maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.
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@maraleia.bsky.social
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They are all in the same goddamn club
![• The NYT announced the lineup for the Andrew Ross Sorkin-anchored
DealBook summit, which included one curious name: Erika Kirk. [NYT]
• A panel on journalism hosted by Michael Barbaro will include: Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvhu7p2bziajywpce7yrlevy/bafkreicn7lw6rvcuzeggxpnhbut62ogrvpbikaomwvfq2qsel3sx777uoq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
They are all in the same goddamn club
Teenage boys have been taught by the incels that trolling people IRL and online is perfectly okay and they need to be punished for that behavior so they stop.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Teenage boys have been taught by the incels that trolling people IRL and online is perfectly okay and they need to be punished for that behavior so they stop.
You fucked us over @schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov RESIGN
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
You fucked us over @schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov RESIGN
I hate you @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
Gillibrand says she is not doing interviews when I asked if she had spoken with Zohran Mamdani since his victory.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I hate you @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
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Senate Dems caved and agreed to this crappy deal to get a future vote on the ACA.
Well, they just got one.
What are we doing here, people?
Well, they just got one.
What are we doing here, people?
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 1:21 AM
Senate Dems caved and agreed to this crappy deal to get a future vote on the ACA.
Well, they just got one.
What are we doing here, people?
Well, they just got one.
What are we doing here, people?
I want Durbin gone now @govpritzker.illinois.gov
"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I want Durbin gone now @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Fucking incompetent Secret Service agents.
And nobody noticed? It appears his security detail is just as qualified as his cabinet.
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Secret Service responds to concerns over pics of Trump in ‘The Beast’
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Fucking incompetent Secret Service agents.
They are all complicit @deanobeidallah.bsky.social You need to follow Gabe. He worked for Tina Smith and knows all the fuckery these Senators do to ALMOST NEVER have to work at all.
Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
They are all complicit @deanobeidallah.bsky.social You need to follow Gabe. He worked for Tina Smith and knows all the fuckery these Senators do to ALMOST NEVER have to work at all.
Fuck off Hakeem. cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Asked if he thinks Schumer is effective and should keep his job, Hakeem Jeffries replies: "Yes and yes."
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fuck off Hakeem. cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
Of course because these Jan. 6 insurrectionists are lifetime criminals.
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Of course because these Jan. 6 insurrectionists are lifetime criminals.
They are fucking selling us out. cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @msignorile.bsky.social
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
They are fucking selling us out. cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social @msignorile.bsky.social
FUCK NO California. Don't let her win.
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
FUCK NO California. Don't let her win.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Begging y'all on bended knee to subscribe to this labeler, it clears up so much bullshit off rip
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Begging y'all on bended knee to subscribe to this labeler, it clears up so much bullshit off rip
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Katie Wilson is leading in the Seattle mayor's race!
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Katie Wilson is leading in the Seattle mayor's race!
So Donald Trump and the rest of these MAGAt traitors want everyone to have 50 year home loans and 15 year car loans because they want to bankrupt every fucking person who isn't a rich asshole like themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So Donald Trump and the rest of these MAGAt traitors want everyone to have 50 year home loans and 15 year car loans because they want to bankrupt every fucking person who isn't a rich asshole like themselves.
Bankrupting more Americans cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Bankrupting more Americans cc @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
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I guess Bernie's speech last night about how this was a very bad day for democracy was total bullshit.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I guess Bernie's speech last night about how this was a very bad day for democracy was total bullshit.
You fucking did this @durbin.senate.gov RESIGN ASSHOLE.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You fucking did this @durbin.senate.gov RESIGN ASSHOLE.
Thank you @deanobeidallah.bsky.social for having one of our fighters in Chicago's city council on your show @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social
Coming up on The @DeanObeidallah Show:
@aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social
@pamkeithdc.bsky.social
Linda Sarsour
☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: SiriusXM.us/Dean
@aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social
@pamkeithdc.bsky.social
Linda Sarsour
☎️: 866-997-4748
🔊: SiriusXM.us/Dean
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thank you @deanobeidallah.bsky.social for having one of our fighters in Chicago's city council on your show @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social
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The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
They want babies to be eliminated from the world.
As predicted, they’re going after the entire childhood vaccination schedule (second slide, from WaPo).
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
They want babies to be eliminated from the world.
FUCK OFF Pam Bondi
The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to immediately stay a sweeping order issued by a federal judge in Chicago last week that restricts immigration agents’ use of force against journalists, protesters and others.
https://to.wttw.com/485blrH
https://to.wttw.com/485blrH
DOJ Appeals Sweeping Order Restricting Immigration Agents’ Use of Force Around Chicago
“This overbroad and unworkable injunction has no basis in law, threatens the safety of federal officers, and violates the separation of powers,” DOJ attorneys wrote in their appeal.
to.wttw.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
FUCK OFF Pam Bondi
This waste of space is why there are still judicial vacancies that should have been filled during Biden's presidency. Durbin needs to resign now. I don't want him in the Senate until Jan. 2, 2027.
Sen. Dick Durbin is once again under fire for voting to advance a Republican-led House measure that would help end the government shutdown — angering Democrats who say the extension of health care subsidies must be part of any deal with Republicans.
Sen. Dick Durbin facing backlash once again for joining GOP in measure to end government shutdown
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This waste of space is why there are still judicial vacancies that should have been filled during Biden's presidency. Durbin needs to resign now. I don't want him in the Senate until Jan. 2, 2027.
Always protecting themselves at the expense of the rest of us. FUCK YOU @democrats.senate.gov cc @senategabe.bsky.social
"A spending package expected to be approved as part of a deal to reopen the government would create a wide legal avenue for senators to sue for as much as half a million dollars each when federal investigators search their phone records without notifying them." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Always protecting themselves at the expense of the rest of us. FUCK YOU @democrats.senate.gov cc @senategabe.bsky.social