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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 6h

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 8h

What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 6h

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 6h

if dems are going to do whatever their corporate donors want, then don't bother texting us for money anymore

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Mr Targeted Harassment @jarjarfan69.bsky.social · 5h

Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Feb 11

If you have two parties, and one party wants ethnic cleansing and eugenics, and the other party wants to cooperate with them and meet in the middle, you have one party that wants ethnic cleansing and eugenics.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 6h

It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 6h

"How could Dems cave like this after last Tuesday's victory?" But it wasn't a victory for Schumer. His candidate -- the Trump-supported one -- lost. The jubilation and hope folks feel about Mamdani? Chuck feels the opposite. To sum up: he sucks.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 6h

I grew up in New Hampshire watching this cockroach crawl her way into power and money, and I can definitively state she cares absolutely nothing for our wellbeing or our infrastructure.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 8h

“Guaranteeing a vote” that you will lose is yet again reliance on the “You’re gonna look so bad dude” shit that has worked exactly zero times. Sorry for the posts about the same thing I feel like I am going insane

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november blaine @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 8h

democrats winning would cut into their fundraising

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 6h

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 9h

Moderate Democrats saw that voters were energized and might expect something from them, so they needed to put a stop to that ASAP

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 7h

Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.

Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 7h

But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.

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Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social · 8h

The second that east coast dem leaders have to personally face airline delays they’re ready to throw peoples healthcare under the bus

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 5h

When you've lost *checks notes a third time* Jonathan Chait
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5h

"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:

Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 6h

Shout out to the spineless fucks out there trying their hardest to double my health insurance costs.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 6h

When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza

The Democratic base clearly does NOT want Senate Democrats to do this deal and re-open the government.

And yet -- they are going to do this deal.

Not listening to your base is a very interesting choice -- especially days after your base delivers you a giant win.

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 5h

reposting death threat to fix typo

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Mr. Truth @mrtruth.bsky.social · 5h

1. Have you heard of jokes before
2. If you think that we'll still be at "flawed democracy" at the end of the year, let alone at the end of Trump's term(s), lmao
3. I WOULD like more democracy but a system where our electeds can do evil unpopular shit with 0 fear of accountability is not democracy.

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 6h

We can't give up now. ❄️

digital painting of two skeletons staring into a snowy tundra

skeleton 1: how will we get through this?
skeleton 2: I don't know but we are going together

art by roxiqt.com

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Mr. Truth @mrtruth.bsky.social · 6h

Can you pressure any senate Dems who are up for reelection in 2026 to call for Schumer to step down as minority leader?

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people

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Mr. Truth @mrtruth.bsky.social · 6h

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Mr. Truth @mrtruth.bsky.social · 6h

Note how the Senate Dems folded as soon as the shutdown was going to inconvenience *them*.

Not when fed workers started having to rely on food banks.

Not when SNAP recipients got cut off.

But when *their* plans for holiday travel after their "hard work" were impacted.

Iron law of institutions!

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