Justin
@justinobrien.bsky.social
Socialist.
Bad things happen in Philadelphia
Bad things happen in Philadelphia
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
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In the coming months there will be a massive bailout for AI firms. No crumbs will be left for any but the already obscenely wealthy. The coffers for everyone else will be empty. And democratic leadership will tell you this is all for the best. The alternative would be worse. These will all be lies
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In the coming months there will be a massive bailout for AI firms. No crumbs will be left for any but the already obscenely wealthy. The coffers for everyone else will be empty. And democratic leadership will tell you this is all for the best. The alternative would be worse. These will all be lies
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It can never be forgotten. It is not political manoeuvring. It is not some master scheme. It is plainly and simply “we want trump to win”.
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It can never be forgotten. It is not political manoeuvring. It is not some master scheme. It is plainly and simply “we want trump to win”.
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
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It is very hard to dismiss the fact that senate democrats caving was an intentional gift to Donald Trump. He went to the Supreme Court trying to starve 42 million Americans and we all saw it. And as people fought that, they caved. They are not merely collaborators but wolves in sheep’s clothing.
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It is very hard to dismiss the fact that senate democrats caving was an intentional gift to Donald Trump. He went to the Supreme Court trying to starve 42 million Americans and we all saw it. And as people fought that, they caved. They are not merely collaborators but wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Frankenstein was okay.
Plur1bus is great so far.
Plur1bus is great so far.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Frankenstein was okay.
Plur1bus is great so far.
Plur1bus is great so far.
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Tonight, 20 Dem senators voted to keep a hemp ban in the final spending package:
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Cantwell
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kim
King
Luján
Murray
Padilla
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Cantwell
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kim
King
Luján
Murray
Padilla
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Tonight, 20 Dem senators voted to keep a hemp ban in the final spending package:
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Cantwell
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kim
King
Luján
Murray
Padilla
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Alsobrooks
Blunt Rochester
Cantwell
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Fetterman
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kim
King
Luján
Murray
Padilla
Reed
Rosen
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
This lady is doing her best writing online
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This lady is doing her best writing online
Fuck the democrats always and forever
🚨 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 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Fuck the democrats always and forever
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Dems are like well we may have lost the battle but at least we lost the war
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Dems are like well we may have lost the battle but at least we lost the war
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I don’t mean to dilute Stella’s message, but I want to add that Elián González grew up to be a member of the Cuban National Assembly. “I will fight from whatever trench the revolution demands.”
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I don’t mean to dilute Stella’s message, but I want to add that Elián González grew up to be a member of the Cuban National Assembly. “I will fight from whatever trench the revolution demands.”
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
There is no “bright side” to the trauma we are inflicting. But revolutionaries are being made every day.
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Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
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An official position of DSA btw
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
An official position of DSA btw
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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Brother nobody's buying it, just go home
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Brother nobody's buying it, just go home
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This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
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 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
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Democrats are willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing and are extremely successful at doing it
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Democrats are willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing and are extremely successful at doing it
We feel betrayed because we’ve been betrayed.
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We feel betrayed because we’ve been betrayed.
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Sheldon has been tasked with convincing you that dems aren't willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing
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 11:45 PM
Sheldon has been tasked with convincing you that dems aren't willing fascist collaborators who know exactly what they're doing
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the purpose of the democratic party is to redirect revolutionary energy into stupid bullshit that doesn't work
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
the purpose of the democratic party is to redirect revolutionary energy into stupid bullshit that doesn't work