Ed Bott
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
More of this, please.
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
More of this, please.
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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 9:54 PM
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.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Why does the House, the larger of the two legislative bodies, not simply eat the Senate
This was true when I was younger. After a few decades, it ceased to be true.
There are still days when I find absolute joy in writing, but there are probably an equal number where it is just a chore.
There are still days when I find absolute joy in writing, but there are probably an equal number where it is just a chore.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This was true when I was younger. After a few decades, it ceased to be true.
There are still days when I find absolute joy in writing, but there are probably an equal number where it is just a chore.
There are still days when I find absolute joy in writing, but there are probably an equal number where it is just a chore.
I am really hoping Amazon and Walmart have great Black Friday deals on pitchforks because they will absolutely sell out.
Just like the Democrats are apparently about to do.
Just like the Democrats are apparently about to do.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I am really hoping Amazon and Walmart have great Black Friday deals on pitchforks because they will absolutely sell out.
Just like the Democrats are apparently about to do.
Just like the Democrats are apparently about to do.
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Every time I park next to a Cybertruck
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Every time I park next to a Cybertruck
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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sucks losing something useful & free that was already built &’paid for
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
sucks losing something useful & free that was already built &’paid for
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The GOP's solution for high housing prices is a lifetime of servitude. This tracks perfectly.
Oh good. the 50-year mortgage. That should solve everything.
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The GOP's solution for high housing prices is a lifetime of servitude. This tracks perfectly.
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Newsom is preaching truth here. And I hope he continues, and I hope he keeps getting on Sunday shows and people's podcasts and everywhere else he can be.
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Newsom is preaching truth here. And I hope he continues, and I hope he keeps getting on Sunday shows and people's podcasts and everywhere else he can be.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Judge Wolf moved to senior status in 2013 after serving as chief judge; his resignation does not leave a vacancy for the current admin to fill.
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Judge Wolf moved to senior status in 2013 after serving as chief judge; his resignation does not leave a vacancy for the current admin to fill.
Water wet, Pope Catholic, woods full of bear poop, and …
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Water wet, Pope Catholic, woods full of bear poop, and …
Night of the Long Knives, in slow motion
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Night of the Long Knives, in slow motion
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I guess what I'm saying is keep this energy after SNAP comes back. We always have folks in our communities who need more food than they can afford
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I guess what I'm saying is keep this energy after SNAP comes back. We always have folks in our communities who need more food than they can afford
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I hate to be this person, but none of these things are new. Hunger in America is not new. It's just starting to scale
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I hate to be this person, but none of these things are new. Hunger in America is not new. It's just starting to scale
The replies are brilliant.
Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The replies are brilliant.
I can hear Mike Johnson now: "I'm not familiar with that sign. I haven't seen it."
(PS: The sign, which is hard to read in this photo, says "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND.")
(PS: The sign, which is hard to read in this photo, says "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND.")
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I can hear Mike Johnson now: "I'm not familiar with that sign. I haven't seen it."
(PS: The sign, which is hard to read in this photo, says "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND.")
(PS: The sign, which is hard to read in this photo, says "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND.")
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This is highly related to my main takeaway from my jury duty earlier this year: "beyond a reasonable doubt" for _every element_ of the crime charged is a HIGH STANDARD TO MEET in a jury trial, esp when the gov is doing all this. Every juror should be prepared to hold the government to that standard.
There's a deep point here: the line between jury nullification and acquittal for other reasons is not always clear. Nullification is just one of many ways a prosecution can go wrong for the government when the jury is skeptical of law enforcement and prosecutors.
the jury nullification take is wrong. If that’s what had happened they wouldn’t have sent a note to the judge asking for definitions of relevant terms.
They just didn’t think he did the crime after considering the evidence and following the given instructions.
Don’t charge sandwich cases.
They just didn’t think he did the crime after considering the evidence and following the given instructions.
Don’t charge sandwich cases.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is highly related to my main takeaway from my jury duty earlier this year: "beyond a reasonable doubt" for _every element_ of the crime charged is a HIGH STANDARD TO MEET in a jury trial, esp when the gov is doing all this. Every juror should be prepared to hold the government to that standard.
Imagine if there were a crisis somewhere in the world, instead of a crisis just a few feet away.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Imagine if there were a crisis somewhere in the world, instead of a crisis just a few feet away.