Martha Smith
@jazziknits.bsky.social
She/her. Knitter, mom to one human, gramma to two cats. Lifelong Democratic worker bee, looking for a bit of a rest … but now doesn’t seem like the time. #Minterland
📍Corvallis, OR
📍Corvallis, OR
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Martha Smith
@jazziknits.bsky.social
· Nov 13
A bit irreverent, I know, but my attitude hasn’t changed.
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If you live in seattle you NEED to do this.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you live in seattle you NEED to do this.
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Every U.S. consumer, please pretty please educate yourself about compounding interest. 💵💳🚙
“Hear me out, 15-year car loans.. Americans pay $300 less each month on a $50,000 car but over the 15 years we make an extra $20,000 each.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Every U.S. consumer, please pretty please educate yourself about compounding interest. 💵💳🚙
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Am I the only one who remembers all Trump's "on Day 1" promises?
Groceries down, electricity down, Ukraine war ended, etc. etc.
Groceries down, electricity down, Ukraine war ended, etc. etc.
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Am I the only one who remembers all Trump's "on Day 1" promises?
Groceries down, electricity down, Ukraine war ended, etc. etc.
Groceries down, electricity down, Ukraine war ended, etc. etc.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Trump lives on Big Macs and Diet Coke.
RFK Jr: "President Trump is revising the dietary guidelines which is gonna dramatically change the food culture in this country."
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump lives on Big Macs and Diet Coke.
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Trump: "By the time my first year ends, we're gonna have over $20 trillion of investment coming into the US. It's unheard of." (The entire US GDP is about $30 trillion, so yes, it's unheard of)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump: "By the time my first year ends, we're gonna have over $20 trillion of investment coming into the US. It's unheard of." (The entire US GDP is about $30 trillion, so yes, it's unheard of)
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It's such a great idea to pay even more in interest to the banks, why didn't anyone think of this before
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It's such a great idea to pay even more in interest to the banks, why didn't anyone think of this before
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
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Seriously it gets no fucking coverage that he knows less about healthcare than basically everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Seriously it gets no fucking coverage that he knows less about healthcare than basically everyone.
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It’s such a fucking scandal that he has no clue what Obamacare even is or how health insurance works
Trump: I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own insurance. They will feel like entrepreneurs. Call it Trumpcare… anything but Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster just like he was.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It’s such a fucking scandal that he has no clue what Obamacare even is or how health insurance works
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No one should doubt for a single second who is to blame for skyrocketing health care costs: Republicans and Republicans alone.
And families across the country will pay the price of Republican inaction every single month.
And families across the country will pay the price of Republican inaction every single month.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
No one should doubt for a single second who is to blame for skyrocketing health care costs: Republicans and Republicans alone.
And families across the country will pay the price of Republican inaction every single month.
And families across the country will pay the price of Republican inaction every single month.
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Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
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One word: discovery
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
One word: discovery
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Also, your local Dem Party needs to know your registration so they can mobilize you!
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Also, your local Dem Party needs to know your registration so they can mobilize you!
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
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Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Few things have made more more mad over recent months than the attention given to this while the Supreme Court is actually taking step after step to make life more difficult for trans and nonbinary people.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
Like, this actually happened last week — in an unsigned order.
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Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
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I say this because I also like to say - the Trump administration is making life worse in a fractal way. Look anywhere, big or small, and it's the same kind of action, even though the stakes vary from my son's noodles to tear gassing children to war and murder. My stakes are very small.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I say this because I also like to say - the Trump administration is making life worse in a fractal way. Look anywhere, big or small, and it's the same kind of action, even though the stakes vary from my son's noodles to tear gassing children to war and murder. My stakes are very small.
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COMING UP: At 4 p.m. ET, magistrate judge William Fitzpatrick will hold a remote hearing on whether grand jury materials should be disclosed to James Comey's defense team.
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Trial Dispatch: The Comey Hearing of Nov. 5, 2025
A judge ordered grand jury minutes turned over to James Comey, as well as information from five-year-old searches of Professor Dan Richman.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
COMING UP: At 4 p.m. ET, magistrate judge William Fitzpatrick will hold a remote hearing on whether grand jury materials should be disclosed to James Comey's defense team.
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Catch up on what happened at the last hearing w/ this piece from @rparloff.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
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Air traffic controllers work under impossible pressure every day. The President couldn’t do their job for five minutes, yet he’s lecturing them like they’re the problem.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Air traffic controllers work under impossible pressure every day. The President couldn’t do their job for five minutes, yet he’s lecturing them like they’re the problem.
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Donald Trump just said he'll ask the Supreme Court to freeze SNAP payments AGAIN.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Donald Trump just said he'll ask the Supreme Court to freeze SNAP payments AGAIN.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
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Folks, I live in TN near TN-07 and we need your help in getting @aftynbehn.bsky.social elected!! Help us crack the Republican stranglehold in East Tennessee!
The 2025 election season isn’t over yet.
Right on the heels of Tuesday’s elections, my team went on the road to Nashville to get out the vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. Early voting starts on Wednesday, November 12!
Right on the heels of Tuesday’s elections, my team went on the road to Nashville to get out the vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. Early voting starts on Wednesday, November 12!
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Folks, I live in TN near TN-07 and we need your help in getting @aftynbehn.bsky.social elected!! Help us crack the Republican stranglehold in East Tennessee!
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Koda & I are channeling our energy into writing more postcards for @aftynbehn.bsky.social of Tennessee. We can flip this seat!! Early voting begins this Wednesday! #FlipTN07
WASHINGTON NEEDS A SHAKE-UP
The same career politicians who caused the shutdown are now playing games with your health care. Eight Senate Democrats just cut a deal—but Speaker Johnson still refuses to hold a vote to protect ACA subsidies. Tennessee can change that on Dec. 2.
The same career politicians who caused the shutdown are now playing games with your health care. Eight Senate Democrats just cut a deal—but Speaker Johnson still refuses to hold a vote to protect ACA subsidies. Tennessee can change that on Dec. 2.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Koda & I are channeling our energy into writing more postcards for @aftynbehn.bsky.social of Tennessee. We can flip this seat!! Early voting begins this Wednesday! #FlipTN07
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Louder for the folks in the cheap seats!
It's so much easier to blame everyone else but yourself for breaking bread with folks want to punish everyone who isn't like them. If you're silent, you're complicit. Remember that.
Should have voted for the brilliant Black lady.
Should have voted for the brilliant Black lady.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Louder for the folks in the cheap seats!
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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 5:43 PM
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.
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Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.