After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

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If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?

Leaving work in the coolest way…

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Rich people are on a totally fucking different planet.

If this is true, we will all remember which Senate Democrats buckled and caved. 😡

I believe every single white male (and any of their apologists) must be kicked the fuck out of Congress. I guarantee you can connect the complete and utter dereliction of duty over the last year back to a white male Congressman, one way or another.

"With your support, and with God, we’ll find a way out of this...” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/08/m...

I am so weary of running around explaining contemporary politics to Democratic senators but Trump has taken the power of the purse from Congress and has made good on his promise to not fund anything he doesn't want to so "guaranteeing a vote in the Senate" is not a thing.

3 GOOD: some real approps working right for the first time in EONS, built based on need & politics, not from toplines. SHALL language on backpay 4 feds. Good anti-RIF language we’d want to see continued 2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already

The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30) Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now Would love to see this standardized

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

I’m beyond angry! This is insanity. Schumer is the worst as is any Democrat that votes for this crap!

"We don't want any Thanksgiving travel problems" also seems like a bad reason to cave.

“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument

my bar for Jeffries is pretty low so I think this means something

Setting aside for a moment the substance of the compromise, as far as the *politics* of a potential bipartisan compromise go, it’s obviously not good for Dems that the House and state Dems almost unanimously oppose the compromise The narrative the public would hear will obviously be “Dems caved”

Hakeem is against the deal

"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Also, wait until people find out how much more care costs without the insurer's discount. Pre-ACA, my specialist visits were 3x more, and my labs were 10x more. If u don't recall the time b4 the ACA, consider this: ever had an emergency & got stuck w/ an out-of-network bill? That's the new price.

and quickly discover that doesn't work and doctors and hospitals stop accepting patients

You can't use flexible spending accounts to pay for insurance premiums, only medical expenses. So your premiums go way up, but you can... pay for more visits? In practice, this would mean people end their insurance plans and try to save enough on their FSAs to cover care.

The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres. "It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.” buff.ly/9aW3zLz

Servicemembers are currently getting paid during the government shutdown, yet many military families are showing up at food pantries in greater numbers because of a longer-running financial squeeze.

Imagine if Democrats relentlessly hammered him in these moments instead of assuming nothing will ever stick to him. Imagine if we demanded that Republicans answer why the President is throwing Gatsby parties and calling football plays instead of negotiating. Nah, we should definitely fold instead.

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

We are in this sitch because bad people voted for a bad man, or bad people stayed home and allowed the bad man to win, and are now screaming for the good guys to save them from the consequences of their actions. I mean, I'm too old for this. Folx need to take a long look in the mirror. (Not you.)

You're doing the right thing. I'll admit that I'm one of those who are pissed, but I see right through those using this an excuse to engage in bashing the entire party.

And who's hurting them? Republicans. Republicans DO NOT GIVE A FUCK IF THEY DIE. They have no problem playing chicken and killing everyone. Decrease the surplus population, and so on. So, no, if harm reduction is the path we have to choose this week, then so be it. 3/3

I'm going to continue chilling. If you want to defenestrate Democrats, go ahead and block me. I work in the public sector. The majority of the people I serve depend on the government being open. They are being hurt right now. 2/3

Ezra, is the "deal" you're hearing about the same thing Politico is describing? No extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line?

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.

My 70-year-old boomer mom is a vote blue no matter who, sweet old southern lady and she just text me saying "primary every fucker who votes for this"

Welp, that’s the Senate side of the shutdown over, it seems.

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

Is the schedule of his book tour posted anywhere? I'd like to have it for... um... *reasons*.

I'd missed that his upcoming NYC event has now been postponed. www.ujafedny.org/event/view/e...

No, that was Friday. This is a different kettle of fish.

Yeah, okay, but this was FRIDAY's move. Tonight's information is a whole new thing. Politics is always a moving target.

Yes, but Lisa, this was FRIDAY's offer. Today is something entirely different.

FSAs are *already* a huge fucking scam, so of course the GOP will do anything to expand their usage.

Are they really going to send $10k or more directly to thousands of households? And then what? The households are supposed to use them to buy insurance premiums? 🤨