Reluctant Navigator
@pkolbenschlag.bsky.social
"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict" Dr. MLK,Jr
Aspiring change agent📢Occasional gadfly🪰Always anti-fascist🏴
👉 Older now w/fewer Fs to give.
Rural and unaffiliated 👨🌾 Left Slope of Rockies
Aspiring change agent📢Occasional gadfly🪰Always anti-fascist🏴
👉 Older now w/fewer Fs to give.
Rural and unaffiliated 👨🌾 Left Slope of Rockies
Pinned
The American Republican Party responds strategically to last Tuesday's electoral spanking.
#copolitics
#copolitics
My latest substack visits a coal mine to delve into feminist ethics, question environmental activism, and explore why we should invite what we do not know.
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Going Deep
Learning what I do not know
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My latest substack visits a coal mine to delve into feminist ethics, question environmental activism, and explore why we should invite what we do not know.
open.substack.com/pub/10thousa...
open.substack.com/pub/10thousa...
Old white rich guy living on taxpayer dole for decades, coddled by socialized govt healthcare, fat benes and key insider trading info goes ballistic dreaming of gutting minor middle-class premium support that barely make minimal healthcare plans "affordable"
youtu.be/DO0wcNw76EY?...
#copolitics
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Senator Lindsey Graham Slams “Unaffordable” Care Act in Fiery Senate Speech | US Senate | N18G
YouTube video by CNN-News18
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Old white rich guy living on taxpayer dole for decades, coddled by socialized govt healthcare, fat benes and key insider trading info goes ballistic dreaming of gutting minor middle-class premium support that barely make minimal healthcare plans "affordable"
youtu.be/DO0wcNw76EY?...
#copolitics
youtu.be/DO0wcNw76EY?...
#copolitics
Democrats fold on biggest government shutdown demand
"It's been six weeks," one senator said.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Guess what Democrats did?
#copolitics
#copolitics
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Guess what Democrats did?
#copolitics
#copolitics
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
Guess what Democrats did?
#copolitics
#copolitics
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Guess what Democrats did?
#copolitics
#copolitics
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Vote out Schumer, Gillibrand, and every Establishment Corporate funded Democrat. They've failed us repeatedly and have no idea how to lead. The Democratic Party will either die or transform into new leadership. It cannot survive in its current state.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Vote out Schumer, Gillibrand, and every Establishment Corporate funded Democrat. They've failed us repeatedly and have no idea how to lead. The Democratic Party will either die or transform into new leadership. It cannot survive in its current state.
Snatching defeat from victory is a time honored Democratic strategy.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Snatching defeat from victory is a time honored Democratic strategy.
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Tell Congress! Now is not the time to cave on Trump’s shutdown:
Tell Congress: Cancel GOP healthcare cuts and end Trump’s shutdown
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Tell Congress! Now is not the time to cave on Trump’s shutdown:
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Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cave once, and history will make you pay twice.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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If you need confirmation Senate Democrats are fucking this whole thing up here you go. Excellent way to destroy the enthusiasm with huge Dem wins throughout the country up and down the ballot that were not even one week ago.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you need confirmation Senate Democrats are fucking this whole thing up here you go. Excellent way to destroy the enthusiasm with huge Dem wins throughout the country up and down the ballot that were not even one week ago.
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Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Don't Negotiate w Terrorists.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Don't Negotiate w Terrorists.
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I found this today on TikTok by the creator @TrashCaulin
I think this short expresses PERFECTLY what is happening now.
Oh, and make sure you give your Senators a jingle and let them know that the need to #HoldTheLine (202)224-3121 ☎️
I think this short expresses PERFECTLY what is happening now.
Oh, and make sure you give your Senators a jingle and let them know that the need to #HoldTheLine (202)224-3121 ☎️
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I found this today on TikTok by the creator @TrashCaulin
I think this short expresses PERFECTLY what is happening now.
Oh, and make sure you give your Senators a jingle and let them know that the need to #HoldTheLine (202)224-3121 ☎️
I think this short expresses PERFECTLY what is happening now.
Oh, and make sure you give your Senators a jingle and let them know that the need to #HoldTheLine (202)224-3121 ☎️
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For only $40 billion, you can have this clown, Javier Milei, dance at your private club while laughing at the rest of America.
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
For only $40 billion, you can have this clown, Javier Milei, dance at your private club while laughing at the rest of America.
Brave public servants in this our Golden Age of the Republican Freedom Regime.
Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl
abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...
#copolitics
Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl
abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...
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Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl in Cicero after Little Village clashes, dad says: VIDEO
DHS says Border Patrol agents entered a Cicero parking lot shortly after deploying crowd control measures on Little Village residents. However, there was no explanation as to why video showed a 1-year...
abc7chicago.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Brave public servants in this our Golden Age of the Republican Freedom Regime.
Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl
abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...
#copolitics
Federal agents pepper spray 1-year-old girl
abc7chicago.com/post/immigra...
#copolitics
A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Clips like this are political gold
A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Clips like this are political gold
