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Some Republicans supported Trump’s call to end the filibuster, some were hesitant. But when Trump goes after them they tend to fall in line.
Seems like they’re aren't really thinking about the future, just like Germans in the Reichstag in the 30s didn’t fully grasp what was coming in their future.
Seems like they’re aren't really thinking about the future, just like Germans in the Reichstag in the 30s didn’t fully grasp what was coming in their future.
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Some Republicans supported Trump’s call to end the filibuster, some were hesitant. But when Trump goes after them they tend to fall in line.
Seems like they’re aren't really thinking about the future, just like Germans in the Reichstag in the 30s didn’t fully grasp what was coming in their future.
Seems like they’re aren't really thinking about the future, just like Germans in the Reichstag in the 30s didn’t fully grasp what was coming in their future.
Yeah, when Trump started publicly calling for ending the filibuster, some Republicans agreed while others pushed back. But when he threatens to nuke them, privately or publicly, they’re more likely to fold and usually they tow his line. The shutdown gave them an out. We'll see what the future holds.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Yeah, when Trump started publicly calling for ending the filibuster, some Republicans agreed while others pushed back. But when he threatens to nuke them, privately or publicly, they’re more likely to fold and usually they tow his line. The shutdown gave them an out. We'll see what the future holds.
Exactly. One can hope but it’s brutal. MAGA folks are convinced it's “illegals” that are using Obamacare and stealing from taxpayers, while 80% of ACA users live in red states and are being hurt by their own party. The GOP has no alternative plan -- all they do is screw their base and deny reality.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Exactly. One can hope but it’s brutal. MAGA folks are convinced it's “illegals” that are using Obamacare and stealing from taxpayers, while 80% of ACA users live in red states and are being hurt by their own party. The GOP has no alternative plan -- all they do is screw their base and deny reality.
The filibuster is a Senate rule, not in the Constitution. Changing it doesn’t need 60 votes or state approval like a constitutional amendment. Rules can’t be filibustered -- so only a simple majority of senators can alter or eliminate the filibuster whenever they choose.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The filibuster is a Senate rule, not in the Constitution. Changing it doesn’t need 60 votes or state approval like a constitutional amendment. Rules can’t be filibustered -- so only a simple majority of senators can alter or eliminate the filibuster whenever they choose.
I get your point, but maybe you can show me a path here. Johnson said ages ago he wouldn’t allow an ACA vote, and Schumer’s last attempt for a 1-year extension died fast.
The good thing--EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS it’s the GOP causing ACA price hikes. What exactly could Dems have gotten from the shutdown?
The good thing--EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS it’s the GOP causing ACA price hikes. What exactly could Dems have gotten from the shutdown?
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I get your point, but maybe you can show me a path here. Johnson said ages ago he wouldn’t allow an ACA vote, and Schumer’s last attempt for a 1-year extension died fast.
The good thing--EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS it’s the GOP causing ACA price hikes. What exactly could Dems have gotten from the shutdown?
The good thing--EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS it’s the GOP causing ACA price hikes. What exactly could Dems have gotten from the shutdown?
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that.
But if it's in relation to the fact that 80% of ACA users live in Red States, and will have their ACA premiums skyrocket thanis to the GOP.... let's hope for them that Trump™ Copium is on sale in every MAGA hat store.
But if it's in relation to the fact that 80% of ACA users live in Red States, and will have their ACA premiums skyrocket thanis to the GOP.... let's hope for them that Trump™ Copium is on sale in every MAGA hat store.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that.
But if it's in relation to the fact that 80% of ACA users live in Red States, and will have their ACA premiums skyrocket thanis to the GOP.... let's hope for them that Trump™ Copium is on sale in every MAGA hat store.
But if it's in relation to the fact that 80% of ACA users live in Red States, and will have their ACA premiums skyrocket thanis to the GOP.... let's hope for them that Trump™ Copium is on sale in every MAGA hat store.
Exactly. The standing filibuster works if both sides act in good faith. But everyone complaining about Dems ending the shutdown--no one can explain how dragging it out would have actually saved ACA.
Johnson said he'd not allow a vote.
But now everyone knows if ACA tax credits end--it's on the GOP.
Johnson said he'd not allow a vote.
But now everyone knows if ACA tax credits end--it's on the GOP.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Exactly. The standing filibuster works if both sides act in good faith. But everyone complaining about Dems ending the shutdown--no one can explain how dragging it out would have actually saved ACA.
Johnson said he'd not allow a vote.
But now everyone knows if ACA tax credits end--it's on the GOP.
Johnson said he'd not allow a vote.
But now everyone knows if ACA tax credits end--it's on the GOP.
Trump needed the shutdown to drag on so GOP senators would feel pressured to blame the filibuster and kill it. Ending it early wasn’t ‘caving’ -- it cut off his leverage and denied him the chaos he needed to justify nuking the last thing holding him back.
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump needed the shutdown to drag on so GOP senators would feel pressured to blame the filibuster and kill it. Ending it early wasn’t ‘caving’ -- it cut off his leverage and denied him the chaos he needed to justify nuking the last thing holding him back.
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds was among the group of Republicans who met with Trump for breakfast at the White House after a bruising election night. After the meeting, Rounds said that the president made "a really good point" about the GOP changing the rule.
How's keeping the govt closed gonna save ACA?
How's keeping the govt closed gonna save ACA?
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds was among the group of Republicans who met with Trump for breakfast at the White House after a bruising election night. After the meeting, Rounds said that the president made "a really good point" about the GOP changing the rule.
How's keeping the govt closed gonna save ACA?
How's keeping the govt closed gonna save ACA?
It's not nonsense. That's why Trump was publicly calling on Republicans to nuke the Filibuster. That's why his press secretary was going on the air with her, "They're making us do it" abuser like excuses that the 'Dem's are going to Nuke the filibuster'.
...and about the next time Dems have control:
...and about the next time Dems have control:
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's not nonsense. That's why Trump was publicly calling on Republicans to nuke the Filibuster. That's why his press secretary was going on the air with her, "They're making us do it" abuser like excuses that the 'Dem's are going to Nuke the filibuster'.
...and about the next time Dems have control:
...and about the next time Dems have control:
Trump would have been much more happy if Dems had kept taking the bait & kept the government shutdown long enough for Republicans to kill the filibuster, so Trump could Ram project 2025 down America's throat with ease. It would have been Trump's 1933 enabling act moment.
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Trump would have been much more happy if Dems had kept taking the bait & kept the government shutdown long enough for Republicans to kill the filibuster, so Trump could Ram project 2025 down America's throat with ease. It would have been Trump's 1933 enabling act moment.
A lot of Dems missed this: Trump wanted the shutdown to drag so GOP would kill the filibuster. ACA was the bait. He expected Dems to hold out, get blamed until enough Repugs would kill the Filibuster. Dems ending it early blocked his real goal--scraping the filibuster & ramming through Project 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A lot of Dems missed this: Trump wanted the shutdown to drag so GOP would kill the filibuster. ACA was the bait. He expected Dems to hold out, get blamed until enough Repugs would kill the Filibuster. Dems ending it early blocked his real goal--scraping the filibuster & ramming through Project 2025.
Thank you for your service.
Trump meanwhile be like...
Trump meanwhile be like...
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thank you for your service.
Trump meanwhile be like...
Trump meanwhile be like...
IDK, I just have fun with photoshop. 😜
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
IDK, I just have fun with photoshop. 😜
I did that for this Scott Bessent version:
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I did that for this Scott Bessent version:
They just want to replace it...
“Trumpcare: Making GoFundMe the nation’s #1 insurance payment provider.”
“Trumpcare: Making GoFundMe the nation’s #1 insurance payment provider.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They just want to replace it...
“Trumpcare: Making GoFundMe the nation’s #1 insurance payment provider.”
“Trumpcare: Making GoFundMe the nation’s #1 insurance payment provider.”
Kevin Hasset Explains Trump Economics Like...
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kevin Hasset Explains Trump Economics Like...
"Listen, Trump's clear instructions on this issue was to pass the buck and I'm just doing what I'm told."
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Listen, Trump's clear instructions on this issue was to pass the buck and I'm just doing what I'm told."
Trump can con an entire voter base
But he's struggling to con his Republican peers
1. Let's send a DOGE check
2. Let's send a tariffs check
3. Let's send a check for healthcare
Bruh, just say you want to send a stimulus check 😂
But he's struggling to con his Republican peers
1. Let's send a DOGE check
2. Let's send a tariffs check
3. Let's send a check for healthcare
Bruh, just say you want to send a stimulus check 😂
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trump can con an entire voter base
But he's struggling to con his Republican peers
1. Let's send a DOGE check
2. Let's send a tariffs check
3. Let's send a check for healthcare
Bruh, just say you want to send a stimulus check 😂
But he's struggling to con his Republican peers
1. Let's send a DOGE check
2. Let's send a tariffs check
3. Let's send a check for healthcare
Bruh, just say you want to send a stimulus check 😂
It’ll hurt people, no doubt. But don’t blame Dems. The GOP defunded it and Johnson won’t allow a House vote, so the credits were already gone. Dems stopped the bigger disaster -- losing the filibuster and letting the GOP kill ACA entirely and Trump ram Project 2025 through with 51 votes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It’ll hurt people, no doubt. But don’t blame Dems. The GOP defunded it and Johnson won’t allow a House vote, so the credits were already gone. Dems stopped the bigger disaster -- losing the filibuster and letting the GOP kill ACA entirely and Trump ram Project 2025 through with 51 votes.
It's been in the media. It was so bad that Republicans were saying that it's the democrats that want to nuke the filibuster, giving an abuser like excuse that, "They made me do it!"
Anyway, I promise to spend time with someone now so I have to stop chatting...
ca.news.yahoo.com/republicans-...
Anyway, I promise to spend time with someone now so I have to stop chatting...
ca.news.yahoo.com/republicans-...
Republicans raise concerns over Democrats 'nuking' the filibuster amid government shutdown - Yahoo News Canada
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., joins 'Sunday Morning Futures' to weigh ending the filibuster before Democrats regain power and to share updates on the Arctic Frost probe.
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's been in the media. It was so bad that Republicans were saying that it's the democrats that want to nuke the filibuster, giving an abuser like excuse that, "They made me do it!"
Anyway, I promise to spend time with someone now so I have to stop chatting...
ca.news.yahoo.com/republicans-...
Anyway, I promise to spend time with someone now so I have to stop chatting...
ca.news.yahoo.com/republicans-...
Schumer’s plan for just a year of ACA funding died fast, and Johnson had already said he wouldn’t allow a House vote, so its doom was likely. Losing the filibuster would have meant the death of ACA--and much more. But you’re right… hard to spot competence when you’ve got this: 🤦♂️
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Schumer’s plan for just a year of ACA funding died fast, and Johnson had already said he wouldn’t allow a House vote, so its doom was likely. Losing the filibuster would have meant the death of ACA--and much more. But you’re right… hard to spot competence when you’ve got this: 🤦♂️
Agreed that Democrats often miscalculate, but in this case them ending the shutdown actually protects the filibuster -- the one check that can slow Trump. Sometimes doing less is actually more strategic than trying to win on policy alone.
From a few days ago:
From a few days ago:
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Agreed that Democrats often miscalculate, but in this case them ending the shutdown actually protects the filibuster -- the one check that can slow Trump. Sometimes doing less is actually more strategic than trying to win on policy alone.
From a few days ago:
From a few days ago:
Everyone now knows if ACA tax credits end, it’s the GOP’s fault--80% of users live in Red States. Johnson had said no to a House vote on ACA, so it will likely die. Sometimes power matters more than policy. Killing the filibuster would be like 1933’s Enabling Act. This is brutal but honest politics.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Everyone now knows if ACA tax credits end, it’s the GOP’s fault--80% of users live in Red States. Johnson had said no to a House vote on ACA, so it will likely die. Sometimes power matters more than policy. Killing the filibuster would be like 1933’s Enabling Act. This is brutal but honest politics.