ThinkPeace
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ThinkPeace
@masshole8647.bsky.social
· Dec 18
We're just 61 electoral college votes away from ditching the electoral college. Let's add some states on the to do list for 2025 www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
My hope is that at least two of the eight will change their votes. We need to keep calling and emailing until the soprano sings.
If the deal shamefully holds, I hope these eight prove us wrong and save the ACA in December. People need healthcare, rural hospitals, and providers
If the deal shamefully holds, I hope these eight prove us wrong and save the ACA in December. People need healthcare, rural hospitals, and providers
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My hope is that at least two of the eight will change their votes. We need to keep calling and emailing until the soprano sings.
If the deal shamefully holds, I hope these eight prove us wrong and save the ACA in December. People need healthcare, rural hospitals, and providers
If the deal shamefully holds, I hope these eight prove us wrong and save the ACA in December. People need healthcare, rural hospitals, and providers
This is good news. Though I fear it might be a temporary delay, they couldn't persuade four justices to hear the case
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide - The Boston Globe
The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is good news. Though I fear it might be a temporary delay, they couldn't persuade four justices to hear the case
So whom among the eight is most likely to switch their vote?
We need two to switch, correct?
We need two to switch, correct?
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
The Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. On Thursday, they told their caucus colleagues they had ten votes to reopen the government—i...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So whom among the eight is most likely to switch their vote?
We need two to switch, correct?
We need two to switch, correct?
Worth repeating: "A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina."
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Worth repeating: "A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina."
It's not a done deal. These Senators can still switch their vote.
Call them if you want to still be able to afford healthcare.
Without the ACA, everyone's health insurance goes up.
Kaine, Virginia
Durbbin, Illinois
Cortez-Masto, Nevada
Rosen, Nevada
Shaheen, New Hampshire
Hassan, New Hampshire
Call them if you want to still be able to afford healthcare.
Without the ACA, everyone's health insurance goes up.
Kaine, Virginia
Durbbin, Illinois
Cortez-Masto, Nevada
Rosen, Nevada
Shaheen, New Hampshire
Hassan, New Hampshire
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It's not a done deal. These Senators can still switch their vote.
Call them if you want to still be able to afford healthcare.
Without the ACA, everyone's health insurance goes up.
Kaine, Virginia
Durbbin, Illinois
Cortez-Masto, Nevada
Rosen, Nevada
Shaheen, New Hampshire
Hassan, New Hampshire
Call them if you want to still be able to afford healthcare.
Without the ACA, everyone's health insurance goes up.
Kaine, Virginia
Durbbin, Illinois
Cortez-Masto, Nevada
Rosen, Nevada
Shaheen, New Hampshire
Hassan, New Hampshire
@peters.senate.gov and @ossoff.senate.gov voted "No"
They may not have it. Not seeing a tally though.
Thank You Senators. This isn't the deal we need.
They may not have it. Not seeing a tally though.
Thank You Senators. This isn't the deal we need.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
@peters.senate.gov and @ossoff.senate.gov voted "No"
They may not have it. Not seeing a tally though.
Thank You Senators. This isn't the deal we need.
They may not have it. Not seeing a tally though.
Thank You Senators. This isn't the deal we need.
I get it @kaine.senate.gov Virginia has been hard hit by the shutdown, likely the hardest. How will Virginians feel without HealthCare?
Can Virginians afford a 175% increase in their HealthCare premiums for worse insurance with higher deductibles?
Can Virginians afford a 175% increase in their HealthCare premiums for worse insurance with higher deductibles?
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I get it @kaine.senate.gov Virginia has been hard hit by the shutdown, likely the hardest. How will Virginians feel without HealthCare?
Can Virginians afford a 175% increase in their HealthCare premiums for worse insurance with higher deductibles?
Can Virginians afford a 175% increase in their HealthCare premiums for worse insurance with higher deductibles?
Saying "tersely" that the American people need Health Care
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Saying "tersely" that the American people need Health Care
It's too early. Just get Schumer out of leadership. And he'll likely retire on his own.
