Kathryn Delaney

Nice job all around by McDonald’s here. They obviously only want MAGA customers. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies.

President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies

“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated

normal things happening

Contrary to our would-be fascist overlords, empathy can enhance your chances of surviving & thriving. I don’t just mean that we’re social animals who depend on collective action. Empathy allows you to imagine — & thus anticipate — outcomes before it’s too late — before you experience them yourself.*

Please read this.
Please.

The same way my husband’s employer did for “guaranteed retiree benefits”. Stop providing insurance; offer a reimbursement fund for personal purchase of insurance,etc; claim it will be adjusted for inflation. Make no adjustments for 18 years (& counting). Benefit ran out in September then, now May.

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.

The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...

"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

Well that's interesting. All Trump-voting states.

@democrats.senate.gov We thought you finally saw they’re dividing the nation into leopards and faces. Looks like some of you are scared to be a face so they try to walk with leopards. Too late- they’ve already named you faces. And you just taught leopards you don’t even betray faces strategically.

A fundamentally flawed concept of what it is to be a government manager. You’re supposed to have a set of cards that allow winning for contingencies you caused and you’re supposed to be transparent with the affected card players. I had to do better than this as a GS 14 manager.

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.

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

To which I will reply “sorry, all of my donation money will now be going to my healthcare premiums”

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

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

The privilege it takes to give a response like this is nauseating. I’m very much an anti-violent person and this is still pushing me to Madame Defarge thoughts.

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

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!

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.

Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.

Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Hey Senate Dems, mike johnson said last week he WOULD NOT promise a vote on tax credits!!!

Do you know what a bill the passes the senate but doesn't pass the house is called?

It's called NOTHING!

The republicans wont even hang the January 6th plaque (which is already law) They played you.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

6/ with all the political damage and opposition demoralization that goes with that. Also I suspect - though I can’t be sure - that the cave group probably isn’t ready to do this with no cover at all. Final point, I made crystal clear as march was unfolding that the whole thing was playacting.

5/ Whether Republicans secure enough Democratic votes is NOT the only question here. It’s critical that if 7 or 8 mods vote with the gop to end this that the rest of the caucus vote the right way and make clear they think this was the wrong decision. If they don’t then “the Democrats” own this …

@kenmartin.bsky.social I have no Dem senator to yell at this afternoon. And if the Senate Dems cave now for nothing more than they could have gotten 40 days ago, they can kiss the chance of flipping Cornyn's seat. You will lose old and new voters who want folks to fight for them. Stop the squish!

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.

Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.