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A big lie (German: große Lüge) is a propagandatechnique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book Mein Kampf, about the use of a lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously"
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Hit the phones, everyone
I guess you can quantify the massive disconnect between party leaders and the party base they loathe
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hit the phones, everyone
Call now:
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Call now:
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
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Monsters.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Monsters.
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It is easy for Senate Democrats to disabuse us of that assumption — they just have to publicly make the popular call for new leadership.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It is easy for Senate Democrats to disabuse us of that assumption — they just have to publicly make the popular call for new leadership.
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If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.
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IF YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE, for the love of god, please check to make sure your ballot was counted and doesn’t need its signature cured
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November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
IF YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE, for the love of god, please check to make sure your ballot was counted and doesn’t need its signature cured
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
None of the Dem Senators (or Democratic-caucusing) who voted yes on the CR are worried about reelection:
• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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• Dick Durbin – IL – Retiring 2026
• Catherine Cortez Masto – NV – Up 2028
• Jacky Rosen – NV – Up 2030
• John Fetterman – PA – Up 2028
• Maggie Hassan – NH – Up 2028
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When leaders choose not to release contingency funds to maintain SNAP benefits during a government shutdown ― and then claim their hands are tied ― that’s a form of violent innocence. The insistence on purity/ procedure functions as a moral shield, obscuring the real-world consequences of inaction.
This nation is in a relationship with a narcissist. The whole GOP is proving how violent innocence is torturing Americans. People who want to starve children, elderly, disabled, veterans, mothers, the working poor, and furloughed are morally corrupt and lack empathy.
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This Psychological Term Explains How GOP Officials Justify Harm — HuffPost
This concept helps potentially shed light on the justification for limiting food assistance, among other events.
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
When leaders choose not to release contingency funds to maintain SNAP benefits during a government shutdown ― and then claim their hands are tied ― that’s a form of violent innocence. The insistence on purity/ procedure functions as a moral shield, obscuring the real-world consequences of inaction.
Even more important today for SoCal folks: send your letter via @ndlon to the #Dodgers to boycott the White House.
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation!
The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team - they’re part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families, and our shared love for ou...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Even more important today for SoCal folks: send your letter via @ndlon to the #Dodgers to boycott the White House.
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Open Letter to the L.A. Dodgers: Stand With the People of Los Angeles — Decline Any White House Invitation! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dodg...
Actually, don't bother with them any more. Call your other Dem Senators and tell them to get rid of Schumer as minority leader.
202 224 3121.
202 224 3121.
Call these senators 202-224-3121.
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-Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
-Sen. John Fetterman (D - PA)
-Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
-Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
-Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
-Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
-Sen. Angus King (I-ME)
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-Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
-Sen. John Fetterman (D - PA)
-Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
-Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
-Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
-Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
-Sen. Angus King (I-ME)
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Actually, don't bother with them any more. Call your other Dem Senators and tell them to get rid of Schumer as minority leader.
202 224 3121.
202 224 3121.
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Something I don't think we're talking about enough is in addition to all else, Chuck Schumer is also actively lying to the American people that he's not behind the surrender and approves entirely of it, despite how obvious it is, down to him grinning leaving the meeting last night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Something I don't think we're talking about enough is in addition to all else, Chuck Schumer is also actively lying to the American people that he's not behind the surrender and approves entirely of it, despite how obvious it is, down to him grinning leaving the meeting last night.
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I remember a college professor saying that fascism succeeds because of the lack of imagination from the opposition. And there it is.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I remember a college professor saying that fascism succeeds because of the lack of imagination from the opposition. And there it is.
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Once Schumer is removed, every yes should lose their committee assignments. Make them lame ducks until they retire or lose their seats. Harry Reid and Pelosi would’ve prevented this moral cowardice in their chambers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Once Schumer is removed, every yes should lose their committee assignments. Make them lame ducks until they retire or lose their seats. Harry Reid and Pelosi would’ve prevented this moral cowardice in their chambers.
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Pretty sure the fix was in from the start. The exact number of votes needed. No one with an election in 2026 unless they were retiring. As Max Kennerly said:
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Pretty sure the fix was in from the start. The exact number of votes needed. No one with an election in 2026 unless they were retiring. As Max Kennerly said:
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
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Notice who voted for this:
Tim Kaine (VA)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jackie Rosen (NV)
Angus King (ME)
None of these people is up for election next year. COINCIDENCE?! I think NOT.
This is an outrage.
#shutdown
#shutdown2025
Tim Kaine (VA)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jackie Rosen (NV)
Angus King (ME)
None of these people is up for election next year. COINCIDENCE?! I think NOT.
This is an outrage.
#shutdown
#shutdown2025
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Notice who voted for this:
Tim Kaine (VA)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jackie Rosen (NV)
Angus King (ME)
None of these people is up for election next year. COINCIDENCE?! I think NOT.
This is an outrage.
#shutdown
#shutdown2025
Tim Kaine (VA)
John Fetterman (PA)
Dick Durbin (IL)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Jackie Rosen (NV)
Angus King (ME)
None of these people is up for election next year. COINCIDENCE?! I think NOT.
This is an outrage.
#shutdown
#shutdown2025
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We need Johnny Cash types.
"Where are your guts?"
"Where are your guts?"
Johnny Cash fought for Native American rights and even dedicated an entire album to them. When radio stations refused to play it, he took out a Billboard ad asking one question: “Where are your guts?”
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We need Johnny Cash types.
"Where are your guts?"
"Where are your guts?"
Fool me once...
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Fool me once...
Several of the Senators voting for the cave in to GOP are referencing real stories of the pain of hungry constituents.
Don't they know that it was Trump's USDA that stopped #FoodStamps/ #SNAP during the shutdown??!!
(Rhetorical question)
Don't they know that it was Trump's USDA that stopped #FoodStamps/ #SNAP during the shutdown??!!
(Rhetorical question)
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Several of the Senators voting for the cave in to GOP are referencing real stories of the pain of hungry constituents.
Don't they know that it was Trump's USDA that stopped #FoodStamps/ #SNAP during the shutdown??!!
(Rhetorical question)
Don't they know that it was Trump's USDA that stopped #FoodStamps/ #SNAP during the shutdown??!!
(Rhetorical question)
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM