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Jim Manley
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I got lucky and ended up working in the Senate for 21 years, including 2 majority leaders and one of the greatest legislators in the history of that body. So called “democratic strategist”
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Here in the hopes that @kristin-wilson.bsky.social can explain the “Deal” and what happens next like I’m a 5th grader. Also wtf is cloture?
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...

firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...
What's in the CR Deal for Congress?
With a vote as early as tonight, we quickly ran the numbers
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
jamespmanley.bsky.social
Sighs
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting
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November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
The outside of the White House has "The Presidential Walk of Fame" in gold script letters. There are gold framed portraits under the letters. An unframed painting of Trump's face with the USA flag hangs between two painted portraits of former First Ladies. A stream of people walk through a door. Some gold detail is above the door. There's gold detailing on the walls inside the Oval Office.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
jamespmanley.bsky.social
Corrupt af
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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ICE is now texting people at night telling them to come to the office the next day? (This is in Dallas.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Oops
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
jamespmanley.bsky.social
What a liar
axios.com Axios @axios.com · 5h
President Trump criticized the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a Fox News interview tonight, saying people "get it automatically now so the number is many times what it should be, it's disgraceful."
Trump says "we can reform" SNAP
"SNAP is supposed to be if you are down and out," Trump said on Fox News this evening.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Joking aside, the Arc de Trumpf is really going to go across from Memorial Bridge on the Virginia side of the river where it's going to loom over the entrance to Arlington Cemetery...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.

But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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These ghouls refuse to give ordinary people a cause of action against fed officials for legit constitutional violations, but go to bat with a *retroactive* cause of action for their insurrectionist colleagues crying for being caught conspiring to overturn an election. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
By Devlin Barrett Devlin Barrett covers the Justice Department. Nov. 10, 2025 Updated 5:01 p.m. ET A spending package expected to be approved as part of a deal to reopen the government would create a wide legal avenue for senators to sue for as much as half a million dollars each when federal investigators search their phone records without notifying them. The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight G.O.P. senators to sue the government over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith, the former special counsel, into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The provision would make it a violation of the law to not notify a senator if their phone records or other metadata was taken from a service provider like a phone company. There are some exceptions, such as 60-day delays in notification if the senator is considered the target of an investigation. The language of the bill states that "any senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any federal department or agency."
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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thejan6plaque.bsky.social
Thanks for the shoutout, Scott!
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
jamespmanley.bsky.social
Smooth running operation
grahamsteele.bsky.social graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 5h
Starting to think that putting a deeply partisan sycophant with no housing policy expertise in charge of US housing policy was not a great idea.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Starting to think that putting a deeply partisan sycophant with no housing policy expertise in charge of US housing policy was not a great idea.
On Saturday evening, Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below “30-year mortgage” and one of Trump below “50-year mortgage.” The headline was “Great American Presidents.” Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.

Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault

Just filed:

www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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thebulwark.com
The head of the Republican party is knocking his own party's candidates for losing while talking about his ballroom and putting his name on a stadium. He doesn't even care about Republican political fortunes. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...
No One Matters to Trump But Trump
His self-serving treatment of last week’s elections shows his disregard for his party.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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absolutely no question in my mind he's married to a chatbot
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · Jul 28
Gushing over mystery wife
Aaron Rodgers gushes about ‘incredible’ mystery wife and how she’s become his ‘rock’ https://trib.al/fkKHR00
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Aw this is sad, when your bestest and only friend is a complete moron.
Now, senior administration officials are increasingly getting fed up with Pulte's approach. Yet Pulte remains close with the President and has direct access that aides have not been able to control. "Trump isn't just Pulte's biggest ally in the admin, he is perhaps his only friend," said one person familiar with their dynamic. "During Trump 2.0, the last time anything got as much pushback as this was over the 'Epstein Files.' MAGA is furious."
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Scary af
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8h
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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There but by the Grace of God go I.

I appreciate you breaking your own rule and a donation as been made.
nothoodlum.bsky.social Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
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Donate to Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home, organized by Patricia Winter
Betty is an 86-year-old widow who has always been proud of her independence. A… Patricia Winter needs your support for Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home
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November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Jonathan Braun is at least the 8th "convict to whom Mr. Trump granted clemency during his first term who has since been charged with a crime." He received a 27-mo. sentence on Mo. for "a range of criminal conduct — including physical and sexual assault."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Sheesh
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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My god
kristin-wilson.bsky.social Kristin Wilson 📎 @kristin-wilson.bsky.social · 8d
My better half: “oh man I’m really sorry. I broke your wine opener”

Me: “….wtf, that’s a potato peeler”

Him: “I broke your potato p—-“

Me: “how did you open a wine bottle with that?”

Him: “I don’t know. Badly I think.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM