Doctor Memory
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Just another bozo on this bus: please deflate your shoes before entering. The artist formerly known as dr_memory@twit (and same on livejournal, remember them?) and currently also known as @memory@blank.org on mastodon.
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Few things highlight the importance of succession planning as well as Nancy Pelosi being replaced by Hakeem Jeffries.
Build your bench or else. 😅
Build your bench or else. 😅
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Few things highlight the importance of succession planning as well as Nancy Pelosi being replaced by Hakeem Jeffries.
Build your bench or else. 😅
Build your bench or else. 😅
What are we gonna use, harsh language?
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
What are we gonna use, harsh language?
If this were true it would mean that he is no longer in control of his caucus and needs to resign.
But it is not true.
But it is not true.
SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
Scoop: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown
"We let him know what we were doing," said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If this were true it would mean that he is no longer in control of his caucus and needs to resign.
But it is not true.
But it is not true.
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I know we're all mad, but you have to admit that it's an astounding coincidence that the only Dem defectors are those not seeking reflection next year. And Dem leadership was powerless to stop them! Wow! What are the odds? The world is full of wonders and mysteries.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I know we're all mad, but you have to admit that it's an astounding coincidence that the only Dem defectors are those not seeking reflection next year. And Dem leadership was powerless to stop them! Wow! What are the odds? The world is full of wonders and mysteries.
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get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
Stay tuned for details on today's count.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
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Dear Maine,
Why do you inflict your senators on the rest of us? What did we do to deserve this? Have you considered ever electing one that doesn't suck?
Why do you inflict your senators on the rest of us? What did we do to deserve this? Have you considered ever electing one that doesn't suck?
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dear Maine,
Why do you inflict your senators on the rest of us? What did we do to deserve this? Have you considered ever electing one that doesn't suck?
Why do you inflict your senators on the rest of us? What did we do to deserve this? Have you considered ever electing one that doesn't suck?
I’ll take any good news I can get this morning, and this is unalloyed good news.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’ll take any good news I can get this morning, and this is unalloyed good news.
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Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,
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I think it is increasingly obvious that federal workers in the beltway + inconveniences at airports were the determinants of this shutdown. You can try to spin 5D logic on this but ultimately it was the dems willing to sellout everyone else for that.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I think it is increasingly obvious that federal workers in the beltway + inconveniences at airports were the determinants of this shutdown. You can try to spin 5D logic on this but ultimately it was the dems willing to sellout everyone else for that.
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Schumer said the Dems will "keep fighting". Keep fighting their own voters? Keep fighting off effectiveness? Keep fighting being held accountable for anything? As far as I can tell the Democratic leadership is good at one thing only now, which is sending fundraising messages to my phone.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Schumer said the Dems will "keep fighting". Keep fighting their own voters? Keep fighting off effectiveness? Keep fighting being held accountable for anything? As far as I can tell the Democratic leadership is good at one thing only now, which is sending fundraising messages to my phone.
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Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Y'all are welcome. 😊🖖🏾
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Y'all are welcome. 😊🖖🏾
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ok so now I understand why Shaheen and gang were so desperate to end the shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
ok so now I understand why Shaheen and gang were so desperate to end the shutdown
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Wow, stunning coincidence that no one facing a primary in less than three years was the public face of this! This definitely represents those eight senators being bad people and they definitely weren’t picked to give cover to leadership that was worried about their holiday flights getting cancelled.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Wow, stunning coincidence that no one facing a primary in less than three years was the public face of this! This definitely represents those eight senators being bad people and they definitely weren’t picked to give cover to leadership that was worried about their holiday flights getting cancelled.
Gonna be “funny” when they turn around and refuse to fund SNAP regardless.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Gonna be “funny” when they turn around and refuse to fund SNAP regardless.
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"oh no they're threatening to be even worse, better let them get away with the first thing"
you have no spine
you have no spine
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"oh no they're threatening to be even worse, better let them get away with the first thing"
you have no spine
you have no spine
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everyone should be calling your senators LITERALLY THIS INSTANT but if you recognize any of yours on this list you DOUBLEY SO need to call them
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
everyone should be calling your senators LITERALLY THIS INSTANT but if you recognize any of yours on this list you DOUBLEY SO need to call them
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
and specifically CALL THEM. not email not letters.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
Aha, the fucker’s DC line takes messages. Light ‘em up.
If you wanna call Schumer, it's 202-224-6542
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Aha, the fucker’s DC line takes messages. Light ‘em up.
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If you wanna call Schumer, it's 202-224-6542
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you wanna call Schumer, it's 202-224-6542
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
- Option 3
- Hit any key to leave a message
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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"hear me out what if we let him gut basic programs and mail checks with his name on them to people"
a fucking blight upon the earth, worse than nothing, we would be better off if any public official taking this position died even if it made the majority worse
a fucking blight upon the earth, worse than nothing, we would be better off if any public official taking this position died even if it made the majority worse
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"hear me out what if we let him gut basic programs and mail checks with his name on them to people"
a fucking blight upon the earth, worse than nothing, we would be better off if any public official taking this position died even if it made the majority worse
a fucking blight upon the earth, worse than nothing, we would be better off if any public official taking this position died even if it made the majority worse
New Yorkers: Schumer’s phone number does not take messages when the senate is out of session (🤬) but Gillibrand’s does: (212) 688-6262
Schumer’s web form: www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
Schumer’s web form: www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New Yorkers: Schumer’s phone number does not take messages when the senate is out of session (🤬) but Gillibrand’s does: (212) 688-6262
Schumer’s web form: www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...
Schumer’s web form: www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...