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Chris Lombardi
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Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books from The New Press and Mumblers Press. No longer on Substack; find me on Medium, WagingNonviolence.org, On Watch, and an oped near you. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.
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Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social · Jun 19
Today feels like a Jehanne day
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susanrinkunas.com
We *should* repeal private insurers’ tax breaks, but the money needs go to funding Medicare for all
mirandayaver.bsky.social Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12h
Here is my latest for @msnbc.com, on Trump's ill-advised concept of a plan for health care, which entails repealing the ACA, and redistributing private insurers' tax breaks to the people for what would essentially amount to an HSA, which is unhelpful if not wealthy. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
"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
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thecalifornian31.bsky.social
If Senate Democrats don’t start the process to remove Chuck Schumer by the end of the week, all these Senators talking about how opposed they are about this week’s capitulation is all performative bullshit.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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indivisible.org
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
chrisblue.bsky.social
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a skin patch that can detect antibodies for COVID and flu. It’s far more sensitive than current tests, needs only a half-volt of power, and provides results in about 10 minutes.

Source: archive.li/yBsS2

Study: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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indivisible.org Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10h
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
chrisblue.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/louv... man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

The video alone is a palate cleanser
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Mike Johnson makes clear that contrary to what 8 Senate Democrats claim, the GOP congressional leadership made no commitment to hold a vote on extension of ACA benefits, and he has no expectation that a vote will ever occur.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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lindsaypcohn.bsky.social
Congratulations! You get to continue car payments long after your chevy has died
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Anyone who believes that the Senators who voted for the non-deal did so without Schumer’s consent while he votes no for show is gullible & naive. You either do this with a plan and exit strategy or you don’t do it at all. There is a disconnect between Dem voters & Sen leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“The worst view of current economic conditions since 1951… 61% blame Trump… 79% of independents have a negative view of Trump’s economic policies… if these numbers hold Republicans can wave adios to the house, and maybe the senate…”
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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airplaney.bsky.social
An essential reason to have a continuous replenishment of new, young political electeds is because they have a limited knowledge of "how it used to be" and are more open to seeing things how they are.

This was Biden's big problem; he couldn't believe the current GOP wasn't his like his old buddies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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dropsitenews.com
From the UN's highest investigative body:

