Howard Dalton
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Howard Dalton
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· Nov 10
It’s 2:18 AM PST and I am in bed doomscrolling with a cat hbu
Finding it hard to believe all the usual suspects are experiencing their stages of grief over the Dems caving in a such a coordinated fashion this morning.
This seems like the most straightforward and also basically accurate message.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finding it hard to believe all the usual suspects are experiencing their stages of grief over the Dems caving in a such a coordinated fashion this morning.
I would be more charitable to this if not for what eyes have seen from Democrats.
Was it compassion about Americans going hungry or corporate interests at air travel being the impacted?
Was it compassion about Americans going hungry or corporate interests at air travel being the impacted?
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I would be more charitable to this if not for what eyes have seen from Democrats.
Was it compassion about Americans going hungry or corporate interests at air travel being the impacted?
Was it compassion about Americans going hungry or corporate interests at air travel being the impacted?
<drums fingers in anticipation>
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
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$NVDA @apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
<drums fingers in anticipation>
a cartoon I haven’t seen in at least 45 years…
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
a cartoon I haven’t seen in at least 45 years…
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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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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The man can’t stay awake during a nationally televised Oval Office meeting.
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The man can’t stay awake during a nationally televised Oval Office meeting.
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
It’s a beautiful morning
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It’s a beautiful morning
Resign
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Resign
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not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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My actual position is that this is a fascist occupied government and giving them more money, at least without actionable restraints on their power, should not happen.
I understand that this is an extreme position. But I was hoping the Democrats would at least eke out a small victory.
I understand that this is an extreme position. But I was hoping the Democrats would at least eke out a small victory.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My actual position is that this is a fascist occupied government and giving them more money, at least without actionable restraints on their power, should not happen.
I understand that this is an extreme position. But I was hoping the Democrats would at least eke out a small victory.
I understand that this is an extreme position. But I was hoping the Democrats would at least eke out a small victory.
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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i am willing to wager a single one of their nephews or some shit had a flight get delayed and that was It. this ends Tonight i dont give a Fuck
Democrats negotiated a plan where a 8 completely safe dems would vote to open and the rest can post “i voted no” thats what all the negotiations were about: how they would explain the optics of the loss. it was never about saving healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i am willing to wager a single one of their nephews or some shit had a flight get delayed and that was It. this ends Tonight i dont give a Fuck
Then I guess this is my Joker moment, Sen Hassan
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Then I guess this is my Joker moment, Sen Hassan
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I assure you if anyone in the Democratic Senate caucus actually believed this was a good bill they would be physically restraining one of the "defectors" from voting, which would not be particularly difficult anyway
They all support it!
They all support it!
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I assure you if anyone in the Democratic Senate caucus actually believed this was a good bill they would be physically restraining one of the "defectors" from voting, which would not be particularly difficult anyway
They all support it!
They all support it!
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
Corporations say what?
![mamdani isn't the future of the democrats. this guy is
[JOSH]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreieqhfanllumv27eyu2aryl2jtrp6aailngcguhdlto65bxpbknzou@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Corporations say what?
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Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
Find you a man who digs up invasive bamboo on the weekends
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Find you a man who digs up invasive bamboo on the weekends