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8 Dem senators voted today for Mump cabinet nominee - Speak up!
WTF!
Background
The Senate takes (took) 3 votes this afternoon:
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
#1 and #2 are essentially "votes about whether to have a vote" rather than final confirmation. But that doesn't matter: no Dem Senators ought to be voting for anything that helps this Administration while Elon is ransacking the Treasury. Just say no.
1) Go into executive session to consider Russell Vought to be OMB Director
2) Cloture vote for Pam Bondi for Attorney General
3) Confirmation of Christopher Wright for Energy Sec
#1 and #2 are essentially "votes about whether to have a vote" rather than final confirmation. But that doesn't matter: no Dem Senators ought to be voting for anything that helps this Administration while Elon is ransacking the Treasury. Just say no.
They voted for #3
8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
— Ezra Levin âŒðŸ‘‘ (@ezralevin.bsky.social) 2025-02-04T00:54:35.924Z
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they stand for fascism and dictatorship, there is no in between, no middle of the road and no common ground with fascist. Appeasement is unacceptable. Now I know who my allies are in Washington.
Wasn't there NYT article about how senate Dems can't figure out what they believe in?
Pretty damn sad. 