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dropsitenews.com Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 6d
🔴The UN Commission of Inquiry found that “forced public stripping and nudity, sexual harassment including threats of rape, as well as sexual assault” are “standard operating procedure” of Israeli forces toward Palestinians, and that “other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape...
🔴 The UN Commission of Inquiry found that “forced public stripping and nudity, sexual harassment including threats of rape, as well as sexual assault” are “standard operating procedure” of Israeli forces toward Palestinians, and that “other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and violence to the genitals, were committed either under explicit orders or with implicit encouragement by Israel’s top civilian and military leadership.” It concluded that “the frequency, prevalence, and severity of sexual and gender-based crimes perpetrated across the Occupied Palestinian Territory lead the Commission to conclude that sexual and gender-based violence is increasingly used as a method of war by Israel to destabilize, dominate, oppress, and destroy the Palestinian people.” 🎥 Video via @zeteo_news . @mehdirhasan interviewing UN Commissioner of Inquiry Chris Sidoti.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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dropsitenews.com
🚨The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says it has collected new testimonies from recently released captives and documented systematic sexual torture of Palestinian detainees, including rape, forced stripping, and filming, describing it as part of Israel’s broader campaign to destroy human....
🚨The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says it has collected new testimonies from recently released captives and documented systematic sexual torture of Palestinian detainees, including rape, forced stripping, and filming, describing it as part of Israel’s broader campaign to destroy human dignity in Gaza. Among the cases is N.A., a 42-year-old mother from northern Gaza, who told PCHR she was raped four times by Israeli soldiers and subjected to repeated torture and humiliation in detention after she was detained while passing through an Israeli checkpoint set up in northern Gaza in November 2024. 📌 Her testimony in full: “At dawn I heard the soldiers shouting, saying that morning prayers were forbidden, and I think it was the fourth day after my arrest from Gaza. The soldiers moved me to a place I didn’t know because my eyes were blindfolded, and they ordered me to take off my clothes. I did so. They put me on a metal table, pressed my chest and head against it, cuffed my hands to the end of the bed, and pulled my legs apart forcefully. I felt a penis penetrating my anus and a man raping me. I started screaming, and they beat me on my back and head while I was blindfolded. I felt the man who was raping me ejaculate inside my anus. I kept screaming and being beaten, and I could hear a camera—so I believe they were filming me. The rape lasted about 10 minutes. After that, they left me for an hour in the same position, with my hands cuffed to the bed with metal handcuffs, my face on the bed, my feet on the floor, and I was completely naked. Again, after an hour, I was raped fully in the same position, with penetration into my vagina, and I was beaten while I screamed. There were several soldiers; I heard them laughing and the camera clicking as it took pictures. This rape was very quick and there was no ejaculation. During the rape they beat me with their hands on my head and back. Again, after an hour, I was raped fully in the same position, with penetration into my vagina, and I was beaten while I screamed. There were several soldiers; I heard them laughing and the camera clicking as it took pictures. This rape was very quick and there was no ejaculation. During the rape they beat me with their hands on my head and back. I cannot describe what I felt; I wished for death every moment. After they raped me, I was left alone in the same room, hands still cuffed to the bed and without clothes for many hours. I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew and laughing. Later, I was raped again vaginally. I screamed, but they beat me whenever I tried to resist. After more than an hour, I’m not sure about the time, a masked soldier entered, removed my blindfold, lifted his face covering; he had white skin and was tall. He asked if I spoke English; I said no. He said he was Russian and ordered me to masturbate his penis. I refused, and he hit me in the face after raping me. That day I was raped twice. I was left naked the whole day in the room where I spent three days. On the first day I was raped twice; on the second day I was raped twice; on the third day I remained without clothes while they looked at me through the door slit and filmed me. One soldier said they would post my photos on social media. While I was in the room, my period started; then they told me to put on clothes and transferred me to another room.” Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: November 10, 2025. PCHR Documents Testimonies of Systematic Rape and Sexual Torture in Israeli Detention Against Released Palestinian Detainees
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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marcosantana.bsky.social
The likelihood of Republicans creating a healthcare plan where more Americans are covered for less money is zero. lol

Midterms will be all about ACA @whitehouse-47.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @chrislhayes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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brennancenter.org
The failure of legal actions to fight corruption at the highest levels of government reinforces the need for legislation and other congressional actions. Our latest report offers recommendations for strengthening the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses: bit.ly/3XdgCaq
Codifying the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses
To prevent corruption, the Constitution prohibits the president and other officials from receiving untoward benefits. Congress, however, must take action to enable enforcement.
www.brennancenter.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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lemieuxlgm.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s greatest atrocity

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The Trump administration's greatest atrocity - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Impeach. Remove. The Hague: Your favorite Italian-origin fusilli and macaroni are poised to disappear from U.S. supermarket shelves. Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say import and antidumping duties t...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
chrisblue.bsky.social
Why do I still subscribe to @nytimes.com ?? Because we need journalism like this
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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bannerite.bsky.social
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
By Mark L. Wolf
#MomSky
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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whitehouse.senate.gov
That December vote is a huge moment we can turn into a victory. People are watching. Good bill, we win; they cheat, they will lose. If we fight united.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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nelini.bsky.social
Amen amen amen
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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nelini.bsky.social
The official statement from @mauricewfp.bsky.social for us at @workingfamilies.org. Bottom line: THERE IS NO EXCUSE for tonight's vote! Join WFP at the link ⬇️ ⬇️
Tonight, Senate Republicans—aided by eight Democrats—passed a funding bill that will raise health care premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all. “There is no excuse for giving in to a bad deal—especially after voters turned out in record numbers last week to elect Democrats on the promise that they would stand up and fight for working families. We oppose this deal and call on the House of Representatives to vote against it. “Next year’s midterms will be crucial. Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have spent the past ten months making life less affordable and more uncertain for working families. They’ve shown us that they would rather flood our streets with masked agents than make sure that families can buy groceries. That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.” The full statement from Working Families Party
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM