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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 13m

I don’t think we disagree that a prolonged shutdown will cause brutal suffering for people who don’t deserve it. We just disagree if the alternative is even worse.

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 15m

Dems won a supermajority in the hardest hit state in the Union.

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 15m

Did the people not voice their support for the Dems just last week?

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 15m

I don’t know what to say except that I think we have a fundamentally different assessment of what the risks are of funding this regime. I don’t think we’re going to resolve that factual question, and I think it’s that more than any principles that divide us.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 20m

My livelihood relies on federal funding. This is not an empty statement on my part.

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 21m

This vindicates the Trump admin strategy of cutting SNAP. We will see it again.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 21m

Why is this our responsibility and not the Republicans'? Let them figure it out! We cannot say that as long as they hold normal people hostage the Dems will give them whatever they want.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 22m

Had they gotten what I asked for, I would be disappointed in their squishy centrism but at least appreciate that they do what they say they'll do. This is humiliating.

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 24m

And, of course, Senate Democrats failed to *even get what they promised, with the wind of an election victory at their back*.

But I do not think that a tyrant should be given more money to enact his tyranny under any circumstances.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 25m

Don't vote for any deal without statutory provisions against those things. If the shutdown goes into 2026, so be it.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 28m

But not only did they fail to push their leverage to save people from forced disappearances, they didn't even keep the fucking ACA credits!

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 29m

To be honest, I thought Dems were just doing kayfabe with saying this shutdown was about ACA credits. I thought they were going to try to get ICE to stop kidnapping people from our streets. I thought they were going to get the National Guard out of our cities.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 31m

It certainly seems that the President wasn't able to get the government open until the Dems caved.

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 32m

In that case I think we just have fundamentally different interpretations of the facts. I think this moment was one of our few levers against becoming Hungary.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 33m

I don't really give a shit about RIFs. They're bad policy, sure. But they are so orthogonal to the actual issue of "will America be a democracy in 2028" that guarantees on them are completely meaningless.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 36m

I think a state falling apart is better than an intact fascist regime flush with cash. Still, both of these result in immense suffering.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 38m

Zentrum thought it was doing the lesser evil when it voted for the Enabling Act. They were wrong then. Senate Dems are wrong now.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 39m

There are no wins when we are facing fascism. There is no way out of this that doesn't involve massive suffering, that's been locked in since November 2024.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 40m

The reason Congress has the power of the purse is so that it can deny supply to a tyrannical President. This is the time to use that power.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 41m

Denying supply is one of *the* most foundational protections against tyranny in the English and American constitutional protections. It's why the Constitution places so much emphasis on it.

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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 4h

i don't think democratic voters should have to spend this much time whipping democratic elected officials.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 5h

Nowadays I’ve heard from doctors who said they chose another field over pediatric oncology because the kids in pediatric oncology do so well they felt like they weren’t able to make enough of a difference.

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Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 5h

I love this game!

Northeastern Blot @northeasternblot.bsky.social · 5h

Presumably their donors are more important to them than their constituents.

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