Joe Calhoun
@jbc3.bsky.social
#Cville! Co-founder, organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville. Proud rural progressive. Recovering coder.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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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.
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Alas, it turns out that yes, actually, the Constitution *is* a suicide pact. I’m sorry, I don’t make the rules, that was a bunch of slaveholders 250 years ago.
I wish I lived in an actually democratic country.
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Alas, it turns out that yes, actually, the Constitution *is* a suicide pact. I’m sorry, I don’t make the rules, that was a bunch of slaveholders 250 years ago.
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This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
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I guess this is the warm welcome Chuck is going to receive when he gets back to Brooklyn. Also, Park Slope was also like nearly 80% for Zohran in the general election? He’s gonna need to move to Westchester.
BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight*
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again).
Not another #SchumerSurrender
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I guess this is the warm welcome Chuck is going to receive when he gets back to Brooklyn. Also, Park Slope was also like nearly 80% for Zohran in the general election? He’s gonna need to move to Westchester.
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Fuck you you fucking cowardly asshole! This legislation won’t do shit! “ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019” can you even hear yourself? “This law will DEFINITELY make Trump follow the law this time” you fucking spineless worm!
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Fuck you you fucking cowardly asshole! This legislation won’t do shit! “ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019” can you even hear yourself? “This law will DEFINITELY make Trump follow the law this time” you fucking spineless worm!
Yep. Let’s do this thing. I will personally knock 1000 doors for a progressive challenger to Warner. Come on, step up!
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yep. Let’s do this thing. I will personally knock 1000 doors for a progressive challenger to Warner. Come on, step up!
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If they cave, every single one of them face protests and public abuse every single time they show their face. They shouldn't be able to eat out at a restaurant, give a speech, go on vacation, or really anything other hide from the public in their home or office.
John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If they cave, every single one of them face protests and public abuse every single time they show their face. They shouldn't be able to eat out at a restaurant, give a speech, go on vacation, or really anything other hide from the public in their home or office.
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I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.
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Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.
Whats interesting is how Slotkin was involved early on but not at the end
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.
Read that as “Fuck your senators at” originally and maybe that will tell you where my head’s at
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Read that as “Fuck your senators at” originally and maybe that will tell you where my head’s at
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Posting usually isn’t real politics but I actually think activating democratic supervoters to call their senators stark raving mad is real politics
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Posting usually isn’t real politics but I actually think activating democratic supervoters to call their senators stark raving mad is real politics
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a lot of these people are dead enders or planning not to run for reelection but Jon Ossoff wants to be president someday and he should hear firsthand how that’s going to play with a primary electorate that wants heads on pikes
John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
a lot of these people are dead enders or planning not to run for reelection but Jon Ossoff wants to be president someday and he should hear firsthand how that’s going to play with a primary electorate that wants heads on pikes
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Senate Democrats are a form of Republican. They are surrounded by billionaires, they talk to billionaires every day to raise money and they get their advice from staffers and consultants who long ago cooked their brains on X.
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Senate Democrats are a form of Republican. They are surrounded by billionaires, they talk to billionaires every day to raise money and they get their advice from staffers and consultants who long ago cooked their brains on X.
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Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Pathetic is not the word I would have chosen, Tony.
Consistent with a court order, Wisconsin legally loaded FoodShare payments to cards. Now, the Trump Administration has spent the last 48 hours making a last-ditch effort to yank those payments from nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including 270,000 kids. It's pathetic.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pathetic is not the word I would have chosen, Tony.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Hey our own Michael Payne (cofounder of Indivisible Charlottesville) is today’s Socialist of the Day! 😍
🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Michael Payne is a Virginia politician currently serving on the Charlottesville City Council. He is a member of the DSA and has served since 2020. Payne graduated with a BA from William and Mary and focuses on affordable housing, public transportation and a living wage.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hey our own Michael Payne (cofounder of Indivisible Charlottesville) is today’s Socialist of the Day! 😍
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Nothing would be more in character for the current Democratic party than to look at the victories of Tuesday and immediately surrender
! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link)
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thune Plans Test Vote on Shutdown, Saying Deal Is Getting Closer
Senate Republican leader John Thune said a deal is “coming together” as he planned a test vote Sunday on a narrow spending package that would end the 40-day government shutdown.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nothing would be more in character for the current Democratic party than to look at the victories of Tuesday and immediately surrender