Dave Clarkin
@daveclarkin.bsky.social
Husband, dad, nature lover, advocate. Uncomfortable truths.
Not interested, @durbin.senate.gov
You sold out the working families of this country.
Your political legacy is gone.
The only thing left to do is resign your leadership post.
You sold out the working families of this country.
Your political legacy is gone.
The only thing left to do is resign your leadership post.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not interested, @durbin.senate.gov
You sold out the working families of this country.
Your political legacy is gone.
The only thing left to do is resign your leadership post.
You sold out the working families of this country.
Your political legacy is gone.
The only thing left to do is resign your leadership post.
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
Chiuck Schumer:
attempted a strategic play, which failed miserably
OR
couldn’t unify democratic senators for one of the most consequential votes of our time.
Either scenario warrants Chuck Schumer’s replacement as Senate minority leader.
attempted a strategic play, which failed miserably
OR
couldn’t unify democratic senators for one of the most consequential votes of our time.
Either scenario warrants Chuck Schumer’s replacement as Senate minority leader.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Chiuck Schumer:
attempted a strategic play, which failed miserably
OR
couldn’t unify democratic senators for one of the most consequential votes of our time.
Either scenario warrants Chuck Schumer’s replacement as Senate minority leader.
attempted a strategic play, which failed miserably
OR
couldn’t unify democratic senators for one of the most consequential votes of our time.
Either scenario warrants Chuck Schumer’s replacement as Senate minority leader.
What makes you think that Johnson MUST swear her in?
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What makes you think that Johnson MUST swear her in?
Me: Revoke the president’s health coverage, give him a lump sum instead, tell him
to go get a better deal on the open market.
@schumer.senate.gov : That would require balls, and I do not have any.
to go get a better deal on the open market.
@schumer.senate.gov : That would require balls, and I do not have any.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Me: Revoke the president’s health coverage, give him a lump sum instead, tell him
to go get a better deal on the open market.
@schumer.senate.gov : That would require balls, and I do not have any.
to go get a better deal on the open market.
@schumer.senate.gov : That would require balls, and I do not have any.
Christ man, people did not elect you so that you could get sleep, or not worry, @kaine.senate.gov .
How about you tell that furloughed worker “I am sorry the GOP is using you as a pawn.”
How about you tell that furloughed worker “I am sorry the GOP is using you as a pawn.”
Sen. Kaine on his vote for funding deal
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
“I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct. 1, because I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed federal worker would say to me at church”
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Christ man, people did not elect you so that you could get sleep, or not worry, @kaine.senate.gov .
How about you tell that furloughed worker “I am sorry the GOP is using you as a pawn.”
How about you tell that furloughed worker “I am sorry the GOP is using you as a pawn.”
We do not need a plan to get rid of Schumer.
Its the same as the plan to bring @jimmykimmel.com back.
There was no big meeting where we all decided the plan was to cancel Disney+, we just did it.
I am urging folks to boycott @actblue until Schumer steps down as leader.
Its the same as the plan to bring @jimmykimmel.com back.
There was no big meeting where we all decided the plan was to cancel Disney+, we just did it.
I am urging folks to boycott @actblue until Schumer steps down as leader.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We do not need a plan to get rid of Schumer.
Its the same as the plan to bring @jimmykimmel.com back.
There was no big meeting where we all decided the plan was to cancel Disney+, we just did it.
I am urging folks to boycott @actblue until Schumer steps down as leader.
Its the same as the plan to bring @jimmykimmel.com back.
There was no big meeting where we all decided the plan was to cancel Disney+, we just did it.
I am urging folks to boycott @actblue until Schumer steps down as leader.
We do not have to lose a step of momentum.
We have 20 Republicans to beat in 2026.
We have 13 Democratic seats up, and we should fill them with candidates that do not faint at the sight of blood.
We have 20 Republicans to beat in 2026.
We have 13 Democratic seats up, and we should fill them with candidates that do not faint at the sight of blood.
Momentum is a real thing.
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We do not have to lose a step of momentum.
We have 20 Republicans to beat in 2026.
We have 13 Democratic seats up, and we should fill them with candidates that do not faint at the sight of blood.
We have 20 Republicans to beat in 2026.
We have 13 Democratic seats up, and we should fill them with candidates that do not faint at the sight of blood.
Every Democratic donor should boycott @actblueorg.bsky.social until ActBlue agrees to remove The Gang of Eight from its services.
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Every Democratic donor should boycott @actblueorg.bsky.social until ActBlue agrees to remove The Gang of Eight from its services.
Last words broadcast from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald at 7:10 p.m.:
“We are holding our own.”
Then she sank.
“We are holding our own.”
Then she sank.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Last words broadcast from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald at 7:10 p.m.:
“We are holding our own.”
Then she sank.
“We are holding our own.”
Then she sank.
As we all reflect on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, let’s also reflect on Gordon Lightfoot’s greatest masterpiece, “Sundown”
“I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake”
youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA?...
“I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake”
youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA?...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
As we all reflect on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, let’s also reflect on Gordon Lightfoot’s greatest masterpiece, “Sundown”
“I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake”
youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA?...
“I can picture every move that a man could make
Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake”
youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA?...
Can someone please tell me what the hell is up with Nevada?
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Dick Durbin of Illinois
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Angus King of Maine
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Guess what 8 Democrats are NOT up for re-election in the 2026 midterms.
Dick Durbin of Illinois
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Angus King of Maine
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Guess what 8 Democrats are NOT up for re-election in the 2026 midterms.
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Can someone please tell me what the hell is up with Nevada?
I believe that photograph is subject to FOIA and will include the faces of every ICE agent. @jbpritzker.bsky.social @chicagomayor.bsky.social @royalpratt.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @icirr.bsky.social
In the immortal words of Chuck Hartke, “Go get ‘em.”
In the immortal words of Chuck Hartke, “Go get ‘em.”
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe that photograph is subject to FOIA and will include the faces of every ICE agent. @jbpritzker.bsky.social @chicagomayor.bsky.social @royalpratt.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @icirr.bsky.social
In the immortal words of Chuck Hartke, “Go get ‘em.”
In the immortal words of Chuck Hartke, “Go get ‘em.”
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
lololol if the Senate Dems really did just want an easy flight at Thanksgiving, that also failed.
No end declared for FAA flight cuts despite shutdown deal
No end declared for FAA flight cuts despite shutdown deal
The agency’s emergency order directing the reductions at 40 major airports had not been lifted as of early Monday afternoon.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
lololol if the Senate Dems really did just want an easy flight at Thanksgiving, that also failed.
Great job, @durbin.senate.gov .
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Great job, @durbin.senate.gov .
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
You can leave messages for @durbin.senate.gov at (312) 353-4952 - the Chicago office.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You can leave messages for @durbin.senate.gov at (312) 353-4952 - the Chicago office.
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
I'm sorry people's flights were delayed and I'm sorry SNAP was unfunded or partially funded for November and I'm sorry people missed pay for 40 days. I am about to watch 500 adults with the functional and cognitive abilities of infants be thrown into fucking institutions or homeless shelters or DIE.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm sorry people's flights were delayed and I'm sorry SNAP was unfunded or partially funded for November and I'm sorry people missed pay for 40 days. I am about to watch 500 adults with the functional and cognitive abilities of infants be thrown into fucking institutions or homeless shelters or DIE.
Good thread which explains why Senators in their DC bubble do not understand they hellscape they have endorsed.
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I work for a Medicaid-funded residential nonprofit. All our clients have developmental and intellectual disabilities. We planned enough that we were able to afford food for all 500 patients even with the SNAP cuts (they rely 100% on SNAP). We figured out how to feed them. You know what we cannot
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Good thread which explains why Senators in their DC bubble do not understand they hellscape they have endorsed.
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Honestly unsure which is worse, @schumer.senate.gov cut a deal with the GOP
1) Because he is so stupid he thinks the ACA vote is a win
2) He is so stupid he thinks that Democrats were losing
3) He took a payoff from the Airline Industry.
