Ellen McGrath Smith
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They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
They have no healthcare plan. They only have a plan to take away what exists.
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Jim Comey Channels Media Matters, with a cameo from the former future Defense Secretary!
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Jim Comey Channels Media Matters - emptywheel
In Jim Comey's latest filings, he provided Lindsey Halligan's Loaner AUSAs a lesson about the import of checking what was on Fox and Friends 8 years ago to know where Donald Trump's brain was.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Jim Comey Channels Media Matters, with a cameo from the former future Defense Secretary!
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/11/j...
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“Unconstitutional”: Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva calls out House Speaker Mike Johnson after he’s now promising to swear her in — seven weeks after she won an election.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“Unconstitutional”: Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva calls out House Speaker Mike Johnson after he’s now promising to swear her in — seven weeks after she won an election.
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When I was pregnant, I tried to eat well, stay healthy & protect myself from undue stress because the baby could be affected.
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
When I was pregnant, I tried to eat well, stay healthy & protect myself from undue stress because the baby could be affected.
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
For this reason, ICE had a long time policy not to detain pregnant people.
But now they are detaining them, brutalizing them & denying medical attention.
#ICELawlessness
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John Fetterman’s cognitive decline raises new questions about Joe Biden’s age.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
John Fetterman’s cognitive decline raises new questions about Joe Biden’s age.
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IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
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Why are you attacking him so hard?
I prefer to blame the people who ACTUALLY DID THIS BULLSHIT!
These people.
You'll notice Chuck Schumer IS NOT AMONG THEM!
I prefer to blame the people who ACTUALLY DID THIS BULLSHIT!
These people.
You'll notice Chuck Schumer IS NOT AMONG THEM!
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Why are you attacking him so hard?
I prefer to blame the people who ACTUALLY DID THIS BULLSHIT!
These people.
You'll notice Chuck Schumer IS NOT AMONG THEM!
I prefer to blame the people who ACTUALLY DID THIS BULLSHIT!
These people.
You'll notice Chuck Schumer IS NOT AMONG THEM!
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Let’s cut to the chase. This was a fucking awful vote. Can’t wait for one of these fuckers to ask me for a goddamn dime.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Let’s cut to the chase. This was a fucking awful vote. Can’t wait for one of these fuckers to ask me for a goddamn dime.
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Institutional Democrats have definitely made a strategic decision that those constituents most engaged in politics don't count. Unless it comes to fundraising.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Institutional Democrats have definitely made a strategic decision that those constituents most engaged in politics don't count. Unless it comes to fundraising.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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Money Talks News: American families will pay an average of $2,700 more annually due to Trump's tariff policies.
GOP Rochester Hills, Michigan Mayor: "Higher tariffs lead to higher cost. Higher cost leads to lower demand. Lower demand leads to lower production...means job loss."
#ProudBlue #Pinks
GOP Rochester Hills, Michigan Mayor: "Higher tariffs lead to higher cost. Higher cost leads to lower demand. Lower demand leads to lower production...means job loss."
#ProudBlue #Pinks
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Money Talks News: American families will pay an average of $2,700 more annually due to Trump's tariff policies.
GOP Rochester Hills, Michigan Mayor: "Higher tariffs lead to higher cost. Higher cost leads to lower demand. Lower demand leads to lower production...means job loss."
#ProudBlue #Pinks
GOP Rochester Hills, Michigan Mayor: "Higher tariffs lead to higher cost. Higher cost leads to lower demand. Lower demand leads to lower production...means job loss."
#ProudBlue #Pinks
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New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team.
It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK
It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK
Mamdani Brings Lina Khan Onto His Team After Historic Election Win
Zohran Mamdani has named his transition team—and it’s amazing.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team.
It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK
It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK
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Nope, that's not true. Trump was on every ballot that had Republicans running for office. Voters called bullshit on the fascist fucks.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Nope, that's not true. Trump was on every ballot that had Republicans running for office. Voters called bullshit on the fascist fucks.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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When Trump says he's targeting "the worst of the worst" with his immigration crackdown, he means he's dragging a day care worker out of a North Side Chicago center without a warrant, traumatizing the children she cares for.
Immigration agents take daycare worker from inside North Center facility
In a video circulating on social media, agents in vests can be seen dragging the woman out of the school building shortly after 7 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When Trump says he's targeting "the worst of the worst" with his immigration crackdown, he means he's dragging a day care worker out of a North Side Chicago center without a warrant, traumatizing the children she cares for.
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Last night Pennsylvania, the country and world got to see the true power of our nation, the power of the VOTE. When voters show up and speak up incredible things can happen.
And in PA the voters showed up with a big oh hell YES!!!
#PADems #VoteLocalPA
✌🏼❤️✊🏼
And in PA the voters showed up with a big oh hell YES!!!
#PADems #VoteLocalPA
✌🏼❤️✊🏼
Tonight Pennsylvania voters stood up for our freedoms and protected our independent courts.
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Last night Pennsylvania, the country and world got to see the true power of our nation, the power of the VOTE. When voters show up and speak up incredible things can happen.
