sigreign
@sigreign.bsky.social
An artist standing here with you watching them all fight over imaginary things.
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And ACA enrollees can ALREADY put money into HSAs to pay for medical expenses, so unless they’re talking about increasing the limit or allowing them to be used for premiums I don’t understand what this would mean. And again, that’s useless for lower-income households who don’t have $ to set aside.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And ACA enrollees can ALREADY put money into HSAs to pay for medical expenses, so unless they’re talking about increasing the limit or allowing them to be used for premiums I don’t understand what this would mean. And again, that’s useless for lower-income households who don’t have $ to set aside.
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Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.
Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Of course, because this is precisely why they were put up and what they’re for.
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ICYMI: Robert Kennedy Jr. claimed that he had nothing to do with Children’s Health Defense during his confirmation hearings.
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
Kennedy Said He Was Done With Children’s Health Defense; His Wife Headlined Its Annual Conference
Actress Cheryl Hines spoke at the anti-vax star-studded affair this weekend.
www.importantcontext.news
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
ICYMI: Robert Kennedy Jr. claimed that he had nothing to do with Children’s Health Defense during his confirmation hearings.
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
His wife just headlined the group’s annual conference.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-sa...
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JFC. This Trump regime is so corrupt.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
JFC. This Trump regime is so corrupt.
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They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
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I'm told Sen. Ted Cruz led this effort. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats weren't consulted on the addition of this language, per a source familiar. Committee's top Dem, Dick Durbin, was among the 8 Ds who voted to advance the spending measure last night.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm told Sen. Ted Cruz led this effort. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats weren't consulted on the addition of this language, per a source familiar. Committee's top Dem, Dick Durbin, was among the 8 Ds who voted to advance the spending measure last night.
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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. . . my thought too, I recalled this story that grabbed the headlines for an hour or two in February.
Musk's DOGE, SpaceX both land at FAA
DOGE plans to expand its footprint at the agency as they work on solutions that "keep the airspace open and safe,” according to the email.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
. . . my thought too, I recalled this story that grabbed the headlines for an hour or two in February.
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It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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3) They deliberately roundup senators who aren't facing voters to do the selling out.
And, the coup de grace ...
4) They sell out *in order to preserve the filibuster*, one of the very artifacts that makes the Senate so miserable & useless.
Perfectly shitty, as though designed in a Shit Lab.
And, the coup de grace ...
4) They sell out *in order to preserve the filibuster*, one of the very artifacts that makes the Senate so miserable & useless.
Perfectly shitty, as though designed in a Shit Lab.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
3) They deliberately roundup senators who aren't facing voters to do the selling out.
And, the coup de grace ...
4) They sell out *in order to preserve the filibuster*, one of the very artifacts that makes the Senate so miserable & useless.
Perfectly shitty, as though designed in a Shit Lab.
And, the coup de grace ...
4) They sell out *in order to preserve the filibuster*, one of the very artifacts that makes the Senate so miserable & useless.
Perfectly shitty, as though designed in a Shit Lab.
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I'm trying to do real work today & everyone is bashing this already, but my god:
1) Schumer clearly arranges or at least greenlights the sellout but then votes against it so he can pretend to have a spine.
2) They sell out for a *promise from Republicans*, who lie like they f'ing breathe.
1) Schumer clearly arranges or at least greenlights the sellout but then votes against it so he can pretend to have a spine.
2) They sell out for a *promise from Republicans*, who lie like they f'ing breathe.
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm trying to do real work today & everyone is bashing this already, but my god:
1) Schumer clearly arranges or at least greenlights the sellout but then votes against it so he can pretend to have a spine.
2) They sell out for a *promise from Republicans*, who lie like they f'ing breathe.
1) Schumer clearly arranges or at least greenlights the sellout but then votes against it so he can pretend to have a spine.
2) They sell out for a *promise from Republicans*, who lie like they f'ing breathe.
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Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
garethgore.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Kevin Roberts and the Opus
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation, who caused a huge scandal by defending the platforming the far-right figure Nick Fuentes, is a regular at
the Opus Dei hub in Washington, DC
garethgore.substack.com/p/kevin-robe...
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“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
Fuck everything today, but especially this man.
Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor
Gov. Greg Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents...
www.kut.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“My work is not done — despite my best efforts, there are still children alive and well in the state of Texas.”
Tim kaine on being a piece of shit:
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tim kaine on being a piece of shit:
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Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
Greg Bovino's Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data...
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency – according to federal data.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Greg Bovino has tried to justify use of force in Chicago and LA by citing assaults against federal agents.
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
But new data shows that over the last 4 fiscal years, Border Patrol agents in Bovino's sector have used force far more often than they’ve faced assault: https://bit.ly/4hVIh9B
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Take the Democratic Party away from Democratic leadership.
I can't stress this enough as a super volunteer for the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates. This should prompt you to get MORE involved, not less. Show up and use the existing infrastructure to make it work for all of us. In my neck of the woods, we've seen a ton of local victories this way.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Take the Democratic Party away from Democratic leadership.
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Secret wars based on unreality and used to expand the extrajudicial murder of those claimed to be enemies domestically is how the ratchet of authoritarian violence works.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Secret wars based on unreality and used to expand the extrajudicial murder of those claimed to be enemies domestically is how the ratchet of authoritarian violence works.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
Extrajudicial murder abroad leads to similar at home very quickly.
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Seattle's Mayoral race (between a progressive and a centrist) may come down to a few dozen votes and is expected to be among the closest in Seattle's history
According to ex-mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle's mayoral election could be decided by 65 votes
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell went to bed Thursday night with a comfortable lead. By Friday afternoon, that all changed. Katie Wilson has surged to within 4,300 votes.
mynorthwest.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seattle's Mayoral race (between a progressive and a centrist) may come down to a few dozen votes and is expected to be among the closest in Seattle's history
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Garland is 100% complicit. If you have not read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social on the subject, here is one of many times she laid it all out.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Garland is 100% complicit. If you have not read @sarahkendzior.bsky.social on the subject, here is one of many times she laid it all out.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
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A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. www.wired.com/story/heres-...
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. www.wired.com/story/heres-...
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The gratuitous violence being inflicted on Chicago would have been anathema during the U.S. military's counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
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 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The gratuitous violence being inflicted on Chicago would have been anathema during the U.S. military's counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.