Mindhuntress
@mindhuntress.bsky.social
Yale political science alum / sapphic goddess / 92% voter 💙
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"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
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A mobile lounge carrying passengers crashed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday, injuring more than a dozen people and causing some damage to the terminal.
Mobile Lounge Crashes at Dulles Airport, Causing Injuries and Damage
More than a dozen people were hurt and will be evaluated at a hospital. Air travel has been hampered in recent days by the government shutdown.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A mobile lounge carrying passengers crashed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday, injuring more than a dozen people and causing some damage to the terminal.
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Second best time is now
In an emotional excerpt from his new book, Sen. John Fetterman said he should have dropped out of his 2022 senatorial race while severely battling depression after his stroke.
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Second best time is now
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Why didn’t Senate Democrats keep the government shut down until January, 2027?
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Why didn’t Senate Democrats keep the government shut down until January, 2027?
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Once again we're about to see Democrats get blamed for Republican policy.
1️⃣ Republicans gut healthcare funding
2️⃣ Democrats use the shutdown to demand more healthcare subsidies
3️⃣ A handful of Democratic senators break ranks
4️⃣ Democrats get blamed because they didn't fight hard enough 🙃
1️⃣ Republicans gut healthcare funding
2️⃣ Democrats use the shutdown to demand more healthcare subsidies
3️⃣ A handful of Democratic senators break ranks
4️⃣ Democrats get blamed because they didn't fight hard enough 🙃
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Once again we're about to see Democrats get blamed for Republican policy.
1️⃣ Republicans gut healthcare funding
2️⃣ Democrats use the shutdown to demand more healthcare subsidies
3️⃣ A handful of Democratic senators break ranks
4️⃣ Democrats get blamed because they didn't fight hard enough 🙃
1️⃣ Republicans gut healthcare funding
2️⃣ Democrats use the shutdown to demand more healthcare subsidies
3️⃣ A handful of Democratic senators break ranks
4️⃣ Democrats get blamed because they didn't fight hard enough 🙃
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They won’t have to answer to their constituents anytime soon.
Dems Who Caved In Shutdown Battle Have One Key Thing In Common
They won’t have to answer to their constituents anytime soon.
trib.al
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
They won’t have to answer to their constituents anytime soon.
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Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trump and Republicans raised ACA health care premiums. They were unwilling to compromise despite a historically long shutdown and dismal public approval. Holding a vote after premiums go up, and enforcing the vote with another shutdown threat can force Republicans to own the issue
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BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
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I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things:
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I absolutely don't want Senate Dems to cave, but some key things:
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
1. If they do, this gets kicked back over to the House, which has to vote on it again since it would differ from their own version...which I think only runs thru 11/21?
2. That presumably means having to swear in Grjalva.
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Why does the thing Americans voted for keep happening? Why won’t somebody just stop the thing that the majority of the people who participated in a representational democracy voted for? How could we possibly have stopped this thing in a country where an absurd number of people just aren’t voting?
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why does the thing Americans voted for keep happening? Why won’t somebody just stop the thing that the majority of the people who participated in a representational democracy voted for? How could we possibly have stopped this thing in a country where an absurd number of people just aren’t voting?
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I get this sentiment, but how can there ever be a deal on *any* terms while the President asserts the right to disregard congressional spending directives and spend (or not spend) appropriated money on whatever he pleases? Until that is fixed, it doesn’t seem like it even matters what the terms are.
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 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I get this sentiment, but how can there ever be a deal on *any* terms while the President asserts the right to disregard congressional spending directives and spend (or not spend) appropriated money on whatever he pleases? Until that is fixed, it doesn’t seem like it even matters what the terms are.
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None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
1/2
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The Venn diagram of people who didn't vote in 2024, told us we wouldn't be able to vote in the last election we just destroyed Republicans in and are now saying Democrats are just as bad as Republicans who sued to starve babies is a PERFECT circle.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Venn diagram of people who didn't vote in 2024, told us we wouldn't be able to vote in the last election we just destroyed Republicans in and are now saying Democrats are just as bad as Republicans who sued to starve babies is a PERFECT circle.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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A congress and senate where power is accrued by seniority in a system without term limits or retirement age limits insures an endlessly entrenched old and in the way gerontocracy that blocks democratic renewal and change that reflects the will of the electorate.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A congress and senate where power is accrued by seniority in a system without term limits or retirement age limits insures an endlessly entrenched old and in the way gerontocracy that blocks democratic renewal and change that reflects the will of the electorate.
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Something worth keeping in mind: The destruction of the ACA exchanges will be felt disproportionately in Republican states. In 5 of the 8 states w the most people using the exchanges the Republicans are defending Senate seats that could be competitive.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Something worth keeping in mind: The destruction of the ACA exchanges will be felt disproportionately in Republican states. In 5 of the 8 states w the most people using the exchanges the Republicans are defending Senate seats that could be competitive.
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[eyeroll]
You know the most likely reason King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded today?
It has nothing to do with air travel.
It’s because King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded the previous time, in March
They believe they’re right
You know the most likely reason King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded today?
It has nothing to do with air travel.
It’s because King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded the previous time, in March
They believe they’re right
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
[eyeroll]
You know the most likely reason King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded today?
It has nothing to do with air travel.
It’s because King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded the previous time, in March
They believe they’re right
You know the most likely reason King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded today?
It has nothing to do with air travel.
It’s because King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Durbin, & Cortez-Masto folded the previous time, in March
They believe they’re right
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BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
RISNAPCA1Opn110925
www.documentcloud.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.