HAPPENING NOW: National Update and Call to Action With Dem Party Chair Ken Martin and Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries

[Ms. Toad]

11. Not by throwing a happy party and labeling it a National Update and Call to Action.

While keeping our eyes on the midterm elections is important, the situation is far too dire to have that be the main focus.
Insisting that Trump is losing, when his losses are not putting a dent in steamrolling the country is not a plausible position. Right now, it's just not believable - and the tone of the video is way out of touch with the dire nature of the current situation. I don't like drinking sour milk, and being told that it's honey - I had just hoped for more.

As I said, focusing on litigation - and creating a specific group within Congress on litigation is a start. Congress has the power of the purse - but is not demanding it be respected. That should be a main focal point of Congressional action. It is pretty much the only piece in the entire hour-ish that gave me any hope as to what Congress is doing.
Presenting a unified front regarding Trump's nominees should be a thing - there should not be a singe Democrat voting to confirm any of his picks as long as Musk is running the show. Even if it isn't successful, it is at least taking a stand.

There are things being done outside of Congress - the Democratic Governor's group, for example, is particularly organized and effective. Interest groups have been able to litigate matters within their areas of interest.

The problem is that the approaches used by the project 2025 planners, coupled with Trump's surprising tolerance for allowing someone else to run the show, has created challenges that there is no clear way to address. Trump is, so far, ignoring Congress and ignoring the courts. That creates a constitutional crisis. That will come to a head, one way or another, when the lower court gives Trump a new deadline to pay on the USAID contracts for work already completed and he either does, or does not release the funds.

I am hopeful that the Republican's meeting with Musk will be a wake-up call - not just for Musk, but for the few Republicans it would take for Congress to put an end to the purse string grab - not just in a private meeting, but by voting with Democrats.