Patrick Fenelon
@patrickfenelon.bsky.social
Foreign Policy. NBA. Democratic Socialism. Cats. i will fight Elon Musk in Outer Space
Twitter: @patrick_fenelon
Twitter: @patrick_fenelon
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I have to hand it to my communist friends tonight...
The CCP & the communist party of Cuba are probably both more responsive to their constituents than Democrats are to theirs
The CCP & the communist party of Cuba are probably both more responsive to their constituents than Democrats are to theirs
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lol the senate got their vote and it fucking failed as predicted, and then AFTERWARDS the same surrender caucus voted to open the government. fucking worthless collaborators.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
lol the senate got their vote and it fucking failed as predicted, and then AFTERWARDS the same surrender caucus voted to open the government. fucking worthless collaborators.
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BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House
The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds slated to expire. It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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the AI-generated chapter titles for our episodes are making me believe in the power of AI
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
the AI-generated chapter titles for our episodes are making me believe in the power of AI
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they really went “well, you all had your fun”, I don’t even use CBD and I’m pissed about this bsky.app/profile/jcon...
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
they really went “well, you all had your fun”, I don’t even use CBD and I’m pissed about this bsky.app/profile/jcon...
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The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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"Babe wake up, it's the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"Babe wake up, it's the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!
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Whenever someone tells me no one should even introduce impeachment articles because it is a "political stunt", I am going to remind them the Democrats ruined the lives of millions of people entirely for a political stunt.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Whenever someone tells me no one should even introduce impeachment articles because it is a "political stunt", I am going to remind them the Democrats ruined the lives of millions of people entirely for a political stunt.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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The even more fraudulent thing - or as fraudulent - is that not a single reporter on legacy media or drawing a salary to roam the halls of Congress every day has ever asked them why they allow this. Not one of them discussed it today. Thus most Americans have no idea that every Dem is rolling over.
They did. My god. They are fast tracking the vote.
Every single one of them.
Every single one of them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The even more fraudulent thing - or as fraudulent - is that not a single reporter on legacy media or drawing a salary to roam the halls of Congress every day has ever asked them why they allow this. Not one of them discussed it today. Thus most Americans have no idea that every Dem is rolling over.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Anything short of calling for Schumer to be replaced is performative outrage designed to mollify you
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Huh well it turns out I heard from a few federal workers about this and well
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
"We civil servants organized to help our colleagues face the hardship of the shutdown, we put up with the pain and our only request was to not be betrayed like this. Trade our pain, make it count."
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True connoisseurs know that the tastiest juices are in the limbs, which have to be cracked like crab legs to drink the precious fluids inside
February 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM
True connoisseurs know that the tastiest juices are in the limbs, which have to be cracked like crab legs to drink the precious fluids inside
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
Resign
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Resign
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I remember in high school standing with my friend at a Suncoast Video in the mall in the 90s commenting first on a new imported Godzilla movie and then an Edmund Fitzgerald documentary.
Without a beat, the sales clerk said “I don’t remember Godzilla fighting that ship.”
Absolute legend.
Without a beat, the sales clerk said “I don’t remember Godzilla fighting that ship.”
Absolute legend.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I remember in high school standing with my friend at a Suncoast Video in the mall in the 90s commenting first on a new imported Godzilla movie and then an Edmund Fitzgerald documentary.
Without a beat, the sales clerk said “I don’t remember Godzilla fighting that ship.”
Absolute legend.
Without a beat, the sales clerk said “I don’t remember Godzilla fighting that ship.”
Absolute legend.
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They think you’re stupid.
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They think you’re stupid.
This bill was so much fucking worse than nothing
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This bill was so much fucking worse than nothing
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Lol
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 10:13 PM
Lol
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Wow, a senator who actually knows how to withhold unanimous consent.
How about that, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov?
How about that, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov?
Not much new here, but reiterates that Paul is threatening to withhold unanimous consent to drag out the shutdown unless his amendment is adapted that would save the THC industry.
Rand Paul wants hemp vote to speed up shutdown endgame
His insistence on the hemp vote comes after a bruising fight with senior appropriators.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Wow, a senator who actually knows how to withhold unanimous consent.
How about that, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov?
How about that, @amyklobuchar.com and @smith.senate.gov?