Maddy
@maddyann.bsky.social
Retired crank(y). Dog lover. Tired of MAGAts. CBL_WV at the Bad Old Place.
He's just a lying AH. Guy is an M.D. (and was a Congressman, and has been a Senator since 2021.) He understands it just fine, but he clearly thinks his Kansas constituents are stupid...
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
He's just a lying AH. Guy is an M.D. (and was a Congressman, and has been a Senator since 2021.) He understands it just fine, but he clearly thinks his Kansas constituents are stupid...
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Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early - emptywheel
The eight Democrats who voted for a deal to reopen government not just caved, but caved at least a week too early.
www.emptywheel.net
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Eight Senate Dems Caved, and Caved Too Early
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
With one more week, Trump would have owned far more of the responsibility for SNAP and flight cutbacks.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/10/e...
I'm assuming that every Senator who did not *explicitly* state they were against caving, are in the quisling party and need to be run out of D.C. on a rail!!
I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I'm assuming that every Senator who did not *explicitly* state they were against caving, are in the quisling party and need to be run out of D.C. on a rail!!
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US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’
More than 2,500 flights cancelled as transportation secretary says flight reductions could reach 20% if shutdown persists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I guess we are, at least to the extent that any of us believed/trusted him and the rest of the Dem leadership to actually care about We The People...
He thinks we are all stupid
America is in the midst of a Republican-made health care crisis—a crisis so severe, so urgent, and so devastating for American families that I cannot support a continuing resolution that fails to address it.
I am voting NO.
I am voting NO.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I guess we are, at least to the extent that any of us believed/trusted him and the rest of the Dem leadership to actually care about We The People...
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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
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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
Hearing "centrist" Dems tell me that Schumer was the Best They Could Do in the Senate made me literally ill, starting back in 2017. It's why I am not a Dem, even though I have never voted for (or supported) any Republican, since I was old enough to vote!!
oh, and don’t EVER say we shouldn’t demand more of elected democrats. a whole lot of them need to be replaced because they’re still too scared to do the right thing. don’t fucking settle. expect more.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Hearing "centrist" Dems tell me that Schumer was the Best They Could Do in the Senate made me literally ill, starting back in 2017. It's why I am not a Dem, even though I have never voted for (or supported) any Republican, since I was old enough to vote!!
(Or on November 4th, for that matter!)
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
(Or on November 4th, for that matter!)
JFC, when Ro Khanna is a voice of reason, you can be sure you *really* effed up!!
Vote out Schumer, Gillibrand, and every Establishment Corporate funded Democrat. They've failed us repeatedly and have no idea how to lead. The Democratic Party will either die or transform into new leadership. It cannot survive in its current state.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
JFC, when Ro Khanna is a voice of reason, you can be sure you *really* effed up!!
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The democrats are lying to our faces so openly they are not even attempting to keep the lies straight. This is absolutely the collapse of the senate democrats and an indictment of the entire party at the national level.
Every senator involved from the party chose to sell America out for their gain
Every senator involved from the party chose to sell America out for their gain
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The democrats are lying to our faces so openly they are not even attempting to keep the lies straight. This is absolutely the collapse of the senate democrats and an indictment of the entire party at the national level.
Every senator involved from the party chose to sell America out for their gain
Every senator involved from the party chose to sell America out for their gain
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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I still think Hassan shocks her dog with that collar.
These folks are no longer Democrats and deserve nothing good.
These folks are no longer Democrats and deserve nothing good.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I still think Hassan shocks her dog with that collar.
These folks are no longer Democrats and deserve nothing good.
These folks are no longer Democrats and deserve nothing good.
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No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
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Here’s the list of the eight Democrats who caved:
⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto
⚫️ Dick Durbin
⚫️ John Fetterman
⚫️ Maggie Hassan
⚫️ Tim Kaine
⚫️ Angus King
⚫️ Jackie Rosen
⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen
Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.
⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto
⚫️ Dick Durbin
⚫️ John Fetterman
⚫️ Maggie Hassan
⚫️ Tim Kaine
⚫️ Angus King
⚫️ Jackie Rosen
⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen
Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Here’s the list of the eight Democrats who caved:
⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto
⚫️ Dick Durbin
⚫️ John Fetterman
⚫️ Maggie Hassan
⚫️ Tim Kaine
⚫️ Angus King
⚫️ Jackie Rosen
⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen
Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.
⚫️ Catherine Cortez Masto
⚫️ Dick Durbin
⚫️ John Fetterman
⚫️ Maggie Hassan
⚫️ Tim Kaine
⚫️ Angus King
⚫️ Jackie Rosen
⚫️ Jeanne Shaheen
Their excuses don’t hold water. They betrayed all Americans who were counting on them to stand firm and keep fighting.
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-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.
-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
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It's official - 8 D AYEs
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It's official - 8 D AYEs
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Yeah - it suddenly affected *them*, not the people they were elected to represent!!
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yeah - it suddenly affected *them*, not the people they were elected to represent!!
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Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
THAT IS ALREADY A LAW. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT WHO SIGNED THAT LAW. YOU ARE A FUCKING NEWS REPORTER