Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Do not vote into office people who literally do not understand how negotiations work What an utter embarrassment Shaheen is to the entire state of New Hampshire

That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.

Why are Democrats pissed!!! Republicans fight tooth and nail, foaming at the mouth like rabid dogs as they chip away at every crumb of US freedom, progress, and joy. The Democrats we have in power may as well just stop pretending and vote along with them, all the theatrics are just wasted time.

Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...

Remarkable that these pardons were announced the same day that a federal judge published this piece.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

Seven Democrats and one independent broke with their party to back a deal to end the longest U.S. government shutdown. The vote split Democrats, while Republicans needed eight more votes to overcome a filibuster. Here are the senators who voted:

Remember when some of us said the Democratic leadership would take all the wrong lessons from the blue tsunami and squander all the goodwill? Here you go.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."

Yep!

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

It is time for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary Chuck Schumer. America has had it with leadership who fails to meet the moment. We need you @aoc.bsky.social This hypothetical conversation must end.

Once the government reopens, precedent has already been set, if Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Adelita Grijalva, the newly elected representative from Arizona’s 7th District, someone else will. In Powell v. McCormack (1969), the

I guess Mike Johnson’s latest excuse to block a vote on releasing the Epstein files is now over. Will he come up with a new one or are we finally going to see where each House Republican stands on this?

While you were sleeping and worried about how to feed your family... trump has pardoned 77 of his J6 co-conspirators...

O.M.G. Apparently there will *not* be an end to the cringe any time soon. 😳

The Democrats' stunning ability to fumble a winning strategy is almost impressive. They have the public on their side and still manage to play themselves.

I actually think Democrats will bear more blame for the ACA premiums going up as a result of this cave than they would have if the government had never shut down over it. You can’t support a shutdown over it & then get nothing on it. Now they’ll be seen as culpable on it too.

And there you have it. We were played and they think it's hilarious.

Resign.

The only silver lining to last night’s cave.

If Democrats had held out for just 12 more hours, they would have seen that Trump was going to be FORCED to fund SNAP and that that should not have been the centerpiece of a negotiation to betray 40 million Americans on healthcare

We just won on Tuesday… JFC

> @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

“Trump Pardons Co-Conspirators!”

“Trump Pardons Co-Conspirators!”

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

What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?

Schumer is spreading the word he was against the deal. But he is the leader. So he either tacitly let it happen or he failed as a leader. No excuse works for him. This is a fail.

He's a fucking sellout. What a motherfucking JOKE.

I will admit that this is the single funniest outcome of us doing a Keep Politics Out Of Sports after a guy kneeled

GET READY TO LOSE THE PRIMARY WHEN YOU'RE UP FOR RE-ELECTION

PANTHEON: Last week’s #UMich confidence survey — the 2nd-lowest of all time — is “too weak to completely disregard.” It now signals consumer spending “slowing to near-zero early next year, from around 6% early this year.” 👀

This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working. We need new leaders in the Senate.

This is all to say, we should do what will really scare them: call a general strike.

Why TF should Americans voters stand up for @democrats.senate.gov when Senate Democrats won’t stand up for Americans? #weakness #gutless #useless

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.

What the fuck is wrong with them. Every single one of them that goes along with this deal needs to be primaried and removed. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS FUCKING SHUTDOWN if they get NOTHING FROM IT. Fucking idiots just massively SHIT THE BED. Way to toss the momentum from Tuesday.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

Hassan: My vote was to do two things: 1) Make sure the government is functioning… 2) continue the fight to a realistic platform to get the premium tax cuts done. If that is not successful, then shame on the Republican Party and shame on Donald Trump.

Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation? Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date… Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law. Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.