Trace Wood

top photo is a dino ravaging cars with mouth open, bottom photo is a purple dino with arms open and smiling

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The reason these particular Dems caved was bc a) they get a lot of money from airline PACs, and b) bc Dick Durbin & Jeanne Shaheen are retiring, John Fetterman & Maggie Hassan aren't up for reelection until 2028, & Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen and Angus King aren't up until 2030.

Remember their names.

As one of those federal employees, I couldn’t agree more.

“Preventing authoritarian consolidation is the most harm-reducing move.”

After last Tuesday's results, this capitulation was like wtf!

If it's anything like your plan to lose 135 billion pounds by this time next year, I'm gonna say we're not holding our breath. Not that we have been since Trump last announced he was going replace the ACA 10 years ago. His last "plan" would have cost more and caused 20M+ to lose their insurance.

No one cares more... except the Dems who voted 'no'... and the people whose healthcare costs are going to more than double... and people w pre-existing conditions... and employers who have to deal w the fallout... this is like a scene from Life of Brian.

This is who those 8 Senate Dems decided to help 👇 Never forget their pathetic and utterly pointless betrayal.

Thanks to @mostmuscle.bsky.social

www.opensecrets.org/orgs/america...

If only we had people like this representing us in Congress.

FWIW, this deal "protects" federal workers until Jan 2026... which is three months from now. So he sold out everyone for three fucking months of no firings... at which point, Trump will likely fire them again. This, against a referendum election in which people made their desires very clear.

Democrats shift toward reopening government as key Virginia lawmaker backs deal Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who represents more than 144,000 federal employees in his home state, announced Sunday that he will support a deal to reopen the government even though it does not ensure an…

Tim Kaine won't be up for re-election until '30, but Mark Warner's term ends in '26. Let's send a message to Kaine by primarying Warner. It's not like Warner was an innocent bystander. Never forget this betrayal. Kaine will be looking in his rearview for the next 5 yrs.

thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Every day until the primaries, voters in their states should call these offices and tell them, "We'll remember this betrayal. You're going to lose your job bc of it".

Here's the list:
Dick Durbin
Angus King
Catherine Cortez Masto
Jacky Rosen
John Fetterman
Tim Kaine
Jeanne Shaheen
Maggie Hassan.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

We have our list of Dems to primary at the first opportunity. The resistance can not afford quislings.

Senate is poised to take the first steps to end 40-day shutdown The Senate is poised to take the first steps toward ending the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of healthcare subs...

They agree to guarantee funding for SNAP through 2026 (already guaranteed; Trump just refused to release the funds), rehire dismissed fed workers (who will again be hostages) for the "promise" of a vote on healthcare. The only people worse at deal making are the Dems.

apnews.com/article/gove...

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

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Add Angus King (ME) and Maggie Hassan (NH) to the list

Add 4 more to the list to be primaried (next year!!!!):
Ossoff (GA)
Shaheen (NH)
Warner (VA)
Booker (NJ)

Let's make it happen. We must remove all quislings in the resistance.

Put Tim Kaine on the list of Senators to be primaried at the first opportunity.We just went through 40 days of utter nonsense to get NOTHING. Those federal workers are back to being hostages for the next time Trump has a tantrum and Kaine utterly failed to protect healthcare for a GOP "promise".🤬

The Dem weak links:

Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023

There wasn't any choice on Tuesday, but if Spanberger is pushing the Senate Dems to cave, I fully regret my choice to support her. This is about as tone deaf as it gets. This fight is about people losing their healthcare, food, the very essentials for life. If you can't protect those, you're unfit.

Tennessee's 7th District has a special election coming December 2. If you live there or know someone who does, urge them to vote for Democrat Aftyn Behn in order to chip away at the GOP in the House, and add 1 more vote to release the Epstein files.

www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/p...

Senate leader eyes potential shutdown deal but there's no guarantee of success The Senate's top Republican says a potential deal is “coming together” on the government shutdown, but there's no guarantee it would end an impasse now stretching to 40 days.

Any Dem Senator who agrees to a deal on the "promise" of a later vote on ACA healthcare subsidies is unfit for office and should be primaried as soon as possible. Republican promises aren't worth the breath required to voice them. They have been and continue to be lies.

apnews.com/article/gove...

Clase, Ortiz indicted on charges related to alleged betting scheme CLEVELAND -- Pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz were indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y., on charges related to an alleged scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games, according to ...

More proof that MLB is run by morons. Rob Manfred welcomed a partnership with gambling interests in 2021. Is anyone surprised that the money was too good for some players to pass up, even for just a few pitches? Like putting a bottle of whiskey next to an alcoholic. 🤦‍♂️🤬

www.mlb.com/news/emmanue...

Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire Leaked emails show the details behind talks between Cote d’Ivoire and Israel shepherded by Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

Some insights as to why the Epstein files are so important to not only Trump, but US ties to Israel. Epstein was a broker for much more than just children.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

NewsNation Host Calls for Subjecting Elites To ‘Travel Hell’ To End Shutdown: Ground Private Jets of Big Donor ‘Rich Folks’ Vittert suggested the shutdown would end if private jets were “grounded” and “rich folks” were forced to ride commercial like everyone else.

NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert has the solution for the air traffic control crisis: ground all the private jets and make the “rich folks” suffer.

So on point.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...

Great page for info on SNAP. In Texas, for example, 1 in 10 receive benefits. 70% of the people receiving benefits nationwide work full-time. Corporate welfare queens Walmart, McDonalds, Amazon, Kroger & Dollar General have the largest number of employees on SNAP (GAO)

www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Brazil's Supreme Court panel unanimously rejects Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27-year sentence The justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have unanimously rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal.

I never thought I'd say this given that Brazil was ruled by an oppressive military junta until 1985, but why can't we be more like Brazil?

As Tuesday's election results proved, we have the power to make things right. We just need more leaders who recognize this.

apnews.com/article/braz...