Bob Cesca
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Podcaster: The Bob Cesca Show, Trek Politics, Stephanie Miller, TME w John Fugelsang. Writer, artist, cyclist, Rush fan, collector of nerdy things.
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Dem shutdown messaging should be:
1) "Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance"
2) "Donald is doing all this to cover up the Epstein Files"
3) "Donald controls all three branches of government."
1) "Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance"
2) "Donald is doing all this to cover up the Epstein Files"
3) "Donald controls all three branches of government."
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Dem shutdown messaging should be:
1) "Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance"
2) "Donald is doing all this to cover up the Epstein Files"
3) "Donald controls all three branches of government."
1) "Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance"
2) "Donald is doing all this to cover up the Epstein Files"
3) "Donald controls all three branches of government."
This right here.
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This right here.
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Predictably so. Strip away the leverage and there's no reason for Republicans to act.
And just now Mike Johnson said he wouldn’t promise he’d bring a vote for the ACA to the floor…
This old RN is so angry and will never forgive the cowardly folding Dems!
This old RN is so angry and will never forgive the cowardly folding Dems!
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Predictably so. Strip away the leverage and there's no reason for Republicans to act.
"Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance" was a winning message for the Democrats. The polls and Tuesday's elections proved it. But they flinched, behaving as though winning was losing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Donald Trump is willing to cancel flights at Thanksgiving and starve American citizens in order to deprive people of affordable health insurance" was a winning message for the Democrats. The polls and Tuesday's elections proved it. But they flinched, behaving as though winning was losing.
The expanded subsidies are supported by a supermajority of Republican voters, including 57% of self-identified MAGA. More than half of all subsidy recipients live in red districts and/or red states. Congressional Republicans would have eventually caved to save their own asses in the midterms.
........and if they hadn't flinched, what's the mechanism by which those premiums still don't spike
"Republicans voted to (not) do a thing because they control the govt, then they refused to do the thing they already voted not to do, here's why that's Dems fault"
"Republicans voted to (not) do a thing because they control the govt, then they refused to do the thing they already voted not to do, here's why that's Dems fault"
Senate Dems aren't stupid. They know full well the Republicans and especially Donald will never extend the enhanced ACA subsidies. So, by flinching, they're guaranteeing premiums will spike by 114% -- people will go broke and/or die. Blaming Republicans in midterm campaign ads won't prevent that.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The expanded subsidies are supported by a supermajority of Republican voters, including 57% of self-identified MAGA. More than half of all subsidy recipients live in red districts and/or red states. Congressional Republicans would have eventually caved to save their own asses in the midterms.
Who thought it'd be a good idea to follow a politically spineless move by putting Tim Kaine on TV looking like a hobbit who's Ambien sleepwalking?
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Who thought it'd be a good idea to follow a politically spineless move by putting Tim Kaine on TV looking like a hobbit who's Ambien sleepwalking?
Senate Dems aren't stupid. They know full well the Republicans and especially Donald will never extend the enhanced ACA subsidies. So, by flinching, they're guaranteeing premiums will spike by 114% -- people will go broke and/or die. Blaming Republicans in midterm campaign ads won't prevent that.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Senate Dems aren't stupid. They know full well the Republicans and especially Donald will never extend the enhanced ACA subsidies. So, by flinching, they're guaranteeing premiums will spike by 114% -- people will go broke and/or die. Blaming Republicans in midterm campaign ads won't prevent that.
Did Roddenberry both-sides the Vietnam War? Here's what Mary Trump and I had to say about "A Private Little War."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
When Star Trek Took On America’s War Crimes | "A Private Little War"
YouTube video by Mary Trump Media
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Did Roddenberry both-sides the Vietnam War? Here's what Mary Trump and I had to say about "A Private Little War."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
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Just pointing out that Hakeem Jeffries got TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE House Democrats to hold the line.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just pointing out that Hakeem Jeffries got TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE House Democrats to hold the line.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
Not one House Democrat cracked.
Not one House Democrat caved.
I’m going to remember that.
It didn't work because you guys flinched.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It didn't work because you guys flinched.
Screwing Americans for the campaign ad copy.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Screwing Americans for the campaign ad copy.
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This week's #TrekPolitics is here! Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss the original series episode "A Private Little War" and analyze the Vietnam War allegory of the story and the Mugato creature. Stick around for Bob's Nerd Corner with some weird and bizarre insights!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
When Star Trek Took On America’s War Crimes | "A Private Little War"
YouTube video by Mary Trump Media
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This week's #TrekPolitics is here! Mary Trump and Bob Cesca discuss the original series episode "A Private Little War" and analyze the Vietnam War allegory of the story and the Mugato creature. Stick around for Bob's Nerd Corner with some weird and bizarre insights!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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Call them:
Jeanne Shaheen (202) 224-2841
Gary Peters (202) 224-6221
Jon Ossoff 202-224-3521
Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235
Peter Welch 202-224-4242
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542
Angus King (202) 224-5344
Jeanne Shaheen (202) 224-2841
Gary Peters (202) 224-6221
Jon Ossoff 202-224-3521
Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235
Peter Welch 202-224-4242
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542
Angus King (202) 224-5344
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Call them:
Jeanne Shaheen (202) 224-2841
Gary Peters (202) 224-6221
Jon Ossoff 202-224-3521
Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235
Peter Welch 202-224-4242
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542
Angus King (202) 224-5344
Jeanne Shaheen (202) 224-2841
Gary Peters (202) 224-6221
Jon Ossoff 202-224-3521
Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235
Peter Welch 202-224-4242
Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653
Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822
John Fetterman (202) 224-4254
Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542
Angus King (202) 224-5344
Check out these Star Trek nerds.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Check out these Star Trek nerds.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
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Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
The makeup color is “baby poop brown.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The makeup color is “baby poop brown.”
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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When contemplating the GOP's motives for destroying USAID, gutting the ACA, withholding SNAP, vaccine conspiracy mongering, etc. remember their wide, bloodthirsty streak of contempt for "welfare queens", "useless eaters" and pretty much anyone who isn't them.
They want their enemies gone...
They want their enemies gone...
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When contemplating the GOP's motives for destroying USAID, gutting the ACA, withholding SNAP, vaccine conspiracy mongering, etc. remember their wide, bloodthirsty streak of contempt for "welfare queens", "useless eaters" and pretty much anyone who isn't them.
They want their enemies gone...
They want their enemies gone...
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Sunrise this morning at the Tidal Basin with light fog.
@capitalweather.bsky.social
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November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sunrise this morning at the Tidal Basin with light fog.
@capitalweather.bsky.social
@capitalweather.bsky.social
He has no idea what he's demanding here.
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
He has no idea what he's demanding here.
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Why won't the news media ask Donald what his healthcare plan is? Why never any questions about specifics? The great @driftglass.bsky.social and @bluegal.bsky.social joined me to discuss Donald's horrendous 60 Minutes interview. www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesc...
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Why won't the news media ask Donald what his healthcare plan is? Why never any questions about specifics? The great @driftglass.bsky.social and @bluegal.bsky.social joined me to discuss Donald's horrendous 60 Minutes interview. www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesc...