Hello Andrew
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I’m so happy to see you again, I missed you so much!
Doctor Gori was right!
Long-time cat person, first-time dog person
Animal rescue & TNR volunteer
Cinephile, TCM loyalist
I’m so happy to see you again, I missed you so much!
Doctor Gori was right!
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Not only was Cheney guilty of everything Amy Goodman says, he was also responsible for the backlash against his failed policies that produced Donald Trump.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who spoke of embracing the "dark side" of power, died this week at age 84.
“The Dark Side”: Dick Cheney’s Legacy from Iraq Invasion to U.S. Torture Program
Dick Cheney, the former vice president and one of the key architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died Monday at age 84. Cheney served six terms in Congress as Wyoming’s lone representative befo...
www.democracynow.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Not only was Cheney guilty of everything Amy Goodman says, he was also responsible for the backlash against his failed policies that produced Donald Trump.
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Let’s be clear: this is class warfare.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let’s be clear: this is class warfare.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
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A good way to do this is also to get a few of your friends together and take over your local Democratic Party! This involves going to a lot of boring meetings but it's *very* possible to do in a lot of the country.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A good way to do this is also to get a few of your friends together and take over your local Democratic Party! This involves going to a lot of boring meetings but it's *very* possible to do in a lot of the country.
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Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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This one cop is standing on an anti-Nazi sign. Can’t write this shit
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This one cop is standing on an anti-Nazi sign. Can’t write this shit
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The definition of "race ideology," which will likely be banned at Texas A&M, includes "accus[ing a race or ethnicity] of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy."
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The definition of "race ideology," which will likely be banned at Texas A&M, includes "accus[ing a race or ethnicity] of being oppressors in a racial hierarchy or conspiracy."
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
That's functionally a ban on teaching vital swaths of American history.
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Momentum builds for new leadership!
Now is the time to fight, not surrender. 🗣️
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Schumer must step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Momentum builds for new leadership!
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Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
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You never heard of the tea party?
Dems had the white house, senate & house.
So the least moderate republicans, a minority within a minority party, went hard against their own party, primaried everybody, and they took over their party, moved it to the far right & won 6 of the 8 subsequent elections.
Dems had the white house, senate & house.
So the least moderate republicans, a minority within a minority party, went hard against their own party, primaried everybody, and they took over their party, moved it to the far right & won 6 of the 8 subsequent elections.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
You never heard of the tea party?
Dems had the white house, senate & house.
So the least moderate republicans, a minority within a minority party, went hard against their own party, primaried everybody, and they took over their party, moved it to the far right & won 6 of the 8 subsequent elections.
Dems had the white house, senate & house.
So the least moderate republicans, a minority within a minority party, went hard against their own party, primaried everybody, and they took over their party, moved it to the far right & won 6 of the 8 subsequent elections.
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nobody wants to negotiate and individuals negotiating with giant fucking corporations always get screwed. to hell with this.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
nobody wants to negotiate and individuals negotiating with giant fucking corporations always get screwed. to hell with this.
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Trump Says ‘It Was an Honor’ To Meet With Former Al-Qaeda Jihadist Who Fought American Troops
Trump Says ‘It Was an Honor’ To Meet With Former Al-Qaeda Jihadist Who Fought American Troops
President Donald Trump celebrated his meeting with Syrian President Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, calling it "an honor" to meet with the former al-Qaeda jihadist.
The post Trump Says ‘It Was an Honor’ To Meet With Former Al-Qaeda Jihadist Who Fought American Troops first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Trump Says ‘It Was an Honor’ To Meet With Former Al-Qaeda Jihadist Who Fought American Troops
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Plastic surgeons in DC are being asked by Trump insiders to get plastic surgery that's obvious and in keeping with "Mar-a-Lago face."
Paging @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, whose episode on Republican Makeup (another term for the same tendency) was an eye-opener for me.
Paging @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, whose episode on Republican Makeup (another term for the same tendency) was an eye-opener for me.
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Plastic surgeons in DC are being asked by Trump insiders to get plastic surgery that's obvious and in keeping with "Mar-a-Lago face."
Paging @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, whose episode on Republican Makeup (another term for the same tendency) was an eye-opener for me.
Paging @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, whose episode on Republican Makeup (another term for the same tendency) was an eye-opener for me.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
If Tim Kaine isn’t part of the infamous “drunk caucus” he’s sure doing a great job looking like he is.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If Tim Kaine isn’t part of the infamous “drunk caucus” he’s sure doing a great job looking like he is.
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‘Give me your money now, wait right here and I promise I’ll come back with the drugs ASAP. I got you bro, trust me’
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
‘Give me your money now, wait right here and I promise I’ll come back with the drugs ASAP. I got you bro, trust me’
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This country cannot have moderates as leading the only major opposition to a fascist political party built on white supremacy and grievance, religious bigotry, and entrenched wealth.
We need to rebalance our discourse; pull it back from the far-right brink.
We need to rebalance our discourse; pull it back from the far-right brink.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This country cannot have moderates as leading the only major opposition to a fascist political party built on white supremacy and grievance, religious bigotry, and entrenched wealth.
We need to rebalance our discourse; pull it back from the far-right brink.
We need to rebalance our discourse; pull it back from the far-right brink.
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Say it with me: Tea Party of the Left
That is what this moment calls for:
A loud, uncompromising, ideological faction that exists solely as opposition to the other side and pushes their own side toward hardline policy positions.
That is what this moment calls for:
A loud, uncompromising, ideological faction that exists solely as opposition to the other side and pushes their own side toward hardline policy positions.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Say it with me: Tea Party of the Left
That is what this moment calls for:
A loud, uncompromising, ideological faction that exists solely as opposition to the other side and pushes their own side toward hardline policy positions.
That is what this moment calls for:
A loud, uncompromising, ideological faction that exists solely as opposition to the other side and pushes their own side toward hardline policy positions.