Murshed Zaheed
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kabuki dance has been the sop under the current leadership and the lack of willingness to challenge it underscores how the Sen Dem caucus writ large is cool with it. They don’t really gaf.
But they will send you fundraising texts and emails though and post videos.
But they will send you fundraising texts and emails though and post videos.
They all agreed to fast track this stupid compromise and they are all just bickering about who gets to fall on the sword even though they all should.
It's so pathetic.
It's so pathetic.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
kabuki dance has been the sop under the current leadership and the lack of willingness to challenge it underscores how the Sen Dem caucus writ large is cool with it. They don’t really gaf.
But they will send you fundraising texts and emails though and post videos.
But they will send you fundraising texts and emails though and post videos.
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“Senators agreed to speed up the process in their chamber on Monday in order to likely end the shutdown some time in the next couple of days.”
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
Senate passes a government funding bill as shutdown nears its likely end
While the bill to reopen government still has to pass the House — and still needs President Donald Trump’s signature — the Senate was the tallest hurdle.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Senators agreed to speed up the process in their chamber on Monday in order to likely end the shutdown some time in the next couple of days.”
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
“Senators agreed to speed up the process in their chamber on Monday in order to likely end the shutdown some time in the next couple of days.”
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
Senate passes a government funding bill as shutdown nears its likely end
While the bill to reopen government still has to pass the House — and still needs President Donald Trump’s signature — the Senate was the tallest hurdle.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Senators agreed to speed up the process in their chamber on Monday in order to likely end the shutdown some time in the next couple of days.”
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
All those casting performative NO votes (and too cowardly to call for Schumer’s removal as leader) - didn’t do anything to slow it down.
Remember - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee lectured the base in justifying his vote for the surrender that we don’t know how the “senate works.” h/t @ryanlcooper.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Remember - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee lectured the base in justifying his vote for the surrender that we don’t know how the “senate works.” h/t @ryanlcooper.com
Not a single Democratic Senator who voted NO on surrender with strongly worded posts, statements, emails, videos etc has publicly called on Schumer to resign as the Leader of the Democratic caucus. It’s telling. They are all mostly cowards - followers of public opinions instead of being leaders.
Here are the at least 6 House Democrats, 3 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 4 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Not a single Democratic Senator who voted NO on surrender with strongly worded posts, statements, emails, videos etc has publicly called on Schumer to resign as the Leader of the Democratic caucus. It’s telling. They are all mostly cowards - followers of public opinions instead of being leaders.
Any Senate Democrat who is not publicly and explicitly calling for Schumer's resignation as the Leader is complicit.
The reason the Dems get away with “don’t blame me, those 8 voted for it” is because there are people who genuinely believe that’s how things work. It’s incredibly depressing.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Any Senate Democrat who is not publicly and explicitly calling for Schumer's resignation as the Leader is complicit.
Mick Cronin coached team is not the worth the hassle my friend. They are about as fun to watch on offense as following Senate Democrats do politics. I know - FML.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Mick Cronin coached team is not the worth the hassle my friend. They are about as fun to watch on offense as following Senate Democrats do politics. I know - FML.
Schumer’s flacks most likely thought AXIOS was their best option for this pathetic spin and that’s a pretty good tell.
To believe that Chuck Schumer disliked the deal but let enough of his caucus members vote for it to pass, you'd have to disclaim any knowledge of how politics works.
This is a planted story that puts the best light on a bad situation.
This is a planted story that puts the best light on a bad situation.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Schumer’s flacks most likely thought AXIOS was their best option for this pathetic spin and that’s a pretty good tell.
lol - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committed voted for this before lecturing us about not knowing how the Senate works. 🙃
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
lol - @durbin.senate.gov - the Ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committed voted for this before lecturing us about not knowing how the Senate works. 🙃
This is an attitude that comes from lot of the baby boomers and gen xers who are simply refusing to come to grasp with the reality that how wired so many of the Dem bases are outside the elite DC bubble and get the intricacies of senate/house procedures. And these Ds have no idea how to engage.
this goes to the bigger issue of SenateBrain, that it's a rarefied club with rules and subtleties to complex for us non-senators to understand and what the senate should do is above voters and non-senators pay grade. that attitude is the kernel problem.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is an attitude that comes from lot of the baby boomers and gen xers who are simply refusing to come to grasp with the reality that how wired so many of the Dem bases are outside the elite DC bubble and get the intricacies of senate/house procedures. And these Ds have no idea how to engage.
They are not hiding this. This #SchumerSurrender was a team effort and that’s how it’s gonna hold up unless the members of Senate Democratic caucus call for Schumer’s resignation from leadership.
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
They are not hiding this. This #SchumerSurrender was a team effort and that’s how it’s gonna hold up unless the members of Senate Democratic caucus call for Schumer’s resignation from leadership.