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Interests: democracy—is it crumbling beyond repair at home🇺🇸& where I live🇩🇪,history, ethics, science, foreign policy, education, communication, art, leadership, food…
Big fan of 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
My dog’s name is Ginsburg
Big fan of 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
My dog’s name is Ginsburg
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In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
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Murphy and people like @vanhollen.senate.gov can buck their colleagues — pull a Rand Paul/Tuberville and force this bill to take all week.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Murphy and people like @vanhollen.senate.gov can buck their colleagues — pull a Rand Paul/Tuberville and force this bill to take all week.
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Ok.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Ok.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Well.
Seat Adelita Grijalva and let’s finally have a vote to release the Epstein Files.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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She thinks we're stupid, that's the only explanation
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
She thinks we're stupid, that's the only explanation
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Tô bring things full circle to our endless hell. Before yesterday, I would have assumed Janet Mills would win the primary in Maine. Now I think Platner will because the primary is now a referendum on Chuck Schumer and being Schumer's chosen candidate is an electoral death sentence.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Tô bring things full circle to our endless hell. Before yesterday, I would have assumed Janet Mills would win the primary in Maine. Now I think Platner will because the primary is now a referendum on Chuck Schumer and being Schumer's chosen candidate is an electoral death sentence.
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This is especially relevant now but the main reason for this is that Dem leaders don't seem to understand that the alternative for the Dem base isn't the GOP, it's the couch, and when Schumer makes decisions like he did, the couch seems very appealing
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is especially relevant now but the main reason for this is that Dem leaders don't seem to understand that the alternative for the Dem base isn't the GOP, it's the couch, and when Schumer makes decisions like he did, the couch seems very appealing
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OH MY FUCKING GOD
First of all, why trust Thune at all? Second, WHO THE FUCK CARES IF THERE'S A VOTE THAT WILL FAIL AND NEVER GET TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE EVEN IF IT DOES? SOMEONE FUCKING ASK DURBIN HOW HE EXPECTS THIS VOTE TO GO
First of all, why trust Thune at all? Second, WHO THE FUCK CARES IF THERE'S A VOTE THAT WILL FAIL AND NEVER GET TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE EVEN IF IT DOES? SOMEONE FUCKING ASK DURBIN HOW HE EXPECTS THIS VOTE TO GO
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
OH MY FUCKING GOD
First of all, why trust Thune at all? Second, WHO THE FUCK CARES IF THERE'S A VOTE THAT WILL FAIL AND NEVER GET TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE EVEN IF IT DOES? SOMEONE FUCKING ASK DURBIN HOW HE EXPECTS THIS VOTE TO GO
First of all, why trust Thune at all? Second, WHO THE FUCK CARES IF THERE'S A VOTE THAT WILL FAIL AND NEVER GET TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE EVEN IF IT DOES? SOMEONE FUCKING ASK DURBIN HOW HE EXPECTS THIS VOTE TO GO
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Also, Murphy and Van Hollen especially have been making the case that this is not just about the ACA but about lawlessness— and about moving Trump’s numbers. If there’s a chance to get a vote flip, isn’t that worth it?
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Also, Murphy and Van Hollen especially have been making the case that this is not just about the ACA but about lawlessness— and about moving Trump’s numbers. If there’s a chance to get a vote flip, isn’t that worth it?
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Heads up: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law prohibits states from counting ballots that arrive after Election Day.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Heads up: The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law prohibits states from counting ballots that arrive after Election Day.
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"I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations," says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard.
In an encrypted group chat, Ohio National Guard members question Trump deployments
In an encrypted group chat, Ohio National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.wosu.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations," says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard.
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Look, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is great and I’m not going to let people slam him.
He fought. He can’t stop 4 of his colleagues from flipping, he doesn’t have that power.
And the delay isn’t without cost. It would extend the shutdown and probably not change much.
But that ”probably” matters.
He fought. He can’t stop 4 of his colleagues from flipping, he doesn’t have that power.
And the delay isn’t without cost. It would extend the shutdown and probably not change much.
But that ”probably” matters.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Look, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is great and I’m not going to let people slam him.
He fought. He can’t stop 4 of his colleagues from flipping, he doesn’t have that power.
And the delay isn’t without cost. It would extend the shutdown and probably not change much.
But that ”probably” matters.
He fought. He can’t stop 4 of his colleagues from flipping, he doesn’t have that power.
And the delay isn’t without cost. It would extend the shutdown and probably not change much.
But that ”probably” matters.
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It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It takes just one senator to deny unanimous consent. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov
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That video above is great. But delaying the bill until Friday or Saturday would give voters time to pressure cavers like Rosen, King and Cortez Masto.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
That video above is great. But delaying the bill until Friday or Saturday would give voters time to pressure cavers like Rosen, King and Cortez Masto.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
Really fighting at this point means being willing to piss off your colleagues.
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Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
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 9:49 PM
Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR.
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline.
Zero!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This is a highly engaging narrative and I'm emotionally invested in it and the discourse around it. Mostly my emotions range from joy to joy in German.
this is how joyce carol oates executed elon musk on live television
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is a highly engaging narrative and I'm emotionally invested in it and the discourse around it. Mostly my emotions range from joy to joy in German.
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Hope I see your list. Mine came out yesterday.
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hope I see your list. Mine came out yesterday.
“They had been organized to say "no to ICE, no to occupation, no to fascism, and no to cuts stripping away life saving services our communities need."
The organizers said the protests would be nonviolent & that all weapons, even those legally permitted, should not be brought to the events.”
The organizers said the protests would be nonviolent & that all weapons, even those legally permitted, should not be brought to the events.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“They had been organized to say "no to ICE, no to occupation, no to fascism, and no to cuts stripping away life saving services our communities need."
The organizers said the protests would be nonviolent & that all weapons, even those legally permitted, should not be brought to the events.”
The organizers said the protests would be nonviolent & that all weapons, even those legally permitted, should not be brought to the events.”