AOC should announce she's primarying Chuck Schumer ASAP. This is the time. Imagine the donations. I'd give them to her.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It's too early. Just get Schumer out of leadership. And he'll likely retire on his own.
I have a hard time with any Dems that still call Trump's budget by his awful name for it. It they like alliteration, call it the (Big) Billionaire's Bill or as Jeffries calls it the Big Ugly Bill.
Looking at both @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Looking at both @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have a hard time with any Dems that still call Trump's budget by his awful name for it. It they like alliteration, call it the (Big) Billionaire's Bill or as Jeffries calls it the Big Ugly Bill.
Looking at both @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Looking at both @abigailspanberger.com and @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
What is a test vote in the Senate? Are they trying to make sure people will commit before the actual vote so that others can see which way the wind is blowing? Basically giving people cover.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What is a test vote in the Senate? Are they trying to make sure people will commit before the actual vote so that others can see which way the wind is blowing? Basically giving people cover.
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts over claims that a documentary had been edited to suggest that President Trump had encouraged the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
And of course, he did encourage the riots. The Jan 6 hearings showed as much
And of course, he did encourage the riots. The Jan 6 hearings showed as much
BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts over claims that a documentary had been edited to suggest that President Trump had encouraged the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
And of course, he did encourage the riots. The Jan 6 hearings showed as much
And of course, he did encourage the riots. The Jan 6 hearings showed as much
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"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Sounds like a bribe to me too. Release the Epstein files now.
Rip the band aid off. It's all coming out anyway.
Rip the band aid off. It's all coming out anyway.
Since it’s @scaramucci.bsky.social talking about how Tim Mellon is the “Epstein connection you don’t know about,” I kinda wish I’d made the connection 11 days ago. But alas, it was two weeks ago.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sounds like a bribe to me too. Release the Epstein files now.
Rip the band aid off. It's all coming out anyway.
Rip the band aid off. It's all coming out anyway.
Thank you for documenting this. I hope that one day those responsible, both in the US and El Salvador, are tried for their crimes.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Thank you for documenting this. I hope that one day those responsible, both in the US and El Salvador, are tried for their crimes.
Trump is a lame duck and he knows it. Hence his massive grift and in your face excesses to rival Marie Antoinette. The less he has to lose, the faster this will escalate ... until we stop it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump is a lame duck and he knows it. Hence his massive grift and in your face excesses to rival Marie Antoinette. The less he has to lose, the faster this will escalate ... until we stop it.
It's really wild that the current GOP is fighting all the way to the Supreme Court to deprive people of food.
Trump administration turns to Supreme Court to block order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
The administration had asked an federal appeals court to suspend any orders requiring it to fully fund food stamps for the month. That request was denied.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It's really wild that the current GOP is fighting all the way to the Supreme Court to deprive people of food.
Ice is a rogue agency and they should not be allowed to create mayhem in our communities. Our @massgovernor.bsky.social and our mayors are not doing enough to protect us.
‘I wasn’t letting go of my wife’: Video shows ICE agents in Fitchburg struggling with man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Ice is a rogue agency and they should not be allowed to create mayhem in our communities. Our @massgovernor.bsky.social and our mayors are not doing enough to protect us.
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There is no bottom without intervention ‼️
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to this young boy.
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
There is no bottom without intervention ‼️
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Before she leaves, I hope she helps ensure we leave that gavel in better hands--for starters, a woman's hands
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Before she leaves, I hope she helps ensure we leave that gavel in better hands--for starters, a woman's hands
Iconic images that always come to mind with Pelosi
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Iconic images that always come to mind with Pelosi
Let Schumer know as well as your own Senators. Our negotiating position has dramatically increased. There's no reason to fold now and their promises cannot be relied upon. Fund the ACA now
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson: We are in a critical moment right now, y'all. So I need you to take this call to action seriously. Make sure your Senator knows that you want ACA healthcare credits extended and an end to the shutdown, not one or the other.
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Let Schumer know as well as your own Senators. Our negotiating position has dramatically increased. There's no reason to fold now and their promises cannot be relied upon. Fund the ACA now