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The Democrats encouraged Trump’s crime spree. Weakness in the face of lawlessness does not appease it. It endorses it. That’s what these eight Democrats, plus Schumer, have done. Trump was already hurting people to avoid compromise and force the Democrats into submission. Now he knows what works.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Democrats encouraged Trump’s crime spree. Weakness in the face of lawlessness does not appease it. It endorses it. That’s what these eight Democrats, plus Schumer, have done. Trump was already hurting people to avoid compromise and force the Democrats into submission. Now he knows what works.
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The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
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Breaking: The Senate votes 60-40 to reopen the government despite after the longest government shutdown in history. The legislation now goes to the House.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Senate votes to reopen the government as health care future remains uncertain
Republicans are split about whether to vote to extend enhanced tax credits for the health care marketplace while Democrats do not trust Republicans to follow through
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Breaking: The Senate votes 60-40 to reopen the government despite after the longest government shutdown in history. The legislation now goes to the House.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Not one Democrat spoke up to slow this down. Indeed they all agreed to speed it up.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Not one Democrat spoke up to slow this down. Indeed they all agreed to speed it up.
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This article is probably true. It doesn't say he privately fought to extend the government shutdown beyond Sunday.
"...he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November."
That's in line with reporting that said Dems wanted to get to election day, Nov. 4, before folding.
"...he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November."
That's in line with reporting that said Dems wanted to get to election day, Nov. 4, before folding.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This article is probably true. It doesn't say he privately fought to extend the government shutdown beyond Sunday.
"...he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November."
That's in line with reporting that said Dems wanted to get to election day, Nov. 4, before folding.
"...he was privately cajoling a group of moderates not to fold before November."
That's in line with reporting that said Dems wanted to get to election day, Nov. 4, before folding.
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Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
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This is pretty close to where I'm at at the moment.
I'll have more on this from an actual ACA wonk POV (which is my wheelhouse anyway) tomorrow.
I'll have more on this from an actual ACA wonk POV (which is my wheelhouse anyway) tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This is pretty close to where I'm at at the moment.
I'll have more on this from an actual ACA wonk POV (which is my wheelhouse anyway) tomorrow.
I'll have more on this from an actual ACA wonk POV (which is my wheelhouse anyway) tomorrow.
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I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
publiccomment.blog
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
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"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Other Democrats in the Senate do not have to play along with betrayal.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Other Democrats in the Senate do not have to play along with betrayal.
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Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
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Supreme Court did not seem very receptive to the idea that a Rastafarian man should be able to seek damages under a federal law called RLUIPA from Louisiana prison officials who cut his locks in violation of his religious rights:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court skeptical of Rastafarian man's religious rights claim
Damon Landor is seeking damages after Louisiana prison officials cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Supreme Court did not seem very receptive to the idea that a Rastafarian man should be able to seek damages under a federal law called RLUIPA from Louisiana prison officials who cut his locks in violation of his religious rights:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Yikes.
Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat
Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Yikes.
It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
Durbin already blew up his credibility by vowing to hold Trump accountable for ICE related crimes on the same day he caved.
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 9:43 PM
Durbin already blew up his credibility by vowing to hold Trump accountable for ICE related crimes on the same day he caved.
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The answer, as we've said, is he's misleading, but even if we're idiots and he's just incompetent at holding his caucus together it doesn't look better for him.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The answer, as we've said, is he's misleading, but even if we're idiots and he's just incompetent at holding his caucus together it doesn't look better for him.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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These guys really think we're stupid.
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
These guys really think we're stupid.
Only Trump can Trump and when he’s not in the ballot, Republicans tend to lose competitive races.
www.alternet.org/maga-fundame...
www.alternet.org/maga-fundame...
This 'fundamental and likely unfixable flaw of the entire MAGA movement' may doom GOP
Republicans' staggering losses in the November 2025 elections across multiple states are indicative of the MAGA movement's key weakness, according to one columnist.New York Magazine columnist Ross Bar...
www.alternet.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Only Trump can Trump and when he’s not in the ballot, Republicans tend to lose competitive races.
www.alternet.org/maga-fundame...
www.alternet.org/maga-fundame...
How many ways can we rationalize cowardice? There’s a reason why most Dems are outraged. Backstabbing does that to people.
After forcing the longest US government shutdown in history, Senate Democrats threw in the towel Sunday night. https://www.vox.com/politics/468203/democrats-shutdown-cave-why-filibuster-schumer
Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight
Yes, polls showed more people blaming Trump. But on their substantive demands, the party was drawing dead.
www.vox.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
How many ways can we rationalize cowardice? There’s a reason why most Dems are outraged. Backstabbing does that to people.
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
The Democrats encouraged Trump’s crime spree. Weakness in the face of lawlessness does not appease it. It endorses it. That’s what these eight Democrats, plus Schumer, have done. Trump was already hurting people to avoid compromise and force the Democrats into submission. Now he knows what works.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Democrats encouraged Trump’s crime spree. Weakness in the face of lawlessness does not appease it. It endorses it. That’s what these eight Democrats, plus Schumer, have done. Trump was already hurting people to avoid compromise and force the Democrats into submission. Now he knows what works.
The Dems failed to stand by their word. At the start, they said they refused to keep the gov't open until the regime faced the reality of premiums for 24M ppl doubling, tripling or quadrupling. They said negotiate first, then vote to reopen the gov't. Turns out eight of them didn’t really mean it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Dems failed to stand by their word. At the start, they said they refused to keep the gov't open until the regime faced the reality of premiums for 24M ppl doubling, tripling or quadrupling. They said negotiate first, then vote to reopen the gov't. Turns out eight of them didn’t really mean it.