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These people don't have the first fucking clue how to deal with a bully
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
These people don't have the first fucking clue how to deal with a bully
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Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
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You dishonor all of us that wore the eagle, globe, and anchor. Resign so that Virginia can elect a Democratic Senator.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
You dishonor all of us that wore the eagle, globe, and anchor. Resign so that Virginia can elect a Democratic Senator.
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One word: discovery
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One word: discovery
This
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This
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This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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This.
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This.
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wow had not seen that chart- thanks for sharing
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
wow had not seen that chart- thanks for sharing
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Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
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Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
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The leader of our country appears to not understand that inflation and prices have risen since he was elected. This is a sky is blue or sky is red test and he’s failing.
Oh, there’s a con job going on all right
Trump on affordability: It’s a con job. Costs are way down.
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The leader of our country appears to not understand that inflation and prices have risen since he was elected. This is a sky is blue or sky is red test and he’s failing.
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Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
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I'm not complicit, I'm incompetent!
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm not complicit, I'm incompetent!
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Republicans have "won" the right to uninsure millions of Americans, nearly all of them self-employed, farmers, and business owners, the exact people they pretend they want us to be.
Millions of Americans are going to be destroyed by their insurance costs, at best, or lose their insurance and possibly die at worst. And millions more every year of Trump's term due to Trump's bill. This has never happened in American history, and I don't think anyone can predict what happens next.
A deal that does nothing to lower costs does not serve my constituents and it is not what the American people want. They need relief ASAP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Republicans have "won" the right to uninsure millions of Americans, nearly all of them self-employed, farmers, and business owners, the exact people they pretend they want us to be.
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Raise taxes on the wealthy--including a wealth tax, and fund universal childcare. Get rid of the cap on the social security payroll tax to get rid of any shortfalls in benefits.
>gen Z wants to cut the largest welfare program
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Raise taxes on the wealthy--including a wealth tax, and fund universal childcare. Get rid of the cap on the social security payroll tax to get rid of any shortfalls in benefits.
It started with Bush v Gore and ended with the immunity ruling.
/2 …I understand the lack of faith, lack of the benefit of the doubt, lack of institutional confidence the Supreme Court has engendered with its Shadow Docket partisanship and its increasingly bizarre and indefensible decisions like the immunity ruling.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It started with Bush v Gore and ended with the immunity ruling.
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The Trump-Vance admin is unlawfully facilitating the bulk sharing of taxpayer information with ICE, including personal information of over a million taxpayers, like names, addresses, dates of birth, and even fingerprint identification numbers.
We’re fighting back in court.
We’re fighting back in court.
Court documents reveal ICE request for nearly 1.3 million taxpayer records
More than 47,000 matches came from that request, per emails released as part of a lawsuit that seeks to stop the IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement.
fedscoop.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Trump-Vance admin is unlawfully facilitating the bulk sharing of taxpayer information with ICE, including personal information of over a million taxpayers, like names, addresses, dates of birth, and even fingerprint identification numbers.
We’re fighting back in court.
We’re fighting back in court.
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As I said last night on MSNBC as the news broke that eight Senate Democrats were joining the GOP: This must be the end for Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As I said last night on MSNBC as the news broke that eight Senate Democrats were joining the GOP: This must be the end for Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.
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They were chosen because they are not up for reelection so they can safely piss off voters.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
They were chosen because they are not up for reelection so they can safely piss off voters.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
The only answer is you have to hold the entire caucus accountable for the surrender. Every Dem who isn't calling for new leadership ought to be primaried. That, or accept continued failure.
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This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
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What a disgrace!
Once again, the Democrats cave, & put millions at risk of death, knowing there is no way Repubs will ever pass legislation to save Obamacare/subsidies.
Being able to fly to a Thanksgiving dinner is worth deaths?
If subsidies are not reinstated before Jan 15 it's too late.
Once again, the Democrats cave, & put millions at risk of death, knowing there is no way Repubs will ever pass legislation to save Obamacare/subsidies.
Being able to fly to a Thanksgiving dinner is worth deaths?
If subsidies are not reinstated before Jan 15 it's too late.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What a disgrace!
Once again, the Democrats cave, & put millions at risk of death, knowing there is no way Repubs will ever pass legislation to save Obamacare/subsidies.
Being able to fly to a Thanksgiving dinner is worth deaths?
If subsidies are not reinstated before Jan 15 it's too late.
Once again, the Democrats cave, & put millions at risk of death, knowing there is no way Repubs will ever pass legislation to save Obamacare/subsidies.
Being able to fly to a Thanksgiving dinner is worth deaths?
If subsidies are not reinstated before Jan 15 it's too late.
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Front page of the NY Times says it all. Trump hands out hundreds of billions in tax cuts to corporations and wealthy investors and tells states to stop providing full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Plutocracy in action. Thanks, Trump voters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Front page of the NY Times says it all. Trump hands out hundreds of billions in tax cuts to corporations and wealthy investors and tells states to stop providing full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Plutocracy in action. Thanks, Trump voters.