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.

Get ready, Tuscaloosa. Somebody’s ego will need a rehab.

NH should go latest in Dem primary process Nevada send to last

Good to see two of our stand-up governors standing together on this one. (As they have on many other issues.)

@governor.ca.gov just weighed in to similar effect.

Gotta say, counting "We got them to agree that a law passed in 2019 is still the law" as a victory is some real learned helplessness

We’re not going to “fix the Democrats’ brand” by doing TikToks or launching pods. The brand is a direct reflection of our elected officials. If we want to purge our weak branding, we have to purge the weak Dems. I’m looking forward to a robust primary cycle and new Democrats who know how to fight.

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.

16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave Another disgrace, and a new path forward.

“The failure isn’t presumptively just on Schumer and the seven-plus rank-and-file senators who voted to cave. Assuming there are no consequences for the leadership failure, it’s also on the rest of the caucus.”

@govpritzker.illinois.gov tell @durbin.senate.gov to retire now. He’s worse than useless. It’s time he’s put out to pasture. Same goes for @duckworth.senate.gov if she doesn’t vote to remove Dick and Schumer from leadership.

16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave Another disgrace, and a new path forward.

If outside moderate factionalists really want to disclaim this outcome, they should seize the whip hand in demanding accountability. Immediate new leadership elections, mid-session resignation for all Dem capitulators who would be replaced by Dem governors. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

there is nothing “moderate” about siding with MAGA to impose crushing health insurance price hikes on tens of millions.

Idea: Tell Durbin to retire early. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

Why is she asking the minority leader if he will do something only the majority can do?

When "not reasonable" is the strongest words you use to criticize Trump for starving 40 million Americans and stripping healthcare from millions, there is something wrong:

Yep. Has NYT devoted even *one* stand alone news analysis to the collapse of the MAGA coalition?

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.

Starving poor people into submission? How very Stalinist.

That's exactly what it is, it's like they took Trump's half-assed post and tossed it into ChatGPT for Government to create an outline. It's preposterous and will be an administrative nightmare, especially because people are supposed to be picking plans for next year *right now*.

A key development that appeared to break the logjam in the negotiations was that Senate Republicans proposed that some healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than be used to pay for a one-year extension of enhanced ACA subsidies. That GOP proposal involves sending federal money into flexible-spending accounts instead of to insurance companies that use the money to offset the cost of premiums, so consumers pay a smaller monthly bill. The money could be used to cover deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs, which Republicans see as a way to give consumers more choice and control healthcare inflation.

How much lead do you have to ingest to think you can sell voters on your victory of creating new convoluted HSAs to replace (and, likely, be less than) what used to be a couple button clicks on the ACA marketplace website? Nobody asked for this and nobody will like it.
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Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that they’ll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.

The Situation: I’ll Wait and See on the Tariffs Case The Supreme Court is dead to me whatever it does.

"The problem with the Court’s performance, rather, is the justices’ total lack of urgency about any of it, and their default position...that the administration should be unmolested by the judiciary in tearing down the federal government in the meantime," writes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org.

Trump intentionally starving Americans is a crime against humanity Trump must be brought to justice!

Trump intentionally starving Americans is a crime against humanity. Every other President--including Trump in his first term--ensured SNAP benefits during a govt shutdown were paid so that Americans in need could eat. But not Trump. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-inte...

Trump is in the booth on Fox's NFL broadcast attacking Biden. Woof for all involved.

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner Law Professor Discusses Impact of Trump's DOJ Lawyers Getting Caught Lying to Federal Courts

Law Professor Discusses Impact of Trump's DOJ Lawyers Getting Caught Lying to Federal Courts
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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.

Fox gives Trump a platform during their NFL broadcast to peddle his absurd lies about "prices are coming way down", "we inherited a mess," and "our country has over $17 trillion being invested in it." Absolutely shameful for all involved.

Cheney expressed no regrets about the Iraq War, even after it plunged the U.S. into debt, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, and destabilized Iraq so much that ISIS was able to gain a foothold

Later in life, Cheney broke away from the GOP, but never faced accountability
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Stomping all over the Senate Democratic caucus. I don’t expect the cavers to have any morals but anyone with soul in that entire caucus should be embarrassed and if they had a backbone call out their leadership for failing their constituents and the base.

Embarrassing and disgraceful all around.