Maureen Ogle
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Historian. Author. Ranter. Idea junkie
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heads up folks, there appears to be somebody impersonating bluesky admin in dm messages, presumably phishing @support.bsky.team @support.bsky.team
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
heads up folks, there appears to be somebody impersonating bluesky admin in dm messages, presumably phishing @support.bsky.team @support.bsky.team
Can always count on @joshtpm.bsky.social to make me feel better about stuff
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Can always count on @joshtpm.bsky.social to make me feel better about stuff
I’m still reeling. How in the world did that senator make it through medical school?
I gotta conclude that he’s acting and speaking this stupidly in order to impress donny boy.
Because he can’t really be that stupid.
Can he?
I gotta conclude that he’s acting and speaking this stupidly in order to impress donny boy.
Because he can’t really be that stupid.
Can he?
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’m still reeling. How in the world did that senator make it through medical school?
I gotta conclude that he’s acting and speaking this stupidly in order to impress donny boy.
Because he can’t really be that stupid.
Can he?
I gotta conclude that he’s acting and speaking this stupidly in order to impress donny boy.
Because he can’t really be that stupid.
Can he?
I dunno.
I truly don’t want to affirm, via voter registration, support for a party I truly loathe. I get the point, but….
Just can’t bring myself to do it.
Yes, I now vote D, but just can’t do more than that.
I truly don’t want to affirm, via voter registration, support for a party I truly loathe. I get the point, but….
Just can’t bring myself to do it.
Yes, I now vote D, but just can’t do more than that.
Also, your local Dem Party needs to know your registration so they can mobilize you!
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Don't exit, use your voice and get involved with your county party. ITs much easier to influence and they desperately need people who can work to change things.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I dunno.
I truly don’t want to affirm, via voter registration, support for a party I truly loathe. I get the point, but….
Just can’t bring myself to do it.
Yes, I now vote D, but just can’t do more than that.
I truly don’t want to affirm, via voter registration, support for a party I truly loathe. I get the point, but….
Just can’t bring myself to do it.
Yes, I now vote D, but just can’t do more than that.
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Check out the latest episode of @heartlandhistory.bsky.social hosted by Kevin Mason and @joshkluever.bsky.social. Their guests are Tom Nelson and Jerald Podair as they explore their wonderful new book “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy”
New Episode!
We mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with authors Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair, whose new book "Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy" was recently released by Michigan State University Press. (1/4)
We mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with authors Thomas M. Nelson and Jerald Podair, whose new book "Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy" was recently released by Michigan State University Press. (1/4)
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Check out the latest episode of @heartlandhistory.bsky.social hosted by Kevin Mason and @joshkluever.bsky.social. Their guests are Tom Nelson and Jerald Podair as they explore their wonderful new book “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy”
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Why do Democrats still support subsidies for rich farmers who hate them? It’s dumb policy and dumb politics. Stop obsessing about America’s 2 million farmers. Start thinking about America’s 350 million eaters.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Why do Democrats still support subsidies for rich farmers who hate them? It’s dumb policy and dumb politics. Stop obsessing about America’s 2 million farmers. Start thinking about America’s 350 million eaters.
What? This guy got elected to the senate? He’s a physician? And doesn’t understand how insurance works?
Can he really be that stupid?
Can he really be that stupid?
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What? This guy got elected to the senate? He’s a physician? And doesn’t understand how insurance works?
Can he really be that stupid?
Can he really be that stupid?
I am baffled by the BBC thing. What was wrong with the clip? That IS what trump said
So…..I don’t get it.
So…..I don’t get it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I am baffled by the BBC thing. What was wrong with the clip? That IS what trump said
So…..I don’t get it.
So…..I don’t get it.
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AtlasIntel, the self-proclaimed “best pollster in America,” missed last week’s elections by an average of 9 points across races and by 14 points in New Jersey.
Back in June, I wrote about how their accuracy in 2024 distracted from bigger methods issues: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
Back in June, I wrote about how their accuracy in 2024 distracted from bigger methods issues: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
What makes the “best pollsters” of 2024 so accurate?
Primarily it’s a mix of experimentation and biased estimates that get lucky
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
AtlasIntel, the self-proclaimed “best pollster in America,” missed last week’s elections by an average of 9 points across races and by 14 points in New Jersey.
Back in June, I wrote about how their accuracy in 2024 distracted from bigger methods issues: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
Back in June, I wrote about how their accuracy in 2024 distracted from bigger methods issues: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-best-p...
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So when healthcare premiums skyrocket next year it will be blamed on the Dems
Jesus. How incredibly stupid
Jesus. How incredibly stupid
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
So when healthcare premiums skyrocket next year it will be blamed on the Dems
Jesus. How incredibly stupid
Jesus. How incredibly stupid
What makes me sad is that in the end, it always comes down to knives and fists and deals, without a hint of integrity, compassion, and community.
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What makes me sad is that in the end, it always comes down to knives and fists and deals, without a hint of integrity, compassion, and community.
Okay. That just burst my bubble.
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 2:16 AM
Okay. That just burst my bubble.
Ufff…………….
Please not
Please not
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Ufff…………….
Please not
Please not
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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 1:49 AM
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.
This times an infinity of zillions.
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This times an infinity of zillions.
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If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
HEY!!!!! Pay attention. They may not end up with enough votes.
CALL.
CALL.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
HEY!!!!! Pay attention. They may not end up with enough votes.
CALL.
CALL.
I’m an Iowan and…..
The good news is that unless death takes him first, this is his last term.
The good news is that unless death takes him first, this is his last term.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m an Iowan and…..
The good news is that unless death takes him first, this is his last term.
The good news is that unless death takes him first, this is his last term.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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Proceduralists get screwed in negotiations because they don't have any goals or values in the first place. The negotiation IS the goal. The Democratic leadership is proceduralist in this sense. They never lose because they aren't trying to win anything in particular.
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Proceduralists get screwed in negotiations because they don't have any goals or values in the first place. The negotiation IS the goal. The Democratic leadership is proceduralist in this sense. They never lose because they aren't trying to win anything in particular.
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Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Also this
Members fly and the donors and people close to them fly a LOT. My first thought when I’d heard they were caving
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Also this
Kids, there is NO promise that Rs won’t break.
If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kids, there is NO promise that Rs won’t break.
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.