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Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers – Airlines For America

"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

“This was a very very bad vote”

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told. This is the package: - CR thru Jan 30 - A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill - Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

See Where Flights Have Been Canceled as Government Shutdown Drags On Hundreds of flights were cut at airports across the United States have been canceled, with deeper cuts looming in the coming days.

See Where Flights Have Been Canceled Across the U.S. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom: ‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’ White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midterms

“Those of us engaged in this fight are witnessing a wholesale attack on free and fair elections,” said Marc Elias, a prominent election lawyer involved in more than 60 election-related suits. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our leaders are rolling over for this asshole?

YouTube video by Democracy Docket 8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election

After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...

Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns

Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

I’m no great fan of the ACA.

I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.

But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.

@heinrich.senate.gov @lujan.senate.gov Hi from this #NewMexico constituent. Please do not accept the deal that is being reported out this Sunday afternoon: do not cave to any deal with future promises on health care. Nothing now, no deal.

Democrats can't defeat Trump-MAGA authoritarianism without an agenda that stands squarely on the side of working people.

We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.

It starts with the party rejecting Big Money.

DO NOT CAVE!

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Do people really believe Ketanji Brown Jackson cut SNAP benefits?
If you dig a little deeper you will find her ruling throws the case back to the appellate court and takes it out of the hands of SCOTUS, for the moment at least. We were damn lucky she was the one taking the "emergency cases".

Wielding Obscure Budget Tools, Trump’s ‘Reaper’ Vought Sows Turmoil in Public Health - KFF Health News Through shrouded bureaucratic maneuvers, White House budget director Russell Vought and DOGE have quietly upended outbreak response, HIV treatment, and dementia care in communities across America.

Quite a read. While eyes are on RFK Jr., there's Vought operating in the background... 🛟😷 Health policy laws KY polisky sociology medsky

Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake.

The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.

An unbelievable stain on our country peretrated by vile, hateful people

DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.

DHS reports shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

I want to see this shutdown ended as soon as possible.

What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.

But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.

DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.

DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump newrepublic.com/post/202813/... via @newrepublic.com

Trump admin tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.

Trump admin directs states to ‘undo’ full November SNAP benefits

www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...

Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...

Social media graphic that says "Detaining Children" in white, and "is not normal" in yellow on a dark red background, and slightly transparent text that says "this is not normal" repeated in the back. Smaller white text at the bottom that says, "As a country, we should be feeding, educating, and nurturing our children, not detaining them."

It's a choice to fund cruelty over community. While essential services for working families and children are paused, the deportation and detention machine remains fully funded and operational.

As a nation, we are better than this.

A Timeline of the Legal Saga Surrounding SNAP Payments Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

The Trump administration told states in a late-night Saturday memo that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, adding to the chaos surrounding the anti-hunger program. Here’s a timeline of the SNAP developments that led up to this point.

I’m One of the Clergy ICE Assaulted. They Treat Immigrants Worse I learned the hard way that my clerical collar doesn’t offer much protection from ICE. But immigrants have no protection at all.

“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”

Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.