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If my opinions differ from yours assume I'm being sarcastic.
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Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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With respect, Schumer and his defectors are the ones who picked a fight with us. We took to the streets. We delivered landslide victories. And they betrayed us.
At best, they're standing on the sidelines. At worst, they're on the other side.
We can't win the bigger fight with knives in our backs.
At best, they're standing on the sidelines. At worst, they're on the other side.
We can't win the bigger fight with knives in our backs.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
With respect, Schumer and his defectors are the ones who picked a fight with us. We took to the streets. We delivered landslide victories. And they betrayed us.
At best, they're standing on the sidelines. At worst, they're on the other side.
We can't win the bigger fight with knives in our backs.
At best, they're standing on the sidelines. At worst, they're on the other side.
We can't win the bigger fight with knives in our backs.
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Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
"Eight Democrats side with Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no replacement. Minority Leader Schumer declares messaging victory."
The Senate has voted to reopen the government WITHOUT extending ACA subsidies.
The vote was 60-40 in favor, with 8 Dems joining Republicans in voting yes.
The House will vote on Wednesday, Johnson is having House members fly in to vote ASAP.😒
The vote was 60-40 in favor, with 8 Dems joining Republicans in voting yes.
The House will vote on Wednesday, Johnson is having House members fly in to vote ASAP.😒
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Eight Democrats side with Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no replacement. Minority Leader Schumer declares messaging victory."
The thing is you can't really message on the exact GOP intransigence everyone knew would happen and which the Schumer Democrats actively chose to solicit.
Sorry. Even if you weren't in on the fix, Senator Murray, you have to deal with the fallout.
Sorry. Even if you weren't in on the fix, Senator Murray, you have to deal with the fallout.
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The thing is you can't really message on the exact GOP intransigence everyone knew would happen and which the Schumer Democrats actively chose to solicit.
Sorry. Even if you weren't in on the fix, Senator Murray, you have to deal with the fallout.
Sorry. Even if you weren't in on the fix, Senator Murray, you have to deal with the fallout.
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They broke a deal with us to cut a deal with their Republican buddies.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They broke a deal with us to cut a deal with their Republican buddies.
Anyway got my first Democratic fundraising text since the capitulation, still touting the, quote, "HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN," and...
"No donations so long as Schumer is minority leader, sorry.
Can't support a party that immediately sells us out after we deliver "A HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN.""
"No donations so long as Schumer is minority leader, sorry.
Can't support a party that immediately sells us out after we deliver "A HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN.""
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Anyway got my first Democratic fundraising text since the capitulation, still touting the, quote, "HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN," and...
"No donations so long as Schumer is minority leader, sorry.
Can't support a party that immediately sells us out after we deliver "A HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN.""
"No donations so long as Schumer is minority leader, sorry.
Can't support a party that immediately sells us out after we deliver "A HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN.""
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Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
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God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape
Democrats are demanding new leadership after Schumer failed to stop a GOP-backed funding deal that doesn't guarantee continued health care subsidies. Progressives like Ro Khanna blasted him for giving in and warned premiums could soar as a result.
Democrats Call for New Leadership After Schumer Caves on “Terrible” GOP Deal
“If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing … what will you fight for?” said Ro Khanna.
truthout.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape
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I hope everyone remembered to leave out 26,000 tons of iron ore last night on Edmund Fitzgerald Eve
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I hope everyone remembered to leave out 26,000 tons of iron ore last night on Edmund Fitzgerald Eve
Unless your Senator is calling for Schumer's immediate replacement you have to assume they were in favor of selling out their constituents, and will do so again.
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Unless your Senator is calling for Schumer's immediate replacement you have to assume they were in favor of selling out their constituents, and will do so again.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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"Schumer voted against it, in the hope that his vote would conceal his fingerprints. He fooled no one."
Democrats Get Rolled by Their Own - The American Prospect
Coming out of last Tuesday’s election blowout, the Democrats were riding high and unified. But on Sunday night, centrist Senate Democrats, with Chuck Schumer’s tacit encouragement, voted to reopen the...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Schumer voted against it, in the hope that his vote would conceal his fingerprints. He fooled no one."
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See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
BREAKING: #SCOTUS will decide an issue near and dear to President Trump: whether federal law allows states to tally ballots in federal elections after Election Day. 5th Circuit ruled it does.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
Amazing time in government when every single leader is weak.
Trump can't or won't control his deputies.
Neither Thune nor Schumer can manage their Senate caucuses.
Johnson has no control and Jeffries is hanging on by a thread.
And Justice Roberts is just along for the ride at this point.
Trump can't or won't control his deputies.
Neither Thune nor Schumer can manage their Senate caucuses.
Johnson has no control and Jeffries is hanging on by a thread.
And Justice Roberts is just along for the ride at this point.
They have the majority. They're going to vote no. And Fetterman will vote no with them. Honestly, there is nothing to whoa about here.
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 6:31 PM
Amazing time in government when every single leader is weak.
Trump can't or won't control his deputies.
Neither Thune nor Schumer can manage their Senate caucuses.
Johnson has no control and Jeffries is hanging on by a thread.
And Justice Roberts is just along for the ride at this point.
Trump can't or won't control his deputies.
Neither Thune nor Schumer can manage their Senate caucuses.
Johnson has no control and Jeffries is hanging on by a thread.
And Justice Roberts is just along for the ride at this point.
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The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Hey @durbin.senate.gov, this one's free:
"Yesterday I took a bad vote. I voted to re-open the government for the promise of a meaningless vote on healthcare subsidies. There was no deep strategy to it. No grand plan. It was a bad vote."
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"Yesterday I took a bad vote. I voted to re-open the government for the promise of a meaningless vote on healthcare subsidies. There was no deep strategy to it. No grand plan. It was a bad vote."
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey @durbin.senate.gov, this one's free:
"Yesterday I took a bad vote. I voted to re-open the government for the promise of a meaningless vote on healthcare subsidies. There was no deep strategy to it. No grand plan. It was a bad vote."
1/-
"Yesterday I took a bad vote. I voted to re-open the government for the promise of a meaningless vote on healthcare subsidies. There was no deep strategy to it. No grand plan. It was a bad vote."
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So the Congress just potentially, in a couple weeks, will have done Trump a huge favor in defusing a political bomb with ATC and...
...he wants to explode it, anyway, and in such a way that recovery is impossible.
...he wants to explode it, anyway, and in such a way that recovery is impossible.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So the Congress just potentially, in a couple weeks, will have done Trump a huge favor in defusing a political bomb with ATC and...
...he wants to explode it, anyway, and in such a way that recovery is impossible.
...he wants to explode it, anyway, and in such a way that recovery is impossible.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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no money for politicians
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
no money for politicians
Seeing more of the Capitulators' statements and it really feels as if they think getting the GOP on the record voting against healthcare for the umpteenth time will finally change the narrative in favor of Democrats...
...and, like, did they not see the election last week?
...and, like, did they not see the election last week?
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Seeing more of the Capitulators' statements and it really feels as if they think getting the GOP on the record voting against healthcare for the umpteenth time will finally change the narrative in favor of Democrats...
...and, like, did they not see the election last week?
...and, like, did they not see the election last week?
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This will happen to THOUSANDS of people. It will also happen to people undergoing treatment for life-threatening non-chronic illnesses. It will happen to someone you know, I promise. Fuck these pathetic excuses for representatives.
Have a chronic illness that has been relatively under control for about 20 years. I'm going to lose insurance because the premium is going up to 1600/month. Talked to 2 case managers, both did research and said there will be no affordable options for me. I have no other options.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This will happen to THOUSANDS of people. It will also happen to people undergoing treatment for life-threatening non-chronic illnesses. It will happen to someone you know, I promise. Fuck these pathetic excuses for representatives.