Madeleine
@madandart.bsky.social
Politically engaged GA Dem, concerned about our fragile democracy, 🇺🇦, artist, world traveler, retired educator, northeast transplant living in a red state. Citizen United and Gerrymandering are destroying democracy. #VotingRights #Indivisible No Crypto
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The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Hey folks:
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey folks:
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
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Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the government shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP & other government programs, which could help repair the party's image
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
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📽️VIDEO: Trump has tried to keep the Epstein Files hidden — but could his fear of their release be far more influential than we realize? I explain what the released emails reveal and how the shutdown may have been a tool for Trump all along. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
📽️VIDEO: Trump has tried to keep the Epstein Files hidden — but could his fear of their release be far more influential than we realize? I explain what the released emails reveal and how the shutdown may have been a tool for Trump all along. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
Clueless tone deaf leaders who can’t seem to read the room!
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Clueless tone deaf leaders who can’t seem to read the room!
Cortez Masto recently elected WTF
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cortez Masto recently elected WTF
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t have allowed that!
The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t have allowed that!
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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These red wave pollsters are to polling what Fox News is to news. Final poll (Sherrill-Ciatarelli):
Atlas 50-49 (+1)
Emerson 50-48 (+2)
co/efficient 48-47 (+1)
Quantus 49-46 (+3)
Trafalgar/Insider Advantage 45-44 (+1)
Sherrill wins by +13.4 pts (56-43) 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025-el...
Atlas 50-49 (+1)
Emerson 50-48 (+2)
co/efficient 48-47 (+1)
Quantus 49-46 (+3)
Trafalgar/Insider Advantage 45-44 (+1)
Sherrill wins by +13.4 pts (56-43) 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025-el...
My 2025 Election Recap - Blue Wave, Enormous Margins, Clear Repudiation Of Trump And Republicans (Video, Written Analysis)
People are pissed. We need to keep fighting for them and the country
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
These red wave pollsters are to polling what Fox News is to news. Final poll (Sherrill-Ciatarelli):
Atlas 50-49 (+1)
Emerson 50-48 (+2)
co/efficient 48-47 (+1)
Quantus 49-46 (+3)
Trafalgar/Insider Advantage 45-44 (+1)
Sherrill wins by +13.4 pts (56-43) 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025-el...
Atlas 50-49 (+1)
Emerson 50-48 (+2)
co/efficient 48-47 (+1)
Quantus 49-46 (+3)
Trafalgar/Insider Advantage 45-44 (+1)
Sherrill wins by +13.4 pts (56-43) 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025-el...
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Stunned by some of the revelations in @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis’s book, “Injustice.” They report that AG Merrick Garland’s team was blindsided by the bombshell testimony of Meadows’s aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Committee. open.substack.com/pub/jimacosta/…
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Stunned by some of the revelations in @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis’s book, “Injustice.” They report that AG Merrick Garland’s team was blindsided by the bombshell testimony of Meadows’s aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Committee. open.substack.com/pub/jimacosta/…
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The East Wing demolition should be a much bigger scandal—politicians have been accused of corruption for far less, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Ballroom Blitz Should Be a Bigger Scandal
It is appalling for a president to accept private donations to fund a pet project. Just ask the Clintons.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The East Wing demolition should be a much bigger scandal—politicians have been accused of corruption for far less, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
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Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city
Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city
Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two children, age 11 and 14
Ukraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.
The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city
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November 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS the administration from implementing part of Executive Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration application.
A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!
A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!
League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS the administration from implementing part of Executive Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration application.
A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!
A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!