Batya Kluger
@batyalee.bsky.social
I read & listen to a lot of nat’l & internat’l political news and share my thoughts. Politically progressive.
Trump’s regime is disturbing, but I enjoy family & friends, nature & sci discoveries, seeing beauty & goodness in humanity.
Home is Oakland, CA
Trump’s regime is disturbing, but I enjoy family & friends, nature & sci discoveries, seeing beauty & goodness in humanity.
Home is Oakland, CA
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Batya Kluger
@batyalee.bsky.social
· Apr 11
How will we get through this troubled time? In a country filled with liars, be someone who tells the truth. Tho our leaders are filled with fear & loathing, offer your trust & friendship. When people are being ostracized for their differences, you reach out & hold on to them w/ strength & caring.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
Rep. Yassamin Ansari ROASTS GOP Rep Virginia Foxx to her face.
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I hadn’t seen yesterday’s Democratic cave in from this perspective before. It’s a little bit helpful talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I hadn’t seen yesterday’s Democratic cave in from this perspective before. It’s a little bit helpful talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments - NPR
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments - NPR
So we knew this was coming, but it’s just such a stupid move by tWumpus 🙄. The pushback will be huuuge. Don’t let it distract you from the illegitimate militarized ICE kidnappings or the constant attacks on fair elections!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration planning to allow oil and gas drilling off California coast
Plan, which Gavin Newsom, the governor, has said would be ‘dead on arrival’, will allow six lease sales from 2027 to 2030
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So we knew this was coming, but it’s just such a stupid move by tWumpus 🙄. The pushback will be huuuge. Don’t let it distract you from the illegitimate militarized ICE kidnappings or the constant attacks on fair elections!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is beyond the pale.
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is beyond the pale.
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
GIFT article.
The bill to re-open the U.S. government, passed by the Senate, gives a few Republican Senators - whose phone records were legally subpoenaed by Jack Smith - the "right" to each sue the government for half a million dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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THE PEOPLE'S TRIAL OF CBP CHIEF GREG BOVINO. With a symbolic cardboard gavel, @icirr.bsky.social & partners rallied 11/5 outside Chicago's fed. courthouse, where a hearing was underway over treatment of protesters & journalists. WE FIND BOVINO GUILTY of abduction, assault, terrorism & other crimes!
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
THE PEOPLE'S TRIAL OF CBP CHIEF GREG BOVINO. With a symbolic cardboard gavel, @icirr.bsky.social & partners rallied 11/5 outside Chicago's fed. courthouse, where a hearing was underway over treatment of protesters & journalists. WE FIND BOVINO GUILTY of abduction, assault, terrorism & other crimes!
So disappointed in and disgusted by the Senators (Tim Kaine, et al) who decided that a bread crumb is a good enough meal and fighting for a decent quality of life isn’t worth the time. #StepDownSchumer
#HoldTheLineDemocrats
#HoldTheLineDemocrats
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So disappointed in and disgusted by the Senators (Tim Kaine, et al) who decided that a bread crumb is a good enough meal and fighting for a decent quality of life isn’t worth the time. #StepDownSchumer
#HoldTheLineDemocrats
#HoldTheLineDemocrats
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Peaceful protests lead to electoral outcomes
“There is a strong link that’s been found in political science research connecting peaceful protest to election outcomes.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the connection between No Kings Day and the surging turnout on Tuesday.
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the connection between No Kings Day and the surging turnout on Tuesday.
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Peaceful protests lead to electoral outcomes
Just a reminder of the last episode of #SouthPark. It was funny. 😁
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Just a reminder of the last episode of #SouthPark. It was funny. 😁
They were asking for one thing. Just one. And even after Dems beat Repubs all across the country in elections, Dem leaders just couldn’t resist groveling for a scrap. UnbeF-inglievable!
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
They were asking for one thing. Just one. And even after Dems beat Repubs all across the country in elections, Dem leaders just couldn’t resist groveling for a scrap. UnbeF-inglievable!
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FACT-CHECK: Nope, nope, and nope
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
FACT-CHECK: Nope, nope, and nope
“What kept me going were those lessons I learned as a child in Baltimore: to sow love and to help others.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
America Is Great When America Is Good
Those who believe in liberty and dignity must never give in to the forces arrayed against the things we hold dearest.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“What kept me going were those lessons I learned as a child in Baltimore: to sow love and to help others.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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It pisses me off that NBC Nightly News showed actual footage from this presser and neglected to mention the guy from Novo Nordisk keeled over seconds later. And there was no mention of this now-iconic photo. Just, yay, cheaper weight loss drugs. No visuals of the sociopath sociopathing.
When you're a sociopath and get angry that someone else's medical emergency, just four feet away, drew focus from your gloating and you forget which lie you were on.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It pisses me off that NBC Nightly News showed actual footage from this presser and neglected to mention the guy from Novo Nordisk keeled over seconds later. And there was no mention of this now-iconic photo. Just, yay, cheaper weight loss drugs. No visuals of the sociopath sociopathing.
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Former House Speaker Pelosi's retirement announcement is touching off a new round of debate about the congressional Democrats in their 70s and 80s who are resisting calls to retire.
"Follow her example": Pelosi's retirement reignites Democrats' generational warfare
Several House Democrats said they expect Pelosi's former No. 2, Steny Hoyer, to retire next.
www.axios.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Former House Speaker Pelosi's retirement announcement is touching off a new round of debate about the congressional Democrats in their 70s and 80s who are resisting calls to retire.
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Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
During a WH presser, a man standing up behind the presenters collapsed. Here’s what tWumpus did. This actually happened today.
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
From the pics community on Reddit: OC: Trump looks on after a man fainted during an announcement in the Oval Office
Explore this post and more from the pics community
www.reddit.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
During a WH presser, a man standing up behind the presenters collapsed. Here’s what tWumpus did. This actually happened today.
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
Gov Newsom thanks the voters, warns us of the stakes, & sets his expectations on Californians & Democrats to stay engaged.
His closing statement “The best is yet to come!” even pokes back at his ex, shouted those words into a mic at a Repub convention a few years ago 😹
His closing statement “The best is yet to come!” even pokes back at his ex, shouted those words into a mic at a Repub convention a few years ago 😹
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Gov Newsom thanks the voters, warns us of the stakes, & sets his expectations on Californians & Democrats to stay engaged.
His closing statement “The best is yet to come!” even pokes back at his ex, shouted those words into a mic at a Repub convention a few years ago 😹
His closing statement “The best is yet to come!” even pokes back at his ex, shouted those words into a mic at a Repub convention a few years ago 😹
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Sign 👇 says it all - and is one of the big reasons why there is a #nokings day -
“FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE …AND I SPOKE UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE REST OF SHE GOD DAMN, POEM” 👇
bsky.app/profile/seth...
🏷️ #ProtestSignsCURATION #standup #peacefulProtesr #Protest #freedom #ProtestSign
“FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE …AND I SPOKE UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE REST OF SHE GOD DAMN, POEM” 👇
bsky.app/profile/seth...
🏷️ #ProtestSignsCURATION #standup #peacefulProtesr #Protest #freedom #ProtestSign
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Sign 👇 says it all - and is one of the big reasons why there is a #nokings day -
“FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE …AND I SPOKE UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE REST OF SHE GOD DAMN, POEM” 👇
bsky.app/profile/seth...
🏷️ #ProtestSignsCURATION #standup #peacefulProtesr #Protest #freedom #ProtestSign
“FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE …AND I SPOKE UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE REST OF SHE GOD DAMN, POEM” 👇
bsky.app/profile/seth...
🏷️ #ProtestSignsCURATION #standup #peacefulProtesr #Protest #freedom #ProtestSign
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The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The real choice Democrats face is not between a continuing resolution that allows the government to function normally or a government shutdown.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
Under the Trump regime, the government is not functioning normally. It is already shutting down.
Democrats must not legitimize Trump's coup.
I think the present looks a little brighter too, not just the future.
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think the present looks a little brighter too, not just the future.
