Nicole Guenther Discenza
@ndiscenza1.bsky.social
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Oh, fantastic!
what we need is an rpg with realistic wildlife where cows are killing people
@oldenoughtosay.com, I feel like you could make some contributions here with your recent threads
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
Well said!
If Tim Kaine went to my church, my gosh, it would be so hard to be Christian.…
I would pick my words very carefully, I hope, but I WOULD HAVE WORDS WITH THAT MAN.
I would pick my words very carefully, I hope, but I WOULD HAVE WORDS WITH THAT MAN.
Do you mean Garrett Shanley?? Or someone ELSE who went from one to the other?
We know the Shanleys and were blown away when we started seeing these huge breaking stories out of UF and Garrett was the reporter!
We know the Shanleys and were blown away when we started seeing these huge breaking stories out of UF and Garrett was the reporter!
Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
I'm furious at the Democratic senators who caved.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
But don't forget who put us in this position and who is STILL trying to take away SNAP benefits. Don't let the Trump administration and the Republicans who have sided with them the whole time off the hook.
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
*I* would be a better senator than Durbin.
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what we need is an rpg with realistic wildlife where cows are killing people
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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
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NEW: Jeffries is talking about a discharge petition in the House for the ACA subsidies.
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
Trump pardons Giuliani and others accused of plot to overturn 2020 election
He also pardons his former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows in a proclamation vowing to "end a grave national injustice".
www.bbc.com
While people are going without food, Trump is busy pardoning people who tried to overthrow democracy.
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Trump's move is largely symbolic, however, since pardons only apply to federal crimes and all of the recipients were charged by state-level prosecutors only."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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.
In Florida and many other states, you need to be registered with a party to vote in the primary, and the primaries are where we can make a real difference in districts that usually lean D.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
Don't leave the party in Florida. Keep your primary votes and USE THEM WELL.
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Do NOT twist the sense here. What has been happening in Gaza is horrific. I don't see this clip minimizing the genocide in Gaza, and I am not minimizing it.
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
Sudan is even worse.
"They're killing everyone that moves."
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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grimm 🍂
@mugrimm.bsky.social
· 14h
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
· 1d
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?
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.
My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
GIFT ARTICLE: WHILE Trump does all this, they're fighting to starve people—not just failing to act, ACTIVELY FIGHTING to TAKE AWAY FOOD MONEY.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
A new book applies advice from Renaissance-era nuns to modern life
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to scholars Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita about their new book on nuns, "Convent Wisdom," and what we can learn from them.
www.npr.org
My favorite story today:
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
NPR usually posts transcripts of their stories within a day, but it's certainly worth the six-minute listen.
www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
My second favorite story of the day:
"hit by pepper spray.
"The man, the woman and a few others conferred frantically to figure out who had a driver’s license before they got into a New Life Centers van to go to the hospital."
"Agents pointed guns out of their car windows at civilians and members of the media"
"The man, the woman and a few others conferred frantically to figure out who had a driver’s license before they got into a New Life Centers van to go to the hospital."
"Agents pointed guns out of their car windows at civilians and members of the media"
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
The @chicagotribune.com has updated its story to clarify that the baby was exposed to pepper spray, not tear gas
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
"a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent, her eyes damp and bloodshot. Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head.
The man and the baby had both been
The man and the baby had both been
No ballistic evidence. No one hit. No injuries. No damage from gunfire. Local cops can’t find a “crime scene.” DHS claims shots were fired. I don’t believe them. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
The Chicago Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at federal agents in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue Saturday morning, police said.
chicago.suntimes.com
'“They started putting their guns up to different individuals,” Avila, 30, said.
'Avila was following agents with a friend when he says a man in front of him was hit by Mace, which also hit Avila and his friend.
'“My throat was hurting, my eyes were hurting.”'
'Avila was following agents with a friend when he says a man in front of him was hit by Mace, which also hit Avila and his friend.
'“My throat was hurting, my eyes were hurting.”'