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After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
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so this is like the next stage of the nostalgia obsession, right? now we can't let people go? everyone is twelve.
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
so this is like the next stage of the nostalgia obsession, right? now we can't let people go? everyone is twelve.
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Sir these cherry picked emails where we all talk about doing pedophile sex crimes make it look like we were doing pedophile sex crimes
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sir these cherry picked emails where we all talk about doing pedophile sex crimes make it look like we were doing pedophile sex crimes
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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So I guess the idea is that Ghislaine Maxwell got transferred to a country club prison that someone with her sentence would never go to and gets all sorts of perks but that’s completely coincidental, that just happened unrelatedly
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So I guess the idea is that Ghislaine Maxwell got transferred to a country club prison that someone with her sentence would never go to and gets all sorts of perks but that’s completely coincidental, that just happened unrelatedly
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$40B to ARGENTINA will cover Health Care for 2 years. Amendment.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
$40B to ARGENTINA will cover Health Care for 2 years. Amendment.
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still marveling at the Democratic party's excuse for folding, "they weren't going to give up, so we had to!"
inspiring stuff
inspiring stuff
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
still marveling at the Democratic party's excuse for folding, "they weren't going to give up, so we had to!"
inspiring stuff
inspiring stuff
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a lotta yall still don't get it
tariffs can use multiple drubbing juices on a single unwind
tariffs can use multiple drubbing juices on a single unwind
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
a lotta yall still don't get it
tariffs can use multiple drubbing juices on a single unwind
tariffs can use multiple drubbing juices on a single unwind
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If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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So, basically, no health insurance for me next year. Unless I can figure something out or find a more affordable plan, it'll be too expensive. Dems shouldn't have done anything without a guarantee, not just a vote. Thanks, moderate Dems, for screwing a lot of us.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
So, basically, no health insurance for me next year. Unless I can figure something out or find a more affordable plan, it'll be too expensive. Dems shouldn't have done anything without a guarantee, not just a vote. Thanks, moderate Dems, for screwing a lot of us.
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This sounds like the start of a conversation to put Paw Paw in an assisted living center.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This sounds like the start of a conversation to put Paw Paw in an assisted living center.
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The only thing I feel bad about is that I, personally, have not been able to scam the Dem leadership. Like sell them magic beans or a fake treasure map.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The only thing I feel bad about is that I, personally, have not been able to scam the Dem leadership. Like sell them magic beans or a fake treasure map.
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Being an adult rules you can do whatever you want. I like to sit down on my chair and complain nonstop about literally every single thing in the god damn world
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Being an adult rules you can do whatever you want. I like to sit down on my chair and complain nonstop about literally every single thing in the god damn world
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MoveOn, Indivisible, Our Revolution, and 6 Democrats have called on Chuck Schumer to step aside as leader.
So we asked all 40 Democratic senators who didn’t cave to Republicans if they still think Schumer is the right leader.
Here's what they said.
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
So we asked all 40 Democratic senators who didn’t cave to Republicans if they still think Schumer is the right leader.
Here's what they said.
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
MoveOn, Indivisible, Our Revolution, and 6 Democrats have called on Chuck Schumer to step aside as leader.
So we asked all 40 Democratic senators who didn’t cave to Republicans if they still think Schumer is the right leader.
Here's what they said.
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
So we asked all 40 Democratic senators who didn’t cave to Republicans if they still think Schumer is the right leader.
Here's what they said.
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
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INGRAHAM: “Where's that💰 coming from?”
TRUMP: “I don't know. I'll get it from someplace. I always get it from someplace.”
He’s sending air traffic controllers who stayed a $10K bonus after threatening to take money from those who didn’t.
There’s always💰when it’s convenient.
TRUMP: “I don't know. I'll get it from someplace. I always get it from someplace.”
He’s sending air traffic controllers who stayed a $10K bonus after threatening to take money from those who didn’t.
There’s always💰when it’s convenient.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
INGRAHAM: “Where's that💰 coming from?”
TRUMP: “I don't know. I'll get it from someplace. I always get it from someplace.”
He’s sending air traffic controllers who stayed a $10K bonus after threatening to take money from those who didn’t.
There’s always💰when it’s convenient.
TRUMP: “I don't know. I'll get it from someplace. I always get it from someplace.”
He’s sending air traffic controllers who stayed a $10K bonus after threatening to take money from those who didn’t.
There’s always💰when it’s convenient.
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This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. 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 12:43 AM
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
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I’m not seeing a lot of fanfare on bluesky today about this, but we in the United States dodged a major fucking bullet today when the Supreme Court decided not to revisit gay marriage. This is a huge victory for decency. Worth celebrating!
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’m not seeing a lot of fanfare on bluesky today about this, but we in the United States dodged a major fucking bullet today when the Supreme Court decided not to revisit gay marriage. This is a huge victory for decency. Worth celebrating!
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It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s wild to suggest this is a circular firing squad or something when it’s millions of citizen Democrats who hate it versus 47 elected Democrats who conspired to surrender for nothing.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
We’re not fighting “each other,” we’re fighting you. There’s only a few dozen of you, but you hold all the power.
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this message, right now, feels dishonest and condescending. i’d rather y’all say “schumer resign” or nothing at all
My promise to you: I will never stop fighting to protect your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
this message, right now, feels dishonest and condescending. i’d rather y’all say “schumer resign” or nothing at all
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"FBI says people dressed as ICE agents are committing a string of crimes" we know, they're ICE agents, we're all watching it too
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"FBI says people dressed as ICE agents are committing a string of crimes" we know, they're ICE agents, we're all watching it too
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.