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Jason Linkins
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Deputy Editor, The New Republic. Past: ThinkProgress; Huffington Post. “There’s something in the static; I think I’ve been having revelations.”
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this picture is the most anti-italian thing I have ever seen
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
scenes from a victory lap

zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Virginia women earned a 1 seed in the NCAA women's soccer tourney

www.streakingthelawn.com/olympic-spor...
Virginia women’s soccer earns No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament
Virginia is a one seed for the first time since 2022.
www.streakingthelawn.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
morbidly curious over how many Senate Democrats would be "yea" votes on a GOP voter ID bill
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I mean:

1. I don't believe this for one second and...

2. If it is true, @schumer.senate.gov is incompetent and should go retire and hang out with Andrew Cuomo, and let someone competent take over.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
nice work, Chuck
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
be a real shame if he had to eat shit everytime he went out in public now
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal

“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
lol
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.

A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.

U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
pretty weird move to bail him out, then
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
deeply embarrassing
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...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
tell you what Thanksgiving cannot come soon enough
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
okay officially withdrawing my thin reed!!
Trump is Speaker of the House. The WH has already blessed this cave. So chances are this is pretty much done bc majority of Rs will probably find enough sell out Ds like Souzzi, Golden etc to get this over the line.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
yes, I know they will need GOP dissension folks
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
here's @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Schumer et al.'s decision to throw the shutdown fight

www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Mitch McConnel's singular political insight is that Presidents get punished for Congressional obstinancy and he used that insight to get the Right an unbreakable majority on the Supreme Court, so of course Chuck Schumer's iteration on it is to proactively let democrats take blame after tangible harm
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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One thing from our piece on Saturday: Sen. Shaheen is leading the Senate cave caucus. She's on the appropriations committee and wants whatever little goodies she got in her appropriations bill passed into law. As we wrote:
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Politico says the cavers have won. CR in exchange for fake vote on ACA subsidies in December. Politico at least says other Dems will give them cover. We’ll see. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM