Evening Roundup, November 10
Featuring Jen Rubin with Rep. Ritchie Torres, Jeff Nesbit, Ezra Levin, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Pablo Torre, Shalise Manza Young, "Talking Feds," and Tim Dickinson
Eight Senate Democrats Just Betrayed the Country: Rep. Ritchie Torres on the Shutdown 'Deal'
40 days of the government being shutdown, federal workers and their families suffering, essential workers not getting paid, cancelled travel plans, no SNAP assistance have been for nothing. Eight Senate Democrats capitulated to Republicans and voted YES to re-open the government with no tangible wins.
The GOP’s 2025 playbook to steal House seats
By Jeff Nesbit
Instead of changing its message, the Republican Party decided to change the maps.
Incandescent Rage: Ezra Levin on the Eight Democrats Who Put Americans Last
Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, summarizes Sunday’s shocking vote to re-open the government, without the Democrats winning anything tangible with perfect clarity: “there is something deeply broken within the Democrat system.”
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part II
This piece first appeared, in much longer form, in Michael Podhorzer’s Weekend Readings.
Betting, Boos, & Bad Business: Pablo Torre Finds Out
Is America at risk of losing the heart of her favorite pastime? As the baseball gambling scandal involving top MLB pitchers continues to unfold, many are left with an uneasy feeling about the state of modern sports.
Critics say this is the best essay you’ll read all year
By Shalise Manza Young
Pundits should not get to be anonymous in news articles.
Blue Blizzard
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s sweeping nationwide Democratic wins, host Harry Litman calls in a trio of some of the country’s sharpest political thinkers—Emily Bazelon, Dave Weigel, and Rick Wilson —to unpack the meaning of the results. Was the increasingly painful government shutdown a decisive factor? Why are the voters who swung to Trump last year deserting him? And, cruci…
Cave??!! Tim and Jen vent
Thank you for those of you who tuned into Jen and Tim Dickinson Live on Sunday night for an instant reaction. Here it is for those of you who missed it.
I think everybody is looking at this all wrong. The bottom line is the Republicans are not going to allow the healthcare subsidies for ACA participants.
Now think about this. With the subsidies gone, healthcare rates are going to go through the roof. The Democrats can sit back and say we told you, we warned you, we tried to do everything to alleviate and prevent this, and the Republicans just wouldn't let it pass.
Who's gonna be a fault when those premiums go out?
Ain't no Democrats responsible.
And how many more citizens will die, go undiagnosed with treatable conditions, have to declare bankruptcy from overwhelming medical debt, and how many hospitals will have to close due to the inability to pay staff & other operational expenses?
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