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An einer Schauerlinie, die derzeit die Prignitz und die Altmark überquert, treten aktuell #Sturmböen auf. Die Linie zieht südwärts und kann auch Potsdam sowie die westlichen Stadtteile Berlins streifen.
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Regenschirme festhalten! Nicht nur in Schauern und Gewittern, auch abseits davon wird es heute teilweise windig. Für die Südhälfte des Landes gelten deswegen Windwarnungen, für einige Mittelgebirge Warnungen vor #Sturmböen. Mehr Informationen unter www.dwd.de oder in er #WarnWetter-App! /V
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Mittlerweile recht verbreitet Böen über 50 km/h. Die erwartete #Schauerlinie verläuft nun von Schleswig-Holstein bis in den Nordwesten NRWs. An ihr können am Nachmittag und Abend v.a. im Nordosten und Osten örtlich schwere #Sturmböen bis 100 km/h dran sein.
In Südbayern haben sich bei Augsburg die ersten kräftigen #Gewitter gebildet.
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Im heutigen Thema des Tages beschäftigen wir uns mit der Gewitterlage der kommenden Stunden und des Montags. Örtlich können #Unwetter auftreten. Zudem erwarten wir verbreitet windige bis stürmische Bedingungen am Montag. Besonders in der Nordhälfte kann es Sturmböen, örtlich auch schwere #Sturmböen geben.
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Gültig bis: 21:30 Uhr (10.05.2026)
Es treten Gewitter auf. Dabei gibt es heftigen Starkregen mit Niederschlagsmengen zwischen 25 l/m² und 40 l/m² pro Stunde sowie Sturmböen mit Geschwindigkeiten bis 70 km/h (20 m/s, 38 kn, Bft 8) und kleinkörnigen Hagel.…
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:dwd: Unwetterwarnung vom 10.05.2026, 20:26 Uhr für Pirmasens:
:exclm2: Amtliche UNWETTERWARNUNG vor SCHWEREM GEWITTER mit HEFTIGEM STARKREGEN und HAGEL
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Es treten Gewitter auf. Dabei gibt es heftigen Starkregen mit Niederschlagsmengen zwischen 25 l/m² und 40 l/m² pro Stunde sowie Sturmböen mit Geschwindigkeiten bis 70 km/h (20 m/s, 38 kn, Bft 8) und kleinkörnigen Hagel.…
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Der Februar 2026 war sehr mild und brachte viel #Niederschlag sowie wenig #Sonnenschein.
Im Norden hielten sich winterliche #Bedingungen länger, während zum Monatsende frühlingshafte #Temperaturen dominierten. Hohe #Niederschlagsmengen und #Schneeschmelze führten regional zu #Hochwasser. Die #Sonnenscheindauer blieb deutlich unter dem Durchschnitt und zeigte nur am #Alpenrand längere freundliche Phasen.
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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report
AI image, Sora 2. Modern “sleuthing.”Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.
I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb
This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo). Article source for image: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/these-8-us-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-the-government-shutdown-deal-heres-how-they-explain-it/DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave
Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12
The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34
The Sad Tale
The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78
The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112
What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516How & Why – Puzzling…
Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19
But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21
The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24
The Before: The November Timeline
The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26
They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28
Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.
The Aftermath: Party in Crisis
The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34
Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37
The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40
Video Coverage
- Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
- Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
- House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43
The Strategic Disaster
The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47
Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49
Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51
Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?
Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb
Fact-Check Analysis
Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD
Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.
What’s Accurate:
- Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
- The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
- President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
- The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
- Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down
What’s Questionable:
- Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
- Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
- Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources
Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.
Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025
Works Cited (Footnotes)
1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201
10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/
11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4
12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/
13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712
33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown
36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html
37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing
38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/
39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here
41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire
45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/
46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report
AI image, Sora 2. Modern “sleuthing.”Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.
