47merc
@47merc.bsky.social
NYC boy, career journalist (news, features, book author), Vietnam combat veteran, dog whisperer, father of three married 50+ years, older and wiser (maybe), true patriot and lover of democracy, anti-trump and all who support him. Resist!
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Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
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"The Democrats could have made a better run at veterans in 2024...Wes Moore, Seth Moulton, Jason Crow and Elaine Luria—and Tammy Duckworth and Abigail Spanberger and Elissa Slotkin (the CIA counts) and Mikie Sherrill—should lead the charge into 2026 and beyond."
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Need to Learn to Talk to Veterans Again
The gulf between service members and Democrats isn’t good for the military, the party, or the country.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"The Democrats could have made a better run at veterans in 2024...Wes Moore, Seth Moulton, Jason Crow and Elaine Luria—and Tammy Duckworth and Abigail Spanberger and Elissa Slotkin (the CIA counts) and Mikie Sherrill—should lead the charge into 2026 and beyond."
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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Also!
Consider running as a 'loser' in red states every where for everything. Make the bastards work for it and at least get the word out on better policies and people!
Check out these delightful folks doing it!
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Consider running as a 'loser' in red states every where for everything. Make the bastards work for it and at least get the word out on better policies and people!
Check out these delightful folks doing it!
@cantwinvictoryfund.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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1,200 people signed up to Run for Something after the Dems folded. Are you ready to run?
runforsomething.net/run/
runforsomething.net/run/
Run - Run For Something
Run For Office Throw everything you know about politics out the window. You’re qualified to run for local office – we’re here to help. Thinking about running for local office? We want to talk to you. ...
runforsomething.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
1,200 people signed up to Run for Something after the Dems folded. Are you ready to run?
runforsomething.net/run/
runforsomething.net/run/
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Americans right now, knowing we held all the cards but enough asshole dems were stupid enough to cave to the bastards.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Americans right now, knowing we held all the cards but enough asshole dems were stupid enough to cave to the bastards.
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Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.
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Trump’s lap dogs in uniform have made one thing clear: the rule of law means nothing to them. Jen Rubin explains.
Lawless Enforcement
The feds are out of control
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Trump’s lap dogs in uniform have made one thing clear: the rule of law means nothing to them. Jen Rubin explains.
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The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
Merkley: Voting No with Every Fiber of My Being - Merkley
Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act’s en...
www.merkley.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
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Grotesque and immoral doesn’t even begin to describe Trump’s pardoning of Rudy Giuliani.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Grotesque and immoral doesn’t even begin to describe Trump’s pardoning of Rudy Giuliani.
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A "vote on healthcare later" is D.C. slang for "never, but thanks for playing."
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A "vote on healthcare later" is D.C. slang for "never, but thanks for playing."
Traitors all. If they accept a pardon it means they admit their guilt.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Traitors all. If they accept a pardon it means they admit their guilt.
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Cry harder…..
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Cry harder…..
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Eat the rich
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Eat the rich
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