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November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Democrats “need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal," writes Jamelle Bouie. "None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it.”
The Democrats “need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal," writes Jamelle Bouie. "None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it.”
Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson
They need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Democrats “need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal," writes Jamelle Bouie. "None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it.”
The Democrats “need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal," writes Jamelle Bouie. "None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it.”
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other98
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
other98
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
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If you recently learned that the Supreme Court granted review in a major voting case and the Utah GOP suffered a defeat in their effort to rig maps, you probably subscribe to Democracy Docket.
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If you recently learned that the Supreme Court granted review in a major voting case and the Utah GOP suffered a defeat in their effort to rig maps, you probably subscribe to Democracy Docket.
If any of this is news to you, sign up now to never miss another democracy update. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
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Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes
New details about Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre's detention show his posts supporting Palestine and the wrongfully convicted representing, in Homeland Security's eyes, support for terrorism
www.forever-wars.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today we celebrate a very important day – the third anniversary of the expulsion of the Russian occupiers from Kherson.
I awarded state awards to people of various professions – military and civilian – who all serve their state in Kherson.
I awarded state awards to people of various professions – military and civilian – who all serve their state in Kherson.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today we celebrate a very important day – the third anniversary of the expulsion of the Russian occupiers from Kherson.
I awarded state awards to people of various professions – military and civilian – who all serve their state in Kherson.
I awarded state awards to people of various professions – military and civilian – who all serve their state in Kherson.
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
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Public outrage after Chicago PD helps ICE
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Public outrage after Chicago PD helps ICE
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Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.
Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise,” our columnist @ezraklein.bsky.social writes. “Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention.”
“If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise,” our columnist @ezraklein.bsky.social writes. “Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention.”
Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
This is how the shutdown ends?
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise,” our columnist @ezraklein.bsky.social writes. “Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention.”
“If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise,” our columnist @ezraklein.bsky.social writes. “Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention.”
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WATCH — @deanobeidallah.bsky.social : “This is the end of Chuck Schumer.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
WATCH — @deanobeidallah.bsky.social : “This is the end of Chuck Schumer.”
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"Chuck Schumer should go ... he's no longer capable of leading the Democratic Party."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Chuck Schumer should go ... he's no longer capable of leading the Democratic Party."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
"I am an establishment Democrat and I'm here to say that Bernie Sanders is much more in line with where I and many other Democrats are today than Chuck Schumer is."
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8 Senate Democrats sided with the GOP throwing 15 million Americans off their healthcare.
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES! 🤬
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES! 🤬
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
8 Senate Democrats sided with the GOP throwing 15 million Americans off their healthcare.
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES! 🤬
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES! 🤬
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
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We are mad as hell!
Leave them a message:
🖕🏾
Angus King: 202-224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202-224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202-224-3324
Tim Kaine
202-224-4024
John Fetterman
202-224-4254
Dick Durban
202-224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto
202-224-3542
Leave them a message:
🖕🏾
Angus King: 202-224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202-224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202-224-3324
Tim Kaine
202-224-4024
John Fetterman
202-224-4254
Dick Durban
202-224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto
202-224-3542
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We are mad as hell!
Leave them a message:
🖕🏾
Angus King: 202-224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202-224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202-224-3324
Tim Kaine
202-224-4024
John Fetterman
202-224-4254
Dick Durban
202-224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto
202-224-3542
Leave them a message:
🖕🏾
Angus King: 202-224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202-224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202-224-3324
Tim Kaine
202-224-4024
John Fetterman
202-224-4254
Dick Durban
202-224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto
202-224-3542
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like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
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It’s as though Aunt Bea had hijacked a national political party.
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s as though Aunt Bea had hijacked a national political party.
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“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“We’ll see.”
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.
We’re supposed to accept that Democratic leadership allowed this caliber of strategist to negotiate a deal with the most diabolical, mendacious group of politicians in American government.