I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb
This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo). Article source for image: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/these-8-us-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-the-government-shutdown-deal-heres-how-they-explain-it/DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave
Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12
The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34
The Sad Tale
The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78
The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112
What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516How & Why – Puzzling…
Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19
But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21
The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24
The Before: The November Timeline
The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26
They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28
Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.
The Aftermath: Party in Crisis
The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34
Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37
The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40
Video Coverage
- Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
- Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
- House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43
The Strategic Disaster
The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47
Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49
Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51
Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?
Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb
Fact-Check Analysis
Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD
Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.
What’s Accurate:
- Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
- The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
- President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
- The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
- Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down
What’s Questionable:
- Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
- Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
- Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources
Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.
Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025
Works Cited (Footnotes)
1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201
10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/
11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4
12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/
13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712
33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown
36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html
37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing
38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/
39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here
41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire
45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/
46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report
AI image, Sora 2. Modern “sleuthing.”Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.
I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb
This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo). Article source for image: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/these-8-us-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-the-government-shutdown-deal-heres-how-they-explain-it/DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave
Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12
The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34
The Sad Tale
The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78
The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112
What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516How & Why – Puzzling…
Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19
But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21
The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24
The Before: The November Timeline
The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26
They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28
Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.
The Aftermath: Party in Crisis
The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34
Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37
The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40
Video Coverage
- Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
- Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
- House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43
The Strategic Disaster
The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47
Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49
Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51
Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?
Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb
Fact-Check Analysis
Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD
Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.
What’s Accurate:
- Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
- The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
- President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
- The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
- Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down
What’s Questionable:
- Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
- Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
- Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources
Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.
Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025
Works Cited (Footnotes)
1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201
10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/
11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4
12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/
13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712
33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown
36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html
37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing
38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/
39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here
41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire
45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/
46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report
AI image, Sora 2. Modern “sleuthing.”Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.
I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb
This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo). Article source for image: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/these-8-us-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-the-government-shutdown-deal-heres-how-they-explain-it/DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave
Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12
The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34
The Sad Tale
The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78
The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112
What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516How & Why – Puzzling…
Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19
But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21
The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24
The Before: The November Timeline
The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26
They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28
Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.
The Aftermath: Party in Crisis
The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34
Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37
The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40
Video Coverage
- Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
- Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
- House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43
The Strategic Disaster
The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47
Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49
Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51
Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?
Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb
Fact-Check Analysis
Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD
Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.
What’s Accurate:
- Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
- The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
- President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
- The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
- Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down
What’s Questionable:
- Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
- Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
- Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources
Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.
Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025
Works Cited (Footnotes)
1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201
10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/
11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4
12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/
13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712
33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown
36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html
37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing
38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/
39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here
41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire
45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/
46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report
AI image, Sora 2. Modern “sleuthing.”Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.
I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb
This combination photo of eight senators who are facing criticism from the Democratic party for their deal to end the government shutdown shows Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., top row from left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and bottom row from left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo). Article source for image: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/these-8-us-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-the-government-shutdown-deal-heres-how-they-explain-it/DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave
Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12
The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34
The Sad Tale
The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78
The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112
What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516How & Why – Puzzling…
Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19
But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21
The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24
The Before: The November Timeline
The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26
They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28
Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.
The Aftermath: Party in Crisis
The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34
Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37
The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40
Video Coverage
- Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
- Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
- House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43
The Strategic Disaster
The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47
Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49
Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51
Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?
Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb
Fact-Check Analysis
Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD
Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.
What’s Accurate:
- Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
- The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
- President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
- The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
- Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down
What’s Questionable:
- Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
- Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
- Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources
Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.
Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025
Works Cited (Footnotes)
1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/
6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/
7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201
10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/
11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4
12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/
13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/
16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why
20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/
22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/
25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249
28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534
30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop
31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown
32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712
33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown
36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html
37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing
38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/
39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here
41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]
44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire
45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/
46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo
48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca
49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/
50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/
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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios
Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy
Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call
Rep. Melanie Stansbury walks through the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski /Bloomberg via Getty Images.A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
- Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
- Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.
