“Look, I have known Chuck Schumer for a very long time. Actually, Chuck and I grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same elementary school,” Sanders told “The Weekly Show” host Jon Stewart. “Do I think we need new leadership, which is going to move the Democratic Party in a much more vigorous way to protect the needs of working families? Yes, I do. Absolutely.”

https://thehill.com/the-120/6214240-sanders-supports-van-hollen/amp/

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/117599947655016097

It is very important to understand that the billionaire media, both centrist and right wing, are united in the effort to install Chuck Schumer as the next Majority Leader.

The billionaires are terrified of a true progressive taking power and pursuing the mandate of #WeThePeople.

This excellent detailed report from FAIR (Freedom and Accuracy In Reporting) chronicles the deliberate and underhanded disinformation tactics they are employing to put their finger on the scale for Schumer.

Analysis: Center and Right Media Unite to Defend Schumer and Jeffries | FAIR

A New York Times piece (11/7/26) treated Schumer’s ascension to the top Senate spot as a foregone conclusion...

Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post... called incoming progressive senators and congressmembers... “pipsqueaks”

Referring to party dissidents as cranky children who should receive corporal punishment is a disdain for democracy itself, not whatever ideology they are advancing.

https://fair.org/home/center-and-right-media-unite-to-defend-to-schumer-and-jeffries/

Interesting. Seems like Amy Klobuchar will not vote in the Senate Majority Leader selection vote

"Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Tina Smith won’t take part in December’s leadership election, since only members of the incoming Senate vote."

https://patch.com/minnesota/saintpaul/will-minnesota-democrats-back-jeffries-schumer-where-delegation-stands

Video: Bernie Sanders says he won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader | AP

I think the evidence is overwhelming. The polling is overwhelming. The elections made it very clear that in my view, status quo policies and status quo politics is not what the American people want. They want change.

https://www.youtube.com/live/12dH37i6Jt0

Plenty of articles this morning in billionaire media about the futility of challenging Schumer for Majority Leader. Don't pay any attention to this stuff. We are winning. This is just like the midterms where the billionaire media was shilling for the GOP.

Analysis: What OpenAI Having Chuck Schumer’s Daughter as a Lobbyist Tells Us | Revolving Door Project

[Jessica] Schumer is the daughter of Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and has been a longtime corporate politicker for Big Tech.

He killed oversight legislation “feared most” by Big Tech while his daughters were employed in marketing at Meta and as a lobbyist for Amazon... reasonable observers cannot help but question the integrity of the policymaking process.

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/what-openai-having-chuck-schumers-daughter-as-a-lobbyist-tells-us/

Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut (Nov 11, 1922 – Apr 11, 2007).

"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

If we are wounded by an ugly idea, we must count it as part of the cost of freedom and, like American heroes in the days gone by, bravely carry on.

When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, ‘If this isn’t nice, what is?’

God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut
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Wait schumers daughter is on a lobbying firm for OpenAI 😩

Folks, don't give up on who will be the next Senate Majority Leader. We did not come this far to hand power back over to these billionaire corporate backed politicians. Chuck Schumer is not the inevitable next leader. He has a serious challenge from progressive Chris Van Hollen.

This is the seminal issue right now. Either we win this fight, and move forward aggressively to effect the changes voters demanded or we continue business as usual with the billionaires still running the show.

CRUNCH TIME! Keep calling your Senators...

ACTION 1 - CALL SENATOR VAN HOLLEN AND URGE HIM TO RUN FOR MAJORITY LEADER
ACTION 2 - CALL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATOR(S) AND ASK THEM NOT TO RETURN SCHUMER AS LEADER

CAPITAL SWITCHBOARD 202-224-3121

The best thing you will watch today 👀 !!!

In this era of posts, sound bites and news flashes it can be an effort to sit down and actually pay attention for twenty minutes. But grab a cup of coffee and tune in to this excellent discussion between Timothy Snyder and Chris Van Hollen.

We are at a real crossroad for our nation. We won a big election, but the job is not complete. Democrats must now choose the right leaders and deliver. Everything still hangs in the balance.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/117592756378940168

More... Newsweek (Chuck Schumer in Peril as Voices Grow Against Senate Majority Leader) is also running with the Warner 'uncommitted' story. Still not buying it, but IF Schumer really has lost Warner, Schumer is done for. Just don't get your hopes up.

This morning The New Republic is running with an article title Chuck Schumer Is Even Losing the Moderates—Where Democrats Stand Now, citing Mark Warner as being uncommitted. (Yesterday Warner said he would not commit to Schumer, but then went on to credit Schumer with great fund raising skills.)

This may be true, or Warner may be running a 'fence sitter" head fake like Blumenthal did a couple days ago. For now would keep Warner in the Likely Support Schumer category.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/117595786342597608

Voters didn’t elect Democrats by historic margins just to go back to business as usual. Senate Democrats need to listen to the American people and turn the page on status quo politics.

Demand an open and transparent process for selecting new Senate leadership: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-democrats-no-schumer-coronation/?source=mastodon

Not going to link it, but there is a Politico hit piece up about Van Hollen that throws every bit of shade they can muster, and it falls flat. They even feature Fetterman aggressively daring Van Hollen.

This is what we are up against. The billionaires are terrified of Van Hollen, and their media will do everything possible to stop him. Fortunately, #WeThePeople are onto this infowarefare psy ops BS, and we are not listening to their nonsense anymore.

Schmidt | Chuck it... (cont.)

The American people... have delivered a mandate for change. The responsibility now belongs to the people they elected.

That means recognizing that leadership is not an entitlement... It is not a reward for years served or favors accumulated... It is a responsibility... to the people who have entrusted you with power... Soon, we will know... Soon, Chuck Schumer will make a decision about whether there is any cause greater than himself and his ambition.

Schmidt | Chuck it... (cont.)

[Schumer's daughter] Jessica’s career has taken her to OpenAI, one of the most powerful and consequential technology companies in the world, whose leadership and growing political influence deserve intense public scrutiny.

It is fair to ask questions about the relationship... It is fair to expect the leaders of the Democratic Party to understand how these relationships look to an American public that has grown deeply cynical about the privileges of the powerful.

Opinion: Chuck it, Schumer! | Steve Schmidt

The Democratic leader in the United States Senate is even less popular than the president whose politics the country has so decisively rejected... just 24% of registered voters approved of Chuck Schumer’s performance as Senate Democratic leader, while 54% disapproved.

The question is whether he possesses the humility to recognize that his time as leader has come to an end.

https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/chuck-it-schumer

Chuck Schumer should step aside because it’s time. The American people don’t like him and don’t trust him. He is a poor communicator. He is bad for the Democratic brand.

Before very long, his stink will rub off on even the rose-scented class of ‘26.