Is Chuck Schumer still employed?

[lostnfound]

Quietest dang employee I’ve ever had.

I mean, it’s a leadership position, and I’m not really sure what he might be accomplishing behind the scenes…but isn’t there a need for some weekly reports to his bosses? A strategy, a plan?

In leadership, what matters isn’t effort or a plan for getting the tenth most important thing done on your list. You’ve got to have a plan and action for the 1st through 3rd most important things on your list.

Personally i wish the minority leaders of both senate and house would coordinate messaging so that we make a dent in what Heather Cox Richardson’s substack called “narrative warfare” (credit for the term to Bill Southworth).

Southworth calls this “narrative warfare,” and while it is true that Republican leaders have seeded a particular false narrative for decades now, this technique is also known as “political technology” or “virtual politics.” This system, pioneered in Russia under Russian president Vladimir Putin, is designed to get people to vote an authoritarian into office by creating a fake world of outrage. For those who do not buy the lies, there is another tool: flooding the zone so that people stop being able to figure out what is real and tune out.

Our leaders need to be strategic thinkers, great communicators, and visionaries.
Pete Buttagieg is one who aces all three categories. Obama also. Bernie Sanders is another, whether you like him or not. (AOC is fantastic, but maybe not quite strategic enough, at least not yet. Katie Porter was a great communicator but apparently made a strategic mistake.) Name others.

I may personally tend towards progressivism but I’d celebrate capable, brilliant moderate leaders just as much.
And where is our “narrative warfare”?

[dem4decades]

1. It's probably best Schumer stays out of the limelight; he puts people to sleep.

It would be horrible if he put Senators like Murphy and Booker to sleep and kept them from going out there and rattling cages.

[doc03]

2. That statement when he said he wrote a strongly worded letter makes me hope

he stays quiet. He is long past his expiration date to think in this day and age that would scare anyone.

[Paladin]

3. Chuck Schumer, still employed?

Not so you'd notice.

Like I keep saying: trump, by his non-stop hatred and ineptitude, is in the process of handing the country back to Democrats---but only if we're smart enough and aggressive enough to take advantage of it. Democratic leadership better get busy, and damned quick...

[Kid Berwyn]

4. Really miss him, seeing the Constitution disappear and all.

Wondered what had happened. Lot of employees missing.

Thank you for pointing that out, lostnfound!

[dutch777]

5. Not the coordination, strong messaging one would hope for. Look at his website...just about $$ brought home to NY

and run of the mill services for his constituents. No big bold leadership statements or messaging for a better Dem party.

[Autumn]

6. About as employed as Jefferies is