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The immediate surrender caucus

By Scott Lemieux

On March 14, 2025

At 5:38 pm

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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 13: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (C) (D-NY) meets with newly-elected Democratic senators-elect Kyrsten Sinema (L) (D-AZ) and Jacky Rosen (R) (D-NV) in his office at the U.S. Capitol November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Both Sinema and Rosen were formerly members of the House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Here are the ten Senate Dems+ who voted to give Trump what he wants without a fight:

Here are the Democrats (and whatever King is) that are voting with Trump. CORTEZ MASTO (NV) DURBIN (IL) FETTERMAN (PA) GILLIBRAND (NY) HASSAN (NH) KING (I-ME) PETERS (MI) SCHATZ (HI) SHAHEEN (NH) SCHUMER (NY) Some surprises on the persona non grata list. Anyway, pain for all of them.— Jason Linkins (@dceiver.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM

In addition to the obvious, people who believe that the massive democratic costs of preserving the filibuster are worth it for when Dems are in the minority are the biggest suckers in the world.

Thank god Dems didn't give up that valuable weapon, the filibuster! How would they oppose this administration without it?— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister.bsky.social) March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM