Indivisible Co-Founder with
@leahgreenb
. Organizing to elect Harris/Walz and deliver them a Dem congress to codify repro rights and pass democracy reform.
Heidi & I are fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in Uvalde.
We are in close contact with local officials, but the precise details are still unfolding.
Thank you to heroic law enforcement & first responders for acting so swiftly.
What does he mean by "the late great Hannibal Lecter?" Like, I mean literally what does that mean? Hannibal Lecter ate people. He was not great. And Anthony Hopkins is still alive. What does it mean??
Scoop: Ted Cruz called Steve King today and conveyed support amid blowback on the Iowa congressman, King tells me. Cruz camp says it was a “personal call.” The two have been friends and King co-chaired Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control.
Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture.
I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return.
We are closing in on $250,000 raised in the last 24 hours!
With your support we are going to defeat
@EliseStefanik
and take back
#NY21
Will you pitch in, $20, $50 or whatever you can today to help us hit $250,000?
We’re in this together!
HOLY MOLY. Mitch McConnell just wrote an NYT op-ed urging Dems to keep the filibuster, and threatening them if they scrap it. This is how you know it's a *really* good idea to scrap it - Mitch is scared.
The eye-popping stat here that everybody needs to internalize and grapple with: in 2040, half the country will live in 8 states. Meaning half the country will have 16 senators, and half will have 84.
Who could have predicted that:
1) Voting day totals would favor Trump
2) The mail-in ballots would take longer to count
3) Trump would claim counting votes is election fraud
Oh literally everybody. Everybody predicted this. We will count the votes, and we will win.
I'm sorry we lost, but I'm not sorry we fought for this. The generational struggle for a real multiracial democracy continues.
And Sinema will never win elective office again.
Voter roll purges. Closed drop off boxes. USPS shenanigans. Ballot challenges. Outright suppression. They threw up up every possible wall they could. But our wave was too big.
.
@Ilhan
's life is being threatened by Fox News, GOP members of congress, and the President of the United States. I want to see Democratic leadership standing 100% behind Omar and against these attacks. (I'd like to see GOP members too, but I'm not holding my breath).
It's a disastrous day for our democracy. Forgive the long thread. Short version: any candidate who thinks we can just go back to how things were pre-Trump is dangerously deluded.
Trump's approval ratings by state:
CO: -14
IA: -12
ME: -9
AZ: -6
NC: -4
If the House impeaches, GOP senators in those states will have to vote to convict or acquit. I'm not a highly paid Democratic consultant, but that seems good for Dems hoping to retake the Senate.
Biden: Let's vote for BBB and BIF!
Pelosi: Let's vote for BBB and BIF!
Progressives: Let's vote for BBB and BIF!
6 Conservative Dems: No.
Media: Progressives threaten to tank BIF!
Warren dominated that stage. It wasn't just her best performance, it was the best performance yet by any candidate in this race so far.
But hey that's just my take - what do you think?
Hot take - too many people are blaming just Trump for the shutdown, and not enough people are blaming McConnell. Yes, Trump is a baby throwing a fit, but McConnell is indulging him. McConnell could end it today if he wanted to. Senate Dems are smart to pressure him directly.
Hey Dems: be happy! You won tonight! As a result, it’s more likely that Biden will get to sign into law a Build Back Better bill that your constituents will love. Keep up the good fight - we’ve got your backs.
The Republicans will stop him.
The media will stop him.
The Senate will stop him.
Mueller will stop him.
Jack Smith will stop him.
Letitia James will stop him.
Alvin Bragg will stop him.
The courts will stop him.
Look around - there's nobody but us. We have to stop him.
If we win this trifecta...
Biden doesn't have 4 years. Pelosi and Schumer don't have 2 years. Early in 2022, attention will turn back to reelection. They've won political power - use it or lose it. Everything Dems passed in 2019-2020, pass it again - now, now, NOW.
