buckeyenative01 - Distant Early Warning

Good God

Who could've seen that coming?

It’s not that we didn’t want the shutdown to end, it’s the fact that millions of people suffered throughout this shutdown and it was for nothing. That’s the most upsetting part.

Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.

A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.

When will party leadership learn this lesson?

Get rid of Schumer.

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."

The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.

And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

Americans deserve better than the eight Democratic Senators who voted on a promise, without a guarantee, to protect the Affordable Care Act.

Bring on the Progressives. Boot out the establishment.

I am so sick of them.

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.

To those who caved: Just because you've got nothing to lose doesn't mean others don't.

#SurrenderCaucus

You're absolutely right, but at the very least it gets something on record, regardless the response.

As a former supervisor once told me, "investigate, dont regurgitate"

Betrayal.

@schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us @kaine.senate.gov

Where do I get in line to express my frustration with Senate Democrats?

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.

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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

The status quo delivered us to this moment of fascist acceleration. As Democratic elites in Washington keep proving, they have nothing to offer but behavior that abets and fosters more of the same. Their trajectory is as fixed as the right's.

This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.

Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.

The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer

It bugs me to no end that the folks needing the most help in our society are bargaining chips. I hate it. Nobody deserves this kind of treatment.

Even if the Axios story is false, it says an awful lot about the sad state of affairs in our republic because its entirely believable. Also, im tired or irresponsible, corporate "journalism."

I called Mark Kelly's office. Will the message be received?

Yes be a JD Pritzker!

#BlueCrew #Resisters #Democrats #RedCrew

F-Off Felon‼️

They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.

Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.