Healthcare costs for millions of Americans are doubling. Angus King has a net worth of $22 million.

Exactly this. If he can’t manage his caucus what is he even doing as minority leader? He’s gotta go.

part of the rage is that Ds seem to be lying about why they did this as well as lying about which senators wanted this. like, the reasons for doing it are contradictory and nonsensical; claiming they won something on health care when they didn't; saying they won things that were already law.

This is obscene. This is fucking monstrous.

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

“This was a very very bad vote”

From the June No Kings March, thousands of people in Pittsburgh chanting FUCK JOHN FETTERMAN!

Americans have endured the pain of the longest government shutdown in history for a “deal” that guarantees nothing on healthcare. If Republicans wanted to vote to extend subsidies, they would’ve done it already. Capitulating is unacceptable.

Healthcare is a human right. Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.

The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats!

"we made this issue a major factor, and then we unilaterally abandoned it, betraying our base and millions who rely on ACA. you have to understand this is what the senate is for."

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵

@fetterman.senate.gov @repsummerlee.bsky.social @governor.pa.gov @conorlambpa.bsky.social Betrayal is the word for it. Fetterman voted against the 500,000 Pennsylvanians who depend on the ACA for health care. Proving again that he is an elite, privileged man with utter disdain for the people of PA

It’s not.

I grew up in New Hampshire watching this cockroach crawl her way into power and money, and I can definitively state she cares absolutely nothing for our wellbeing or our infrastructure.

John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.

A “promise” of an ACA subsidy vote by the 2nd week of December means jack shit when open enrollment is RIGHT NOW & the deadline to secure coverage by January 1st is… the 2nd week of December. Whether that’s something they don’t realize or something they just don’t care about, they all need to go.

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

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."

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

No health care, no deal.

This is a bad deal for Americans. Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families. We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

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?

Fight don’t fold.

Brad gets it. bsky.app/profile/brad...

My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.

The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans. I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being. www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

if he votes yes on this durbin should never know peace

Yes. This.

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.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

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.

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

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.”

Apparently health care is negotiable to Shaheen.

Oh for the love of Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542 Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451

I'd like to hype the essential work of @taniel.bsky.social at @boltsmag.org - for those wanting a deeper dive, here are all the results you could ask for boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.