Marc Mullendore
@marcmullendore.bsky.social
Native Michigander and now a proud Californian. Quite to the left & advocate of freedom for all. Reading is my thing. #books Time to codify Roe v. Wade. #BLM Married to @markc54. Episcopalian. Research Administrator. #WTF America? #NoDMs, please.
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Ds universally furious at 8 senators who helped broker the shutdown-ending deal without any concessions, as well as at party’s leadership over perception it failed to stop the deal. ...There are calls for political retribution and resignations.... WTF did they expect?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ds universally furious at 8 senators who helped broker the shutdown-ending deal without any concessions, as well as at party’s leadership over perception it failed to stop the deal. ...There are calls for political retribution and resignations.... WTF did they expect?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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A while ago, I was at the grocery store, and picked up one of the 2lb packs of store brand hamburger, and looked at the price. I sort of whispered under my breath "Jesus Christ.." and the people on each side of me looked up at the same time and said "I KNOW."
Just solidarity in the grocery store.
Just solidarity in the grocery store.
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A while ago, I was at the grocery store, and picked up one of the 2lb packs of store brand hamburger, and looked at the price. I sort of whispered under my breath "Jesus Christ.." and the people on each side of me looked up at the same time and said "I KNOW."
Just solidarity in the grocery store.
Just solidarity in the grocery store.
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What a bunch of bullshit — voting to reopen the government based on a ‘promise’ to talk about the ACA at a later date? Unbelievable. Does anyone really think we can trust Republicans to operate in good faith? They don’t care about us & you can’t trust a word they say. Infuriating and embarrassing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
What a bunch of bullshit — voting to reopen the government based on a ‘promise’ to talk about the ACA at a later date? Unbelievable. Does anyone really think we can trust Republicans to operate in good faith? They don’t care about us & you can’t trust a word they say. Infuriating and embarrassing.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
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@jamespmanley.bsky.social this NEVER would have happened under Harry Reid
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
@jamespmanley.bsky.social this NEVER would have happened under Harry Reid
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When I cannot afford the health insurance that i need to LIVE, I assure you that I will curse and blame every Senator who voted for this shit bill -- INCLUDING Democrats.
I am a lifelong Dem, so don't you DARE come for me. But if you just fucked me over and left me to die: Fuck YOU.
I am a lifelong Dem, so don't you DARE come for me. But if you just fucked me over and left me to die: Fuck YOU.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
When I cannot afford the health insurance that i need to LIVE, I assure you that I will curse and blame every Senator who voted for this shit bill -- INCLUDING Democrats.
I am a lifelong Dem, so don't you DARE come for me. But if you just fucked me over and left me to die: Fuck YOU.
I am a lifelong Dem, so don't you DARE come for me. But if you just fucked me over and left me to die: Fuck YOU.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Everyone who voted for that shit bill to reopen the government, including every Democrat, just delivered the message to Trump that "yes, you are the king, and you control us."
Do not DARE come for me. When I cannot afford the healthcare to save my life, I will curse you with my dying breath.
Do not DARE come for me. When I cannot afford the healthcare to save my life, I will curse you with my dying breath.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Everyone who voted for that shit bill to reopen the government, including every Democrat, just delivered the message to Trump that "yes, you are the king, and you control us."
Do not DARE come for me. When I cannot afford the healthcare to save my life, I will curse you with my dying breath.
Do not DARE come for me. When I cannot afford the healthcare to save my life, I will curse you with my dying breath.
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After everything, Senate Democrats still haven’t figured out that surrendering to Trump Republicans will end badly? Unbelievable.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
After everything, Senate Democrats still haven’t figured out that surrendering to Trump Republicans will end badly? Unbelievable.
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Weaklings and cowards. I said what I said.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Weaklings and cowards. I said what I said.
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Cannot wait until we see the last of Dick Durbin.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Cannot wait until we see the last of Dick Durbin.
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The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.
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Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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These Democrats voted to strip millions of Americans off their healthcare.
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Angus King (ME)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Angus King (ME)
Tim Kaine (VA)
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
These Democrats voted to strip millions of Americans off their healthcare.
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Angus King (ME)
Tim Kaine (VA)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Angus King (ME)
Tim Kaine (VA)
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Let everybody else be clear: you are preventing any chance of that happening.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Let everybody else be clear: you are preventing any chance of that happening.
I may just declare myself an independent who may vote with the Democrats but give my finger to the GOP every time. Not sure (about the Democrats, sure about GOP). But I am definitely pissed. The Democrats betrayed my trust and I won't forget it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I may just declare myself an independent who may vote with the Democrats but give my finger to the GOP every time. Not sure (about the Democrats, sure about GOP). But I am definitely pissed. The Democrats betrayed my trust and I won't forget it.
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Democrats _are_ spineless. And it starts at the top. @schumer.senate.gov needs to be stripped of his leadership and discarded with the trash. 🤬
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Democrats _are_ spineless. And it starts at the top. @schumer.senate.gov needs to be stripped of his leadership and discarded with the trash. 🤬
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Dems won big on the off year elections.Trump’s approval numbers are worse than shit. The shutdown is blamed on Republicans. Dems have the winning hand & YET, as my friend, @ericswalwell.bsky.social notes: "When you hold all the cards, fold." THIS IS WHY WE LOSE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Dems won big on the off year elections.Trump’s approval numbers are worse than shit. The shutdown is blamed on Republicans. Dems have the winning hand & YET, as my friend, @ericswalwell.bsky.social notes: "When you hold all the cards, fold." THIS IS WHY WE LOSE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Is AOC up and running on Insta yet?
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Is AOC up and running on Insta yet?
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
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These are two people I trust to have a good take right now.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
These are two people I trust to have a good take right now.
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Good to see two of our stand-up governors standing together on this one. (As they have on many other issues.)
@governor.ca.gov just weighed in to similar effect.
@governor.ca.gov just weighed in to similar effect.
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Good to see two of our stand-up governors standing together on this one. (As they have on many other issues.)
@governor.ca.gov just weighed in to similar effect.
@governor.ca.gov just weighed in to similar effect.