don't even know what to say because my thinking six weeks ago was "the ACA subsidies are a bad negotiating move because it's too easy for republicans to agree to that, it's not asking enough" & now here they are ready to destroy the country to prevent people from being able to afford their premiums

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.

Schumer must step down. He can’t even keep his own senate together in solidarity. Extreme loser energy. Americans deserve so much better from our elected representatives.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.

Senate Democrats: "Maybe it's time to cave to this guy."

Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.

How long will we be hijacked by centrists, cowards and Chuck Schumer?

Mood.

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.

So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader

If the Senate folds without health care subsidies, fuck the Senate. What a joke of a party.

Don't worry, Donald Trump, all those middle fingers were simply signaling that it was first down

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Primary them. So disgusted By these ignorant fools Marching us toward a country of concentration camps and rampant corruption and lawlessness.

The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.

You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, watching TV news, or reading the Post, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down, making everyone safer.

UPDATE: A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”

Exactly this. Communities must be ready to do what Chicago has done, fight back against authoritarian overreach & terrorizing. Pass legislation like the Anti-Bivens Act making its way through IL leg, tell prosecutors to charge Feds criminally where warranted, neighborhood training and education etc

Listen to me. This is literally why Johnson, et al, refuses to work and swear in a new colleague who will tip the scales and get this report or list or whatever publicly released and unredacted.

No one made this guy king. Courts have ordered the release of funds and an appeals court denied his injunctive relief request. Any move to retroactively impose penalties will not be honored by a court. THIS IS NOT HOW NORMAL GOVERNMENTS FUNCTION.

Yes. This.

For lawyers, this is like God stepping down to pursue more urgent projects.

Truth. Brutal, accurate truth.

Headed to the #portlandbookfestival this morning with a friend because books, learning and community are a balm for the soul. Excited to hear some poets read, visit small press booths and hear other authors in conversation with each other.

It’s reasonable for anyone to pray outside a place where people can’t pee, can’t eat, are beaten for no fucking reason and can’t contact an attorney to get out of a hell that no one else can see www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Absolutely sadistic. A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment. The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.

Correct decision out of U.S. District Court in Oregon yesterday issuing a permanent injunction on national guard deployment in Portland. Trump exceeded his authority and the administration lied about the threats they faced. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

❤️❤️❤️Chicago

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

My latest: How the Trump Administration is giving even more tax breaks to wealthy and giant corporations: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Democrats offered a deal to fund the government & extend ACA tax credits for a year to bring costs down on coverage. Republicans refused. Their unwillingness to protect healthcare & reopen the government is hurting working families. #TrumpShutdownDragsOn www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...

Killing the tourism industry more with every policy. This is absolutely by design. Even if Trump is too stupid to understand how this fingerprint policy will impact tourism, you can guarantee that there are people in his administration who know exactly how this will impact tourism in the U.S.

Full Snap benefits for Oregonians have been released at directive of Gov. Kotek. The legal battle over these emergency supplemental funds continues. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Congratulations to Brazil for continuing to show us what accountability and the rule of law look like. Here in the U.S. we clearly need the reminder.

This appears to be part of the faith-led "Faith over Fear" effort outside the ICE detention center in Broadview, IL, one of various religious demonstrations criticizing ICE that have been held outside the center in recent weeks.

This is madness.

Multnomah County’s (Portland) free preschool has additional space for kids & applications are open. Please share to your communities. www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

The Trump administration is not serious about fighting real crime. They are instead committing crimes in plain sight, pardoning convicted criminals, and dismantling the federal forces tasked with fighting organized crime, child trafficking and other sophisticated criminal schemes.

This looks great.

In one case, the wife of a man who had been murdered did not want to come to court to testify for fear of being arrested by Homeland Security agents. Her fear of arrest “makes it more likely that her husband’s murderers will go free and justice will be denied,” wrote Jose Villarreal.

HUGE NEWS! Because of Democratic pressure, Oregon SNAP recipients are reporting their cards have the FULL November benefits!   Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!

This piece was great. Provide things people need, make things affordable, allow folks opportunities to live their lives fully, safely and with economic stability. And yes, that means providing public options, subsidies & regulation of markets to keep prices competitive & affordable.

FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD

Charge them with crimes! This is criminal.

Being allowed to continue to starve children, the elderly and soldiers to make a point while you appeal a case you will lose is not an emergency and no stay can be granted. This is monstrous and an abuse of the courts.