Where is our leadership on the Texas sentences?

[LuvLoogie]

Last edited Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)

The citizens are left to oppose this regime with no real establishment political backing. We have our own Dems voting for things like the Laken Riley Act. Where is Talerico on this? Ossoff? Jeffries? Schumer? AOC?

Fuck the pool and that shit soul's decay. This is decades of building fascism.

[RussBLib]

1. All sentences are being appealed

...and a sensible judge will most likely reduce their sentences. The protests for which these people were arrested got fairly violent, and some shots were fired at ICE. I understand the motivation, but they went too far. Even so, the sentences dished out by this Trump-appointed judge were far out of line and too extreme. Still, I think this is a rather hot-button issue and most elected Dems are staying away from it. There has to be some room to protest without sounding like you agree with ICE (or government agents) getting shot. It's a fine line that expert politicians should be able to navigate.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[ananda]

2. Agree.

They were not peaceful protesters,
and they probably deserve some
punishment.

I think a large fine would do it.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. I wholeheartedly agree.

[LuvLoogie]

5. Appealed to where? What sensible judge? How long did Leonard Peltier spend in prison? Nelson Mandela?

This is systemic. These are protests against murdering, raping white supremacists. Yeah, it's a fucking Hot-Button issue!

Careful! Don't burn your fingers!

Lunch at Bobby Van's. Let the interns take the calls.

[Celerity]

3. Here are the 46 House Dems & 12 Dem Senators who voted Yea on the racist Laken Riley Act

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523

Representative Party State Vote

Bishop Democratic Georgia Yea
Boyle (PA) Democratic Pennsylvania Yea
Budzinski Democratic Illinois Yea
Bynum Democratic Oregon Yea
Costa Democratic California Yea
Courtney Democratic Connecticut Yea
Craig Democratic Minnesota Yea
Cuellar Democratic Texas Yea
Davids (KS) Democratic Kansas Yea
Davis (NC) Democratic North Carolina Yea
Figures Democratic Alabama Yea
Gillen Democratic New York Yea
Golden (ME) Democratic Maine Yea
Gonzalez, V. Democratic Texas Yea
Goodlander Democratic New Hampshire Yea
Gottheimer Democratic New Jersey Yea
Gray Democratic California Yea
Harder (CA) Democratic California Yea
Hayes Democratic Connecticut Yea
Horsford Democratic Nevada Yea
Kaptur Democratic Ohio Yea
Landsman Democratic Ohio Yea
Lee (NV) Democratic Nevada Yea
Levin Democratic California Yea
Lynch Democratic Massachusetts Yea
Mannion Democratic New York Yea
McBath Democratic Georgia Yea
McClain Delaney Democratic Maryland Yea
McDonald Rivet Democratic Michigan Yea
Min Democratic California Yea
Morelle Democratic New York Yea
Moskowitz Democratic Florida Yea
Pappas Democratic New Hampshire Yea
Perez Democratic Washington Yea
Scholten Democratic Michigan Yea
Schrier Democratic Washington Yea
Sewell Democratic Alabama Yea
Sorensen Democratic Illinois Yea
Stanton Democratic Arizona Yea
Subramanyam Democratic Virginia Yea
Suozzi Democratic New York Yea
Sykes Democratic Ohio Yea
Titus Democratic Nevada Yea
Torres (NY) Democratic New York Yea
Tran Democratic California Yea
Vindman Democratic Virginia Yea

12 Dem Senators voted Yea:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00007.htm

Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
John Fetterman (Pa.)
Ruben Gallego (Ariz.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Mark Kelly (Ariz.)
Jon Ossoff (Ga.)
Gary Peters (Mich.)
Jacky Rosen (Nev.)
Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
Mark Warner (Va.)
Raphael Warnock (Ga.)

[MichMan]

6. Does voting for it make them racist?

[Celerity]

7. No, but the LRA will have a racially disparate impact.

[SunImp]

8. Ugh, I see several of my Reps & Senators there