none of them are running for reelection, that's why Schumer had them do his dirty work. Despicable.

Get Schumer the fuck out of Senate leadership. He is completely worthless, and cannot be counted on.

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

People don’t know or remember how bad things were before the ACA.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

"Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!” - Newsom’s press office Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, another frequent adversary of President Donald Trump, similarly derided the agreement, dismissing it as an “empty promise.” www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...

Beyond policy considerations and electoral politics, Tuesday provided a lot of people with a brief spark of hope that maybe our democracy is not already dead, and Democrats immediately capitulating to anti-democracy forces for no discernible benefit is a great way to extinguish that spark.

the minute flights got canceled, Dems folded like a house of cards, leaving me to wonder why the fuck this post made some of you so angry

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!

Newsom Slams ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown Deal as ‘Surrender’ Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats are blasting the Senate’s tentative deal to end the government shutdown. www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom...

That special #evening spent with Lady Aurora a year ago at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. #BlueSkyArtShow #NightmareNov #red #aurora #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #photography #landscape

#Evening in Denver. #BlueskyArtShow #photography #Colorado #snow

The Denver metro’s cultural scene is still recovering from a pandemic-era attendance slump, but economic activity is increasing.

It looks like you're trying to undo SNAP payments. Can I help you find your conscience?

A picture from earlier this year that I haven't shared yet. Pikes Peak on a gorgeous sunny day back in May. #coloradosprings #gardenofthegods #colorado #pikespeak #fujifilm

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.

Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.

U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow is preemptively criticizing a proposed deal that would only “promise” a vote on extending ACA tax credits to end the shutdown. “A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.”

In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets. Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org

Has Vegas set a line yet on whether the House even takes up this Senate measure?

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms

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.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump has "taken America out of the game" on a key issue, and it will likely allow China to dominate the U.S. in the future.

"Would you be willing to kill for CHICKEN FINGERS and CAPTAIN STINKY PANTS?"

Hey Senate Dems, mike johnson said last week he WOULD NOT promise a vote on tax credits!!! Do you know what a bill the passes the senate but doesn't pass the house is called? It's called NOTHING! The republicans wont even hang the January 6th plaque (which is already law) They played you.

“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...

Chuck Schumer is a freaking shande every day. Grow a backbone dude. Our people have dealt with millennia of hatred and pogroms and genocides. You can deal with Donald Trump and the Republicans when people's food and healthcare are at stake.

No one: Not a soul on earth: Chuck Schumer: Time to hand my ass and everyone else's to the Republicans again

Banger of a sunset happening rn

As a farm kid, I trot this out every time I see rabies on the tl. Rabies is 100% fatal. There is no medicine, no prayer, no magic bullet, no deal with any deity that can save you/your pet. It is terrifying and painful the entire time. Get the FVCKIN vax.

Regardless of fox’s actual rabies status. This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only. The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play

All of this is confirming my belief that Republicans never learn from a loss and Democrats never learn from a win

until this happens, i don’t think anyone should be forced to carry their senators to term

“The potential deal seemed to give Democrats little in exchange for voting to end the shutdown, prompting reticence from some in the party”

Who agrees with me? If the shutdown ends without the extension of the ACA subsidies, then it’s time to start looking into primaries for Democrats that would give in to the Trump regime. 🔄

i’m just so fucking tired of living through crisis after crisis and feeling like we have to beg for and negotiate with our own representatives to address the crises seriously. they shouldn’t have to be disciplined by the base into mustering an appropriate response to a fucking coup!

Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"

They caved according to politico www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Yeah this isn't going to happen if Senate Democrats give Republicans the shutdown win. I wrote this with the assumption that people would learn something, which was, in retrospect...Stupid of me

Honestly I think the deal drags down Bennet and Hick even if they vote Nay.

THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Without ACA, we will be without ACA laws which forbid discrimination due to preexisting conditions, will be subject to annual limits on benefits, will have no free preventative services, cannot keep kids on plan until 26, will be subject to sudden exorbitant raises in premiums. Damn Dem sell-outs

Trump wants to end the ACA. He said Republicans should send ACA payments meant for insurers directly to Americans. The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance? 1/2