEACH AND DUMP TRAITORS, NAZIS PREDATORS AND ENABLERS , IMPERIALIST CRIMINALS, WAR MONGERS, CAREER CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL GRIFTERS, FASCIST PIGS, FRAUDSTERS, RACIST, AND CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE. RELEASE ALL UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES AND JAIL CON RTRUMP. AVOID CON RTRUMP'S AND THE REPUBLICON'S RECESSION AND DEPRESSION. FIX CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR THE FAIR DEAL, NOT THE RAW DEAL. VOTE BLUE AND SAVE DEMOCRACY. STOP THE RTRUMP OLIGARCHY. BOYCOTT CRIMINAL RTRUMP & ELON THE NAZIS.
Any Democrat who did not vote, supports Trump.
I’m interested in what Ro Khanna has to say, but the divide in the Democratic Party is largely between those who vote&those who whine about Joe Rogan, were stupid enough to think Trump gave a rat’s ass about the Palestinians.
Republicans are responsible for this, for SCOTUS, for giving Heritage&Elon Musk an outsize voice.
Democratic "leadership" has been a total failure. They seem to be more concerned about maintaining whatever "norms" existed pre-Trump, imagining that will make some kind of difference in November, and we cannot wait seven months to find out if that's true. Democratic voters need to contact their Democratic representatives and make sure they're aware of our real priorities: ACCOUNTABILITY as well as undoing all the damage caused by Trump.
We know Schumer is feckless but people seem to overlook Jeffries. For all his rhetoric and hand gesticulation he is not really any better.
I support any method to get rid of trump. However I question the timing. Right now Democrats have the momentum. If they pursue impeachment now, will that give republicans something to rally around? With the current makeup of the Senate, a third not guilty is probable. I don’t think we want to give them something to campaign on.
Let’s wait on impeachment until Democrats at a minimum are the majority in the House.
I think you're missing the big picture.. If Democrats act before the midterm elections they may alienate those who would give them control of the House, and with any luck the Senate. They may also rile up the MAGA idiots who may be sick of T-Rump and may not even show up to vote. It's a tightrope walk. Everyone is an expert the day after the election.
The Dems need to keep trying to blocking fascist policies until the midterms. Then they can go on the offensive. Then in 2028 weeks get a decent proactive leader and start making big changes to the policies that we have had since Regan. The ones that have lead to working people not being able to even afford to live in their own country. That is a “winning”/electable message.
Can someone please create a post or method to make it easy for people to write messages to their representatives. I didn’t know how to do that but now that I do, I am very active. I think more people would if they knew how. We need to bombard our representatives daily until they realize how much they are in trouble with their constituents.
i use the "5 calls" app , which makes it super ez to reach out to the most relevant leaders on any given issue & for any given constituent. Dialing & scripts are all built into the app... I'd guess there's something like this for email too, if not an app then a website. Have you tried looking for one, or just hoping to come across something? if you find anything helpful, please post back here, and I'll pass it around the various pro-democracy communities I work with 🙏🏻💙🇺🇸‼️
Check out the Dworkin Report, he's got lots of petition links and good info.
I use Dworkin's list daily. It's an excellent way to write to all 3 of your Reps. And it's easy.
Every person with a phone needs to learn how to use that little computer. A simple question to Siri or whatever search engine is used: "Who are my representatives?". It is as simple as that.
IMPEACH AND DUMP CON REPUBLICONS EVERYWHERE