Reconstructionist
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alt history, legislative politics, american studies, and reconstruction | lots of typos | he/him | views my own, normal disclaimers | Double Victory (DVTL) is my book / worldbuilding project | opinions my own, etc normal disclaimers
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Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
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 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Rhetorical pleas against infighting are always begging the question about who's actually on the same side as you.
We need lab grown beef so bad
also imagine a million of these posts, forever
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We need lab grown beef so bad
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
honestly kinda impressed that Paul folded after his amendment got shot down
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
honestly kinda impressed that Paul folded after his amendment got shot down
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All of the answers for “fixing cannabis” are gonna come at the legislative level. Presidential politics is a sucker’s bet for weed. The overarching categories for unwinding weed from federal law and enforcement would be:
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
All of the answers for “fixing cannabis” are gonna come at the legislative level. Presidential politics is a sucker’s bet for weed. The overarching categories for unwinding weed from federal law and enforcement would be:
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
- Controlled Substance status
- Banking laws
- Expungement
- Social Equity
Dem caucus split down the middle eh?
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Dem caucus split down the middle eh?
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The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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infomercial guy whos primary income source is cocaine
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
infomercial guy whos primary income source is cocaine
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joyce carol oates' destruction of elon musk has extended to saying she's a fan of vivian wilson. incredible stuff the internet gave us, like octogenarian novelists being familiar with gen z e-celebrities
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
joyce carol oates' destruction of elon musk has extended to saying she's a fan of vivian wilson. incredible stuff the internet gave us, like octogenarian novelists being familiar with gen z e-celebrities
He looks like a SPECTRE henchmen who gets drop into a pit full of man eating spider crabs
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
He looks like a SPECTRE henchmen who gets drop into a pit full of man eating spider crabs
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lol I did wonder what other shoe was going to drop besides the hemp thing in terms of GOPers sneaking stuff into a bill no one was going to read
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 11:38 PM
lol I did wonder what other shoe was going to drop besides the hemp thing in terms of GOPers sneaking stuff into a bill no one was going to read
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we may have reached the peak of “everyone is twelve” theory
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
we may have reached the peak of “everyone is twelve” theory
I keep thinking "they can't possibly be that stupid can they?" And uhhhhhh
he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I keep thinking "they can't possibly be that stupid can they?" And uhhhhhh
seems like no
i wonder if he pulls his UC?
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
seems like no
Klo and Smith flipped to no so 76-24 in the end voting against Paul's amendment
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Klo and Smith flipped to no so 76-24 in the end voting against Paul's amendment
oh my GOD
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
oh my GOD
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
lol good job Susan
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
lol good job Susan
you know what people love? working more to haggle for health insurance costs
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
you know what people love? working more to haggle for health insurance costs
he's definitely slurring his words more often that he did
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
he's definitely slurring his words more often that he did
ngl i really hope schumer steps down as leader next december, him and durbing leaving at the same time would be good for the caucus imo
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
ngl i really hope schumer steps down as leader next december, him and durbing leaving at the same time would be good for the caucus imo
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live reaction from inside the vault at budapest station
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
live reaction from inside the vault at budapest station
I think that's a reflection of how weak leadership actually is in the senate and particularly under Schumer
if the _minority whip_ is defecting, then you simply do not have a senatorial party
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I think that's a reflection of how weak leadership actually is in the senate and particularly under Schumer
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*or* you do not actually have a minority whip. Helping orchestrate an end-around on the caucus is malfeasance by Durbin first & foremost
if the _minority whip_ is defecting, then you simply do not have a senatorial party
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
*or* you do not actually have a minority whip. Helping orchestrate an end-around on the caucus is malfeasance by Durbin first & foremost
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Welcome to the Senate!
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Welcome to the Senate!