Mary Lewis
@profmarylewis.bsky.social
Historian of France and its overseas empire. Living on unceded Pequossette land. Researching the French Empire after the Haitian Revolution. Parent, partner, citizen, defender of democracy, avid gardener. RTs not necessarily endorsements.
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Mary Lewis
@profmarylewis.bsky.social
· Apr 15
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social has been among the best messenger of what’s wrong with this admin. He should replace Schumer.
Daughter is right.
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Democrats Are So Angry, One Senator Faces Blowback From Her Daughter
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Daughter is right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Ive League: We are vewwy vewwy scared of the big orange man.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
Happy to report that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign academic senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution against the federal “compact” all of us in higher ed have been offered, encouraging our administrators to keep opposing it. #MADC www.senate.illinois.edu/2025-2026/20...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ive League: We are vewwy vewwy scared of the big orange man.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
State schools, vaping: NAH.
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It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
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@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
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Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation
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November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
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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.
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We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
And banks make bank.
INGRAHAM: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
And banks make bank.
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Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Since 2020, I have been fighting for mail-in voting and the GOP has been fighting against it. A critical court case is now going before the U.S. Supreme Court. I can assure you that I will be there fighting hard to ensure every lawful ballot counts.
Utterly preditable.
@schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
What did you think he would do?
@schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
What did you think he would do?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Utterly preditable.
@schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
What did you think he would do?
@schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @baldwin.senate.gov @shaheen.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov @hassan.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
What did you think he would do?
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
This might sound crazy, but travel disruptions at Thanksgiving would have been … good? It would have driven home why we need a functional government. Dems could have capitalized. Instead, they worried more about disrupted travel than people getting thrown off their health insurance. Unbelievable.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This might sound crazy, but travel disruptions at Thanksgiving would have been … good? It would have driven home why we need a functional government. Dems could have capitalized. Instead, they worried more about disrupted travel than people getting thrown off their health insurance. Unbelievable.
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Health care costs are skyrocketing.
Energy costs are skyrocketing.
Grocery costs are skyrocketing.
Voters came out on Tuesday to say its time to put an end to the corruption and chaos leading to these extreme costs.
Republicans are refusing to listen. youtu.be/ZZwbfUvsRek?...
Energy costs are skyrocketing.
Grocery costs are skyrocketing.
Voters came out on Tuesday to say its time to put an end to the corruption and chaos leading to these extreme costs.
Republicans are refusing to listen. youtu.be/ZZwbfUvsRek?...
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Health care costs are skyrocketing.
Energy costs are skyrocketing.
Grocery costs are skyrocketing.
Voters came out on Tuesday to say its time to put an end to the corruption and chaos leading to these extreme costs.
Republicans are refusing to listen. youtu.be/ZZwbfUvsRek?...
Energy costs are skyrocketing.
Grocery costs are skyrocketing.
Voters came out on Tuesday to say its time to put an end to the corruption and chaos leading to these extreme costs.
Republicans are refusing to listen. youtu.be/ZZwbfUvsRek?...
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
I have been saying for MONTHS that he would be a better minority leader.
It just is incredible how incredibly bad the Dem leadership is.
How can we encourage @schumer.senate.gov to step down?
It just is incredible how incredibly bad the Dem leadership is.
How can we encourage @schumer.senate.gov to step down?
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 3:35 AM
I have been saying for MONTHS that he would be a better minority leader.
It just is incredible how incredibly bad the Dem leadership is.
How can we encourage @schumer.senate.gov to step down?
It just is incredible how incredibly bad the Dem leadership is.
How can we encourage @schumer.senate.gov to step down?
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I don’t what to say about a Dem leadership that can be undone by the likes of Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen. Saying they went over Schumer’s head is not the flex people think it is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don’t what to say about a Dem leadership that can be undone by the likes of Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen. Saying they went over Schumer’s head is not the flex people think it is.
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Imagine being outflanked by Ro Khanna, I'd be sick
Ro Khanna calls for Schumer‘ ouster
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Imagine being outflanked by Ro Khanna, I'd be sick
Exactly.
The was a Republican shutdown because the GOP wouldn't negotiate — and Dems made that about their unwillingness to negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
If Dems vote for this, the answer to the "why did you do it for the past 40 days?" question becomes very difficult to answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Exactly.
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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 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
TFW everything is awful and your kid draws Bob Marley.
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TFW everything is awful and your kid draws Bob Marley.
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Oh yeah unacceptable. Senate Dems cannot have staked a shutdown on ACA subsidies and then cave with a….promise of a concept of a vote.
Call your Senator ASAP
Call your Senator ASAP
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh yeah unacceptable. Senate Dems cannot have staked a shutdown on ACA subsidies and then cave with a….promise of a concept of a vote.
Call your Senator ASAP
Call your Senator ASAP
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@sanders.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov should tell any Senator considering a cave that they'll happily host stadium stops with @aoc.bsky.social and any other rising star that wants to primary them in their districts if they can't hold the line for people's basic needs.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@sanders.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov should tell any Senator considering a cave that they'll happily host stadium stops with @aoc.bsky.social and any other rising star that wants to primary them in their districts if they can't hold the line for people's basic needs.