Stephanie
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Mother, wife, pup mom (Alaskan Klee Kai mom...they're a lot). Go Ducks!!! Go JMU Dukes!!! Pro-democracy, freedom and women's rights..
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"What they did is wrong," one House Republican said of the provision, adding it would never pass on its own.
House Republicans Slam ‘Self-Dealing’ Senate Republican Payday In Funding Bill
"What they did is wrong," one House Republican said of the provision, adding it would never pass on its own.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"What they did is wrong," one House Republican said of the provision, adding it would never pass on its own.
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Breaking News: Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, said he would run for a congressional seat in New York City.
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat
Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Breaking News: Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, said he would run for a congressional seat in New York City.
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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Newsom is right, they still believe that their old buddies on the right will come around and work with them. They gave Trump everything for a promise to hold a vote.
Those eight and leader Schumer are politically ignorant cowards....
Those eight and leader Schumer are politically ignorant cowards....
Newsom tells AP the eight senators who struck the shutdown deal aren't alarmed enough about Trump
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning that eight senators' decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown shows they aren't alarmed enough about President Donald Trump's impact on ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Newsom is right, they still believe that their old buddies on the right will come around and work with them. They gave Trump everything for a promise to hold a vote.
Those eight and leader Schumer are politically ignorant cowards....
Those eight and leader Schumer are politically ignorant cowards....
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People understand that the Democrats can’t stop every bad thing from happening. But they’re also scared and angry and want leaders who will stand up and fight with everything they’ve got. That’s the bare minimum we deserve.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
People understand that the Democrats can’t stop every bad thing from happening. But they’re also scared and angry and want leaders who will stand up and fight with everything they’ve got. That’s the bare minimum we deserve.
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The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
Forget ‘moderates.’ There are ‘fighters’ and there are ‘defeatists’
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November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
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Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
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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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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
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Any Dem senator who isn’t publicly calling for Schumer’s ouster has to be assumed complicit. They did the same trick back in March. Most didn’t vote for the CR then either.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Any Dem senator who isn’t publicly calling for Schumer’s ouster has to be assumed complicit. They did the same trick back in March. Most didn’t vote for the CR then either.
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The Senate needs to hold the line for a government funding deal that protects healthcare and lowers costs. Not one that sells out the American people.
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Senate needs to hold the line for a government funding deal that protects healthcare and lowers costs. Not one that sells out the American people.
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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.
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How does the fucking WHIP betray the caucus and minority leader? I mean, isn't that grounds for immediate loss of your post. You are supposed to whip FOR the leader, not against.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How does the fucking WHIP betray the caucus and minority leader? I mean, isn't that grounds for immediate loss of your post. You are supposed to whip FOR the leader, not against.
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Senate Democrats walked away empty-handed, and don’t let anyone tell you different.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Senate Democrats walked away empty-handed, and don’t let anyone tell you different.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
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Sweating out the fascists.
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Unlike most ICE agents, the Portland protestors are in great shape. The frog army is undergoing a very energetic gym workout! 🐸
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sweating out the fascists.
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
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Just getting dinner onto the table for the kiddos, will deal with this later.
Trump: "We had a guy named Buttigieg. Boot-edge-edge they say is the best way. Just say two 'edges' like off the edge of a cliff — which is where they were taking us, by the way."
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just getting dinner onto the table for the kiddos, will deal with this later.
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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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
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.