Emily Galvin-Almanza
@galvinalmanza.bsky.social
Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
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I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Senator Jacky Rosen Promised to Protect Healthcare. Then She Voted Against It.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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This vote basically ensures health insurance becomes unaffordable for millions. It’s not hyperbole to say that Americans will die because of it. We all know Republicans do not care about this, we’d all hoped that Democrats did. So shit like this is as embarrassing as it is deflating.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This vote basically ensures health insurance becomes unaffordable for millions. It’s not hyperbole to say that Americans will die because of it. We all know Republicans do not care about this, we’d all hoped that Democrats did. So shit like this is as embarrassing as it is deflating.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
Political malpractice to cave now
lets assume the deal is as described and the GOP doesn't renege on any of it. that means
we get:
-gov't funded thru 30 jan
-snap thru 30 sep 26
-reverts staffing to 30 sep 25
GOP gets:
-De Facto repeal of Obamacare (the vote on ACA subsidies will fail. there aren't 12 gop to go along with it.)
we get:
-gov't funded thru 30 jan
-snap thru 30 sep 26
-reverts staffing to 30 sep 25
GOP gets:
-De Facto repeal of Obamacare (the vote on ACA subsidies will fail. there aren't 12 gop to go along with it.)
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Political malpractice to cave now
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Does anyone on the senate actually know how the ACA works????
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Does anyone on the senate actually know how the ACA works????
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah when the factual finding is that the administration is trying to make a political point and not thinking of people who need food, it's pretty hard to overcome that finding
BREAKING: First Circuit denies DOJ's request for an administrative stay of the SNAP benefits TRO out of Rhode Island.
DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.
DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah when the factual finding is that the administration is trying to make a political point and not thinking of people who need food, it's pretty hard to overcome that finding
This was a fabulous use of public resources, 10/10 governmental decision making
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was a fabulous use of public resources, 10/10 governmental decision making
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
I gasped
Ross Douthat is only 31 years old.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I gasped
Mayor Wu may be one of the most underestimated politicians on the planet
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
Boston’s Election Results Are the Big, Untold Story This Week
Michelle Wu’s quiet landslide defies conventional wisdom about alienating business interests. And it could turn Boston into one of the most interesting climate policy incubators in the country.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Mayor Wu may be one of the most underestimated politicians on the planet
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
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Holy crap. MAGA diehard Danielle Jurinsky lost her city council seat in Aurora, Colorado. She more than anyone is responsible for ginning up the false claim that Tren de Aragua had "taken over" the city. She also repeatedly tried to dissolve the city's groundbreaking public defender office.
Progressives may flip Aurora council as voters reject Danielle Jurinsky and other incumbents
Jurinsky built ties with Trump during the 2024 campaign when he falsely claimed Aurora was being “taken over” by a Venezuelan prison gang.
denverite.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Holy crap. MAGA diehard Danielle Jurinsky lost her city council seat in Aurora, Colorado. She more than anyone is responsible for ginning up the false claim that Tren de Aragua had "taken over" the city. She also repeatedly tried to dissolve the city's groundbreaking public defender office.
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Affordability is the new groceries
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Affordability is the new groceries
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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One of the big ones.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One of the big ones.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Hope scrolling 📜📜📜
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hope scrolling 📜📜📜
Answer to every upcoming think piece asking whether Democrats can maintain this momentum:
If the president and his party keep acting ~like this~ it's not even going to be hard
If the president and his party keep acting ~like this~ it's not even going to be hard
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Answer to every upcoming think piece asking whether Democrats can maintain this momentum:
If the president and his party keep acting ~like this~ it's not even going to be hard
If the president and his party keep acting ~like this~ it's not even going to be hard
If anyone had any doubt that it was high time to primary Schumer... well... tonight should extinguish those doubts.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If anyone had any doubt that it was high time to primary Schumer... well... tonight should extinguish those doubts.
I guess if everyone who said they were gonna move out of NY actually does so the rental market is going to be amazing
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I guess if everyone who said they were gonna move out of NY actually does so the rental market is going to be amazing
A beautiful repudiation of all the dumbest fearmongering boomer talking points and cowardice
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A beautiful repudiation of all the dumbest fearmongering boomer talking points and cowardice
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.