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Thomas Paine
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Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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.
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/j...

I guess this is the only way to stop them. Let them fight amongst themselves.

The Democrats are just too WEAK.
Justice Roberts rebukes Trump's call to impeach Venezuela deportation case judge
Impeaching federal judges is "not an appropriate response" to disagreeing with their rulings, Roberts said.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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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.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.
 
An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.
March 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
@schumer.senate.gov @senatedems25.bsky.social

By voting yes on the CR, you have handed Trump his Golden Age.
Trump promised America a "Golden Age" on Day 1

It's Day 50, where is it?

Inflation is up
The stock market plunged
Pure chaos, no stability, total confusion

All thanks to Trump's tariffs to pay for tax cuts for billionaires

We won't stop fighting to stop these harmful tariffs
March 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Pro tip for Democrats: if Trump is congratulating you, you fucked up.
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The American people know who to hold responsible for a reckless Government shutdown.

Donald Trump and his Republican sycophants in Congress.
March 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?

They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.

That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.

The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Uh oh.

Looks like I made President Musk mad.
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Far right extremists want to take a chainsaw to Medicaid.

Democrats refuse to bend the knee.

So House Republicans are preparing to shut down the government.
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@reptomsuozzi.bsky.social thinks that Trump deserves deference as he dismantles democracy.

Exactly what do you stand for?

We need LEADERSHIP and ACTION.

Historical examples of deference tend not to end well for the people.

www.axios.com/2025/03/06/d...
"Everyone is mad at everyone": Democratic tensions erupt after Trump speech
"Everyone is mad at everyone," one senior House Democrat said.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM