Senator Jeanne Shaheen just threw the minority leader under the bus.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown.
Shaheen, one of the seven Democrats (and one independent) who dropped their demand for a guaranteed extension of Obamacare subsidies, spoke to Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade on Monday morning.
Aside from serving as further proof that the Democrats are failing to act as an opposition party in any meaningful way, Shaheen’s comments also reveal one of two possible scenarios. Either Schumer was scheming to end the shutdown behind the scenes, only pretending to be against it while pinning the blame on the eight people who aren’t up for reelection anytime soon, or he has no control over his party. Either way, it proves the need for Democrats to jettison the minority leader.
I wish Run for Something was doing anything in my area. Only person they got is on the other side of the state. Not even anything for the nearby major city.
Which state? Also join other state ones, & up with other cities/towns in your state. That way you can help ech other, & they can teach you how to get others active in your area along with nearby major city to get things done. Then expand to the state
Have hope, & take action at least a couple hours a day it’ll be very worth. I believe in all of us
I live in Missouri a little over 30 minutes drive from St. Louis.
Don’t have to go in person at first. They do meetings online/ phone calls/ etc. There are in person events but those are for after people are setup to get things done
Don’t waste your gas. First connect with them online, then meetup in-person. Ask them how you can get other people active too so in your area and nearby it makes it easier
RFS has an Online Community that is basically a forum too as another option to contact everybody in the community once you sign up to join. Can just use a throwaway email/Proton/Alias/etc
Look on, Bluesky/Mastodon/Lemmy/etc to contact people who are publicly posting about getting things done. Who are doing
Go at it from multiple angles. There are many people in Missouri who will want to be on your side but first you gotta find them and learn how to do together
If there’s nobody in your area doing anything politically exciting, it’s not Run for Something’s fault. Individuals from all over the country choose to sign up with RfS. They’re not a touring group going around recruiting from some major cities, but not others.
Perhaps you need to spread the word about RfS locally? I mean if you really want local change, it can totally start with you.