But we don't know it's for bombs instead of Don-Pete pockets, because a lot of the bombs are being dropped by Israel. #NoBlankChecks

#BillionaireWelfare #CorporateWelfare #StadiumScam #TaxpayerRipoff #EatTheRich #FollowTheMoney #NoBlankChecks #PublicMoneyPrivateProfit #ReadTheFinePrint #ThisIsAGrift 💸🔥🏟️

Maybe unclear but report keeps popping up that a cohort of moderate Senate Dems who want to do a deal - they need to hear from their constituents and Chuck needs to hear from all Dems. #NoBlankChecks #NoKings

This is good. I have been withering in my criticism of Sen. Schumer and he deserves it. But, it's also important to acknowledge and applaud when he genuinely does something good.

Good on him to so publicly align with #NoKings giving all orgs a boost. Now he needs to hold firm. #NoBlankChecks

📲NEW HAMPSHIRE call Sen. Shaheen NOW. (202) 224-3121. She is willing to fold on a 1 year extension of ACA subsidies. 1 year !?! Brings it back up at midterms😡 #NoBlankChecks
#Pinks

“This is news. There’s a bipartisan group of senators discussing several different potential off-ramps involving the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. The group, led in part by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), is discussing the possibility of holding two side-by-side votes intended to end the shutdown, per multiple sources familiar with the matter. The first vote would be to reopen the government, while the second would be on a one-year extension of the Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits, plus a commitment to pass a longer-term solution by a date certain. Locking this in would require unanimous consent, of course, and Republicans have already ruled out the idea of tying an Obamacare extension to government funding. Plus, progressives — including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — have rejected a one-year Obamacare credits extension, which would punt the problem to right before the midterms.”

Jeanne Shaheen - the DINO Senator from New Hampshire keeps looking for ways to surrender to Trump and MAGA in Congress. @punchbowlnews.bsky.social

Just one year extension of ACA subsidies would be a pathetic cave at this point. #noblankchecks

Trump already committed war crimes, bombing a ship in the Caribbean.When will our Dept of Justice DO THEIR JOB, instead of taking illegal orders from #FelonTrump. #NoBlankChecks

PLEASE FLOOD THE PHONES! Just made my calls at lunch!

#FloodtheZone #NoBlankChecks

Pivot to a hard #nokings budget line. #noblankchecks

🪧 Today’s Tyranny Tuesday: 75 people, 3 dogs, 1 loud message. Missed it? You still matter.

📧 Call or email Senators Cortez Masto & Rosen:
✅ Fund Medicaid
✅ Keep ACA subsidies
✅ Stop federal overreach

#TyrannyTuesday #IndivisibleNNV #NoBlankChecks #ProtectOurCare
@indivisiblennv.bsky.social

"The only work left, as casual followers of politics tune in to a dramatic event, is to define the terms. Over the past several months, Trump has illegally withheld appropriated spending, denying money for education for children and meals for seniors and cures for cancer and hundreds of other worthwhile programs. He’s now coming back to Congress, pretending like none of this has happened, and demanding the ability to do it all over again. Democrats have something else in their favor: Trump acting like a tin-pot dictator has nullified the agency of anyone else in Washington. If the government shuts down, he must have done it. If your national park is closed, Trump did it. If you can’t get a new Social Security card, Trump did it. If airport lines are long because TSA workers aren’t showing up, Trump did it. If mortgage approvals are delayed because the IRS can’t verify income, Trump did it. The flip side of rule-by-one is that the one ruler gets blamed for everything. It hasn’t taken much pushback to get Trump to capitulate this term; the main problem is the pushback has been sporadic. Democrats are set up surprisingly well for what is now an inevitable shutdown, despite their somewhat haphazard starting position."

"Trump acting like a tin-pot dictator has nullified the agency of anyone else in Washington. If the government shuts down, he must have done it. "- @ddayen.bsky.social on how Trump's fumble has set up the Ds "surprisingly well." Now they need 2 stand firm. #NoBlankChecks prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

GOVERNMENT FUNDING SHOWDOWN: NO BLANK CHECKS FOR TRUMP

MIA has a simple ask for Klobuchar + Smith:
🛑 No blank checks.
🛑 No backroom deals.
🛑 No normalizing Trump's power grabs.

We sent a letter. You can take action too:
📎 indivisible.org/campaign/gove...

#NoBlankChecks #ShutdownShowdown #Indivisible

GOVERNMENT FUNDING SHOWDOWN: NO BLANK CHECKS FOR TRUMP

MIA has a simple ask for Klobuchar + Smith:
🛑 No blank checks.
🛑 No backroom deals.
🛑 No normalizing Trump's power grabs.

We sent a letter. You can take action too:
📎 indivisible.org/campaign/gove...

#NoBlankChecks #ShutdownShowdown #Indivisible

Explain to me how @aoc.bsky.social went from "Fight Nazis until I'm six feet in the ground" in Jan 2025 to this week, saying the *D high price* is saving the ACA — essentially a Schumer #FAIL of caving to fund worsening authoritarian rule under Decomposing Dictator?!

