Bribleck
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(He/him) Dem politics, sci-fi, law, humor. I repost a lot of stuff.
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Oh yeah. I think Josh’s point was that no reforms will pass without nuking the filibuster, and the current SCOTUS will keep inventing reasons Dems aren’t allowed to govern, so have to start there.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Oh yeah. I think Josh’s point was that no reforms will pass without nuking the filibuster, and the current SCOTUS will keep inventing reasons Dems aren’t allowed to govern, so have to start there.
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DC statehood is for chumps. What we really need is statehood for every neighborhood in DC. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
DC statehood is for chumps. What we really need is statehood for every neighborhood in DC. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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Josh’s post is worth reading in its entirety. The points:
1) kill the filibuster
2) court reform
3) DC/PR statehood
4) clean up laws on presidential power
5) outlaw extreme gerrymandering
These strike me as a really good starting point of foundational necessities.
1) kill the filibuster
2) court reform
3) DC/PR statehood
4) clean up laws on presidential power
5) outlaw extreme gerrymandering
These strike me as a really good starting point of foundational necessities.
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Josh’s post is worth reading in its entirety. The points:
1) kill the filibuster
2) court reform
3) DC/PR statehood
4) clean up laws on presidential power
5) outlaw extreme gerrymandering
These strike me as a really good starting point of foundational necessities.
1) kill the filibuster
2) court reform
3) DC/PR statehood
4) clean up laws on presidential power
5) outlaw extreme gerrymandering
These strike me as a really good starting point of foundational necessities.
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silver lining of this shit is that trans women are incontrovertibly women based on how leftists treat them
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
silver lining of this shit is that trans women are incontrovertibly women based on how leftists treat them
This is very good
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is very good
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They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.
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Everything good that happens in Les Miserables is the result of the bishop being kind when he had no reason to be kind. The idea that that's still possible is enough to change lives.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Everything good that happens in Les Miserables is the result of the bishop being kind when he had no reason to be kind. The idea that that's still possible is enough to change lives.
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Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hi.
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold.
I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)
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Team Trump just prays you don’t notice last year was better than this year for everyone but Ghislaine Maxwell
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Team Trump just prays you don’t notice last year was better than this year for everyone but Ghislaine Maxwell
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Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
We don’t have talented people in America? That’s bad news for Joe Biden
TRUMP: You have to bring in talent
INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America
TRUMP: No you don't. No.
INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We don’t have talented people in America? That’s bad news for Joe Biden
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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I was in a multiyear relationship with an addict (imho an addict is an addict is an addict). My childhood wired me to be attracted to one, probably. It took a long, long time for it to get bad enough to me leave/see the truth. It wasn't that I was dumb or weak; I didn't think I deserved better.
Kept waiting for at least one of these stories to end with, "And then I left him," but (of course), nope. The most bonkers through-line here is that none of these couples have kids (yet) and it sounds like every women had glaring red flags *before* getting married. 🫠
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
www.thecut.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I was in a multiyear relationship with an addict (imho an addict is an addict is an addict). My childhood wired me to be attracted to one, probably. It took a long, long time for it to get bad enough to me leave/see the truth. It wasn't that I was dumb or weak; I didn't think I deserved better.
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also in the culture almost literally everyone is trans by current standards. changing your gender is easy and it's weird if you've never done it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
also in the culture almost literally everyone is trans by current standards. changing your gender is easy and it's weird if you've never done it.
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To think that this is an old republic, with republican traditions and civic virtues– and that it leads to this, make the blood boil in indignation.
Trying to think of a more vulgar person—or someone with less understanding of or appreciation for American history.
No one comes immediately to mind.
No one comes immediately to mind.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
To think that this is an old republic, with republican traditions and civic virtues– and that it leads to this, make the blood boil in indignation.
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This simply happened and no one in the media speculated why the President would do this or what it means about his involvement
“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This simply happened and no one in the media speculated why the President would do this or what it means about his involvement
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So your logic is the same as "why should we fight the KKK, they're racist shitheads that will lynch black people, it's what they do".
Why the fuck should I bother calling out the GOP? There is no way to reach them.
Its like shouting at the lion for eating people. Like im sorry thats what they fucking do
Its like shouting at the lion for eating people. Like im sorry thats what they fucking do
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
So your logic is the same as "why should we fight the KKK, they're racist shitheads that will lynch black people, it's what they do".
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
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DISCHARGE PETITION TICK-TOCK
Rep. Grijalva will sign the petition Wednesday after she’s sworn in and makes remarks on the floor
Her 218th signature starts the clock on the 7-legislative day wait until it can be called up, which means it would likely ripen on Tuesday Nov 25 during the pro forma
Rep. Grijalva will sign the petition Wednesday after she’s sworn in and makes remarks on the floor
Her 218th signature starts the clock on the 7-legislative day wait until it can be called up, which means it would likely ripen on Tuesday Nov 25 during the pro forma
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
DISCHARGE PETITION TICK-TOCK
Rep. Grijalva will sign the petition Wednesday after she’s sworn in and makes remarks on the floor
Her 218th signature starts the clock on the 7-legislative day wait until it can be called up, which means it would likely ripen on Tuesday Nov 25 during the pro forma
Rep. Grijalva will sign the petition Wednesday after she’s sworn in and makes remarks on the floor
Her 218th signature starts the clock on the 7-legislative day wait until it can be called up, which means it would likely ripen on Tuesday Nov 25 during the pro forma
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“The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades, according to three people briefed on the matter.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades, according to three people briefed on the matter.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...
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The way we talk about the economy as positioned the losses of workers as male losses, wrong and threatening because of the way they endanger male status. But women are workers, too, and they deserve dignity and decent wages.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The way we talk about the economy as positioned the losses of workers as male losses, wrong and threatening because of the way they endanger male status. But women are workers, too, and they deserve dignity and decent wages.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden
Turkey prices are up 70 percent from 2024.
Houston turkey prices are gobbling up budgets this Thanksgiving
Turkey prices are up 70 percent from 2024.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden
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Weird how at some point the ACA subsidies went from meaningless technocrat babble that it was obviously incredibly stupid for Democrats to try protecting to being incredibly important for helping people avoid suffering.
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Weird how at some point the ACA subsidies went from meaningless technocrat babble that it was obviously incredibly stupid for Democrats to try protecting to being incredibly important for helping people avoid suffering.
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?
And Democrats managed to get it wrong both times!! What were the odds?