Lee Burnett
@rleeburnett.bsky.social
LCSW. Rule #62. Make art. Plays with yarn. Human rights. Stop book banning. Urban Gardening 🌱
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He’ll do that with every rep that speaks out against him - we’ve seen it with Massie, Rand Paul, etc.
No amount of loyalty is enough. You snub him once and he’ll turn on you.
No amount of loyalty is enough. You snub him once and he’ll turn on you.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
He’ll do that with every rep that speaks out against him - we’ve seen it with Massie, Rand Paul, etc.
No amount of loyalty is enough. You snub him once and he’ll turn on you.
No amount of loyalty is enough. You snub him once and he’ll turn on you.
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The infighting is a splintering of the base. Trumps base just includes too many disparate groups. You just can’t have a tent that holds both antisemites and Zionists, billionaires and populists……
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The infighting is a splintering of the base. Trumps base just includes too many disparate groups. You just can’t have a tent that holds both antisemites and Zionists, billionaires and populists……
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Trump lowered tariffs on beef, coffee, and dozens of other agricultural and food goods as his poll numbers tanked to 27–33 percent, proving that Americans are indeed paying his tariffs.
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump lowered tariffs on beef, coffee, and dozens of other agricultural and food goods as his poll numbers tanked to 27–33 percent, proving that Americans are indeed paying his tariffs.
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There is no question that Kristi Noem and the ICE goons hate Christians and Religion #JesusWouldBeAppalled @PopeLeo
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There is no question that Kristi Noem and the ICE goons hate Christians and Religion #JesusWouldBeAppalled @PopeLeo
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Broadview.
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Broadview.
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Brace yourselves. He’s going to do everything he can to stop this.
House plans to vote Tuesday on releasing Epstein files
President Donald Trump has made repeated attempts to kill the effort, but a discharge petition has forced Speaker Mike Johnson's hand.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Brace yourselves. He’s going to do everything he can to stop this.
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Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Huh.
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
Trump dropped the tariffs on coffee, beef, and tropical fruit to LOWER PRICES.
I thought other countries paid for those?
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Everything is a very expensive exercise in vanity.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Everything is a very expensive exercise in vanity.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Uniter
Newest Rep. Adelita Grijalva: “Basic freedoms are under attack…. What is most concerning is not what this administration has done, but what this body has not done—hold Trump accountable as a co-equal branch of government that we are!”
#ResistanceUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Newest Rep. Adelita Grijalva: “Basic freedoms are under attack…. What is most concerning is not what this administration has done, but what this body has not done—hold Trump accountable as a co-equal branch of government that we are!”
#ResistanceUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Grijalva: It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district elected me to represent them. 50 days that over 800,000 arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves.
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Uniter
Newest Rep. Adelita Grijalva: “Basic freedoms are under attack…. What is most concerning is not what this administration has done, but what this body has not done—hold Trump accountable as a co-equal branch of government that we are!”
#ResistanceUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
Newest Rep. Adelita Grijalva: “Basic freedoms are under attack…. What is most concerning is not what this administration has done, but what this body has not done—hold Trump accountable as a co-equal branch of government that we are!”
#ResistanceUnited #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
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Can anyone, and I mean ANYONE, offer a “benign” reason why the President would so actively & aggressively try thwarting the release of these Epstein documents?
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Can anyone, and I mean ANYONE, offer a “benign” reason why the President would so actively & aggressively try thwarting the release of these Epstein documents?
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There’s also a zero percent chance the real number is 3 trillion
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There’s also a zero percent chance the real number is 3 trillion
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This likely won’t be the last intelligence sharing suspension we see over this - based on the publicly available evidence, these strikes don’t come close to meeting the threshold for deadly force.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This likely won’t be the last intelligence sharing suspension we see over this - based on the publicly available evidence, these strikes don’t come close to meeting the threshold for deadly force.
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Talk to the Senate Democrats who voted for it, because apparently they think paying off their colleagues for rightfully being investigated for their collaboration in a coup attempt is better than standing up for millions of Americans
"This is real-time corruption on full display," Hakeem Jeffries just now on the millions that could go to 8 Republican US Senators in the spending bill.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
He decries millions for the "slush fund" while zero dollars go to health care tax credits for 24 million.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Talk to the Senate Democrats who voted for it, because apparently they think paying off their colleagues for rightfully being investigated for their collaboration in a coup attempt is better than standing up for millions of Americans
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"If Democrats didn't exist, it would be necessary for Republicans to invent them." -- Elie Voltaire.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"If Democrats didn't exist, it would be necessary for Republicans to invent them." -- Elie Voltaire.
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Government of, for, and by the billionaires.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Government of, for, and by the billionaires.
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Do I trust them? No. That’s why I voted no. But they are in a terrible position, and we can use the next few weeks to turn the pressure up even further.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Do I trust them? No. That’s why I voted no. But they are in a terrible position, and we can use the next few weeks to turn the pressure up even further.
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The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
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Worst decision this country ever made was letting this kingpin have another shot at the presidency. He belonged behind bars years ago, along with all his co-conspirators.
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Worst decision this country ever made was letting this kingpin have another shot at the presidency. He belonged behind bars years ago, along with all his co-conspirators.
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"Not all Democrats are on board with the contours of this proposal. While the vote would have the effect of forcing each Republican to take a position in public on healthcare costs and access as we head into the midterm election year, some Democrats likened it to caving in."
Here’s what you need to know about legal issues like the National Guard and SNAP for the week ahead, with a little politics in the mix too. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
November 9, 2025
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Not all Democrats are on board with the contours of this proposal. While the vote would have the effect of forcing each Republican to take a position in public on healthcare costs and access as we head into the midterm election year, some Democrats likened it to caving in."
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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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.”
Exactly
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Exactly