Eric Riback
@kreplachbro.bsky.social
Map publisher. Community Media volunteer. ISO diners, delis and joints.
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
No @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com nobody thinks it’s easy. It’s supposed to be hard.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
No @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com nobody thinks it’s easy. It’s supposed to be hard.
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1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Maybe Angus King wasn’t paying close enough attention:
- public blamed the GOP for shutdown
- Dems won big in elections last week
- Trump’s approval rating sinking
- Republicans increasingly divided against one another
Standing up to Trump *did* work. tinyurl.com/3aduac4w
- public blamed the GOP for shutdown
- Dems won big in elections last week
- Trump’s approval rating sinking
- Republicans increasingly divided against one another
Standing up to Trump *did* work. tinyurl.com/3aduac4w
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Maybe Angus King wasn’t paying close enough attention:
- public blamed the GOP for shutdown
- Dems won big in elections last week
- Trump’s approval rating sinking
- Republicans increasingly divided against one another
Standing up to Trump *did* work. tinyurl.com/3aduac4w
- public blamed the GOP for shutdown
- Dems won big in elections last week
- Trump’s approval rating sinking
- Republicans increasingly divided against one another
Standing up to Trump *did* work. tinyurl.com/3aduac4w
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
If the Democratic cave forces Johnson to convene the House and swear in Grijalva, at least that will be good.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If the Democratic cave forces Johnson to convene the House and swear in Grijalva, at least that will be good.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.
I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
Final straw was this ridiculous hit piece. WaPo sub cancelled. Only writer still there who well miss is Carolyn Hax.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Final straw was this ridiculous hit piece. WaPo sub cancelled. Only writer still there who well miss is Carolyn Hax.
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Trump wants you to self-insure.
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.”
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Trump wants you to self-insure.
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Right-wing social media:
1. Grifters launch crazed conspiracy. Conspiracy spread by usual suspects.
2. Claim media is ignoring it to “cover it up.”
3. Conspiracy proven false. The arrests and investigations promised by grifters never happen.
4. Launch new crazed conspiracy.
1. Grifters launch crazed conspiracy. Conspiracy spread by usual suspects.
2. Claim media is ignoring it to “cover it up.”
3. Conspiracy proven false. The arrests and investigations promised by grifters never happen.
4. Launch new crazed conspiracy.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Right-wing social media:
1. Grifters launch crazed conspiracy. Conspiracy spread by usual suspects.
2. Claim media is ignoring it to “cover it up.”
3. Conspiracy proven false. The arrests and investigations promised by grifters never happen.
4. Launch new crazed conspiracy.
1. Grifters launch crazed conspiracy. Conspiracy spread by usual suspects.
2. Claim media is ignoring it to “cover it up.”
3. Conspiracy proven false. The arrests and investigations promised by grifters never happen.
4. Launch new crazed conspiracy.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari law. Everyone will have to entertain with cute puppets.
Mamdani is going to implement Shar-Pei law. Everyone has to be really, really wrinkly.
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shari law. Everyone will have to entertain with cute puppets.
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Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
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I knew that West Virginia, now one of the reddest, Trumpiest states, was a swing state back in the late 20th century. But here’s an astounding fact I just learned: in 1988, dweeby Massachusetts liberal governor Mike Dukakis won West Virginia!
The past is a foreign country.
The past is a foreign country.
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I knew that West Virginia, now one of the reddest, Trumpiest states, was a swing state back in the late 20th century. But here’s an astounding fact I just learned: in 1988, dweeby Massachusetts liberal governor Mike Dukakis won West Virginia!
The past is a foreign country.
The past is a foreign country.
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No matter how many examples there are of Everythinf Trump Touches Dies, people continue to destroy their own careers in the expectation that he will reward them.
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No matter how many examples there are of Everythinf Trump Touches Dies, people continue to destroy their own careers in the expectation that he will reward them.
Can’t J.D. Vance help?
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Can’t J.D. Vance help?
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So enraging that the emails from the school district are "here's how you can get food" and "here's how we're protecting students from ICE."
What barbarity, a breach into which underpaid teachers and administrators are stepping in as best they can.
What barbarity, a breach into which underpaid teachers and administrators are stepping in as best they can.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So enraging that the emails from the school district are "here's how you can get food" and "here's how we're protecting students from ICE."
What barbarity, a breach into which underpaid teachers and administrators are stepping in as best they can.
What barbarity, a breach into which underpaid teachers and administrators are stepping in as best they can.
Is there any surprise!?
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is there any surprise!?
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Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath