virtuous_being
@virtuousbeing.bsky.social
Somewhat Progressive California Democrat
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A county in Kansas agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on local newspaper that raised press freedom concerns and turned the small town of Marion, Kansas, into a battleground over the First Amendment.
Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper
The search of The Marion County Record’s office in 2023 touched off a national conversation about press freedom.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A county in Kansas agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize for a 2023 raid on local newspaper that raised press freedom concerns and turned the small town of Marion, Kansas, into a battleground over the First Amendment.
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"There's an expectation from everybody that the Dems are always going to swoop in and be the adults in the room and save the Republicans from the disastrous policies that they themselves put forward... It's so outside the realm of possibility to EVER imagine Republicans might do the right thing."
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"There's an expectation from everybody that the Dems are always going to swoop in and be the adults in the room and save the Republicans from the disastrous policies that they themselves put forward... It's so outside the realm of possibility to EVER imagine Republicans might do the right thing."
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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.
nyti.ms
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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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a reported White House proposal to open offshore drilling in the waters off California “disgraceful” and urged his fellow Democrats to recast climate change as a “cost of living issue.”
Newsom Wows the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip
The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a reported White House proposal to open offshore drilling in the waters off California “disgraceful” and urged his fellow Democrats to recast climate change as a “cost of living issue.”
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"We need a new iteration of a Democratic Party that doesn't take just these symbolic wins where we thrust issues into the spotlight. Frankly that's that's not enough for me anymore. And it's not enough for the country anymore... We need tangible wins. And we need folks to go to the mat to get them."
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"We need a new iteration of a Democratic Party that doesn't take just these symbolic wins where we thrust issues into the spotlight. Frankly that's that's not enough for me anymore. And it's not enough for the country anymore... We need tangible wins. And we need folks to go to the mat to get them."
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Maga douche bags are so contemptibly stupid they believe that Donald Trump has a 92% approval rating and the world is full of people with "Trump Derangement Syndrome" at the same time.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Maga douche bags are so contemptibly stupid they believe that Donald Trump has a 92% approval rating and the world is full of people with "Trump Derangement Syndrome" at the same time.
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Shamelessness is MAGA’s superpower. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shamelessness is MAGA’s superpower. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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He’s always been so awful. Most Canadians saw it in the 80’s. Why is it taking so many Americans SO LONG to get it!
He’s always been so awful. Most Canadians saw it in the 80’s. Why is it taking so many Americans SO LONG to get it!
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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He’s always been so awful. Most Canadians saw it in the 80’s. Why is it taking so many Americans SO LONG to get it!
He’s always been so awful. Most Canadians saw it in the 80’s. Why is it taking so many Americans SO LONG to get it!
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JFC. Does @schumer.senate.gov not get that by caving, Democrats make it *harder,* not easier, to make the ACA subsidies expiring stick politically to Trump/GOP? This effort to shame Republicans in this context risks signaling to low-info voters that Rs are standing on conviction and Dems aren't.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
JFC. Does @schumer.senate.gov not get that by caving, Democrats make it *harder,* not easier, to make the ACA subsidies expiring stick politically to Trump/GOP? This effort to shame Republicans in this context risks signaling to low-info voters that Rs are standing on conviction and Dems aren't.
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The differences in how right-wing media outlets and creators are treated and empowered by Republicans compared to how left-leaning media outlets and creators are treated by Democrats never ceases to madden me. To their detriment. It's just wild.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The differences in how right-wing media outlets and creators are treated and empowered by Republicans compared to how left-leaning media outlets and creators are treated by Democrats never ceases to madden me. To their detriment. It's just wild.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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I must have missed his prior posts stating exactly what he's stating now
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I must have missed his prior posts stating exactly what he's stating now
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They’ve taken a hacksaw to democratic norms and it’s not even going to give them any advantage
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They’ve taken a hacksaw to democratic norms and it’s not even going to give them any advantage
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Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and other allies that worked to overturn the 2020 election.
This isn’t the first time Trump has doled out pardons to his supporters. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
This isn’t the first time Trump has doled out pardons to his supporters. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and other allies that worked to overturn the 2020 election.
This isn’t the first time Trump has doled out pardons to his supporters. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
This isn’t the first time Trump has doled out pardons to his supporters. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
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"Broke ranks" isn't even true. They admitted Schumer was in the room the whole time!
JFC. Does @schumer.senate.gov not get that by caving, Democrats make it *harder,* not easier, to make the ACA subsidies expiring stick politically to Trump/GOP? This effort to shame Republicans in this context risks signaling to low-info voters that Rs are standing on conviction and Dems aren't.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Broke ranks" isn't even true. They admitted Schumer was in the room the whole time!
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Unless they are shoved out of the way, the cowardly capitulations will continue.
Until there is nothing left to fight for.
6/6
Until there is nothing left to fight for.
6/6
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Unless they are shoved out of the way, the cowardly capitulations will continue.
Until there is nothing left to fight for.
6/6
Until there is nothing left to fight for.
6/6
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The establishment democrats have repeatedly shown they do not have the wherewithal to repel the fascist onslaught of Trump and the oligarchs.
They helped get us into this mess, one cowardly capitulation at a time.
They are not the ones to lead us out of it.
5/6
They helped get us into this mess, one cowardly capitulation at a time.
They are not the ones to lead us out of it.
5/6
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The establishment democrats have repeatedly shown they do not have the wherewithal to repel the fascist onslaught of Trump and the oligarchs.
They helped get us into this mess, one cowardly capitulation at a time.
They are not the ones to lead us out of it.
5/6
They helped get us into this mess, one cowardly capitulation at a time.
They are not the ones to lead us out of it.
5/6
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Momentum is a real thing.
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Momentum is a real thing.
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
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Time for @chrismurphyct.bsky.social to replace @schumer.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time for @chrismurphyct.bsky.social to replace @schumer.senate.gov
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Even if the Senate voted to extend ACA subsidies, the GOP-controlled House is unlikely to allow a vote on them.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Even if the Senate voted to extend ACA subsidies, the GOP-controlled House is unlikely to allow a vote on them.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.
And there's of course no guarantee that Trump would even go along with a deal.
The cruel irony is that this will end up hurting Republican states the most.