I understand he got the position by being the only person who wanted it.

It might be more productive to name a candidate rather than the more nebulous "anyone but Hakeem Jeffries". Ro Khanna seems like he could do a good job but I have heard no indication that he wants to do the job.

Holy shit, that’s absolute gold!

That's amazing

Thank you!

https://www.change.org/p/replace-chuck-schumer-as-senate-majority-leader

http://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/

MVP!

The reach of israel in american politics is insane. Forget the fact that tiktok is owned by an israeli billionaire. Zohran endorsed Jefferies and now Mamdani has been acting weird endorsing it and doing nothing when he promised to arrest nethanyahu for his war crimes.

I did a double take because I thought the first like was from "Mossad".

And no Kamela Harrys re-do. They better be finding some other person right now.

The only way to make them hear you is to break shit

Sure, feel free to organize demonstrations. That might convince them to choose other leadership. As well as contacting your representatives of course.

Don't claim they aren't listening though. Some may be deaf, but others hear. Politics is about numbers. So don't give up without trying.

Didn't take long to get it over a million, and we still have nearly two months till the next Congress.

But everyone who signs it needs to also contact their representatives.

No because change.org is just a wishlist

I think it'll be the moment a good chunk of people remember realising the Democratic party can't be reformed, yeah.

Oh you meant-

It depends on what you mean by "effective". The vote to elect House Speaker is done in a closed door election, so we the people won't get to see who votes what, so there is no direct connection between a petition and this vote.

However, politicians are reluctant to do unpopular things, so stuff like a big petition or wide scale protests or even lots of people being interviewed saying the same thing can set the stage for politicians to feel comfortable going against the party apparatchiks. Hakeem Jeffries is a deeply political creature who has benefitted in the past from being popular in his area, but with all the hullabaloo being made about his feckless nature, his career is in deep trouble. He doesn't have much more social capital to spend and if he isn't careful, the gravy train he's been enjoying for so long will come to an end.

This is the exact situation he was trying to avoid in the midterms. Because of this blue wave, the Dems have a lot of power they can exert in Congress. However, Jeffries doesn't actually want to do his job, so he spent a lot of time and effort trying to depress Dem voter turnout during the midterms. He is still trying to dampen enthusiasm to excuse not doing his job in the future.

If Jeffries is smart, he'll quietly step aside to salvage what remains of his career. If he can read the room, he should see that the petitions and protests and interviews are signs that public sentiment has turned against him. He would have a reduced role, and probably a reduced amount of bribes, but he'd still have a career.

If he's stupid, he'll try to continue leading the party to sit on their hands. A delusional man would fight against the wave and, unfortunately, probably do a lot of damage while trying to have his cake and eat it too. There is no way he would be able to thread the needle of, "do just enough to look competent" and "do nothing enough to keep getting bribes" and eventually lose his job.

If he's a fuckin asshole, he'll try to sabotage the Dems as much as he can to go out in a final blaze of glory. Shamelessly wreck things while taking money from anyone interested in hurting the Dems and then run away with his ill-gotten gains instead of running for re-election. Probably to Isreal.

Call your reps and senators, is more effective

http://5calls.org/issue/house-senate-leadership/

There's a script and it's ez-pz. Takes 5 min to get all 3.

https://www.change.org/p/replace-chuck-schumer-as-senate-majority-leader

Senate leadership:

We hear you loud and clear. Schumer is out. Unfortunately, for convoluted reasons, the best we can do is Senate Majority Leader Fetterman.

There is one but I don’t know where it is. I saw it go by the other day

Schumer

I'm shocked with how blatant of a scam that website is.

I started to create a petition as a test to see if they really pay you per signature and it automatically created an AI Slop sob story about a woman that needs help giving her a name and everything.

This is why I cant stop bitching about dems. They keep doing the things we are asking PLEASE DO NOT.

In two years, people who are politically inactive will project and say you waited until election season to campaign to them.

Do not allow them that excuse. We demand better and we'll get it from independents like Bernie if we have to.

Sure you can. Your Republican senator needs to hear the exact same thing, and I commend your willingness to even try.

What you could do with your Republican senator is write a letter that says now that [your senator] has seen the winds of change blow mightily across the country against MAGA, you fully expect [your senator] to change course along with the American people and work across the aisle to represent the will and welfare of the entire country, not just those at the top.

You could further add that if you don't see this change from [your senator], you will gladly not only vote for his/her replacement, but you will knock on doors and donate and organize and protest and do whatever else lies within your power to ensure that someone more American at heart than [your senator] gets to be a part of the changes that are coming regardless, whether [your senator] likes them or not: [your senator] can get on board or get voted out.

Don't worry about the words or the polish. When you're writing from the heart, even the clumsiest wording gets a pass. Concentrate on how you feel, write it out, wait an hour, go back and read it: more than any specific policy points, does it convey that you personally are very serious about what you are saying? Letters with some emotional weight have impact far beyond the blander ones, but they all count so send what you want. Just don't get yourself put on a watch list, lol.

Or, send the senator the same exact thing you sent your rep. Your senator needs to hear it even more.

Write them a letter of thanks for also opposing Schumer's election to Senate leadership. 🤣🤣🤣

Tell your Senator you got a new cat and you named the cat after him.

Here Snowflake, dinnertime Snowflake, who's a good little Snowflake?

If everyone can coordinate well enough for a general strike, then why wouldn't we just ratify a new constitution and start over? All government is imaginary.

https://www.change.org/p/replace-chuck-schumer-as-senate-majority-leader

It's been posted multiple times in here, but: https://c.org/HFvJTNwhCw

They’ve been coasting for two years with practically nothing yo show. We need to use the blue wave to kick them in the ass. And kick them to the back of the chambers.

Kind of racist my man.

Do it all. You could probably complete all of this in under an hour, depending on how the phone call plays out.

yes. this one too: https://www.change.org/p/replace-chuck-schumer-as-senate-majority-leader