@cmerfy Lifelong Democrat
cmerfy.bsky.social
@cmerfy Lifelong Democrat
@cmerfy.bsky.social
🌊Lefty in Texas🌊

US/Cdn citizen w/ views shaped by living in London🇬🇧, Munich🇩🇪,& Toronto🍁

DemCast & ONEV1 member; BLM LGTBQ Ally, gun control & public education supporter, X refugee
Pinned
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#LoneStarLeft Mon nite w/ plenty to say after the 'end of shutdown deal' 🔥⬇️

She gives us the patterns & calls out Fetterman & Shaheen in particular 🎁

She won't be endorsing or giving 2 many Tx deets 'til the filing period is over, but there's lotsa ℹ️🔥

#OV1

open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
The Centrists Screwed Us Again
Accountability isn’t purity, it’s survival.
open.substack.com
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They've been flirting with a purpleish district for awhile, yea? Or at least since they went to 4 districts, they've had a couple of Dems in the House over the years. This is less a surprise than codifying SLC being the Austin of Utah, for lack of a better term?
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Again, I don't know how this was supposed to end other than with a district wholly in Salt Lake County. Anyway, Utah now has a safe Democratic congressional district.
Here's the new court-ordered Utah congressional map.

campaignlegal.org/document/pla...
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Oh that will help. Not.
I'm not happy, but this not on Schumer. Even Bernie says so & does not believe in replacing the imperfect Schumer. Dem in fighting is doing the GOP's work.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Monterey California
Tomorrow November 11
Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veterans Day OPEN MIC
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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#LoneStarLeft Mon nite w/ plenty to say after the 'end of shutdown deal' 🔥⬇️

She gives us the patterns & calls out Fetterman & Shaheen in particular 🎁

She won't be endorsing or giving 2 many Tx deets 'til the filing period is over, but there's lotsa ℹ️🔥

#OV1

open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
The Centrists Screwed Us Again
Accountability isn’t purity, it’s survival.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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“The United States has sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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…and is the $2 trillion dollars in the room with us right now?
In case it's not obvious, none of this is true. He's either innumerate, or lying.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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WTH Chuck! The CR gives permission for the 6 Senators who had their phones investigated becoz of January 6ths insurrection, to sue the taxpayers for $500,000 each😡Trump is already suing the taxpayers for $230 million! We won't forget the betrayal of the 7 Democrats & 1 Independent😡🤮

#OneV1
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I can't believe that I still haven't posted about Dick Cheney's life/death given many months in his home town over decades.

It's complicated.

Wyoming is wonderful, though! 😍

#OV1
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Some of the Democrats who voted to end the shutdown without protecting Affordable Care Act subsidies have health care money in their pockets.
www.levernews.com/dems-shut-do...
Dems Shut Down Their Resolve
Some of the Democrats who voted to end the shutdown without protecting Affordable Care Act subsidies have health insurer money in their pockets.
www.levernews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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She is definitely begging to not be replaced…her public relations scores are in the tank…
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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 12:42 AM
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⚡️Explosions reported at Saratov oil refinery amid alleged drone strike.

An oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, was reportedly attacked overnight on Nov. 11, according to local Telegram channels that shared footage appearing to show explosions at the facility.
Explosions reported at Saratov oil refinery amid alleged drone strike
An oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, was reportedly attacked overnight on Nov. 11, according to local Telegram channels that shared footage appearing to show explosions at the facility.
kyivindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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'The Panorama edit may have been a mistake. The campaign to defend it is not.'

I've followed the story with great interest & I heartily agree!!

#OV1

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC under siege: Britain must defend its own truth | Editorial
Editorial: With Donald Trump circling and Labour ministers wavering, defending the corporation’s independence is now a test of national will
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Who knew that after years of seeming progress on race and gender, tens of millions of white Americans lived in seething resentment, waiting for a demagogue to arrive who would legitimize their worst selves and channel them into political power?
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Why Do People Vote For Trump?

What's his appeal?

His niece said it's because the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value.

How is that a good thing?
Kathy (@kathy622729)
I’ve seldom seen anyone so succinctly identify what Trump’s appeal is to so many Americans. His niece summed up the fact that the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value. Here Rober...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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@schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov

Are you going to give them permission to sue against the lawful pursuit of their information and involvement in January 6th?

Remember police injured & died, your lives at stake
The deal to end the shutdown would pave the way for senators to sue over phone searches.

Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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ICE has attacked young, old, anyone who they don't like their looks, and citizens!

What happens is often beyond what law enforcement is required to do

Lawsuits should follow from everyone who was kidnapped, taken from familiar surroundings and suffered

Not normal

Consequences are needed
"With your support, and with God, we’ll find a way out of this...”

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/08/m...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121

Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…

There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM