@mowoke.bsky.social
Mental health professional/professor, lifelong Dem, Queens native, now in midwest.
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The 1930s taught us what appeasement gets you: a stronger enemy and a weaker democracy. Some of today’s Dems still haven’t learned it. You don’t bargain with extremists holding people’s livelihoods hostage. You hold the damn line. #HistoryRepeats
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November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The 1930s taught us what appeasement gets you: a stronger enemy and a weaker democracy. Some of today’s Dems still haven’t learned it. You don’t bargain with extremists holding people’s livelihoods hostage. You hold the damn line. #HistoryRepeats
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
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How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
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I would like to congratulate Senate Dems for seeing our recent landslide Democratic wins in elections across the country and taking it to mean fold, instantly.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I would like to congratulate Senate Dems for seeing our recent landslide Democratic wins in elections across the country and taking it to mean fold, instantly.
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The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The only silver lining to last night’s cave.
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Lindsey Graham won’t support an extension of the ACA subsidies for struggling South Carolinians, but he’s getting the right to sue for $500,000 for the investigation into his behavior during Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We can do much better than Graham with @drannieandrews.com
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Lindsey Graham won’t support an extension of the ACA subsidies for struggling South Carolinians, but he’s getting the right to sue for $500,000 for the investigation into his behavior during Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We can do much better than Graham with @drannieandrews.com
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GOOD NEWS ALERT: Yesterday’s argument on tariffs suggested that SCOTUS may be poised to rein in Trump’s authoritarian presidency, finally. Conservative Neil Gorsuch notably questioned POTUS’s “gradual but continual” amassing of powers that properly belong to Congress. youtube.com/shorts/_vUxW...
Tariffs: The straw that broke SCOTUS’s back?
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
GOOD NEWS ALERT: Yesterday’s argument on tariffs suggested that SCOTUS may be poised to rein in Trump’s authoritarian presidency, finally. Conservative Neil Gorsuch notably questioned POTUS’s “gradual but continual” amassing of powers that properly belong to Congress. youtube.com/shorts/_vUxW...
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Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...
Trump pardons another truly disgusting person: Cade Cothren
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Donald Trump continues to find shockingly unqualified and disgusting people to pardon. His latest, Cade Cothren, is a prime example. We can’t let these shameful and corrupt pardons fly under the radar—please share. youtube.com/shorts/WoZIt...
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Trump’s sham Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin, announced a mass pardon of at least 77 people involved in efforts to overthrow the 2020 election results. This is another unprecedented and extremely dangerous use of the pardon power. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/cHkqw...
Trump’s mass pardon of election deniers
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump’s sham Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin, announced a mass pardon of at least 77 people involved in efforts to overthrow the 2020 election results. This is another unprecedented and extremely dangerous use of the pardon power. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/cHkqw...
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The Tuesday election was a message to Democrats to keep fighting. People are scared at what Trump is doing to their lives and our democracy. And they desperately want the opposition party to stand up to him, not willingly get run over.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Tuesday election was a message to Democrats to keep fighting. People are scared at what Trump is doing to their lives and our democracy. And they desperately want the opposition party to stand up to him, not willingly get run over.
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator.
But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.
So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.
But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.
So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator.
But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.
So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.
But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch.
So, I am announcing today that I will not be seeking re-election at the end of my term.
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Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
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Schumer caves like the weakling he is.
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.