@mariaverita.bsky.social
Blue dot in a red state, looking for community. Proud lifelong liberal, student of rhetoric, hoping to survive the new galactic empire.
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The first rule of Trumpism: Nothing bad is ever EVER Donald Trump's fault, and he gets full and unequivocable credit for everything good, whether he had anything to do with it or not.
So according to Trump the 2021 covid economy Biden inherited from Trump is Biden’s fault. And the 2025 economy is also Biden’s fault. But Trump gets credit for the economy he inherited from Obama. Can we have a date when Republicans are going to take responsibility for anything?
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The first rule of Trumpism: Nothing bad is ever EVER Donald Trump's fault, and he gets full and unequivocable credit for everything good, whether he had anything to do with it or not.
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You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?
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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost 50 years ago today — around the time Gordon Lightfoot was at work on a new album.
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost 50 years ago today — around the time Gordon Lightfoot was at work on a new album.
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
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@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
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I’d like to hear what Merrick Garland is doing right now
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’d like to hear what Merrick Garland is doing right now
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
Reading case law & ghostwriting long-winded opinions to soothe his embarrassment of being the most ineffectual AG in history who could’ve stopped this but was too meek to act against the threat of Trump, our country & to the rule of law…
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Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
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I'm convinced the coward @schumer.senate.gov encouraged these 8 Senators to screw over 20M people unnecessarily while Dems held immense momentum, public support, & leverage.
Now the ACA is an orphan. It will never pass in December without other leverage in the bill. The GOP must be laughing hard.
Now the ACA is an orphan. It will never pass in December without other leverage in the bill. The GOP must be laughing hard.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm convinced the coward @schumer.senate.gov encouraged these 8 Senators to screw over 20M people unnecessarily while Dems held immense momentum, public support, & leverage.
Now the ACA is an orphan. It will never pass in December without other leverage in the bill. The GOP must be laughing hard.
Now the ACA is an orphan. It will never pass in December without other leverage in the bill. The GOP must be laughing hard.
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Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
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Governor Gavin Newsom on Twitter a few moments ago
Regarding Democrat Senators who caved
Agree with you Governor 💯
Regarding Democrat Senators who caved
Agree with you Governor 💯
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Governor Gavin Newsom on Twitter a few moments ago
Regarding Democrat Senators who caved
Agree with you Governor 💯
Regarding Democrat Senators who caved
Agree with you Governor 💯
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BREAKING: Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has said: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced"
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
BREAKING: Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has said: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced"
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What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.
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Had the shutdown continued, Republicans would have been blamed for holiday travel chaos — and by the time the next CR fight comes along, rates will have already gone up for millions.
We gave away all our leverage for literally no reason.
We gave away all our leverage for literally no reason.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Had the shutdown continued, Republicans would have been blamed for holiday travel chaos — and by the time the next CR fight comes along, rates will have already gone up for millions.
We gave away all our leverage for literally no reason.
We gave away all our leverage for literally no reason.
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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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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.
California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.
California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I voted YES on Prop 50 because we cannot let anyone silence the will of the people.
California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.
California is fighting fire with fire and standing up for democracy everywhere. Vote yes on Prop 50 by mail or in person on Election Day, this Tuesday, November 4.
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Right-wing "Christians" are now calling the Beatitudes "woke garbage."
We are through the looking glass, people, where compassion is Marxism, empathy is heresy, and Christ himself would be banned from his own church for feeding the wrong crowd.
We are through the looking glass, people, where compassion is Marxism, empathy is heresy, and Christ himself would be banned from his own church for feeding the wrong crowd.
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Right-wing "Christians" are now calling the Beatitudes "woke garbage."
We are through the looking glass, people, where compassion is Marxism, empathy is heresy, and Christ himself would be banned from his own church for feeding the wrong crowd.
We are through the looking glass, people, where compassion is Marxism, empathy is heresy, and Christ himself would be banned from his own church for feeding the wrong crowd.
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"Every human deserves it"
via Women For Justice
via Women For Justice
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Every human deserves it"
via Women For Justice
via Women For Justice