#DoNotComply #NoBlankChecks

Again please read this piece and ask yourself whether it makes sense for Democrats to just keep talking about healthcare as ChatGPI bots and pretend everything is normal as if were in a standard funding fight and keep issuing blank checks to fund this Trump regime. #noblankchecks

Read this piece and ask yourself whether it makes sense for Democrats to just keep talking about healthcare as ChatGPI bots and pretend everything is normal and keep issuing blank checks to fund this Trump regime. #noblankchecks

First. As I said last week, Democrats remain out of power. It’s unrealistic to think they’ll be able to roll back all Trump’s unconstitutional actions. But they can target key ones. What should they demand? I would class them all under the package heading of Ending Dictator Rule. Trump has to follow the Constitution if he wants Democrats’ help. Three broad areas to target are: 1) Forcing Trump to get Congress to pass a law making his tariffs legal 2) Force him to end his rescissions and make him follow the congressionally passed budget. 3) End the invasions of American cities. I’m not trying to frame these in ways that make them most politically powerful. And I’m not putting them in order of importance. I’m just noting these three broad areas. Second. A group of the most endangered House Republicans have now introduced a bill that would extend the Obamacare subsidies until the 2026 election. This has very little support among Republicans outside of those who stand a good shot of losing their seats next year. The idea is that it gets passed with Democratic votes. I said last week that basing a budget deal on this is a terrible idea. But that doesn’t mean Democrats should say no. Change the bill to making the subsidies permanent again and then Democrats can vote for it. In fact, make them restore the Medicaid funding too. (Yes, no Congress can bind the actions of a future Congress. But you can make changing it again a lot harder and more visible.) It’s just not the basis of any deal. Make Republicans clean up their own messes.

"Ending Dictator Rule" needs to be one of the key/essential components of any demand Dems must assert in their messaging to Republicans re #NoBlankChecks when funding the Trump regime. @joshtpm.bsky.social

Playing small ball around ACA subsidies won't cut it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/on-sh...

Welcome to our #noblankchecks train Ezra Klein. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Sen. Booker slammed fellow Dems for being “complicit” with Trump over a police grant bill he says could be weaponized against blue states. He blocked it—then backed down. Dems are cracking under pressure. This is a damn wake-up call. #Resist #NoBlankChecks #FightBack

A study hall note to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

#CuomoForMayor #ProveYouCanLead #HoldTheLine #NYCPolitics #NoBlankChecks #EarnMyVote #ChallengeAdams #FightTrumpNow #LeadDontPreach #LoyaltyAndAccountability #NYCVotes #DisputeDisruptDismantle #PoliceCorruption

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🚨 Governor Hochul is trying to sneak a dangerous proposal into the state budget: she wants unilateral power to make budget decisions if federal funding is cut.

We’ve seen how this played out before—when Governor Cuomo was given the same authority during the COVID shutdown, it led to deep cuts […]

When Cuomo had this kind of unchecked power during COVID, it led to devastating cuts to public services and community programs. We can’t let history repeat itself. #NoBlankChecks

AZ HB 2679: Utility Securitization | JUST TRANSITION NAVAJO Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

📢 Tell @ GovernorHobbs and legislators: Protect Arizona’s rural communities and StopHB2679! #NoBlankChecks No🏭#AZRatepayers rb.gy/803wjc

BREAKING: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congress today that he signed an agreement to work with DOGE to cut jobs and spending. The USPS is planning to eliminate 10,000 jobs in the next 30 days through a "voluntary early retirement" program. https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/pmg-dejoy-to-congressional.leaders_3.13.2025.pdf @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

It is abundantly clear that this administration will shutdown the entire federal government no matter how Congress votes. If @SenateDems stop them now and reject the false choice of this CR, the issue is focused and in the hands of Congress, not Musk. #NoBlankChecks #FightBack

Oh, BTW - Rs have already signaled they won't even honor the terms of their own garbage funding bill w blank checks for Musk/Trump.

Keep calling the Sen and ask them to:

1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. #noblankchecks for Elon and Donald.

☎️ (202) 224-3121

Tweet screenshot from Erik Wasson (Bloomberg reporter): "Kelly is a no on cloture as well his office says" blockquoting his own tweet which said: "SHUTDOWN: @SenMarkKelly @RubenGallego say they are voting No on House CR. Not clear if that means cloture also"

🚨🚨 BOOM. Unlike @gallego.senate.gov - Sen. Mark Kelly is a NO on cloture too.

Keep up the calls. They are working:

1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. #noblankchecks for Elon and Donald.

☎️ (202) 224-3121

For ie below is a weasley statement from @gallego.senate.gov - He needs to commit to both 1 and 2 (not just 2).

Not good enough. Keep calling and ask them to:

1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. #noblankchecks for Elon and Donald.

☎️ (202) 224-3121

Good question. Call the Senate and tell them:

1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. #noblankchecks for Elon and Donald.

☎️ (202) 224-3121

Key point. When they do the right thing - thank them and encourage them to stay strong.

@markwarner.bsky.social is here. Colorado folks give Hickenlooper a call and say thanks.

Let’s keep fighting till the end. #notonevote #noblankchecks for Elon/Donald.