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Bernie Sanders Rips Centrist Dems Handing Trump A Massive Win

2025-11-12 News & Politics
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Senate Democrats Caving to Protect the Filibuster Over Political Wins

Understand why key Senate Democrats sacrificed a major political win during the shutdown—it was driven by a desire to protect institutional momentum over achieving legislative goals.

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  • Seven Senate Democrats voted prematurely against their leverage, giving up a chance to secure ACA subsidy extensions and curb Trump's power.
  • The core motivation identified in the analysis is the institutional need to safeguard the Senate filibuster from Republican interference.
  • Protecting the filibuster allows moderate Democrats to safely vote for progressive measures they know will fail, thus avoiding accountability.
  • This segment analyzes this institutional blindness, contrasting it with clear electoral wins Democrats achieved elsewhere on the same day.

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Top Comments (10)

@MrPhotodoc 2025-11-12

This was the corporate Dems taking the wind out of the Progressive wing's sails. And punishing them for Mamdani's victory.

360 17 replies
@dan_hitchman007 2025-11-12

Those politicians are NOT "centrists." The Democratic Party has tacked to the right so much, that conservative means "moderate" now.

163 5 replies
@ladyogilvy 2025-11-12

Replace them with more progressive representative now! No waiting for retirement.

103 1 replies
@frankpentangeli7945 2025-11-12

It wasn't a cave, it was a clean betrayal.

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@mjambar 2025-11-12

Our politics have moved so far right over the decades that I hate referring to these people as “centrists.”

75 3 replies
@pleasetakemecanada 2025-11-12

There needs to be an investigation into the donors.

73 2 replies
@AndreB23 2025-11-12

Way past time to replace Chuck and all of these other sell-outs. We need to primary every one of them out.

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@divemaster888 2025-11-12

I heard the airline CEOs were leaning on Schumer. Didn’t want to miss out on profiting during the holidays.

36 1 replies
@LewSanctum 2025-11-12

Biggest win but they hate Mamdani. They won't want wins if it's actual progressives

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@ethanvilla4418 2025-11-12

We can always rely on Chuck and centrist ghouls to betray Americans.

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