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4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.

This is crazy

Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts

The ACA was a three legged-stool.

Republicans have now sawed all the legs off.

It's a repeal by other means and they have no replacement.

"Eight Democrats side with Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no replacement. Minority Leader Schumer declares messaging victory."

The thing is you can't really message on the exact GOP intransigence everyone knew would happen and which the Schumer Democrats actively chose to solicit.

Sorry. Even if you weren't in on the fix, Senator Murray, you have to deal with the fallout.

They broke a deal with us to cut a deal with their Republican buddies.

Glad Shaheen voted to re-open the government so these violations can continue.

I can only assume since Shaheen voted to re-open the government that she approves of Trump misappropriating funds in this way and her question is what can she do to facilitate more of it.

Anyway got my first Democratic fundraising text since the capitulation, still touting the, quote, "HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN," and...

"No donations so long as Schumer is minority leader, sorry.

Can't support a party that immediately sells us out after we deliver "A HUGE ELECTION DAY WIN.""

Of course all this creates one of the many problems: people cannot effectively shop around for value in non-emergency procedures because the system is so opaque.

Like healthcare by unfettered capitalism is a terrible idea in the first instance, but we don't even have *that*.

Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.

God I want to see a million “Dems demanding new leadership” articles today, I want it to be a narrative Schumer can’t escape

Preparing my script of, "I'm sorry I cannot accept that. It's not legal currency as Trump is still alive and in office.

"Could I get a roll of nickels?"

Yup. Claim the party. Force the center-right pols out. Let them try and make Forward work.

Remembering how Hertz flooded the market with slightly used Teslas a few years back because there wasn't a large-scale rental market for them.

Alas I was fooled once again by the Rock Island Line

I hope everyone remembered to leave out 26,000 tons of iron ore last night on Edmund Fitzgerald Eve

Sorry I only have two bullets. One for me and another one also for me to be sure.

I assume at this point that Trump is so addled and isolated by his handlers that he thinks he's the most popular President ever and his popularity only grows with each passing day.

Yeah he got booed at the football game yesterday. Does he even remember that today?

Unless your Senator is calling for Schumer's immediate replacement you have to assume they were in favor of selling out their constituents, and will do so again.

"I have to keep running the business so I have something to leave for my grandkids!"

"If you keep running the business like it's the 70s there won't be anything left to leave. Also have you asked your grandkids if they even want to be in the sprocket business?"

Ah, yes, people were totally unaware that the health insurance renewal notices they were receiving in the mail had thousandfold price increases.

So good that Senate Democrats were there to bring salience to this unknown issue.

It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

"But if we get Republicans on the record opposing healthcare for the *checks notes* *checks notes again* several hundredth time, we'll really have them backed against the wall!"

The best time to take action was last year. The second best time was yesterday. But I will grant that the third best time is January.

Democrats Get Rolled by Their Own - The American Prospect Coming out of last Tuesday’s election blowout, the Democrats were riding high and unified. But on Sunday night, centrist Senate Democrats, with Chuck Schumer’s tacit encouragement, voted to reopen the...

"Schumer voted against it, in the hope that his vote would conceal his fingerprints. He fooled no one."

See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!

Amazing time in government when every single leader is weak.

Trump can't or won't control his deputies.

Neither Thune nor Schumer can manage their Senate caucuses.

Johnson has no control and Jeffries is hanging on by a thread.

And Justice Roberts is just along for the ride at this point.

(and that's without even getting into the genuine good she did as a maker and product tester, though the latter appears to be part of what led trouble to her doorstep.)

The way Wu threaded the needle by speaking positively about life in China, but also about the challenges, without ever sounding like a shill, was singular.