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44. What kind of wannabe spearer refunses to stand up for what 95% of his caucus wants?

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 05:52 PM

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Get rid of Jeffries. Congressional Dems need to make it clear to Jeffries that he will not be Speaker if he spends the next 9 months "playing it safe", expecting to ride the wave into Speakership. We need a clear Speakership challenge NOW.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers on Bluesky today: "Primary ALL of them." [View all] red dog 1 Thursday OP

She's right. Scrivener7 Thursday #1

She us right and no who agrees with Ms Betty Bowers, you and I arn't breaking rules by not supporting Dems. Trueblue1968 Thursday #14

Who is Golden afraid of? He is not running Easterncedar Thursday #15

The 2 NY reps are from Long Island Sanity Claws Thursday #2

One of them is the guy who replaced George Santos. JHB 20 hrs ago #42

THIS orangecrush Thursday #3

Why does Cuellar always seem to be on the wrong side of important votes? LoisB Thursday #4

I have a theory . . hatrack Thursday #5

I was going to mention the pardon, but you have a better way with words surfered Thursday #8

That's a rather nuanced theory but it checks out. n/t whopis01 20 hrs ago #40

Oh! You may very well ask, what is my theory!! hatrack 19 hrs ago #46

LOL! LoisB 19 hrs ago #47

He wasn't much help to me when I lived in TX and slightlv Thursday #10

I'd say it's because he's mostly Alliepoo 20 hrs ago #43

I have to agree SocialDemocrat61 Thursday #6

I'm shocked at Tom Souzzi, NY NJCher Thursday #7

hear hear. AllaN01Bear Thursday #9

Not to sound like a one trick pony, but... rubbersole Thursday #11

A successful Primary victory against Gluesenkamp-Perez means that maxsolomon Thursday #12

Texas seems to have an abundance of Democrats more than willing to vote against their own best interests. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #13

Have you ever been to Texas? TBF Thursday #16

I stand by my statement with one clarrification. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #21

And - it's suspected - who stuff the ballot boxes tighter than a tourist's belly after a 72-ounce Texas steak challenge. peppertree Yesterday #34

It's not democrats doing that either - TBF 19 hrs ago #45

Absolutely. This is all on Abutt and his GOP boys. peppertree 18 hrs ago #48

Don Davis is in a very tough reelection fight in NC. yardwork Thursday #17

That area (my home area) has been reliably blue for a long time. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #24

I hope so too. yardwork Yesterday #29

And, I must admit to being somewhat baffled about it. to be honest. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #41

He is literally the only Dem who has a pope's prayer of holding that seat now dsc 21 hrs ago #39

What is the point of keeping Vichy Dems and moles? hadEnuf Thursday #18

Absofuckinglutely. LuvLoogie Thursday #19

Don't think it'll work this election cycle, past filing deadline MagickMuffin Thursday #20

David Hogg quietly smiles... Arazi Yesterday #22

His candidate lost in Arizona. Nixie Yesterday #31

Golden is my rep and already plans to leave Congress. GPV Yesterday #23

However RecoveringJournalist Yesterday #25

I blame weak leadership. nt yaesu Yesterday #26

What kind of wannabe spearer refunses to stand up for what 95% of his caucus wants? Bluetus 20 hrs ago #44

I. don't. get. it. spanone Yesterday #27

Completely agree: PRIMARY EVERY ONE OF THEM. Paladin Yesterday #28

Agree 100 percent karin_sj Yesterday #30

We need liberals to primary every single one of those Dems, and one of them is my rep. BComplex Yesterday #32

No. It's better to focus our efforts and money on replacing Republicans with Democrats... QueerDuck Yesterday #33

That would be a great way to keep MAGA in power gulliver Yesterday #35

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #36

Amen to that! Fuck ICE and fuck Kristi Noem. Initech Yesterday #37

Absolutely! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #38