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MarineCombatEngineer

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9. I appreciate you and others trying to be the voice of reason here,

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 02:48 PM

Nov 2025

but understand our dismay at what happened last night, IMHO, we just got a pig in a poke.

I hope you're right, because as it stands right now, we are in danger of losing the momentum of last Tues. elections going into the mid terms.

Like I said, I appreciate the attempt to calm things down.

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Watch and appreciate how Democrats are governing to pressure republicans [View all] bigtree Nov 2025 OP

What became of that FSA account proposal from the GOP SSJVegeta Nov 2025 #1

"Republican health care crisis" mzmolly Nov 2025 #2

and I'm sure they are losing sleep over millions losing healthcare LOL. nt yaesu Nov 2025 #5

They should lose sleep over losing mzmolly Nov 2025 #10

They aren't in danger of losing their Bettie Nov 2025 #22

All Republican districts are mzmolly Nov 2025 #25

Most of them are Bettie Nov 2025 #31

Time will tell. mzmolly Nov 2025 #34

They don't care...no consequences NotHardly Nov 2025 #43

I disagree. mzmolly Nov 2025 #50

well, they can slop all the lipstick on the shutdown cave pig they want but at the end of the day is still a pig. nt yaesu Nov 2025 #3

should have voted in a majority bigtree Nov 2025 #12

Even when we had the majority, they voted for an expiration date on the enhanced subsidies MichMan Nov 2025 #39

it was a pandemic response, not a straightforward subsidy effort bigtree Nov 2025 #44

Republicans are pigs. mzmolly Nov 2025 #13

Democrats that continually cave to fascists deserve to be flamed LR3 Nov 2025 #4

THIS! berksdem Nov 2025 #6

the vast majority of the party disagreed. bigtree Nov 2025 #46

Oh please LR3 Nov 2025 #54

Use this to show people exactly how evil Republicans are Freddie Nov 2025 #7

If the Democrats are going to go along with this it's not just showing that the Republicans are the ones Autumn Nov 2025 #16

So we totally give up, lose the midterms and install trump as president for life Freddie Nov 2025 #17

Democratic leadership gave up. We did what was required of us and more. nt Autumn Nov 2025 #18

wrong. they put the ball squarely in the repubs court. edisdead Nov 2025 #32

Why would the democrats own it? edisdead Nov 2025 #30

They caved and the republicans will show no mercy. CentralMass Nov 2025 #8

How was the shutdown going to change that? edisdead Nov 2025 #28

We will never know. CentralMass Nov 2025 #45

they still have the majority of Democrats standing against them bigtree Nov 2025 #47

I appreciate you and others trying to be the voice of reason here, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #9

it was a shitty deal bigtree Nov 2025 #24

Do you honestly believe that Krasnov gab13by13 Nov 2025 #33

we got a dead rotten pig in a bloody dripping poke rampartd Nov 2025 #35

I think this is dangerous leftstreet Nov 2025 #11

right now the demand is an extension of ACA subsudies as millions of Americans health costs double bigtree Nov 2025 #20

Sadly BigMin28 Nov 2025 #21

Single payer isn't even in thenpicture edisdead Nov 2025 #27

Restoring the Obamacare subsidies is also not going to happen. gab13by13 Nov 2025 #36

I brought it up BigMin28 Nov 2025 #41

I think you are as right on this as you were on Garland. Autumn Nov 2025 #14

Yep. Exactly. Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #40

I appreciate your positivity berksdem Nov 2025 #15

your reply is unserious bigtree Nov 2025 #29

oh no, i read it a few times actually... berksdem Nov 2025 #48

I wanna be positive too, but I think that's cockeyed optimisim. Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #19

Rec X 1,000,000!! Sogo Nov 2025 #23

thank you for this bigtree edisdead Nov 2025 #26

Obviously Mikie Sherrill can't see it either gab13by13 Nov 2025 #38

Capitulation is the opposite of pressure but I guess the corporatists & centrists need to spin this as a victory somehow LonePirate Nov 2025 #37

Thank You csusan Nov 2025 #42

That was a very thoughtful post. Quiet Em Nov 2025 #49

Jeffries will be a great Speaker! mcar Nov 2025 #51

" we're going to work hard to hold the Republicans accountable" IcyPeas Nov 2025 #52

So...will this"victory" get SNAP benefits sent out? synni Nov 2025 #53