Is the idea that the troops will be ordered to sign leases?

Congress should be demanding much more than this, btw. If the Trump admin had charged these alleged drug-traffickers with crimes, they'd have had to introduce evidence in open court. Congress should demand that the Trump admin disclose that evidence now, if it exists. 1/2

Some thoughts on the CR/minibus. 1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins. Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.

13) I think Dem leadership still suffers from frame drag. They think it's the 90s. Trump is dismantling the powers of Congress. They have to rise to that moment and demand big things. Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same. ###

12) With the way the CR/minibus fight ended, real doubts about whether the Dems are smart... at least their leadership. Republicans negotiated good cop, bad cop, crazy cop. What was the Dem ldrship negotiating strategy? Pretend to be one way to the public and another in private. Not good.

7) If it were me, I wouldn't agree to fund the FSGG approps bill that funds the WH/OMB without policy riders that take away the administration's funding to pursue things like impoundment, etc. Why should Russ Vought have any staff? Saying "no" here is a policy win. If they do it.

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.

In a single day, two different federal officers point guns at two different @chicagotribune.com photojournalists in and around Chicago. This is dangerous stuff.

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Wow, very weird, the guy who told Trump that he found cases where his political enemies have committed fraud and it turns out to be untrue is full of shit in other areas also.

A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP

Words that @schumer.senate.gov @chuckschumer.com has felt no need to live by this year —>

The number of violent attacks by illegal West Bank squatters in Oct was the highest since the UN began collecting data in Jan 2006. Jewish settlers launched an average of more than 8 daily attacks on Palestinians and their property last month. Since the start of the year, 1,500 have been recorded.

Don’t be too hard on yourself if you fall for a viral fake about Trump. Trump tweeted an AI video of himself dropping literal shit on protesters and another about a bed that cures all disease. Our current reality is beyond parody and it takes time to research whether something is authentic or not.

Exactly five years ago—the news that kindled hope amidst the pandemic's despair.

"I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations," says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard.

President Trump blocked food assistance for over a week — then tried to punish states for feeding hungry Americans. This is great news and I’m grateful to AG Campbell and her team. SNAP benefits are still going out. If you have funds on your EBT card, use them.

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Same

I continue to think the shutdown was the right call, that we were never going to get much good out of a game of chicken against a group of nihilistic sadists, and that we should primary the ones who took the deal plus Mark Warner because they've largely been pushing to fold for nothing from jump

Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

An extension until Jan 30 is not much of an extension, really. If the Republicans were not going to cave until after January, which seems a reasonable belief, it is not really obvious to me how the Ds are worse off through the deal. Let’s blow up the holidays for ACA tax credits is not a great sell.

Yep

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

What is the penalty for this? It really is making a mockery of publication and should be strongly deterred IMO

“There is no one in the Senate who wants to see these tax credits extended more than me,” she says. I can name 40 senators who want them more than you do.

Sincere question: what does victory look like? Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me bsky.app/profile/jame...

Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when

“What senate vote?”

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?

Remarkable that Gavin Newsom has a non-trivial chance to be the 2028 Democratic nominee by running as an anti-establishment outsider populist — a lane he is gladly seizing

The history of this country is riddled with losses. Welcome to the history of Black Descendants of Enslaved Americans. The entire idea that we are on an arc that bends toward justice is a myth. We simply try to move forward and create the path for the future. But know this—- We must never give up.

Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.

FWIW a lot of people are now taking on the Trump position that the Tuesday elections were about the shutdown specifically, as opposed to a more general repudiation of Trump. I'm skeptical.

Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014

No doubt they will learn their lesson in that event

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

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?

this is senate dems’ second coordinated “just enough” vote to help republicans and betray house dems of the year, remember

NOW CAN WE GET A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO SAY THIS.

His next job will be as president of UVA Or brown Or Penn Or Columbia Or Cornell Those are places where the job includes making concessions to get Donald Trump to do what he’s legally required to do

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.

Republicans took away your healthcare. We refused to fight back. Please rush us $3

Even more true today: Democrats are ripe for a base revolt like the GOP in 2015 when Trump went down the escalator.

The thing is that these particular suckers know it’s a lie and don’t care

Other than Schumer, how did the 2026 retirees vote?