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2/3 is 67 senators. Republicans have 53 in the senate. You need 14 Fettermans

However, impeachment of judges requires 2/3rd in the senate. That's the more important thing to note

Calls work, we're getting more flips to NO on cloture. Just need a few more! We have to keep up the pressure. For instance, Gary Peters was one of the privately likely YESes and as of 20ish minutes ago flipped to being a NO

Keep the pressure up

They are, but most media just doesn't talk about people fighting back even close as much as it talks about the problems. Axios has a bit better coverage of what house dems are doing besides just their public statements of pressuring of senate dems

Complete meltdown. Complete and utter meltdown on all text chains," said the member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to offer sensitive details of members' internal conversations.

A senior House Democrat said "people are furious" and that some rank-and-file members have floated the idea of angrily marching onto the Senate floor in protest.

Others are talking openly about supporting primary challenges to senators who vote for the GOP spending bill

[....]

"People are PISSED," one House Democrat told Axios in a text message.

Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.

One lawmaker even vowed at the House Democratic retreat to "write a check tonight" supporting Ocasio-Cortez, said the senior House Democrat

Another Democrat told Axios the ideation has gone a step further: "There is definitely a primary recruitment effort happening right now ... not just Schumer, but for everyone who votes no."

[...]

Said one member: "Folks are still working the phones tonight with their senators. We have not given up."

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

Call your senators, leave voicemails if no one's there, they can still block this despite Schumers push. The vote is in the morning. If all republican vote for it, they need 7 dems. 8 with Rand Paul who has said he’ll vote no. (Republicans are not using reconciliation so it needs the the filibuster)

Many senate dems are publicly coming out against voting for cloture (meaning they won’t vote to let it get through the filibuster). As of what I last read, around 10 dems are thought to potentially vote to let it pass filibuster. Most of those are still not sure. We only need a handful more of those to become noes and it will get blocked. Some yeses have flipped to noes because of public pressure. We cannot let up now

Link to find direct numbers your senators

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Or call the capitol switch board (202) 224-3121

House dems are publicly telling the senate not to do this (and it’s not just AOC on this - it’s quite a few of them). Earlier read that 7 Dem state AGs are saying the same. Federal worker unions are telling senate dems not do this. Keep the pressure up

Fetterman is an asshole for sure, but he's also inconsistent. He does sometimes vote the right way, and sometimes doesn't. He is less pressurable than other dems, but it doesn't mean he can't be pressured at all. It is still worth calling him. If nothing else his staffers hearing those calls might talk to other dems about how widespread they are and help other dems flip

Call your senators, they can still block this despite Schumers push. This is not a done deal. The vote is tomorrow. If all republican vote for it, they need 7 dems. 8 with Rand Paul who has said he'll vote no. (Republicans are not using reconciliation so it needs the the filibuster)

Many senate dems are publicly coming out against voting for cloture (meaning they won't vote to let it get through the filibuster). As of what I last read, around 10 dems are thought to potentially vote to let it pass filibuster. Most of those are still not sure. We only need a handful more of those to become noes and it will get blocked. Some yeses have flipped to noes because of public pressure. We cannot let up now

Link to find direct numbers your senators

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Or call the capitol switch board (202) 224-3121

Which is a global pollutant as opposed to more local ones

The overall reporting on this right now is kind of a mess. Most other outlets are disagreeing with the article and saying they will not vote for cloture (meaning will not let it pass the filibuster). But some others are saying the opposite

In any case, we ought to call our senators and keep the pressure up for them not to let it pass cloture. Call your senator and tell them to vote no not just on the bill but no on cloture. They have been getting a flood of calls and some senators are starting to publicly say they will explicitly not vote to pass cloture. Let's make that pressure louder to make more of them to do the same

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

That's why I noted Local Pollutants as opposed to global ones

The meatpacking industry has some of the highest rates of workplace injuries compared to most industries. Not to mention the immense physiological toll it puts on top of it all with workers getting high rates of PTSD, depression, etc.