State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.
- The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
- But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.
Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
- A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.
- Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
- “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
- Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.
What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”
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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios
Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy
Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call
Rep. Melanie Stansbury walks through the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski /Bloomberg via Getty Images.A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
- Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
- Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.
State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.
- The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
- But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.
Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
- A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.
- Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
- “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
- Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.
What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”
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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios
Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy
Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call
Rep. Melanie Stansbury walks through the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski /Bloomberg via Getty Images.A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
- Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
- Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.
State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.
- The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
- But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.
Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
- A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.
- Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
- “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
- Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.
What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”
Tags: Axios, Broke Shutdown, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, Eight Renegades, Federal Government Shutdown, Fooled, Gained Nothing, Government Shutdown, Hakeem Jeffries, Made Deal with Trump, Melanie Stansbury, Pissed, Rage, Trust Trump?#axios #brokeShutdown #chuckSchumer #democraticParty #eightRenegades #federalGovernmentShutdown #fooled #gainedNothing #governmentShutdown #hakeemJeffries #madeDealWithTrump #melanieStansbury #pissed #rage #trustTrump
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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios
Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy
Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call
Rep. Melanie Stansbury walks through the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski /Bloomberg via Getty Images.A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
- Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
- Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.
State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.
- The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
- But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.
Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
- A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.
- Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
- “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
- Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.
What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”
Tags: Axios, Broke Shutdown, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, Eight Renegades, Federal Government Shutdown, Fooled, Gained Nothing, Government Shutdown, Hakeem Jeffries, Made Deal with Trump, Melanie Stansbury, Pissed, Rage, Trust Trump?#axios #brokeShutdown #chuckSchumer #democraticParty #eightRenegades #federalGovernmentShutdown #fooled #gainedNothing #governmentShutdown #hakeemJeffries #madeDealWithTrump #melanieStansbury #pissed #rage #trustTrump
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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios
Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy
Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call
Rep. Melanie Stansbury walks through the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 2. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski /Bloomberg via Getty Images.A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
- Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
- Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
- Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.
State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.
- The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
- But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.
Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
- A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.
- Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
- “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
- Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.
What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”
Tags: Axios, Broke Shutdown, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, Eight Renegades, Federal Government Shutdown, Fooled, Gained Nothing, Government Shutdown, Hakeem Jeffries, Made Deal with Trump, Melanie Stansbury, Pissed, Rage, Trust Trump?#axios #brokeShutdown #chuckSchumer #democraticParty #eightRenegades #federalGovernmentShutdown #fooled #gainedNothing #governmentShutdown #hakeemJeffries #madeDealWithTrump #melanieStansbury #pissed #rage #trustTrump
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When the Clouds Begin to Part: Reading the Signs of Democracy’s Renewal – January 13, 2026 – A DWD Editorial
Silhouetted Americans standing together as storm clouds part and sunlight rays form signposts over the U.S. Capitol dome.The clouds may not be gone yet — but the signposts are visible.
When the Clouds Begin to Part: Reading the Signs of Democracy’s Renewal
Opinion • DrWeb’s Domain
For many Americans — and for millions around the world who have watched the United States as a democratic north star — the period since January 2025 has felt like standing inside a gathering storm. Institutions strained. Norms bent and some broken. Constitutional guardrails tested. Who truly expected the Supreme Court of the United States to roll over for Trump as it has? That is not right-wing. That is simply crazy. The noise has been relentless, the rhetoric exhausting, and the stakes unmistakably historic.
Yet history teaches something equally important: democratic collapse does not arrive all at once — and neither does democratic recovery.
Recovery begins with signs. Subtle at first. Then unmistakable.
If one listens closely beneath the thunder of daily crisis, it becomes clear: the clouds may be parting.
