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Independent Thought's avatar

There are still 45 more primaries this year. Please do not stay home. We need the RIGHT Democrats, not just "whoever has the best chance to win"

Pepperette's avatar

Yup!! This country, we the people , will have a lot of work to do and we need to ensure that no more idiots get voted in!! people aren’t doing their homework!! And that’s blatantly obvious with the new administration we have so those of us didn’t vote for this Knew that

ajay ess's avatar

i must say, i am disappointed in the dems at all levels, but particularly the 95% of dem politicians who are completely useless.....and then there are the dem voters who are prepared to accept all the corporate/billionaire/establishment/AIPAC dems because they 'can't possibly be worse than repugnicans...can they?' THE 'LESSER OF 2 EVILS' IS NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE SETTLING FOR... pleeeez keep harassing all dem politicians with emails and letters (plz copy whatever parts of my latest letter below will express what you feel)...

To: schumer/jeffries/martin/buttigieg/harris/newsom (and my local-yokles) patty murray, maria cantwell, rick larson….

RECENT POLLS HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT A LOWER APPROVAL RATING THAN EVEN THE PUTIN-STYLE-FASCIST-DICTATOR-TRUMP……

And YOU say nothing and do nothing to change that perspective! There are ZERO new strategies from the democratic party on how they will run the government differently from all their prior times in the majority.

The rest of the 21st century is completely beyond the intellectual capability of 95% of dem politicians and their same-old strategists/donors/lobbyist’s……

And still….you refuse to listen to ‘we the people’ – and you ignore the polls as you live in your own little useless bubbles.

The people don’t want AIPAC and crypto, and Palantir, and all the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs that raised up the ogre dictator trump – the complete replica of the putin ogre – to the position of running our country and our economy.

You don’t listen. You don’t care. Your blah-blah-talk-talk is nauseating. Your mouth moves but your brain is dumbed down into silence.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO KNOW FA ABOUT DEALING WITH THE FASCISTS AND HOW THEY HAVE PERMANENTLY CHANGED OUR ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REST OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEMS WHO REFUSE TO INTERACT MEANINGFULLY WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR POLITICAL BUBBLE.

A person ‘OAKTOWN’ on substack has agreed to me posting their comment, (and there are many others who feel the same)…

“The Dem leadership is clueless about strategy and the tremendous anger of voters on both the left and right against the Epstein Class. There is a coalition to be found there, but they’re still operating on old school, failed elitist policies.

Some of the worst players in that Epstein Class are busy now buying off the Dems, which Ken Martin—if he had any sense—would prohibit. One Nerd Reich puppet who has recently emerged is San Jose mayor Matt Mahan, who it is reported, is taking massive amounts of dark money from Joe Lonsdale, cofounder (with Peter Thiel) of Palantir and Musk, Google Sergey Brin, Garry Tan and an independent committee that dropped $1.5 million on a Super Bowl ad paid for by venture capitalists….. ALL THE SAME BILLIONAIRES THAT GAVE TRUMP MONEY FOR HIS INAUGURATION, HIS BALLROOM, AND ALL HIS OTHER CORRUPT WAYS OF PROVIDING FAVORS TO THE WEALTHY 1%.

I will not vote for any candidate who will either not disclose their biggest donors, including super PACs, or who admits to taking a lot of money from them. The Dems need to distinguish themselves as the party in opposition to corruption and current tax policies that permit billionaires to pay from zero to single-digit percentages of their actual wealth while wage earners pay a far greater percentage of their income.”

For 2026, there are enough independents who are totally pissed off with the putin-style-trump-dictatorship and the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs, that their votes will enable the dems to win some new seats….BUT THEY ARE VOTING AGAINST TRUMP – NOT FOR DEMOCRATS.

Come 2028, they may well vote AGAINST DEMOCRATS AGAIN. Not that you will care because you are busy with your primary goal making money for yourself on the congressional gravytrain. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO HAVE GIVEN UP CARING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR USELESS BLAH-BLAH-TALK-TALK THAT COMPLETELY LACKS AUTHENTICITY.

(PS. When you write about all the things you have ‘supposedly done’, please remember it is your JOB to work for your constituents. However, we want representatives who will be smart enough to also work on securing our future.)

Jack Jacobson's avatar

Did you secure the future FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS?

J Circosta's avatar

Agree with many of your points but it’s just too long

ajay ess's avatar

thank you for your comment.

freedom is reading as much or as little as you want :)

JohnOnKaui's avatar

And who would those "right candidates" be, the ones endorsed by Indivisible?

In MN, they've endorsed Peggy Flanagan, against Angie Craig. Looks like another one of those races that will be manipulated by the billionaire voting machines.

