Ryan Lintelman

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

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Proud to support you m, Senator. Thank you!

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

Very grateful for your principled vote, Senator! Thank you!

The was a Republican shutdown because the GOP wouldn't negotiate — and Dems made that about their unwillingness to negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies.

If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.

KEEP CALLING

The Great Khan of the Plains has spoken!

If I give the bully my lunch money every day eventually he will die of old age

Thank you, Senator! I’m proud to have you representing us here in Silver Spring!

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

I’ve always supported you but if you vote for this CR I will gladly support any more progressive candidate who has the courage to primary you in the next election.

I’m so disappointed in you and your vote for this, Senator. As a furloughed federal worker, I hoped that the pain I’ve endured in this shutdown would at least result in some benefit for the millions of Americans who are suffering due to the cruel policies of this administration. You folded.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

Senate Democrats think this is the appropriate response because they begin every conflict with the assumption they will lose, and then ask “How can we end this as quickly as possible while creating the appearance of having tried to win so the base isn’t mad?”

Mitch McConnel's singular political insight is that Presidents get punished for Congressional obstinancy and he used that insight to get the Right an unbreakable majority on the Supreme Court, so of course Chuck Schumer's iteration on it is to proactively let democrats take blame after tangible harm

At some point we have to let pain hurt Trump instead of helping him. Every time we let pain help him, he’ll do more and bigger next time.

Each acquiescence means the next one will be *more* painful.

Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.

Charlie Brown with Lucy holding the football. It says we'll vote on the ACA subsidies in December

This is, essentially, a stealth repeal of Obamacare

Under Biden, the IRS launched a program for people to file their taxes FOR FREE (finally!)

Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.

if the dems cave now with nothing to show for it then all of the misery the shutdown has caused instantly becomes all their fault as it achieved nothing

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Reductions in Force not required by shutdowns, have never happened in any previous shutdown, and a judge has ruled they are illegal.
The shutdown is an excuse, not a reason, for them to do what they wanted to do: destroy government.

Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:

that’s Danny of @pre-code.com - sorry I didn’t have a chance to tag you while scrambling to get that post up before the film started!

Enjoying some rare and newly restored pre-code films today at AFI Silver’s Classic Film Weekend thanks to their kind offer of free admission for furloughed Feds! Kudos to Danny Reid for the great introduction to The Mind Reader.

Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.

Exit polling at NBC News has Mamdani up FORTY POINTS with
young men (18-29)