Toad-faced ne’er-do-well

He seriously hates Americans.

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

PRO PUBLICA: “In Tennessee (one of the highest rates of women killed by men) a deadly blind spot in probation supervision when domestic violence victims are vulnerable… From 2019-2022 six shot to death during the gap— all young Black mothers…” www.propublica.org/article/tenn...

REPUBLICAN Rep. @repchiproy is rightly APPALLED that hagerty & @marshablackburn and others snuck a provision to let senators sue taxpayers for $500,000 MINIMUM for being investigated as part of Trump’s insurrection into the government funding bill.

Insane corruption.

"And that's why we gave ICE raises and proper training"

Hit the phones, everyone

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In the struggle against authoritarianism, the pro-democracy opposition needs ruthlessly strategic leadership.

Chuck Schumer ain’t it. It’s time for him to resign. We don’t have time for more Schumer Surrenders.

Largely the premise of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, one of the most beloved movies ever made.

Save me, condensed chicken noodle soup, save me from food poisoning and the cowardice of Chuck Schumer.

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

this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.

"Too pathetically craven for the New York Times op-ed page to swallow" is a sign from God to reconsider all your choices up to this point.

“… it actually gave him more power”: oh, awesome. Just co-sign the Russ Vought argument that shutdowns grant presidents carte blanche to shift spending and RIF workers while you bravely give up, why don’t you.

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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Trump’s Weird Rants Are Hurting His Chances to End the Shutdown Some Democrats were ready to make a deal—but now they sense Donald Trump’s desperation.

Some Dems were ready to make a deal—but now they sense Trump’s desperation. trib.al/y5zrc2S

Symptoms of his desperation include: threatening to close U.S. airspace, directing Republicans to kill the Senate filibuster, and openly suggesting nationwide election losses were due to the shutdown

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

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

So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?

CUCK SCHUMER!

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good

The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.

just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)

light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM

Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.

I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.

This “deal” would force 370,000 Arizonans to pay more for the same or worse healthcare coverage.

I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.

Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'

Yep. Don't let Schumer off the hook. He owns this.