A Demolition

I was late to read this, but it is such an important piece. Taking stock of ask that has been done, even when there is still much to do, can fuel forward momentum. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social (& @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for mentioning it)

The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.

The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.

Where is the MAHA outcry?

Less politics, more makeup: the unraveling of Teen Vogue under Trump 2.0 The folding of the progressive youth-focused magazine into Vogue comes at turbulent time for journalism and the crumbling of feminist media

I wrote about Teen Vogue, the broader crumbling of feminist and progressive media, and what it means for young people. (RIP my invite to the Condé Nast holiday party) www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.

The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump ‘knew about the girls’ The Democrats cite exchanges with author Michael Wolff and Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and Epstein’s former girlfriend who is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released on Wednesday by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Demand Democratic Senate Leadership Accountability: Remove Senator Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader This petition calls on sitting Democratic US Senators to remove Chuck Schumer from his role as Senate Minority Leader due to his failure to protect millions of Americans during the recent government s...

It's time to force the caucuses hand. Every voter with a Dem US Senator must demand that they remove @schumer.senate.gov immediately.

If they don't, then we know where they REALLY stand on this trash deal.

I am ready to put money into this effort!

Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

How can Dem voters force caucus to make a change on leadership?

I'm leaving the party because of your repeat failures. When you are no longer minority leader, I'll come back. When AOC wins your seat, I'll donate to the senate campaign again.

I was a life long active Democrat. Your cowardice it the last straw. Your legacy is your betrayal.

I looked up today how to change my party affiliation in a closed primary state.

You just said Katy Turk was overdramatizing how angry lifelong Dems are at your betrayal. I looked up today how to change my PA affiliation because of your cowardice.

Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit

Good lord that makes it even worse.

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week

Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)

They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.

The Senate Democrats!

Remind them every hour of the suffering they engendered by their cowardice and PRIMARY THEM ALL.

Any vote that doesn't guarantee an extension to the ACA tax credits isn't a deal worth taking.

I'm getting too old for this shit.

Every day, I understand this phrase on an even deeper level.

Obviously primary him but UNTIL then.

Is there anything Centre County can do about Senator Feckless? Should we start appealing to Gisele Barreto Fetterman. What will make a dent?

I said this in the summer and it’s still true.

I will not only blame the Senate Democrats who are caving. I will blame them all. They needed to keep their ranks in order. If this happens, it's the most spineless political retreat imaginable and it will harm millions upon millions of Americans. Chickenshit, self-neutering nonsense. Cowards.

Senators: your votes, donations, and endorsements are conditional on your actions in office. Your (D) does not make you safe.

Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.

Traitors deserve competitive primaries.

AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.

Primary Every Democrat It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.

Chuck Schumer is about to lose his job (positive).

We’ve always said we got here because of Chuck Schumer. Each time we say it we are closer to our coffins. How many more times are we going to say it before we start protesting him to resign?

Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time The soon-to-be top elected Democrat might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump.

After the 2016 election, I wrote this, about how Chuck Schumer was the worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time. He still is! theintercept.com/2016/11/14/c...