Fun fact, there are two entire human rights watch reports just about the meatpacking industry

“When We’re Dead and Buried, Our Bones Will Keep Hurting” (2019)

"Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants (2005)

Do you have a source for that? Your statement kind of sounds like likely misinformation because she signed on to a similar letter sent to acting ICE director yesterday and has been super outspoken about this

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-ocasio-cortez-joins-nys-assemblymember-valdez-and-nyc-council

“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too,” she wrote in a separate post. “Anyone—left, right, or center—who has highlighted the importance of constitutional rights + free speech should be sounding the alarm now.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/192558/aoc-ocasio-cortez-arrest-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil

Strongly suspect this letter was probably organized quickly since multiple very outspoken dems aren't on there. Probably prioritized getting out faster rather than getting people signing

I mean it's not like AOC was light about it despite not signing

“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too,” she wrote in a separate post. “Anyone—left, right, or center—who has highlighted the importance of constitutional rights + free speech should be sounding the alarm now.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/192558/aoc-ocasio-cortez-arrest-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil

EDIT: AOC also already signed a seperate letter to Noem & the acting ICE director along with other NY dems making this article grossly misleading by claiming she didn't sign on

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-ocasio-cortez-joins-nys-assemblymember-valdez-and-nyc-council

Trump cut $400 million in federal funding despite them doing basically everything Trump wanted from them earlier. I hope this statement means someone inside the university is realizing that appeasement doesn't work. Trump will keep demanding more from you and want you to be complicit in worse and worse actions with no end - until you stand up

They are doing a lot of these things, the media is just barely covering it. Here's that coverage brought up higher. Could they and should they do more, absolutely and do put directed pressure them to do more, but let's not pretend they are doing nothing. That just creates defeatism instead of the energy we need to keep the pressure up

Handful of the lawsuits that you probably didn't hear about:

Democratic AGs win preliminary injunction against DOGE access to Treasury payment systems

Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Over $2 Billion of Federal Funding Is Unfrozen for Pennsylvania (following PA's lawsuit)

20 Dem AGs sue over Trump efforts to fire probationary employees

Democratic AGs sue over cancellation of teacher grants

More than a dozen state attorneys general file lawsuit challenging Musk and DOGE's authority

Democratic attorneys general sue to block Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship

Democratic National Committee Files Lawsuit Against Trump

And so many more. There are an insane number of lawsuits going on right now

In delay tactics, they could do more, but they have now starting using them. It's more than zero that's for sure. Keep the pressure up here for them to do more. Call your reps to deny unanimous consent more often - it's starting to get through a bit. Here's a few examples

Senate Democrats Hold Floor In All-Night Protest of Trump’s OMB Nominee (they held it for the maximum 30 hours)

Scoop: Senate Dems delay Tulsi Gabbard nomination (were able to do so because of some procedural stuff with how she filed her clearance)

Senate Democrats delay Kash Patel committee vote

In terms of protests, they are also speaking and rallying at them with again limited coverage. Here's a few

Democrats Protest Outside USAID Headquarters as Trump Seeks to Dismantle Agency

Democrats and protesters rally outside treasury department to protest Elon Musk’s access to sensitive information – as it happened

Dems protesting outside the department of education, trying to get in and denied entry

Dems protesting outside of the EPA

And so on

Looks like the dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill

That's not what the article says. Only 1 dem voted in favor in the house out of 214. A number of senate dems have come out against the CR, and more keep going that way. Plus Rand Paul has also said he'll vote no. For some reason, republicans aren't using reconciliation (which would only need a strict majority for budget bills) so it goes to the filibuster which requires 60 votes and thus 7 flips without republican defections, 8 if you count Ran Paul's pledged defection

Call you senator if they haven't said what they plan to do, floods of calls will matter here a lot

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Considering even industry certifications aren't always followed, I'd have to imagine ones without are even less likely to be followed. Even if they are, they're almost certainly still doing stuff like Chick culling :(

There's also some store bought vegan mayo too that's pretty good! (Though making your own is probably cheaper if you enjoy doing that)

If you like trying things out, I should also note there's a good number of vegan recipe communities here on Lemmy. For instance:

!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

!veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

Keep protesting and boycotting and it will keep going down

Tesla insiders are notably dumping a lot of shares right now

https://electrek.co/2025/03/10/tesla-tsla-insider-trading-elons-friend-james-murdoch-just-unloaded-13-million/

Tesla share price is largely off of vibes, not how the company is actually doing. Boycotts and protests hurt the vibes more than the Trump money slush fund helps the vibes

If it was prices like every other automaker based on profit, it'd be enormously lower in price than it is