Indivisible is financed by George Soros.

Christine's avatar

Wrong! We need every Democrat/Blue candidate to win back the House and Senate from the pedophile-Republican party! Then we can vote the FETTERMANS /SCHUMERS OUT! Midterms is the only chance we are going to get to fix our country to fix our government! With our eyes wide open, but we need to win the house and Senate to stop the destruction and the madness of our country from the madman in control, today!

Ruth's avatar

We need to primary the seven democrats who voted to send Israel war weapons!

Schumer and Gilliland from New York. J .Rosen and C. C. Masto from Nevada.

Jack Jacobson's avatar

THE 'LESSER OF 2 EVILS' IS NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE SETTLING FOR..

Teri Taylor-King's avatar

Fucking Hell! Schumer has to go!

Cathy's avatar

Leave Schumer a message: 202-224-6542

Ro Khanna (CA) has stated Schumer should resign. Support this message; Khanna- 202-225-2631

Christine's avatar

Not b4 the midterms! We need to vote every Republican out of Office that is on the ballot. We need to win back the House and Senate!

joanna windham's avatar

I so agree. Don’t trust schumer. He needs to go fast

Gerry's avatar

Check his last post about his name. He's a TRAITOR TO THE US

Kathy Davidson's avatar

I’m guessing they have all taken money from Israel and that’s why they’re supporting this crap!! They’ve got to go!

Sandra L Sychak's avatar

The only problem is the U.S. has been sending billions of dollars to Israel for years. We are paying for their free healthcare, education, housing. They’re getting everything paid for. I had an Israeli reply to me stating that they have a tiny country and they need the help. Also, he actually said they were the chosen people. 😡 It’s our job to support and protect them. Pamper them like we all would enjoy !! Plus free bombs to kill their neighbors so they can steal the land. 🤬 They’re all liars like Trump.

J Circosta's avatar

I will never support any people/country that claims to be “chosen.” It’s not my business to support your religious beliefs.

Sandra's avatar

Actually, I believe Chuck has spoken out about the Gaza genocide -- so I'm very surprised to see this

Sandra L Sychak's avatar

He’s still going to want to send billions of $ to them and we will be held accountable for the murdering of the Palestinians and every other country they declared belongs to them. Don’t give them the arms or $$$$ and they can’t murder anyone. Ridiculous waste of money. And lives !!

Wendy's avatar

Let’s vote them all out. That’s not America first.

Thomas himmels David's avatar

This is clearly an issue that brings out strong convictions, and it’s understandable given the humanitarian stakes involved. Civilian protection, adherence to international law, and accountability should always be central in any conflict.

pitthewelder's avatar

Primary them all, there are a few good ones and they would easily survive. The debates for the primaries would force the voters to understand exactly who will vote for what they want and who is a party hack who will vote whichever way the corrupted party leadership is told they should vote by the big business and billionaire donor's.

Nicki's avatar

Thanks once again Festerman, you slug

Jim Peached's avatar

One (more) stroke ought to do it 😀

AmzGrace14k's avatar

He’s already brain dead another stroke wouldn’t make any difference.

Cindy Locke's avatar

I intend to work for any candidate running to primary all of them.

Jennie Papenfuss's avatar

Schumer come nov you are gone

ajay ess's avatar

i am keeping my fingers crossed that your prophecy will come true.... but i have little to zero faith in 95% of dem politicians doing the right thing.....

Djflynn's avatar

Unfortunately his term isn’t up until 2028. He absolutely can step down as minority leader now!

Canice's avatar

End of term for Schumer is 2028 and for Gillibrand it is 2031.

I believe we should focus currently on flooding their phones.

But ,I also think we should be asking other members of the party to vote Schumer out as minority leader.

I always ask at the end of my message :

Could you please explain why you personally chose to vote yes on spending money on providing weapons to Israel when their leader has an arrest warrant out for his genocidal conduct. Then we need to start posting their excuses for all to see.

It is easy to take an unpopular vote when you have years left in your term or are soon retiring.

More protests outside their home offices are needed and we should consider pressuring them to come to town halls with their constituents. They need to hear our voices and give us direct answers.

Gerry's avatar

See Schumer last post about his name. He admitted Israel is 1st. Traitor

Cathy Ronan's avatar

Then go live there Senator. One’s first loyalty should be with their country. You were elected to represent this country, not else where.

ajay ess's avatar

brava. ...and we should say that to all the AIPAC-loving representatives of USA voters...

Sandra's avatar

I'm not clear about this report: Chuck has called Israel out on the genocide in Gaza -- so I'm surprised at this report.. And thank you for bringing it forward

Gerry's avatar

Did you listen to what he said about his Hebrew last name? He claims to be a Guardian of Israel?

Bea Cee aka Mabel's avatar

Unfortunately, these two are my senators. I call all the time on everything , especially this particular vote. In all the years, both have been in office it’s unusual for anyone to ever answer their phones or respond , especially Gillibrand. I don’t care. I call anyway .

ajay ess's avatar

i feel your frustrating....isn't it nauseating the way they treat us with such disdain. they cannot even respect us enough to give us an honest answer to our questions.....if they bother to respond at all...... but we have to keep up the pressure and keep telling them we have zero confidence in them and we will donate $0 to them because they don't represent us....they represent themselves and their lobyist donors like AIPAC.

this is my latest weekly message to them....i refuse to say anything nice to these people who have zero respect for 'we the people'....

To: schumer/jeffries/martin/buttigieg/harris/newsom (and my local-yokles) patty murray, maria cantwell, rick larson….

RECENT POLLS HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT A LOWER APPROVAL RATING THAN EVEN THE PUTIN-STYLE-FASCIST-DICTATOR-TRUMP……

And YOU say nothing and do nothing to change that perspective! There are ZERO new strategies from the democratic party on how they will run the government differently from all their prior times in the majority.

The rest of the 21st century is completely beyond the intellectual capability of 95% of dem politicians and their same-old strategists/donors/lobbyist’s……

And still….you refuse to listen to ‘we the people’ – and you ignore the polls as you live in your own little useless bubbles.

The people don’t want AIPAC and crypto, and Palantir, and all the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs that raised up the ogre dictator trump – the complete replica of the putin ogre – to the position of running our country and our economy.

You don’t listen. You don’t care. Your blah-blah-talk-talk is nauseating. Your mouth moves but your brain is dumbed down into silence.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO KNOW FA ABOUT DEALING WITH THE FASCISTS AND HOW THEY HAVE PERMANENTLY CHANGED OUR ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REST OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEMS WHO REFUSE TO INTERACT MEANINGFULLY WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR POLITICAL BUBBLE.

A person ‘OAKTOWN’ on substack has agreed to me posting their comment, (and there are many others who feel the same)…

“The Dem leadership is clueless about strategy and the tremendous anger of voters on both the left and right against the Epstein Class. There is a coalition to be found there, but they’re still operating on old school, failed elitist policies.

Some of the worst players in that Epstein Class are busy now buying off the Dems, which Ken Martin—if he had any sense—would prohibit. One Nerd Reich puppet who has recently emerged is San Jose mayor Matt Mahan, who it is reported, is taking massive amounts of dark money from Joe Lonsdale, cofounder (with Peter Thiel) of Palantir and Musk, Google Sergey Brin, Garry Tan and an independent committee that dropped $1.5 million on a Super Bowl ad paid for by venture capitalists….. ALL THE SAME BILLIONAIRES THAT GAVE TRUMP MONEY FOR HIS INAUGURATION, HIS BALLROOM, AND ALL HIS OTHER CORRUPT WAYS OF PROVIDING FAVORS TO THE WEALTHY 1%.

I will not vote for any candidate who will either not disclose their biggest donors, including super PACs, or who admits to taking a lot of money from them. The Dems need to distinguish themselves as the party in opposition to corruption and current tax policies that permit billionaires to pay from zero to single-digit percentages of their actual wealth while wage earners pay a far greater percentage of their income.”

For 2026, there are enough independents who are totally pissed off with the putin-style-trump-dictatorship and the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs, that their votes will enable the dems to win some new seats….BUT THEY ARE VOTING AGAINST TRUMP – NOT FOR DEMOCRATS.

Come 2028, they may well vote AGAINST DEMOCRATS AGAIN. Not that you will care because you are busy with your primary goal making money for yourself on the congressional gravytrain. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO HAVE GIVEN UP CARING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR USELESS BLAH-BLAH-TALK-TALK THAT COMPLETELY LACKS AUTHENTICITY.

(PS. When you write about all the things you have ‘supposedly done’, please remember it is your JOB to work for your constituents. However, we want representatives who will be smart enough to also work on securing our future.)

ajay ess's avatar

i love your comment. thank you. i'm assuming schumer/jeffries et al all ignore your notes/calls/emails.? they love to ignore us, so now i love to not donate to any of the establishment/corporate/billionaire/AIPAC dems, and the dnc.

i write/email weekly....my latest is

To: schumer/jeffries/martin/buttigieg/harris/newsom (and my local-yokles) patty murray, maria cantwell, rick larson….

RECENT POLLS HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT A LOWER APPROVAL RATING THAN EVEN THE PUTIN-STYLE-FASCIST-DICTATOR-TRUMP……

And YOU say nothing and do nothing to change that perspective! There are ZERO new strategies from the democratic party on how they will run the government differently from all their prior times in the majority.

The rest of the 21st century is completely beyond the intellectual capability of 95% of dem politicians and their same-old strategists/donors/lobbyist’s……

And still….you refuse to listen to ‘we the people’ – and you ignore the polls as you live in your own little useless bubbles.

The people don’t want AIPAC and crypto, and Palantir, and all the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs that raised up the ogre dictator trump – the complete replica of the putin ogre – to the position of running our country and our economy.

You don’t listen. You don’t care. Your blah-blah-talk-talk is nauseating. Your mouth moves but your brain is dumbed down into silence.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO KNOW FA ABOUT DEALING WITH THE FASCISTS AND HOW THEY HAVE PERMANENTLY CHANGED OUR ECONOMY AND DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEM POLITICIANS WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REST OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

YOU ARE PART OF THE 95% OF DEMS WHO REFUSE TO INTERACT MEANINGFULLY WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE OF YOUR POLITICAL BUBBLE.

A person ‘OAKTOWN’ on substack has agreed to me posting their comment, (and there are many others who feel the same)…

“The Dem leadership is clueless about strategy and the tremendous anger of voters on both the left and right against the Epstein Class. There is a coalition to be found there, but they’re still operating on old school, failed elitist policies.

Some of the worst players in that Epstein Class are busy now buying off the Dems, which Ken Martin—if he had any sense—would prohibit. One Nerd Reich puppet who has recently emerged is San Jose mayor Matt Mahan, who it is reported, is taking massive amounts of dark money from Joe Lonsdale, cofounder (with Peter Thiel) of Palantir and Musk, Google Sergey Brin, Garry Tan and an independent committee that dropped $1.5 million on a Super Bowl ad paid for by venture capitalists….. ALL THE SAME BILLIONAIRES THAT GAVE TRUMP MONEY FOR HIS INAUGURATION, HIS BALLROOM, AND ALL HIS OTHER CORRUPT WAYS OF PROVIDING FAVORS TO THE WEALTHY 1%.

I will not vote for any candidate who will either not disclose their biggest donors, including super PACs, or who admits to taking a lot of money from them. The Dems need to distinguish themselves as the party in opposition to corruption and current tax policies that permit billionaires to pay from zero to single-digit percentages of their actual wealth while wage earners pay a far greater percentage of their income.”

For 2026, there are enough independents who are totally pissed off with the putin-style-trump-dictatorship and the putin-style-billionaire-oligarchs, that their votes will enable the dems to win some new seats….BUT THEY ARE VOTING AGAINST TRUMP – NOT FOR DEMOCRATS.

Come 2028, they may well vote AGAINST DEMOCRATS AGAIN. Not that you will care because you are busy with your primary goal making money for yourself on the congressional gravytrain. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO HAVE GIVEN UP CARING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR USELESS BLAH-BLAH-TALK-TALK THAT COMPLETELY LACKS AUTHENTICITY.

(PS. When you write about all the things you have ‘supposedly done’, please remember it is your JOB to work for your constituents. However, we want representatives who will be smart enough to also work on securing our future.)

MBD7619's avatar

They should be tried for crimes against humanity.

Deborah Cooper's avatar

More like hung from their ball sacks and the women from their tits.

ROB DANIELS's avatar

SCHUMER IS NOT FIT TO BE A LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATS IN ANY CAPACITY AND SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH SOMEONE MORE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY AND NOT RECEIVING SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY FROM ISEAEL!!

Terry Castle's avatar

My state's 2 Senators are on this list. They will not get my support anymore!

Dr Alex Kennerly Vasquez's avatar

America will never have what it needs the most for the society – universal basic healthcare access, and a nationwide infrastructure/transportation program, … Sure you can include affordable housing and education, but let’s not get drunk on our first date.     America will never have these things because all of the politicians are in the pockets of the big corporations and one particular foreign country that gets $10M per day to destabilize the Middle East so we can then give additional billions in military expenses and dead soldiers.    The other reason that American will never have these things is because the citizens have been taught that anything for the public good is “socialism” and “communism”, and so for that reason, they consistently vote against their own best interests.     And the result is predictable: USA is a country owned/controlled by private interests with nothing for the public.

CA Productions/Carol Ann's avatar

Schumer needs to leave his religion out of this….The Jews in Israel are suffering because of bastard Bebe and quest along with dearanged Trump to rule the world. Resign you old cow.

Annmarie's avatar

i do not understand how they are talking out of both sides of their mouth? end the illegal war! p.s. here are more bombs for you!🤯

Gerry's avatar

See the last Schumer post about his name. HE ADMITTED ISRAEL IS 1ST TO HIM.