I was thinking about King's comments again after he 'accidentally' voted for a bad judge. Maybe having the 81 year old is going senile?

they are not beating the allegations that this was about their ability to fly home and basically nothing else

This is why people hate our party.

I think the quick negative statements by normie centrist Dems outside of the Senate reflects their read that the vote is very unpopular with the base, at least in the short run.

i reaffirm that the world, what we call the world, what any person worth hearing from would call the world, is over. life goes on, but history is done, the victim of the collective unconscious' burrito taxi tantrum from time immemorial. all rivers return to the ocean, and yet it is not filled, selah

the message is clear that Republicans are in charge permanently, can kill any D legislation with the filibuster, never need to govern at all, and when pressed, they can threaten the lives of millions any time they want and they will be given whatever it is they demand in exchange for their mercy.

Understatement

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

i think a lot of dems are unaware of just how much they're demoralizing their base, to the point of advocating *against* democrats, whenever this stuff happens. the conspiracy theories aren't true, but they're easy to believe, especially when conveniently amplified by an algorithm

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.

he would have never let this happen

Fearful, beaten dogs have more thymos.

All across America last week, Dems showed up and generally kicked the piss out of the Republicans who are hellbent on destroying our country and our freedoms. To have a bunch of squishy, out of touch Senators completely sell us out just as the Republicans were starting to crack sucks.

and the yeerks, they're strong negotiators, folks. they get in through your ears- just like pacifism, just like quietism in the face of true evil. one of the kids turns into a psychic eagle, though, and i don't really get that part, to tell you the truth. it's like the tiger, giraffe, horse.

she called it

In other words:

Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:

They love fighting "next time."

Seriously.

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

they are not only massive cowards and losers they are validating Chapo Leftism in real time

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.

The Democratic politician is the only mammal which is also an invertebrate

I'm sorry but if both Senators from GEORGIA, one up for re-election next year, can vote no on that CR, none of those dems had an excuse. They should all be primaried. There are now plenty examples of Dems who actually fight, no more settling.

we can't even give up right. good gracious sakes alive we are cooked

All my Cornyn gone

Cant think of a statement that more epitomizes just how broken of an institution the senate actually is

Democrats: *get the most high-info, engaged base in American history* Also democrats: "these rubes will never see through my cunning ploy to have my best friend vote for the bill I've been negotiating while I quietly feign impotence! Maybe he can even vote for the MTP but against formal passage..."

Trump regularly ignores the law. That's why it's important to pass more laws saying "hey, you got to do this". It's called the Pinky Swear Principle

👇 THIS has totally backfired. I'm not sure which Senator did what now, but it makes me want to see the entire Dem caucus primary'd. I don't trust a single damned one of them

i PROMISE bro i will NOT move the football TRUST ME. also please do not pay attention to the jackbooted thugs currently terrorizing the nation with only one one-thousandth of the money we just gave them

i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again

She thinks you're stupid

if we still have politics in 2028 i'm unswervingly for gruesom rn i fear

and somehow, the winner of “most incoherent take” out of this entire saga is… Nina Turner, who is using this to dunk on Gavin for… passing prop 50????

Democratic senators think you are so fucking stupid.

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

Also like, the Dem leadership can't make a big show of making it about healthcare because it's the only issue that polls well enough for them to risk taking a stand on, blow out the Republicans in state and local elections in apparent vindication of that strategy, and then cave on healthcare anyway.

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law! That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"

it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy

ok, but democrats are literally taking a vote RIGHT NOW to surrender their near-singular demand for health care funding

Still upset about no power of the purse language. You truly do hate to see it. The Trump admin undertook the most expansive set of illegal budgetary actions of any president in history, and broadcast as loudly as possible they’d keep doing it, and nothing. Budgetary lawlessness.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't respond to the illegal withholding of funds in order to starve 42 million Americans by handing over more money. But that's just me.

My take on SNAP is that Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of president, and he has turned ICE and Border Patrol into explicitly partisan militias, sent specifically into so-called Democrat cities in order to conduct terror operations

Senate Democrats think this is the appropriate response because they begin every conflict with the assumption they will lose, and then ask “How can we end this as quickly as possible while creating the appearance of having tried to win so the base isn’t mad?”

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