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W_HAMILTON

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8. This propaganda piece from the left damn near has me breaking my pledge to never link to a certain website.

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:45 PM

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Let's just say anyone that wants to know the truth can freely search for it on their own. It's pretty damn sad when fascist friendly mainstream outlets are more truthful about this topic than unabashedly leftwing outlets.

The deal Democrats offered was essentially a bill that SIMULTANEOUSLY extended healthcare credits for one year while funding the government for one year.

THUNE was the fucking one that made the "fund the government till January and we'll see about extending healthcare credits."

The Democrats met behind closed doors and agreed that Thune's offer was a non-starter and they unified behind the simultaneous one-year extension offer.

EDIT - The offer, straight from Schumer's damn mouth on the Senate floor:

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Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? [View all] Celerity Saturday OP

B/c he is never punished for his failures and capitulations with a loss of position. RockRaven Saturday #1

Democrat Who Caved on Shutdown Says Chuck Schumer Knew All Along Celerity Monday #60

Because he's weak. Chuck is no Harry Reid Historic NY Saturday #2

Reid caved to Mitch and we did not get legislation through. GreenWave Sunday #38

Reid got Obamacare ACA through Historic NY Sunday #40

5 yrs of pachyderm filbusters and then he changed the rules 2013 5th yr of Obama's presidency. GreenWave Sunday #53

Well that is certainly a creative re-write of history. tritsofme Sunday #42

60 votes or bust was in vogue too long. GreenWave Sunday #52

I don't know what that is supposed to mean. tritsofme Sunday #55

Schumer is not the leader for this moment. yellow dahlia Saturday #3

He wants a deal , even a bad deal to pretend that he still knows what he's doing Bread and Circuses Saturday #4

... orangecrush Saturday #5

There's talk from House reps that he's more concerned for the airline industry that are screaming to end the shutdown pecosbob Saturday #6

Maybe contributions are down. AltairIV Sunday #56

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Saturday #7

This propaganda piece from the left damn near has me breaking my pledge to never link to a certain website. W_HAMILTON Saturday #8

the article discusses that Celerity Saturday #10

The article is a biased piece of shit. It was not a negotiated deal by Democrats, much less Schumer. W_HAMILTON Saturday #11

disagree with your framing attempts, as it was a group of centrist Dems who floated the idea (most Dems said NO) to Celerity Saturday #12

WRONG. And the article is outdated, but since we are linking the previously referenced fascist friendly outlet: W_HAMILTON Sunday #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Sunday #59

TY.. it is a really sad shame. Cha Saturday #17

So damn tiring. MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #49

I really Appreciate your Cha Sunday #57

Why does this surprise anyone? gab13by13 Saturday #9

Good fuckin question!! We're FINALLY startin to win again and Schumer is lookin to capitulate?? HELL NO!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Saturday #13

he needs to follow Pelosi's lead Skittles Saturday #14

Post removed Post removed Saturday #15

No Sen Schumer is Not that at All. Cha Saturday #18

We'll have to agree to disagree. Grim Chieftain Saturday #19

Why should I believe a word of this? Wiz Imp Saturday #16

The assignment is to put "cave" in as many headlines about Democrats, especially Schumer, as possible. betsuni Saturday #20

lol Cha Saturday #21

Because the American Prospect has a high Factual and Credibility rating. Emile Sunday #22

No... it also says they have a LEFT BIAS. QueerDuck Sunday #25

I don't post links to right-wing bias publications. Emile Sunday #27

Nobody said otherwise. QueerDuck Sunday #31

Good to know. I hate to think a left-wing bias publication Emile Sunday #32

You're welcome. QueerDuck Sunday #33

Your very oddly edited first paragraph is extremely misleading, at best. sl8 Sunday #29

Thanks for the update. QueerDuck Sunday #30

Why? Because you left out the "may", which made your claim untrue muriel_volestrangler Sunday #54

Their anti-Dem agenda is obvious. Many things are obvious about this thread... QueerDuck Sunday #23

CNN reported on the same story too. Emile Sunday #24

No that's not the same story. Please. QueerDuck Sunday #26

Did you read that article? Because even it directly refutes the bullshit article in the OP. W_HAMILTON Sunday #47

THANK YOU MorbidButterflyTat Sunday #50

Mahalo For Explaining! I Know It's Cha Sunday #58

Last Tuesday screamed the following message, gab13by13 Sunday #28

Unless I misunderstood the deal TheFarseer Sunday #34

"Capitulation in exchange for nothing." Paladin Sunday #35

Long past time for Chuck to pass the baton johnnyfins Sunday #36

Good article, thanks for posting SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #37

"The sort of players who would fold a royal flush." Kid Berwyn Sunday #39

Useless VanceFan Sunday #41

Because millions of US citizens are starting to starve? krawhitham Sunday #43

I've seen posts on DU where people seem to have this fantasy that we can keep the government shut down for several more Midwestern Democrat Sunday #45

Excuse me, it's the majority party that shut down Emile Sunday #48

He is a member of the democrat's old guard. republianmushroom Sunday #46

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