Joel Reinstein
@joelreinstein.bsky.social
Labor organizer
"Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?"
"Would it not be easier for the government to dissolve the people, and elect another?"
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This by @tayari.bsky.social is my favorite essay and it's never far from my heart
time.com/5434381/taya...
time.com/5434381/taya...
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Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Just now: The plaintiffs who were arguing that Utah GOP's congressional map is illegal won in court.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
The judge orders one of the two maps submitted by the plaintiffs ('map 1') be used.
The ruling, if it stands, guarantees that Democrats will pick up a congressional seat in Utah next year.
Pistons were trailing by more points than there were seconds left in the game, won in OT
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Pistons were trailing by more points than there were seconds left in the game, won in OT
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I went to bed in 2014 and didn't wake up until after the election. I didn't notice "JOINED AFTER NOV 24" was written on my forehead
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I went to bed in 2014 and didn't wake up until after the election. I didn't notice "JOINED AFTER NOV 24" was written on my forehead
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Why is it I get the sense the Democrats ended the shut down not despite the string of Democratic victories, but because of them?
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why is it I get the sense the Democrats ended the shut down not despite the string of Democratic victories, but because of them?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Also, if you all unconditionally support Democrats, fascism will always rise. They’re not here to stop fascism, they’re here to stop you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Also, if you all unconditionally support Democrats, fascism will always rise. They’re not here to stop fascism, they’re here to stop you.
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They did. My god. They are fast tracking the vote.
Every single one of them.
Every single one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They did. My god. They are fast tracking the vote.
Every single one of them.
Every single one of them.
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Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did they all just do a unanimous consent agreement?
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
revealnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
liberals and conservatives alike talk about defunding the police and decarceration as if these are extreme, radical, unthinkable ideas— but truly what is more extreme, radical, and unthinkable than what's happening *right now* in our police state.
Better and better
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Better and better
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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Another meta-discursive tendency I dislike: there are many people on here, Twitter, elsewhere who claim to be against litmus testing in general when it comes to Democratic politicians but in reality just oppose a particular kind of litmus test (Palestine, LGBTQ, labor etc). Why the motte and bailey?
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Another meta-discursive tendency I dislike: there are many people on here, Twitter, elsewhere who claim to be against litmus testing in general when it comes to Democratic politicians but in reality just oppose a particular kind of litmus test (Palestine, LGBTQ, labor etc). Why the motte and bailey?
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That video above is great. But delaying the bill until Friday or Saturday would give voters time to pressure cavers like Rosen, King and Cortez Masto.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
That video above is great. But delaying the bill until Friday or Saturday would give voters time to pressure cavers like Rosen, King and Cortez Masto.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
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Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
I was inspired by Zohran's campaign and would support a similar effort where I live. What I'm not seeing addressed is the repeated past failed attempts to take over the Democratic party from within, or anyone addressing why those efforts failed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I was inspired by Zohran's campaign and would support a similar effort where I live. What I'm not seeing addressed is the repeated past failed attempts to take over the Democratic party from within, or anyone addressing why those efforts failed.
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*Former Democratic vice presidential candidate* Tim Kaine defends surrendering to Trump and burning up the good will and energy from the recent elections.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
*Former Democratic vice presidential candidate* Tim Kaine defends surrendering to Trump and burning up the good will and energy from the recent elections.
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CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
October 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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NYPD taking photos of Columbia faculty during our vigil for CU students seized by ICE
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NYPD taking photos of Columbia faculty during our vigil for CU students seized by ICE
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I don't actually care if Schumer resigns. The whole Senate Democratic Caucus is terrible. All of them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I don't actually care if Schumer resigns. The whole Senate Democratic Caucus is terrible. All of them.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to: