Mary
@marybadthings.com
She/Her.
A dog mom who screams on the Internet. Views are my own, but you already know that.
I'm not mad at you. I don't care.
A dog mom who screams on the Internet. Views are my own, but you already know that.
I'm not mad at you. I don't care.
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Off to a very good start. My November expenses are covered already!
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Off to a very good start. My November expenses are covered already!
“Our democracy is facing an existential threat. We need leaders with backbone and conviction – not timidity and excuses. Democrats can’t defeat authoritarianism by running from the fight.“
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“Our democracy is facing an existential threat. We need leaders with backbone and conviction – not timidity and excuses. Democrats can’t defeat authoritarianism by running from the fight.“
Fuck retiring, he needs to resign now.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Fuck retiring, he needs to resign now.
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“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.gov’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Some lawmakers and progressive groups blame minority leader after eight senators defect
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.gov’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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The Supreme Court not taking Kim Davis’ crackpot appeal doesn’t “indicate” a lack of appetite to overturn Obergefell—just that this was a ridiculous legal argument. Pathetic framing here by the Washington Post. There is absolutely a ticking clock on marriage equality. DO NOT CONGRATULATE
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Supreme Court not taking Kim Davis’ crackpot appeal doesn’t “indicate” a lack of appetite to overturn Obergefell—just that this was a ridiculous legal argument. Pathetic framing here by the Washington Post. There is absolutely a ticking clock on marriage equality. DO NOT CONGRATULATE
The cheapest insurance for me is $500 per month.
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The cheapest insurance for me is $500 per month.
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The official statement from @mauricewfp.bsky.social for us at @workingfamilies.org. Bottom line: THERE IS NO EXCUSE for tonight's vote! Join WFP at the link ⬇️ ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The official statement from @mauricewfp.bsky.social for us at @workingfamilies.org. Bottom line: THERE IS NO EXCUSE for tonight's vote! Join WFP at the link ⬇️ ⬇️
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That being said, ain’t no way Johnson is calling the House back because he’d have to swear in Adelita Grijalva and the Epstein thing would happen.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
That being said, ain’t no way Johnson is calling the House back because he’d have to swear in Adelita Grijalva and the Epstein thing would happen.
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Not to mention, open enrollment has ALREADY STARTED. The subsidies expiring has ALREADY done damage to the marketplace that will be difficult to reverse. Even if they got a YES in December, the ACA would be screwed just from WAITING THAT LONG
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Not to mention, open enrollment has ALREADY STARTED. The subsidies expiring has ALREADY done damage to the marketplace that will be difficult to reverse. Even if they got a YES in December, the ACA would be screwed just from WAITING THAT LONG
He’s voting no, but can’t do his job as Minority Leader to get his caucus together.
ONE BAND, ONE SOUND
ONE BAND, ONE SOUND
America is in the midst of a Republican-made health care crisis—a crisis so severe, so urgent, and so devastating for American families that I cannot support a continuing resolution that fails to address it.
I am voting NO.
I am voting NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s voting no, but can’t do his job as Minority Leader to get his caucus together.
ONE BAND, ONE SOUND
ONE BAND, ONE SOUND
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A young woman on TikTok recently posted a video speaking about how she will die without the insulin she will no longer be able to afford. How she won’t be able to stockpile it forever. How heavy it was to consider that as a young person full of dreams and potential. My heart breaks for her.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A young woman on TikTok recently posted a video speaking about how she will die without the insulin she will no longer be able to afford. How she won’t be able to stockpile it forever. How heavy it was to consider that as a young person full of dreams and potential. My heart breaks for her.
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Moses Mike Johnson has refused to swear in a duly-elected Democrat who won her race by a landslide and yet a certain faction of Democrats are believing Republican promises because …?
Another capitulation to Donald Trump.
Ohio Senate approves bill requiring that absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/07/o...
Ohio Senate approves bill requiring that absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Senators voted Wednesday to require absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted. In 2022, ballots postmarked before Election Day had 10 days to show up to be counted. Lawmakers changed…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Another capitulation to Donald Trump.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
I guess since Durbin is retiring, he doesn’t give a fuck anymore.
It's official - 8 D AYEs
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
Durbin
Hassan
King
Cortez Masto
Kaine
Shaheen
Rosen
Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I guess since Durbin is retiring, he doesn’t give a fuck anymore.
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The was a Republican shutdown because the GOP wouldn't negotiate — and Dems made that about their unwillingness to negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The was a Republican shutdown because the GOP wouldn't negotiate — and Dems made that about their unwillingness to negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Johnson hasn’t even promised to reconvene the House. They’ve been in recess since mid September.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Johnson hasn’t even promised to reconvene the House. They’ve been in recess since mid September.
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“Not only does it fail to address the impending explosion in working Americans' health insurance costs, it also lacks the necessary guardrails to stop President Trump from ignoring the law and withholding funds for important priorities. That is why I am voting NO.”
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Not only does it fail to address the impending explosion in working Americans' health insurance costs, it also lacks the necessary guardrails to stop President Trump from ignoring the law and withholding funds for important priorities. That is why I am voting NO.”
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
TELL ‘EM!
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
TELL ‘EM!
Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM