I feel this in my bones

@thebulwark.com missed the mark today. Dems fumbled at the 15 yard line We extracted absolutely nothing. A performative vote that we know will fail & a promise that the GOP will follow EXISTING LAW by paying back pay There's no way the fired fed employees get hired back, DT won't let that happen

@schumer.senate.gov must go. Period. Democracy is dying and he gives up to a dictator. Bye.

So if these "no" votes are performative, I really am struggling to support the Democratic party in its current state. If they aren't performative, they can prove that by putting together a true effort to remove the entire Senate leadership team. Anything else leaves me wanting.

This isn't some gotcha moment. The GOP literally passed a bill that gutted the ACA. We don't need another performative vote to prove that Republicans want to take healthcare away from millions of Americans. Our only way to inflict any real pain on the GOP was just given away for nothing though.

Even though it is bleak, this is the most accurate description of what just happened. The Democrats failure is just a reminder that our political system is broken & we lack the will to fix it. We also do not have an electorate that realizes how painfully close we are to losing our republic.

This 1000x Senator Murphy is right. This is difficult. These moments are going to be tough. Now is not the time to capitulate, it's the time to rally and work together We should be supporting each other in these times of crisis, not giving up in hopes of some form of harm reduction We need to win

Man, Jess is spitting fire right now. I swear she is putting into words what my emotions are.

Please remember this from just a couple days ago. The GOP does not govern in good faith.

When I'm playing chess with pigeons I stop & ask them, "why do you walk around knocking all the pieces over & shit on the board? Why can't we work together?" This is how you sound! The American people aren't idiots. We know the GOP is not governing in good faith! We need courage not capitulation!

My $.02 The Dems were too scared to disrupt airline profits over the holiday travel season. They had an epic opportunity to harness the support that was indicated in the most recent elections, but decided, as always, to side with corporate interests & cave. Instead of calling for solidarity &

There are two possible answers: Schumer truly believes we should've kept the government shut down but is such a feckless and incompetent leader that he can't whip his own party. Or He was ok with this outcome, or possibly even helped create the framework for it. Either way he has to go.

This 100%. They still somehow think that there will be an honest debate in the Senate in December. I think that Democrats are so conditioned to be a controlled opposition that they can't even fathom winning a fight with the GOP. They are forever in a harm reduction mode, not pursuing victory.

This 100%. They still somehow think that there will be an honest debate in the Senate in December. I think that Democrats are so conditioned to be a controlled opposition that they can't even fathom winning a fight with the GOP. They are forever in a harm reduction mode, not pursuing victory.

Still tracks

I knew it. Airlines have to be losing their asses on this. Just have to follow the money.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

This entire thread is so indicative of how weak minded our party has become. We can't imagine a world where we had enough support to actually win a fight in the court of public opinion. We are conditioned to be controlled opposition.

So let me get this straight... We have a massively successful election cycle only five days ago. Polls show that Americans support the ACA subsidies and the Democratic fight to keep them. So naturally.. In Democratic fashion.. We capitulate and give up all our leverage. That tracks.

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

Gotta love it when even moderates like Tom are saying that our Democratic leadership is a bunch of knuckleheads. We gave up all of our leverage and everyone knows it. Abject failure.

This gigantic lie of a post is getting absolutely ratioed as it should. 8 senators failed America tonight. She was one of them.

It's official, the government shut down was the Dems fault. They were unwilling to stand up for the principles they claimed and caused all of this unnecessary pain. We suffered for 40+ days for a "promise" from a group of known liars. Great job team. No wonder you are historically unpopular.

This exactly. The fact we got nothing just means we went through over a month long shut down for.... NOTHING No wonder the party is losing voters at an astonishing rate. There must've been some serious pressure from corporate donors. Maybe the airline lobby was going nuts.

Airline lobbies coming in strong

The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to… they are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt

Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future. Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!! Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉

Fetterman proved that he was a traitor. The others have just revealed their true colors. Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

The definition of weakness. The Democratic Party

lol rrrrright... Democratic leadership is such a fucking joke

100%

If we vote to open the government without a guarantee of ACA subsidies, this entire shutdown was a complete and utter failure. The pain that the American people have sustained over the last month has been pointless because Dem leadership was unwilling to stand up for their principles.

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

The current GOP lie is that they’re going to replace Obamacare with something better. Bullshit. In all of the majorities they’ve had since Obamacare passed, they’ve never once tried to replace it. They’ve tried to repeal it a whole bunch, but never actually make it better.

it’s wild that this is just sort of the most openly corrupt administration of all time and they’re just allowed to do that and most media doesn’t say a word about it

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

I know this is not useful but it is absolutely wild how the president has turned the office into a multi-billion-dollar corruption machine and no one can (is willing) do anything about it

The guy who called Sandy Hook a hoax and owes the families $1.4 billion. That guy. He's the one we are supposed to get our news from.

Listened to @timmiller.bsky.social interview @karinejean-pierre.bsky.social. She somehow stood adamantly with Biden avoiding any & all accountability for his political negligence, & in the same breath railed against how the Dems aren't representing every day people. Cognitive dissonance much?

Justice is served???? For fucks sake... we are irrevocably broken as a society

She is ANTIFA. Is this what the GOP is afraid of?

This!!!

Wow, lots of American flags and peace . Sure doesn’t seem like people who hate America you absolute embarrassment Speaker Johnson

This 100%

Any viable Democratic candidate for president must accept these terms.

Since when is demanding representation in a representative democracy a farce?? This guys is a clown.

I am a bald, straight, white man who's very "conservative passing" & lives in a red state. The amount of not so subtle dog whistles I have been given by conservatives who don't know me, but assume I'm on their team, is ASTOUNDING. These text messages & the response does not surprise me at all.