Democrats should halt the transition in its tracks.

[kentuck]

We already know their plans. Why go along with them?

One Senator can stop anything he wants. Witness how Tuberville stopped the promotion of Generals and hundreds of thousands of military personnel for months, all by himself.

Democrats need to shake themselves out of their shock and oppose these unfit and dangerous nominees of Trump and the Republicans.

[Walleye]

1. Trump has a need for speed. He's in a hurry, supposed to happen very "quickly"

Best thing the Democrats can do right now is to drag it out as long as possible. Put up every obstacle they can think of to frustrate the asshole.

[BComplex]

20. They definitely need to bring out every tool in the toolbox that republicans would be using right now

against this kind of activity if it was the dems in charge of the nut house.

[dutch777]

29. Totally agree. With the bad people in the majority, some tools are limited but by all means delay, delay, delay.

[returnee]

31. Obstacles, yes...

…but also immediately and constantly educating the public 24/7 on what is wrong with these actions.

[yellow dahlia]

46. Agreed.

We need to constantly fact check on social media and in whatever way we can.

[Lonestarblue]

2. Democratic senators still think they're part of a "gentlemen's club" and play by the rules.

They need to get over that and do some obstructing of their own.

[Maraya1969]

3. Maybe they need us to call them and tell them.

[niyad]

11. I called my two idiot Dems about their votes on li'l marco.

[themaguffin]

44. Marco is the least of worries and while I don't want him in that role. Better him that a typical MAGA clown. Still sucks

but we need to pick our battles.

[HarryM]

16. Oh, I call, write, and e-mail them

They still do very little if anything. They are very quick to ask for campaign donations every day.
It's all about the money. We have to get money out of politics.

[BonnieJW]

28. My senator is a dem up for reelection in 26

He texted me for money. I told him his silence is deafening and his lack of any protest is pathetic. I told him if he wants my money, he has to earn it

[Voltaire2]

5. This. They will continue their institutionalist bullshit as the republic dies.

[NotHardly]

18. Every elected Dem, real Democrats, need to wake the F*CK UP, now!

[Mr. Sparkle]

26. +1

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

58. Biden supposedly said, "Welcome home," to Pissolini

when he arrived to retake the White House. Inappropriately "gentlemanly" imnsho.

[appmanga]

4. The time to have taken a stand...

...was when the Garland nomination was being held up. The Democrats should have countered by saying they would withhold unanimous consent, which would grind the Senate to a halt, until Garland got a hearing. This isn't quite the "nuclear option" that blowing up the filibuster would be, but it's the strongest leverage the conference had. Even if you're afraid of getting hurt, you sometimes have to fight. It might turn out better than you feared.

[karynnj]

8. I think the reason why bringing government to a standstill has never been done by us

is because we, to our core, want government to work, while the Republicans are willing to stop everything.

I suspect it is because, at heart, Republicans believe as Reagan said that government is the problem. Most Democrats went into government because they believed government could make life better.

In 2016, Obama was President. Shutting down the government would have prevented him from any of the 2016 accomplishments that needed Congress. Not to mention, we would have been blamed and would have had no chance to win 2016. In 2016, most people thought we would win.

[Think. Again.]

36. Yes, but allowing nazis to have their way...

...is not our government working.

[FoxNewsSucks]

48. also, the corporate media will be VERY quick to blame Democrats

and provide cover to republicons.

[Igel]

6. A senator can hold up nominations.

At least some. Those that the leader wants approved for convenience' sake by "unanimous consent." Why? Because if one person says he'll vote "no" then consent isn't unanimous. Holds can be public or secret, which is squirrelly but there you go.

If Hegseth's nomination is up for a vote, then a senatorial hold would require an actual vote. Now, if you have 1,000 nominations to vote on, each vote might well take an hour or more so it's all unanimous consent. Bam. You've just told the leader you, li'l ol' you, will cause the Senate to be tied up for 1000 hours or more. If there's a 40 hour work week, that's 25 weeks. Less of a concern for a single nominee. Esp. one that's certainly *not* going to be approved by unanimous consent.

If a hold is placed on a bill or nominee, then there has to be a cloture vote to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. (Nominee? Not sure. I think it's 51/100 for judicial nominees, don't know if that's for *all* nominees.)

One senator cannot "stop anything he wants." That's a misgeneralization.

[Think. Again.]

41. It isn't about saving time...

...it's about standing against nominees they don't agree with, just as we elected them to do.

[FoxNewsSucks]

49. It may be a generalization,

but it sure seems that way if it's a Senator with an "R" after their name, or if their last name is either "manchin" or "synema".

[HAB911]

7. I'm reminded

We are where we are because that's what congress wants, or it would have been addressed long ago. It's bipartisan

[Kid Berwyn]

9. It's time to play hardball.

OTOH: With four years in power, two with majorities in both houses, we still couldn't get rid of Postmastercheater DeJoy. Yet, Trump, with the slimmest of "victories" is now shredding the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

WTF, people.

[yellow dahlia]

45. WTF, indeed.

It is a barrage. And that is no accident.

[Kid Berwyn]

62. What MAGA Wants, MAGA Gets

And thanks to Clarence Thomas and an NRA-funded Supine Court, gangsters can legally own, carry and operate machine guns.

[FoxNewsSucks]

50. It always seems that way, always.

Democrats can't do/stop anything, republicons can do/stop everything.

Every time.

[CrispyQ]

56. Boxes & boxes & boxes of documents & we couldn't do anything to the guy.

I am beyond words disgusted with that.

