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Hard agree

If it was a proxy vote he sure is method acting it to the hilt. Said in an interview today that last night was the first good nights sleep he’s gotten since Oct 1. He’s definitely owning it.

President endorse Single Payer Health Care System! (Big, if true)

Never, ever thought Kaine would piss me off this much. Holy cow. Never seen this level of arrogance from him.

I'VE JUST MADEA DEAL THAT WILL KEEP THE EMPIRE OUT OF HERE FOREVER.

Fmr. VA Del. Mark Levine: "Last night, Senator Tim Kaine caved to Trump. He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Just two days before the Supreme Court would have been forced to make a landmark ruling on whether Trump could personally order tens of millions of Americans to be denied food in advance of Thanksgiving…. It would have gone down in the history books. Either Trump and the Supreme Court would have been exposed for their willingness to force anti-Christian suffering so great that even some Christian evangelicals might have awakened to Trump’s cruelty. Or (less likely) the high Court would have defied our wannabe dictator and shown kindness where Trump wanted cruelty, and we would then learn whether Trump would willingly disobey a Supreme Court order in order to force a starvation plan on tens of millions of hungry Americans. Just two more days and the stakes would have been clear. But now, thanks to Kaine, the Supreme Court will dismiss “Trump v. Twenty Million Hungry Americans” as moot. If, after Trump had been exposed for his massive cruelty, Kaine had then stepped in to save Americans from starvation by giving into the demands of sadistic Republicans ruthlessly taking tens of millions of Americans hostage for political advantage, at least Kaine would have had some reason to do so. (Or perhaps Republicans would have ended the filibuster. Unlikely but something Democrats could use later on if Americans ever regained confidence in our party.) Instead of waiting just two more days, Kaine protected Trump’s back at the expense of Americans’ health care. And got nothing in return. Absolutely nothing. Kaine funded subsidies for a full year for rural American Trump voters by appropriating for agriculture but got nothing for the Northern Virginia federal workers who support Democrats except a two-month reprieve that Trump will likely violate anyway. We had the moral high ground. Americans who had long lost confidence in the Democratic Party were just …

"But Trump broke the law anyway and when lower courts said he couldn’t, the Supreme Court ruled that these congressional laws could be ignored. Doesn’t Kaine understand that Trump believes he has the right to ignore all laws and the Constitution? And when the Supreme Court won’t hold him accountable, it is up to our Senator to do so? What will Kaine do when Trump violates this deal and does a RIF despite promising not to? What will Kaine do when Trump — despite a second law requiring the same thing the first law does — denies back pay again? It’s a serious question. Will Kaine try to pass a third useless law? A fourth? Will be stomp his feet and scream? Or will he finally one day do what we elected him to do? Will Kaine sue to enforce the no RIF clause? Then find out his case won’t be heard by the Supreme Court before January 30? And then finally realize Kaine’s “laws” and Republican promises are not worth the paper they are printed on? Will Kaine ever realize that the Democrats’ only weapon available under the Trump proto-dictatorship is the one he just threw away? Then will Kaine finally promise to stop voting to cave to Trump and the Republicans when they cheat him yet again? Or is it always Lucy with the football against the craven Democrats who cry “please don’t hurt me anymore”? My entire life I’ve been a proud progressive Democrat. I’ve opposed the Leftists who would tear our system down. I’ve argued we can still get necessary progressive reforms non-violently through the current framework of our massively flawed constitutional republic. But now Leftists say the Democrats are useless. They say democracy is useless. And Kaine’s actions last night make it very hard to defend Democrats or democracy. Kaine’s vote has been cast. But I beg the Senator that when Republicans yet again double cross him for the umpteenth time, he finally one day stand firm and say “enough is enough.” Please make this the last time he capitulates to our pronto-dictator. Pleas…

Former VA Del. Mark Levine (D): "I’m really surprised a Senator I know personally and have long respected is this naive. Kaine isn’t stupid. But his justification for bowing down to King Donald is so illogical that it insults any thinking Virginian." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...

Never fail to fail, Dems.

The politics of the shutdown:
*GOP had a strong opening position
*Undercut themselves with the RIFs and unnecessary cuts to blue states/SNAP
*Polls showed GOP getting most of the blame, no reason to assume that would change
*Dem centrists then folded on their key issue of ACA subsidies

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

Never thought I'd be this disappointed in Kaine.

Brilliant

Need a human as President again

The kids are alright

Amen

Because that’s how politics is done. You just assume people know you are responsible. Right.

lol!!!

Brilliant!

Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.

Cha-ching!!

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Abolish Ice!

This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.

If your government thinks the Pope “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” when he defends migrants’ dignity, the world should see the warning sign. The US is no longer leading on human rights. It’s suppressing them.

Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.

Now think about how you feel after last night's election.

You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.

You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.

Remember this.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

So, has a sitting NYC mayor ever been elected to the Presidency before? Just wondering, no reason.

TODAY is the day! Have you voted yet?

Don't forget that local elections matter!

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I'm confused. I thought the Grand Jury refused to indict.