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$2,571.

That’s how much health care premiums will increase next year for an average family of four in South Carolina on a HealthCare.gov plan.

Democrats want to end this shutdown and prevent that from happening. Republicans should join us.

If average HealthCare.gov plan premiums double in a few months due to Republican inaction, 4 million people will lose health insurance.

Without health coverage, many will get sicker or skip care entirely.

So much for “Make America Healthy Again.”

Sounds good to me! Where do we sign up?!

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Pritzker to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Trump says a lot of crazy things. I genuinely think there's something wrong with him. I wish his family would intervene... I don’t think anybody around is going to do it bc they’re benefiting from his dementia"

Full interview: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Week two of the shutdown and the House still hasn’t shown up for work. Federal workers and service members are working without pay, yet Congress gets paid for inaction.

So I’m proposing a House Rules change: stay in session until the shutdown ends. No paid vacation.

I filed this resolution today to change the House Rules:

Congress should not be able to leave on a paid vacation when government is closed and federal workers and servicemembers are working without a paycheck.

The RIFs seem like they might further entrench the Democratic position and prolong shutdown

Rep. Beyer: "harder to get the bipartisan deal that is needed to end this shutdown"

Sen. Murray: “A shutdown does not give Trump or Vought new, special powers to cause more chaos"

"The House is done": Johnson rules out stand-alone vote on paying troops during shutdown "We already had that vote. It's called the CR, " Johnson said.

Our troops & military families shouldn't miss paychecks because of this Republican shutdown.

Democrats stand ready to pass a bill that saves health care, lowers costs for families, & funds the government.

It's time for the GOP to get back to work.

We are more than a week into the GOP government shutdown. I stand ready to vote on a bill that saves health care, lowers costs for families, and funds the government – yet Republicans refuse to bring their members back to work.

Thoughts and prayers Kristi Noem

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Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low The New York attorney general has led the legal fight against Trump, and now he has mobilized the Justice Department to go after her.

You should read @joanwalsh.bsky.social on the utter vindictiveness of the Tish James indictment

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Kash Patel fires yet another group of FBI agents without cause, shutters corruption group The Republicans’ “Arctic Frost” controversy has largely collapsed under scrutiny. It led the FBI to fire at least three special agents anyway.

Patel firing another group of FBI special agents without cause is ridiculous.

But don’t overlook the fact that he also just shut down a federal corruption unit — the latest in a series of moves intended to undo the federal infrastructure that was used to combat corruption.

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

When powerful federal officials, including those at the White House, start leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

The scope of Team Trump’s efforts to steer the culture make that problem worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

GOP’s Jim Jordan on judges: ‘I don’t think you should rule out impeachment’ Most Americans don’t want to see judges impeached over anti-Trump rulings. A key House Republican said it’s “on the table” anyway.

Remember when several Republicans launched impeachment efforts against federal judges in response to rulings the White House didn’t like?

Jim Jordan — the chair of the House Judiciary Committee — isn’t ready to walk away from the idea. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The phrase "don't threaten me with a good time" keeps coming to mind.

What exactly is a “Democrat program”?

Medicare? Medicaid? Health insurance? 🤔

Fossil Fuel Kraken Feeds Feverishly at Public Trough - ecoRI News A recently released report found White House Nazis sending an additional $4 billion of taxpayer money each year for the next decade to the fossil fuel industry.

On top of the “direct subsidies” is the “free-to-pollute” subsidy, violating market economics with the biggest subsidy of all: $700 billion/year.

YouTube video by Senator LBR (Lisa Blunt Rochester) LBR Reacts: Speaker Johnson on C-SPAN #governmentshutdown

Listen to what this Republican mother had to say to Speaker Johnson this morning.

If he's not willing to listen to us, I hope he'll listen to the American people. Families are hurting, and Republicans have the power to put a stop to it. We're at the table. We're waiting.

Opinion | I Investigated Corruption. The Homan Affair Is Full of Red Flags.

I asked MAGA Bondi the “what became of the money” and the “did he declare it” questions, and she couldn’t/wouldn't answer.

Simple fact questions, protected by no privilege. Smells like another cover-up.

Emboldened Democrats dig in on health care demands in shutdown fight Energized by public opinion, Democrats are refusing to budge on their demands to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits, frustrating Republican leaders.

We’re fighting for health care that Americans deserve and Republicans are cutting.

Don’t you want us to do well in that fight? I think so.

Stand strong.

Comparing Mamdani, vigorous, specific, fact-based response to the Leticia James indictment with Andrew Cuomo's mumbling bowl of cold polenta gives us a good sense of how these two would interact with Trump. One as a smart critic, the other as a spineless supplicant.

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