j bellis
jdbellis.bsky.social
j bellis
@jdbellis.bsky.social
filmmaker. climate/economic justice organizer. let’s make our government work for working class people.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The democratic tea party energy is so real right now… bring on the primaries 😎😎😎
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
8 Dems thought reopening the govt would save SNAP recipients. In reality Trump’s gonna try to destroy it either way. Dems got duped so hard by the guy who has constantly duped people for decades
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.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Can someone put me in touch with Soros I’m tryna be a skyfluencer
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Chris Murphy on PBS: I know Chuck Schumer had a tough job, but this can’t happen again.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
At least 8 democratic senators care more about the filibuster, a tool which is primarily designed to block mostly progressive legislation, than protecting Americans from skyrocketing healthcare premiums. For shame.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Even the Dem centrists at Third Way are mad about the deal moderate Senate Dems cut with Republicans to end the shutdown:

"We should not have surrendered until we received at least something tangible on lowering health care costs."
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is quite possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen Dems do to bail out Republicans for absolutely nothing in return right after a triumphant election victory, right as Republicans were visibly sweating their precarious situation. The most idiotic and destructive move at a most critical time.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What an idiot. Like seriously, you just gave away all our leverage when the Republicans were sweating bullets. Words cannot describe what a disgrace you are and how much damage you’ve allowed them to inflict upon this country by your stupidity and corruption.
For over a month, I’ve made clear that my priorities are to both reopen government and extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.

This is our best path toward accomplishing both of these goals.
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Corporate centrist democrats are just diet MAGA and today every single left of center voter seems to get it now
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Seven Democrats have defected to the Republicans in the Senate, and will vote to end any Democratic filibuster and reopen the federal government.

The agreement has cause a wide-open split in the Democratic caucus in the Senate.

more............

thehill.com/homenews/sen...
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Call these Senators! www.senate.gov/senators/sen... HOLD THE LINE!!!
1 @schumer.senate.gov
2 @welch.senate.gov
3 @SenatorRosen
4 @ossoff.bsky.social
5 @SenatorBaldwin
6 @SenatorKelly
7 @SenatorPeters
8 @shaheen.senate.gov
9 @durbin.senate.gov
10 @hassan.senate.gov
11 @slotkin.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.

Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121

Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…

There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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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
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So far, two of the three major Democratic US Senate candidates have commented on the alleged pending Senate deal. Both Juliana Stratton and Robin Kelly don't like it. Nothing yet out of RajaForIL but I've reached out
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I think I'm picking up what you're putting down, Duck Duck Go.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately."
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.

I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Yes they actually love Hitler, yes they actually want a king, yes they actually want to jail the people that disagree with them.
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM