Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her)
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Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
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I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
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"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
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Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s blanket pardons for stop-the-steal illegality aren’t only about settling scores from past elections. They’re about laying the groundwork to subvert future ones.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"But the true message—the prospective message—is that pardons will be available to everyone who joins him in election subversion in 2026 and 2028. This wave of preemptive pardons is a permission slip, an encouragement for election subversion in the future."
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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"[The regime] is desperately hoping that the Supreme Court will give it a free pass on funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits for this month"
So much for the "we did it so people can get fed" excuse from the 8 Dems who gave it all away yesterday.
What, empty promises from the liars??🙄
So much for the "we did it so people can get fed" excuse from the 8 Dems who gave it all away yesterday.
What, empty promises from the liars??🙄
Trump Gives Away Game on Food Stamp Funding With Supreme Court Request
It was never about the shutdown.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"[The regime] is desperately hoping that the Supreme Court will give it a free pass on funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits for this month"
So much for the "we did it so people can get fed" excuse from the 8 Dems who gave it all away yesterday.
What, empty promises from the liars??🙄
So much for the "we did it so people can get fed" excuse from the 8 Dems who gave it all away yesterday.
What, empty promises from the liars??🙄
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Live in these states? Call these Dem Senators.Tell them to protect healthcare and not cave to Republicans on the shutdown.
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Live in these states? Call these Dem Senators.Tell them to protect healthcare and not cave to Republicans on the shutdown.
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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BRAVO. Proud of him
Surprisingly Sen. Warner (D-VA) is a no, splitting with Kaine after the Cave Caucus dangled the RIF prohibition.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
BRAVO. Proud of him
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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@baldwin.senate.gov is a no. But she still backs Schumer as leader.
"A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees – is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for.”
"A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees – is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@baldwin.senate.gov is a no. But she still backs Schumer as leader.
"A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees – is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for.”
"A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later – with no actual guarantees – is just not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for.”
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Democrats would do well to remember that trusting a party defined by deceit and bad faith isn’t just naïve, it’s dangerous to democracy itself.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Democrats would do well to remember that trusting a party defined by deceit and bad faith isn’t just naïve, it’s dangerous to democracy itself.
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Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Call them. Tell them not to surrender.
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My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.
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This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
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It’s shit like this that makes me think the GOP doesn’t care about winning elections and they’re just not planning on having them. Because no one who thinks they have to win elections does this.
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s shit like this that makes me think the GOP doesn’t care about winning elections and they’re just not planning on having them. Because no one who thinks they have to win elections does this.
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BREAKING: John Thune just rejected a one-year extension of health care tax credits — confirming what we already knew. Republicans have zero interest in helping Americans facing soaring premiums.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING: John Thune just rejected a one-year extension of health care tax credits — confirming what we already knew. Republicans have zero interest in helping Americans facing soaring premiums.
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Cook Islands activist urges reflection on cultural values amid deep sea mining push - pmn.co.nz/read/pacific...
Cook Islands activist urges reflection on cultural values amid deep sea mining push
Louisa Castledine says Cook Islanders must decide on whether deep sea mining aligns with their identity and guardianship of the moana, as global powers eye the Pacific seabed.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cook Islands activist urges reflection on cultural values amid deep sea mining push - pmn.co.nz/read/pacific...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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No
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No
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The GOP will take away food for the poor, unless you let them take away your healthcare. And they think the solution to their unpopularity, is to inflict more pain, until we "cooperate".
Anyone wonder why they lost so badly last night ?
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Anyone wonder why they lost so badly last night ?
news.yahoo.com/news/article...
Mike Johnson Says Americans Will Side With The GOP After Feeling ‘More Pain’ From The Shutdown
"It's the most staggering level of gaslighting we have ever seen in American politics,” Johnson said of media outlets criticizing the GOP amid the shutdown.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The GOP will take away food for the poor, unless you let them take away your healthcare. And they think the solution to their unpopularity, is to inflict more pain, until we "cooperate".
Anyone wonder why they lost so badly last night ?
news.yahoo.com/news/article...
Anyone wonder why they lost so badly last night ?
news.yahoo.com/news/article...
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Too many of these election roundups are omitting Mary's landslide victory. Fortunately, Chicago sees Detroit (and always has):
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
City Council President Mary Sheffield wins election to become Detroit’s first female mayor
City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Too many of these election roundups are omitting Mary's landslide victory. Fortunately, Chicago sees Detroit (and always has):
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.