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Being pissed is fine. It’s good. Saying that Democrats are the ones who took health care subsidies away is a vicious fucking lie that is meant to demotivate people, to republicans’ benefit, and you know it.

A lot of people are conflating the ability of senate Democrats, the minority, to inflict political damage to Republicans by holding fast on the shutdown, and their ability to extract immediate and powerful policy concessions.

Getting Republicans to pass and Trump to sign into law an extension of ACA subsidies was never going to happen once this became a contest of wills. The only real potential outcome was getting rid of the filibuster. And that's not without its major downsides.

I keep seeing this idea that the election sweep last Tuesday was a sign that the public is behind the Dems, and that's why the Dems shouldn't cave. I thought half the reason for this fight was to make the ACA a huge issue in those elections - and it worked. Airport messes and SNAP added on.

I have no faith that keeping the government shut will result in extending ACA subsidies. I am very concerned that keeping the government shut down will cause irreparable damage. I don't know what the right move is for Senate Dems, but I do know they don't have a "make everything ok" button

There is a genocide taking place in Sudan right now.   Congress can take action TODAY to help achieve peace.

Rusty!!!!

I do not love the guy, or his history with Uncommitted and I wouldn't have voted for him in the primary were I in NYC rather than over in WNY, but I think it's important not to spread misinformation about what a WFP vote means.

I'm really enjoying watching the returns for Sherrill, and seeing her margin stay the same with each new tranche of votes.

The threats reported this morning in several counties are a clear attempt to undermine our democratic system and intimidate New Jerseyans from going to the polls to exercise their right to vote. Let me be clear: there is no credible threat to New Jerseyans' safety at the polls.

Breaking from NJ AG Platkin: "Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."

Kindel! Scored with the stick this time!

Rusty!!!

Siiiiiiiiiidddd!!!!!!! #SidneyCrosby #PittsburghPenguins

Yay Sid!

Beautiful goal on a delayed penalty! #pittsburghpenguins

Rusty!!! #pittsburghpenguins

The people around Donald Trump are taking advantage of his diminished capacity to break the law. Whatever they do now, we won’t forget — and we will hold them accountable.

Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

8/ But Trump doesn't want to end the shutdown. Because he thinks he's a king and he doesn't believe the law applies to him. He thinks he has extra powers in a shutdown. He doesn't. But the longer Republicans boycott talks, the more the shutdown will hurt. So it's their move.

I keep seeing speculation that this ceasefire was on the table in January and that Bibi and Trump conspired not to take it. But I've never seen any reports that Hamas was willing to let all hostages go at once, and promise to leave. If Hamas wasn't willing to deal, the deal couldn't go through.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought. "By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

Vance flies to Indiana to press for gerrymandering instead of trying to head off Affordable Care hits to 86,000 Indianans.

No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.   Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

Democrats are working to stop enormous health insurance premium price hikes and save access to a physician for millions of Americans. Trump is firing disease scientists and public health workers, including the entire CDC office in Washington. Who do you trust to protect your health care?

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode. Pedal to the floor.

One morning when Trump awoke in his bed There were frogs in the streets, costumed frogs in his head, and frogs in the news, and frogs, blame the Jews! Frogs here, frogs there, antifa frogs are everywhere

Statement from Janelle Bynum on recent abduction by #ICE

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless. And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

How many ways does he have to show he doesn’t give a damn about working folks?! Troops invading states. Sleeping kids woken up & zip-tied. Prices soaring. Insurance through the roof. Media muzzled. Personal enemies punished. This isn’t America. This is what authoritarian rot looks like.

Jersey, did you know Trump is targeting our state? Delaying funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project, which is a vital part of the project to double rail capacity between New Jersey and New York City. Stopping these funds, is illegal and completely unacceptable.

Jeffrey Epstein? Never heard of him. Mike Johnson sent the GOP on vacation during a shutdown to avoid releasing the Epstein Files. Now Donald Trump plays dumb (I think) about them. The coverup is vast and deep. Release ALL the files.

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

It’s Day 8 of the government shutdown and Republicans in the House are still MIA. Every day that goes by is a day that we could be working together to solve the affordability and healthcare crisis in this country. It’s time Speaker Johnson get serious about doing his job.

Personally I think it’s bad that the man exercising the powers of the presidency was a deranged lunatic before he began obviously suffering some sort of dementia and being fed false and outdated information by scheming advisers. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me.

Dem Congressional leadership has done what we asked them to do. We need to support them for that.

The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.

One of my favorite shows ever. I have the whole run on DVD, I feel a rewatch coming on. How did I not know it was a Mel Brooks show?

Statement on Supreme Court’s ruling allowing racist ICE raids in California.

Donald Trump is diverting law enforcement from going after human traffickers, child predators, and terrorists. He's the most pro-predator president in history.

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Take it from a registered nurse: RFK Jr. is unfit to serve. His leadership has been a disgrace, and he needs to resign.

Right-wing justices on the Supreme Court have sanctioned racial profiling when targeting law-abiding immigrant communities. Shame on these extremists. They have zero credibility.

Very harsh statement about SCOTUS ruling today from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, and appropriately so: