Hopgardencody
@hopgardencody.bsky.social
Combat Veteran. M1A1 tanker. Teacher. Beer maker. MBA- Portland State University. Equality and Equity for all humans. Progress is always too slow.
Ding! Ding!! Trump could release the files now without a vote
Trump is now claiming he has “nothing to hide” and that Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files.
The only reason Congress is voting on the Epstein files is because Trump and the DOJ have been blocking their release.
The only reason Congress is voting on the Epstein files is because Trump and the DOJ have been blocking their release.
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ding! Ding!! Trump could release the files now without a vote
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Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Coons on Epstein files: "My hunch is that AG Bondi, having just been ordered on social media by the president to open an investigation into a series of high-profile Dems, will promptly say, 'No, there's an ongoing investigation, we can't disclose any of this,' and the president will back that up."
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Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Trump says, “no one cares about veterans more than me.”
But his playbook says something else:
📌 Strip disability pay from veterans
📌 Cut 30,000+ VA jobs that help disabled vets
The Project 2025 agenda:
Gut the government, gut veterans, and funnel the money to Trump’s billionaire friends.
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But his playbook says something else:
📌 Strip disability pay from veterans
📌 Cut 30,000+ VA jobs that help disabled vets
The Project 2025 agenda:
Gut the government, gut veterans, and funnel the money to Trump’s billionaire friends.
1/2
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump says, “no one cares about veterans more than me.”
But his playbook says something else:
📌 Strip disability pay from veterans
📌 Cut 30,000+ VA jobs that help disabled vets
The Project 2025 agenda:
Gut the government, gut veterans, and funnel the money to Trump’s billionaire friends.
1/2
But his playbook says something else:
📌 Strip disability pay from veterans
📌 Cut 30,000+ VA jobs that help disabled vets
The Project 2025 agenda:
Gut the government, gut veterans, and funnel the money to Trump’s billionaire friends.
1/2
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Every day that republicans don’t say “enough” they become more likely to say “give me more”. Not all republicans are greedy, immoral and perverted, but those that were on the margins are hard to find these days.
Who knows. For years I thought, "*Now* will they finally say 'enough'?"
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
Is this finally the big—as some have so aptly put it—jailbreak?
Let us hope and pray that it is. But let's not hold our breath.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every day that republicans don’t say “enough” they become more likely to say “give me more”. Not all republicans are greedy, immoral and perverted, but those that were on the margins are hard to find these days.
For 10 months it was open but Republicans wouldn't negotiate because they don't want poor people to have health insurance they can afford
Suckers believe Republicans will negotiate after the government is reopened, even though they didn’t negotiate before it closed. Senate Democrats gave up the only leverage they had.
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For 10 months it was open but Republicans wouldn't negotiate because they don't want poor people to have health insurance they can afford
I agree. Nuke that thing. It's not in the constitution and it's worthless to progress
@cheetah.bsky.social: "Nuking the filibuster…remains a compelling GOP interest. And it could very well be a party pursuit going forward."
Read the latest Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-rep...
Read the latest Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-rep...
Nuking the Filibuster Is Still on the Menu
A deal to reopen government isn’t enough for Trump’s most loyal Senate Republicans.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I agree. Nuke that thing. It's not in the constitution and it's worthless to progress
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If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
They got nothing. Snap wasn't why we had the shutdown. Dems got rolled.
Democrats could have done better. They probably should have done better. But they exit this event in a stronger position than they entered. And also: They could have done much worse.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/give-chuck...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/give-chuck...
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
They got nothing. Snap wasn't why we had the shutdown. Dems got rolled.
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This is obscene.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is obscene.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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It’s a grotesque parody of pro-worker politics, watching this administration slowly murder the very miners they pose with for photo ops, all for the profit of an industry that treats human lives as a negligible expense.
PHOTO ESSAY: Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections
OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Deep in the hills of West Virginia, coal mining and the dangers that come with it have been a part of families’ lives for generations.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s a grotesque parody of pro-worker politics, watching this administration slowly murder the very miners they pose with for photo ops, all for the profit of an industry that treats human lives as a negligible expense.
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Truth: the two party system is terrible and needs to go.
Also Truth: until reforms are implemented to make elections more competitive, either a Dem or Republican will win almost every election, and pouting on election day only helps the party more opposed to your views.
Also Truth: until reforms are implemented to make elections more competitive, either a Dem or Republican will win almost every election, and pouting on election day only helps the party more opposed to your views.
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Truth: the two party system is terrible and needs to go.
Also Truth: until reforms are implemented to make elections more competitive, either a Dem or Republican will win almost every election, and pouting on election day only helps the party more opposed to your views.
Also Truth: until reforms are implemented to make elections more competitive, either a Dem or Republican will win almost every election, and pouting on election day only helps the party more opposed to your views.
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
Womanizer says what?
Cuomo, the man who resigned in disgrace after a state attorney general’s report found that he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women, was asked if he had any regrets.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
He said he regretted not being better at social media.
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Womanizer says what?
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Fetterman is Sinema in a hoodie. What a massive pile of shit.
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Fetterman is Sinema in a hoodie. What a massive pile of shit.
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Don’t get too excited about pictures from Trump’s ‘Poor People Suck’ Ball changing any hearts. You know damn well the MAGA cult will use the last bit of their life’s energy to type out with their bony starving fingers a tweet to troll the left.
November 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don’t get too excited about pictures from Trump’s ‘Poor People Suck’ Ball changing any hearts. You know damn well the MAGA cult will use the last bit of their life’s energy to type out with their bony starving fingers a tweet to troll the left.
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession."
-- Me
-- Me
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession."
-- Me
-- Me
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This country is allowed to have tariffs. You just have to convince Congress that they're a good idea.
The President can hold tariff powers instead of Congress, if you can convince voters to amend the Constitution.
If you can't convince anyone of anything, rethink your ideas.
The President can hold tariff powers instead of Congress, if you can convince voters to amend the Constitution.
If you can't convince anyone of anything, rethink your ideas.
Trump: "If this country is not allowed to have tariffs, if this country is not allowed to have the president negotiate on behalf of it w/tariffs, we are put in a position where we're gonna be a 3rd world country. We can't let that happen. I think it's the most important case that we are gonna have"
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This country is allowed to have tariffs. You just have to convince Congress that they're a good idea.
The President can hold tariff powers instead of Congress, if you can convince voters to amend the Constitution.
If you can't convince anyone of anything, rethink your ideas.
The President can hold tariff powers instead of Congress, if you can convince voters to amend the Constitution.
If you can't convince anyone of anything, rethink your ideas.
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"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
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Trump's "China deal" puts the U.S. in better shape this week than last.
But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger (Gift Article)
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Trump's "China deal" puts the U.S. in better shape this week than last.
But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
But what relative to the day he came to office?
❌ Access to rare earth minerals
❌ Soybean sales
❌ Access to Chinese markets
❌ Predictable rules
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.