periwinkle
@periwinklecrayon.bsky.social
Indoctrinator Emeritus at Educational Industrial Complex
raised on promises
thinks about the Roman Empire every day
numbered posts are dreams
raised on promises
thinks about the Roman Empire every day
numbered posts are dreams
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If, according to Trump, the government doesn’t have the tariff money available to refund all of it if he loses the lawsuit before SCOTUS, how can he be talking about giving away trillions in $2,000 checks?
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If, according to Trump, the government doesn’t have the tariff money available to refund all of it if he loses the lawsuit before SCOTUS, how can he be talking about giving away trillions in $2,000 checks?
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Terrorists funded by your tax dollars. And they get to go home and masquerade as your friends and neighbors when they're done assaulting clergy and elementary school teachers.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Terrorists funded by your tax dollars. And they get to go home and masquerade as your friends and neighbors when they're done assaulting clergy and elementary school teachers.
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If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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Huge issue. Huge. /s
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Huge issue. Huge. /s
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Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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Don't give another dollar to Democrats until @schumer.senate.gov resigns as Minority Leader
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Don't give another dollar to Democrats until @schumer.senate.gov resigns as Minority Leader
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my understanding of the role is that a successful whip needs to be able to count, persuade, and when needed, intimidate
not sure if Durbin can do even one of these
not sure if Durbin can do even one of these
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
my understanding of the role is that a successful whip needs to be able to count, persuade, and when needed, intimidate
not sure if Durbin can do even one of these
not sure if Durbin can do even one of these
Remember that the 8 Democratic senators who #caved aren't working alone. They're all retiring or not up for reelection anytime soon. They're playing musical chairs with their team. They pick the safest seats & use that to screw us. The core of the party is corrupt.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Remember that the 8 Democratic senators who #caved aren't working alone. They're all retiring or not up for reelection anytime soon. They're playing musical chairs with their team. They pick the safest seats & use that to screw us. The core of the party is corrupt.
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Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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Again I say to you,
The modern GOP is an organized crime syndicate.
The modern GOP is an organized crime syndicate.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other key figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election: https://cnn.it/4r8Y21h
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Again I say to you,
The modern GOP is an organized crime syndicate.
The modern GOP is an organized crime syndicate.
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
In bizarro world I am besties with Marjorie Taylor Greene & Rand Paul
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In bizarro world I am besties with Marjorie Taylor Greene & Rand Paul
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Apparently, it is negotiable!
Health care isn’t negotiable.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Apparently, it is negotiable!
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it is entirely on-brand for democrats to ask us to suffer and then throw our effort in the garbage to give a win to the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
it is entirely on-brand for democrats to ask us to suffer and then throw our effort in the garbage to give a win to the GOP
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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.
@kaine.senate.gov I guess this is why your senate answering machine is turned off. You're not interested in what the people who elected you want you to do.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
@kaine.senate.gov I guess this is why your senate answering machine is turned off. You're not interested in what the people who elected you want you to do.
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I do not think Democrats should vote to fund a government that is going to use the money to blow up Latin American Fisherman for Truth Social content
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I do not think Democrats should vote to fund a government that is going to use the money to blow up Latin American Fisherman for Truth Social content
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
spouse watching YouTube of knife being forged in real time
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
spouse watching YouTube of knife being forged in real time
The dynamic of the Democratic leadership to the administration bears similarities to the futile actions of a family member enabling an alcoholic
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The dynamic of the Democratic leadership to the administration bears similarities to the futile actions of a family member enabling an alcoholic