The First Signs: Institutions Remember Who They Are
One of the earliest and most hopeful indicators of democratic renewal is institutional memory reasserting itself.
Courts have continued to issue rulings that quietly but firmly reinforce constitutional boundaries. Career civil servants have refused unlawful directives. Inspectors General, auditors, election officials, and local administrators — the so-called “invisible infrastructure” of democracy — have held their posts. Many have done so under extraordinary pressure.
Democracy does not survive because of speeches. It survives because ordinary people inside extraordinary systems decide, again and again, to do their jobs.
That is happening.
Public Resistance Has Shifted from Outrage to Organization
Another critical sign: the public response has matured.
In 2017–2021, resistance was loud, emotional, and often reactive. In 2025–2026, it has become something more durable: structured, patient, legally grounded, and strategically national.
Voter registration is surging. Grassroots legal funds are multiplying. Journalists are collaborating across outlets and borders. State governments are coordinating constitutional defenses. Universities, bar associations, unions, faith groups, and veterans’ organizations are issuing joint statements rooted not in ideology but in constitutional principle.
This is what civic adulthood looks like.
Authoritarian Power Always Overreaches — and the Overreach Is Now Visible
History is unambiguous on this point: authoritarian atttempts collapse under the weight of their own ambition.
The more power attempts to centralize, the more resistance it creates — not just among citizens, but within the machinery of the state itself. Fractures are now visible inside political coalitions that once appeared unified. Economic confidence wavers when rule of law is threatened. International alliances grow cautious. Investors, courts, businesses, universities, and professional associations begin to hedge against instability.
Power that depends on fear is always fragile.
The World Is No Longer Standing on the Sidelines
Another hopeful signal: the global democratic community is no longer silent.
Foreign courts, human-rights bodies, election monitors, international media, and allied governments are actively documenting events inside the United States. This matters. It constrains excess. It preserves record. It establishes future accountability.
Democracy is no longer merely an American inheritance. It is now a shared global responsibility.
What Comes Next: The Great Recovery of Democracy, 2026
If the past year was about resistance, the coming year will be about reconstruction.
The Great Recovery of Democracy will not arrive through one election alone. It will unfold through a sequence:
- Legal clarification of constitutional limits
- Electoral realignment driven by turnout
- Institutional reforms reinforcing checks and balances
- A generational renewal of civic participation
- A recommitment to shared factual reality
This is how democracies heal — not by erasing conflict, but by re-anchoring legitimacy.
How We Will Know We Are Winning
We the People are winning when:
- The rule of law reasserts itself over political convenience
- Elections regain their authority as final arbiters
- Extremism begins to fracture from the inside
- Public trust inches upward
- Young Americans choose engagement over despair
Most of all, we will know we are winning when fear no longer drives the national conversation.
Looking Up Through the Clouds
Looking Up Through the CloudsThe clouds have not yet vanished. But the sky is changing. Keep watching the skies!
And history shows: once democratic momentum returns, it moves with extraordinary force.
After 250 years, the American experiment has learned its hardest lesson once again — and it is remembering its purpose.
The road ahead is long.
Tags: Authoritarian Rule, democracy, DrWeb, DWD Editorial, Hope, Institutions, Road Ahead, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, Signposts, Trump, U.S. Constitution
But the signposts are now visible.
And they are pointing forward…
With Hope, DrWeb
#AuthoritarianRule #democracy #DrWeb #DWDEditorial #Hope #Institutions #RoadAhead #RuleOfLaw #SCOTUS #Signposts #Trump #USConstitution -
Welche Warn-Apps schützen vor #Gefahren und informieren rechtzeitig? 📱⚠️
#Katwarn, #Nina, und #DWD #WarnWetter bieten umfassende Benachrichtigungen bei Gefahren wie #Hochwasser, Großbränden und #Extremwetter. Zusätzlich helfen Blitzortungs-Apps, bei aufziehenden #Gewittern sicher zu bleiben.
#WarnApps #DWDWarnWetter #Sicherheit #Gewitter #Regenwarnung #Notfallvorsorge
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@DeutscherWetterdienst
Ich wollte schon länger mal anfragen und verstehen, wieso für die Wettervorhersage für Aidlingen die Messstation in Renningen genutzt wird (WarnWetterApp)?Details siehe Screenshots.
Vielen Dank :-)
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Looking for technical information on assimilating @dwd #RadarData into #WRF . Would appreciate any pointers to papers or people.
I've not been able to find anything that goes into the technical details.
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Auf der neuen Satellitengeneration #Meteosat Third Generation gibt es ein Blitzmesssystem, das uns Vorhersagemeteorologen in Zukunft unterstützen kann. Lesen Sie mehr dazu im heutigen Thema des Tages: https://www.dwd.de/DE/wetter/thema_des_tages/2025/3/28.html
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Getting Real News in 2025: How to Stay Informed Without Getting Overwhelmed – A DWD Report
Getting Real News in 2025: How to Stay Informed Without Getting Overwhelmed
The modern news environment can feel very exhausting. Outrage cycles, partisan labeling, AI-generated misinformation, and collapsing trust in institutions have made it harder than ever to know what is real. But reliable, fact-based journalism does still exist — and with the right approach, anyone can build a healthy “news diet” that keeps them informed without being overwhelmed.
1. Why the News Feels So Chaotic Today
- Polarization distorts everything. Even high-quality outlets get pushed into “left” or “right” boxes, making trust harder to establish. Social media is terrible to monitor for “news,”, so much garbage. Treat social media information as suspect for any truth.
- AI slop is everywhere. Fake quotes, auto-written articles, and manipulated images now circulate faster than fact-checkers can respond. It will come, note the content, and delete.
- Cable news thrives on drama. Much of it is emotional commentary, not reporting. Reliable channels like MSNOW, CNN, and few others do mix sensational with real news. Some will be on point. Use discretion in their over-the-top calls, crisis time, etc.
- Opinion is often mistaken for journalism. Lines blur, and audiences are left to sort fact from spin on their own. Sadly, the truth today. You must be your own filter, as best you can.
2. A Better Way: Build a Balanced “News Diet”
No single outlet is perfect. A mix of professional, edited, fact-checked sources offers the best clarity. Here’s one recommended way to stay with solid sources. Choose free when you can to follow sources. Limit any “paid” sources to a few trustworthy sources.
Reliable Baseline Reporting (Calm, Fact-Based)
Depth, Context & Investigations
Public Broadcasting (High-Trust Journalism)
3. Smart Habits for Navigating Today’s News
- Choose 1–2 daily “anchor” sources. AP, Reuters, or NPR offer a stable foundation.
- Add a couple of depth or investigation sources. WaPo, WSJ, PBS provide analysis without sensationalism.
- Follow at least one local or regional outlet. Local journalism keeps you connected to lived reality. Your local news tv stations, newspapers, local journals or sites for your area.
- Treat social media as unverified. Screenshots and viral posts are the most common vectors of misinformation. Major point. Much of social media is clearly unreliable, and tons of it. Very little general posts have much “news,” or value. Treat as suspect, until verified elsewhere.
- Double-check anything shocking. If AP or Reuters has not reported it, pause before believing or sharing. Pause, reflect, does this sound wonky? 🙂
4. Avoiding AI-Generated Misinformation
AI tools have dramatically increased low-quality, misleading content. Protect yourself by:
- Favoring outlets with real editors and named journalists.
- Verifying quotes, sources, and documents independently.
- Avoiding screenshot-based “news” as primary evidence.
- Subscribing to human-curated newsletters, including:
Editor’s Note: This is one-way to set up your news and sources for less noise, more value. Keep your eye on problem posts, social media, even your vetted sources. Stuff slips through, watch and act to dismiss or ignore those with “warning signs.” Looks like made-up, garbage, reposted a ton, and so on. Use your smarts now, and stay in the know. –DrWeb. Leave me your questions or responses in the comments, and good news in your future.
5. Podcasts Worth Following
MLA-Style Bibliography
Associated Press. AP News, https://apnews.com.
Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, https://www.csmonitor.com.
National Public Radio. NPR, https://www.npr.org.
PBS NewsHour. PBS NewsHour, https://www.pbs.org/newshour.
Reuters. Reuters, https://www.reuters.com.
USA Today. USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com.
The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal, https://www.wsj.com.
The Washington Post. The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com.
“Up First.” NPR Podcasts, https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510318/up-first.
“The Journal.” The Wall Street Journal Podcasts, https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal.
Reuters World News Podcast. Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/world/world-news-podcast-2023-05-22/.
Tags: AI Slop, Baseline, Cable News, Don't Get Overwhelmed, DrWeb's Domain, Investigations, Journalism, Journalists, Left, Local Media, News Diet, NPR, Opinion Not Journalism, PBS News Hour, Public Broadcasting, Real News, Report, Right, Stay Informed, True Facts
#AISlop #Baseline #CableNews #DonTGetOverwhelmed #DrWebSDomain #Investigations #Journalism #Journalists #Left #LocalMedia #NewsDiet #NPR #OpinionNotJournalism #PBSNewsHour #PublicBroadcasting #RealNews #Report #Right #StayInformed #TrueFacts
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[Перевод] StarRocks Lakehouse: быстрый старт — Hive Catalog
StarRocks Lakehouse на практике: пошаговый гайд по интеграции с Apache Hive через Hive Catalog. На прикладочном сценарии «управление заказами» показываем, как построить слой ODS/DWD/DWS/ADS в озере данных и ускорить запросы без миграции данных: от создания таблиц и генерации тестовых наборов до подключения External Catalog. Разбираем включение Data Cache для ускорения чтения из HDFS/S3/OSS (Parquet/ORC/CSV) и применение асинхронных материализованных представлений в StarRocks для витрин DWD/DWS/ADS. Поясняем, как добиться быстрых запросов за счёт векторизированного движка и CBO, а также даём практические советы по настройке (Kerberos/HMS, конфигурация BE/FE, прогрев кэша, сбор статистики, MV‑rewrite). Материал будет полезен инженерам по данным и архитекторам DWH, которым нужна аналитика в реальном времени по данным озера без лишнего ETL.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/956396/
#starrocks #apache_hive #lakehouse #data_lake #data_lakehouse #catalog
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Warnung vor Gewitter und Windböen für den Rems-Murr-Kreis – Nachrichten aus dem Rems-Murr-Kreis
Rems-Murr-Kreis. Der Deutsche Wetterdienst hat am Sonntagabend (10.05.) zwei amtliche Unwetterwarnungen für den Rems-…
#Stuttgart #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Baden-Württemberg #Blitz #DeutscherWetterdienst #Donner #DWD #Germany #Regen #Rems-Murr-Kreis #Unwetterwarnung #Wetter #Wetterwarnung #Windböen
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Der Deutsche Wetterdienst (#DWD) erwartet am Wochenende im #Südwesten Temperaturen über 35 Grad.
Typische hitzebedingte #Beschwerden sind #Schwindel, #Kopfschmerzen, #Erschöpfung, #Übelkeit und #Erbrechen, erhöhter Puls und ein trockener Mund.
Neben der Hitze stellt auch die UV-Strahlung ein gesundheitliches Risiko dar. Es ist deshalb ratsam, sich möglichst im #Schatten aufzuhalten und zum Schutz vor UV-Strahlen geeignete #Sonnenschutzmittel zu verwenden.
