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Please understand that Americans who have a serious chronic illness essentially have no where to run to.

(The immigration rules of countries with the kind of health care system it takes to keep me alive deny me admission because I'm seriously chronically ill, and, therefore, a 'drain on resources')

Yes. I have extended family in these communities, many who were fractured by the rise of Trumpism. But the alliance runs deep and share beliefs in shared Aryan identity w superiority complexes that run back to the roots of Nazi ideology.

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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,

Crisis Update: My heating is still broken & now the water heater has failed. I have no heat OR hot water. I'm terrified my pipes will freeze.

Total emergency cost: $2,800.

280 people x $10
140 people x $20
56 people x $50

...gets me there.

Any help and support is appreciated

#MutualAid #HelpSky

it’s cute that they think we’ll forget

if they work together to keep everyone’s hands off it who is up for re-election anytime soon that just reinforces that this was a strategy more of them agreed on than the ones who vote yes. nuke them all from orbit

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

The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)

They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.

The Senate Democrats!

I saw a post that said “If alternative kids could let go of Marilyn Manson, you can let go of Harry Potter” and now that lives rent free in my head.

Trans rights are human rights.

Gives me a pit in my stomach. No wins, no gains. The narrative is going to become that Democrats asked people to sacrifice for literally no reason

If your senators voted "No" then you should call them and immediately pressure them to depose of Schumer

"Why do you just attack democrats? Why don't you ever go after republicans?"

Same reason I think it's necessary to warn people off an inexplicably popular restaurant that keeps giving everyone food poisoning but don't see the need to warn people off of eating directly out of an open sewer.

I. AM. FUCKING. TIRED. OF. DEMOCRATS. FUCKING. US. ALL. OVER. ON. THE. PRETENSE. OF. IFS. AND. BUTS. Ceding to fascism because of fucking hypotheticals instead of the here and now.

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.

what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember

the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it

the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury

the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms

I think it would be very good for caucus health to take down someone who’s been squishy in in 2026

they need to understand the depth of the anger

i'm so worried about my Mom getting evicted.
Tomorrow's supposed to be the day my dad and little sister and little brother and dad get pushed out over some bullshit.

i am 100/1200 from saving them.
please help me save them.

i hate capitalism oh my god

Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him

And they should, given this is his fault.

Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

moderates love to think they're smarter than you because they see both sides, but that's why they cave to the right every time. they think giving the selfish pricks who whine "give me what I want" constantly makes them good people. it does not. it makes them suckers.

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.

if you're having trouble finding where to do it from your dashboard, bc the "disputes" option in the nav menu doesn't take you there, here is a direct link:

dashboard.stripe.com/settings/dis...

just toggle off both auto options and you're good!

Republicans are starting to talk about HSAs again so I want everyone to be super clear what a non-solution HSAs are. They work for a very limited range of people. If you have under $100/mo health costs, or tens of thousands of dollars a year, they can work. Have moderate ongoing costs? You're fucked

Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester

This is how to write a headline about repeated liars.

Thinking about animated music videos again.
More people should watch DYE Fantasy

remember when the Roko's Basilisk concept broke nerd-crank containment and someone effortlessly dismissed it as "imagining in the future there'll be a boot of such enormous size that you have to start licking it today"

genuinely when you're online arguing that the graphs say the economy is good actually, what do you expect people to say? what is the end result you're hoping for? for everyone to stop complaining about their personal starvation, evictions and medical debt because a line is going up somewhere?

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

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I think I'm almost done. Check it out. Tell me if it's useful and what to do lol. There are 5,218 citations

If Schumer folds the difference between fascists and democratic leadership is a distinction without a difference.