[Kid Berwyn]

63. Goes back to Vietnam War.

JFK says "No" to escalating US involvement in another nation's "Civil War" and refuses to send "draftees." (JFK's quote)

After the assassination, LBJ says "OK" to whatever South Vietnam needs to stay afloat and lies America into war via the phony cassus belli of the Gulf of Tonkin.

Details: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217402396

[Mysterian]

53. President Biden had the authority to remove Dejoy "for cause" which he refused to do

Biden failed because he did not take bold action.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

59. Honestly! I can't understand why the Rs seem to

have so much power no matter who holds the majority, yet Dems often seem impotent.

[tritsofme]

10. Democrats can slow things down, and they are on the worst nominees, but they cannot prevent a determined majority

from confirming the nominees it wants.

[William769]

12. Will never ever happen.

[Scubamatt]

13. We need to

stop playing by the gentlepersons' club rules. Use the same parliamentary tactics the Pukes have used to thwart most progressive initiatives over the years and grind the senate to a halt. And don't start with the "we have to take the high road" or "we have to set an example". That has gotten us nowhere and has emboldened these fascist bullies. The Pukes have suffered no consequences for their obstruction, and now, we need to use every tool to try to save this country.

[Rebl2]

19. Absolutely

That’s the problem with democrats in congress, they want to take the high ground. It’s time to stop that b.s. and really fight back.

[yellow dahlia]

43. Right on

[ananda]

14. The problem: people as a whole think white men with money are better.

It's ingrained in our psyche.

To do the right thing, you have to deliberately and aggressively
dismiss it.

I don't see any white people in government now, or formerly in government,
doing that now.

Tallk me down if you wish, but this is how I see it now.

[MLWR]

15. I'm not trying to "talk you down,"

but there are exceptions. One is Gov. Pritzker of IL. He is a billionaire and he is standing up to donald's immigration plans.

[ananda]

22. I know there are good people who actively fight it.

I'm sure all of us good Democrats are trying to fight it,
but I still believe that all white people in government
need to do so, and they are not.

You see what happens when people of color try to fight.

They are viciously attacked, set up to look like they promote
violence when they don't, and dismissed as not worthy of
being anything but subservient slaves.

[yellow dahlia]

40. An important point.

[ananda]

61. Also, it looks as though many people look for any excuse..

to vote for a white man, while they dismiss very good reasons
not to.

Look at Ted Cruz, such a slimeball in so many ways, won on
the transgender issue.

And of course, nearly all Republicans are horrible slimeballs,
yet they are associated with the white male supremacy
attitude that is embedded in our psyches.

People are raised with this attitude; abused and groomed
to believe it and to hate and fear all non-white males and
women.

It's a very sad way to live, and it will destroy us all without
any worries about breaking the law or not following the
Constitution.

[yellow dahlia]

42. Yes. Everyone needs to follow his example.

[spanone]

17. K&R

[Irish_Dem]

21. Trump is using a military style shock and awe. Like Hitler's blitzkrieg.

People are stunned and cannot act quickly enough.

[S/V Loner]

23. The Shock Doctrine... Naomi Klein.

“Shock doctrine” describes the brute tactic of systematically using the public’s disorientation following a collective shock—wars, coups, terrorist attacks, market crashes, natural disasters—to push through radical pro-corporate measures, often called “shock therapy.”

[TBF]

24. YES - I get ACLU's newsletters, and they've already filed lawsuits -

we need much more of this attitude. FIGHT them. Don't let them push a single thing without fighting back, filing the lawsuit, doing whatever they can in Congress to fight. The playing nice does not work. Bullies feed on it. We need to fight back.

[yaesu]

30. I don't think the fascists will abide by any lawsuits ajudicated against them, even scotus. Like tRumps hero

Andrew Jackson did. By the way, Jackson is the only pres tRump has a picture of on his wall.

[TBF]

64. Well at least they are trying to do something - have you got any better ideas? nt

[yellow dahlia]

37. Hear! Hear!

[Glaisne]

25. Don't expect Democrats to do what Tuberville did.

They neither have the will or the nerve. Bipartisanship is more important. The Democrats (with very few exceptions) will be weak and ineffective opposition.

[yellow dahlia]

35. Sadly, I think you may right.

[FoxNewsSucks]

52. I wish we didn't have to feel this way so damn often:

Maybe one of the worst mistakes Democrats keep making is constantly playing nice and giving in to republicons.

[DSandra]

27. Dems better not be like the early years of the Bush Administration...

I remember how lame Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt were in countering the Bush Administration. Milquetoast Dems are traitors to the party and it's constituents in my book.

[PatrickforB]

32. Methinks EVERY Democratic senator needs to develop a SPINE. n/t

[iemanja]

33. Unfortunately, they can't stop nominations

As far as I know.

[AverageOldGuy]

39. Can they

filibuster the vote?

[tritsofme]

54. The filibuster was removed for these sorts of nominees in 2013.

[Polybius]

55. No

The filibuster doesn't apply to nominees (or judges/Justices).

[iemanja]

60. I don't think so

I believe they did away with the filibuster for nominations. Someone smarter than I will know for sure.

[yellow dahlia]

34. Agreed.

But again they acquiesce and "work across the aisle".

[AverageOldGuy]

38. Never happen

Democratic senators alll are members of the No Guts Club

[CaptainTruth]

47. We the People need to stop Trump's attack on America...

...any way we can.

[JohnSJ]

51. yeah, they should, but I won't hold my breath.

[kentuck]

57. Does it seem like the Republicans have declared war on the rest of America?

They seem to rejoice in the pain and suffering of their fellow Americans.

They deserve no sympathy from the American people.