Governor Kathy Hochul * @GovKathyHochul ... Ending the shutdown shouldn't come at the expense of health care for tens of millions of Americans. This deal paves the way for devastating premium hikes that will drive up costs for New Yorkers. Count me out.

Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown

Earth to Democrats: Do NOT compromise on your shutdown demand.

robertreich.substack.com/p/earth-to-d...

Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.

Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots

This!

Idiotic

Fight don’t fold.

Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

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.

It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.

It should be that simple.

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

Seriously.

WAY.TO. GO

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.

Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!

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.

BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*

Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).

Not another #SchumerSurrender

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.

Elise Stefanik:

❌Election denier.
❌Trump sycophant.
❌Abortion ban supporter.
❌Billionaire tax giveaway enabler.
❌Healthcare devastater.
❌Corporate shill.

Intellectual Freedom in an Authoritarian Age My Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture at the University of Michigan

"... But one of my maxims is Never Underestimate the American People, and I believe that the United States has the potential to defeat this nascent autocracy and come out of it with a stronger, more just, and more democratic democracy." @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social 🙏

Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it

Wow

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I think that superhero movies have done a number of human beings conditioning some people to believe that extraordinary actions are what matter. And if one can't be a superhero, then simple, ordinary efforts aren't worth doing.

So did all the rich people move out of NYC yet?

a woman in a nun costume is standing next to a man . ALT: a woman in a nun costume is standing next to a man .

That book is so well crafted and written. A beacon of hope. Thank you @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

"Give yourself the gift of hoping and believing that January 2027 will be when we can begin the process of restoring our democracy after the midterm elections, and 2029 will be the end of this administration."
-- @joycewhitevance.bsky.social joycevance.substack.com/p/thursday-044

Look at that signature. Where have you seen it before?

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

The most swing state of the swing states, PA, just saw an effort to remove three Dems from the PA Supreme Court.
All three came through with 60 percent of the vote. That's how you do it: Vote.