Chilly In Upstate
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“Pickleball: where friendships are made… and quietly destroyed over a dink shot.” 🏓🥒
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POWELL: “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”
youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
POWELL: “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”
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I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
January 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss.
We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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On top of refusing to fully fund SNAP during the shutdown, the Trump regime has:
-Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks
-Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise
-Made the largest cut to SNAP in history
-Canceled the annual food security survey
Shameful.
-Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks
-Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise
-Made the largest cut to SNAP in history
-Canceled the annual food security survey
Shameful.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
On top of refusing to fully fund SNAP during the shutdown, the Trump regime has:
-Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks
-Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise
-Made the largest cut to SNAP in history
-Canceled the annual food security survey
Shameful.
-Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks
-Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise
-Made the largest cut to SNAP in history
-Canceled the annual food security survey
Shameful.
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URGENT CALL from the NYS Federation of Democratic Women:
We are rallying THIS SUNDAY in Albany to stand with AG Letitia James. This is a pivotal moment for justice.
We need your voice.
🗓️ Sun, Oct 12 | 11 AM
📍 Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway
Wear blue. Bring signs.
#NYSFDW #StandWithTishJames
We are rallying THIS SUNDAY in Albany to stand with AG Letitia James. This is a pivotal moment for justice.
We need your voice.
🗓️ Sun, Oct 12 | 11 AM
📍 Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway
Wear blue. Bring signs.
#NYSFDW #StandWithTishJames
October 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
URGENT CALL from the NYS Federation of Democratic Women:
We are rallying THIS SUNDAY in Albany to stand with AG Letitia James. This is a pivotal moment for justice.
We need your voice.
🗓️ Sun, Oct 12 | 11 AM
📍 Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway
Wear blue. Bring signs.
#NYSFDW #StandWithTishJames
We are rallying THIS SUNDAY in Albany to stand with AG Letitia James. This is a pivotal moment for justice.
We need your voice.
🗓️ Sun, Oct 12 | 11 AM
📍 Foley Courthouse, 445 Broadway
Wear blue. Bring signs.
#NYSFDW #StandWithTishJames
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“America is a very violent country. But we have systematized this violence,” Hasan Piker said on the latest episode of “Interesting Times.” “And inevitably that violence has also come back to the domestic front where there is unlimited bloodshed happening in schools.”
“America is a very violent country. But we have systematized this violence,” Hasan Piker said on the latest episode of “Interesting Times.” “And inevitably that violence has also come back to the domestic front where there is unlimited bloodshed happening in schools.”
Opinion | Hasan Piker Is Flirting With the Revolution
Meet the online star who likes to play with fire.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“America is a very violent country. But we have systematized this violence,” Hasan Piker said on the latest episode of “Interesting Times.” “And inevitably that violence has also come back to the domestic front where there is unlimited bloodshed happening in schools.”
“America is a very violent country. But we have systematized this violence,” Hasan Piker said on the latest episode of “Interesting Times.” “And inevitably that violence has also come back to the domestic front where there is unlimited bloodshed happening in schools.”
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🚨 CALL TO ACTION: EXPOSE FASCISM 🚨
Join the Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade this Saturday, Oct 4th, 11 AM! We will walk in single-file silence through downtown Saratoga Springs, wearing black and carrying signs that expose elements of fascism.
Join the Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade this Saturday, Oct 4th, 11 AM! We will walk in single-file silence through downtown Saratoga Springs, wearing black and carrying signs that expose elements of fascism.
Expose The Rise of Fascism in the US with the “Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade” · Mobilize
Expose The Rise of Fascism in the US with the “Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade”
We will call out the elements of fascism with a single file SILENT walk through downtown Saratoga Springs. We will wear black...
www.mobilize.us
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🚨 CALL TO ACTION: EXPOSE FASCISM 🚨
Join the Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade this Saturday, Oct 4th, 11 AM! We will walk in single-file silence through downtown Saratoga Springs, wearing black and carrying signs that expose elements of fascism.
Join the Saratoga Sidewalk Brigade this Saturday, Oct 4th, 11 AM! We will walk in single-file silence through downtown Saratoga Springs, wearing black and carrying signs that expose elements of fascism.
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🛡️ KYR Training Next Week! 🛡️
Join Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition at @mediasanctuary on Oct 9th (7-9 PM) for a vital Know Your Rights training. Learn how to protect yourself & the community when interacting with ICE.
Join Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition at @mediasanctuary on Oct 9th (7-9 PM) for a vital Know Your Rights training. Learn how to protect yourself & the community when interacting with ICE.
