I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

Unfortunately you have to primary everyone, not just because they don't have what it takes to fight, but because they don't have what it takes to rebuild. Last thing you want is them to win by default and then tread water until the next Trump comes to power

Hasn’t he had two “annual physicals” this year? Did he have to pay entirely out of pocket for the second, as no insurance would cover duplicate exams + tests? Of course not because he has no idea how anything works. “Deal with insurance yourself!” is the con of conservative “healthcare” offerings

Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.

A lot of words to say "dems dropped the ball again". The dems get nothing, and keep accepting offers from reps that are basically "we will take less than everything this time". They've done this for 15 yrs, and continue to do so. All top 100 dems need to be purged to save the party at this point.

Potential candidates better start calling themselves “Independent”if they want my vote. I’m about done with both sides

Good thoughts, but still I stand with Elizabeth Warren & Ezra Levin. This is a really bad decision.

9) this is great for the freedom caucus/ MAGA folks. If they vote yes, they're doing what Trump wants. If they vote no, they get to be purists and get more of their kind elected. It's terrible for Congress, ofc, b/c it ratifies the WH power grab. It's also a big challenge for Johnson.

We know this because he told us. The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way. The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.

Dan knows more about how Congress works than anyone I know, so this is an interesting thread.

In case it's not obvious, none of this is true. He's either innumerate, or lying.

tbh why even post this claptrap to Bsky when you know you're doing to be ratioed

So you're funding the government of the corrupt and malevolent foe without getting anything at all in return, despite recent elections showing tons of support for fighting Republicans? Brilliant. Can't wait to line up and vote for giving Republicans whatever they want in the midterms

Nope, we’re not doing this shit, this time. People are gonna get primaried. You either fight back against the Republicans’ extremism or you will be replaced with someone who will. It’s that simple.

We just lost. Schumer threw it away. Goodbye, ACA. Hello, more teargas thrown at children. Cowards.

"We’re in a real battle, against a corrupt and malevolent foe, with huge stakes. We must win." You will never win with the current leadership. They don't even know what winning looks like. And that's being generous bc at this point, I think they want to lose. They keep screwing us. Time to learn.

WE’RE NOT GOING TO WIN IF YOU ALL GET BAMBOOZLED BY THEIR LIES EVERY GOD DAMNED TIME If you’re pre-kneeling to this regime instead of fighting RIGHT NOW, you gotta go. We need to primary every senator.

The problem when it comes to the Dems in the Senate and much of the party at large is that it feels like we hate to win. Like it’s somehow unseemly and rude to get what we want. Everything needs to be qualified and softened lest someone take offense. And the GOP pops champagne as people starve.

Well, I guess you guys shouldn’t have purposely dropped the ball last night, should you have. You’re right. We are in a real battle with a corrupt and malevolent foe, and you all have demonstrated time and time again that you are not fit to fight it. We’re going to have to find people who are.

Schumer must go! I’ve disagreed with ppl saying this for some time. No more! SCHUMER NEEDS TO GO! I’m not ready to make up & go on. I’m still furious!

KINDA LOSING THE PLOT HERE, SHELMAN. I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY DISTINGUISHING AMONG CORRUPT AND MALEVOLENT FOES. THE LETTERS BY YOUR NAMES DON'T REALLY INDICATE A DIFFERENCE IN BEHAVIOR.

Senator, your colleagues just voted to end the one battle we were winning in a war we are otherwise losing. Running cover for them is not the answer.

Senate Dems have a strange way of fighting in this "real battle" by caving to Trump and the GOP.

Well, then, "we" need to stop fucking surrendering, don't you think?

the corrupt and malevolent foe is on both sides of the aisle, and its us the american people who have to fight against them.

they didn't want to stop them - it's a well known shell game. The ones retiring or not in re-elect make the votes so the others can say "it wasn't me". Any senator not calling for Schumer to step down as leader is actually in on it. Primary them all.

You underestimate how angry Democrats are at the Senate Dems for being unable to stop 8 members from capitulating to Trump. It’s sickening. A horrific political fumble. And a betrayal of all the working people whose health insurance premiums will go up.

Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others. Meanwhile the administration is doing this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.

The official flag of the Democrat Party of the United States of America.

"Oh gosh, wow, 8 rogue Dem senators, the exact number of votes Republicans needed to reopen the government, voted yes. I, Chuck Schumer have nothing to do with that" is such obvious BS.

Schumer absolutely signed off on those 8 Dems who voted yes. He needs to be kicked to the curb. Step down as leader ASAP.

He did support it or it wouldn’t have happened. He sacrificed the citizens of the US and is hiding behind people who either aren’t running again or aren’t up for re-election in the few years.

what a coincidence that the people who help push it over the line are not up for election. So curious.

Democrats led by Schumer agreed to a worthless "promise" of future discussions They screwed over their own party and AMERICA How many times do the Democrats allow Americans to  get screwed over ? The Democrats nullified everything that happened on November 4th EVERYTHING

I get to see that Tim Kaine has pudding for brains.

*ruefully chuckling at the face that Dr. Oz was the juggernaut candidate we couldn’t risk a Kenyatta run against.*

Tim Kaine telling voters he was lying when he said he cared about healthcare and that was just something he said to get morons to vote for him and that this is all just a silly inter-office spat with my cubemate

Came here to say this. Imagine spending hundreds a month for auto insurance, and not having a wreck. Imagine spending hundreds a month for life insurance and failing to die. Or disability insurance, or unemployment insurance, or.

"The vast majority of people who purchase homeowner's insurance never have their house burn down in a fire; why should they give all that money to insurance companies for nothing?"

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.

OK, but the reason that it didn't work is because you quit, Senator. You see that, right? It was working, and then all of the sudden it didn't work *because you quit*.

If your POV as an elected official is "fighting bad policy doesn't work", you have no business being an elected official

The different between the right and centrists is that the right gleefully kills millions of people and centrists present mass murder as a technical solution, like they added up all the numbers and carried a zero and oops, sorry, millions have to die.

“But Carville, Axelrod and Emanuel agree that Democrats need to save their outrage for issues that will resonate with voters: Cutting benefits. Rising prices. Not slashing foreign aid.” This was their reaction at the time, despite everyone knowing the consequences of these cuts.

stupidest motherfuckers alive either they fell for that, or they think we'll fall for this