“We kept @schumer.senate.gov informed throughout” Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave

💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.

Bluesky, a reintroduction! I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out [email protected] or Signal grp.27

This Chicago Tribune reporter is working hard to get to the truth despite the Trump regime's lies about its assaults on Chicagoans. Tip him off if you have info.

Democratic caver Jeanne Shaheen: "Hopefully, our Republican colleagues will work with us." Sigh. We've got to defeat the Weimar Democrats before we can defeat the fascist Republicans.

We had a moment of unity in the elections last week, a momentum that Dems could never have dreamed of, and then they turned their backs on all the voters that came out in support—to protect our democracy, our healthcare, and our neighbors. This is a colossal failure of the Democratic leadership.

Yesterday, Chuck Schumer and his fellow cowards showed once again that our politicians do not serve the people; they serve their donors and themselves. This political system is broken and the leadership is out of touch. If Schumer is not immediately replaced, Dems should lose any trust that remains.

Thumbs Down, Middle Fingers, Sustained Booing For Trump at NFL Game Report: “One woman shook both of her middle fingers at the president” meidasnews.com/news/thumbs-...

W promoted the “ownership society”. eventually it all came crashing down. Trump has his “asset based economy” which is simply juicing a few tech stocks and crypto so the affluent can cover the real world economic cracks bsky.app/profile/carl...

To the Dems that surrendered...this is who you're trusting to negotiate with.

“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.” @bloomberg.com $HD www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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-...

The administration went all the way to the Supreme Court on Friday night to halt food-stamp funding. 🤡

“Tell your children who the cowards were.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates

After over nine months of Trump and his regime inflicting extreme pain and abuse on the country every day, eight Senate Democrats decided to remove one actual moment of leverage and end the government shutdown. Just pathetic.

You can say those 20M are fucked, and they are. Which is precisely where they were after Big Ugly passed. But please don't forget that 40M people were going to go hungry. Worse comes to worse govt shuts down on Jan30 and SNAP can't be used as hostages. www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...

Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

We don’t need another coward

Just pointing out that Hakeem Jeffries got TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE House Democrats to hold the line. Not one House Democrat cracked. Not one House Democrat caved. I’m going to remember that.

We finally have Trump on the ropes with the election last Tuesday, but this capitulation is just going to embolden him yet again! All your senators and members of the House should be hearing from you this morning! They still have to vote! ☎️☎️

Head’s up about this treacherous caver. Her daughter is going into politics so their family name can have a political legacy of collecting money and screwing the American people. DO NOT vote for her. @shaheen.senate.gov

Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

And the truly craziest thing abt this cave is that someone seeing the invasion of Chicago firsthand, Dick Durbin, doesn't understand this.

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“With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index has moved down to 50.3, the 2nd lowest reading in the survey's history (since 1952). #EconSky

Supreme Court ruled that a duly elected member cannot be denied their seat, meaning a judge could step in to administer the oath or order the House to allow it. In other words, once the government reopens, Johnson will no longer be able to act as the gatekeeper.

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 cannot believe they did this. 7 million Americans marched. How on earth could they ever believe this is normal?

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

"Is there a more feckless, spineless opposition party anywhere in the democratic world? Why do Democrats insist on repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?" Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:

Trump Pardons Giuliani, Meadows, Eastman, Powell and dozens of others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election. Trump’s top allies to receive ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardon, document says.

Again: Abolish the filibuster. But as @gallego.senate.gov said at #CrookedCon, it has already been abolished — R’s ended it multiple times when it was convenient (judges), Dems should do the same for the things that matter and help people.

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?

fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends

“We’ve got them right where we want them.” “Where is that Chuckles?” “Same place we had them 40 days ago.”

Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!

There is little doubt this will happen. The sad truth of the matter is that the upside of keeping her quiet is much greater than any fallout from commuting the sentence of a child trafficking pedophile.

Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.

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

Trump’s lap dogs in uniform have made one thing clear: the rule of law means nothing to them. Jen Rubin explains.

Who is it that you will keep fighting?

Sunday: Trump applauds the resignation of Beeb execs bc Panorama truthfully said that Trump encouraged rioters. Monday: Trump pardons over 50 of his co-conspirators and enablers in attempting to steal the 2020 election.

A bottomless pit of narcissism

In Congress, I’ll never abandon my constituents or take Republicans at their word when they say they won’t do the thing that they clearly plan on doing. But first I have to get there: Katforillinois.com/donate

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.

NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office. At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government. w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org