Louise Smith
@lsmith1231.bsky.social
pro-democracy|anti-fascist|native plant gardener|wanderer|dog mom|fierce defender of my family|daily seeker of knowledge
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Ghislaine Maxwell's special treatment in her Club Fed prison is revealed; Dems cave on the shutdown; MAGA Mike won't commit to a vote on ACA subsidies; Trump's bizarre Oval Office moment; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell's special treatment in her Club Fed prison is revealed; Dems cave on the shutdown; MAGA Mike won't commit to a vote on ACA subsidies; Trump's bizarre Oval Office moment; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
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Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
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This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks Commutation From Trump, Democrats Claim
Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
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I really cannot imagine going to all the trouble of getting elected to the Senate only to get there and decide not to stand up for healthcare, or democracy, or people’s ability to afford their lives. If those things aren’t worth fighting for, then truly what is?
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I really cannot imagine going to all the trouble of getting elected to the Senate only to get there and decide not to stand up for healthcare, or democracy, or people’s ability to afford their lives. If those things aren’t worth fighting for, then truly what is?
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Eat the rich before they deport us🤬
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Eat the rich before they deport us🤬
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#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
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November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
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NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
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I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
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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"
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This is exactly correct.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is exactly correct.
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This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
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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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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
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Slingshot News: Trump claimed that he and Pete Hegseth, (who was a teenager at the time,) predicted the September 11 attacks "exactly one year" before they happened.
But hey Jake Tapper, tell us more about Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
But hey Jake Tapper, tell us more about Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Slingshot News: Trump claimed that he and Pete Hegseth, (who was a teenager at the time,) predicted the September 11 attacks "exactly one year" before they happened.
But hey Jake Tapper, tell us more about Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
But hey Jake Tapper, tell us more about Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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The challenge for Democrats is to fight hard, but not lose their moral center. Don’t mirror the Republican descent into intimidation and purity tests. The GOP made this mess. Let them clean it up. https://tinyurl.com/4dvabjd5
Republicans Made This Mess -- Democrats Just Cleaned It Up for Them
While Republicans partied at Mar-a-Lago and cashed shutdown paychecks, Democrats gave them an escape hatch.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The challenge for Democrats is to fight hard, but not lose their moral center. Don’t mirror the Republican descent into intimidation and purity tests. The GOP made this mess. Let them clean it up. https://tinyurl.com/4dvabjd5
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Elect a convicted felon to be president of the United States.
Expect the biggest crime syndicate in American history.
Expect the biggest crime syndicate in American history.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Elect a convicted felon to be president of the United States.
Expect the biggest crime syndicate in American history.
Expect the biggest crime syndicate in American history.
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'At the direction of' protects Hegseth from NOTHING when the the trials start. And they will start.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
'At the direction of' protects Hegseth from NOTHING when the the trials start. And they will start.
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As long as there is time left on the clock, I will keep fighting to stop the MAGA health care hike.
Because the government funding package still does not address this crisis, I will vote no.
Because the government funding package still does not address this crisis, I will vote no.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
As long as there is time left on the clock, I will keep fighting to stop the MAGA health care hike.
Because the government funding package still does not address this crisis, I will vote no.
Because the government funding package still does not address this crisis, I will vote no.
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Kevin Hassett says spending emergency funds on SNAP could open up criminal liability for Trump officials.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Kevin Hassett says spending emergency funds on SNAP could open up criminal liability for Trump officials.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
@timmiller.bsky.social and @saletan.bsky.social react to this wild take, and point out this White House had no problem ignoring certain court orders when it came to deportations.
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Absolutely correct
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 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct