Kristine ❌👑
@extrasuperkk.bsky.social
Native plant nerd. Recovering soil scientist. Compost freak. Beginning birder. CoCoRaHS observer. Community, equity, climate. Great Plains bordering on Southern Rockies. Yeah, I’m concerned about authoritarianism.
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Outrage and betrayal"
AOC on House Dem.
AOC on House Dem.
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Dick Durbin (D–IL) (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) — (202) 224-2841
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) — (202) 224-2841
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Dick Durbin (D–IL) (202) 224-2152
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) — (202) 224-2841
Catherine Cortez Masto (D–NV) (202) 224-3542
John Fetterman (D–PA) (202) 224-4254
Tim Kaine (D–VA) (202) 224-4024
Angus King (I–ME) (202) 224-5344
Jacky Rosen (D–NV) (202) 224-6244
Maggie Hassan (D–NH) — (202) 224-3324
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) — (202) 224-2841
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
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November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
What a post by Joyce Carol Oates . . .
... I immediately thought of a quote from Bob Marley:
"Some people are so poor, all they have is money."
💠 🧐 💠
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
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So it turns out that airports in the US are deeply dependent on money from the federal govt and they basically can't exist without it. Socialism, man. It's where you least expect it, but you should expect it because private businesses don't fund shit. Taxpayers do.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So it turns out that airports in the US are deeply dependent on money from the federal govt and they basically can't exist without it. Socialism, man. It's where you least expect it, but you should expect it because private businesses don't fund shit. Taxpayers do.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
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At best, Chuck Schumer can’t control his caucus.
At worse, Chuck Schumer thinks we’re idiots who can’t see through his cowardice and complicity.
At worse, Chuck Schumer thinks we’re idiots who can’t see through his cowardice and complicity.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At best, Chuck Schumer can’t control his caucus.
At worse, Chuck Schumer thinks we’re idiots who can’t see through his cowardice and complicity.
At worse, Chuck Schumer thinks we’re idiots who can’t see through his cowardice and complicity.
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These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
These 8 useless Democratic Senators are all wealthy and have feathered themselves a lovely retirement nest.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
They don't need to be in these positions anymore.
They can amble away into the privileged nothingness that defines their spinelessness and lack of courage.
Demand more and better, folks.
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I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
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 4:34 AM
I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
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Dems who caved on the ACA, call them:
Catherine Cortez Masto: (202) 224-3542
Dick Durban: 202 224-2152
John Fetterman: 202 224-4254
Tim Kaine: 202 224-4024
Angus King: 202 224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202 224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202 224-3324
Catherine Cortez Masto: (202) 224-3542
Dick Durban: 202 224-2152
John Fetterman: 202 224-4254
Tim Kaine: 202 224-4024
Angus King: 202 224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202 224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202 224-3324
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Dems who caved on the ACA, call them:
Catherine Cortez Masto: (202) 224-3542
Dick Durban: 202 224-2152
John Fetterman: 202 224-4254
Tim Kaine: 202 224-4024
Angus King: 202 224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202 224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202 224-3324
Catherine Cortez Masto: (202) 224-3542
Dick Durban: 202 224-2152
John Fetterman: 202 224-4254
Tim Kaine: 202 224-4024
Angus King: 202 224-5344
Jacky Rosen: 202-224-6244
Jeanne Shaheen: 202 224-2841
Maggie Hassan: 202 224-3324
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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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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm looking to see not only which Senate Dem candidates oppose this surrender (all of them will) but also where they go beyond this with respect to senate leadership.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
I want to see concrete promises for a new fighting Dem Party, because the current one is broken.
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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If they caved after 24 hours:
- no SNAP lapse
- no shutdown RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
Cave at 40 days
- restart SNAP
- Reverse RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
How is this anything but an abject failure in both policy and messaging?
- no SNAP lapse
- no shutdown RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
Cave at 40 days
- restart SNAP
- Reverse RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
How is this anything but an abject failure in both policy and messaging?
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If they caved after 24 hours:
- no SNAP lapse
- no shutdown RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
Cave at 40 days
- restart SNAP
- Reverse RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
How is this anything but an abject failure in both policy and messaging?
- no SNAP lapse
- no shutdown RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
Cave at 40 days
- restart SNAP
- Reverse RIFs
- No ACA subsidies
How is this anything but an abject failure in both policy and messaging?
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.