(I was asked to move the post here)
Regardless of this shitty news of Senate Democrats caving we must keep going:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/senate-democrats-shutdown-vote-00644146
Also Schumer wanted this to happen! (Thanks TallonMetroid for this source):
https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/
🇺🇲 But Don’t Panic! Organize.
(Search for that GIF phrase online to understand what I mean if you don’t know)
Never forget the Senate Dems caving today. But also dont let it make you any less hopeful or driven to get things done. We still have momentum. We still demolished GOP a couple days ago. We still can switch to real Progressive candidates (Actual Left) instead of Moderates (Center-Right on World Politics stage) that have failed us for decades
So as a fellow American doing and getting others to do together I highly request all of you to do as well!! Collaborate, and get others active across the country!!! There are many of us doing and refusing to back down!! Join up with your cities/towns/states that are nearby you in-person and online
Here are things that can be done (Pick any):
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Protest!!! Strike!!! (The main goal of a protest is getting people together to make connections so we can get things done together after the protest. Remember every movement is only as strong as people doing and there are many of us that are.)
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Get other people doing as well (Help them connect them to in-person & online communities because with more of us doing the stronger we collectively are. Organizing, Logistics, & Collaboration is the foundation of any movement. Informing Each Other, Strengthening/Growing Each Other, Learning, Doing Together, etc is the main goal we must all strive for!!)
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Support Run For Something by sending good people who will actually do the job to be trained as progressive candidates. Also volunteer to help them with their current/future candidates and those in office
Edit: (Remember everyone. Moderate Democrats in USA are Center-Right in World Politics. They might as well be 2 sides of the same coin
If you are a voter who wants real change put in progressives, or indpendents that actually lean left in World politics
Run For Something trains progressive candidates to run and win. Couple days ago they won big for various elections when we had that very good day
They also have on Substack: RFS Feel Good which gives weekly updates about everything they have accomplished in & out of office
Volunteer to help more candidates & current officials to get things done!!)
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Support Elias Law Group by getting more law people to help them out on cases internationally. Financially support them too since they have been doing overtime for the people
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Talk to any military/police people so they know they are not alone. So they know that the people care about them and so they don’t side with the fascists. If you are directly part of any military branch/police department of those then highly recommend you all have discussions with anyone that is high risk of not being on side of the people with others around.
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Talk to Mexico/Canada/International Allies part of Government/Regular Citizens from those Other Countries to form Contingency Plans for USA in Case of any Emergencies/Situations to Have in Place. Also so we get any assistance we can get from them: food/medicine/etc. Also to have in place ability to form a Myanmar N.U.G.-like organization as moments notice to manage all USA Military/People/Etc in case things go nuts
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Get creative: Food, Medicine, Community, Transportation, help people switch to Open Source Software/Apps/Hardware many alternatives on https://alternativeto.net/
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Show them what FAFO means!!!
Hope, Action, Community, & National/International Allies are the most powerful things to have right now. Read this and never lose hope no matter how hard they try to make it seem. Make your own hope in every way and for others! Make yourselves resilient!:
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/hope-key-in-meaningful-life
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/hopeful-people-live-better-lives-study
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/hope-quotes
Also we can become like the Nordic countries & Canada that live well but we must do for what we want!:
https://www.visitdenmark.com/denmark-pavillion/press/why-does-denmark-have-such-high-quality-life
https://denmark.dk/people-and-culture/happiness
Strength in Unity!! Power to the People!!! They try but they will not break our resolve!! Together we are making this country what it should be for us all!! Keep each other safe and show them what a real American is capable of!!! They have gone too far for too long and this is beyond party lines at this point!! Finally, show this post to other people so they too can be hopeful & amped up!! Save it, believe it, & let’s move!!
It’s always fetterman
Fuck remember when he first showed up and seemed like a down to earth progressive dude, but it turned out he was just playing and was a con. We were conned by a con all along.
Remember folks, these 8 were CHOSEN. This was not a mistake. They are the least likely to need or be reelected the next time. Don’t vote for the ones that let them slide. The Democrats are NOT on our side, either, folks. They are Republicans in wolves clothing. They are ALL beholden to their pet billionaires. This country deserves where it is headed because we all fell asleep at the wheel. Time to replace all these fools with young, uber progressives like the new mayor of NY. THAT is what the people want.
Remember folks, these 8 were CHOSEN.
By themselves?
I love how far Americans have come as a society. 50-50 gender representation wow. Oppressing the poor and crushing the middle class no longer has a glass ceiling!
The US needs recall elections at the federal level.
Yeah we do. But there isnt many people pushing for that
It would probably take a constitutional amendment. The last of those to be proposed that got ratified was in 1971. Proposing it would take supermajorities in both chambers of congress or a supermajority of state legislatures. It would be unexpected for congress members to propose their own recalls, and the state legislatures approach has never been done before. While possible, challenging.
fucking scabs
Also the bill recriminalizes some cannabis products, so that the booze industry and the private prison industry will be satisfied.
John fetterman has been a disappointment almost the entire time he’s been a senator.
More than that, they voted to make you SUFFER for 40 days, first, on the promise that they wouldn’t do what they ultimately did.
I don’t know why anyone’s even slightly surprised. It was obvious all along that they were playing chicken with an opponent who literally does not care if they all crash.
Please make a post on that because I have a feeling you will be able to say that better than me in that regard about the 40 days
As someone from NH I am ashamed of Jeanne and Maggie.
Odd
As a Chicagoan I want to scream at Dick Durbin until he is hoarse from it.
He’s the minority whip btw. He got his orders and he picked seven cohorts to take the fall
Why is this AI generated photos??!?
Because actual photos of these people look too soulless
I didnt know it was ai generated image I just screenshot then used the one I found online
The Hateful 8.
It’s shameful that the people they betrayed can’t get rid of them before the next election.
I mean…
None of them are moderates by American standards either. Don’t concede them that ground. They are straight up conservatives.
Are you saying that “I will help these guys fuck you against your will with no lube but not directly do it myself” isn’t a moderate position?
Give them the boot.
None of them is up for re-election anyway.
One of the reasons MAGA controls the Republican party now is that as soon as someone went against the Scheisse-Fuhrer they ate a primary challenger.
Not in a year, when people had forgotten. You got primary challengers announcing their intent to run the day some conservative showed a spine.
Dems could at least be bold enough to challenge the spineless.
