That said I am lifting up the Senators who I KNOW fought, like my own @vanhollen.senate.gov. We need to press those Senators to demand a different kind of leadership internally. There’s still a lot more work ahead and we need the leadership to be chastened.

Today in "neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party"

I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives

It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.

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

the “axios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to “the dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance

this is the trump guy urtext

Voting to fund the government means you voted to fund everything the government is doing. That's the whole point. It's not about some narrow this or that on the margins. You own the whole enchilada, you're saying "yes, this overall package for everything the government's doing is acceptable to me."

in terms of cognitive impairment, they say being in the senate is comparable to being kicked in the head by a horse every day

We won elections by huge unexpected margins; time to concede in exchange for nothing. This is your brain on the Senate Democratic Conference. I hate them so much.

this is the reward for the democrat sellout. Congratulations

Yes, we should always give in to hostage takers, that definitely never encourages them to take more hostages next time.

Do you plan to support a challenger to Schumer, and primary challenges to all the yea voters, or is this just talk?

We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.

I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate

Any D running for Senate in 2026 must vow to oust Schumer as leader. Maybe he would quit

I'm really sorry it had to happen like this but I'm heartened to see more people recognizing the need for Reconstruction Democrats regardless of who has to go to get them there. and let's be realistic they are going to do this again in january like, note for note.

Who is challenging Cory Booker?

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.

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,

Truly seems to me like the best explanations are a misreading of public opinion and an ideological commitment to the filibuster by some elderly people

most political parties both globally today and throughout history would not allow people to starve explicitly as a political stunt. Trump *sued to be allowed to do it*

I don’t know folks. We talk about getting the country back. But it can’t be given back to these people either.

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.

a note on the Minnesota primary: this is correct, the person to replace Tina Smith with is Peggy Flanagan

good enough for me, primary his ass, it's not like we're going to lose in RI and it's another data point for People Are Very Mad

4. John Hickenlooper. Squishy moderate from what is now a very blue state (CO). May have been involved behind the scenes. Primary. 5. Ben Ray Lujan. Usually pretty good, actually, I'd leave him alone. 6. Ed Markey. Generally a good Senator but too old. Please do not replace with Seth Moulton.

2. Chris Coons. This guy sucks! This guy has always sucked! Wanted to go home for valentine's day rather than call witnesses after J6. Delaware is incredibly safe and deserves better. Easy primary. 3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.

okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway: 1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.

11. Jeanne Shaheen. Retiring. Please replace her with someone who doesn't suck, NH. 12. Tina Smith. I like her. Leave her alone. 13. Mark Warner. Kaine almost certainly took this vote instead of Warner, and VA is angry and should be very blue next fall. Easy primary!

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

I think Dems could have actually gotten meaningful concessions. I also think Rs might have nuked the filibuster and the fact that eight Dem senators are scared of Rs nuking the filibuster bodes poorly for when we need to nuke the filibuster.

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

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

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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.

senate candidate passing the test

I am once again asking Democratic congressional leadership to stop completely vindicating the most vulgar leftist 'both sides are the same' midwits

Putting the least charismatic Dems on TV to say "well we're just kinda spineless" is a bold move

One thing that the Chris Arnades of the world aren’t wrong about is that the increasing coincidence of ideological and material security is Really Bad Actually.

if the Dems cave now I am going to have no patience for anyone who complains about us lifting the filibuster in 2029. we had the chance to make them.

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?”

committing to battle and then choosing to give up is just bad practice

Called Booker’s DC and Newark offices to say he better not vote for this bullshit; called Kim’s office to thank him for apparently not being with the bullshit (Kim has done such a good job, I’m so glad we got him instead of the machine).

If voting for Republicans means voting for people who are willing to starve your children to get what they want, the American people need and deserve to know that now.

So who all voted for the capitulation bill?

The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.

I will also add: I can do this for evictions in Illinois too, if SNAP benefits being cut off or the government shutdown means you can't make rent.

like fundamentally Senate Brain is thinking that you will be saved by delaying the cave deal vote 2 days after a democratic tsunami