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The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ

The subject of the picture is not the flag. The subject is the man who walks past a flag that has fallen to the ground while pretending not to notice that.

Because of course he checked in with congressional leaders on the use of force before making any commitments.

Preserve the evidence. In the near future there will be folks who deny this ever happened.

The only people in America dumber than the MFer in the White House are the rubes who voted for him.

Because he is fucking them just as badly as he is fucking everyone else by crashing the economy and installing rich folks corruption as the means for doing business in Washington.

The 8 Republican senators who buried a special provision in the 'open the government' bill to provide themselves, and only themselves, with the ability to sue the government for millions of dollars for having their meta phone records included in the investigation into the Jan 6 insurrection?

“I want instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people, where the people buy their own health insurance. It’s so good. The insurance will be better. It’ll cost less. Everybody’s gonna be happy. They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs.”

Trump is a moron

The morons who voted for him probably think it's a good deal.

I don't think it would be a gift. They pushed the issue for a few weeks and knew it was doing well with ordinary folks.

They won the shutdown with that issue (and with Trump trying to starve poor hungry kids) and they will make ads for the midterms as soon as the ACA subsidies are defeated.

The regime already knew that. They supported Israel.

Diana gets it. Bluesky is full of folks badmouthing every Democrat because of what 8 senators did.

Trump laid off thousands, refused to release SNAP funds, sent the House home, indicted enemies, pardoned friends, paid troops to terrorize cities, and even blew up boats.

Yet folks are blaming Dems.

Trump is living is his very own idiocracy.

I don't know that there would have been any reopening without one side or the other caving.
Dragging out the shutdown just means the whole government stays shutdown and the pain falls wherever it falls.

He's a fucking moron, but the One Big Ugly Bill was passed exclusivity by Republicans who refused to speak to Democrats.

Everyone knows who 'the enemy' really is.

So, you would just shut down the whole government forever?

So, you would shut down the whole government forever?
Don't ever agree to do anything with anyone again?

"the people were on our side" = BFD

You could have won - WHAT? You had no leverage of any kind and no one was interested in talking to you.

Stop your whining.

There is NO ONE who actually thinks that, but, hey, thanks.

I am really fucking tired of the complaining that goes on here.

If you assholes would stop electing Republicans, you wouldn't have to complain so much.

They didn't have any leverage.
So, why not keep the government out of business forever and just let the dictator run wild?
The problem is that people elected Republican majorities.

Home Depot was totally in line with Trump even before Trump.

There are a lot to follow on an ongoing basis, but you do a great job with the newsletter. The multiple issues last week followed by a survey this morning was impressive. Thanks.

Back to work, even for those of us who didn't get any time off.
It's Monday morning.

I already said SNAP is funded through the rest of the fiscal year as part of the deal.

Republicans would be stupid not to pay federal workers for the time of the shutdown.
I don't expect anything from them except more lies.

You seem to think Trump and the Republicans are all powerful.
They are not.
I'm not appeasing anyone, not the fascists and not you.
I expect the midterms will be a disaster for Republicans if we can avoid the vote suppression, law changing and other tricks that they pull every time.

The federal employees who weren't being paid would differ with you on that one.
Also, the ones who were RIF'd and are now being reinstated are realizing a double benefit.
I don't see the claim of weakness.
There's no reason not to support Dems in every single election that comes up in 2026.

Actually the Agriculture bill, along with SNAP benefits, were approved for funding through the entire fiscal year, so September 30, 2026 is already in the mix for them.
We should not let people forget that Republicans are overtly cruel people who love to inflict pain on the poor and helpless.

So, replace Schumer if you think that's necessary (which it is), but there never, as in never, was going to be huge tax subsidies reducing ACA premiums.
Republicans have been trying to kill the ACA for over a decade. It was only Biden post-pandemic that created the subsidies that have now expired.

Not relevant to tonight, but thanks for playing.

I wasn't accusing you or anyone in particular of voting for Republicans. I was saying you ended up where you started because a whole lot of people voted for Republicans. They have majorities in both houses of Congress, as well as in the White House.
There never was anything Senate Dems could do.