General Discussion

...we're in an election season, and this is opposition politics, not actual expectations that republicans in power will do more than be republicans.

We saw the dynamic of Dem leader's activism working to bring voters to the end game of elections and support our Democrats in opposition to republican challengers, as several levels. The effect was undeniably a shift in public support and sentiment to our party.

That's the game here, not some expectation that we can derail republicans indefinitely with stunts, and not make substanitive changes to the makeup of Congress to achieve a Democratic majority, especially in the House where we're so close.

But we're seeing the positive political effects of Dems keeping republicans off blance over SNAP, over ACA subsudies, over Epstein...

Watch how the WH and republicans squirm and ultimately disappoint Americans on these issues that Democratic leaders and others have made the defining concerns of the moment with their activism and advocacy inside their respective bodies.

None of that goes away because of this dynamic of the phony obstacle the media was pretending along with republicans that Senate Dems were supposedly making which republicans were claiming prevented them from helping Americans instead of hurting them

Let's not lose sight of the political landscape which hasn't really changed at all except for the removal of a band-aid over a deep gash Dems have made in the credibility and character of republicans and the president.

Let's take advantage of that. The stakes haven't changed, and the politics has shifted in our favor with fights still looming on whether to allow the republican budget to continue advancing to implementation - with all but a handful of Democrats still firmly against the republican budget, despite this continuing resolution.

The deal extends current levels of government funding through January 2026.