Clay Copper
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Fed defense university faculty, Security Cooperation pro, international relations, diplomacy, diverse democracy enjoyer, some boardgames, human
Senate Dems can't sustain that. Feds can sustain that.
I think they like their hand and they ride this into the midterms hoping against hope that Trump never figures out how to pay everyone $2k in Trump Tariff Bucks a week before the election.
I think they like their hand and they ride this into the midterms hoping against hope that Trump never figures out how to pay everyone $2k in Trump Tariff Bucks a week before the election.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Senate Dems can't sustain that. Feds can sustain that.
I think they like their hand and they ride this into the midterms hoping against hope that Trump never figures out how to pay everyone $2k in Trump Tariff Bucks a week before the election.
I think they like their hand and they ride this into the midterms hoping against hope that Trump never figures out how to pay everyone $2k in Trump Tariff Bucks a week before the election.
The theory is that in a year Angus King is going to be on the board of WelcomePAC, an organization formed in 2022 to convince everyone it's 1992.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The theory is that in a year Angus King is going to be on the board of WelcomePAC, an organization formed in 2022 to convince everyone it's 1992.
I believe there was a way to end the shutdown in a way that didn't result in Indivisible and all the 50501 accounts Sephiroth posting.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I believe there was a way to end the shutdown in a way that didn't result in Indivisible and all the 50501 accounts Sephiroth posting.
The shutdown was always about Dems fighting a rearguard action to achieve "wins" designed to pay off in a media narrative that put the issues Dems want to run on front and center while tanking Trump/GOP approval.
It just ended with a small group selling out the main force.
It just ended with a small group selling out the main force.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The shutdown was always about Dems fighting a rearguard action to achieve "wins" designed to pay off in a media narrative that put the issues Dems want to run on front and center while tanking Trump/GOP approval.
It just ended with a small group selling out the main force.
It just ended with a small group selling out the main force.
I actually agree with Durbin here, one of the political "wins" actually was increasing issue salience and blaming the GOP for healthcare premium increases. They did that. But do it as a party and build messaging around it.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I actually agree with Durbin here, one of the political "wins" actually was increasing issue salience and blaming the GOP for healthcare premium increases. They did that. But do it as a party and build messaging around it.
Maybe they were right? Gotta feel good to be a GOP senator this morning...
Lol, hoping Dems are the kind of maniacs who immediately hit "End Battle" instead of riding their routing enemies down in Total War games
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Maybe they were right? Gotta feel good to be a GOP senator this morning...
I know the media environment is basically adversarial. I know you have essentials zero formal political power. I know there's a wing of the party that is ride or die for "we'll come together with the GOP to fix healthcare!"
But is there really no one else who will openly challenge Chuck for leader?
But is there really no one else who will openly challenge Chuck for leader?
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I know the media environment is basically adversarial. I know you have essentials zero formal political power. I know there's a wing of the party that is ride or die for "we'll come together with the GOP to fix healthcare!"
But is there really no one else who will openly challenge Chuck for leader?
But is there really no one else who will openly challenge Chuck for leader?
One of the very interesting things here was you had two very different constituencies implicated here. Feds were asked to sacrifice for benefits (SNAP/ACA) that really don't impact them, so long as they stay Feds.
And at the end of the day, the biggest benefit Dems actually won is for Feds.
And at the end of the day, the biggest benefit Dems actually won is for Feds.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
One of the very interesting things here was you had two very different constituencies implicated here. Feds were asked to sacrifice for benefits (SNAP/ACA) that really don't impact them, so long as they stay Feds.
And at the end of the day, the biggest benefit Dems actually won is for Feds.
And at the end of the day, the biggest benefit Dems actually won is for Feds.
The Dem message needs to be, "Donald Trump and his MAGA minions are stealing from you. They could press the Good Economy button but they're too busy raiding the government and handing out fat stacks of cash to themselves and their billionaire friends. You are poorer bc they are taking your shit."
