Gregory Minchak
@minchak.bsky.social
Comms and policy professional - Currently @lincolnproject.bsky.social - Retweets endorse good reading. Thoughts all my own.
Trump's audience in calling for sedition charges against Democrats isn't just them, it's also members of his own party.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
President Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.” https://to.pbs.org/4r5aZZH
Trump says Democrats' video message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — cal...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump's audience in calling for sedition charges against Democrats isn't just them, it's also members of his own party.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
He must intimidate anyone thinking of walking away from him because of Epstein/economy/Ukraine with threats of arrest/violence.
He's keeping people of his OWN party in line.
The geography of this will be interesting. I doubt GOP frontliners will want to be anywhere near the rambling, sputtering, gobbledygook, political poison known as Trump.
Saying “I don’t want to hear about the affordability” didn’t work?
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The geography of this will be interesting. I doubt GOP frontliners will want to be anywhere near the rambling, sputtering, gobbledygook, political poison known as Trump.
This guy doesn't want people to believe what they can clearly see in their cupboards or pocketbooks ...
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This guy doesn't want people to believe what they can clearly see in their cupboards or pocketbooks ...
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
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I mean, there's "out of touch" and then there's whatever the fuck this is:
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mean, there's "out of touch" and then there's whatever the fuck this is:
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
"They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
Awwww-Hahahaha. Hahahahhahahahahahhaaha.
This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Awwww-Hahahaha. Hahahahhahahahahahhaaha.
It looks like one of Saddam's palaces. American government style is meant to be understated. This is some gaudy shit by a guy with zero style.
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It looks like one of Saddam's palaces. American government style is meant to be understated. This is some gaudy shit by a guy with zero style.
Seriously. This should be enough to keep the government closed.
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.
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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 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Seriously. This should be enough to keep the government closed.
Magnets? What the fuck are those
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Magnets? What the fuck are those
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(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
(1 of 3) I used to negotiate for a living, and I'm trying to determine how many basic rules of negotiation these eight schmucks who somehow stumbled into becoming United States Senators violated. The list seems endless. For instance, if your negotiating partner is fucking crazy sociopathic ghoul...
The Democratic Senators who negotiated the shutdown end couldn't even bring half the caucus over. They just cut a "deal" and said the hell with everyone else who was fighting.
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
Democrats fold on biggest government shutdown demand
"It's been six weeks," one senator said.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Democratic Senators who negotiated the shutdown end couldn't even bring half the caucus over. They just cut a "deal" and said the hell with everyone else who was fighting.
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
And this is the headline we get because of it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...
They are trying to grab the high road by saying they are walking away from a fight with a bully. But everyone who's ever been on a playground knows that's not how you stand up to a bully. Sometimes you gotta fight even if you don't want to.
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They are trying to grab the high road by saying they are walking away from a fight with a bully. But everyone who's ever been on a playground knows that's not how you stand up to a bully. Sometimes you gotta fight even if you don't want to.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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It is very notable that several Dems are putting out strong statements that effectively backhand members of their caucus
I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.
Full statement:
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It is very notable that several Dems are putting out strong statements that effectively backhand members of their caucus
What the Senate Democrats agreed to is NOT a deal!
Its a capitulation to Trump and his ghouls who are letting familes starve, are actively trying to destroy the social safety net, and are willing to let people go uninsured.
How did so many Democratic bedwetters get elected?
Its a capitulation to Trump and his ghouls who are letting familes starve, are actively trying to destroy the social safety net, and are willing to let people go uninsured.
How did so many Democratic bedwetters get elected?
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What the Senate Democrats agreed to is NOT a deal!
Its a capitulation to Trump and his ghouls who are letting familes starve, are actively trying to destroy the social safety net, and are willing to let people go uninsured.
How did so many Democratic bedwetters get elected?
Its a capitulation to Trump and his ghouls who are letting familes starve, are actively trying to destroy the social safety net, and are willing to let people go uninsured.
How did so many Democratic bedwetters get elected?
And Trump is appealing an order to release SNAP funds. Because he refuses to abide by a law that requires him to distribute the money.
An administration full of ghouls.
An administration full of ghouls.
Remember when Donald Trump said there would be people standing in bread lines trying to get food if Kamala Harris won?
People are standing in line for food in Cleveland because of Donald Trump.
People are standing in line for food in Cleveland because of Donald Trump.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
And Trump is appealing an order to release SNAP funds. Because he refuses to abide by a law that requires him to distribute the money.
An administration full of ghouls.
An administration full of ghouls.
Duffy is acting like this is some nebulous event happening to the Administration, ignoring the reality that Trump's clown car holds all the power levers.
Sean Duffy: "As we come into Thanksgiving, if we're still in a shutdown posture, it's gonna be rough out there. Really rough."
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Duffy is acting like this is some nebulous event happening to the Administration, ignoring the reality that Trump's clown car holds all the power levers.
They go too far.
Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people.
Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”
Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”
Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
They go too far.
A lot of Republican flailing and yelling into the wind about the shutdown today. They are lost and panicking. The Dems need to hold the line for ACA subsidies and government employee back pay.
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Live updates: Government shutdown is now the longest in US history | CNN Politics
We are now in the longest government shutdown in US history, at 36 days. Follow here for the latest live news updates on the stalemate on Capitol Hill and its impacts
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November 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A lot of Republican flailing and yelling into the wind about the shutdown today. They are lost and panicking. The Dems need to hold the line for ACA subsidies and government employee back pay.
www.cnn.com/webview/poli...
www.cnn.com/webview/poli...
Now is not the time for democrats to cave on the shutdown. They can get both ACA subsidies and ensure backpay for government employees if they hold the line.
AOC and Bernie need to rip hearts and lungs out this morning and make sure no one wavers.
AOC and Bernie need to rip hearts and lungs out this morning and make sure no one wavers.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now is not the time for democrats to cave on the shutdown. They can get both ACA subsidies and ensure backpay for government employees if they hold the line.
AOC and Bernie need to rip hearts and lungs out this morning and make sure no one wavers.
AOC and Bernie need to rip hearts and lungs out this morning and make sure no one wavers.
Spanberger looks...dare I say? Presidential!
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Spanberger looks...dare I say? Presidential!
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Any Dem reopening the government is helping Trump and Homan to kidnap more people. There is absolutely no benefit to re-opening the government. They're telling you every day that when ICE gets more money, it's gonna be full on disaster. If your Senator is offering up a CR, they're on Trump's side
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Any Dem reopening the government is helping Trump and Homan to kidnap more people. There is absolutely no benefit to re-opening the government. They're telling you every day that when ICE gets more money, it's gonna be full on disaster. If your Senator is offering up a CR, they're on Trump's side
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a) there was no bathroom originally there. Truman renovation installed the bathroom & created what is the "Lincoln Bedroom"
b) luxurious Victorian water closets would never have been made w/ marble, because it stains & you can't tell if it's clean or not. they used white porcelain
lies everywhere!
b) luxurious Victorian water closets would never have been made w/ marble, because it stains & you can't tell if it's clean or not. they used white porcelain
lies everywhere!
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
a) there was no bathroom originally there. Truman renovation installed the bathroom & created what is the "Lincoln Bedroom"
b) luxurious Victorian water closets would never have been made w/ marble, because it stains & you can't tell if it's clean or not. they used white porcelain
lies everywhere!
b) luxurious Victorian water closets would never have been made w/ marble, because it stains & you can't tell if it's clean or not. they used white porcelain
lies everywhere!
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Republicans are mostly to blame for the shutdown (and I've said this since September). But Democrats knew that Trump flanked by Russ Vought would use SNAP as a pain point. Still, there's only one person who can end this: Trump. And he's shown no interest.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Americans go hungry as Republicans and Democrats point fingers amid shutdown
The whole exchange in the Senate about SNAP shows nobody is serious about stopping people from going hungry. Eric Garcia writes that Democrats aren’t blameless, but Trump bears the most responsibility
www.independent.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Republicans are mostly to blame for the shutdown (and I've said this since September). But Democrats knew that Trump flanked by Russ Vought would use SNAP as a pain point. Still, there's only one person who can end this: Trump. And he's shown no interest.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...