I posted a rather long comment about this very thing. Calling his office or even your Senators does zip, zero, zilch where this is concerned. You will be met with elevator muzak.
That is simply not the case. The Senators need to here us demand someone other than Schumer. Both of my senators were very receptive. It would take about 20 senators to call for a caucus meeting and demand a new leader which would take a larger majority but it can easily be done.
I saw that Schumer will be in Atlanta next month for his book tour. I will drive up to protest! My senator is Lindsey Graham and rep is Nancy Mace 🤮🤮, so all I have is protesting.
I totally agree...I NEED to hear about folks doing something positive and no one except MTN reports on it. I did get an email from Tim Walz about his plans for doing a town hall in Iowa. It just seems to me that not even elected Democrats care enough about democracy or the environment or our health or anything (that is not true, there are lots of them who do care for sure). I was/am discouraged that the folks that maga will/has hurt most, persons of color, lower middle class folks like teachers, did not care enough to even vote and now they seem to be doing nothing to impact what the gop is allowing trump to do via musk (or maybe it's what musk is just doing through trump). Why should I even bother????I have donated more than I should, money I could use for other things (lie something besides peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch every day) and it seems it's all for nothing. And then I open MTN comments and I do find some hope, or at least encouragement to continue even if it's a losing battle, but maybe even though we lose this battle, maybe in the long run, past my lifetime we will win the war. But it's hard when folks you thought were on the right side, meaning elected democrats are not. But I don't know of any resistance movement in the history of resistance movements anywhere ever that were easy. But I also don't know of any that were successful when the folks involved gave up. So we have to hang in there and work harder in whatever way we can. And we need to lift each other up, so I for sure am not abandoning you!!! We're in this together!
Me too!!! I think it takes all kinds to have a successful political party that serves the citizens and to me Walz is sort of a combination civics teacher, little bit fiery preacher (maybe that's from the coaching stuff?) and your favorite guy in the neighborhood to go to if you need something fixed. My civics teacher created a desire in me to make the world a better place, and my Sunday School teachers taught me that kindness and loving one another is the right approach to life, but words without actions are meaningless, and he sure has gotten stuff done in his state!
Well I was pretty disappointed with Walz during the presidential run... Not sure why he was dead silent after the convention but I'll get behind anyone standing up right now.
I honestly don't know if he was dead silent or if the mainstream media just would not cover anything he did or said! I appreciated his most recent speech. I appreciate both his style and content when he speaks and based on the few speeches/interviews I've seen with him, he really does practice what he preaches...he understands what Midwesterners need and he has a good track record of getting it for them in his own state. And to be honest, I just like listening to him talk...he's both down to earth and fired up about injustice and stupidity in the government.
You may want to also follow Robert Reich, Brian Tyler Cohen, and Michael Cohen. They report on facts and things people are doing that offer hope. Michael Cohen knows Trump better than anyone and broadcasts daily on You Tube with supporting video clips. LT
Excellent advice for anyone not already following them! I've been following Robert Reich on fb for years but just started following the others on you tube a few months ago. I agree with you and highly recommend them to everyone! I also sort of follow Jessica Craven. I am not a paid subscriber to her Substack but I get her emails and she does a great job of doing a round up of good things that happened during the week every Sunday. A lot of the wins are at the state level (which for better or worse is where the wins will be, there and in court) and I'd n ever hear about them if I didn't get her info.
Thanks, I will check out Jessica Craven. I forgot to mention Heather Cox Richardson. She is an American historian on Substack and in her Letters from an American she writes about the history behind today’s politics. It’s very good.
I have started to print off many of HCR's substacks to use as history lessons sort of when I talk to my grand kids about American history. She is awesome, sort of the person I always wish I were....smart, committed, can get complex ideas down on paper so everyone can understand them supportive of liberty and justice for all.
Thanks Ben. I’m exhausted. I needed this.
Exhausted, disheartened and angry. I feel abandoned and think what is the point? His words are encouraging to not give up.
Call your Dem Senators if you have them and demand they replace Schumer as minority leader
I posted a rather long comment about this very thing. Calling his office or even your Senators does zip, zero, zilch where this is concerned. You will be met with elevator muzak.
That is simply not the case. The Senators need to here us demand someone other than Schumer. Both of my senators were very receptive. It would take about 20 senators to call for a caucus meeting and demand a new leader which would take a larger majority but it can easily be done.
I saw that Schumer will be in Atlanta next month for his book tour. I will drive up to protest! My senator is Lindsey Graham and rep is Nancy Mace 🤮🤮, so all I have is protesting.
I totally agree...I NEED to hear about folks doing something positive and no one except MTN reports on it. I did get an email from Tim Walz about his plans for doing a town hall in Iowa. It just seems to me that not even elected Democrats care enough about democracy or the environment or our health or anything (that is not true, there are lots of them who do care for sure). I was/am discouraged that the folks that maga will/has hurt most, persons of color, lower middle class folks like teachers, did not care enough to even vote and now they seem to be doing nothing to impact what the gop is allowing trump to do via musk (or maybe it's what musk is just doing through trump). Why should I even bother????I have donated more than I should, money I could use for other things (lie something besides peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch every day) and it seems it's all for nothing. And then I open MTN comments and I do find some hope, or at least encouragement to continue even if it's a losing battle, but maybe even though we lose this battle, maybe in the long run, past my lifetime we will win the war. But it's hard when folks you thought were on the right side, meaning elected democrats are not. But I don't know of any resistance movement in the history of resistance movements anywhere ever that were easy. But I also don't know of any that were successful when the folks involved gave up. So we have to hang in there and work harder in whatever way we can. And we need to lift each other up, so I for sure am not abandoning you!!! We're in this together!
By the way I love the idea of Walz going around the Midwest and trying to rebuild the Midwest Dems!
Me too!!! I think it takes all kinds to have a successful political party that serves the citizens and to me Walz is sort of a combination civics teacher, little bit fiery preacher (maybe that's from the coaching stuff?) and your favorite guy in the neighborhood to go to if you need something fixed. My civics teacher created a desire in me to make the world a better place, and my Sunday School teachers taught me that kindness and loving one another is the right approach to life, but words without actions are meaningless, and he sure has gotten stuff done in his state!
Tim Walz is going nationwide. He's going to visit the areas where Republicans aren't giving town halls.
Well I was pretty disappointed with Walz during the presidential run... Not sure why he was dead silent after the convention but I'll get behind anyone standing up right now.
I honestly don't know if he was dead silent or if the mainstream media just would not cover anything he did or said! I appreciated his most recent speech. I appreciate both his style and content when he speaks and based on the few speeches/interviews I've seen with him, he really does practice what he preaches...he understands what Midwesterners need and he has a good track record of getting it for them in his own state. And to be honest, I just like listening to him talk...he's both down to earth and fired up about injustice and stupidity in the government.
Except Walz lies, just like other politicians. Not as much, for sure, but he lies all the same and got caught out during the campaign.
You may want to also follow Robert Reich, Brian Tyler Cohen, and Michael Cohen. They report on facts and things people are doing that offer hope. Michael Cohen knows Trump better than anyone and broadcasts daily on You Tube with supporting video clips. LT
Excellent advice for anyone not already following them! I've been following Robert Reich on fb for years but just started following the others on you tube a few months ago. I agree with you and highly recommend them to everyone! I also sort of follow Jessica Craven. I am not a paid subscriber to her Substack but I get her emails and she does a great job of doing a round up of good things that happened during the week every Sunday. A lot of the wins are at the state level (which for better or worse is where the wins will be, there and in court) and I'd n ever hear about them if I didn't get her info.
Thanks, I will check out Jessica Craven. I forgot to mention Heather Cox Richardson. She is an American historian on Substack and in her Letters from an American she writes about the history behind today’s politics. It’s very good.
I have started to print off many of HCR's substacks to use as history lessons sort of when I talk to my grand kids about American history. She is awesome, sort of the person I always wish I were....smart, committed, can get complex ideas down on paper so everyone can understand them supportive of liberty and justice for all.
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