Kevin Penner
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Feeder of people. Fan of the Cubs.
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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The Dem leadership is all going to vote no because they are trying to "keep their hands clean." We told you how ridiculous this was yesterday.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Dem leadership is all going to vote no because they are trying to "keep their hands clean." We told you how ridiculous this was yesterday.
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
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Senate Democrats are about to sell us out.
Remember that when they text you for money.
Remember that when they text you for money.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Senate Democrats are about to sell us out.
Remember that when they text you for money.
Remember that when they text you for money.
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
The fascists are in the room. Maybe @nytimes.com has decided to stop helping them. We'll see.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The fascists are in the room. Maybe @nytimes.com has decided to stop helping them. We'll see.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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It's astonishing -- almost every single sentence uttered by Mettler in this pod made me want to scream. This is every bit of reheated reactionary-centrist conventional wisdom, distilled to its essence, delivered under the guise of "political science." So utterly, disastrously wrong, all of it.
The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 10/21/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It's astonishing -- almost every single sentence uttered by Mettler in this pod made me want to scream. This is every bit of reheated reactionary-centrist conventional wisdom, distilled to its essence, delivered under the guise of "political science." So utterly, disastrously wrong, all of it.
Read this gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Read this gift article: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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“Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t doing politics right.”
—Ezra Klein
—Ezra Klein
this is quite genuinely insane, and I want to believe the backlash to this will be severe
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t doing politics right.”
—Ezra Klein
—Ezra Klein
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“‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokeswoman said Wednesday, as Disney leans into an authoritarian future.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Disney to Pull Jimmy Kimmel’s Show After Kirk Remarks
Disney said it is pulling ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show in the wake of remarks he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
www.wsj.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokeswoman said Wednesday, as Disney leans into an authoritarian future.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’
The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.
www.vulture.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
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Watch: they're going to develop & execute a plan to steal the election right in front of us, in public, because they know courts won't stop them, they know Dems won't fight, and they know media will never call it what it is. At this point why would they think anything else?
😡 It’s starting again. “The president’s authority is limited in his role w/ regard to elections except where there is a threat to the national sovereignty of the US — as I think…we can establish w/ the porous system that we have,’ said [Cleta] Mitchell…on a podcast hosted by…Tony Perkins.” 9/3/25 1/
Cleta Mitchell Thinks Trump Will Use Emergency Powers to Take Control of Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Watch: they're going to develop & execute a plan to steal the election right in front of us, in public, because they know courts won't stop them, they know Dems won't fight, and they know media will never call it what it is. At this point why would they think anything else?
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"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down | Mehdi Hasan
This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition. We all deserve better
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It is past time for both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to step down and step aside. This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting and fearless opposition... we all deserve better."
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
I make the case, in my latest for The Guardian, for new leadership:
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BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
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Meet the Press is explicitly being used to amplify lies and mislead the public, which some say is contrary to the point of journalism.
WELKER: Does the administration have any evidence that the jobs numbers were rigged?
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
HASSETT: The evidence is that there have been a bunch of revisions
WELKER: But hard evidence?
HASSETT: The revisions are hard evidence
(They are not "hard evidence")
August 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Meet the Press is explicitly being used to amplify lies and mislead the public, which some say is contrary to the point of journalism.
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"Unlike January 2021 — when the Big Lie scheme failed — by 2029 Trump and his cohorts will have new tools to carry out a coup, including a massive federal police force with a proven willingness to engage in systemic illegality at Trump's behest."
The emerging coup
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
www.publicnotice.co
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Unlike January 2021 — when the Big Lie scheme failed — by 2029 Trump and his cohorts will have new tools to carry out a coup, including a massive federal police force with a proven willingness to engage in systemic illegality at Trump's behest."
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New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
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“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
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Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
WASHINGTON—Stressing that it would be simplest to troubleshoot now during the onboarding process for his company’s surveillance technology, Palantir founder Peter Thiel reportedly spent Tuesday morning showing President Donald Trump how to sort a spreadsheet of Americans by ethnicity. “So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from […]
theonion.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
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4 obviously true facts that mainstream media refuse to say in a direct manner:
/ MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy.
/ RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die.
/ Trump is a white supremacist.
/ Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
/ MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy.
/ RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die.
/ Trump is a white supremacist.
/ Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
4 obviously true facts that mainstream media refuse to say in a direct manner:
/ MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy.
/ RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die.
/ Trump is a white supremacist.
/ Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
/ MAGA is a fascist movement assaulting democracy.
/ RFK Jr.’s downgrading of public health will cause people to die.
/ Trump is a white supremacist.
/ Trump lies every day. He’s not deluded or mistaken – he’s lying.
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The best part of the Mamdani win is that a bunch of octogenarian Democratic officials might finally be realizing that it's long past time they pass the torch.
June 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The best part of the Mamdani win is that a bunch of octogenarian Democratic officials might finally be realizing that it's long past time they pass the torch.