Lovey
@ohsolovey.bsky.social
Long-time Dem.
No time for alt-left, faux-gressive BS.
Racists, antisemites & misogynists can fuck off.
(AI bros can also fuck off.)
Harris supporter always. Still with HRC.
The base is watching.
Oh, if you didn't vote: fuck off especially.
No time for alt-left, faux-gressive BS.
Racists, antisemites & misogynists can fuck off.
(AI bros can also fuck off.)
Harris supporter always. Still with HRC.
The base is watching.
Oh, if you didn't vote: fuck off especially.
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When I see any kind of shitty 9/11 jokes anywhere online, but especially BSky, I just block. It's a flat-out block & I don't even take time to see what's in their popup. No one making shitty jokes about that tragedy are worth anything at all, nor are they likely old enough to be worth listening to.
I remember The Chicks getting cancelled by radio & country music & everyone (truly cancelled, not like fools complaining now) because they spoke out against the war, while T.Keith made millions off BS "patriot" songs (& hating The Chicks).
White country music made tons of money off the war for oil🙃🫠
White country music made tons of money off the war for oil🙃🫠
No blood for oil
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I remember The Chicks getting cancelled by radio & country music & everyone (truly cancelled, not like fools complaining now) because they spoke out against the war, while T.Keith made millions off BS "patriot" songs (& hating The Chicks).
White country music made tons of money off the war for oil🙃🫠
White country music made tons of money off the war for oil🙃🫠
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No blood for oil
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
No blood for oil
This. He's not a snowflake; he's read the room & is getting the fuck out. He doesn't have to be smart, just not dumb enough to put himself at the very top where they fall first. All these rats put themselves in places where they could get out easily when shit went sideways (as they figured it would)
He knows that Patel is being set up to be Trump's fall guy and doesn't want to be caught in the blowback. He isn't as clueless as his boss. I'll give him that.
❄️ ❄️ ❄️ Bongino couldn’t handle the pressure. Now he runs back to yelling conspiracies he knows aren’t true into a microphone for cash to dumbed-down Neanderthals.
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This. He's not a snowflake; he's read the room & is getting the fuck out. He doesn't have to be smart, just not dumb enough to put himself at the very top where they fall first. All these rats put themselves in places where they could get out easily when shit went sideways (as they figured it would)
It would be nice if the center-&-left-leaning billionaires would come together and support the American Academy of Pediatrics in the wake of the GOP & WH cutting their funding.
I'm not sure there are enough tax breaks in this for them, now, but it would be the right thing to do.
I'm not sure there are enough tax breaks in this for them, now, but it would be the right thing to do.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
www.theguardian.com
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
twp.ai
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It would be nice if the center-&-left-leaning billionaires would come together and support the American Academy of Pediatrics in the wake of the GOP & WH cutting their funding.
I'm not sure there are enough tax breaks in this for them, now, but it would be the right thing to do.
I'm not sure there are enough tax breaks in this for them, now, but it would be the right thing to do.
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If you read enough history, you will encounter some well-meaning person say "Well, maybe we should consider if democracy is outdated. Look at what Mr. Mussolini/General Pinochet is doing." And you think, wow, thank God we have more perspective today. And then you realize that we don't.
New, from me: Recently Marc Dunkelman wrote "What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency" in the Times.
I respond here, not to dunk on Dunkelman, but because it represents a mistaken view of governance that progressives are tempted to embrace. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
I respond here, not to dunk on Dunkelman, but because it represents a mistaken view of governance that progressives are tempted to embrace. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats need a theory of power, but democracies need a theory of accountability
No, the Trump administration is not a model for how to get things done
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you read enough history, you will encounter some well-meaning person say "Well, maybe we should consider if democracy is outdated. Look at what Mr. Mussolini/General Pinochet is doing." And you think, wow, thank God we have more perspective today. And then you realize that we don't.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives passed a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 18 and put doctors in prison for providing this care.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives passed a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 18 and put doctors in prison for providing this care.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
This bill is an unjustifiable threat to the well-being of trans youth and their families. The Senate must reject it.
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🚨Can you guess who plans on appearing at Trees in Deep Ellum (Dallas) with Cure for Paranoia’s Album release on Dec 26?
She says she’s been known to drop a bar or two 🎤
Details in the DMN article below!
She says she’s been known to drop a bar or two 🎤
Details in the DMN article below!
Why Senate hopeful Jasmine Crockett is appearing at a Dallas hip-hop concert
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett will introduce Dallas hip hop collective Cure for Paranoia at its upcoming album release show in Deep Ellum.
www.dallasnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🚨Can you guess who plans on appearing at Trees in Deep Ellum (Dallas) with Cure for Paranoia’s Album release on Dec 26?
She says she’s been known to drop a bar or two 🎤
Details in the DMN article below!
She says she’s been known to drop a bar or two 🎤
Details in the DMN article below!
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
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too many things are doing "wrappeds" this year. i don't need to see my data usage over the past year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
too many things are doing "wrappeds" this year. i don't need to see my data usage over the past year.
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I’ll also note that there are 25 million naturalized citizens, so even if the Trump admin succeeded at its wildest dreams, we’re talking 2,400 denaturalizations a year, or 0.01% of the total naturalized immigrant population.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I’ll also note that there are 25 million naturalized citizens, so even if the Trump admin succeeded at its wildest dreams, we’re talking 2,400 denaturalizations a year, or 0.01% of the total naturalized immigrant population.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
So it’s more to spread fear and send a message than make a tangible dent.
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The FCC updated the website after this exchange and removed the word independent. If that doesn’t scare everyone, it should.
