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Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
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How do you make this your central demand for 40 days and then just let it go
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
How do you make this your central demand for 40 days and then just let it go
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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Democrats are considering a Republican deal to reopen government with a promise of a later vote on extending health-care tax credits—but no guarantee.
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Democrats are considering a Republican deal to reopen government with a promise of a later vote on extending health-care tax credits—but no guarantee.
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."
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People need to be ON THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' asses in so-called "progressive" cities. These people continue to SELL OUT their cities in multiple ways. Get acquainted with your council member and stay on their ass.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
People need to be ON THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS' asses in so-called "progressive" cities. These people continue to SELL OUT their cities in multiple ways. Get acquainted with your council member and stay on their ass.
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I’m coining the phrase “the centrist two-step.” Step 1 is declaring that the left needs to focus on kitchen table issues instead of social issues to win back voters and step 2 is insisting that all left-wing approaches to kitchen table issues are impossible to deliver on.
Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’m coining the phrase “the centrist two-step.” Step 1 is declaring that the left needs to focus on kitchen table issues instead of social issues to win back voters and step 2 is insisting that all left-wing approaches to kitchen table issues are impossible to deliver on.
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Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.
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Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day everyone!
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day everyone!
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Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
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“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.
Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.
We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”
- released Palestinian prisoner
Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.
We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”
- released Palestinian prisoner
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.
Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.
We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”
- released Palestinian prisoner
Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.
We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”
- released Palestinian prisoner
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Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
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Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
October 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”
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This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him
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“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“
- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
inthesetimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“
- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
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Bari Weiss was named the editor-in-chief of CBS News, cementing the rightward shift of one of media's most storied newsrooms
Bari Weiss Named CBS News Editor-In-Chief, Solidifying Network's Rightward Shift
The network will also acquire her publication, The Free Press, for a hefty sum.
www.huffpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Bari Weiss was named the editor-in-chief of CBS News, cementing the rightward shift of one of media's most storied newsrooms
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The significance of a billionaire rewriting truth for an AI platform that countless people use to make sense of the news while on a social media channel he also owns cannot be understated.
September 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The significance of a billionaire rewriting truth for an AI platform that countless people use to make sense of the news while on a social media channel he also owns cannot be understated.
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This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
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I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
September 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy
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People are homeless because they can’t afford rent.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
September 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People are homeless because they can’t afford rent.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
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Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reporters on the ground in Chicago are screaming to be heard over the false narrative that Pritzker defeated Trump there. PLEASE listen to them.
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Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.