HEY - support these 3 endorsed Indivisible women building the blue wave in tomorrow's NY primary:
@dana_balter
- Fighter for Americans with disabilities & healthcare for all
@TedraCobb
- Local community health agency leader
@liuba4congress
- Champion for women & working mothers
Former congressional staffer here with advice:
NEVER call senators/reps outside your own state. It's not just pointless, it's counterproductive:
1) It ties up the line so real constituents can't get through.
2) It allows members to dismiss calls as out-of-state rabble rousers.
Message tonight for Dems: You've got a trifecta. Use it. Pass Biden's economic agenda. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act. Pass the John Lewis VRA. Give DC statehood.
Do it now.
(Sure this has been my message for nearly a year, but it's still the message because it's still right).
No impeachment proceedings.
No opposition to Trump's border bill.
No investigation of Trump rape charges.
No fuss about Trump's tax returns.
There's a clear pattern emerging from Pelosi and House Dem Leadership.
On May 17, Treasury refused to comply with a subpoena to hand over Trump's tax returns.
It's now July 1 and House Democrats have taken no further action.
@EWErickson
Former congressional staff here. Every congressional office has a big constituent services function. During local crises that part of the office gets busy and the member can get personally involved.
The entire nation is horrified by today's senseless violence in El Paso. Elaine's and my prayers go out to the victims of this terrible violence, their families and friends, and the brave first responders who charged into harm’s way.
Um, this is a big deal. Quietly a lot of folks pushing for reform have been worrying that Warner was bad on filibuster. To have him come out and publicly like this is big. Folks in VA should be celebrating him for this!
The Senate has shown it cannot do its basic duty and find 60 Senators to support basic voting rights, so I support changing the rules around the filibuster for voting rights legislation.
Difference in Warren tonight: she's not recycling the same old same old lines. She sounds like herself - practical, prepared, and pissed off. It's powerful.
Wow - I just did some quick math: the 50 (likely) Dem Senators will represent 40 MILLION MORE Americans than the 50 (likely) GOP senators.
Mitch McConnell absolutely should not have a veto. Kill the filibuster.
WOW. I’m hearing that last week, while Dems were trying to land a deal on voting rights, Sinema declared that she was done for the year because she had plane tickets to Ecuador. She flies out today.
Care to comment
@SenatorSinema
?
WHOA. Gardner is a vulnerable GOP Senator up for reelection next year. He's not the only one. Cracks are starting to show. Your calls are working - keep it up tomorrow!
I’m formally requesting that the
@FBI
investigate whether
@SecNielsen
committed perjury during her testimony under oath before
@HouseJudiciary
. The memo I released yesterday flat-out contradicts her statement that there was no child separation policy.
What a smart and succinct answer. She’s not getting enough credit for forcefully articulating the progressive case for Biden. Such an important message and messenger.
"What do you say to a young progressive or an Arab-American who says to you, 'I just can't vote for Biden again after what he's enabled in Gaza.'?
Listen to a detailed, thoughtful, & important answer to my Q from
@AOC
at the Zeteo launch. (Do try & actually listen & not assume!)
$500m is 0.8% of Bloomberg's net worth. So for the typical American household with a net worth of $97k, his Presidential run was like blowing $800 on a vacation that turned out to be not that fun.
Rep
@AOC
: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."
@IndivisibleTeam
@MoveOn
Ds also say withholding consent/grinding Senate to halt only delays vote by 1-2 weeks. Why risk having it backfire if meaningless anyway?
In 2000, Gore invented the internet.
In 2004, Kerry was a cowardly traitor.
In 2008, Obama had no birth certificate.
In 2016, Clinton's emails.
The GOP will trump up bogus BS for any Dem nominee, & the press will cover it. Don't surrender to this - fight it.
We're hearing the same thing - Trump is mobilizing his people to barrage the senate with pro-wall calls. If you want a budget and not the wall, tell your senators: (202) 224-3121.