Know Your Rights - The Sanctuary For Independent Media
What to Do When Interacting with ICE AgentsJoin members of the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition to learn about how to assert your legal rights, be informed of your options, and feel prepared during ...
www.mediasanctuary.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🛡️ KYR Training Next Week! 🛡️
Join Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition at @mediasanctuary on Oct 9th (7-9 PM) for a vital Know Your Rights training. Learn how to protect yourself & the community when interacting with ICE.
Join Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition at @mediasanctuary on Oct 9th (7-9 PM) for a vital Know Your Rights training. Learn how to protect yourself & the community when interacting with ICE.
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Imagine being a historian in 100 years, reading about the US imposing enormous tariffs that destroyed what little manufacturing remained, immiserated consumers, & isolated the US from int'l trade. They'll ask, "whyyyyyy?"
And there will literally be no answer! Trump felt like it. That's it.
And there will literally be no answer! Trump felt like it. That's it.
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Imagine being a historian in 100 years, reading about the US imposing enormous tariffs that destroyed what little manufacturing remained, immiserated consumers, & isolated the US from int'l trade. They'll ask, "whyyyyyy?"
And there will literally be no answer! Trump felt like it. That's it.
And there will literally be no answer! Trump felt like it. That's it.
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".. what we’re looking at is not a momentary shift to authoritarianism, but a generational shift toward savagery. What I worry about is the complete deterioration of the global order."
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | When Authoritarianism Looms, Old Friends Reunite
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
".. what we’re looking at is not a momentary shift to authoritarianism, but a generational shift toward savagery. What I worry about is the complete deterioration of the global order."
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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They can’t find people to take the kidnapping-hardworking-moms-and-dads-off-the-street-corner jobs, even with the offer of a $50k bonus and the opportunity to dress like a member of a drug cartel.
BREAKING — Dept. of Defense civilian employees all received an email a short while ago offering them the opportunity to support ICE and CBP “as they fulfill the President's intent to ensure a safe and orderly immigration system.”
Full text of email and attached memo from Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth:
Full text of email and attached memo from Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth:
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
They can’t find people to take the kidnapping-hardworking-moms-and-dads-off-the-street-corner jobs, even with the offer of a $50k bonus and the opportunity to dress like a member of a drug cartel.
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The Supreme Court approved this today.
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
June 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Supreme Court approved this today.
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
April 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.
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Imagine America during the Korean War in 1950 telling the embattled southern forces after Pyongyang’s massive invasion that both sides “need to put down their weapons and build a better North and South Korea.”
Trump is acting as a de facto Russian ally.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump is acting as a de facto Russian ally.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Is Acting as a Proxy for Putin
His proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Imagine America during the Korean War in 1950 telling the embattled southern forces after Pyongyang’s massive invasion that both sides “need to put down their weapons and build a better North and South Korea.”
Trump is acting as a de facto Russian ally.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump is acting as a de facto Russian ally.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
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The tariffs are catastrophic. But so too are the abuses of power, so is the corruption, so are the police state tactics, so is the destruction of our health care infrastructure, so are the ways our national security is being endangered, so are the attacks on our core freedoms.
April 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The tariffs are catastrophic. But so too are the abuses of power, so is the corruption, so are the police state tactics, so is the destruction of our health care infrastructure, so are the ways our national security is being endangered, so are the attacks on our core freedoms.
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
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I am not looking for Trump voters to apologize for their votes or to do some sort of public self-flagellation. I am just looking for them to quietly realize they screwed up and to act accordingly going forward. Come on, you can do it. And I welcome you to the cause of democracy and decency.
March 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am not looking for Trump voters to apologize for their votes or to do some sort of public self-flagellation. I am just looking for them to quietly realize they screwed up and to act accordingly going forward. Come on, you can do it. And I welcome you to the cause of democracy and decency.
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Here is the declaration of the man returned to the US because he wasn't Venezuelan at all END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here is the declaration of the man returned to the US because he wasn't Venezuelan at all END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Here is the declaration from the Venezuelan woman, which supports the argument that the deportees were NOT given due process, and that the government COULD return the deportees. 4/
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here is the declaration from the Venezuelan woman, which supports the argument that the deportees were NOT given due process, and that the government COULD return the deportees. 4/
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): "Teenagers making plans for a Saturday night mix up group text chains – the National Security Advisor and Secretary of Defense discussing mission details where American lives might be at risk cannot"
March 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT): "Teenagers making plans for a Saturday night mix up group text chains – the National Security Advisor and Secretary of Defense discussing mission details where American lives might be at risk cannot"
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Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
March 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand