I hope Jeanne Shaheen is sitting down for this.

So you chose to bend the knee instead, gotcha!

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About

AND YOU BELIEVED THEM????????????

Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.

elect a centrist, expect centrism

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Amazing moment in time right now where people who yelled at us for sticking to genocide as a red line are now also disgusted with Democrats and threatening not to vote for them. So your health insurance becoming more expensive was your red line?

Why can't we have nice things for even one week

Every personal attack. Every attempt to distract or to divide. It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement. Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao

As a straight woman I think that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is absolutely adorable (I'm aware that he doesn't pitch for my team and that is totally OK :-)). Not only that, he is morally righteous and on the side of the oppressed. What more could Britian want tbh? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's shameless shenanigans like this that flame paranoia and trivialise actual incidents of antisemitic/Nazi hate crimes. As always, FUCK ISRAEL and DEATH TO THE IDF. Absolutely LOVE Bob Vylan♥️🍉🔥🇵🇸🙏🏻

I am a Muslim Shi'a woman and I would expect a non-Hijabi woman to cover up while being present inside the sacred shrines of our holy Imams. This is basically the same thing, it's called having etiquette and basic manners. Good for Zohran!

When we say "Israel is an apartheid state" this is what we mean.

Palestinian woman Umm Zuhri Shweiki was forcibly expelled from her home in occupied East Jerusalem by Israeli forces, who seized and emptied her house before handing it to Israeli settlers.

General elections tomorrow in Iraq. Baghdad is looking normal, we went to work. The streets are crowded with people and vehicles. I've already made up my mind regarding for whom to vote. Hoping for an post-sectaarian Iraq where fundamentalists/extremists don't hold positions of power.

Most of y’all are old enough to remember but it bears repeating, Democrats couldn’t peel off a single member of the Republican caucus in the initial fight to enact the ACA, even after they watered down the plans to attract them. Republicans got 8 Democrats in what’s essentially a vote to repeal.

"We will keep fighting"...... Didn't you just surrender?

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead

This week, the US Senate and the two-party system have shown why they serve no purpose in a functional democracy.

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch

The fascist far-right doesn't want any opposition, not even a symbolic one. Democrats who won't even push past someone in a hallway will not try to beat them; many will join them. Some might leave or make other plans but anticipate treachery and increased collaboration.

Anyone waiting on the Democrats to be an opposition shouldn't expect much. Don't be surprised if or when the Democrats (starting with the high-level establishment) start joining the Republicans outright and pushing this society toward a more openly one-party state.

No one has to do the Democrats' job for them and tell them about the tools at their disposal. Do you think the Republicans are the only ones who know how the system works? 'If they wanted to, they would' applies to US party politics too. They've been like this and only gotten worse for years.

Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.

And this is the same regime that was supposed to bring modern functioning democracy to Iraq 22 years ago when it's never been able to serve the most basic of interests of its own people A lot to think about and reflect on as we Iraqis head to the polls for our own general elections tomorrow.

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!

It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.

A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.

Much needed reminder to myself in Baghdad as I vote in the general elections tomorrow, God willing.

Almost like Schumer wants to lose…

Mike Lee and Rick Scott have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

it would be so funny if the Rs refuse to accept a negotiated surrender

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

remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago

Any Democratic senator, at any moment, could've derailed this by calling for Schumer's replacement and casting their colleagues as MAGA collaborators, thereby shifting the Overton window. But they're all in on it. This was always a team effort.

Once they were in the shutdown though they could have made it about anything. Put clips of ICE abducting children on endless loop and say “do we keep funding a govt that does *that*?” Then you might get federal workers clamoring not for concessions but a strike. Again, requires believing in things.

watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.

AOC should announce tonight

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

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

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.