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I agree with this take, as you can see from my recent post on messaging. This deal will likely prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for Republicans.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I agree with this take, as you can see from my recent post on messaging. This deal will likely prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for Republicans.
I read later that he was actually swearing in enlistees. I don’t know whether they were actually in the stadium, though.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I read later that he was actually swearing in enlistees. I don’t know whether they were actually in the stadium, though.
Thanks, Ellen.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks, Ellen.
“Premiums are going up more than double for millions of Americans, 20 million-ish Americans. And Donald Trump and the Republicans are going to be blamed for that. It is going to be another way in which they let prices go up.” www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Democrats weren’t winning the shutdown. But they weren’t losing it, either.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Premiums are going up more than double for millions of Americans, 20 million-ish Americans. And Donald Trump and the Republicans are going to be blamed for that. It is going to be another way in which they let prices go up.” www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
“But weren’t … fighting to hand Donald Trump a huge political gift?
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“But weren’t … fighting to hand Donald Trump a huge political gift?
From Ezra Klein:
”[T]his was the hardest thing for Democrats to talk about, even though they talked about it internally:
“Of course, Democrats wanted to extend health insurance subsidies. They care about the Affordable Care Act. They passed those subsidies in the first place.
”[T]his was the hardest thing for Democrats to talk about, even though they talked about it internally:
“Of course, Democrats wanted to extend health insurance subsidies. They care about the Affordable Care Act. They passed those subsidies in the first place.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
From Ezra Klein:
”[T]his was the hardest thing for Democrats to talk about, even though they talked about it internally:
“Of course, Democrats wanted to extend health insurance subsidies. They care about the Affordable Care Act. They passed those subsidies in the first place.
”[T]his was the hardest thing for Democrats to talk about, even though they talked about it internally:
“Of course, Democrats wanted to extend health insurance subsidies. They care about the Affordable Care Act. They passed those subsidies in the first place.
“Trump promised to bring down inflation, but he’s made it worse. Vote for change. Vote for the middle class and workers. Vote Democratic.”
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Trump promised to bring down inflation, but he’s made it worse. Vote for change. Vote for the middle class and workers. Vote Democratic.”
Longer version:
“We fought to make health insurance affordable. Trump and Republicans refused. Why? Because it was more important to give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and powerful than to help ordinary Americans get the medical care they need.
“We fought to make health insurance affordable. Trump and Republicans refused. Why? Because it was more important to give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and powerful than to help ordinary Americans get the medical care they need.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Longer version:
“We fought to make health insurance affordable. Trump and Republicans refused. Why? Because it was more important to give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and powerful than to help ordinary Americans get the medical care they need.
“We fought to make health insurance affordable. Trump and Republicans refused. Why? Because it was more important to give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the rich and powerful than to help ordinary Americans get the medical care they need.
Well said, Steve.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Well said, Steve.
Johnson has called back the House. Will he continue to block Grijalva from taking the seat she was elected to?
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Johnson has called back the House. Will he continue to block Grijalva from taking the seat she was elected to?
Why is he asking the crowd to swear to the oath of enlistment for the military?
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why is he asking the crowd to swear to the oath of enlistment for the military?
“And this is not the usual political albatross or bad policy proposal blown out of proportion; Trump has set himself up for failure on prices since setting foot in the Oval Office in January.” open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“And this is not the usual political albatross or bad policy proposal blown out of proportion; Trump has set himself up for failure on prices since setting foot in the Oval Office in January.” open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
“and Trump is still talking about defying multiple court orders to restore food assistance to hungry families, even though his own administration announced that it would partially comply.”
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“and Trump is still talking about defying multiple court orders to restore food assistance to hungry families, even though his own administration announced that it would partially comply.”
“At this moment, in fact, the government has been shut down for more than a month, the House of Representatives has not been in session since the middle of September, …
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“At this moment, in fact, the government has been shut down for more than a month, the House of Representatives has not been in session since the middle of September, …
“and a president more interested in taking a wrecking ball to the White House to build his garish ballroom than delivering anything of value to the public.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“and a president more interested in taking a wrecking ball to the White House to build his garish ballroom than delivering anything of value to the public.
“What they got instead were soldiers on the streets, masked agents leading violent immigration raids, arbitrary tariffs, new conflicts abroad, dictatorial aspirations, endless chaos …
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“What they got instead were soldiers on the streets, masked agents leading violent immigration raids, arbitrary tariffs, new conflicts abroad, dictatorial aspirations, endless chaos …
“In 2024, the Americans who decided the election voted for lower prices and a lower cost of living.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“In 2024, the Americans who decided the election voted for lower prices and a lower cost of living.
“But rather than meet the public where it was, Trump and his cadre of ideologues in the White House took their victory to mean that they could pursue their most radical dreams and try to make good on their extreme preoccupations.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“But rather than meet the public where it was, Trump and his cadre of ideologues in the White House took their victory to mean that they could pursue their most radical dreams and try to make good on their extreme preoccupations.