Matisse
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I like to build things.
User of The WELL since 1987, one of the longest lived text-based electronic discussion systems in the world. https://well.com
User of The WELL since 1987, one of the longest lived text-based electronic discussion systems in the world. https://well.com
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It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. ...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
The repubs do not care about the real economy, just the bitcoin delusions of their corrupt masters.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The repubs do not care about the real economy, just the bitcoin delusions of their corrupt masters.
He’s right: the deal produces nothing (the House won’t vote on the healthcare subsidies) so it was a just a big surrender. A big defeat, very disappointing.
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
He’s right: the deal produces nothing (the House won’t vote on the healthcare subsidies) so it was a just a big surrender. A big defeat, very disappointing.
It was a significant failure and defeat. We need to do better.
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It was a significant failure and defeat. We need to do better.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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Maine voters stood up for democracy — overwhelmingly rejecting a GOP attempt to make voting harder and reaffirming their commitment to free and fair elections.
Maine Rejects Anti-Voting Ballot Measure, Reaffirms Voting Access
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Maine voters stood up for democracy — overwhelmingly rejecting a GOP attempt to make voting harder and reaffirming their commitment to free and fair elections.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Queer History, written in the personal ads: @susiebright.bsky.social writes about the personal ads for queer women in the zine "On Our Backs." They were groundbreaking, allowing queer women to reach out and state their desires openly.
Desperately Seeking Women: My On Our Backs Personals Empire
Why are young women fascinated with the personal ads of their mother’s generation?
f.mtr.cool
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Queer History, written in the personal ads: @susiebright.bsky.social writes about the personal ads for queer women in the zine "On Our Backs." They were groundbreaking, allowing queer women to reach out and state their desires openly.
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
A fine piece of writing by @therickwilson.bsky.social therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-east-w...
The East Wing Obscenity
Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House
therickwilson.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A fine piece of writing by @therickwilson.bsky.social therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-east-w...
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“The power to draw fair maps is so important that people will try to find ways to get out of doing it,” @mcpli.bsky.social of the Brennan Center told Democracy Docket.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
This is the Most Brazen GOP Gerrymander Yet
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“The power to draw fair maps is so important that people will try to find ways to get out of doing it,” @mcpli.bsky.social of the Brennan Center told Democracy Docket.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
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⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: HUR strikes next-gen Russian radar system in Crimea with long-range drones.
"The demilitarization of Crimea continues!" HUR wrote.
"The demilitarization of Crimea continues!" HUR wrote.
Ukraine war latest updates: HUR strikes next-gen Russian radar system in Crimea with long-range drones (9)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 3 times today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine is preparing long-term contracts...
kyivindependent.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: HUR strikes next-gen Russian radar system in Crimea with long-range drones.
"The demilitarization of Crimea continues!" HUR wrote.
"The demilitarization of Crimea continues!" HUR wrote.
He’s a lying lier.
Rep. Scalise: "This weekend we got to see on display what the 'Hate America Rally' we've been talking about was really about…Over and over again you would see signs like '86-47'...Where are the Chuck Schumers of the world calling that out?...It's insanity."
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
He’s a lying lier.
Here is the USA we spend over 17% of GDP on healthcare (this has pretty much stabilized after Obamacare passed) which is way too much. To get it down to around 10% or 12% someone has to not get that 5% to 7% and that takes politics…. A lot of it.
"'Will it mean I have to move back with my parents?' Lindsay Corley said. 'Will I have to take less medication, and just be in a lot more pain?'"
This is what the shutdown is about.
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/actual-hum...
This is what the shutdown is about.
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/actual-hum...
The Actual Human Beings Caught in the Shutdown Vise
There’s a reason so many people need help paying for their health insurance.
www.thebulwark.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here is the USA we spend over 17% of GDP on healthcare (this has pretty much stabilized after Obamacare passed) which is way too much. To get it down to around 10% or 12% someone has to not get that 5% to 7% and that takes politics…. A lot of it.
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social snapped this at the #nokings protest in McLean, VA
October 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social snapped this at the #nokings protest in McLean, VA
Apalachicola Florida protests.
#nokings #blueskyartshow #photography #scape #cityscape #humansofbluesky
#nokings #blueskyartshow #photography #scape #cityscape #humansofbluesky
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
