Updated: An email for the circular file, Part II?
It's still from feedback at democrats...
At day’s end, this intolerable piece of news came in. It ties in perfectly with the discontent with Democrats, only on the legislator side of things:
Dems join Republicans to kill Biden drilling rule
The Senate has voted on its first Congressional Review Act resolution of the 119th Congress to undo a Biden-era rule.
A group of Senate Democrats crossed the aisle Tuesday to blow a hole in former President Joe Biden’s environmental legacy.
The Senate voted 54-44 on a resolution that would undo an Interior Department rule affecting offshore drilling. Democratic Sens. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada and Jacky Rosen of Nevada joined all Republicans present to overturn the rule.
Continue reading at Politico
I wrote about some emails I’ve been receiving by the national Democratic party yesterday.
This morning saw the arrival of another email entitled, “The worst president America has ever seen”.
First, I’ll take issue with the subject line. This is Trump’s second go at president.
Second, “We have one message for Trump and Musk: We’re coming.” Where’s the message? What is it, other than… the character in the movie, The Fifth Element saying: “give me the kkkkassshhhh?”
This dismissive and patronizing attitude from a party that just elected a DNC chair that is supposedly a different kind of Democrat, one who is effective and in tune with the public, is infuriating. From the reader feedback I’ve been getting on yesterday’s post on this topic, I am not the only one who is reacting this way.
Trump is in office. He has installed the worst a banana republic can offer and has literally handed over power to an unelected funder in Elon Musk, and has both the House and Senate in the palms of his hands.
What more does the DNC need in order to fuel their collective imaginations to come up with effective strategies and a plan? Is this all they have? Really?
At least, Representative Jamie Raskin is a lot warmer when it comes to reaching out, as he did just now.
It’s better, but not enough. We need a movement - not a rally. Here’s what the French have done for way, way less than is happening to us at the moment.
Gaaaah!
Update from my news post:
Watch live: Jeffries, Dem leaders make case against GOP budget plan
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) alongside other Democrats will give remarks Tuesday afternoon as their Republican colleagues press forward with a budget resolution that seeks to push through President Trump’s legislative agenda.
Democrats remain united in their quest to block the GOP-led budget plan, and Jeffries urged all of those in the party to be in the chamber for the anticipated vote. With full attendance, Republicans can only afford to lose the support of one GOP lawmaker, which the New York Democrat said makes their presence “pivotal.”
Jeffries has also vowed to use the March 14 government shutdown deadline as a vehicle to block Trump’s early moves to gut federal programs.
Continue reading at The Hill
Progressives launch campaign against Trump, GOP tax agenda
Progressives have launched their first organized campaign against Republicans’ tax agenda, urging Democratic lawmakers and activists to fight jointly against what they say will be tax breaks for billionaires.
“It’s a con, it’s a grift,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) at a press conference with Congressional Progressive Caucus members on Tuesday. They argued the tax cuts plotted by Trump would leave wealth concentrated with the top 1 percent.
Liberal lawmakers and advocacy groups have started to sporadically address the wealth problem they see as corroding Washington under Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk, who is in charge of so-called government efficiency measures and controversial federal workforce cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Continue reading at The Hill
Note from Rima: Here is a list of Progressive Caucus members. Chris Murphy is not on it.
That said… Murphy did a great job on CNN today with Wolf Blitzer. Watch:
Today’s running news post
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