@566unicorns.bsky.social
Politics watcher and opinion writer from California
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Bagley pretty much nails it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bagley pretty much nails it.
After reading and listening to (and participating in) a lot of commentary about the capitulation today, I want to clarify that I never believed dems would get ACA subsidies restored. To me, the goal was to wake up the public to R cruelty and make Rs eat some crow. That worked. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
After reading and listening to (and participating in) a lot of commentary about the capitulation today, I want to clarify that I never believed dems would get ACA subsidies restored. To me, the goal was to wake up the public to R cruelty and make Rs eat some crow. That worked. 1/
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
This articulates the senate dems capitulation perfectly. Not sure what we do about it--6-year terms are an eternity in this political climate. Add massive senate reform to the list of post-Trump fixes--if our republic lasts that long.
It turns out that the madman theory works on one particular target. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-madman...
The Madman Theory's Perfect Target
Yes, it's moderate Democrats.
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This articulates the senate dems capitulation perfectly. Not sure what we do about it--6-year terms are an eternity in this political climate. Add massive senate reform to the list of post-Trump fixes--if our republic lasts that long.
What struck me reading this is the very thing we all fought against together in WWII has now taken root within our own governments and is eating our democracies alive from the inside.
"If you do not feel a wave of nausea when contemplating this policy then you either haven’t understood it, or there is something profoundly wrong with you."
The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
What struck me reading this is the very thing we all fought against together in WWII has now taken root within our own governments and is eating our democracies alive from the inside.
This is how we do it.
I refuse to support a funding bill that fails to address the Republican health care crisis.
And make health insurance affordable.
The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too.
I'm voting no.
And make health insurance affordable.
The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too.
I'm voting no.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This is how we do it.
This is the missed opportunity right here:
"The likeliest way out wasn’t that Rs would make concessions on ACA, but decide to END THE FILIBUSTER, changing the rules to block minority parties from shutting down the government."
Altho McConnell prob loves the filibuster more than he hates Obamacare.
"The likeliest way out wasn’t that Rs would make concessions on ACA, but decide to END THE FILIBUSTER, changing the rules to block minority parties from shutting down the government."
Altho McConnell prob loves the filibuster more than he hates Obamacare.
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is the missed opportunity right here:
"The likeliest way out wasn’t that Rs would make concessions on ACA, but decide to END THE FILIBUSTER, changing the rules to block minority parties from shutting down the government."
Altho McConnell prob loves the filibuster more than he hates Obamacare.
"The likeliest way out wasn’t that Rs would make concessions on ACA, but decide to END THE FILIBUSTER, changing the rules to block minority parties from shutting down the government."
Altho McConnell prob loves the filibuster more than he hates Obamacare.
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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🧵 The passage of this dangerous Republican funding bill is a travesty. The ongoing administrative coup led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a constitutional crisis. The authoritarians stripping away our rights and trying to loot the government to enrich the billionaires are a five-alarm fire.
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🧵 The passage of this dangerous Republican funding bill is a travesty. The ongoing administrative coup led by Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a constitutional crisis. The authoritarians stripping away our rights and trying to loot the government to enrich the billionaires are a five-alarm fire.
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
“It wasn't b/c [Cheney] really believed that Iraq wd acquire a nuke. More obvious was Pakistan, which had actual nukes and al-Qaeda connections. But other U.S. interests counseled against Pakistan. Baghdad fit the bill, with a hostile, expendable dictator & unfinished biz from the first Gulf War."
Nearly two decades after my book on Cheney, I took a shot at assessing his legacy. It’s more complicated than you might think. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What I Learned About Dick Cheney
The former vice president was certain he knew better than the citizens he served what was good for them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“It wasn't b/c [Cheney] really believed that Iraq wd acquire a nuke. More obvious was Pakistan, which had actual nukes and al-Qaeda connections. But other U.S. interests counseled against Pakistan. Baghdad fit the bill, with a hostile, expendable dictator & unfinished biz from the first Gulf War."
I like this idea.
Hi everyone!! As the holidays approach, it is time for a mass boycott!
Just imagine the impact if people didn’t flood Amazon with holiday orders this year?? If the economy didn’t boom these last two months with billions in sales as it usually does??
Please share this everywhere!!!!
Just imagine the impact if people didn’t flood Amazon with holiday orders this year?? If the economy didn’t boom these last two months with billions in sales as it usually does??
Please share this everywhere!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I like this idea.
The DC Bar's opinion forces the big law firms to rethink their Faustian bargain with Trump or risk losing their Bar license. Seems obvi, but it's a sign of a healthy immune system. Maybe last Tuesday's wins will be a wakeup call to these firms that accountability isn't dead yet.
Put bluntly, can a law firm really represent a client zealously against the Trump’s administration when, at the same time, it is seeking to stay on Trump’s good side through an settlement agreement? ICYMI @rosenzweigp.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/big-law-bi...
Big Law’s Big Choice
A D.C. Bar opinion shows why it would be ethical for the nine Big Law firms to rescind their settlement agreements with Trump. But to do so would invite his wrath.
www.thebulwark.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The DC Bar's opinion forces the big law firms to rethink their Faustian bargain with Trump or risk losing their Bar license. Seems obvi, but it's a sign of a healthy immune system. Maybe last Tuesday's wins will be a wakeup call to these firms that accountability isn't dead yet.
