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FOOTBALL. 🏈. 🇺🇸🇻🇮 As long as the enemies of the Emperor still draw Breath there can be no Peace. Real Gondorian Patriot.
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Trans folks are gonna have an awful four years, but whatever happens you must live. Don’t accomplish anything else? Doesn’t matter, you lived. You just have to live.
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twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
twitter being bought and turned into a propaganda machine for fascism, which is directly pumped into every journalist in the world's brain, is one of the worst things to happen in the last few years. we might not survive it.
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The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The utter preposterousness of this interview. A media figure talking about BBC bias while describing the president as his "friend". A child could see trough it.
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Most local parties are run by people who've done the job for years because no one stepped up. So step up.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Most local parties are run by people who've done the job for years because no one stepped up. So step up.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
Be authentically you. Speak to your community.
There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.
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I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
We need courageous leaders that put working families at the center of all they do.
8 democrats caving to empty promises is an indefensible leadership failure
For the sake of our country, Schumer needs to resign.
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Joey Politano's review of Ways and Means
5/5: "The Yankees did not whip us in the field—we were whipped in the Treasury Department" bemoaned one Confederate officer. The man was half right, as the well-earned American victories on the battle...
www.goodreads.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We deserve a Democratic Party that is willing to fight as hard as we are.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
We need new leadership in this moment and to get there, we need a chorus of support for change. Tell your Democratic senators to call on Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. It’s time for drastic action.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
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I think it would be very good for caucus health to take down someone who’s been squishy in in 2026
they need to understand the depth of the anger
they need to understand the depth of the anger
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I think it would be very good for caucus health to take down someone who’s been squishy in in 2026
they need to understand the depth of the anger
they need to understand the depth of the anger
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Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
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Kathy Hochul is a no (lol)
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Kathy Hochul is a no (lol)
House dems and Dem activists being negatively polarised against the senate would be a good outcome
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
House dems and Dem activists being negatively polarised against the senate would be a good outcome
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jesus they got SHERRILL against it?
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
jesus they got SHERRILL against it?
MILLS A NO
Brian Schatz is a no as is Janet Mills
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
MILLS A NO
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Hakeem is against the deal
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Hakeem is against the deal
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If Torres and Yglesias are willing to say “are you fucking stupid, why support this bill,” how do you think your donors and primary voters will react.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If Torres and Yglesias are willing to say “are you fucking stupid, why support this bill,” how do you think your donors and primary voters will react.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
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Schumer has to go if only for this reason. There is zero caucus discipline being implemented. Reid would’ve had these traitors (politically) beheaded on the spot.
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Schumer has to go if only for this reason. There is zero caucus discipline being implemented. Reid would’ve had these traitors (politically) beheaded on the spot.
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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8/ the wind at their backs right now I think a strong enough pre-backlash literally right now could change it. And again, even if they have the votes it’s critical that the rest of the caucus does not give them cover. People who want to throw in the towel now shld be crystal clear they want to …
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
8/ the wind at their backs right now I think a strong enough pre-backlash literally right now could change it. And again, even if they have the votes it’s critical that the rest of the caucus does not give them cover. People who want to throw in the towel now shld be crystal clear they want to …
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I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.
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And yes, I'm still jacked that the Senate thought it was more important to protect the filibuster than to protect American healthcare. But honestly, that's far from the most egregious and durable sin committed in the name of Senate procedure. www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
Senate Democrats Drop the Public Option to Woo Lieberman, and Liberals Howl
Democratic senators traveled to the White House for a meeting with President Obama aimed at building a united front on health care, and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman said he'd likely join with them in back...
www.commonwealthfund.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And yes, I'm still jacked that the Senate thought it was more important to protect the filibuster than to protect American healthcare. But honestly, that's far from the most egregious and durable sin committed in the name of Senate procedure. www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
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For that, you've got to look to the Senate's century long commitment to ensuring that Black Americans could be legally lynched. I am not being hyperbolic. Because in 1922, the House passed legislation to make lynching a federal crime. naacp.org/find-resourc...
naacp.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For that, you've got to look to the Senate's century long commitment to ensuring that Black Americans could be legally lynched. I am not being hyperbolic. Because in 1922, the House passed legislation to make lynching a federal crime. naacp.org/find-resourc...