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Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

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The process basically boils down to Dems offering as many amendments as we can to try and strike down the worst spending cuts. So far Republicans have blocked every single one. Will keep you updated.

I love the enthusiasm you bring and I'm proud you're one of my senators, but you gotta stop playing by their rules. They have no intention of keeping civil process so why should you?

People need to get to the capitol now. There’s a reason they’re doing this in the middle of the night and out of sight. Problem is almost no one reading this can do that.

This is my 27 year old daughter Beryl who suffers from seizures every night!😭😭 She receives Medicaid/ Medicare! Without her $3,000.00 per month seizure meds. She would die! DON'T TAKE HERE MEDICAID AWAY!!!💔😭💔 #MEDICAID #SSI #MEDICARE #RESIST #TRUMP #MUSK #SOCIALSECURITY #HEALTHCAREISAHUMANRIGHT

When Liberals and Progressives complain that Dems aren’t doing enough, we want to see politicians doing more stuff like THIS ☝️ Thank you Senator 🙏

Thank you! Madison, Jefferson, and Jay stand with you on promoting the general welfare of The People. We the People say again that in order to form a more perfect Union we promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our Posterity (i.e. now and forevermore).

Thank you for the hard work. Please add an amendment that requires them to each individually read Edward said’s orientalist out loud cover to cover on the senate floor. Also many all nighters do you think you can get them to do?

Sounds performative to me, but please prove me wrong. You had to know Republicans would block it, so what was the plan for after that happened? What *actual* actions are you going to take that aren't just fecklessly rolling over and showing your belly in surrender?

He tells his base they won’t make these cuts. They believe everything he says. He does the opposite and they don’t even realize they’ve being lied to. Gaslighting 101.

If it's Rich McCormick he was just at a town hall with a very large, angry crowd. It looks like you are not alone! bsky.app/profile/josh...

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Here's @bluestein.bsky.social's uncensored thread of the town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA), in which an unhappy audience pushes back against DOGE cuts: threadreaderapp.com/thread/18927...

Thank you for continuing to fight these assholes intent on dismantling everything good in this country. It blows my mind that republicans really want to take us back to the dark ages of tyranny and monarchy - did they forget what country this is??

are you serious? he's literally updating us on how they're fighting the regime right now. he's a congressman and his where he should be, in congress.

Hey it's time to mobilize, I'm not talking about voters. It's time to remove fascists and the apathetic elites that are allowing the working class to bear the burden for the benefit of the minority. This is plain and simple class warfare and the working class has been gutted for almost 50 years.

Pissd inflation is up while the wealthy prosper due to targeted tax cuts paid for by cruel cuts to your Medicare, Social Security, etc? Upset a billionaire, who takes $8mil a day from the government, gleeful guts cancer research, food for hungry kids, and Veteran benefits? Try the old switcheroo!

Thank you for your efforts this exhausting nights. But call them what they are and take your pick: slaves to oligarchy, Trump fearing spineless jellyfish, duty abdicating cowards, misanthropic sociopaths or my favorite: fascist traitors. Show me where I'm wrong.

Hey when they start throwing grannies out of nursing homes...nursing home industry will scream, people will be screaming...so let's get over with already...they are going to do it...so let them find out...they will regret the vote...

Just in case we still have a Congress and elections in 2026, if the budget passes with cuts to Medicaid, Agriculture , Education, please Meidas blast this all day tomorrow and next week, that GOP, Elon and the orange king think this is a genius budget to give the rich tax cuts.

PLEASE don't let anything happen to ssi, Medicare, medicaid, & SNAP. I rely on all of this to survive. Any changes made to it & I'll be literally homeless. That also means I'd have to give up my emotional support pet. I live on $1680.00 a month. I can't even imagine having the money that musk has.

Would it help, though? Hundreds of former high-ranking officials - e.g. Mark Milley - gaved well-reasoned warnings before the election, but the result still was a win for T.

