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Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
Truly amazing. This is one of the few pieces of news to actually make me laugh gleefully this year.
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Truly amazing. This is one of the few pieces of news to actually make me laugh gleefully this year.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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entirely possible some senators experienced some flight issues getting home and decided selling out the entire American healthcare system for the poor was a reasonable trade for fixing it
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
entirely possible some senators experienced some flight issues getting home and decided selling out the entire American healthcare system for the poor was a reasonable trade for fixing it
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
The guy is an M.D.. He understands risk pools. He's just a dirty snake oil salesman. This is evil, not dumb.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The guy is an M.D.. He understands risk pools. He's just a dirty snake oil salesman. This is evil, not dumb.
The average age of these senators is 70 (69.75).
Everyone should be asking how they made their decision to be a turncoat, and what they did to make sure they were including the viewpoints of non wealthy gerontocracy.
Everyone should be asking how they made their decision to be a turncoat, and what they did to make sure they were including the viewpoints of non wealthy gerontocracy.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The average age of these senators is 70 (69.75).
Everyone should be asking how they made their decision to be a turncoat, and what they did to make sure they were including the viewpoints of non wealthy gerontocracy.
Everyone should be asking how they made their decision to be a turncoat, and what they did to make sure they were including the viewpoints of non wealthy gerontocracy.
The salaries paid to air traffic controllers are a joke. A $10k bonus is a joke. Think about the amount of revenue associated with the flights and airports air traffic controllers are supporting.
People selling windows will routinely get a better single sale commission check than this 10k bonus.
People selling windows will routinely get a better single sale commission check than this 10k bonus.
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The salaries paid to air traffic controllers are a joke. A $10k bonus is a joke. Think about the amount of revenue associated with the flights and airports air traffic controllers are supporting.
People selling windows will routinely get a better single sale commission check than this 10k bonus.
People selling windows will routinely get a better single sale commission check than this 10k bonus.
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Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
If you think the president is a tyrant and you're running for office to oppose him the only platform you can have is "Give us enough votes to impeach and remove this menace." Otherwise what's the point of electing you?
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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Kind of wild that the guy who was supposed to be Hillary health care Clinton’s VP was among those to sell out the ACA.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Kind of wild that the guy who was supposed to be Hillary health care Clinton’s VP was among those to sell out the ACA.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.
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Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
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Can’t blame Manchin or Sinema this time.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Can’t blame Manchin or Sinema this time.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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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 12:52 AM
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)_/¯
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“President Trump has approved a pardon for a retired New York police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump Approves Pardon for Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“President Trump has approved a pardon for a retired New York police officer who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for his participation in a Chinese government plot to locate, surveil and intimidate a family in the New Jersey suburbs.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
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The government shutdown has delayed Head Start from providing nutrition and education services to 716k children annually.
We have a bipartisan responsibility to help working families not halt assistance they rely on. We need to vote to reopen the government and provide Americans relief.
We have a bipartisan responsibility to help working families not halt assistance they rely on. We need to vote to reopen the government and provide Americans relief.
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The government shutdown has delayed Head Start from providing nutrition and education services to 716k children annually.
We have a bipartisan responsibility to help working families not halt assistance they rely on. We need to vote to reopen the government and provide Americans relief.
We have a bipartisan responsibility to help working families not halt assistance they rely on. We need to vote to reopen the government and provide Americans relief.
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Supreme Court issues a stay, with three dissenting and Brett Kavanaugh concurring separate to note that hunger tends to be brief
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Supreme Court issues a stay, with three dissenting and Brett Kavanaugh concurring separate to note that hunger tends to be brief