@willdarrell.bsky.social
Baby Boomer, Proud progressive-liberal, Bates College graduate, Born in Miami, FL, raised in Portland, ME. Worked/lived in Wash. DC 18yrs. Watched Am. politics since Watergate, British TV drama and The Wire. Visited London, UK. Read murder mysteries. Leo.
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TRUMP: The ones who stayed, I'm sending them a $10,000 bonus
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
TRUMP: The ones who stayed, I'm sending them a $10,000 bonus
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
As a boomer, have to keep reminding young people that the tortoise beat the hare. 🐢
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As a boomer, have to keep reminding young people that the tortoise beat the hare. 🐢
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77% of ACA enrollees live in states won by President Trump in 2024, and 56% of enrollees are in Congressional districts represented by Republicans. Yet, no Republicans voted for the original ACA in 2010 or the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021. The ACA is still very partisan.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
77% of ACA enrollees live in states won by President Trump in 2024, and 56% of enrollees are in Congressional districts represented by Republicans. Yet, no Republicans voted for the original ACA in 2010 or the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021. The ACA is still very partisan.
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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PIMCO, on shutdown:
“.. While Democrats arguably lost on policy, they seemingly won the political fight, pushing up their approval ratings while at the same time, seeing Trump’s soften .. While the House looks likely to flip to Democratic control at this point .. a year is a very long time ..”
“.. While Democrats arguably lost on policy, they seemingly won the political fight, pushing up their approval ratings while at the same time, seeing Trump’s soften .. While the House looks likely to flip to Democratic control at this point .. a year is a very long time ..”
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
PIMCO, on shutdown:
“.. While Democrats arguably lost on policy, they seemingly won the political fight, pushing up their approval ratings while at the same time, seeing Trump’s soften .. While the House looks likely to flip to Democratic control at this point .. a year is a very long time ..”
“.. While Democrats arguably lost on policy, they seemingly won the political fight, pushing up their approval ratings while at the same time, seeing Trump’s soften .. While the House looks likely to flip to Democratic control at this point .. a year is a very long time ..”
Am still asking the same question: If the goal is to extend the ACA subsidies when the Dems. are outnumbered and no GOP Sen. is willing to vote for it, then what is the pathway?
People are angry at Schumer and the Dems., but they cannot indicate what was the pathway in accomplishing the goal.
People are angry at Schumer and the Dems., but they cannot indicate what was the pathway in accomplishing the goal.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Am still asking the same question: If the goal is to extend the ACA subsidies when the Dems. are outnumbered and no GOP Sen. is willing to vote for it, then what is the pathway?
People are angry at Schumer and the Dems., but they cannot indicate what was the pathway in accomplishing the goal.
People are angry at Schumer and the Dems., but they cannot indicate what was the pathway in accomplishing the goal.
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Once again…too many people thought that what’s happening in this country could never happen here.
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once again…too many people thought that what’s happening in this country could never happen here.
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
Here is my challenge to those who are calling for Schumer to be replaced: Please name one Sen, Dems. who would have done something totally different based on the same circumstance.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here is my challenge to those who are calling for Schumer to be replaced: Please name one Sen, Dems. who would have done something totally different based on the same circumstance.
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Finally a bit of good news.
🌈 🏳️🌈
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November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Finally a bit of good news.
🌈 🏳️🌈
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On this date in 1898 was the Wilmington insurrection, also known as the Wilmington massacre or the Wilmington coup. It is when a group of white supremacists overthrew the eleced municipal government in NC and killed numerous black citizens.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On this date in 1898 was the Wilmington insurrection, also known as the Wilmington massacre or the Wilmington coup. It is when a group of white supremacists overthrew the eleced municipal government in NC and killed numerous black citizens.
@joshtpm.bsky.social Both are true: The upcoming Dec. vote is a fake vote and Dems. own the affordability issue.
- GOP will go on the record whether they will increase healthcare costs for Americans
- Dems. can hammer the GOP on this issue in the midterms
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
- GOP will go on the record whether they will increase healthcare costs for Americans
- Dems. can hammer the GOP on this issue in the midterms
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social Both are true: The upcoming Dec. vote is a fake vote and Dems. own the affordability issue.
- GOP will go on the record whether they will increase healthcare costs for Americans
- Dems. can hammer the GOP on this issue in the midterms
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
- GOP will go on the record whether they will increase healthcare costs for Americans
- Dems. can hammer the GOP on this issue in the midterms
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
Trump is now claiming "affordability" issue that caused epic GOP losses is a "con." Repubs aren't allowed to contradict the despot, so that's become GOP gospel. Meanwhile MAGA coalition is fracturing.
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Angry Trump Snaps at Media as Brutal New Data Shows Size of GOP Losses
As Trump seethes at journalists amid the release of striking new analyses of the election, a reporter who covers Congress details how Republicans are barred from acknowledging Trump’s unpopularity—a d...
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
GOP told/showed the American people that they are comfortable increasing their healthcare costs. This is a losing position. They dealt themselves a bad hand going forward. Americans will feel the pain and GOP will be held responsible for the pain.
Have no problem with any of this.
Have no problem with any of this.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
GOP told/showed the American people that they are comfortable increasing their healthcare costs. This is a losing position. They dealt themselves a bad hand going forward. Americans will feel the pain and GOP will be held responsible for the pain.
Have no problem with any of this.
Have no problem with any of this.
With no healthcare plan, the GOP Congressional majority increased healthcare costs on the American people.
This should be message Dems. need to hammer home everyday starting today. This is the message they need to carry into next year's midterm.
It is simple, it is true, it will be effective.
This should be message Dems. need to hammer home everyday starting today. This is the message they need to carry into next year's midterm.
It is simple, it is true, it will be effective.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
With no healthcare plan, the GOP Congressional majority increased healthcare costs on the American people.
This should be message Dems. need to hammer home everyday starting today. This is the message they need to carry into next year's midterm.
It is simple, it is true, it will be effective.
This should be message Dems. need to hammer home everyday starting today. This is the message they need to carry into next year's midterm.
It is simple, it is true, it will be effective.
By the comments I am reading this morning, it sounds like liberals/progressives believe the people at The Alamo had a chance to succeed against Gen. Santa Anna's Mexican army.
The math did not add up: No GOP Sen. would vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies.
The math did not add up: No GOP Sen. would vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
By the comments I am reading this morning, it sounds like liberals/progressives believe the people at The Alamo had a chance to succeed against Gen. Santa Anna's Mexican army.
The math did not add up: No GOP Sen. would vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies.
The math did not add up: No GOP Sen. would vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies.
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happy bday German writer/philosopher Friedrich Schiller, b.1759.
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”
“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”
“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
happy bday German writer/philosopher Friedrich Schiller, b.1759.
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”
“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”
“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.”
“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
“Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.”
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on this date in 1939 Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää wins Nobel Prize in Lit.
"There is almost no summer night in the north; only a lingering evening, darkening slightly as it lingers, but even this darkening has its ineffable clarity. It is the approaching presentiment of the summer morning...
"There is almost no summer night in the north; only a lingering evening, darkening slightly as it lingers, but even this darkening has its ineffable clarity. It is the approaching presentiment of the summer morning...
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
on this date in 1939 Finnish writer Frans Eemil Sillanpää wins Nobel Prize in Lit.
"There is almost no summer night in the north; only a lingering evening, darkening slightly as it lingers, but even this darkening has its ineffable clarity. It is the approaching presentiment of the summer morning...
"There is almost no summer night in the north; only a lingering evening, darkening slightly as it lingers, but even this darkening has its ineffable clarity. It is the approaching presentiment of the summer morning...
If you are blaming Chuck Schumer, can you please name one GOP Senator who was willing to vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies?
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you are blaming Chuck Schumer, can you please name one GOP Senator who was willing to vote with the Dems. to extend the ACA subsidies?
Now use this fact to show the American people that the GOP is responsible for increasing their healthcare costs.
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Now use this fact to show the American people that the GOP is responsible for increasing their healthcare costs.
What I am missing here?
The GOP will not extend the ACA subsidies and will cause health insurance costs to increase. That means more pain for the American people who voted on Tuesday that they are tired of the pain.
Dems. wants to make this about Chuck Schumer. The focus should be on the GOP
The GOP will not extend the ACA subsidies and will cause health insurance costs to increase. That means more pain for the American people who voted on Tuesday that they are tired of the pain.
Dems. wants to make this about Chuck Schumer. The focus should be on the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What I am missing here?
The GOP will not extend the ACA subsidies and will cause health insurance costs to increase. That means more pain for the American people who voted on Tuesday that they are tired of the pain.
Dems. wants to make this about Chuck Schumer. The focus should be on the GOP
The GOP will not extend the ACA subsidies and will cause health insurance costs to increase. That means more pain for the American people who voted on Tuesday that they are tired of the pain.
Dems. wants to make this about Chuck Schumer. The focus should be on the GOP
Congressman, the vote puts the GOP on the record whether they want to extend the subsidies or increase healthcare costs. Make them walk the plank.
A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Congressman, the vote puts the GOP on the record whether they want to extend the subsidies or increase healthcare costs. Make them walk the plank.
GOP is giving Dems. a great 2026 midterm issue: Healthcare costs.
Dems. can take credit if the GOP backs extending the ACA subsidies.
Dems. can blame GOP when health insurance costs increase and say the GOP has no healthcare plan to solve the voters' increased healthcare cost pain.
Dems. can take credit if the GOP backs extending the ACA subsidies.
Dems. can blame GOP when health insurance costs increase and say the GOP has no healthcare plan to solve the voters' increased healthcare cost pain.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
GOP is giving Dems. a great 2026 midterm issue: Healthcare costs.
Dems. can take credit if the GOP backs extending the ACA subsidies.
Dems. can blame GOP when health insurance costs increase and say the GOP has no healthcare plan to solve the voters' increased healthcare cost pain.
Dems. can take credit if the GOP backs extending the ACA subsidies.
Dems. can blame GOP when health insurance costs increase and say the GOP has no healthcare plan to solve the voters' increased healthcare cost pain.
With due respect Congresswoman, let the Senate GOP vote, on the record, whether they want to increase costs on the American people, especially on their own voters. If they vote for the extension, Dems. win. If they vote to increase costs, Dems. win. Dems win on the issue going into a midterm year.
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
With due respect Congresswoman, let the Senate GOP vote, on the record, whether they want to increase costs on the American people, especially on their own voters. If they vote for the extension, Dems. win. If they vote to increase costs, Dems. win. Dems win on the issue going into a midterm year.