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Poet, Writer, Raconteur, occasional Rabble Rouser, artist manual and digital, hand drummer (djembe, bongos, talking drum, congas, no training just vibe), Vocalist, member of Greg Hyde & Living Room, Pope of the Temple of the Ginger Pervert, Hail Eris!
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From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 2: The Great Orphanage Robbery Mickey holding Pegleg Pete and Sylvester Shyster at gun point. Mickey: Gimme that money you stole from the orphans or you'll never leave this box car alive!
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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erickakopp.com
On healthcare, here are facts about the shutdown:

Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought forth a compromise on the Senate floor: extend ACA tax credits for one year to reopen the government.

John Thune (R-SD) said this was a “nonstarter,” and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called the proposal “political terrorism.”
From CBS News: Schumer offers to end shutdown in exchange for 1-year extension of health care tax credits Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks on the Senate floor on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. SENATE TV Schumer said Democrats will reopen the government if Republicans agree to attaching a one-year extension of health insurance tax credits, the issue that has been at the center of their demands since the shutdown began. "After so many failed votes, it's clear we need to try something different. What the Senate is doing isn't working for either party, and isn't working for the American people," he said. "Let's find a path to honor both positions." Article continues: Schumer said Democrats want to see an end to the shutdown and want to respect Thune's stance that Republicans won't negotiate on the tax credits until the government is open. He proposed passing a one-year extension as part of a bill to fund the government, before opening broader health care negotiations. "We would like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously. And then have the opportunity to start negotiating longer-term solutions to health care costs. Let's do all three," Schumer said, calling it a "very simple compromise." "Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so we can immediately address rising health care costs," he said. "With this approach, we do not negotiate health care in the shutdown as Leader Thune maintains he wishes," he said. Schumer argued that "all Republicans have to do is say yes to extend current law for one year," saying "it makes sense." "Now, the ball is in the Republicans' court," he said. Senate Democrats joined Schumer on the Senate floor in a show of unity. Thune rejects Democratic offer as a "nonstarter" that "doesn't even get close" Thune told CBS News that the Democratic proposal is a "nonstarter" as GOP lawmakers entered a conference meeting near the Senate chamber. "I think everybody who follows this knows that's a nonstarter. There is no way. The Obamacare extension is the negotiation. That's what we're going to negotiate once the government opens up," he said. "But, you know, a one-year extension along the lines of what they're suggesting, I think everybody knows they're — and without Hyde protections — it doesn't even get close." Thune was referring to the Hyde amendment, which restricts federal funding for abortions. Thune added: "We need to vote to open the government. And there is a proposal out there to do that, and then we can have this whole conversation about health care." Article continues: "I think it's an indication that they're feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic," he said. "So I guess you could characterize that as progress, but I just don't think that it gets anywhere close to what we need to do here. And they know it. And I think anybody who's been following this debate knows it too." From CBS News: Graham blasts Democratic proposal as "terrible" and "political terrorism" GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina offered his opinion of the Democratic proposal to reporters at the Capitol. "Terrible. Horrible. I'm not going to keep giving taxpayer dollars to the five largest health care insurance companies under Obamacare to get the government open," Graham said. "This idea of flooding insurance companies for another year to open up the government is ridiculous," he added. "It's political terrorism, and it needs to stop."
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
“At City Hall, all 150 seats were filled as people began to stand and gather along the back and side walls…”

elginobserver.com/23645/news/c...
City of Elgin considers “ICE-free zones”
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients may soon be eligible to be hired to work as firefighters for the City of Elgin, and “ICE free zones” may be established.  On Wednesday, October...
elginobserver.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
Actually 20% of flights now...
End the Trump manufactured shutdown...
deluzio.house.gov Congressman Chris Deluzio @deluzio.house.gov · Nov 8
Did you know that while the Trump Administration is cancelling 10% of commercial flights at 40 airports starting today, they are still letting all private jet flights (12% of all US air traffic) fly as normal?
patrioticmillionaires.org Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · Nov 6
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.

And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.

People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
tRump is sooo out of touch or he simply doesn't give a shit! 💩
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
It’s Friday night and day 38 of the government shutdown. What does Mike Johnson have planned for this weekend?
#ENDTHESHUTDOWNNOW
#FUNDSNAPNOW
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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amandasmith.bsky.social
Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.
kendrawrites.com Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Nov 7
"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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lmcgaughy.bsky.social
1/ The Trump admin has targeted the president's perceived enemies with allegations of mortgage fraud.

Letitia James. Adam Schiff. Lisa Cook

But recently one Texas Republican tapped the tactic to allege a statewide official here may also be guilty: Ken Paxton. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege
Trump uses mortgage fraud to target Democrats. A Texas Republican is using it against Ken Paxton.
The Trump administration has aggressively investigated the president’s adversaries for mortgage fraud. But it’s unclear whether the federal housing agency will probe allegations against the Texas atto...
www.kut.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
And SCOTUS supports Fucking tRump to starve Americans... Twilight Zone...
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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bev79.bsky.social
#caturday post-breakfast upside-downy-head nap. 🙃
Max upside-downy head nap
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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seemasheth.bsky.social
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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jaseomcn.bsky.social
Dealing with the public I’ve a developed a highly sensitive radar for conversation directions that need immediate rerouting

“I don’t watch TV or read, I listen to podcasts” [inhales to continue]

Me:
[starts throat singing loudly]
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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gonzo.bsky.social
Behaviores Report: 100% goode and coddley!
Orange and white cat giving his mom a cuddle. His behavior report is 100% good.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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muellershewrote.com
Taps sign
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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thebandcake.bsky.social
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Mirror by Rita Dove 🤍

#poetry #sunday #poetrysky #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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lyneh1.bsky.social
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November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Morning Kitten
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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bridgetemob.bsky.social
“We are united in Christ. We will not stop denouncing the evil of detention and deportation. We cannot be silent in the face of oppression. We will persist until justice flows freely like a river.” - Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
www.ncronline.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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muellershewrote.com
This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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stealthgirl21.bsky.social
Once again, political cartoons doing the work that the main stream media is failing to do. @mluckovich.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM