Icefire9

Either option was going to cause people to suffer. Why are the 10M people who's premiums are going up more valuable than the 40M people on food stamps?

Its the Senate working as intended. Comfortably insulated from the will of the people.

I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk

the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight

but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate

What did you think touching the stove meant? Vibes? Essays?

a big problem for Democrats in general is that moderation on policy and temperament are pretty strongly correlated

things would be so much better if there were a bunch of politicians who can win swing-state seats and also don't give a fuck about the filibuster

Because every Republican in congress is an oath breaker. They don't act in good faith, can't be trusted at their word, and they don't have your constituent's best interest at heart.

If you're in line on the I-95 STAY IN LINE

okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:

1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.

also, like, the die for pain was cast a year ago. the pain will continue for, at minimum, another three years. every choice now is between only bad options, and people will suffer no matter what choice is made, and senators cannot and should not be immune to that.

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

if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!

They want to let Trump claim he's giving people checks for their healthcare, for a policy that won't even work. Its stupid and self defeating from both a policy and a politics level.

They're literally giving him a win, letting him claim that he's giving people money, for a stupid policy that won't even work. Any Dems who go along with this are utterly incompetent and deserve to be taken out to pasture.

The massive improvements over the past century are proof that we can and should keep improving the world.

No one will take them seriously for round 2.

I think its fine to let the Republicans have what they want eventually. Dems raised the salience on the ACA premium hikes and can kill them on it over the next year. But right now seems like a stupid time to fold.

People need to touch the stove. Dems forcing Republicans to pull their hands off the stove is counterproductive.

Trump is currently digging himself into a hole by going to court over SNAP. They're flailing, talking about ending the filibuster, his poll numbers are tanking. Dems should let it ride for the time being.

I think its fine to let the Republicans have what they want eventually. Dems raised the salience on the ACA premium hikes and can kill them on it over the next year. But right now seems like a stupid time to fold.

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I think we'd have to be heavy handed to make it happen. Censoring fascist views in media and online, shutting down/rehabilitating Fox, stripping twitter from Elon (and neutering the billionaire class broadly). Otherwise, Fuentes is the future of the GOP, and there won't be room for a party split.

Trump could probably say 'The government's open because I say it is.' and get away with it. The shutdown's revealed that they don't have the will to do this. That's good, because doing half-measures on authoritarianism is just going to get them tossed out.

Its hard to wrap your head around how big a crowd 100k people are.

The Media: Democrats only care about identity politics and don't care about cost of living.

Idk, I don't think supporting Trump's tariffs (which are underwater by double digits nationally) would be a good fit for a district on the Canadian border.

Eventually, we will get a real recession under a Democratic president. If one party is run by fascists, they will eventually find their opening.

By supporting Trump's very unpopular tariffs in a district on the Canadian border, Golden 'decided to lose'.

'Protecting the interest of small states by making the institution that over-represents small states as ineffectual as possible.' Hilarious take.

How did y'all think Democrats were going to win back young men? Vibes? Essays? Losers.

How sad that Axios is trying to CANCEL this man for simply liking attractive women. Do they hate men?