some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again

Thank goodness! 🏳️‍🌈❤️ (Gift link!)

Hearing from more people after this went out. "We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."

If Republicans Are Just Adding Crap to a Continuing Resolution, Then Let’s Talk About the Epstein Files In what is a very perplexing political maneuver*, Republicans are doing their damnedest to make it difficult for Democrats to cave in the shutdown fight. The latest insult to intelligence is an…

I can’t stop thinking about how the ACA is one of the most impactful pieces of legislation in my lifetime. And they just let them throw it away. I know it’s been long enough that a lot of people don’t remember (or weren’t alive), but I haven’t forgotten what it was like Before.

List from @washingtonian.com of places who are also offering free meals and discounts washingtonian.com/2025/11/07/w...

worth noting that ME governor (and senate hopeful) Janet Mills seems to oppose the capitulation bsky.app/profile/jane...

turns out it wasnt "just manchin and sinema" (it never was)

bluesky has been really bad about treating the suffering of federal workers and their families as a nonfactor in all of this. with that being said, i’ve been asking around, & most of the federal workers i talked to are angry that they went through all these weeks for nearly nothing

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.

Pelosi is the person most responsible for the Affordable Care Act and our initial robust response to COVID. For that, she deserves both immense gratitude and a place in history. But we really need to undo some of the key institutional shifts she consolidated (though didn't start).

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.

👇🎯 Unfortunately, this is true & probably the only way. Voters need to realize that hating government, & illegally defunding & dismantling it, & pretending that we can run a modern society/economy on Ronald Reagan's shabby talking point & worn copies of Atlas Shrugged & Mein Kampf is untenable.

Ezra Klein, having spoken to a "dozen or so House and Senate Democrats" over the weekend, says at least some of them worried extending the ACA subsidies would take them off the table as a political issue and wanted Republicans to keep the filibuster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...

I haven't seen any local or state Dems who haven't either condemned the Senate Dems or who (yesterday) were begging them to stay firm. While we're just assholes with Bsky accounts, these are people who will face the consequences of the Senate Dems' actions, and they don't seem happy about this.

It’s almost as if…our political system is not equipped to deal with a far right authoritarian party

"And rather than explain to these very real constituents that Republicans have sidelined us completely and created an authoritarian regime, I nodded and said, OK, you probably know more about it than I do."

You ever drunk dial your senator?

the Democrats have lost MattY, Chait, even fucking Chris Cilizza on this cave as far as I can tell the entire list of people in or around Democratic politics who think this vote was a good idea consists of the people who took the vote and whoever else in the caucus silently supported them

and in less than a week after a massive win.

I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”

The caucus’s deference to one another is the problem not just Schumer. They’re not going to elect a leader who will publicly call them out for hiding behind off-cycle and retiring members. Even the handful of progressive senators don’t go after their peers in a meaningful way.

the number of people writing Senate Democratic apologia for free is kind of funny. At least try to get paid for it.

Young grizzled mantis derped around for me this afternoon as I was about to leave after my walk. Perky grabby flail-y child 🤎

Just thinking about how pissed off Republicans were at their own party and its leadership in 2010 That year they got a net gain of 6 seats in the Senate and 63, that's right, 63 seats in the House. Anger is powerful.

We couldn’t even be happy for a whole week.

Wondering how the "mom and pop small business owner" that both parties have fetishized for decades are dealing with the rate increases.

Democrats weren't going to win. They were going to force Republicans to kill the filibuster. WIthout the filibuster they would be forced in power to pass a lot of things they don't want to pass.

This is genuinely top 5 dumbest thing any American politician has ever said. These fucking people.

No, THIS TIME Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the ball. Stop doubting everyone, it's a good deal. /s

We deserve so much more.

Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown

This is no shade to Karen, but a lot depends on how primaries are held in your state. If you're a progressive in a closed primary state like NY, congrats registering as an independent blocked you from voting from Mamdani in the primary. If you're in an open primary state, you do you.

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.

If there was already a law passed in 2019 guaranteeing back pay what exactly did you get?

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...😵

Democrats will soon be one more vote short of forcing a bipartisan vote to release the Epstein files, as Mikie Sherrill must resign from the House before she is sworn in as governor. No telling whether Mike Johnson will let her successor be sworn in

The worst thing about fascism is the fascism. The second worst thing about fascism is what one has to do to stop it, and the fascism only gets worse the longer one takes to begin opposing it.

seems like the media was in on the play too

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

You own this @shaheen.senate.gov

Any senate Democrat who supports keeping Schumer as leader should not get your vote. That needs to be the line you have to draw. Sorry, I realize that might seem hard; so is not being able to fucking afford healthcare.

Angus King is a scourge on the people of Maine. He is decrepit and mummified at age 81. Retire you rotten potato.

Yep. They’re really hoping people forget by 2026.

Apparently, it is negotiable!

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

This is why I didn’t think Democrats would cave so soon.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...