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We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
It feels as if the alarm bells in the media about a market crash and ensuing recession if not a second Great Depression are ringing nonstop, especially given that the regime has weakened financial regulations put in place to stop that from happening.
New podcast! I discussed whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a potential crash could reshape policy and public sentiment with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research's Ryan Cummings, AI Now Institute's Sarah West, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant.
www.techpolicy.press
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It feels as if the alarm bells in the media about a market crash and ensuing recession if not a second Great Depression are ringing nonstop, especially given that the regime has weakened financial regulations put in place to stop that from happening.
US SMALL FIRMS’ EMPLOYMENT FALLING AT RECESSIONARY PACE SMALL BUSINESSES SHED 10,000 JOBS IN OCTOBER, 3RD STRAIGHT MONTH OF DECLINES
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@rshields37.bsky.social Never mind; I just checked and realized why you posted that today. Well played! :)
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@rshields37.bsky.social Never mind; I just checked and realized why you posted that today. Well played! :)
Had 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?" playing in my head without knowing the title or artist and was pleasantly surprised to be able to find it online pretty easily—and the video, even if not official, didn't even have any ads attached to it. #smallvictories
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Had 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?" playing in my head without knowing the title or artist and was pleasantly surprised to be able to find it online pretty easily—and the video, even if not official, didn't even have any ads attached to it. #smallvictories
Big if true.
A total insult': Sen. Ruben Gallego says Latino voters have turned on Trump
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Big if true.
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Q: A provision was added allowing senators to sue the US govt for $500k. What do you say to that?
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Q: A provision was added allowing senators to sue the US govt for $500k. What do you say to that?
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
It never pays to appease bullies, a lesson I wonder whether Ds will ever learn.
Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It never pays to appease bullies, a lesson I wonder whether Ds will ever learn.
Again, how in the world can @bencollins.bsky.social be expected to compete with this?!!
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Again, how in the world can @bencollins.bsky.social be expected to compete with this?!!
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If you'll be in Washington DC on Dec 10, don't miss this fun event! I spoke at a AAAS Holiday myself in 2019 with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (an oceanographer as well as head of the US Episcopal church) and it was absolutely phenomenal. Watch our chat here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENey...
2025 DoSER December Dialogues: The Heart of Science | Get Tickets | Ticketbud
2025 DoSER December Dialogues: The Heart of Science - December 10, 2025 at 1200 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA (enter at 12th & H Sts, NW). Find event and ticket information on Ticketb...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you'll be in Washington DC on Dec 10, don't miss this fun event! I spoke at a AAAS Holiday myself in 2019 with Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (an oceanographer as well as head of the US Episcopal church) and it was absolutely phenomenal. Watch our chat here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENey...
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Been a while since Trump has done a Watergate; he needs to get back on that horse if he's going to keep up the Watergate-a-day pace.
WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Been a while since Trump has done a Watergate; he needs to get back on that horse if he's going to keep up the Watergate-a-day pace.
Known for his immortal quote, applicable to so many situations: "The ship be sinkin'!"
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Known for his immortal quote, applicable to so many situations: "The ship be sinkin'!"
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Crikey. As if we needed one MORE thing to worry about.
The spyware that is now in ICE's hands has been (by another government) against journalists and activists in Italy, as well as a top CEO, and a political consultant. Matteo Renzi, Italy's former prime minister, calls it the Italian Watergate. Now it's landed here: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Crikey. As if we needed one MORE thing to worry about.
Here's to an NYC institution, a bookstore that is doing "great," according to one of its partners: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Here's to an NYC institution, a bookstore that is doing "great," according to one of its partners: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
This is the second such piece I've seen in the NYT of late predicting another stock market crash on a par with 1929's (the other one: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...). Time to start stuffing everything under the mattress? cc: @peark.es
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is the second such piece I've seen in the NYT of late predicting another stock market crash on a par with 1929's (the other one: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...). Time to start stuffing everything under the mattress? cc: @peark.es
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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read: expect shenanigans in 2026
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
read: expect shenanigans in 2026
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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“The taxes were illegal but it’s just too much money for the government to give back” sounds like something you would have been tarred and feathered for saying in 1773.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“The taxes were illegal but it’s just too much money for the government to give back” sounds like something you would have been tarred and feathered for saying in 1773.
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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So the Senate vote to advance the funding deal is currently 56-40. All the Democrats have voted. FOUR Republicans have not yet voted: John Cornyn, Rick Scott, Ron Johnson and Mike Lee. All of them need to vote YES to get this to 60, otherwise it fails.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So the Senate vote to advance the funding deal is currently 56-40. All the Democrats have voted. FOUR Republicans have not yet voted: John Cornyn, Rick Scott, Ron Johnson and Mike Lee. All of them need to vote YES to get this to 60, otherwise it fails.
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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 2:07 AM
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.