Jeff Roush
@jeffroushwriting.bsky.social
Parent, lawyer, writer, lexicological acrobat, and a guy working to find my way and make a difference as I go
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#FridayLimericks 2024: Mistakes Were Made
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@jollygoodginger.bsky.social’s internal sources say 4 Rogue Senators are flippable on ACA-less Shutdown
Contact US Capitol 1-202-224-3121, www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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1️⃣ @kaine.senate.gov (757) 518-1674
2️⃣ @rosen.senate.gov (702) 388-0205
3️⃣ @hassan.senate.gov
4️⃣ @shaheen.senate.gov
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social’s internal sources say 4 Rogue Senators are flippable on ACA-less Shutdown
Contact US Capitol 1-202-224-3121, www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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1️⃣ @kaine.senate.gov (757) 518-1674
2️⃣ @rosen.senate.gov (702) 388-0205
3️⃣ @hassan.senate.gov
4️⃣ @shaheen.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Uniter
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social’s internal sources say 4 Rogue Senators are flippable on ACA-less Shutdown
Contact US Capitol 1-202-224-3121, www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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1️⃣ @kaine.senate.gov (757) 518-1674
2️⃣ @rosen.senate.gov (702) 388-0205
3️⃣ @hassan.senate.gov
4️⃣ @shaheen.senate.gov
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social’s internal sources say 4 Rogue Senators are flippable on ACA-less Shutdown
Contact US Capitol 1-202-224-3121, www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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1️⃣ @kaine.senate.gov (757) 518-1674
2️⃣ @rosen.senate.gov (702) 388-0205
3️⃣ @hassan.senate.gov
4️⃣ @shaheen.senate.gov
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Indivisible has thrown down the gauntlet, y’all, and I’m HERE FOR IT!
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Indivisible has thrown down the gauntlet, y’all, and I’m HERE FOR IT!
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
No Kings
No Wimps
#Let’sChuckSchumer
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Add this to the list of things Dems should be doing and just aren’t. Look into this and shut this shit down
Special meals are served in her cell; she has a puppy, a jogging court, exercise alone, and a VIP guest list that has shut down the prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged prison perks spark probe into Trump administration
youtu.be/hXwW-KY1NDw?...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Add this to the list of things Dems should be doing and just aren’t. Look into this and shut this shit down
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Fuck this. @governor.ca.gov tell this disgusting administration #handsOff
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Fuck this. @governor.ca.gov tell this disgusting administration #handsOff
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
There are reasons republicans are talking about their fantastic health care plans without showing them to anyone. They are like a shiny highway in winter: very pretty, so long as you don’t try to use them.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
There are reasons republicans are talking about their fantastic health care plans without showing them to anyone. They are like a shiny highway in winter: very pretty, so long as you don’t try to use them.
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This is why US is going down the crapper…(TFEF)Them Fucking Epstein Files! What’s in them to make republicans bankrupt our country for a lame duck?
Release The Epstein Files
Release The Epstein Files
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is why US is going down the crapper…(TFEF)Them Fucking Epstein Files! What’s in them to make republicans bankrupt our country for a lame duck?
Release The Epstein Files
Release The Epstein Files
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This is Ass Wipe trump in a nutshell
👇👇👇
He’s done everything except Release the Epstein Files
👇👇👇
He’s done everything except Release the Epstein Files
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is Ass Wipe trump in a nutshell
👇👇👇
He’s done everything except Release the Epstein Files
👇👇👇
He’s done everything except Release the Epstein Files
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Why Do People Vote For Trump?
What's his appeal?
His niece said it's because the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value.
How is that a good thing?
What's his appeal?
His niece said it's because the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value.
How is that a good thing?
Kathy (@kathy622729)
I’ve seldom seen anyone so succinctly identify what Trump’s appeal is to so many Americans. His niece summed up the fact that the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value. Here Rober...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Why Do People Vote For Trump?
What's his appeal?
His niece said it's because the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value.
How is that a good thing?
What's his appeal?
His niece said it's because the Incontinent Autocrat hasn’t a single redeeming human value.
How is that a good thing?
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If 6 Republican Senators conspired with Ginny Thomas and the Proud Boys to plan and incite the Jan6 insurrection against a lawfully elected government, that needs to be brought out.
When the Senators sue, George Conway should file an amicus brief for discovery.
When the Senators sue, George Conway should file an amicus brief for discovery.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If 6 Republican Senators conspired with Ginny Thomas and the Proud Boys to plan and incite the Jan6 insurrection against a lawfully elected government, that needs to be brought out.
When the Senators sue, George Conway should file an amicus brief for discovery.
When the Senators sue, George Conway should file an amicus brief for discovery.
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Everybody please participate. Let’s hold republicans accountable!
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Everybody please participate. Let’s hold republicans accountable!
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What’s making me happy today… Not the greatest thing I’ve ever painted, but it was fun and a little silly so it’s still making me happy
#JoyIsResistance
#JoyIsResistance
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What’s making me happy today… Not the greatest thing I’ve ever painted, but it was fun and a little silly so it’s still making me happy
#JoyIsResistance
#JoyIsResistance
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Guys! Katie Wilson has pulled ahead in the race for Seattle’s mayor!
They’re still counting votes and she’s only ahead by a hair (less than 100 votes!) but the trend lines are looking good!!
They’re still counting votes and she’s only ahead by a hair (less than 100 votes!) but the trend lines are looking good!!
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Guys! Katie Wilson has pulled ahead in the race for Seattle’s mayor!
They’re still counting votes and she’s only ahead by a hair (less than 100 votes!) but the trend lines are looking good!!
They’re still counting votes and she’s only ahead by a hair (less than 100 votes!) but the trend lines are looking good!!
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This was too stupid of a “deal” to have been real. Since when does the party of starvation, disappearing humans, and imploding the national healthcare system keep “deals?”
Never. This IS the art of their dealings.
Complicit or idiocy - they really screwed the whole country.
Never. This IS the art of their dealings.
Complicit or idiocy - they really screwed the whole country.
To the INFURIATING EIGHT
SHAHEEN
DURBIN
KAINE
KING
CORTEZMASTO
ROSEN
HASSIN
FETTERMAN
AND SCHUMER
Listen to this loud and clear
MAGA MIKE AIN'T PLAYING
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
PROMISES PROMISES "STUNATZ"
SHAHEEN
DURBIN
KAINE
KING
CORTEZMASTO
ROSEN
HASSIN
FETTERMAN
AND SCHUMER
Listen to this loud and clear
MAGA MIKE AIN'T PLAYING
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
PROMISES PROMISES "STUNATZ"
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This was too stupid of a “deal” to have been real. Since when does the party of starvation, disappearing humans, and imploding the national healthcare system keep “deals?”
Never. This IS the art of their dealings.
Complicit or idiocy - they really screwed the whole country.
Never. This IS the art of their dealings.
Complicit or idiocy - they really screwed the whole country.
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Trump helping Orbán makes perfect sense if his goal is to turn the US into Hungary 2.0. Orbán's government gutted the courts, muzzled the press, took over universities, and crushed civil society.
Trump is not confused here. He is admiring the blueprint.
#ProudBlue
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
Trump is not confused here. He is admiring the blueprint.
#ProudBlue
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
Orbán counts on Trump going full Argentina to save him from election doom
The specter of Washington throwing a financial lifeline to save its ally in Budapest echoes another controversial White House gambit.
www.politico.eu
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trump helping Orbán makes perfect sense if his goal is to turn the US into Hungary 2.0. Orbán's government gutted the courts, muzzled the press, took over universities, and crushed civil society.
Trump is not confused here. He is admiring the blueprint.
#ProudBlue
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
Trump is not confused here. He is admiring the blueprint.
#ProudBlue
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
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And nobody noticed? It appears his security detail is just as qualified as his cabinet.
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Secret Service responds to concerns over pics of Trump in ‘The Beast’
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
And nobody noticed? It appears his security detail is just as qualified as his cabinet.
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
tRump cruises around in ‘The Beast’ with the trunk wide open!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
#TheBeast
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 10 NOVEMBER 2O25
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Thank You to HOUSE DEMOCRATS & Leader Hakeem Jeffries. ALL OF YOU -UNIFIED CAUCUS
I thank Rep. Ro Khanna for having the courage to speak the truth
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD
SPEAK UP
SEN. SCHUMER
YOU NEEDTO RESIGN AS LEADER
DAY 10 NOVEMBER 2O25
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Thank You to HOUSE DEMOCRATS & Leader Hakeem Jeffries. ALL OF YOU -UNIFIED CAUCUS
I thank Rep. Ro Khanna for having the courage to speak the truth
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD
SPEAK UP
SEN. SCHUMER
YOU NEEDTO RESIGN AS LEADER
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 10 NOVEMBER 2O25
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Thank You to HOUSE DEMOCRATS & Leader Hakeem Jeffries. ALL OF YOU -UNIFIED CAUCUS
I thank Rep. Ro Khanna for having the courage to speak the truth
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD
SPEAK UP
SEN. SCHUMER
YOU NEEDTO RESIGN AS LEADER
DAY 10 NOVEMBER 2O25
THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES
Thank You to HOUSE DEMOCRATS & Leader Hakeem Jeffries. ALL OF YOU -UNIFIED CAUCUS
I thank Rep. Ro Khanna for having the courage to speak the truth
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD
SPEAK UP
SEN. SCHUMER
YOU NEEDTO RESIGN AS LEADER
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So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So Mike Johnson won't commit on bringing up the healthcare subsidies if they're brought up.
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
Got it. Do you hear it now? All this for nothing!
#ProudBlue
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@schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
Are you going to give them permission to sue against the lawful pursuit of their information and involvement in January 6th?
Remember police injured & died, your lives at stake
Are you going to give them permission to sue against the lawful pursuit of their information and involvement in January 6th?
Remember police injured & died, your lives at stake
The deal to end the shutdown would pave the way for senators to sue over phone searches.
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov
Are you going to give them permission to sue against the lawful pursuit of their information and involvement in January 6th?
Remember police injured & died, your lives at stake
Are you going to give them permission to sue against the lawful pursuit of their information and involvement in January 6th?
Remember police injured & died, your lives at stake
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We were *this close* to protecting affordable healthcare. 212 House Democrats and 38 in the Senate stood strong. But 8 broke faith with us. They caved to MAGA cruelty. We’re not asking them to flip—we’re telling them they failed the people who trusted them. 📞 (202) 224-3121 (tel:(202)%20224-3121)
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We were *this close* to protecting affordable healthcare. 212 House Democrats and 38 in the Senate stood strong. But 8 broke faith with us. They caved to MAGA cruelty. We’re not asking them to flip—we’re telling them they failed the people who trusted them. 📞 (202) 224-3121 (tel:(202)%20224-3121)
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Just received a “help me sleep better” e-mail from @kaine.senate.gov
Tim we won’t help you sleep, but TY for admitting what we already knew-you’re weak
You rich F#€ks could’ve walked the talk about billionaires & donated food & $ to help cover bills & gas like we did
But no, you bent the knee
Tim we won’t help you sleep, but TY for admitting what we already knew-you’re weak
You rich F#€ks could’ve walked the talk about billionaires & donated food & $ to help cover bills & gas like we did
But no, you bent the knee
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just received a “help me sleep better” e-mail from @kaine.senate.gov
Tim we won’t help you sleep, but TY for admitting what we already knew-you’re weak
You rich F#€ks could’ve walked the talk about billionaires & donated food & $ to help cover bills & gas like we did
But no, you bent the knee
Tim we won’t help you sleep, but TY for admitting what we already knew-you’re weak
You rich F#€ks could’ve walked the talk about billionaires & donated food & $ to help cover bills & gas like we did
But no, you bent the knee
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“You don’t just flip a switch…” —Mike Johnson
It took them less than six months to pass a budget bill that gave billionaires permanent tax breaks and stripped away nearly $1T in Medicaid from Americans and ACA susbsidies.
Also notable — Trump starting issuing tariffs 10 days after being sworn in.
It took them less than six months to pass a budget bill that gave billionaires permanent tax breaks and stripped away nearly $1T in Medicaid from Americans and ACA susbsidies.
Also notable — Trump starting issuing tariffs 10 days after being sworn in.
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“You don’t just flip a switch…” —Mike Johnson
It took them less than six months to pass a budget bill that gave billionaires permanent tax breaks and stripped away nearly $1T in Medicaid from Americans and ACA susbsidies.
Also notable — Trump starting issuing tariffs 10 days after being sworn in.
It took them less than six months to pass a budget bill that gave billionaires permanent tax breaks and stripped away nearly $1T in Medicaid from Americans and ACA susbsidies.
Also notable — Trump starting issuing tariffs 10 days after being sworn in.
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And some people wonder why we get so angry. They either don’t read the bills or they just don’t give a shit about the people or democracy.
Fool me once, shame on…you don’t fool anyone anymore. YOU WORK FOR US, REMEMBER?? Of course you don’t, big corp made sure of it.
Fool me once, shame on…you don’t fool anyone anymore. YOU WORK FOR US, REMEMBER?? Of course you don’t, big corp made sure of it.
This is what a bunch of Democrats in the Senate just voted for:
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight GOP senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith ... into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
And some people wonder why we get so angry. They either don’t read the bills or they just don’t give a shit about the people or democracy.
Fool me once, shame on…you don’t fool anyone anymore. YOU WORK FOR US, REMEMBER?? Of course you don’t, big corp made sure of it.
Fool me once, shame on…you don’t fool anyone anymore. YOU WORK FOR US, REMEMBER?? Of course you don’t, big corp made sure of it.
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Serious question for the BlueSky hivemind.
I know we're all laser focused on the Dems doing the wrong thing. But what about those doing the right thing because it's the easier thing to do - essentially going with the crowd and doing what they've always done because they're following the process?
I know we're all laser focused on the Dems doing the wrong thing. But what about those doing the right thing because it's the easier thing to do - essentially going with the crowd and doing what they've always done because they're following the process?
two sheep are standing next to each other with the words sheeple below them
ALT: two sheep are standing next to each other with the words sheeple below them
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Serious question for the BlueSky hivemind.
I know we're all laser focused on the Dems doing the wrong thing. But what about those doing the right thing because it's the easier thing to do - essentially going with the crowd and doing what they've always done because they're following the process?
I know we're all laser focused on the Dems doing the wrong thing. But what about those doing the right thing because it's the easier thing to do - essentially going with the crowd and doing what they've always done because they're following the process?
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This was on so many posts last night and if the image wasn't posted some kind of reference to it was made. Com'on Dems. Get your collective heads out of your posterior.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This was on so many posts last night and if the image wasn't posted some kind of reference to it was made. Com'on Dems. Get your collective heads out of your posterior.