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The FCC updated the website after this exchange and removed the word independent. If that doesn’t scare everyone, it should.
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Before this year, the law was so clear that the FCC is independent of the White House that Sen. Johnson conducted a full-blown Congressional investigation of whether President Obama could submit public comments on a reg. alongside millions of other Americans! www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Before this year, the law was so clear that the FCC is independent of the White House that Sen. Johnson conducted a full-blown Congressional investigation of whether President Obama could submit public comments on a reg. alongside millions of other Americans! www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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Russ Vought’s Project 2025 plan all along was “destroying agencies’ notion of independence, that they’re independent from the President”. As admitted on hidden camera to journalists in 2024… www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/p...
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Russ Vought’s Project 2025 plan all along was “destroying agencies’ notion of independence, that they’re independent from the President”. As admitted on hidden camera to journalists in 2024… www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/p...
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The article avoids the true purpose of DEI :
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The article avoids the true purpose of DEI :
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i don’t know a single person over 67 that is working for funsies or to out of an unwillingness to let go of control of <blank> regardless of where they are socioeconomically because “perceived wealth” does not translate to ability to avoid poverty for another 15, 20, or 25 years.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
i don’t know a single person over 67 that is working for funsies or to out of an unwillingness to let go of control of <blank> regardless of where they are socioeconomically because “perceived wealth” does not translate to ability to avoid poverty for another 15, 20, or 25 years.
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We talk a lot about how race and gender grievance are offered to white men to distract them from exploitative working conditions that are in fact universal, and this piece is a beautiful example of how the work of that distraction gets done.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We talk a lot about how race and gender grievance are offered to white men to distract them from exploitative working conditions that are in fact universal, and this piece is a beautiful example of how the work of that distraction gets done.
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The PQ is a procedural vote that ends debate ahead of a vote on a Rule. It's significant because if the minority party manages to engineer a defeat of the PQ, they - the Democrats - get to take over the floor for a set amount of time, and can call up their preferred legislation.
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The PQ is a procedural vote that ends debate ahead of a vote on a Rule. It's significant because if the minority party manages to engineer a defeat of the PQ, they - the Democrats - get to take over the floor for a set amount of time, and can call up their preferred legislation.
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It's a procedural vote, but defeating the PQ gives the minority control of the floor for a set amount of time.
It's exceedingly rare. Last time it succeeded was in 1984. But they would have used this window to call up the ACA extension bill. Which is why they were so mad when Rs gaveled it closed.
It's exceedingly rare. Last time it succeeded was in 1984. But they would have used this window to call up the ACA extension bill. Which is why they were so mad when Rs gaveled it closed.
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's a procedural vote, but defeating the PQ gives the minority control of the floor for a set amount of time.
It's exceedingly rare. Last time it succeeded was in 1984. But they would have used this window to call up the ACA extension bill. Which is why they were so mad when Rs gaveled it closed.
It's exceedingly rare. Last time it succeeded was in 1984. But they would have used this window to call up the ACA extension bill. Which is why they were so mad when Rs gaveled it closed.
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Correct. Discharge Petition is very much alive.
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Correct. Discharge Petition is very much alive.
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
Timing: now that it has 218 signatures, it has to "ripen" for 7 legislative days, then any member who signed the DP can call it up. Then Johnson has 2 legislative days to schedule a vote.
Which still means January 2026 at earliest, around Jan 13-15
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to your point, yes. They gaveled to stop a tie vote, which would have been a fail.
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
to your point, yes. They gaveled to stop a tie vote, which would have been a fail.
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They have to leave the vote open for a designated amount of time. The Chair announces how long they have: "This is a 15-minute vote."
Once that time is expired, it's open game. You've seen votes stay open for HOURS before to negotiate.
They waited on this one until they had a majority, then gaveled.
Once that time is expired, it's open game. You've seen votes stay open for HOURS before to negotiate.
They waited on this one until they had a majority, then gaveled.
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
They have to leave the vote open for a designated amount of time. The Chair announces how long they have: "This is a 15-minute vote."
Once that time is expired, it's open game. You've seen votes stay open for HOURS before to negotiate.
They waited on this one until they had a majority, then gaveled.
Once that time is expired, it's open game. You've seen votes stay open for HOURS before to negotiate.
They waited on this one until they had a majority, then gaveled.
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I was in the Speaker's Lobby when this happened and it generated a storm of protest. Rep. Riley Moore R-WV gaveled a procedural vote to a close while one Democrat was ready to vote. That vote would have defeated the measure on a 204-204 tie - but Moore opted for a very fast gavel.
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I was in the Speaker's Lobby when this happened and it generated a storm of protest. Rep. Riley Moore R-WV gaveled a procedural vote to a close while one Democrat was ready to vote. That vote would have defeated the measure on a 204-204 tie - but Moore opted for a very fast gavel.
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That's not exactly what happened. They were voting on the GOP health plan (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman because he was late for the vote. So it passed. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because of the waiting period.
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
That's not exactly what happened. They were voting on the GOP health plan (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman because he was late for the vote. So it passed. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because of the waiting period.
When I see any kind of shitty 9/11 jokes anywhere online, but especially BSky, I just block. It's a flat-out block & I don't even take time to see what's in their popup. No one making shitty jokes about that tragedy are worth anything at all, nor are they likely old enough to be worth listening to.
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When I see any kind of shitty 9/11 jokes anywhere online, but especially BSky, I just block. It's a flat-out block & I don't even take time to see what's in their popup. No one making shitty jokes about that tragedy are worth anything at all, nor are they likely old enough to be worth listening to.