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The Dem message needs to be, "Donald Trump and his MAGA minions are stealing from you. They could press the Good Economy button but they're too busy raiding the government and handing out fat stacks of cash to themselves and their billionaire friends. You are poorer bc they are taking your shit."
Exactly, they can climb down next Sunday and be lockstep on what they achieved, what they're fighting for, what Trump and the GOP has taken from people, and what they're going to fix once the American people toss these MAGA jackasses out, and they're in a 100x better place.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Exactly, they can climb down next Sunday and be lockstep on what they achieved, what they're fighting for, what Trump and the GOP has taken from people, and what they're going to fix once the American people toss these MAGA jackasses out, and they're in a 100x better place.
Also your base hates you and you pissed away your chance to spend one damn week feeling like winners.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Also your base hates you and you pissed away your chance to spend one damn week feeling like winners.
But the way this all went down absolutely fucks Dems on the biggest, constant question they will get from every journo on the planet this week: "why did you shut the gov down and what did you achieve?"
You need a message and unity coming out of this and leadership absolutely screwed that up.
You need a message and unity coming out of this and leadership absolutely screwed that up.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
But the way this all went down absolutely fucks Dems on the biggest, constant question they will get from every journo on the planet this week: "why did you shut the gov down and what did you achieve?"
You need a message and unity coming out of this and leadership absolutely screwed that up.
You need a message and unity coming out of this and leadership absolutely screwed that up.
And I'm of two minds on the timing, but leaning towards the belief that the damage has already been done to Trump on SNAP and the ACA credits. One more week of eating shit in the press about fighting the states in court to prevent SNAP benefits from going out probably doesn't move the needle for '26
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
And I'm of two minds on the timing, but leaning towards the belief that the damage has already been done to Trump on SNAP and the ACA credits. One more week of eating shit in the press about fighting the states in court to prevent SNAP benefits from going out probably doesn't move the needle for '26
I don't think you're necessarily wrong about any of this, but certainly would be nice to have a competent caucus that can put a plan together and message it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I don't think you're necessarily wrong about any of this, but certainly would be nice to have a competent caucus that can put a plan together and message it.
They can take away our hopes but they can never take away our Generation Kill posting.
“Well @schumer.senate.gov, it's just that you're incompetent, sir.”
“Well @schumer.senate.gov, it's just that you're incompetent, sir.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
They can take away our hopes but they can never take away our Generation Kill posting.
“Well @schumer.senate.gov, it's just that you're incompetent, sir.”
“Well @schumer.senate.gov, it's just that you're incompetent, sir.”
"Our base is too elated. Let me kick them in the nuts a few times to remind them that a better world ISN'T possible and that doomerism is king!"
-The Jowled, Shambling Corpse of Jeanne Shaheen
-The Jowled, Shambling Corpse of Jeanne Shaheen
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Our base is too elated. Let me kick them in the nuts a few times to remind them that a better world ISN'T possible and that doomerism is king!"
-The Jowled, Shambling Corpse of Jeanne Shaheen
-The Jowled, Shambling Corpse of Jeanne Shaheen
"I'm sorry sir, I need to ensure I'm checking the correct box on this response form. What is it that I should do with Deez Nuts?
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"I'm sorry sir, I need to ensure I'm checking the correct box on this response form. What is it that I should do with Deez Nuts?
The only thing I really have to say about the US Senators from the cOmMoNwEaLtH oF ViRgInIa is this:
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The only thing I really have to say about the US Senators from the cOmMoNwEaLtH oF ViRgInIa is this:
Man, just put me on the blocklists cuz this is me for that bracelet
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Man, just put me on the blocklists cuz this is me for that bracelet
It's literally a chance for 8 Dems to stab the entire party in the back so they can take full credit for ending the shutdown, but they're still all going to eat shit from the GOP about how they shut the gov down, fucked air travel, starved grandma, and backed high Obamacare premiums with a shutdown!
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's literally a chance for 8 Dems to stab the entire party in the back so they can take full credit for ending the shutdown, but they're still all going to eat shit from the GOP about how they shut the gov down, fucked air travel, starved grandma, and backed high Obamacare premiums with a shutdown!