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Good job Senate Democrats. 🙄
They’re just not equipped for this fight.
They’re just not equipped for this fight.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Good job Senate Democrats. 🙄
They’re just not equipped for this fight.
They’re just not equipped for this fight.
Amazing how the media still refuses to call out Trump’s racism.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spiral...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spiral...
Trump Spirals Into Early Morning Boomer Meme Meltdown
The 79-year-old president has renewed his vicious attacks against the Obama family and other non-white citizens.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Amazing how the media still refuses to call out Trump’s racism.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spiral...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spiral...
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
Voters chose hate in 2024. They’ve received what they voted for. They’ve also gotten corruption.
Trump’s America, the sequel:
The accomplices Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, Christina Bobb, and dozens of fake GOP electors get pardons. The truth-tellers get threats.
And next up, a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.
The accomplices Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, Christina Bobb, and dozens of fake GOP electors get pardons. The truth-tellers get threats.
And next up, a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Voters chose hate in 2024. They’ve received what they voted for. They’ve also gotten corruption.
This should’ve been the story today. Instead it’s about Senate Democrats.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TELLS U.S. SUPREME COURT IT CONTINUES TO SEEK HALT OF JUDGE'S ORDER THAT REQUIRED IT TO FULLY FUND FOOD AID THIS MONTH FOR 42 MILLION AMERICANS
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This should’ve been the story today. Instead it’s about Senate Democrats.
The capitulation tour continues . . .
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The capitulation tour continues . . .
This is on the voters who chose to vote for Trump knowing what he did.
The American electorate is broken.
The American electorate is broken.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is on the voters who chose to vote for Trump knowing what he did.
The American electorate is broken.
The American electorate is broken.
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An early Monday morning order from Justice Jackson in the SNAP case—ordering DOJ to file any further briefs responding to last night's First Circuit ruling by 4:00 this afternoon, and allowing the plaintiffs to respond by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An early Monday morning order from Justice Jackson in the SNAP case—ordering DOJ to file any further briefs responding to last night's First Circuit ruling by 4:00 this afternoon, and allowing the plaintiffs to respond by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
This shows just how much Senate Democrats don’t get it. There is no defense for this. None.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This shows just how much Senate Democrats don’t get it. There is no defense for this. None.
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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And I mean both resign as minority leader AND resign from the Senate. You're done, pal. Let someone else do the work.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
And I mean both resign as minority leader AND resign from the Senate. You're done, pal. Let someone else do the work.
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
Warner should be primaried. He’s incapable of fighting this fight.
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Warner should be primaried. He’s incapable of fighting this fight.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
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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 12:41 AM
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.
Senate Democrats are incapable of fighting the battle against authoritarian Republicans. Democrats who caved and plan to run again must be primaried.
There’s simply no excuse for caving at this juncture for little to nothing in return. Pathetic.
There’s simply no excuse for caving at this juncture for little to nothing in return. Pathetic.
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Senate Democrats are incapable of fighting the battle against authoritarian Republicans. Democrats who caved and plan to run again must be primaried.
There’s simply no excuse for caving at this juncture for little to nothing in return. Pathetic.
There’s simply no excuse for caving at this juncture for little to nothing in return. Pathetic.
Just pathetic . . . Schumer doesn’t even have enough sense not to grin when asked about a deal that gives Democrats absolutely nothing.
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just pathetic . . . Schumer doesn’t even have enough sense not to grin when asked about a deal that gives Democrats absolutely nothing.
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I'm serious, we NEED to organize massive protests tomorrow at Schumer's offices, this man cannot be trusted to hold office, period.
Not only is he not the right person for the moment, he is the WORST person for the moment. Riley, the old blind dog on my block, would have better political instincts.
Not only is he not the right person for the moment, he is the WORST person for the moment. Riley, the old blind dog on my block, would have better political instincts.
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'm serious, we NEED to organize massive protests tomorrow at Schumer's offices, this man cannot be trusted to hold office, period.
Not only is he not the right person for the moment, he is the WORST person for the moment. Riley, the old blind dog on my block, would have better political instincts.
Not only is he not the right person for the moment, he is the WORST person for the moment. Riley, the old blind dog on my block, would have better political instincts.
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Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
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I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
Schumer is not the right leader to fight Republican authoritarianism. He just isn’t that leader.
it’s absolutely still a failure by Schumer to hold the caucus together here, I understand that it’s harder in the Senate but when nobody else is on board with this at all you fucked up as leader
but the least he can do is stand back and let them face the furious base alone
but the least he can do is stand back and let them face the furious base alone
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Schumer is not the right leader to fight Republican authoritarianism. He just isn’t that leader.
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM