Jonathan Brady
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Amateur Filmmaker, Friend, Eccentric. UNCW Alumni. Sometimes I write online.
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9/ to throw in the towel on principle. Wanting to have the caucus act as a group right now is no excuse.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
9/ to throw in the towel on principle. Wanting to have the caucus act as a group right now is no excuse.
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8/ the wind at their backs right now I think a strong enough pre-backlash literally right now could change it. And again, even if they have the votes it’s critical that the rest of the caucus does not give them cover. People who want to throw in the towel now shld be crystal clear they want to …
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
8/ the wind at their backs right now I think a strong enough pre-backlash literally right now could change it. And again, even if they have the votes it’s critical that the rest of the caucus does not give them cover. People who want to throw in the towel now shld be crystal clear they want to …
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7/ That Dem leadership was creating the appearance of fighting while engineering a clean CR that would avoid a shutdown. The fix was in. I don’t think the fix is in here. I don’t *think* this is play acting with the idea being to bring this to a cave close now. So even though team cave seems to …
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
7/ That Dem leadership was creating the appearance of fighting while engineering a clean CR that would avoid a shutdown. The fix was in. I don’t think the fix is in here. I don’t *think* this is play acting with the idea being to bring this to a cave close now. So even though team cave seems to …
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6/ with all the political damage and opposition demoralization that goes with that. Also I suspect - though I can’t be sure - that the cave group probably isn’t ready to do this with no cover at all. Final point, I made crystal clear as march was unfolding that the whole thing was playacting.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
6/ with all the political damage and opposition demoralization that goes with that. Also I suspect - though I can’t be sure - that the cave group probably isn’t ready to do this with no cover at all. Final point, I made crystal clear as march was unfolding that the whole thing was playacting.
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2/ The Senators who want to vote yes on basically any terms appear to be shaheen, Hassan, king and Fetterman. Slightly less clear but I think pushing that way are Peters and Durbin. You’ll note that four of these six are retiring. Others who seem on the fence include the two sens from Georgia and …
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
2/ The Senators who want to vote yes on basically any terms appear to be shaheen, Hassan, king and Fetterman. Slightly less clear but I think pushing that way are Peters and Durbin. You’ll note that four of these six are retiring. Others who seem on the fence include the two sens from Georgia and …