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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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I know this sounds mean but if you think that this is a coincidence you're more than a bit of a mark. If Kaine had been up next year, it would have been Warner, if Slotkin was retiring, Peters, etc.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I know this sounds mean but if you think that this is a coincidence you're more than a bit of a mark. If Kaine had been up next year, it would have been Warner, if Slotkin was retiring, Peters, etc.
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Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
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Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
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Here are some more things
But really just find your thing
But really just find your thing
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
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April 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Here are some more things
But really just find your thing
But really just find your thing
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Has anyone ever said "My rights are a distraction?" It's always someone else's rights, right?
April 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Has anyone ever said "My rights are a distraction?" It's always someone else's rights, right?
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I'm honestly baffled why this angle is not being covered more thoroughly by MSM
There's a lot more to the deportation deal between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele that you REALLY need to know about. WATCH:
The Real Reason El Salvador's President Cozied Up to Trump
YouTube video by Mother Jones
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm honestly baffled why this angle is not being covered more thoroughly by MSM
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We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
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Whether this was an honest mistake or a regrettable decision, it is the result of treating fascists like a normal political opposition party instead of as the Nazis they are.
If you truly believe they're evil (they are), then you're nowhere near the Oval Office under any circumstances.
If you truly believe they're evil (they are), then you're nowhere near the Oval Office under any circumstances.
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Whether this was an honest mistake or a regrettable decision, it is the result of treating fascists like a normal political opposition party instead of as the Nazis they are.
If you truly believe they're evil (they are), then you're nowhere near the Oval Office under any circumstances.
If you truly believe they're evil (they are), then you're nowhere near the Oval Office under any circumstances.
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abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
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State-sponsored kidnapping
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
State-sponsored kidnapping
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
The Trump admin took people by force, based on flimsy accusations & sent them not to their home country but to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador—in defiance of a court order.
Holding people against their will through deception and threat is by definition—kidnapping.
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Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
On Hugh Hewitt’s show, Marco Rubio says El Salvador is “housing” people sent by the US. But he never says on what possible legal authority? These people haven’t committed any crime in El Salvador and by their own admission “many” have never committed a crime in the US. It all seems entirely lawless.
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
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Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
"The president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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Former FBI agent John Buma, a whistleblower who accused the bureau of suppressing his investigative work on topics including Rudy Guiliani's ties to suspected Russian agents, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with disclosure of confidential information, per an FBI spokesperson.
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Former FBI agent John Buma, a whistleblower who accused the bureau of suppressing his investigative work on topics including Rudy Guiliani's ties to suspected Russian agents, was arrested yesterday in New York and charged with disclosure of confidential information, per an FBI spokesperson.
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Adam Smith: "The American people don't even know what the hell a CR is. So how are you gonna have a debate that's really gonna be effective? Yet we're going at each other over some very complicated issues instead of focusing on things that I just laid out that are very positive issues on the D side"
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Adam Smith: "The American people don't even know what the hell a CR is. So how are you gonna have a debate that's really gonna be effective? Yet we're going at each other over some very complicated issues instead of focusing on things that I just laid out that are very positive issues on the D side"
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Now that Schumer and Dems have abjectly decided to cave, when they scream about the cuts that Musk and Trump continue to undertake in violation of *their own CR,* it will only sound all the more hollow. Great job all around, guys.
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Now that Schumer and Dems have abjectly decided to cave, when they scream about the cuts that Musk and Trump continue to undertake in violation of *their own CR,* it will only sound all the more hollow. Great job all around, guys.
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The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
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This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.
JD Vance just got massively booed after arriving at the Kennedy Center.
(video per Andrew Roth)
(video per Andrew Roth)
March 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.
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Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
March 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
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Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
March 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
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All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is.
March 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is.
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“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.”
Uh....
Uh....
March 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.”
Uh....
Uh....
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After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.
Rep. Al Green was removed from the chamber on an order from Speaker Johnson after he was standing and shouting too much at Trump's lies.
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.