Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

As I explained when Davis' lawyers filed this petition, there was virtually no chance that the Supreme Court would seriously consider her case. I doubt there are five votes to overturn Obergefell—but if there were, this case does not present a clean vehicle for doing so. slate.com/news-and-pol...

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense. 🎁 ⤵️ www.wsj.com/business/air...

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.” @bloomberg.com $HD www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

We had all the momentum •The American people were blaming Republicans •A landslide Democratic victory •Courts ordering Trump to fund SNAP benefits Yet you couldn't convince your caucus to fight for us It's the final straw that breaks the back of your tenure as leader, Senator Time to step down

fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends

My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month. So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!

Brazilian coup-plotters: charged 🇧🇷 American coup-plotters: pardoned 🇺🇸

None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection: • Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026 • Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028 • Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030 • John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028 • Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028 1/2

Once the government reopens, precedent has already been set, if Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the newly elected representative from Arizona’s 7th District, someone else will. In Powell v. McCormack (1969), the

Here’s the list of the eight Democrats who caved: ⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto ⚫️ Dick Durbin ⚫️ John Fetterman ⚫️ Maggie Hassan ⚫️ Tim Kaine ⚫️ Angus King ⚫️ Jackie Rosen ⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.

Then why’d you cave?

These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.

People were donating to food banks in communities across the country. Many SNAP recipients who were struggling felt the momentum. They too need healthcare & many didn't want us to cave. 7M of us didn't march to cave. We didn't win every election last week to cave. Shame on the cavers. Vote them out.

Chuck Schumer’s no vote on the deal to end the shutdown is irrelevant He couldn’t keep his caucus together or extract assurances from the House-even after Tuesday’s landslide Democratic victories-showing that he’s totally ineffectual as a leader Sadly, millions of Americans will now pay the price

This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working. We need new leaders in the Senate.

The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen

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

We’re not going to “fix the Democrats’ brand” by doing TikToks or launching pods. The brand is a direct reflection of our elected officials. If we want to purge our weak branding, we have to purge the weak Dems. I’m looking forward to a robust primary cycle and new Democrats who know how to fight.

The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender

Republicans were overwhelmingly getting blamed for the shutdown. There was no reason for the Democrats to cave to Trump on healthcare, except for the fact that they are wholly owned and operated by the health insurance lobby.

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After everything, Senate Democrats still haven’t figured out that surrendering to Trump Republicans will end badly? Unbelievable.

Newsom Slams ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown Deal as ‘Surrender’ Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats are blasting the Senate’s tentative deal to end the government shutdown. www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...

“Tonight was not a good night.”

So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?

It’s time to chuck Schumer

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.

I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really

Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.” Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.

Thanks to @mostmuscle.bsky.social www.opensecrets.org/orgs/america...

Maybe I’m late to this realization, but it just hit me… What are the odds that Speaker Johnson calls the House back for a CR vote with the Epstein files still hanging over his head? Those 8 Dems might have hung themselves out to dry and risked being primaried for nothing.

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

What a bunch of bullshit — voting to reopen the government based on a ‘promise’ to talk about the ACA at a later date? Unbelievable. Does anyone really think we can trust Republicans to operate in good faith? They don’t care about us & you can’t trust a word they say. Infuriating and embarrassing.

Excellence. Class. Integrity. Strength. This is what leadership looks like. ♥️

Literally since I first started in the senate, it was commonly understood Schumer sucked. In our office it was common to say "if he was the head of a company he would be fired". Except that's all total bullshit because he runs unopposed each time and any senator could topple him if they wanted.

Donors don't pay Democrats to solve problems, they pay them to stay just on the heels of Republicans enough to make it look like a fight most of the time.

Argentina President Javier Milei doing the "Trump dance" at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout. Meanwhile, Trump won't renew subsides for American healthcare.

This is the Administration that these useless 8 Dem "centrists" want to negotiate with in good faith. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

This is pretty close to where I'm at at the moment. I'll have more on this from an actual ACA wonk POV (which is my wheelhouse anyway) tomorrow.

Screw this. Call your Senators RIGHT NOW. Repeat tomorrow. No caving. No deal without healthcare. (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️☎️🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Next up: posthumous pardon for Charlie Manson.

Release The Epstein Files

“Oh look, the Senate’s centrist cosplay squad again: forever proving that bipartisanship means giving Republicans your lunch money and hoping they’ll split a fry. Spoiler: they won’t.”