this is the correct framing

Leader Thune should bring this legislation to the Senate Floor and it should be passed immediately. We should protect children, not abusers and their corruption. Transparency is the only path forward to expose the extent of the crimes committed and give survivors justice.

Love it when Jasmine is on🔥 “Mike Johnson is full of shit. We know that he didn't even bring the House back in because he was trying to avoid us dealing with Epstein. He would not even swear in a duly elected member of Congress to avoid this. So miss me on pretending that this is about the victims.”

Trump can release the Epstein Files today. He doesn't need the vote.

Back when there were TV movies about suburban women losing their grip, they would style them like this in the scene where the family can no longer deny there is a problem.

Republicans vote overwhelmingly to pretend they want the Epstein Files released. www.axios.com/2025/11/18/h...

I’m deleting my post about this story while I confirm it’s a credible source. The author does legitimate reporting in the region but I can’t vouch for the outlet so I shouldn’t have shared. I apologize for jumping the gun before verifying.

Hundred bucks to the first reporter who interrupts one of Trump’s nonsensical rants with “Quiet, Piggy.”

Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions? I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?

The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Got it.

Today more than any day ever before, I am convinced people don’t read on this site. I have explained the contents of the Epstein Files Transparency Act on this here site no less than three times today, and how it PREVENTS Trump from claiming all the files can’t be released due to an investigation.

There were literally congressional hearings where whistleblowers in the insurance industry cried while discussing being forced by superiors to repeatedly illegally deny payment for lifesaving care in the run up to the passage of the ACA. That’s what republicans want us to return to.

FINALLY!!! (Side note: Ironic that he’s reading and asking her to swear by the oath he continually breaks.)

And what was Jeffrey Epstein's profession? AND WHAT WAS JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S PROFESSION KAROLINE??

Yup. It'll be the second least surprising thing about this.

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.

I don’t care if Schumer voted no. If he’s unable to wrangle the caucus, he’s not an effective leader. I’ll continue to push for the caucus to elect a new one.

Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.

Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all. Let's discuss.

Tonight was a very bad night.

Glad I'm not the only one asking this question. This is what did it, folks.

Democrats only saved them from shooting themselves in the foot. Messing with air travel over Thanksgiving would have destroyed Trump.

Healthcare is a human right. Democratic Senators should fight for it like lives depend on it because they do.

"millions of people counting on us"

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

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.

Make sure your colleagues know that 2026 is going to be rough for democrats too. Y’all threw away momentum tonight

Yes. Yes they fucking will. They forgot January 6. They forgot "Covid will disappear" and "if there wasn't any testing there would be no cases." The "American people" have the memory of a goldfish.

Might as well primary Schumer I guess. The campaign slogans would be so funny.

💯 this

Indeed. Until progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus directly challenge Schumer’s leadership it’s kind of hard to take their grousing seriously at this point. They are all in on this #SchumerSurrender politics.

The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats!

I guess the airlines lobbying worked, too.

Everyone compares Fetterman to Manchin. The better comparison is Sinema. Manchin, as much as he annoyed Democrats, focused entirely on West Virginia-related issues.

How many of them are up for re-election and would have to face backlash from angry voters while campaigning?

If Schumer can't whip enough votes to prevent a deal that will price millions of Americans out of healthcare, he needs to resign.

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.

Utterly empty gesture. His job is to hold his caucus together and he failed on behalf of millions of American families.

Democratic organizers did our fucking part. We gave Democrats a clean sweep on Tuesday so Chuck Schumer have leverage to negotiate. Instead, either because of malice or sheer fucking incompetence, he is letting his caucus fold like fucking cowards.

For profit healthcare is a crime against humanity.

This is predatory capitalism. They gave tax breaks to billionaires so that folks could get bills like this for healthcare.

We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.

What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a guy taking a walk. He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.

Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

Should be pretty clear that without House commitment on a vote on ACA extensions, it is purely symbolic as part of the Senate deal

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

This right here.