And in PA the voters showed up with a big oh hell YES!!!
#PADems #VoteLocalPA
✌🏼❤️✊🏼
And in PA the voters showed up with a big oh hell YES!!!
#PADems #VoteLocalPA
✌🏼❤️✊🏼
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SCOTUS appears doubtful re legality of tariffs as Atty Neal Katyal argues: “Tariffs are taxes. They take dollars from Americans pockets...Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone. POTUS bypassed Congress and imposed one of the largest tax increases.”
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‘Tariffs are taxes’: US supreme court hears challenge to Trump levies as justices appear doubtful of White House reasoning – live
Both conservative and liberal US supreme court justices have voiced skepticism over the Trump administration’s justification for tariffs
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November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
SCOTUS appears doubtful re legality of tariffs as Atty Neal Katyal argues: “Tariffs are taxes. They take dollars from Americans pockets...Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone. POTUS bypassed Congress and imposed one of the largest tax increases.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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A win! A federal judge has ruled that the White House must once again provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings. The U.S. District Judge Amir Ali emphasized that these briefings inform Americans about critical
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A win! A federal judge has ruled that the White House must once again provide American Sign Language interpreters during press briefings. The U.S. District Judge Amir Ali emphasized that these briefings inform Americans about critical
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Now, the real work begins to build a brighter future for Virginia.
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Now, the real work begins to build a brighter future for Virginia.
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Daycare teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side, video shows
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Daycare teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side, video shows
Video purportedly showed two federal agents pulling the woman out of Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center at 2550 W. Addison St. around 7 a.m.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Daycare teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side, video shows
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chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Cities and Nonprofits Return to Court, Seeking Full Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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CBS and softball questions, bought and paid for. We need real journalism, real questions and real follow ups.
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
CBS and softball questions, bought and paid for. We need real journalism, real questions and real follow ups.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is an old article. I just started following this story. Pegasus spyware is what got Khashoggi killed. Biden outlawed it during his presidency but now Trump is going to allow them to use it in the U.S.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
This is an old article. I just started following this story. Pegasus spyware is what got Khashoggi killed. Biden outlawed it during his presidency but now Trump is going to allow them to use it in the U.S.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
Pegasus Spyware Put on Phone of Khashoggi’s Wife: Washington Post
Spyware was placed on the phone of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s wife, Hanan Elatr, before Khashoggi was murdered in 2018, The Washington Post reports.
www.pbs.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is an old article. I just started following this story. Pegasus spyware is what got Khashoggi killed. Biden outlawed it during his presidency but now Trump is going to allow them to use it in the U.S.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
This is an old article. I just started following this story. Pegasus spyware is what got Khashoggi killed. Biden outlawed it during his presidency but now Trump is going to allow them to use it in the U.S.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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In PA we’re gonna fight all the way through Election Day, Tuesday, November 4th to Retain our Judges.
What happens in PA doesn’t stay in PA. This fight to protect women’s reproductive rights, defend our freedoms, and keep our courts fair and independent.
#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges
What happens in PA doesn’t stay in PA. This fight to protect women’s reproductive rights, defend our freedoms, and keep our courts fair and independent.
#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges
We said “no kings” and we meant it.
In many states, Tuesday’s elections are your way to say it again!
Elect Democrats!
PA: KEEP your 3 great justices.
MAINE: No on 1 —don’t let them take away mail in voting!
CA: Yes on 50. Balance the Texas steal!
MIKIE-yes.
ABBY-yes.
In many states, Tuesday’s elections are your way to say it again!
Elect Democrats!
PA: KEEP your 3 great justices.
MAINE: No on 1 —don’t let them take away mail in voting!
CA: Yes on 50. Balance the Texas steal!
MIKIE-yes.
ABBY-yes.
Newsom: I cannot wait for all the punditry. Historic victories all across the United States of America. Proposition 50 winning by double digits. A new governor of New Jersey, a new governor in Virginia.
I’ll end as I began: thank you for giving a damn.
I’ll end as I began: thank you for giving a damn.
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In PA we’re gonna fight all the way through Election Day, Tuesday, November 4th to Retain our Judges.
What happens in PA doesn’t stay in PA. This fight to protect women’s reproductive rights, defend our freedoms, and keep our courts fair and independent.
#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges
What happens in PA doesn’t stay in PA. This fight to protect women’s reproductive rights, defend our freedoms, and keep our courts fair and independent.
#VoteYesToRetainOurJudges
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Day #287. #proudblue
Anyone who supports a leader who thinks it's a shame that there are consequences to fulky participating in child sex trafficking is not a friend of mine.
Anyone who supports a leader who thinks it's a shame that there are consequences to fulky participating in child sex trafficking is not a friend of mine.
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Day #287. #proudblue
Anyone who supports a leader who thinks it's a shame that there are consequences to fulky participating in child sex trafficking is not a friend of mine.
Anyone who supports a leader who thinks it's a shame that there are consequences to fulky participating in child sex trafficking is not a friend of mine.