Tides of Time
@tidesoftime.bsky.social
Determined to fight MAGA/fascism in every way I can, in hopes that I live to see the US become a place where EVERYONE has rights, respect, and opportunity. I find solace in books, creativity, computer games, historical research, and small things of beauty.
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Tides of Time
@tidesoftime.bsky.social
· Mar 18
For anyone curious about my Bluesky name: As I'd originally intended to use Bsky mainly for my genealogy/history research, I chose a name that was an homage to the title of a poem written by one of my great-great-grandfathers, Harlan Ashley Pierce. Unfortunately, then politics took over the world.
Just a note to say that I'm going to try to step back from posting (or reading news) for a day or two for the sake of my mental health and remnants of sanity.
a man in a costume with headphones and sunglasses has the word time out above him
Alt: a man in an 18th century costume with headphones and sunglasses has the word time out above him
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Just a note to say that I'm going to try to step back from posting (or reading news) for a day or two for the sake of my mental health and remnants of sanity.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:
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👀 Speaker Johnson what say you ?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
👀 Speaker Johnson what say you ?
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Trump was on the ropes‼️He’s not invincible ‼️
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump was on the ropes‼️He’s not invincible ‼️
I am so freaking tired of stupidity. Between Trump thinking he can lower drug prices by 1200% and Oz not having the two brain cells it would take to grasp that saying that Americans must lose 400 pounds apiece is absurd. . . I just can't. Will someone please wake me up from this nightmare?
Dr. Oz wants each American to lose 400 pounds for the midterm swimsuit competition
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I am so freaking tired of stupidity. Between Trump thinking he can lower drug prices by 1200% and Oz not having the two brain cells it would take to grasp that saying that Americans must lose 400 pounds apiece is absurd. . . I just can't. Will someone please wake me up from this nightmare?
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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.
Pretty much the only thing keeping me off the ledge at this point is that, as an older person in ill health, offing myself (or dying because of too-expensive medical care) is exactly what Trump and his billionaire buddies want people like me to do. Spite sucks as a reason to stay alive but it'll do.
a woman is crawling on a ledge overlooking a city street
ALT: a woman is crawling on a ledge overlooking a city street
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Pretty much the only thing keeping me off the ledge at this point is that, as an older person in ill health, offing myself (or dying because of too-expensive medical care) is exactly what Trump and his billionaire buddies want people like me to do. Spite sucks as a reason to stay alive but it'll do.
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Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
The Failures of “Centrism”
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
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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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Eight million of us took to the streets. The Election was a clean sweep and you caved?!?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Eight million of us took to the streets. The Election was a clean sweep and you caved?!?
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Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Natalie’s on fire 🔥
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
Perfect response.
If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?
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If senator warren says senate dems caved, then they caved like a half-baked cake
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If senator warren says senate dems caved, then they caved like a half-baked cake
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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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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes Jonathan Chait. Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
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Dem base that gave them a blue tsunami: DON'T CAVE
Majority of Dem elected officials: DON'T CAVE
The majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown and higher costs...
8 Dem Centrists (and you better believe Schumer knows what's up): Nah, We'll cave.
I guarantee you calls came from donors.
Majority of Dem elected officials: DON'T CAVE
The majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown and higher costs...
8 Dem Centrists (and you better believe Schumer knows what's up): Nah, We'll cave.
I guarantee you calls came from donors.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Dem base that gave them a blue tsunami: DON'T CAVE
Majority of Dem elected officials: DON'T CAVE
The majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown and higher costs...
8 Dem Centrists (and you better believe Schumer knows what's up): Nah, We'll cave.
I guarantee you calls came from donors.
Majority of Dem elected officials: DON'T CAVE
The majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown and higher costs...
8 Dem Centrists (and you better believe Schumer knows what's up): Nah, We'll cave.
I guarantee you calls came from donors.
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
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Trump is actually trying to make a royal edict, a ukase, to establish as truth something that is not true.
That 2O20 happened differently.
He is trying to legally warp and bend reality.
To turn his Reality Show tv presidency into reality itself.
Alternative reality into the official reality.
That 2O20 happened differently.
He is trying to legally warp and bend reality.
To turn his Reality Show tv presidency into reality itself.
Alternative reality into the official reality.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Trump is actually trying to make a royal edict, a ukase, to establish as truth something that is not true.
That 2O20 happened differently.
He is trying to legally warp and bend reality.
To turn his Reality Show tv presidency into reality itself.
Alternative reality into the official reality.
That 2O20 happened differently.
He is trying to legally warp and bend reality.
To turn his Reality Show tv presidency into reality itself.
Alternative reality into the official reality.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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Millions of Americans went without a paycheque.
Millions more went without SNAP & endured the trauma of not knowing where their next meal would come from.
They suffered because healthcare is worth fighting for.
They rewarded the Dems with a blue wave and Schumer just ensured it was for nothing
Millions more went without SNAP & endured the trauma of not knowing where their next meal would come from.
They suffered because healthcare is worth fighting for.
They rewarded the Dems with a blue wave and Schumer just ensured it was for nothing
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Millions of Americans went without a paycheque.
Millions more went without SNAP & endured the trauma of not knowing where their next meal would come from.
They suffered because healthcare is worth fighting for.
They rewarded the Dems with a blue wave and Schumer just ensured it was for nothing
Millions more went without SNAP & endured the trauma of not knowing where their next meal would come from.
They suffered because healthcare is worth fighting for.
They rewarded the Dems with a blue wave and Schumer just ensured it was for nothing
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8 Senate Democrats' political instincts are 'staggering'. Resounding wins should be call to action, not invitation to surrender
Read. The. Room. Nov 4th wins were Clear. Capitulation Now is conscious choice to Ignore voters will😡
8 Dems have effectively said to nation "Shutdown was Dems fault!"🤮
Read. The. Room. Nov 4th wins were Clear. Capitulation Now is conscious choice to Ignore voters will😡
8 Dems have effectively said to nation "Shutdown was Dems fault!"🤮
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
8 Senate Democrats' political instincts are 'staggering'. Resounding wins should be call to action, not invitation to surrender
Read. The. Room. Nov 4th wins were Clear. Capitulation Now is conscious choice to Ignore voters will😡
8 Dems have effectively said to nation "Shutdown was Dems fault!"🤮
Read. The. Room. Nov 4th wins were Clear. Capitulation Now is conscious choice to Ignore voters will😡
8 Dems have effectively said to nation "Shutdown was Dems fault!"🤮
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?