Christine
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That man doesn't pay his own bills, he's not sending us jack shit. He didn't even before, he slapped his name on checks he didn't even issue.
Trump: "We want a healthcare system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies. We're gonna be working on that very hard over the next short period of time. Where the people get the money. We're talking about trillions and trillions of dollars."
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
That man doesn't pay his own bills, he's not sending us jack shit. He didn't even before, he slapped his name on checks he didn't even issue.
@lashrecseaird.bsky.social is fantastic!
Attorney General-Elect Jay Jones Announces Inaugural Committee (former DPVA Executive Director David Mills as Chair; former Virginia AG Mark Herring as one of three co-chairs, along with Del. @HelmerVA and Sen. @lashrecseaird) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@lashrecseaird.bsky.social is fantastic!
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![There are six $2,000 Tariff Checks Hidden In Chocolate Bars Throughout America.
[pic of willy wonka]
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Welp.
🧑🌾 “The projected loss in 2025 on corn, cotton, soy, & wheat is $430,000,000 in Tennessee alone.”
TN Ag Commish Andy Holt tells @GovBillLee what TN farmers told 60 Minutes — Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers.
(cc: @rustygrills @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn)
TN Ag Commish Andy Holt tells @GovBillLee what TN farmers told 60 Minutes — Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers.
(cc: @rustygrills @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn)
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Welp.
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"Today I convened our transition team in Richmond. We are wasting no time getting to work to build an Administration that puts Virginians first — and that's exactly what I'll do when I'm sworn into office in January." - @SpanbergerForVA bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Today I convened our transition team in Richmond. We are wasting no time getting to work to build an Administration that puts Virginians first — and that's exactly what I'll do when I'm sworn into office in January." - @SpanbergerForVA bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
I don't know what's going to happen, so I'm not getting worked up or angry for the sake of it. I'll pace myself. We'll never make it to 2027 if our blood pressure is constantly spiked.
Remember that big blue accounts rely on the original YT/FB strategy. Enragement = engagement.
Remember that big blue accounts rely on the original YT/FB strategy. Enragement = engagement.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don't know what's going to happen, so I'm not getting worked up or angry for the sake of it. I'll pace myself. We'll never make it to 2027 if our blood pressure is constantly spiked.
Remember that big blue accounts rely on the original YT/FB strategy. Enragement = engagement.
Remember that big blue accounts rely on the original YT/FB strategy. Enragement = engagement.
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The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
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Like, some of y’all are being straight evil. My uncle’s church is literally doing collections right now to get people food and diapers through the shutdown.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
Lot of people telling on themselves that they have never even been slightly poor.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Like, some of y’all are being straight evil. My uncle’s church is literally doing collections right now to get people food and diapers through the shutdown.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
Reminder for everyone that food banks still need donations and volunteers right now. Consider redirecting your social media outrage energy into something productive.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reminder for everyone that food banks still need donations and volunteers right now. Consider redirecting your social media outrage energy into something productive.
You don't have to be thrilled with Schumer's inability to keep his caucus on side, but your ultimate ire should be for the people holding the ACA, SNAP, and govt funds hostage. Blaming Dems for the actions of Republicans is literally Republican propoganda, so wtf are you all doing?
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
You don't have to be thrilled with Schumer's inability to keep his caucus on side, but your ultimate ire should be for the people holding the ACA, SNAP, and govt funds hostage. Blaming Dems for the actions of Republicans is literally Republican propoganda, so wtf are you all doing?
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's the work of a lifetime, not a single election.
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's the work of a lifetime, not a single election.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's the work of a lifetime, not a single election.
Eyes on the prize.
Eyes on the prize.
It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's the work of a lifetime, not a single election.
THANK GOD
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
THANK GOD
This is a more nuanced take.
The best take on all of this shutdown came from @shannonrwatts.bsky.social who told me this would only end by Republicans killing the filibuster or Democrats caving. That’s it. But Schumer somehow broadcast that Republicans would cave when they never gave any indication they would.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a more nuanced take.
It hasn't even been a week since a blue wave and people who probably didn't even donate a cent or send a postcard are losing their minds pretending like they're going to primary anyone. Get used to shitty outcomes people, while the assholes are in charge of govt.
I know it’s not going to be easy but I’m begging yall to find a way to maintain your sanity. It is going to be a long and sustained effort to keep and recover our rights!!!! Did yall even READ PROJECT 2025?!?
We do not have time for this shit!!!
Pull yourselves together!!
We do not have time for this shit!!!
Pull yourselves together!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It hasn't even been a week since a blue wave and people who probably didn't even donate a cent or send a postcard are losing their minds pretending like they're going to primary anyone. Get used to shitty outcomes people, while the assholes are in charge of govt.
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LOL because Republicans are the ones in power.
If you're scared of Trump and the Republicans, just say that:
If you're scared of Trump and the Republicans, just say that:
I didn't vote for republicans. I voted for dems who made promises and declared values I expect them to live up to. Why tf would I "storm" republicans???
LOL if you're more ready to storm Democratic Senators than the Republican Senators, well this is why we are resting.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
LOL because Republicans are the ones in power.
If you're scared of Trump and the Republicans, just say that:
If you're scared of Trump and the Republicans, just say that:
Watching people push responsibility for organizing protests, running food banks, directing the media landscape, etc all to Dem legislators, just proves to me that those people are not ready to live through, let alone fight, the revolution they demanded to happen.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Watching people push responsibility for organizing protests, running food banks, directing the media landscape, etc all to Dem legislators, just proves to me that those people are not ready to live through, let alone fight, the revolution they demanded to happen.
When organizations led by white people value the appearance of progress rather than the actual achievement of it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
When organizations led by white people value the appearance of progress rather than the actual achievement of it.
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24 DAYS UNTIL WE MAKE HISTORY.
Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
Remember, talking to voters is the only way we’re going to win— sign up today
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Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
Remember, talking to voters is the only way we’re going to win— sign up today
🔗 Link in bio
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
24 DAYS UNTIL WE MAKE HISTORY.
Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
Remember, talking to voters is the only way we’re going to win— sign up today
🔗 Link in bio
Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
Remember, talking to voters is the only way we’re going to win— sign up today
🔗 Link in bio
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I just called Durbin to tell him not to cave but that was real easy for me to do with a full fridge
there is some tension between the (correct) level of apocalypticism on this site about food aid running out and the unwillingness to make any compromises in service of making it not run out
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I just called Durbin to tell him not to cave but that was real easy for me to do with a full fridge
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No, we’re not going to “class consciousness” our way out of racism and anti-semitism.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
No, we’re not going to “class consciousness” our way out of racism and anti-semitism.
He's one of the more conservative of the Dem senators. More so than Schumer, so I'm skeptical of Axios' take. Are we sure it's not a move by the GOP to put pressure on Dems and put the heat back on them? These "anonymous" sources do this a lot.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
He's one of the more conservative of the Dem senators. More so than Schumer, so I'm skeptical of Axios' take. Are we sure it's not a move by the GOP to put pressure on Dems and put the heat back on them? These "anonymous" sources do this a lot.
Ah Dave Weigel, the living embodiment of mediocre white men failing upward.
I had to get knee replacement surgery from keeping my foot so far up Glenn Youngkin’s ass and this guy says we have been too soft with him. Get a clue @daveweigel.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ah Dave Weigel, the living embodiment of mediocre white men failing upward.
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I can't help but notice those accounts whining loudest about "DEMS CAVING AGAIN AS USUAL" are mostly privileged white men, backed up by a bunch of privileged white women.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I can't help but notice those accounts whining loudest about "DEMS CAVING AGAIN AS USUAL" are mostly privileged white men, backed up by a bunch of privileged white women.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
You know, the people least likely to be affected either way.
Curious.
I don't want them to cave either, but there aren't any good options really. We're depending on Republicans gaining a conscious after seeing people starve. That's a long shot. The only way to avoid this hostage situation was to elect Dems in 2024.
I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things:
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don't want them to cave either, but there aren't any good options really. We're depending on Republicans gaining a conscious after seeing people starve. That's a long shot. The only way to avoid this hostage situation was to elect Dems in 2024.
Why are people angry about something that isn't confirmed yet? People are addicted to outrage.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Why are people angry about something that isn't confirmed yet? People are addicted to outrage.