Mike Rodriquez
@allthepages.org
Listening for the secret, searching for the sound ...
interests: quilting, cooking, gardening, cycling, photography, cat-herding and too many more to list
https://allthepages.org/
https://centralkansastrails.org/
interests: quilting, cooking, gardening, cycling, photography, cat-herding and too many more to list
https://allthepages.org/
https://centralkansastrails.org/
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers’ phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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The green tomatoes I hauled in before the frost are still giving, these are going into the soup pot 🥣
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The green tomatoes I hauled in before the frost are still giving, these are going into the soup pot 🥣
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We're so glad for you, @kaine.senate.gov , that you slept well. That must be so reassuring for those whose lives are at risk and especially reassuring for Trump, who sends along his thanks.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We're so glad for you, @kaine.senate.gov , that you slept well. That must be so reassuring for those whose lives are at risk and especially reassuring for Trump, who sends along his thanks.
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This is an insult to every person who showed up for NO KINGS, everyone who voted last Tuesday, everyone who stands up to ICE, every judge who has held the legal line, every small town person who stands up week after week in their red rural area with their signs saying “Vote Blue”. THEY LET US DOWN!
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is an insult to every person who showed up for NO KINGS, everyone who voted last Tuesday, everyone who stands up to ICE, every judge who has held the legal line, every small town person who stands up week after week in their red rural area with their signs saying “Vote Blue”. THEY LET US DOWN!
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Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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Cavers. Turncoats. Chickenshits. Fuckers.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Cavers. Turncoats. Chickenshits. Fuckers.
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I called for this with Kaine last night, but Brian is right that it holds true for King, Durbin and Fetterman too.
If I lived in Virginia, the second that Spanberger is sworn in as governor, I'd be demanding @kaine.senate.gov's resignation so she could replace him with someone who's actually aware of what is going on.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I called for this with Kaine last night, but Brian is right that it holds true for King, Durbin and Fetterman too.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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I still can’t my head around the fact that the person who gave this unhinged speech was re-elected four years later.
I had forgotten how insane his lengthy speech was. Transcript here:
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
Read Trump's Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial
The former president's remarks are being used by Democrats hoping to convict him for incitement of insurrection — and are being defended by his lawyers in the Senate proceedings.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I still can’t my head around the fact that the person who gave this unhinged speech was re-elected four years later.
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It really does feel like they went “well of course standing up to Trump will help us win the election but after that we can give up” and about half the democrats in the Senate nodded along and decided which eight were going to have to look like goofballs
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It really does feel like they went “well of course standing up to Trump will help us win the election but after that we can give up” and about half the democrats in the Senate nodded along and decided which eight were going to have to look like goofballs
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lol we’re so cooked
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
lol we’re so cooked
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I can tell you right now. In past election cycles, I've given hundreds of dollars to Dem office seekers.
Not one fucking dime from me for anyone running for office anywhere as a Democrat as long as Chuck Schumer is the party leader in the Senate.
Not one fucking dime from me for anyone running for office anywhere as a Democrat as long as Chuck Schumer is the party leader in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I can tell you right now. In past election cycles, I've given hundreds of dollars to Dem office seekers.
Not one fucking dime from me for anyone running for office anywhere as a Democrat as long as Chuck Schumer is the party leader in the Senate.
Not one fucking dime from me for anyone running for office anywhere as a Democrat as long as Chuck Schumer is the party leader in the Senate.
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Schumer's fuck up is that he probably thought the sacrificial eight could get things open and everyone else could quietly say no to look principled and everyone would be happy.
Such an absolutely clueless read of the moment. I hope the loud no he didn't anticipate takes him down.
Such an absolutely clueless read of the moment. I hope the loud no he didn't anticipate takes him down.
Schumer and Kaine in their infinite wisdom have changed the storyline from "Dems ... actually can win?" to "Democrats shutdown the government and hurt a lot of people for nothing, and Mr. Trump is so strong, sir, the strongest"
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Schumer's fuck up is that he probably thought the sacrificial eight could get things open and everyone else could quietly say no to look principled and everyone would be happy.
Such an absolutely clueless read of the moment. I hope the loud no he didn't anticipate takes him down.
Such an absolutely clueless read of the moment. I hope the loud no he didn't anticipate takes him down.
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Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Heritage is just cartoonishly evil. Just the worst scum on the face of the planet.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
I think our yeast has been infested with some kind of democratic leadership bug.
The last 3 or 4 loaves of bread & cinnamon rolls have not turned out quite right, following time tested recipes.
The dough has failed to rise (to the occasion) & the results have been somewhat heavy & flat, tho edible
The last 3 or 4 loaves of bread & cinnamon rolls have not turned out quite right, following time tested recipes.
The dough has failed to rise (to the occasion) & the results have been somewhat heavy & flat, tho edible
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I think our yeast has been infested with some kind of democratic leadership bug.
The last 3 or 4 loaves of bread & cinnamon rolls have not turned out quite right, following time tested recipes.
The dough has failed to rise (to the occasion) & the results have been somewhat heavy & flat, tho edible
The last 3 or 4 loaves of bread & cinnamon rolls have not turned out quite right, following time tested recipes.
The dough has failed to rise (to the occasion) & the results have been somewhat heavy & flat, tho edible
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
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If @durbin.senate.gov caves, it’s time for @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov to pull him aside and have him retire now. Put @julianastratton.bsky.social in the slot. Illinois is under attack and it’s time for fighters.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If @durbin.senate.gov caves, it’s time for @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov to pull him aside and have him retire now. Put @julianastratton.bsky.social in the slot. Illinois is under attack and it’s time for fighters.
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"Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to fall for the same old trick once again."
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Senators near deal to reopen government as key Democrats signal willingness to fall for the same old trick once again."
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Know this, @schumer.senate.gov — if you cave, we will not rest until you are primaried and wrested from your seat. When kids on SNAP aren’t being fed, we’re even more hungry for justice. New York has shown you the people’s power just days ago. You *could* join with us, still, and do the right thing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Know this, @schumer.senate.gov — if you cave, we will not rest until you are primaried and wrested from your seat. When kids on SNAP aren’t being fed, we’re even more hungry for justice. New York has shown you the people’s power just days ago. You *could* join with us, still, and do the right thing.
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not