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zenmuppet
@zenmuppet.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I keep coming back to this. wonderwyrm.tumblr.com/post/7239467...
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I won’t believe it til I see it. Been pure terror for two months for immigrant communities.
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I won’t believe it til I see it. Been pure terror for two months for immigrant communities.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is a disaster. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
Fair.
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Fair.
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It is said that you must pick your battles, but often they are picked for you. You should not give in just because you did not choose the fight. No, you must respond with all your determination and ferocity, and show your enemy they picked the wrong battle, with the wrong warrior.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It is said that you must pick your battles, but often they are picked for you. You should not give in just because you did not choose the fight. No, you must respond with all your determination and ferocity, and show your enemy they picked the wrong battle, with the wrong warrior.
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And why would the centrist cave-caucus agree that it would be great if the left flank thought Dems were fighting on election day, but no longer care after Mamdani won?
What possible Democratic Party priorities would lead our highest-ranking Dems to pretend to fight in October, then cave on Nov 9?
What possible Democratic Party priorities would lead our highest-ranking Dems to pretend to fight in October, then cave on Nov 9?
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
And why would the centrist cave-caucus agree that it would be great if the left flank thought Dems were fighting on election day, but no longer care after Mamdani won?
What possible Democratic Party priorities would lead our highest-ranking Dems to pretend to fight in October, then cave on Nov 9?
What possible Democratic Party priorities would lead our highest-ranking Dems to pretend to fight in October, then cave on Nov 9?
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It was always going to be so.
I thought we all knew this. No?
I thought we all knew this. No?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It was always going to be so.
I thought we all knew this. No?
I thought we all knew this. No?
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One of the more depressing aspects of this cave-o-rama is that it's revived the tiresome navel-gazing and self-flaggelation that we had finally managed to get beyond. "The discourse" is right back to Groundhog day.
It's not the most important reason for being pissed but it's up there.
It's not the most important reason for being pissed but it's up there.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One of the more depressing aspects of this cave-o-rama is that it's revived the tiresome navel-gazing and self-flaggelation that we had finally managed to get beyond. "The discourse" is right back to Groundhog day.
It's not the most important reason for being pissed but it's up there.
It's not the most important reason for being pissed but it's up there.
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now with alt text
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
now with alt text
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I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
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Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Quick snapshot of the @runforsomething.net candidate sign-ups -- we're building a party of fighters, not folders.
The other 19 countries breathe a sigh of relief.
U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The other 19 countries breathe a sigh of relief.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“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 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
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Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jesus fucking Christ! Everybody already knows where they stand! It's not a secret, they say it all the time!
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BREAKING update to my lawsuit against DC Metropolitan PD for body cam footage from USIP raid —
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
Former USIP security chief says MPD gave 'high-fives and fist bumps' after raid
The latest on the lawsuit to get MPD's body cam footage released.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
BREAKING update to my lawsuit against DC Metropolitan PD for body cam footage from USIP raid —
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
We've submitted our response, including sworn declarations from *six* USIP workers, 1 of whom says he "observed members of MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps" after removing staff from bldg.
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I also want to highlight today's "actual good news"—a section that doesn't make it in often. An expert told me she's been waiting for this study to be published for 1.5 years after seeing early results at a conference. She called it "profound." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I also want to highlight today's "actual good news"—a section that doesn't make it in often. An expert told me she's been waiting for this study to be published for 1.5 years after seeing early results at a conference. She called it "profound." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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Donald Trump just said he'll ask the Supreme Court to freeze SNAP payments AGAIN.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Donald Trump just said he'll ask the Supreme Court to freeze SNAP payments AGAIN.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
His message to the 42 million Americans who rely on SNAP? Eat dirt.
I cannot believe it's been, what, 15 years since the ACA fight and none of these guys has learned a goddamned thing about how insurance works! It's the same stupid fucking arguments!
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I cannot believe it's been, what, 15 years since the ACA fight and none of these guys has learned a goddamned thing about how insurance works! It's the same stupid fucking arguments!
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Jason's running in the primary against Mark Warner next year, Virginia. Give him a follow.
Dems just gave up the only ACA leverage they had and people will suffer.
Either @schumer.senate.gov sanctioned this and needs to go, or he's an ineffective leader and has to go.
Either way, it's time for him and the rest of the establishment to go. So tired of having to be disappointed in them.
Either @schumer.senate.gov sanctioned this and needs to go, or he's an ineffective leader and has to go.
Either way, it's time for him and the rest of the establishment to go. So tired of having to be disappointed in them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jason's running in the primary against Mark Warner next year, Virginia. Give him a follow.