Oh good, now it really was for nothing. Thanks Fetterman et al
I don’t think it’s Fetterman.
I mean, yes, him too. But why do you assume that this wasn’t a deal that Schumer and friends worked out, where a bunch of people who are retiring or in safe districts or suffering from brain damage agree to take the fall?
- Dick Durbin is the minority whip
- Schumer didn’t want to do the shutdown in the first place
- I now don’t hear anyone in Democratic leadership out yelling about how these assholes betrayed everyone, like they did when Mamdani won the primary or Bernie participated in one. It’s all just a suspicious silence, and oh well, thoughts and prayers and let’s move on.
Oh, it absolutely had to go through Schumer. I just mentioned Fetterman specifically, because he keeps filling that role
Congress could be back to another standoff in a matter of weeks. And if the subsidies issue hasn’t been resolved by then, Republicans may have an even more difficult time persuading Democrats to come along on another funding bill
No they won’t, because there’s always going to be democrats with republican sympathies who support these fucking fascists. Gods, the democrats are such feckless pieces of shit.
‘Blink’, is a funny way to spell ‘bend over and spread open’.
This reads like a surrender memo. Forty days of pain and Democrats finally vote to reopen the government for a vague promise of a future vote on ACA subsidies, with no guarantee and no timeline. That isn’t negotiation, it’s stress-induced capitulation.
Federal workers deserve better than back pay that was already mandated, and millions facing higher premiums deserve actual protections now. If this is the price of ending a shutdown, then the leverage was wasted and voters should be furious.
Do not let this be swept under the rug. Hold lawmakers accountable in primaries and at the ballot box if they keep trading real wins for empty assurances. We need leaders who use leverage, not tuck tail.
That isn’t negotiation, it’s stress-induced capitulation.
It’s fucking collaboration is what it is.
None of the senators are up for reflection next year, and all of the representatives are retiring next year. None of them will face a consequence for this
Millions of Americans myself included suffer for nothing. This why I say fuck both parties.
it’s stress-induced capitulation.
Bold of you to take these assholes at their word.
They did this on purpose with malice aforethought to scuttle the fight for even a little consideration for healthcare costs drowning the 99%.
The Democrat party works for the donor class, exactly like their friends in the GOP. It couldn’t be any clearer.
This isn’t 8 deluded idiots standing on idiotic principle.
It’s a carefully stage-managed operation to scuttle the fight for even a few crumbs of healthcare.
Notice how every single one of these motherfuckers is either retiring or not up for re-election any time soon. They even rigged it so Schumer could vote no and take a little of the recent heat off himself.
The rot in the Democrat party goes all the way to the core. There’s no reforming it.
Certainly seems that Schumer was behind this despite pretending not to be:
https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/
Distraction … endless distraction.
That is what America politics has become. It’s been like that a little in the past but now it will be the norm.
Endless nonsense and crisis … just crisis after crisis.
The US government has basically fallen. It doesn’t work as intended anymore and does the opposite.
I’m actually surprised Schumer isn’t among the spinless capitulators, this time.
It’s my understanding they chose democrats who weren’t up for reelection or were retiring so it wouldn’t matter.
It seems he was behind them, just too cowardly to put his name to it publicly:
https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/
This feels extremely fitting.
Inb4 “but the dems are sOooOo much BeTtEr”
