This photo is all we really need to know about the two parties.

To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.

I’m reminded this morning of Coates’s remarks re cowardice and the Senate’s tendency to describe itself as “the greatest deliberative body in the world.” Defending this institution is using it in moral ways, ways that can demand courage.

I think if you were actually angry you would describe the behind the scenes deal schumer outlined with the dems up in 2026 and name the names of the senators who were too chickenshit to put their names on their proxy yes votes right?

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

Because there have only been six(!) non-consecutive(!) months(!) since Carter(!) when the GOP couldn't obstruct everything! Six months of progress, 44.5 years of obstruction or worse. And building is always harder than destroying.

Things will get better only after Democratic base gets represented in the government.

It is fucking insane to me that senate democrats bailed him out

Giving Trump whatever he wants but shaking my head so people know I'm not happy about it bsky.app/profile/atru...

Worked harder at a Roy Cohn party than the Democratic party

Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.

the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch

Schumer & Jeffries should have the integrity to resign from their positions in leadership. They've failed, badly. Either they cannot control their caucuses or they're lying & secretly pushed this vote through behind the scenes. Either way, their betrayal of the American people is indefensible.

A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.

Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader. He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog

Maybe if government officials had they same healthcare as the rest of us, they might find it worth fighting for.

Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

This feels very "planned". It wasn't people going hungry or unpaid that did it. They gave us up for fucking holiday travel. 😑

I am a cancer survivor who is still within the recurrence window. If we lose our jobs and I have a recurrence I will die.

Healthcare premiums are about to go through the roof. Food assistance will still be cut. Billionaires, insurance companies amd corporations are the only winners tonight. Now more than ever we need folks to wear a mask. People can’t afford to get sick. Masking is resistance!

The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

I mean, posting this like it matters after 10 of his own caucus broke rank to knife 24 million people for no upside at all isn’t just humiliating, it demonstrates he isn’t able to do his job. He’s got to go. Primary him out if he won’t retire. Hell, I’d support an emergency recall. He’s a disaster.

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

DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie] SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in

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.

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

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

Any Democratic senator, at any moment, could've derailed this by calling for Schumer's replacement and casting their colleagues as MAGA collaborators, thereby shifting the Overton window. But they're all in on it. This was always a team effort.

The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer

-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together. -Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places. -Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."

Harm to SNAP recipients, federal workers, and others is real. In a normal democracy it’d make sense to prioritize reducing that harm in the short term. In a rapidly backsliding democracy, harm is happening no matter what. Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.

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

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.

Primary all of them everywhere. Hound them at town halls. Show up at their offices. Call or write to them about every issue. That cadre of this party has to go. Clean house.

Not a single senate Democrat should be politically safe from this day forward. Not one

If their goal is to pin the blame on a handful of senators who aren't up for reelection until 2030 then you should primary every Democrat regardless.

Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers. There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different

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...😵

Nov. 2024: Lower costs of living, please! Jan. 2026: Your health insurance is now a second rent or mortgage.

Apparently, it is negotiable!

Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him And they should, given this is his fault.

Republicans could have voted for this on their own. They wanted Democrats to share the burden because it is a disaster for the American people. They got what they wanted.

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.

yeah everyone who’s in my mentions telling me schumer’s against this needs to understand what’s really going on. this is his caucus. he literally has one job — and he’s failing.

Two days ago. Today he caved. Concepts of a spine.