Michael Lapinski
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@aftynbehn.bsky.social is the candidate for #TN07 we need to send to Congress in the #TnSpecialElection. Early voting starts 11/12-11/26. Election Day is 12/2.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
@aftynbehn.bsky.social is the candidate for #TN07 we need to send to Congress in the #TnSpecialElection. Early voting starts 11/12-11/26. Election Day is 12/2.
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Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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“A plainclothes ICE agent pointed his gun at a female driver in Santa Ana…The incident is one of many nationwide raising concerns about plainclothes agents being mistaken for criminals and visa versa, prompting the FBI to urge proper identification.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“A plainclothes ICE agent pointed his gun at a female driver in Santa Ana…The incident is one of many nationwide raising concerns about plainclothes agents being mistaken for criminals and visa versa, prompting the FBI to urge proper identification.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Any Palestinian who thinks they have to "give it to Candace owens" is a useful idiot. Yes yes lets align with the far right at a time when the issue is essentially mainstreamed in normal circles. I wonder who benefits from this re-alignment
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Any Palestinian who thinks they have to "give it to Candace owens" is a useful idiot. Yes yes lets align with the far right at a time when the issue is essentially mainstreamed in normal circles. I wonder who benefits from this re-alignment
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The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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The ACA fucking *sucks*, is a national shame, is confoundingly cruel and ineffective and insufficient and, also, simultaneously is SO MUCH MORE PREFERABLE to pre-ACA American healthcare it's not even close.
The thing about ACA is that if an American describes how it works to someone from literally anywhere else, the other person will be utterly horrified at its deliberate cruelty.
The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The ACA fucking *sucks*, is a national shame, is confoundingly cruel and ineffective and insufficient and, also, simultaneously is SO MUCH MORE PREFERABLE to pre-ACA American healthcare it's not even close.
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Seriously, for their own good, Dems who voted for this need to not be saying “we did a good thing, this is why.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Seriously, for their own good, Dems who voted for this need to not be saying “we did a good thing, this is why.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
The line needs to be “we fought like hell to get healthcare back, but Donald Trump was willing to burn the country to the ground.”
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Indeed. Until progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus directly challenge Schumer’s leadership it’s kind of hard to take their grousing seriously at this point. They are all in on this #SchumerSurrender politics.
Hey just a reminder that it only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove and replace Chuck Schumer as minority leader. They don't do it because the majority of Senate Democrats approve of the way he does politics.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Indeed. Until progressives in the Senate Democratic caucus directly challenge Schumer’s leadership it’s kind of hard to take their grousing seriously at this point. They are all in on this #SchumerSurrender politics.
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Really, really mad after this weekend?
Major protests and events are planned in D.C. for Nov 20-22.
Major protests and events are planned in D.C. for Nov 20-22.
Protest in DC 20-22 November. 20th is Congressional visits, the last day before they break for Thanksgiving. 21st is a veterans rally. 22nd is a massive rally and Dropkick Murphys will be there. Join the Fam of Liberty any day that you can. If you cannot make it all 3 days, be there Saturday.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Really, really mad after this weekend?
Major protests and events are planned in D.C. for Nov 20-22.
Major protests and events are planned in D.C. for Nov 20-22.
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This entire thread
Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This entire thread
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sen Gary Peters is in his own way the biggest embarrassment of the lot. He’s been a leader of Team Cave and he’s retiring. So there’s no politics or risk aversion. He wants to cave as a matter of genuine principle.
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Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Darth Vader has assured Lando Calrissian that Princess Liea and Chewbacca will be left under his supervision in Cloud City and that's good enough for Chuck Schumer.
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)
Easily the most stunning animated film this year particularly the heightened palette by Justine Thiebault
Warm up with the central relationship and peer into a 2&half year old’s view of the world, inscribed to memory as an act of obstinate preservation
Easily the most stunning animated film this year particularly the heightened palette by Justine Thiebault
Warm up with the central relationship and peer into a 2&half year old’s view of the world, inscribed to memory as an act of obstinate preservation
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)
Easily the most stunning animated film this year particularly the heightened palette by Justine Thiebault
Warm up with the central relationship and peer into a 2&half year old’s view of the world, inscribed to memory as an act of obstinate preservation
Easily the most stunning animated film this year particularly the heightened palette by Justine Thiebault
Warm up with the central relationship and peer into a 2&half year old’s view of the world, inscribed to memory as an act of obstinate preservation
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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 12:48 AM
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:
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All I’m asking is for the millionaires in the Senate to show the same courage in standing up to fascism that regular people are showing in streets every day.
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 9:24 PM
All I’m asking is for the millionaires in the Senate to show the same courage in standing up to fascism that regular people are showing in streets every day.
Worth noting that it’s only “Deep Red” because our Republican Supermajority cheated and gerrymandered Nashville into 3 Red Districts in 2022.
We want all 3 now.
We want all 3 now.
this would need a 22 point swing. that's a lot...but Ds have gotten swings that big in a bunch of specials this year. I think the DNC is right that it's worth trying for. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
DNC chair to campaign for the Democrat running in deep red Tennessee House special election
Former GOP Rep. Mark Green's vacant district, set to be filled in a Dec. 2 special election, backed Trump by a 22-point margin in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Worth noting that it’s only “Deep Red” because our Republican Supermajority cheated and gerrymandered Nashville into 3 Red Districts in 2022.
We want all 3 now.
We want all 3 now.
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this would need a 22 point swing. that's a lot...but Ds have gotten swings that big in a bunch of specials this year. I think the DNC is right that it's worth trying for. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
DNC chair to campaign for the Democrat running in deep red Tennessee House special election
Former GOP Rep. Mark Green's vacant district, set to be filled in a Dec. 2 special election, backed Trump by a 22-point margin in 2024.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
this would need a 22 point swing. that's a lot...but Ds have gotten swings that big in a bunch of specials this year. I think the DNC is right that it's worth trying for. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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24 more days that hopefully see even with a stacked deck to steal seats Tennesseans finally wake up, and send a Representative to Washington who will work for them 🤞
24 DAYS UNTIL WE MAKE HISTORY.
Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
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Now is our time. Thank you to the @DNC chair, Ken Martin, for coming to Nashville, and to all of those who canvassed yesterday.
Remember, talking to voters is the only way we’re going to win— sign up today
🔗 Link in bio
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
24 more days that hopefully see even with a stacked deck to steal seats Tennesseans finally wake up, and send a Representative to Washington who will work for them 🤞
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Cyndi Lauper delivered a powerful call to action during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."
Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF
"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."
Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Cyndi Lauper delivered a powerful call to action during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."
Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF
"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."
Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...