Velma
@deradee.bsky.social
Reader/Writer
Denver, CO
New Mexico True ❤️
Midwest heart
Denver, CO
New Mexico True ❤️
Midwest heart
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Dems talking point: we care about kitchen table issues
people: I'm at my kitchen table rationing meds bec I can't afford health care. Or food. On kitchen table, no food, no money
Democrats: anyway kitchen table issues
people: had to burn kitchen table for fuel, i'm dying
Democrats: You're welcome!
people: I'm at my kitchen table rationing meds bec I can't afford health care. Or food. On kitchen table, no food, no money
Democrats: anyway kitchen table issues
people: had to burn kitchen table for fuel, i'm dying
Democrats: You're welcome!
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Dems talking point: we care about kitchen table issues
people: I'm at my kitchen table rationing meds bec I can't afford health care. Or food. On kitchen table, no food, no money
Democrats: anyway kitchen table issues
people: had to burn kitchen table for fuel, i'm dying
Democrats: You're welcome!
people: I'm at my kitchen table rationing meds bec I can't afford health care. Or food. On kitchen table, no food, no money
Democrats: anyway kitchen table issues
people: had to burn kitchen table for fuel, i'm dying
Democrats: You're welcome!
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The Dems that caved!
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Dems that caved!
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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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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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
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James, quick q: what do you pay for healthcare? i feel like i subsidize your sweet rate for a gold ACA package, so....
Comer: "This is a fake economy. You can't have 1/3 of America receiving some type of free government healthcare and then have another 1/3 that's getting a subsidized rate. That falls on the final 1/3 that's having to pay increased premiums."
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
James, quick q: what do you pay for healthcare? i feel like i subsidize your sweet rate for a gold ACA package, so....
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It was totally working. They were going to have to blow up the damned filibuster.
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
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I'd focus my anger on an organ that is forced to be more intimately connected to the base: the DSCC.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Phone (202) 224-2447
info@dscc.org
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Phone (202) 224-2447
info@dscc.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'd focus my anger on an organ that is forced to be more intimately connected to the base: the DSCC.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Phone (202) 224-2447
info@dscc.org
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Phone (202) 224-2447
info@dscc.org
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
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Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
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No. You don't get to pretend it's the Dems' fault when the GOP President of the United States just went all the way to the SUPREME COURT to keep food away from poor people. FULL stop.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No. You don't get to pretend it's the Dems' fault when the GOP President of the United States just went all the way to the SUPREME COURT to keep food away from poor people. FULL stop.
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The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The White House keeps unilaterally taking entirely voluntary actions which it openly says are intended to inflict more pain and then they're I guess surprised - along with most of the DC media - about why they seem to be taking the blame for the shutdown.
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It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
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I love that they staged a walkout? Come through beauty queen solidarity
A Miss Universe executive singled out and criticized Miss Mexico at an event in Thailand, causing a walkout by her fellow contestants and an international controversy after the video went viral.
Miss Universe contestants walk out after pageant chief berates Miss Mexico
Nawat Itsaragrisil, a Thai businessman, was met with outrage over his treatment of Miss Universe Mexico titleholder Fatima Bosch.
nbcnews.to
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I love that they staged a walkout? Come through beauty queen solidarity
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
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“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”
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Good thread, and I will add that men DO NOT LIKE IT when women say "hey, you fucked up," and to the extent that women tend to soften the blow with indirectness, it's because men feel like their honor is insulted if they have to take feedback from women.
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Good thread, and I will add that men DO NOT LIKE IT when women say "hey, you fucked up," and to the extent that women tend to soften the blow with indirectness, it's because men feel like their honor is insulted if they have to take feedback from women.