Anyone who believes that the Senators who voted for the non-deal did so without Schumer’s consent while he votes no for show is gullible & naive. You either do this with a plan and exit strategy or you don’t do it at all. There is a disconnect between Dem voters & Sen leadership.

Bring on the Progressives. Boot out the establishment. I am so sick of them.

go.bsky.app/NTgW7Sd We have seen promises from various senators saying they will not vote against their constituents. But that is what some did over night. This is not tearing apart our democracy. This is about protecting the American people. Follow and protect the vote.

I assume Schumer knows this is the end of his political career?

I was the guest who "flat out" last night on MSNBC said this has to be the end of Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader of the Senate. We were on live when news of the deal broke and how Schumer barely was part of the talks and he could not hold the Democrats together.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

BERNIE ON THE *DEAL* with Centrist Dems: “That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.”

It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.

If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.

Republicans are going to laugh at Democrats and do nothing on healthcare. They will continue helping Trump fulfill Project 2025. Dems learn nothing.

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.

I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care. Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.

Senator Ocasio-Cortez:

Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment

Wow

Dear Senate Dems, Republicans don’t keep their promises…

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.

And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121

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Sounds like this was a larger strategy by the entire feckless senate dem caucus ….. bsky.app/profile/ezra...

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

What if we called underage girls “children” instead? Would it make more sense? #EpsteinFiles

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

I can’t believe it’s come to this.

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)_/¯

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

No health care, no deal.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

This is an excellent article. We have to respond to their toddler behavior with mature, stable, adult behavior - and hold them to the same standard.

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BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just went into Houston, Texas of all places and brought the house down. This part of his speech gives me chills. STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!

Friends — the last nine and a half months have been frightening. But they have also opened our eyes.

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Apparently, the media is asleep too. Where’s @jaketapper.bsky.social ???

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“Once Rep. Grijalva is sworn in and signs the Massie discharge petition, more than 100 Republicans will vote with all Democrats to release the Epstein files to get in front of what's coming.”

Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country. Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right. The solution: Medicare for All.

go.bsky.app/qMCwt8 Thank you Jurgen 🙏💙🫂 Very appreciated 🙌

Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.

The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:

The president posts batshit insane, self-contradictory, harmful crap online daily, and the media is incentivized to not cover it like a scandal. When all this is over we’ve got to restructure media/reporting/journalism entirely.