Laura Chapin
@laurachapin.bsky.social
Feminist, relentless abortion rights advocate, foodie, world traveller, music lover, childless cat lady, proud Coloradan with Texas roots. Molly Ivins & Diane Nash are my heroes. The Chicks song "The Long Away Around" pretty well covers it.
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No lava fountains today at Volcanoes NP, but I did get to see Imi'kai, an approx 9 year old endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, one of a group of around 13 resident seals in the southern part of the Big Island.
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
No lava fountains today at Volcanoes NP, but I did get to see Imi'kai, an approx 9 year old endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, one of a group of around 13 resident seals in the southern part of the Big Island.
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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BREAKING: The First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. That doesn’t end things, though. Now, the matter goes back to SCOTUS. substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner)
BREAKING: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied the Justice Department’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
BREAKING: The First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. That doesn’t end things, though. Now, the matter goes back to SCOTUS. substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
I think I caught the green flash - no filter. Goodnight from Kailua Kona.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think I caught the green flash - no filter. Goodnight from Kailua Kona.
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I’m a hard no on this “deal.”
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I’m a hard no on this “deal.”
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
I don’t take promises from Trump or Republicans in Congress anymore. I’m no fool.
My constituents deserve enforceable guarantees for their health care and our democracy.
Come back to me when you’re serious.
Please primary @schumer.senate.gov tonight. Or tomorrow. Or both.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Please primary @schumer.senate.gov tonight. Or tomorrow. Or both.
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Hickenlooper also says they’ll drag this out
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hickenlooper also says they’ll drag this out
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
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I saw someone use the phrase 'sadopopulism' to describe the Trump Administration and I think that pretty well sums it up.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I saw someone use the phrase 'sadopopulism' to describe the Trump Administration and I think that pretty well sums it up.
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Are pundits still going to pretend that white working class men are voting GOP because of “economic anxiety” or will they finally admit they’re sticking with the party of tariffs, foreign country bailouts, and crypto scams for other reasons?
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are pundits still going to pretend that white working class men are voting GOP because of “economic anxiety” or will they finally admit they’re sticking with the party of tariffs, foreign country bailouts, and crypto scams for other reasons?
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you won't be surprised to learn New Jersey is pretty similar
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
you won't be surprised to learn New Jersey is pretty similar
White men are the problem. Always.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
White men are the problem. Always.
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The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Got up early & headed over to the Hilo side of the Big Island of Hawai'i today. Driving through lava fields where you can still see the lava flow pattern in the black rock is mind blowing. And I'm definitely going to need the extra backpack I brought :)
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Got up early & headed over to the Hilo side of the Big Island of Hawai'i today. Driving through lava fields where you can still see the lava flow pattern in the black rock is mind blowing. And I'm definitely going to need the extra backpack I brought :)
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Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert, and Jeff Crank voted to starve their own constituents. #copolitics
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert, and Jeff Crank voted to starve their own constituents. #copolitics
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The crazy thing is Texas really brought a lot of risk into their gambit for 5 seats (could totally blow up in their face for 3 of the 5 new districts) and CA could safely go full-Illinois, touch every district to the Pacific and draw a 52-0 map that's at least D+10 everywhere. -OS
Meanwhile in California all the newly redrawn seats will have Dem noms making blood oaths for the downfall of the GOP.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The crazy thing is Texas really brought a lot of risk into their gambit for 5 seats (could totally blow up in their face for 3 of the 5 new districts) and CA could safely go full-Illinois, touch every district to the Pacific and draw a 52-0 map that's at least D+10 everywhere. -OS
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KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
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The wording of this is highly unusual, and suggests that Justice Jackson is expecting the First Circuit to rule on a stay pending appeal (a longer pause of the district court's order) in the next few days.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The wording of this is highly unusual, and suggests that Justice Jackson is expecting the First Circuit to rule on a stay pending appeal (a longer pause of the district court's order) in the next few days.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert, and Jeff Crank voted to starve their own constituents. #copolitics
bsky.app/profile/carl...
bsky.app/profile/carl...
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, Lauren Boebert, and Jeff Crank voted to starve their own constituents. #copolitics
bsky.app/profile/carl...
bsky.app/profile/carl...