Laura
@playingopossum.bsky.social
Just a weary traveler trying to make it home
Yes, but who do we vote in? We need decent alternatives
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Yes, but who do we vote in? We need decent alternatives
I mean, yes, but also we need someone to replace them who isn't complicit. Vote them out, but who do we vote in?
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I mean, yes, but also we need someone to replace them who isn't complicit. Vote them out, but who do we vote in?
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I don’t care how they try to justify it, the only words that can describe what these senators are doing are craven, corrupt, and complicit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I don’t care how they try to justify it, the only words that can describe what these senators are doing are craven, corrupt, and complicit.
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And, earlier:
I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
And, earlier:
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If you missed it earlier, I had shared my thoughts in this thread here:
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you missed it earlier, I had shared my thoughts in this thread here:
🤦♀️ I can't physically roll my eyes hard enough to express what went through my mind when I read, "shame on them." No, Senator, if they don't follow through people die. Shame on every single Democrat who enabled this regime to continue unchecked.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🤦♀️ I can't physically roll my eyes hard enough to express what went through my mind when I read, "shame on them." No, Senator, if they don't follow through people die. Shame on every single Democrat who enabled this regime to continue unchecked.
And when they refuse to fund SNAP next month, then what? No food, no healthcare, and no one working for the people.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
And when they refuse to fund SNAP next month, then what? No food, no healthcare, and no one working for the people.
Am I understanding correctly that 8 Dems gave in and sided with the Reps without securing the ACA tax credits?
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Am I understanding correctly that 8 Dems gave in and sided with the Reps without securing the ACA tax credits?