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We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
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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 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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/...
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The people showed up in the streets for "No Kings."
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
They did their part.
The people showed up at the polls on Tuesday.
They did their part.
8 Democrats in the Senate surrendered last night.
They did not do their part.
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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New for @theathletic.com - Atlanta's "Breakfast Club" breakout game underscores the larger debate about Trae Young's future, where every game without him is a mini-referendum on it.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
The Hawks have a Trae Young problem. How will they solve it?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New for @theathletic.com - Atlanta's "Breakfast Club" breakout game underscores the larger debate about Trae Young's future, where every game without him is a mini-referendum on it.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
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What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
The Trump Regimes "we STRENUOUSLY DEMAND you immediately yank food out of the mouths of your state's hungry citizens" threats
...are absolute slam dunks in a lil' Tykes hoop for blue State governors (or....any governor)
...are absolute slam dunks in a lil' Tykes hoop for blue State governors (or....any governor)
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Trump Regimes "we STRENUOUSLY DEMAND you immediately yank food out of the mouths of your state's hungry citizens" threats
...are absolute slam dunks in a lil' Tykes hoop for blue State governors (or....any governor)
...are absolute slam dunks in a lil' Tykes hoop for blue State governors (or....any governor)
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
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I've been taking my drinks neat, T. Because fuck ICE.
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I've been taking my drinks neat, T. Because fuck ICE.
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Speaker Johnson kicked me out of his office. Here's why.
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Speaker Johnson kicked me out of his office. Here's why.
@jscros.bsky.social
This is great stuff, loved this piece
Zohran Mamdani won. I spent the night with the people angriest about it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
This is great stuff, loved this piece
Zohran Mamdani won. I spent the night with the people angriest about it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Inside the Rage-Filled Ballrooms and Backrooms of the Cuomo and Sliwa Election Night Parties
Supporters grew more incoherent as the night went on.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
@jscros.bsky.social
This is great stuff, loved this piece
Zohran Mamdani won. I spent the night with the people angriest about it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
This is great stuff, loved this piece
Zohran Mamdani won. I spent the night with the people angriest about it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Shut the fuck up about Mamdani bein' a communionist or a socialite or whatever. I don't wanna hear it no more. He's the boss now.
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Shut the fuck up about Mamdani bein' a communionist or a socialite or whatever. I don't wanna hear it no more. He's the boss now.
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We’re in Day 36 of the government shutdown and ICE has said they are not taking visits from Members of Congress.
My constituent, Yari, is sick with leukemia and we are not getting answers. After some insisting, I was let in and I was with her for two hours.
Full recap soon.
My constituent, Yari, is sick with leukemia and we are not getting answers. After some insisting, I was let in and I was with her for two hours.
Full recap soon.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We’re in Day 36 of the government shutdown and ICE has said they are not taking visits from Members of Congress.
My constituent, Yari, is sick with leukemia and we are not getting answers. After some insisting, I was let in and I was with her for two hours.
Full recap soon.
My constituent, Yari, is sick with leukemia and we are not getting answers. After some insisting, I was let in and I was with her for two hours.
Full recap soon.
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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Great read. Let's treasure this moment.
He’s almost always on point—solid doubles and triples weekly—but this is grand slam level shit from @gregsargent.bsky.social
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Great read. Let's treasure this moment.
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A morbidly curious Patrick Redford attends an evening with Sam Altman and Steve Kerr: defector.com/an-evening-w...
An Evening With Sam Altman And Steve Kerr | Defector
SAN FRANCISCO — “I don’t think this will be an only good story,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said after being asked a question about whether his company, valued around $1 trillion, might bring some bad…
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A morbidly curious Patrick Redford attends an evening with Sam Altman and Steve Kerr: defector.com/an-evening-w...
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Ok, being told this did not happen. Campaign saying you can't say that sort of thing because of woke, which has returned
Preview of Mamdani's victory speech - will include Dick Cheney tribute:
"Rest now brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you in Valhalla.
"Rest now brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you in Valhalla.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Ok, being told this did not happen. Campaign saying you can't say that sort of thing because of woke, which has returned
Love how there's a notionally fixed axis of left - right here that has no larger cultural context, and that, once again, only the agency of dem Dems can be given causality
Amazing stuff - from a paid political talker/writer. Thanks for giving my inner blowhard this needed assurance
Amazing stuff - from a paid political talker/writer. Thanks for giving my inner blowhard this needed assurance
I guess here on Bluesky it's controversial to note that the Democrats, once the majority across this country, were reduced to national minority (in stages, from 1968, to 1980, to 2016) by moving left.
But if you'd rather think I'm just making Trump's point...well, whatever helps you cope.
But if you'd rather think I'm just making Trump's point...well, whatever helps you cope.
I'm questioning this statement, "the left started to lose the public (who to this day don't see Reagan the same way they do.)"
Who is this *public* you speak of? Wouldn't the left be a subset of it?
This feels like the current Trump regime's feelings that Democrats aren't real Americans.
Who is this *public* you speak of? Wouldn't the left be a subset of it?
This feels like the current Trump regime's feelings that Democrats aren't real Americans.
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Love how there's a notionally fixed axis of left - right here that has no larger cultural context, and that, once again, only the agency of dem Dems can be given causality
Amazing stuff - from a paid political talker/writer. Thanks for giving my inner blowhard this needed assurance
Amazing stuff - from a paid political talker/writer. Thanks for giving my inner blowhard this needed assurance
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Mike Johnson had the f*cking nerve to say that Democrats were not in D.C. today to do the work of the American people. Seriously?? The only reason Rs are in town is to go to a f*cking WH Halloween party. They are telling the American people, "Let them eat candy." For tomorrow, there will be nothing.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mike Johnson had the f*cking nerve to say that Democrats were not in D.C. today to do the work of the American people. Seriously?? The only reason Rs are in town is to go to a f*cking WH Halloween party. They are telling the American people, "Let them eat candy." For tomorrow, there will be nothing.
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This is your reminder that millions of Americans will lose food benefits this weekend because Trump is refusing to tap his emergency fund.
Kids will go to school hungry because of this cruelty.
Kids will go to school hungry because of this cruelty.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is your reminder that millions of Americans will lose food benefits this weekend because Trump is refusing to tap his emergency fund.
Kids will go to school hungry because of this cruelty.
Kids will go to school hungry because of this cruelty.