Right now I think copping to bribery is best defense.
1) Because he is so stupid he thinks the ACA vote is a win
2) He is so stupid he thinks that Democrats were losing
3) He took a payoff from the Airline Industry.
Right now I think copping to bribery is best defense.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Honestly unsure which is worse, @schumer.senate.gov cut a deal with the GOP
1) Because he is so stupid he thinks the ACA vote is a win
2) He is so stupid he thinks that Democrats were losing
3) He took a payoff from the Airline Industry.
Right now I think copping to bribery is best defense.
1) Because he is so stupid he thinks the ACA vote is a win
2) He is so stupid he thinks that Democrats were losing
3) He took a payoff from the Airline Industry.
Right now I think copping to bribery is best defense.
This is known as the “Let’s Move Foward” nonapology in my book, @whitehouse.senate.gov @sorrywatch.bsky.social .
You wanna know why we cannot just move on?
Because Schumer is not sorry, Durbin is not sorry, and people know we’re getting a BS excuse.
You wanna know why we cannot just move on?
Because Schumer is not sorry, Durbin is not sorry, and people know we’re getting a BS excuse.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is known as the “Let’s Move Foward” nonapology in my book, @whitehouse.senate.gov @sorrywatch.bsky.social .
You wanna know why we cannot just move on?
Because Schumer is not sorry, Durbin is not sorry, and people know we’re getting a BS excuse.
You wanna know why we cannot just move on?
Because Schumer is not sorry, Durbin is not sorry, and people know we’re getting a BS excuse.
How are they in a “terrible position” @whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov ?
Walk me through it.
20 GOP Senate seats are up in 2026.
Only two - TWO - are in swing states.
But all 20 could vote for the subsidies and it would not matter.
Walk me through it.
20 GOP Senate seats are up in 2026.
Only two - TWO - are in swing states.
But all 20 could vote for the subsidies and it would not matter.
Do I trust them? No. That’s why I voted no. But they are in a terrible position, and we can use the next few weeks to turn the pressure up even further.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How are they in a “terrible position” @whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov ?
Walk me through it.
20 GOP Senate seats are up in 2026.
Only two - TWO - are in swing states.
But all 20 could vote for the subsidies and it would not matter.
Walk me through it.
20 GOP Senate seats are up in 2026.
Only two - TWO - are in swing states.
But all 20 could vote for the subsidies and it would not matter.
“unlikely” is doing a lot of work there, Robert.
I mean, I feel like I should file a complaint with the Dept of Labor, OSHA, for these work conditions.
There’s gonna be no vote on that, Friend.
I mean, I feel like I should file a complaint with the Dept of Labor, OSHA, for these work conditions.
There’s gonna be no vote on that, Friend.
Even if the Senate voted to extend ACA subsidies, the GOP-controlled House is unlikely to allow a vote on them.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“unlikely” is doing a lot of work there, Robert.
I mean, I feel like I should file a complaint with the Dept of Labor, OSHA, for these work conditions.
There’s gonna be no vote on that, Friend.
I mean, I feel like I should file a complaint with the Dept of Labor, OSHA, for these work conditions.
There’s gonna be no vote on that, Friend.
Reposted by Dave Clarkin
Speaker Johnson won’t commit to a vote on the Affordable Care Act. Anyone surprised? aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-m...
BREAKING: Mike Johnson Won't Commit to Vote on Healthcare and Trump Blasts Greene
Mike Johnson will not commit to a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies all while Trump is blasting Marjorie Taylor Greene in their intra-party rift.
aaronparnas.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Speaker Johnson won’t commit to a vote on the Affordable Care Act. Anyone surprised? aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-m...
Not just Schumer.
Schumer is pressured to step aside as Senate Democratic leader after shutdown vote
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Schumer is pressured to step aside as Senate Democratic leader after shutdown vote
National progressive organizations urged Chuck Schumer to step down, and have encouraged New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for his Senate seat in 2029.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Not just Schumer.
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM