Mia she/her

in the coming days I want that plane tracker to see which democrats fuck off to whatever warm area for the holidays #political

Fight don’t fold.

BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”

#MedicareForAllNOW

In case you're wondering how this will impact people with disabilities...Mercy and I pay $1600 per month for our health insurance BEFORE any increases and it *still* doesn't cover all of my Crohn's meds and procedures.

the minute flights got canceled, Dems folded like a house of cards, leaving me to wonder why the fuck this post made some of you so angry

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

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.

I have known, liked, and voted for Tim Kaine since he was mayor of Richmond. I am done with him and will vote for Warner’s primary challenger next year, and Kaine’s in 2030.

#KaineCaves why can’t we (Dems) keep up the momentum from Tuesday. Such a frustrating let down

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.

Nothing better underscores that Dems have no values or beliefs than the fact that they called every issue except ACA subsidies a distraction and then proceeded to fully capitulate on ACA subsidies

You’re trash @shaheen.senate.gov and this will be your legacy

if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader

yeah this is with leadership’s blessing and you’ll never convince me otherwise. the whip is a yes, the rest of the yes’s are retiring or 4-6 years out from a primary, this is trash.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Normally retiring senators, from whichever party, do the courageous thing. This time they did the cowardly thing, and caved.

Welcome to the Death Of Expertise Part 19745:

Kristy, the job of the Leader in the Senate is to hold the caucus together, Schumer has demonstrated that not only is he a liar on matters of healthcare, he is incapable of delivering.

Fuck off.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”

so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.

Kaine, who has experienced Long Covid, is abandoning those with Long Covid who have to work as contractors who are too sick to work full-time.

New slogan for New Hampshire:

Live free or…
Never mind, we’ll cave

I don’t think Democrats should reopen the government so long as Donald Trump is:

- Trying to starve millions of Americans
- Invading U.S. cities
- Disappearing people
- Taking a hatchet to public health
- Gutting environmental regulations
- Not funding foreign aid
- Committing war crimes

No compromise that doesn’t involve GOP surrender on all of that shit is worth supporting.

Let Republicans explain to voters why they’re prioritizing evil shit over governing

"Government funding through Jan. 2026" — destroying the healthcare system for 2 months of gov funding

"backpay for federal employees" — existing law signed by Trump in '19 already guarantees this

"Furlough prevention" — I don't know what the fuck this means

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!

That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

So, yeah.

Don't know what Schumer actually did, but arranging the deal then voting no is like voting to advance debate (overcome a filibuster) then voting no on the legislation itself knowing that it will pass. It launders your capitulation for low attention voters.

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