URGENT - KEEP CALLING. Tell Senators: NO WALL! Our Senators have been bombarded w calls in favor of the wall. SO CALL, Y'ALL
Sen Duckworth | DC: 202-224-2854 | Chicago 312-886-350
Sen Durbin | DC: 202-224-2152 | Chicago 312-353-4952
Info
@IndivisibleChi
Literally a week ago, conventional wisdom was that
@AndrewGillum
might manage a fourth place finish. He just won the nomination to be Florida’s next Dem governor. To everybody out knocking on doors for longshot progressives out there - keep knocking.
HOLY CRAP WE WON. We needed 41 votes and we got 'em. Senate Dems fight back - refusing to proceed with business as usual until McConnell brings up a budget. Big props to
@VanHollenForMD
for kicking it off, and
@SenSchumer
for bringing the caucus together. KEEP IT UP DEMS!
56-44: Senate blocks Middle East policy bill. 60 votes were needed to advance it. 4 Democrats Jones, Manchin, Menendez and Sinema voted Yes. McConnell voted No to allow for 2nd vote to take place. Majority of Democrats voted No to protest inaction on bills to fund & reopen gov't.
RED ALERT! I talked with a few sources on Capitol Hill and am hearing Trump folks are paying to barrage offices with pro-wall calls ahead of Thursday's vote. These calls are BS but can make it seem like there's public support for the wall. Here are three ways we can combat this:
To be clear: Kavanaugh is apparently so eager to overturn Roe that he is willing to let states *ignore Supreme Court abortion precedent* and permit lower courts to effectively overrule the Supreme Court.
Again: Kavanaugh has declared war on Roe.
Wow I’ve never seen this before. 900+ political scientists with a dire warning calling for the urgent passage of the For the People Act. Includes an author of “How Democracies Die” and dozens of political scientists across West Virginia and Arizona.
🚨FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: More Than 900 Political Scientists Call on Congress to Pass the
#ForthePeopleAct
. Full letter and signers can be found at . Contact: Charlotte Hill, charlottehill[at].
Like basically everything Mitch does, this action is riddled with hypocrisy. Mitch has gutted the filibuster TWICE since Trump took office to jam nominees. This is how he got Gorsuch and Kavanaugh with fewer than 60 votes. He pins the blame on Dems, as always. What a joke.
I'm in Texas & it's a total shitshow. We've been lucky - lost power only briefly & have a trickle of water. My dad & two sisters lost power & water days ago. It's terrifying - what is everyone without power/water going to do? The state GOP's answer is to blame the Green New Deal.
Biden's in the lead. But Sanders has built the largest grassroots fundraising engine in American history. He's had the largest rallies. He has the most enthusiastic supporters. He has a lock on young voters. The question now is whether Biden tries to court this grassroots giant.
I don't know what else to say y'all. The state GOPs are *accelerating* their anti-democracy attacks. It's downright scary, & it demands a federal response.
Dems can pass the John Lewis Voting Right Act, D.C. statehood, and the For the People Act, or kiss our democracy goodbye.
GOP has already become party of Marjorie Taylor Greene at state level, introducing wave of new voter suppression laws based on unhinged conspiracy theories
This is huge scandal that should be getting as much attention as Trump’s plot to overturn election
This is huge. In 2018, Rep. Porter flipped a district that had literally never elected a Democrat before. Districts like hers gave Dems their majority. Now she supports beginning impeachment proceedings.
Today I wanted to speak directly to the people of CA-45. There's been a lot of noise in D.C. and in the press about impeachment, so I wanted to share my thoughts with you.
Short version: Mitch desperately wants to keep the filibuster because he knows it gives him a veto over everything Dems want to do. So for those interested in saving democracy, it's never been clearer that the filibuster must go. Thanks for making the case, Mitch!
My read: McConnell wants to block popular bills this congress - stuff like DC statehood and HR 1. He doesn't want to have the filibuster fight with that backdrop, so instead he's picking the fight on a boring-sounding procedure thing hoping it's more favorable ground for him.
