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Senate takes first step to end shutdown as Bernie Sanders says moderate Democrats voting with GOP are making a ‘horrific mistake’

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  2. paxwells97 on

    It saddens me to think how better and kinder this world would be with Sanders as president in 2016 and 2020. Instead of the hatred Trump has created amongst our youth and even adults.

  3. Ropeycarnivore on

    Not sure why we are surprised. SNAP counts for billions of dollars of profit to big chain grocery stores. It’s insanely obvious that these corporations paid off the senators to end this shutdown. Status quo never changes

    Edit: Just wanted to add this tidbit. I see people posting the names of the 8 senators and to remember them so they can be voted out like the entire party didn’t specifically pick those 8 as the fall guys. This isn’t an 8 person problem. The party is entirely corrupt and inept. We have to choose between voting for evil or corruption. So fucking tired of this mess

  5. Power-Equality on

    Coincidentally, Trump pardoned the *domestic terrorists* who helped him attempt a **putsch** on January 6, 2021, just hours after Senate Democrats capitulated tonight

  8. Rumsfeld1001 on

    The best part is the GOP suggested this exact same thing before the shutdown and now it makes the Democrats look like the bad guy.

  11. MarzipanFit2345 on

    Fetterman just let down the ~500,000 Pennsylvanians who have health insurance through the ACA.

    He shamefully and disgustingly failed his constituents.

    Primary him! Get him out!

  14. henrysmyagent on

    I am soooo tired of being in a party populated with such craven COWARDS.

    Do these COWARDS not understand that the Repugnicans do not care if their policies hurt poor and working-class people?

    Do you know why? Because Repugnicans *enjoy* hurting the poor and the working-class!

    Now the Repugnicans know for a fact that if they hurt people hard enough and long enough then the craven COWARDS will cave in and let the Repugnicans do whatever the hell they want.

    Everyone of those COWARDS need to be primaried by true defenders of the poor and working-class.

    The rich already have 60 defenders in the Senate.

  16. TrumpFucksKidz on

    I don’t know what he’s talking about. 

    I’m sure that the Republicans, after they get the concessions that they want from the Democrats, will reason and debate in good faith. 

  17. Bodycount9 on

    Again all they think about is their jobs. Not the American people who have to buy health care at double to triple the price they were paying.

    First priority is to get re-elected. This country always comes second.

  18. CheetahPatient6926 on

    Come on, it is afterall a good thing that the goverment can continue, and children can get food

  20. DemoEvolved on

    Every single news organization needs to interview a dem and say, “What benefits did the dem party get by acquiescing to this vote?” Because from here it looks like “Nothing “ and that’s the kind of answer that loses you the midterms

  21. Seagoon_Memoirs on

    caving to republican lies is not helping

    never vote with nazis, never , nothing they do is good, it all leads to evil, all of it

  24. wrosecrans on

    Schumer either gave a greenlight to the “rebels” or he has no control of the caucus. It does not really matter which, there is no value in retaining Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.

    Call your Senator on Monday. Demand change. It’s not just a question of whether your Senator voted for it or not. The Senators who did vote for it are all not up for re-election next year, so it seems like it was a coordinated group intended to take the heat so nobody would get hurt by voting for it in the 2026 election. Be pissed. Be active. Make calls. The whole political calculus seems to be that people will just take it and not respond.

    Here’s a thread I saw on BlueSky that seems on-point,

    > _The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer_

    https://bsky.app/profile/sarahposner.bsky.social/post/3m5ao4ccy3k2n

  26. Bearski79 on

    What do you do in a standoff where one side has a gun, 40 million hostages, and has shown time and again they have no problem pulling the trigger?

    I get the disappointment. For a minute there it looked like the Dems were finally showing some backbone, and then they caved and won nothing. But with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up, keeping the shutdown going would’ve hit many people hard. At some point you have to weigh principle against the collateral damage.

    Would it have been worth it to keep fighting to save healthcare? Maybe. But how do you negotiate with a GOP that’s proven they’re fine blowing everything up to get their way? The majority of voters elected this government, and there are consequences for that. The worst part is the pain lands on the people who fought the hardest to stop a Trump presidency.

    I don’t think there’s a hope in hell for the ACA credits to be extended now. The only hope is the midterms, and I just hope it’s not too late. The US feels dangerously close to going off a cliff.

    To my friends in the States: keep fighting. Keep showing up. Keep believing that a groundswell of support for real democratic values can still turn things around. The rest of the world is watching and hoping you do.

  28. Flonkadonk on

    They’re not moderates. Helping right wing extremists push through their agenda is a right wing extremist position, not a moderate one. The moderate position was to not cave. They are, functionally, right wing extremist democrats. Normalizing this behavior as “moderate” is unearned legitimation.

  30. pknasi60 on

    I’m 100% behind Bernie Sanders, dont get me wrong but I feel that when articles mention Sanders disagreeing with democrats, it should be assumed. He’s the only proper leftist in the senate, everyone else in the party is at best a loud centrist

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