Not satisfied with destroying the media only in the US, Trump now turns his attention abroad.

They obviously hire the internet's most skilled trolls & rage-farmers to write all the headlines these days I know this, I know why they've done it, and here I am, falling for it (if you must: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...)

Sean Casten for Senate--we'd finally have an inside man dedicated to cutting it down to size

Remarkable that these pardons were announced the same day that a federal judge published this piece.

Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care Trump: No Schumer: Okay

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

Republicans say the government is the source of all your problems. Well, then, everything should go swimmingly when we close that sucker down

The way these things work, there were a bunch more Senate Dems who sold us out, but leadership gave them a pass because they didn’t need more votes, knowing the yeses will be rightfully torched by the party’s voters.

The 'upside' of this capitulation for the "America needs to experience real Republican rule for once" camp is that ACA subsidies will indeed expire and everyone will blame Trump & the Republicans, I guess

Everyone is saying it. Literally everyone

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Christ, even Chait's against capitulation

Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.

Hey Sen @heinrich.senate.gov I supported you when I lived in NM (I'm even in the background of one of your ads!) -- Either Sen Schumer can't manage his caucus, or he engineered capitulation. Either way he can't lead. Will you vote to remove him?

More specifically: a failure to fund the government is called a lack or failure of "supply" in most parliamentary systems and is always treated as a matter of confidence in the government. If supply fails—as it did here Sept 30—the govt would have to resign, & there'd be new elections

The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer

Really looking forward to the Trump government getting back up and running again, seeing what exciting things they'll be able to get to now

This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?

This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame: Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever

The two party system is incompatible with democracy. We must change our electoral system to restore democracy.

That’s just it. In the Democratic Party, the question isn’t moderate or leftist right now. It’s whether or not a dem understands that the old political playbook for dealing with the right is obsolete.

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law! That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

It's the only reasonable opinion for any patriotic American

Full on surrender to enemies of the Constitution

Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.

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 caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.

I would like to think few political systems would fare much better if viewed so intensely from abroad, but then again

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.

Every Democratic senator who votes for this should be primaried.

Posting usually isn’t real politics but I actually think activating democratic supervoters to call their senators stark raving mad is real politics

A six year term is too long in a modern democracy without a usable popular removal mechanism

My deep concern about this approach is that it’s teaching the Trump administration that the path to get Democrats to cave is to inflict maximum pain. It means if we do this again in January, he’s going to try and find new and creative ways to hurt more people faster to get Democrats to cave

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

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This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?

Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!! And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar

Chat, is it good for the Republican-controlled federal government to kill jobs in the purplest state in the Union apnews.com/article/geor...

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These guys were cheering for Thanos

Well past 25th Amendment time

Renewables have already won the future. The losers will be those who refuse to adapt as fast as possible, and Trump is trying to make sure that includes the United States

They've already murdered someone in my city, shot another woman, zip tied children, tear gassed an elementary school, and broke six ribs of a bystander. The president of the United States of America says: that's not enough.