hedlin 🍉🌻
@hedlin.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, -worker, -inclusion, & -cocktails
Anti-fascism, -authoritarianism, -oligarchy, & -melon (the edible kind, not the symbolic kind)
And, so sorry, Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽! (Know that less than half of US voted for the narcissistic asshole...)
Anti-fascism, -authoritarianism, -oligarchy, & -melon (the edible kind, not the symbolic kind)
And, so sorry, Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽! (Know that less than half of US voted for the narcissistic asshole...)
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hedlin 🍉🌻
@hedlin.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Billionaires and multimillionaires are destroying America.
I just called my House Rep. and left the message that I'd strongly prefer she didn't vote for reopening the government without an extension the ACA subsidies.
A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies. n.pr/49LUSKf
On day 43 of the shutdown, a vote in the House could bring the impasse to an end
A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I just called my House Rep. and left the message that I'd strongly prefer she didn't vote for reopening the government without an extension the ACA subsidies.
Donald is a criminal as is everyone who is aiding and abetting him.
"What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly."
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Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Donald is a criminal as is everyone who is aiding and abetting him.
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Please do not reopen the government without an ACA subsidy expansion explicitly included.
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Why Senate Democrats caved on shutdown—and why their excuses are BS www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Why Senate Democrats caved on shutdown—and why their excuses are BS
A group of Senate Democrats, fresh off of caving to Republican demands for ending the government shutdown, appeared on morning news shows on Monday to try to spin their cowardice. On Sunday night, a g...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Please do not reopen the government without an ACA subsidy expansion explicitly included.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Crying and laughing.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Crying and laughing.
Fuck Schumer. Fuck Durbin. Fuck Kaine. Fuck Shaheen Fuck Ronen Fuck Hassan. Fuck Cortez Masto.
Senate Dems aren't stupid. They know full well the Republicans and especially Donald will never extend the enhanced ACA subsidies. So, by flinching, they're guaranteeing premiums will spike by 114% -- people will go broke and/or die. Blaming Republicans in midterm campaign ads won't prevent that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Fuck Schumer. Fuck Durbin. Fuck Kaine. Fuck Shaheen Fuck Ronen Fuck Hassan. Fuck Cortez Masto.
If true, I'm guessing the plan is to fire all controllers and replace them with Elon's Grok or some other AI. 😬
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If true, I'm guessing the plan is to fire all controllers and replace them with Elon's Grok or some other AI. 😬
<<back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November>>
Someone probably should have told Schumer, Durbin, Kaine, Shaheen, Ronen, Hassan, and Cortez Masto...
Someone probably should have told Schumer, Durbin, Kaine, Shaheen, Ronen, Hassan, and Cortez Masto...
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
<<back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November>>
Someone probably should have told Schumer, Durbin, Kaine, Shaheen, Ronen, Hassan, and Cortez Masto...
Someone probably should have told Schumer, Durbin, Kaine, Shaheen, Ronen, Hassan, and Cortez Masto...
I miss Biden's economy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I miss Biden's economy.
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im at the chuck schumer campaign rally. i asked for a whiskey neat but got a shirley temple. thats alright, no need to cause a scene. a slight interruption when armed men in masks abduct the kitchen staff, maybe we could have negotiated with them? no matter, hopes remain high for bipartisanship
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
im at the chuck schumer campaign rally. i asked for a whiskey neat but got a shirley temple. thats alright, no need to cause a scene. a slight interruption when armed men in masks abduct the kitchen staff, maybe we could have negotiated with them? no matter, hopes remain high for bipartisanship
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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 3:35 PM
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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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So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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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 9:15 PM
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I just left a message with both of my Senators asking them to not vote to reopen the government without the ACA subsidies being extended by at least a year.
Please join me!
Please join me!
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I just left a message with both of my Senators asking them to not vote to reopen the government without the ACA subsidies being extended by at least a year.
Please join me!
Please join me!
The sailors were delighted last night.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The sailors were delighted last night.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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When Trump tries to dodge a question he doesn’t want to answer by asking a reporter who they are with, they should answer “UBS.” If he’s gonna rant about fake news might as well give him a fake news name.
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Go, Oregon! 💙
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Go, Oregon! 💙