Matt da Silva
@mdasilva.bsky.social
City planner. Reconstruction Democrat. Housing is good and fascism is bad.
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Matt da Silva
@mdasilva.bsky.social
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@idothethinking.bsky.social I put this walk together for an approximate quick circuit of the Jersey City Experience. maps.app.goo.gl/wGgG8NYhySq9...
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This is why people have zero trust in politics. Because terrible self-serving things pass while healthcare for people doesn’t.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is why people have zero trust in politics. Because terrible self-serving things pass while healthcare for people doesn’t.
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Dawg what
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 10:04 PM
Dawg what
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Fine, I'll do it: Rep. Ro Khanna, a member of the Medicare for All and Congressional Progressive Caucuses who represents Silicon Valley, is the first sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
This tracker will be updated in real time: 🧵
This tracker will be updated in real time: 🧵
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fine, I'll do it: Rep. Ro Khanna, a member of the Medicare for All and Congressional Progressive Caucuses who represents Silicon Valley, is the first sitting Democratic congressperson to demand the resignation of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
This tracker will be updated in real time: 🧵
This tracker will be updated in real time: 🧵
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
I think I might’ve grown up in a bubble…
Maplewood, NJ
51% White, 34% Black
Median Household Income: $167,428
69% Bachelor's Degree, 96% High School Grad
2025 Gov:
🟦Mikie Sherrill: 91% (10,848)
🟥Jack Ciattarelli: 9% (959)
2024 Pres:
🟦Kamala Harris: 90% (12,296)
🟥Donald Trump: 9% (1,198)
51% White, 34% Black
Median Household Income: $167,428
69% Bachelor's Degree, 96% High School Grad
2025 Gov:
🟦Mikie Sherrill: 91% (10,848)
🟥Jack Ciattarelli: 9% (959)
2024 Pres:
🟦Kamala Harris: 90% (12,296)
🟥Donald Trump: 9% (1,198)
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I think I might’ve grown up in a bubble…
Massive contrast between Mikie Sherrill vociferously condemning the cave and Abigail Spanberger supporting it. Already thinking we got the better of the two NatSec moderate female governors.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Massive contrast between Mikie Sherrill vociferously condemning the cave and Abigail Spanberger supporting it. Already thinking we got the better of the two NatSec moderate female governors.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
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People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
Gonna be an awkward Thanksgiving in the Shaheen household.
Stefany Shaheen, running for Congress in NH01, opposes the Senate deal her mother Jeanne negotiated to end the shutdown, saying it doesn’t resolve the ACA cliff: “Too many people will see health care costs that are already too high skyrocket even further starting in January.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gonna be an awkward Thanksgiving in the Shaheen household.
When even Matty Y is criticizing the melts you know they are in the wrong.
This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
When even Matty Y is criticizing the melts you know they are in the wrong.
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I mean the reporting is Schumer caved to retain to filibuster. Which is even worse.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I mean the reporting is Schumer caved to retain to filibuster. Which is even worse.
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IMO: The Senate itself is probably also an issue here. The GOP couldn’t let this gone on thru the holidays. Breaking the filibuster would be the likely way out. Doing this deal protects the 60 vote rule, which is a huge leverage point for every vote between 50-60 in the US Senate (ie the moderates).
For a lot of senators they have people yelling in one ear about airline delays and food stamps and a bunch of other cascading problems and in the other about health care. Ds who flipped say it’s clear Rs were never going to give them what they wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
IMO: The Senate itself is probably also an issue here. The GOP couldn’t let this gone on thru the holidays. Breaking the filibuster would be the likely way out. Doing this deal protects the 60 vote rule, which is a huge leverage point for every vote between 50-60 in the US Senate (ie the moderates).
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I have never in my life seen the DNC and congressional Dem leadership this at odds, it's remarkable
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I have never in my life seen the DNC and congressional Dem leadership this at odds, it's remarkable
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okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway:
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.
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Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
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Ahahaha this is basically a $6k tax increase for me. FML
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Ahahaha this is basically a $6k tax increase for me. FML
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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.
They are all out of the caucus as far as I am concerned. No leadership posts. No committees. Let them wither on the backbench.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
They are all out of the caucus as far as I am concerned. No leadership posts. No committees. Let them wither on the backbench.
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anyone who is not willing to take the risk of gambling with starvation in order to save our system of government has no place in the Senate, and those who decided that they couldn't play a game with those stakes have not necessarily done anything wrong. they just have to leave.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
anyone who is not willing to take the risk of gambling with starvation in order to save our system of government has no place in the Senate, and those who decided that they couldn't play a game with those stakes have not necessarily done anything wrong. they just have to leave.
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It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
If I told somebody last year while canvassing they needed to vote for Kamala because President Trump will defy court orders to turn off SNAP, they would’ve laughed me out of the room.
Yet here we are…
Yet here we are…
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If I told somebody last year while canvassing they needed to vote for Kamala because President Trump will defy court orders to turn off SNAP, they would’ve laughed me out of the room.
Yet here we are…
Yet here we are…