Minority rights on legislation are key to the Senate. President Biden spent decades defending them. More than two dozen Senate Democrats backed them just four years ago.
This isn't complicated. Simply reaffirming that Democrats won't break the rules should not be a heavy lift.
Excellent. Now both Senator Cardin and Senator Van Hollen are committing to play hardball until McConnell agrees to a vote on the House budget. We need 41 of the 47 Senate Dems to pull this off. If you've got a Dem Senator, call tomorrow & ask them to join: 202-224-3121.
Agreed. This isn’t business as usual. This is a crisis, a fundamental failure to govern, and Americans are suffering for it.
The Senate should not take up any bills unrelated to reopening the government until
@SenateMajLdr
lets us vote on exactly that.
#Shutdown
The
@maddow
bump tonight crashed our website. This reminds me of when we put the original Indivisible Guide Google Doc online after the election, and it crashed within a couple hours. Great problem to have - people want to act. Ok y'all, now let's
#SaveSCOTUS
.
Wow! The grassroots energy to
#SaveSCOTUS
crashed our website. Use these links to learn more about what you need to do to take action to stop Trump's SCOTUS nominee:
Our full resource is here:
Sign up here to join the fight:
There are 6 Dems blocking Biden's agenda right now. Here are their phone numbers:
Schrader (OR-5): 202-225-5711
Case (HI): 202-225-2726
Golden (ME-2): 202-225-6306
Rice (NY-4): 202-225-5516
Murphy (FL-7): 202-225-4035
Spanberger (VA-7): 202-225-2815
To be clear, this is not what the Founders wanted. Washington, Hamilton, and Madison were all pissed that DE wanted the same number of Senators as VA & MA. They begrudgingly accepted it at a time when VA had 12 times the population of DE. CA now has 70 times the population of WY.
5 blue states with double Dem Senators who voted to deport Dreamers tonight:
DE - Carper & Coons
MI - Peters & Stabenow
NH - Hassan & Shaheen
NM - Udall & Heinrich
VA - Kaine & Warner
Cowardly & morally reprehensible. Dem Leader
@SenSchumer
, what consequences will they face?
I heard from a battleground state Indivisible leader today:
“Before Dems started fighting on the CR, I wondered why I should canvass for them every weekend. Now that they’re fighting, I want to fight harder.”
Stand strong
@SenateDems
. We’re behind you. This is how we win.
Just how twisted is the Senate GOP
#coronavirus
bill you ask?
It includes $686 million for new
#F35
fighter jets. As you know, fighter jets are well known for their pandemic fighting abilities.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Here's what happened. Early this year,
@IndivisibleTeam
began arguing that our only shot at winning the midterms was to force public attention on GOP extremism. This wasn't a popular opinion, but we weren't alone. Some appreciation for the folks who fought for this strategy...
Mitch understands that if Dems take the Presidency, House, & Senate, they'll try to pass big reforms to democracy, environment, health care, gun violence prevention etc. He also knows he can kill all of it with the filibuster. So he's coming out strong for the filibuster now.
Jerry Nadler pushed to launch impeachment proceedings during a closed-door meeting after Mueller’s testimony today, only to be rebuffed by Pelosi, sources say
At the same time McConnell refuses to even DEBATE gun reform, he’s asking Dems for votes on his big Wall Street deregulation bill. Why why why why why would Dems give him the votes?
If Dems manage to take the Senate in 2020 (a big if), the first act has to be eliminating the filibuster and massive enfranchising democracy reform, including admitting new states like DC. It may be their last chance. Thread on that here:
Ok let's talk about why the filibuster must die. McConnell's diatribe against HR 1 shows the GOP will block everything if they can. Democracy, GND, M4A, gun regs - the next Dem president's agenda will be killed with 41 votes.
So how do Dems get to 60 votes? Let's dream a little:
How soon will the House pass DC statehood? How soon for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act? How soon for the For the People Act? Get on it. Get on it now. NOW.