Topkick75
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Not a bot. Just a guy from New Jersey with opinions.
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
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It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
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 10:32 PM
It’s OK guys we can trust Republicans to provide a clean bill
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Kash Patel eliminated a crucial "Five Eyes" position in London after lying about doing it, compromising an intelligence-sharing agreement between that had held strong since 1938.
“It was a jarring introduction to Mr. Patel’s leadership style for British officials.”
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2...
“It was a jarring introduction to Mr. Patel’s leadership style for British officials.”
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2...
Kash Patel leaves major allies 'incredulous' as empty promise threatens historic pact
British intelligence officials were left “incredulous” as FBI Director Kash Patel axed an agent’s job in London, compromising an intelligence-sharing agreement between the two countries that had held ...
www.rawstory.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Kash Patel eliminated a crucial "Five Eyes" position in London after lying about doing it, compromising an intelligence-sharing agreement between that had held strong since 1938.
“It was a jarring introduction to Mr. Patel’s leadership style for British officials.”
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2...
“It was a jarring introduction to Mr. Patel’s leadership style for British officials.”
www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2...
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Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Caving for nothing means that Democrats are the ones responsible for the shutdown because they could have taken this shit deal weeks ago.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Caving for nothing means that Democrats are the ones responsible for the shutdown because they could have taken this shit deal weeks ago.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.
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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.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
if the Democrats are willing to accept this deal, in particular, i don't think a single Senator should make it through their primary. this just makes health inequity worse and lets Trump send out checks with his name on them!
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Judge Mark Wolf retired last week ENTIRELY because of Donald Trump. www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
This is what he said:
This is what he said:
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Judge Mark Wolf retired last week ENTIRELY because of Donald Trump. www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
This is what he said:
This is what he said:
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Chuck Schumer cannot agree to any deal that does not include, at minimum, a one year extension of the ACA credits.
A pinky promise from John Thune is meaningless.
A pinky promise from John Thune is meaningless.
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Chuck Schumer cannot agree to any deal that does not include, at minimum, a one year extension of the ACA credits.
A pinky promise from John Thune is meaningless.
A pinky promise from John Thune is meaningless.
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So the the United States Supreme Court has gone from protecting schoolchildren from racism in 1954 to helping to kill them with malnourishment in 2025? And the arc of history bends towards justice, you say?
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So the the United States Supreme Court has gone from protecting schoolchildren from racism in 1954 to helping to kill them with malnourishment in 2025? And the arc of history bends towards justice, you say?
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The Heritage Foundation, which is staffing the US presidential administration, has spent the past two weeks mainstreaming actual neo-Nazis into American public life, and much of the American Jewish establishment is panicking about a Muslim mayor of New York City.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Heritage Foundation, which is staffing the US presidential administration, has spent the past two weeks mainstreaming actual neo-Nazis into American public life, and much of the American Jewish establishment is panicking about a Muslim mayor of New York City.
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40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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a man was just found not guilty by jury lollification
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
a man was just found not guilty by jury lollification
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This is by my count the 22nd Trump administration emergency request that has been granted by SCOTUS since January.
One of the themes running through them is that the court seems to assume that any lower court decision that blocks a Trump policy is irreparable harm to the government.
One of the themes running through them is that the court seems to assume that any lower court decision that blocks a Trump policy is irreparable harm to the government.
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is by my count the 22nd Trump administration emergency request that has been granted by SCOTUS since January.
One of the themes running through them is that the court seems to assume that any lower court decision that blocks a Trump policy is irreparable harm to the government.
One of the themes running through them is that the court seems to assume that any lower court decision that blocks a Trump policy is irreparable harm to the government.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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When the word "pandering" isn't remotely enough.
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When the word "pandering" isn't remotely enough.
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
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Billionaires create chatbots to spread right-wing disinformation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...
Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Billionaires create chatbots to spread right-wing disinformation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...
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