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I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/n93ZbRA
The Washington Post Has Become
Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought
It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/n93ZbRA
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Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
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Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
"For Adm. Michael Donnelly, the end came because of a seven-year-old story. One sailor in drag performed during a talent show on the carrier when Adm Donnelly was in Singapore."
Beneath these craggy tips are some mighty icebergs we can't now comprehend. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Beneath these craggy tips are some mighty icebergs we can't now comprehend. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"For Adm. Michael Donnelly, the end came because of a seven-year-old story. One sailor in drag performed during a talent show on the carrier when Adm Donnelly was in Singapore."
Beneath these craggy tips are some mighty icebergs we can't now comprehend. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Beneath these craggy tips are some mighty icebergs we can't now comprehend. Gift. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
“ICE is quietly building up its ability to spy on Americans' phones
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
The agency activated a $2 million contract with Paragon, a service that offers the ability to remotely hack into someone's phone.
[Also] ICE entered into an $11 million contract for Cellebrite devices…to break into a locked phone”
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They want you to leave your phones at home so you can’t take video of them. If you leave your phone at home, take a go-pro with you. Cameras out, America!
"If Trump’s goal is indeed to inflict political pain on Democrats, he’s attempting a tricky bank shot."
That's one way to put it. It's more like throwing a boomerang. Here's a gift link. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
That's one way to put it. It's more like throwing a boomerang. Here's a gift link. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"If Trump’s goal is indeed to inflict political pain on Democrats, he’s attempting a tricky bank shot."
That's one way to put it. It's more like throwing a boomerang. Here's a gift link. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
That's one way to put it. It's more like throwing a boomerang. Here's a gift link. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
"But the Coast Guard may already have an ally on Oakland City Council. Noel Gallo, whose district includes the road, told KQED that he's been meeting with the Coast Guard “on a regular basis” & is willing to consider the request in exchange for “their help”... ."
Ok usually, but not now?
Ok usually, but not now?
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"But the Coast Guard may already have an ally on Oakland City Council. Noel Gallo, whose district includes the road, told KQED that he's been meeting with the Coast Guard “on a regular basis” & is willing to consider the request in exchange for “their help”... ."
Ok usually, but not now?
Ok usually, but not now?
The man from Vermont speaks truth.
Just a reminder why we're in this nutty stalemate. Dems are trying to save Republicans from the devistation of their own policies for the sake of the American peeps.
Trump holds the gun and is squeezing the trigger. A deal with R congress is meaningless.
Just a reminder why we're in this nutty stalemate. Dems are trying to save Republicans from the devistation of their own policies for the sake of the American peeps.
Trump holds the gun and is squeezing the trigger. A deal with R congress is meaningless.
I want to see this shutdown ended as soon as possible.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
What we need is an agreement that will protect health care for the American people.
But if there's no legislation that will pass the House and be signed by President Trump, it will simply be meaningless gesture.
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The man from Vermont speaks truth.
Just a reminder why we're in this nutty stalemate. Dems are trying to save Republicans from the devistation of their own policies for the sake of the American peeps.
Trump holds the gun and is squeezing the trigger. A deal with R congress is meaningless.
Just a reminder why we're in this nutty stalemate. Dems are trying to save Republicans from the devistation of their own policies for the sake of the American peeps.
Trump holds the gun and is squeezing the trigger. A deal with R congress is meaningless.
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👩🍳💋"fascist dork brigade" 🤣
This is why we keep showing up, Superior, CO and neighbors❗
#TeslaTakedown until he's taken down❗
#NoTrillionaires "That's an amount of wealth so obscene it shocks the conscience. But to get it, he'll have to go through us." - TeslaTakedown team
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This is why we keep showing up, Superior, CO and neighbors❗
#TeslaTakedown until he's taken down❗
#NoTrillionaires "That's an amount of wealth so obscene it shocks the conscience. But to get it, he'll have to go through us." - TeslaTakedown team
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Host an event. Find an event. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your courage and creativity. Let's show Musk and his fascist dork brigade that we're here to fight.
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#TeslaTakedown NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action
A TRILLION DOLLARS? Elon Musk and his stooges think they can gobble up the entire world while the rest of us starve. Join us for the NO TRILLIONAIRES Day of Action Nov. 15, 2025!
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
👩🍳💋"fascist dork brigade" 🤣
This is why we keep showing up, Superior, CO and neighbors❗
#TeslaTakedown until he's taken down❗
#NoTrillionaires "That's an amount of wealth so obscene it shocks the conscience. But to get it, he'll have to go through us." - TeslaTakedown team
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This is why we keep showing up, Superior, CO and neighbors❗
#TeslaTakedown until he's taken down❗
#NoTrillionaires "That's an amount of wealth so obscene it shocks the conscience. But to get it, he'll have to go through us." - TeslaTakedown team
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Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good grief. This administration is so soft on crime.
This can't not be a massive cluster with ripple effects & financial impacts on airlines for weeks to come. With this & contesting the court order to pay SNAP benefits, Trump is throwing gas on the fire to somehow pin the blame on Democrats. But he's the one holding the gun and pulling the trigger.
The FAA has published its emergency order instructing airlines to reduce flights at 40 “high impact” airports. Here are the affected airports and how the schedule reductions will increase over 7 days, potentially impacting thousands of flights per day. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio...
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This can't not be a massive cluster with ripple effects & financial impacts on airlines for weeks to come. With this & contesting the court order to pay SNAP benefits, Trump is throwing gas on the fire to somehow pin the blame on Democrats. But he's the one holding the gun and pulling the trigger.