Old Gay Married Yt Liberal
@dansjuan.bsky.social
Old white gay married retired guy married to a wonderful Mexican guy from Michoacán, together since 1991. Me Sober since 1981. Secular humanist. Love ❤️ is love ❤️. Democrat. Español Français Português, and of English. Billionaires should not exist!
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
A MUST READ! Read this if to understand the destructive nihilism and "privileged bunker" mentality of the various oligarch Wizards of Oz behind - and, in the case of Musk - in front of - the curtain of the Drumpf regime. It also talks about how we can RESIST.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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There is no money to feed the hungry but there is plenty of money to turn the White House into a gaudy palace.
Keep rowing slaves…
Keep rowing slaves…
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There is no money to feed the hungry but there is plenty of money to turn the White House into a gaudy palace.
Keep rowing slaves…
Keep rowing slaves…
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Indeed. Until progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus directly challenge Schumer’s leadership it’s kind of hard to take their grousing seriously at this point. They are all in on this #SchumerSurrender politics.
Hey just a reminder that it only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove and replace Chuck Schumer as minority leader. They don't do it because the majority of Senate Democrats approve of the way he does politics.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Indeed. Until progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus directly challenge Schumer’s leadership it’s kind of hard to take their grousing seriously at this point. They are all in on this #SchumerSurrender politics.
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Schumer will vote against the deal, but that does not matter.
Either he gave the moderates nodding approval to their actions, or he is unable to keep his caucus together.
This is his failure. @schumer.senate.gov should resign tonight (at least as leader) if this deal goes through.
Either he gave the moderates nodding approval to their actions, or he is unable to keep his caucus together.
This is his failure. @schumer.senate.gov should resign tonight (at least as leader) if this deal goes through.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Schumer will vote against the deal, but that does not matter.
Either he gave the moderates nodding approval to their actions, or he is unable to keep his caucus together.
This is his failure. @schumer.senate.gov should resign tonight (at least as leader) if this deal goes through.
Either he gave the moderates nodding approval to their actions, or he is unable to keep his caucus together.
This is his failure. @schumer.senate.gov should resign tonight (at least as leader) if this deal goes through.
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If these soulless cowards were going to cave so easily there was no reason to put millions though food stamp cuts nightmare. This is all so behind grotesque.
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 12:56 AM
If these soulless cowards were going to cave so easily there was no reason to put millions though food stamp cuts nightmare. This is all so behind grotesque.
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Remember all those Democrats who voted to give a George Bush blank check to go to war to Iraq paid political price during primaries - this cave is even more humiliating considering how deeply unpopular Trump is now compared to Bush in 03-04. There is just no spinning this one.
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 1:23 AM
Remember all those Democrats who voted to give a George Bush blank check to go to war to Iraq paid political price during primaries - this cave is even more humiliating considering how deeply unpopular Trump is now compared to Bush in 03-04. There is just no spinning this one.
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Newsom is an opportunist who clearly sees which way the wind will blow in 2026 and 2028. He knows surrendering Dems are ending their own careers and he intends to capitalize.
Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Newsom is an opportunist who clearly sees which way the wind will blow in 2026 and 2028. He knows surrendering Dems are ending their own careers and he intends to capitalize.
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Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
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 2:13 AM
Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
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Any Democratic senator, at any moment, could've derailed this by calling for Schumer's replacement and casting their colleagues as MAGA collaborators, thereby shifting the Overton window. But they're all in on it. This was always a team effort.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Any Democratic senator, at any moment, could've derailed this by calling for Schumer's replacement and casting their colleagues as MAGA collaborators, thereby shifting the Overton window. But they're all in on it. This was always a team effort.
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I would love to see some polling about Blue State Democratic primary voters’ willingness to toss their incumbent Dem Senator in a *primary* based on continued blank checks for Schumer.
Personally, mine is very high.
Personally, mine is very high.
Any Democratic senator, at any moment, could've derailed this by calling for Schumer's replacement and casting their colleagues as MAGA collaborators, thereby shifting the Overton window. But they're all in on it. This was always a team effort.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I would love to see some polling about Blue State Democratic primary voters’ willingness to toss their incumbent Dem Senator in a *primary* based on continued blank checks for Schumer.
Personally, mine is very high.
Personally, mine is very high.
A good thread.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A good thread.
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
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Beyond policy considerations and electoral politics, Tuesday provided a lot of people with a brief spark of hope that maybe our democracy is not already dead, and Democrats immediately capitulating to anti-democracy forces for no discernible benefit is a great way to extinguish that spark.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Beyond policy considerations and electoral politics, Tuesday provided a lot of people with a brief spark of hope that maybe our democracy is not already dead, and Democrats immediately capitulating to anti-democracy forces for no discernible benefit is a great way to extinguish that spark.
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@schumer.senate.gov let people go weeks without paychecks, let families lose access to SNAP and vital programs, all for nothing. No concessions, no vision, no fight.
And now they’ll ask us to work tirelessly to flip Congress next year, but why should anyone trust they’ll do better?
And now they’ll ask us to work tirelessly to flip Congress next year, but why should anyone trust they’ll do better?
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@schumer.senate.gov let people go weeks without paychecks, let families lose access to SNAP and vital programs, all for nothing. No concessions, no vision, no fight.
And now they’ll ask us to work tirelessly to flip Congress next year, but why should anyone trust they’ll do better?
And now they’ll ask us to work tirelessly to flip Congress next year, but why should anyone trust they’ll do better?
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Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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Schumer needs to resign
KILMEADE: Schumer says he's voting no. Did you do this outside leadership?
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
SHAHEEN: No. We kept leadership informed throughout.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Schumer needs to resign
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Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
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Here comes the gray haired Senate (white) man splaining from a multi millionaire will never have to worry about paying for healthcare to lay out how Democrats must keep surrendering to Republicans to “move forward together.” 🙄
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Here comes the gray haired Senate (white) man splaining from a multi millionaire will never have to worry about paying for healthcare to lay out how Democrats must keep surrendering to Republicans to “move forward together.” 🙄
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“Right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great.” 👏🙌🤘
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Oscar Isaac “Not So Open to Working With Disney” on ‘Star Wars’ Return After Kimmel Suspension: “If They Can Not Succumb to Fascism, That Would Be Great”
Isaac, who played Poe Dameron in the 'Star Wars' sequels, hit out at the studio in the days after the Disney-owned ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's late night series off the air in September.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“Right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great.” 👏🙌🤘
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.
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Stop drumpf voter suppression.
Support folks like @marcelias.bsky.social &
voting rights organizations like
@brennancenter.org
@CommonCause.org
@aclu.org
Help Register new Democratic Voters!
Only Dems protect your constitutional freedoms!
@FieldTeam6.org
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
Support folks like @marcelias.bsky.social &
voting rights organizations like
@brennancenter.org
@CommonCause.org
@aclu.org
Help Register new Democratic Voters!
Only Dems protect your constitutional freedoms!
@FieldTeam6.org
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Stop drumpf voter suppression.
Support folks like @marcelias.bsky.social &
voting rights organizations like
@brennancenter.org
@CommonCause.org
@aclu.org
Help Register new Democratic Voters!
Only Dems protect your constitutional freedoms!
@FieldTeam6.org
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
Support folks like @marcelias.bsky.social &
voting rights organizations like
@brennancenter.org
@CommonCause.org
@aclu.org
Help Register new Democratic Voters!
Only Dems protect your constitutional freedoms!
@FieldTeam6.org
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
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This is Convicted Felon Donald Trump's legacy: killing people during Covid in his 1st term, and starving low income Americans in his 2nd term.
All while he dines on expensive steaks and laughs at you. Even if you voted for him.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks#TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
All while he dines on expensive steaks and laughs at you. Even if you voted for him.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks#TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is Convicted Felon Donald Trump's legacy: killing people during Covid in his 1st term, and starving low income Americans in his 2nd term.
All while he dines on expensive steaks and laughs at you. Even if you voted for him.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks#TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
All while he dines on expensive steaks and laughs at you. Even if you voted for him.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks#TrumpIsACriminal #FuckTrump
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This.
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This.
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10 Nov 2025 -- U.S. Court of Appeals in 10-7 en banc decision finds OH school district's policy barring students from misgendering transgender students and requiring correct rather than “biological pronouns” likely violates 1st Amendment. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner)
BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Thursday issued a decision referring to “biological pronouns” and holding that an Ohio school district's policy barring students from misgendering transgender stud...
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
10 Nov 2025 -- U.S. Court of Appeals in 10-7 en banc decision finds OH school district's policy barring students from misgendering transgender students and requiring correct rather than “biological pronouns” likely violates 1st Amendment. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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Never thought we’d vote to send people to DC to fight for our best interests only to have them betray us.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Never thought we’d vote to send people to DC to fight for our best interests only to have them betray us.