Snake
@snakefromnewyork.bsky.social
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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A self-described Fed employee on what a shutdown would have meant.
I will say that Chuck is correct that if the gov were to stay shut for more than 30 days, Trump and Musk would be able to RIF Feds indiscriminately under 5 CFR 351. All the GOP would have to do is hold out for another 30 days on making any movement. I don't love it but it is accurate. 🧵
March 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A self-described Fed employee on what a shutdown would have meant.
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in our new political reality, you need a style of elected official and commentator who sees this and says, "shut up, you punk bitch, or show up what you got." so onward to building that new reality.
Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal."
March 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
in our new political reality, you need a style of elected official and commentator who sees this and says, "shut up, you punk bitch, or show up what you got." so onward to building that new reality.
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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He did not, in fact, fight this in the Senate.
And I suspect he won’t come back to Bluesky
Too big of a coward.
I’ve been friendly online with this senator for a decade. I regret ever thinking he was one of the good ones. The word betrayal doesn’t even begin to cover it.
And I suspect he won’t come back to Bluesky
Too big of a coward.
I’ve been friendly online with this senator for a decade. I regret ever thinking he was one of the good ones. The word betrayal doesn’t even begin to cover it.
R’s have the votes in the House to cut Medicaid. That could/should change. Voting for the “framework” might be easier than voting to actually enact Medicaid cuts, but R’s won tonight. We will fight this in Senate but it will come down to people outside of the capitol being sufficiently pissed off.
March 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
He did not, in fact, fight this in the Senate.
And I suspect he won’t come back to Bluesky
Too big of a coward.
I’ve been friendly online with this senator for a decade. I regret ever thinking he was one of the good ones. The word betrayal doesn’t even begin to cover it.
And I suspect he won’t come back to Bluesky
Too big of a coward.
I’ve been friendly online with this senator for a decade. I regret ever thinking he was one of the good ones. The word betrayal doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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@schatz.bsky.social when are you going to tell us what you were thinking?
March 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@schatz.bsky.social when are you going to tell us what you were thinking?
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority
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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down.
I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too?
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Just called Senator Klobuchar again at her metro office: 612-727-5220. Got right through to a staffer.
Things are moving quickly, but it looks like these Sen's especially need calls from *constituents* to vote NO on cloture:
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
Angus King (ME)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Jacky Rosen (NV)
Brian Schatz (HI)
Maggie Hassan (NH)
Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Gary Peters (MI)
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121.
This is NEW today. AOC sent this 11 am. Friday morning.
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
Yes, your calls are still needed. The vote is in the early afternoon. There is still time!
March 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just called Senator Klobuchar again at her metro office: 612-727-5220. Got right through to a staffer.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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Announce you're running right away. Become the party. Force them to get in line or get out of the way.
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Announce you're running right away. Become the party. Force them to get in line or get out of the way.
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New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
March 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451