@brendanamartin.bsky.social
I tried the first time. I’ll keep trying. 🇺🇸🇵🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 🐸, antifa
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November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Endorsement by the Bezos Bee should end your career in the Democratic Party. But Kaine’s a Senator with four years left in his term and is swanning around with an air of impunity—the eager, florid face of this quisling capitulation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The shutdown was always going to end like this
Eight Democratic senators deserve credit for breaking ranks.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Endorsement by the Bezos Bee should end your career in the Democratic Party. But Kaine’s a Senator with four years left in his term and is swanning around with an air of impunity—the eager, florid face of this quisling capitulation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Once they do that, they can either agree to move on to a vote on final passage, or if anyone hold out, they can file a cloture motion to cut off debate, and they'll have to get 60 votes all over again to end debate on the amended bill.
After THAT, they can vote up or down on whether to pass it.
After THAT, they can vote up or down on whether to pass it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Once they do that, they can either agree to move on to a vote on final passage, or if anyone hold out, they can file a cloture motion to cut off debate, and they'll have to get 60 votes all over again to end debate on the amended bill.
After THAT, they can vote up or down on whether to pass it.
After THAT, they can vote up or down on whether to pass it.
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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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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
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JUST IN: Trump CAVES after we called him out for letting billionaires keep their private jets flying while thousands of commercial flights are canceled.
Yesterday, Secretary Sean Duffy couldn’t answer a simple question from Fox News—and now they’re banning private jets from 12 major airports. (1/5)
Yesterday, Secretary Sean Duffy couldn’t answer a simple question from Fox News—and now they’re banning private jets from 12 major airports. (1/5)
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
JUST IN: Trump CAVES after we called him out for letting billionaires keep their private jets flying while thousands of commercial flights are canceled.
Yesterday, Secretary Sean Duffy couldn’t answer a simple question from Fox News—and now they’re banning private jets from 12 major airports. (1/5)
Yesterday, Secretary Sean Duffy couldn’t answer a simple question from Fox News—and now they’re banning private jets from 12 major airports. (1/5)
Dropped by the Russell and Hart Senate office buildings with a companion to express our displeasure to Kaine’s and Warner’s staffs about last night’s capitulation.
The Calder sculpture in the atrium of the Hart Building is “Mountain and Clouds”, but they removed the clouds (seen in the maquette)…\1
The Calder sculpture in the atrium of the Hart Building is “Mountain and Clouds”, but they removed the clouds (seen in the maquette)…\1
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Dropped by the Russell and Hart Senate office buildings with a companion to express our displeasure to Kaine’s and Warner’s staffs about last night’s capitulation.
The Calder sculpture in the atrium of the Hart Building is “Mountain and Clouds”, but they removed the clouds (seen in the maquette)…\1
The Calder sculpture in the atrium of the Hart Building is “Mountain and Clouds”, but they removed the clouds (seen in the maquette)…\1
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Do you see now why resistance movements have to spend a considerable amount of time and effort rooting out traitors, informers, and those unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices for the movement?
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Do you see now why resistance movements have to spend a considerable amount of time and effort rooting out traitors, informers, and those unwilling to make the necessary sacrifices for the movement?
These pardons are what our founding charter calls High Crimes.
Everyone’s like “so what do these pardons DO??” and honestly I’d say it probably has more to do with this than anything substantive, at least for now
It’s a communicative pardon
It’s a communicative pardon
Notably, this pardon comes just days ahead of a Nov. 14 deadline for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to appoint a replacement prosecutor for Fani Willis, who was disqualified from pursuing the case.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These pardons are what our founding charter calls High Crimes.
Inspiring rhetoric, but still mere rhetoric. We the public can get up our courage with brave talk by ourselves.
What we need you to do, an elected official holding the levers of power, is to pull those levers for concrete political ends. Start by demanding a vote to dispose of your Minority Leader.
What we need you to do, an elected official holding the levers of power, is to pull those levers for concrete political ends. Start by demanding a vote to dispose of your Minority Leader.
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Inspiring rhetoric, but still mere rhetoric. We the public can get up our courage with brave talk by ourselves.
What we need you to do, an elected official holding the levers of power, is to pull those levers for concrete political ends. Start by demanding a vote to dispose of your Minority Leader.
What we need you to do, an elected official holding the levers of power, is to pull those levers for concrete political ends. Start by demanding a vote to dispose of your Minority Leader.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
“Kaine, who pushed for the provisions to reverse federal layoffs, said he did not reach a final agreement with Senate Republicans on language barring the administration from firing federal workers en masse until about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.”
BS. Already illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
BS. Already illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Late-night Senate deal opens path to ending shutdown but splits Democrats
The deal that split Democrats doesn’t extend expiring ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Kaine, who pushed for the provisions to reverse federal layoffs, said he did not reach a final agreement with Senate Republicans on language barring the administration from firing federal workers en masse until about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.”
BS. Already illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
BS. Already illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These pardons were all in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy. No future Democratic President should treat them as legal. Lock ‘em up.
President Donald Trump has pardoned a massive slate of prominent allies who supported plans to subvert the 2020 presidential election, according to Ed Martin, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) pardon attorney www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
These pardons were all in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy. No future Democratic President should treat them as legal. Lock ‘em up.
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Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.
www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
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“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
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Not quite at "rebellion in the ranks" stage yet over Trump's pretextual NG call ups, but this is a promising sign. #NationalGuard
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Not quite at "rebellion in the ranks" stage yet over Trump's pretextual NG call ups, but this is a promising sign. #NationalGuard
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Even zugzwang would be better than this.
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Even zugzwang would be better than this.
Well if it isn't hapless Uncle Billy from "It's A Wonderful Life."
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Well if it isn't hapless Uncle Billy from "It's A Wonderful Life."
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well if it isn't hapless Uncle Billy from "It's A Wonderful Life."
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
Dutifully reposting any citation of Lincoln.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Dutifully reposting any citation of Lincoln.
Never trust a guy when he touches his face…or puts a caterpillar on it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Never trust a guy when he touches his face…or puts a caterpillar on it.