Common Milkweed
@asclepias-syriaca.bsky.social
Native plant enthusiast. Birder. Science nerd. Leftist. 🏳️🌈😺🦠🇺🇦.
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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The White House website just keeps going downhill. It’s an embarrassment.
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The White House website just keeps going downhill. It’s an embarrassment.
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Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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“Trump is making noise to distract from the truth: what happened to those service members is on him. Deploying the National Guard to DC was illegal and just a publicity stunt. His drive for conflict kept those troops from being home for Thanksgiving.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“Trump is making noise to distract from the truth: what happened to those service members is on him. Deploying the National Guard to DC was illegal and just a publicity stunt. His drive for conflict kept those troops from being home for Thanksgiving.”
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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Nothing screams MAGA like a story that feels like a rejected plot from a reality TV show.
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Nothing screams MAGA like a story that feels like a rejected plot from a reality TV show.
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Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
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Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Canada announces a $1.7 billion program to recruit top H1B visa holders from America
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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A DoorDash spokesperson confirmed the same to me.
I followed up by asking is "inflation has been tamed" not something one should conclude from this report? The spokesperson said: "The White House can use the language that they are using on that. I’m not going to speculate on that."
I followed up by asking is "inflation has been tamed" not something one should conclude from this report? The spokesperson said: "The White House can use the language that they are using on that. I’m not going to speculate on that."
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A DoorDash spokesperson confirmed the same to me.
I followed up by asking is "inflation has been tamed" not something one should conclude from this report? The spokesperson said: "The White House can use the language that they are using on that. I’m not going to speculate on that."
I followed up by asking is "inflation has been tamed" not something one should conclude from this report? The spokesperson said: "The White House can use the language that they are using on that. I’m not going to speculate on that."
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We know military troops on our streets don't keep our communities safe, yet taxpayers are footing the bill for President Trump's reckless and unnecessary National Guard deployments.
Congress must act.
Congress must act.
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We know military troops on our streets don't keep our communities safe, yet taxpayers are footing the bill for President Trump's reckless and unnecessary National Guard deployments.
Congress must act.
Congress must act.
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Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
Rooting for Marc Elias to be the next AG when this nightmare ends.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
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Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
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Let us be incredibly, abundantly clear:
We are demanding that Chuck Schumer resign for his continued betrayal of the American people.
If he does not willingly step aside, we are calling on the Senators in the Dem caucus to remove him and Dick Durbin from Senate leadership.
We are demanding that Chuck Schumer resign for his continued betrayal of the American people.
If he does not willingly step aside, we are calling on the Senators in the Dem caucus to remove him and Dick Durbin from Senate leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let us be incredibly, abundantly clear:
We are demanding that Chuck Schumer resign for his continued betrayal of the American people.
If he does not willingly step aside, we are calling on the Senators in the Dem caucus to remove him and Dick Durbin from Senate leadership.
We are demanding that Chuck Schumer resign for his continued betrayal of the American people.
If he does not willingly step aside, we are calling on the Senators in the Dem caucus to remove him and Dick Durbin from Senate leadership.
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.