D Grateful Granke
@dgranke.bsky.social
Theatre Educator, Director, Fight Director, and Intimacy Director. Spouse, Dog Human, Insufferable Amateur Cook, and Camping and National Park Enthusiast. They all the way.
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This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This….is why it’s a BIG fucking deal.
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this is true but by keeping silent about the maneuver, every last senate dem is complicit in this lie being sold to their own voters. it makes me angrier than the fold tbh
More than just 8 but less than all of the Senate Dems
Whole point of this maneuver being we don’t know who exactly it was that supported it. Yes, “institutionalists,” tell me more about how the filibuster promotes good governance
Whole point of this maneuver being we don’t know who exactly it was that supported it. Yes, “institutionalists,” tell me more about how the filibuster promotes good governance
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
this is true but by keeping silent about the maneuver, every last senate dem is complicit in this lie being sold to their own voters. it makes me angrier than the fold tbh
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Whenever I get a little bit of time off I always tell myself to use it napping and I always end up blogging instead:
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Whenever I get a little bit of time off I always tell myself to use it napping and I always end up blogging instead:
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
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Catherine my good bitch you guys are the only ones who do not know where the Republicans stand
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Catherine my good bitch you guys are the only ones who do not know where the Republicans stand
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They are going to hold healthcare over our heads like they did Roe, lose it like they did Roe, with no plan like they did Roe, and then tell us we should have voted harder.
@schumer.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov ‘s remarks and actions made that clear to me today.
@schumer.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov ‘s remarks and actions made that clear to me today.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
They are going to hold healthcare over our heads like they did Roe, lose it like they did Roe, with no plan like they did Roe, and then tell us we should have voted harder.
@schumer.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov ‘s remarks and actions made that clear to me today.
@schumer.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov ‘s remarks and actions made that clear to me today.
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We all knew that. It’s you and your colleagues that seem to think otherwise, because CRs are the only way to force them to agree to funding. Instead, you’ve conceded the point after weeks of suffering which you rendered worthless.
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We all knew that. It’s you and your colleagues that seem to think otherwise, because CRs are the only way to force them to agree to funding. Instead, you’ve conceded the point after weeks of suffering which you rendered worthless.
Christ the dems are dumb
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Christ the dems are dumb
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Hey Angus King: Even the milquetoast centrists at Third Way think you're a capitulator. #MEpolitics
Even the Dem centrists at Third Way are mad about the deal moderate Senate Dems cut with Republicans to end the shutdown:
"We should not have surrendered until we received at least something tangible on lowering health care costs."
"We should not have surrendered until we received at least something tangible on lowering health care costs."
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hey Angus King: Even the milquetoast centrists at Third Way think you're a capitulator. #MEpolitics
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Democracy kinda depends on voters hearing accurate facts and analysis more than they hear made up nonsense, and that’s kinda sort of an issue
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Democracy kinda depends on voters hearing accurate facts and analysis more than they hear made up nonsense, and that’s kinda sort of an issue
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The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
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live reaction from inside the vault at budapest station
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
live reaction from inside the vault at budapest station
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
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Donald Trump often reminds me of a child hosting an imaginary tea party or babbling nonsense into a toy phone mimicking "this is how mommy and daddy sound when they talk on the phone".
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Donald Trump often reminds me of a child hosting an imaginary tea party or babbling nonsense into a toy phone mimicking "this is how mommy and daddy sound when they talk on the phone".
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
There's a word or two here and there that he picked up from reality, but it's complete gibberish.
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lol good job Susan
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
lol good job Susan
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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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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
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This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
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Chris Murphy subtweets Angus King. Still, it's all hot air and misdirection unless Murphy's willing to call for replacing Senate Dem leadership.
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Chris Murphy subtweets Angus King. Still, it's all hot air and misdirection unless Murphy's willing to call for replacing Senate Dem leadership.
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Ah yes the days of cchinges at McDonald’s, and when Shloske was only $9.50.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ah yes the days of cchinges at McDonald’s, and when Shloske was only $9.50.
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It's not just that the Democratic party is a gerontocracy—it's a gerontocracy run by the people most likely to fall for Publishers Clearing House scam.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's not just that the Democratic party is a gerontocracy—it's a gerontocracy run by the people most likely to fall for Publishers Clearing House scam.