Leopard on Parade
@leopardonparade.bsky.social
Just your average snow leopard. Liberal/progressive. Will agree with you 90% and disagree 10%. She/her
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Hongqi bridge collapsed in southwest China, months after opening.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
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“.. But Trump officials have also learned a lesson.
If they wait out Democrats long enough — and turn up the pain enough — they will back down.”
@lukebroadwater.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
If they wait out Democrats long enough — and turn up the pain enough — they will back down.”
@lukebroadwater.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“People are going hungry. Flights are being cancelled. Look at all the real gold I put in my office.”
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“People are going hungry. Flights are being cancelled. Look at all the real gold I put in my office.”
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
Yeah… exactly.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yeah… exactly.
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POLITICO: “.. The White House was blindsided by the idea, according to two people familiar with the situation .. and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.” 🤡
@politico.com $XHB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
POLITICO: “.. The White House was blindsided by the idea, according to two people familiar with the situation .. and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.” 🤡
@politico.com $XHB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com $XHB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Trump has delivered historically unmatched to military contractors that are his cronies. $58 billion in tax-funded buybacks and dividends for military contractors—enough to fund SNAP benefits indefinitely if the money went to the poorest rather than the wealthiest Americans.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trump has delivered historically unmatched to military contractors that are his cronies. $58 billion in tax-funded buybacks and dividends for military contractors—enough to fund SNAP benefits indefinitely if the money went to the poorest rather than the wealthiest Americans.
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Not good enough, Bernie. Schumer is the most powerful elected Democrat in the country. If you’re not specifically calling for his ouster you’re complicit in what just happened.
In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Not good enough, Bernie. Schumer is the most powerful elected Democrat in the country. If you’re not specifically calling for his ouster you’re complicit in what just happened.
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JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
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 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
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Trump: The east wing… looked like hell. I didn’t want to sacrifice a great ballroom for an ok ballroom by leaving it..
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Trump is claiming credit for ending the government shutdown, boasting that he “broke the Democrats.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Trump is claiming credit for ending the government shutdown, boasting that he “broke the Democrats.”
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I just don’t know anymore what to do with this reality
Trump: "You have people in Chicago, beautiful Black women wearing a MAGA hat, red MAGA hat -- 'please come Mr Trump, president' -- they call me president, they call me mister, they can call me whatever they want. 'Please come President Trump, please come.' They're begging us to come."
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I just don’t know anymore what to do with this reality
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In a single day, two different federal officers point guns at two different @chicagotribune.com photojournalists in and around Chicago. This is dangerous stuff.
1/2 Are there any experts out there who can correctly identify the weapons being pointed directly at these two @chicagotribune.com photojournalists?
What type of gun is this?
cc: @mandophotos.bsky.social
What type of gun is this?
cc: @mandophotos.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In a single day, two different federal officers point guns at two different @chicagotribune.com photojournalists in and around Chicago. This is dangerous stuff.
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
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This is next-level Orwellian shit.
Trump on affordability: It’s a con job. Costs are way down.
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is next-level Orwellian shit.
God, I’m still so angry.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
God, I’m still so angry.
Senat Dems are sure winning this 9-D chess march, amiright?
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Senat Dems are sure winning this 9-D chess march, amiright?
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The thing is, WE are fighting Trump. You're not. I haven't seen the Dems fight for a damn thing, either to keep Trump out of office, or to check him while he destroys this country. You know who's fighting? The communities in Chicago who are out there protecting their neighbors from fascist thugs.
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The thing is, WE are fighting Trump. You're not. I haven't seen the Dems fight for a damn thing, either to keep Trump out of office, or to check him while he destroys this country. You know who's fighting? The communities in Chicago who are out there protecting their neighbors from fascist thugs.
Oh, fuck ALL the way off. You want us to just swallow this and move on so that you don’t have to feel uncomfortable. We Dems who protested and voted did our job; when will Senate Dems do theirs?
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh, fuck ALL the way off. You want us to just swallow this and move on so that you don’t have to feel uncomfortable. We Dems who protested and voted did our job; when will Senate Dems do theirs?
I keep seeing discussions where suddenly the weak, feckless Senate Dems we know are actually 9-D chess-playing super-geniuses. How naive must you be to believe that? Why do you think Dems in the House are enraged at Dems in the Senate? Is no one able to see Senate Dems’ genius but you? Ugh, people.
Senate Democrats walked away empty-handed, and don’t let anyone tell you different.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
Tim Kaine and the others bought the lie that Republicans would negotiate on extending the ACA subsidies. They won’t.
Dems got played, Schumer failed to keep his caucus together, and the American people got nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I keep seeing discussions where suddenly the weak, feckless Senate Dems we know are actually 9-D chess-playing super-geniuses. How naive must you be to believe that? Why do you think Dems in the House are enraged at Dems in the Senate? Is no one able to see Senate Dems’ genius but you? Ugh, people.