Even if people of this app know how dirty republicans are, him continuing to share it with us is good. They are doing their part (to an extent and selectively) it’s up to the people to spread and preach for change. That’s the only way to get rid of all this corruption

That would be out of order to extend debate on an amendment. The majority party makes the rules, and therefore the unanimous consent agreements, for the Senate. If you turn on c-span right now, you will see roll call votes on amendments. www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

c-span.orgU.S. SenateSenator Mitch McConnell announces his decision not to seek reelection. The Senate also votes 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel to be FBI Director. Senators will vote on amendments to the Republicans' Fiscal...

You dems need to FIGHT‼️ Forget about norms & being conventional! Concentrate on being CLEVER & EFFECTIVE!! USA, you are under SIEGE & your ENEMY'S headquarters is the White House. They are WAGING WAR on you, on your country & your people, & it's fkn HIGH TIME that you WAGE WAR on them in return🤬‼️

I think it's time to get state lawyers filling lawsuits on the behalf of every Oregonian affected by loss of ssi, hud, snap, farmer, employees and healthcare. Ur going to have alot of homeless starving people dying soon if something isn't done fast. It's time all 50 states unite and fight as 1 💙💙💙

Is there a numeric or time limit to how many amendments can be offered? Sen. Booker said “unlimited” earlier tonight, but then said Democrats would be proposing amendments until tomorrow morning. If it can be unlimited, why not keep it going for weeks? Maybe he misspoke…

Have you denied unanimous consent for everything? Done constant quorum calls? Taken your 30 hours for debate for EVERY GODDAMN THING? No, you haven't and you aren't. You fucking useless shits.

Why aren't you demanding a quorum and having all the Democrats disappear to prevent them from starting the day? Is that even possible or did Schumer, in his infinite idiocy, change the rules for that?

Your esteemed colleagues are are the grift train…, I know the Dems still believe in Senate collegiality…, but your “brothers” are wholesale getting the big $$$’s from the GQP grift train… . Which one will hit billionaire status 1st…? My money is on Thune… . $50…? Any takers…?

Get on tv every day and tell the people. There are over 250 members, that's three before the midterm. Get out there and make sure vets know what they voted for, or all these maga Medicare recipients. They don't know this. Once they realize you'll be blamed. You know this right. Right

They played down & dirty when Biden & Obama were in office to get what they wanted. Dems need to do the same. There's no more decorum. There's no more nice guys. Ask them if they still want to fight for the constitution or they'd just rather do the dictator's bidding.

That's what happens when you go full puss. The thing is you are actually weakening MY odds. Democrats have shown NO strength! All the would be dem gun toters left, so when democracy REALLY DOES FAIL, It's gonna be me against a shipload of Trump crazies, great. Can u ACT like you got balls??

It's funny how they've always blocked everything, even when they were the minority. Why aren't you dems doing the same? Oh, and stop sending me fundraising emails. Start worrying about whether there will actually BE another election.

Ron: -Raise endless points of order -Request that each amendment be read in entirety into the record -Live quorum calls while the Dems vacate the floor. Demand that the entire GOP be on the floor. Your entire worthless caucus could grind the chamber's activity to a near standstill. DO IT.

Thanks, Senator? Are you still on X? Elon Musk is threatening advertisers with the powers of the White House. He’s about to take in 44 billion from investors who are no doubt threatened or bribed. We really need for elected Dems to stop contributing to X.

hank you and please know this: its the altered code in the voting machines tabulation software--Dems need to demand forensic investigation of the machines or ALL HAND COUNTED PAPER BALLOTS- If not, Dems will lose the midterms and be Done. Musk tampered with the Swing States elections2024

Just watching on C-SPAN2 Sen. Tammy Baldwin now speaking RE: amendment to prohibit legislation that would remove health care from seniors. point of order being raised by Mike Crapo Sen. Baldwin asking for the ayes and nays During the vote C-SPAN shows split screen:

When the GOP was the minority, even an imbecile like Tuberville was able to block actions for months. Can you guys do something other than "offer" ineffective amendments?

May you lying gutless wonders rot in hell for supporting the evil 😈 of Donald Trump. Oligarchy do not care about anyone but themselves. The Narcist liar Trump only cares about himself and he is planning on stealing everything

Any one in DC? Any way we can quietly get in the chambers with signs - no real heckling, just a way to get them to notice the signs. All they have to say is - Just say NO for your child, parent, or grandparent. THINK!

They’re going to try. Problem is at the end of the day this hurts many white rural MAGA voters. They may balk if they get enough pushback. It’s gonna have to be loud

Thank you for getting the information out. And for doing all that you can to stop the worst of it. All of this voting will be on record right? It will give Dems some ability to show voters who cut their Medicaid’s etc & what & how Dems can help if they are voted in at the next election cycle.

Yeah sure, and when Democrats have power they'll do jack shit to change it back. We all know that you're standing around holding the Republicans' jackets while they do what you could never do, but have always wanted to.

Call your senators & congresspeople- US and state - and let them know you’re angry & disillusioned, and want the government promised to you by the Founding Fathers, and pretty much every American politician & judge until T47 MAGAman put Koolaid in the water, and amassed himself a cult.

If they cut medicaid I know 3 people who won't make it for too long. One is typing this. One has epilepsy and autism and is a good human. One is a loved one in a care home. This cannot stand in the US. I know a couple of Moms who are going to kick some ass.

You know what they call the parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles of the people with autism, epilepsy and elderly…. VOTERS! They are voters and every congressperson, every senator would do well to remember that!

72% polled said legalized bribery (aka Citizens United) is a very big problem in the country today .... took the top spot of problems in a new PEW research poll. It's where all of are other problems originate (unaffordable heath care, overspending on the military budget, etc.)

Criminal Trump is not cutting government spending. He is redirecting to Elon Musk's businesses & Criminal Trump is getting a cut. The Nation dept will be increasing & Criminal Trump will show smok & mirrors to fool people. We need to keep track of Trump's looting. The National Debt as of today.

Do you understand why? Do you understand their communist agenda? Do you know that congress soon will have not power? Do you understand and see that trump already is near to a totalitarian power grab and when that’s done, freedom is out??Do you know there is time to ask for hep to the armed forces?

Dems need to say no to all Republican budget bills including any and all CRs. Why should Dems allow the government to spend more money if supposedly it is wasting so much and people are getting fire? If Pugs want a budget let them vote one in.

Because the majority voted for Trump…..knowing full well he asked Pence to override the Constitution on Jan 6. KNOWING he doesn’t respect the Constitution. There is no buyer’s remorse, unless Republicans in Congress remove him…and they will not. That’s the way the founders set it up.

Well, what do you expect? When was the last time some hungry child wrote a large check to one of your colleagues’ re-election campaigns? According to the Supremes, money is a protected form of free speech and it gets heard. Musk gets a megaphone, most of us are muted.

Where’s the democrats at? Why isn’t every single dem bombarding the media with this? Americans are loosing every protection every service under Trump & GOP.. Yet rarely hear anything from Dems. Do they give a shit?

Wherever you live in the nation, if you can get to DC, this is our opportunity to show up Powerfully United, and show the world we Reject this Felonious TRAITOR. This is your Advance Notice Start planning now WE NEED A HUGE CROWD March 4th - Washington, DC U.S. Capitol- Noon

I recommend finding a place to stay near a metro station and taking the metro to the Capitol, as parking is a challenge. There are hotels in Virginia and Maryland on the metro line which will be less expensive than DC.

Because they are nothing but a bunch of greedy POS that only care about enriching themselves. Many of them are wealthy enough and have dual citizenship to where they’ll just jump ship if the U.S. does collapse and they wouldn’t even be worse for wear. They live a whole different reality than us.

Conservatism could change with the voting public or create an entire alternate reality to scare their voters forever. They chose the latter, and it encouraged the least scrupulous people in the world to pursue Republican electoral politics. The least callow republicans became democrats.

So I I have this right, they should stop doing their job, in front of the cameras, creating endless amendments to force the gop to vote them down in public, slowing the process down, and go chain themselves to the bathroom door so no one can pee while actually speeding up the GOP process?

If republicans are ever going to actually pay for the way they treat people, then my Trump-loving diabetic, Medicaid & Social Security dependent parents are gonna have to starve a little bit. It’s the only way people with zero empathy for others ever learn anything. It has to hurt Them.

Your son and girlfriend aren’t the problem here. Yes we know everyone will suffer but the main point is we NEED MAGA to suffer in order to pull the wool over their eyes off. And it’s not like any of us are championing this-MAGA getting what they didn’t realize they voted for is our only solace

Many will dig in their heals, this is inevitable. Because to admit you were wrong Now would be to admit that you’ve been wrong all along. But I think we’re already seeing a percentage of Trump voters express their regret. And there’s likely more than just what we see from TikTok.

Senator Wyden. Respectfully we need an opposition party in this moment right now. We need you to find one of your fellow senators to block things like Sen. McConnell. I don’t like the man at all but I respect the way they command all the attention, control the narrative and block all legislation

Every Democratic senator and Congressional needs to be doing tiktok explaining this you need to learn from Trump how to get a hold of people not everybody nowadays watches TV and their attention spans about as good as a 3 minute commercial

You don't need to post that on here you need to be running commercials on Fox TV letting all the people know because you know a lot of their supporters give these services what they're doing and put the phone numbers or contact information up for these senators and Congressional Republicans

As long as the american people do not react, it seems as if they don’t care. Don’t they know? Don’t they feel any consequences?? Do they put pressure on corporations, do they pressure their senators, do they demonstrate, do they….? (What CAN they do?)

Dude, they're literally the Axis of Losers. The only thing they have in common. Nazis, Confederates, Nerds, Incels, rednecks, Russians ~ their all losers. Laugh at them, then get them out.

I don't think it matters what you're negotiating. Trump is going to decide where the money goes. It will go to his loyalist after they beg. He's rendered the house and senate useless with Elon dismantling everything. The confirmations were just a distraction and you all got had. He is lawless.

Why do average Americans have to pay more for groceries and face cuts and get fired? Wouldn't it be easier to manage the budget if billionaires paid their fair share in taxes? Instead we get screwed once again. Why did you decide to join politics and run for office?

My autistic granddaughter just lost her childcare thanks to these idiots. She was blossoming so well there and now her mother will not be able to work, will have to stay home. My granddaughter’s development will be stunted. I’m enraged!

People need to understand that cutting Medicare will also force doctors and clinics out of business. Their payment rate is already so low that many will not be able to bear more uncertainty. And especially clinics with high risk patients like cancer, cardio, etc.

The only thing that made medicare rates tolerable was their predictability. They are...were...the bread & butter that kept the lights on because practices didn't need a staff of collection agents fighting for legitimate payment of services as they need for corporate 'healthcare'.

I’m saying that for all the hemming and hauling Murkowski and Collins do, the consistently fall in line. Manchin/Sinema gave DNC numbers but were frequent dissenters. So the majority never got to go far and in only one chamber

There was a time when compromises could be had, but as disappointing as the party can be, it still moved left. The problem came when the GOP moved a lot more overtly right and they didn’t calibrate. It’s the biggest reason Biden was close to bottom of the list for me in 2020

Didn’t say it was good or ideal. It’s who got past primaries, and it was either accept their win towards majority and at least get speaker rights or just give up seats to the extreme right. We also see a lot of corrupt people ejected by the DNC and become ultra MAGA (eg Gabbard, RFK jr)

So far doge has showed zero interest in any new programs, just slicing programs. This is effectively bringing back the line item veto from the 90s, but the regent (Musk) is doing it and counting on the SC not having the stones to say no.

I am one of your constituents, Senator Wyden. Many of our family members, friends and neighbors will be irreprerably harmed by these cuts. Many have already been harmed. Keep Fighting, Sir!