Maggie Black
@witchofscots.bsky.social
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The Enemy Within
No Kings
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No Kings
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Voters just gave Donald Trump his biggest post-presidency reality check yet.
Democrats swept swing states, the GOP’s culture-war playbook crashed and burned, and Fox News is calling it the apocalypse.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democrats swept swing states, the GOP’s culture-war playbook crashed and burned, and Fox News is calling it the apocalypse.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Voters just gave Donald Trump his biggest post-presidency reality check yet.
Democrats swept swing states, the GOP’s culture-war playbook crashed and burned, and Fox News is calling it the apocalypse.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democrats swept swing states, the GOP’s culture-war playbook crashed and burned, and Fox News is calling it the apocalypse.
Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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A scientific report released last month announced the start of a “a grim new chapter for life on Earth.” Why aren’t our government officials and corporate leaders more alarmed?https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C2S7qr
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A scientific report released last month announced the start of a “a grim new chapter for life on Earth.” Why aren’t our government officials and corporate leaders more alarmed?https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C2S7qr
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Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
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“When you’re looking at the damage to Rhode Island’s health care system — I thought this was a fight worth pursuing,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told reporters over Zoom Monday morning. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/10/r...
Reed and Whitehouse defend votes against ending shutdown in order to save health care subsidies • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island’s two senators expressed disappointment Monday, the day after eight of their Democratic colleagues broke away from the party’s majority to join Republicans in passing a short-term deal th...
rhodeislandcurrent.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“When you’re looking at the damage to Rhode Island’s health care system — I thought this was a fight worth pursuing,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told reporters over Zoom Monday morning. By @krish-eh.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/11/10/r...
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Still a no. I just can't do that to the people of my state.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Still a no. I just can't do that to the people of my state.
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And now I'm calling on @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to do the same.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And now I'm calling on @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social to do the same.
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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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Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Zach Wahls, Nathan Sage call for Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidates want Schumer to step aside
Zach Wahls and Nathan Sage blast Senate Democratic leader over deal to end federal government shutdown without health care subsidy extension guarantees.
www.thegazette.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Zach Wahls, Nathan Sage call for Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership
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LibDem leader Ed Davey wants Gibb removed from the BBC board now + "an end to political appointments" on the Johnson/Gibb model
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Democratic leadership is incapable of fighting fascism or for the working class. Join @workingfamilies.org and @demsocialists.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Democratic leadership is incapable of fighting fascism or for the working class. Join @workingfamilies.org and @demsocialists.bsky.social.
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BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
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Scotland doesn't need more fossil fuels!
Workers and communities need politicians and companies to be honest and invest in stable, sustainable jobs for the future - not dying industries. #StopRosebank
Workers and communities need politicians and companies to be honest and invest in stable, sustainable jobs for the future - not dying industries. #StopRosebank
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Scotland doesn't need more fossil fuels!
Workers and communities need politicians and companies to be honest and invest in stable, sustainable jobs for the future - not dying industries. #StopRosebank
Workers and communities need politicians and companies to be honest and invest in stable, sustainable jobs for the future - not dying industries. #StopRosebank
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said U.S. Republicans “expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home safely.”
Mississippians Honor Palestinian Victims of Gaza War
In Jackson, Mississippi, residents declared that “this is a genocide” as they honored over 67,000 Palestinians who have died in Israel’s Gaza War.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said U.S. Republicans “expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home safely.”
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Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Republicans now coming out against the basic concept of insurance.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
Fine, good, get rid of the middlemen. Universal healthcare now.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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Good.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good.
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President Trump blocked food assistance for over a week — then tried to punish states for feeding hungry Americans.
This is great news and I’m grateful to AG Campbell and her team. SNAP benefits are still going out. If you have funds on your EBT card, use them.
This is great news and I’m grateful to AG Campbell and her team. SNAP benefits are still going out. If you have funds on your EBT card, use them.
A federal judge just granted our motion to temporarily block the Trump Administration from ordering states to claw back full SNAP benefits.
We won’t stop fighting to help residents put food on the table.
We won’t stop fighting to help residents put food on the table.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
President Trump blocked food assistance for over a week — then tried to punish states for feeding hungry Americans.
This is great news and I’m grateful to AG Campbell and her team. SNAP benefits are still going out. If you have funds on your EBT card, use them.
This is great news and I’m grateful to AG Campbell and her team. SNAP benefits are still going out. If you have funds on your EBT card, use them.
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NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
Healey to Mass. SNAP recipients: ‘Forget the noise’ from Washington, buy groceries - The Boston Globe
Governor Maura Healey on Monday said that a federal program that helps millions of Americans buy groceries is being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need.”
www.bostonglobe.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: Governor Maura Healey said SNAP benefits in Mass are being fully paid out, and that people should “go out and buy the food you need” despite what President Trump says. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/10/m...
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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In Luxembourg, all the buses and trams are free. It is not even remotely a socialist state, just a wealthy country that recognizes the value in making life more convenient and comfortable for its citizens.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In Luxembourg, all the buses and trams are free. It is not even remotely a socialist state, just a wealthy country that recognizes the value in making life more convenient and comfortable for its citizens.
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France, Spain and Kenya are spearheading a tax on luxury air travel. Business and first-class seats carry triple the planet-warming emissions of an economy ticket. Private jets emit up to 14 times more.
www.barrons.com/news/at-cop3...
www.barrons.com/news/at-cop3...
At COP30, Nations Target The Jet Set With Luxury Flight Tax
France, Spain and Kenya are among a group of countries spearheading a drive at the COP30 climate summit for a new tax on luxury air travel, a source close to the matter told AFP.
www.barrons.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
France, Spain and Kenya are spearheading a tax on luxury air travel. Business and first-class seats carry triple the planet-warming emissions of an economy ticket. Private jets emit up to 14 times more.
www.barrons.com/news/at-cop3...
www.barrons.com/news/at-cop3...
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“A large part of the venture capital model is serving as a recruitment mechanism into tech fascism.”
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | The Tyee
Wonder what US tech titans wish for, Canada? Study their roots, says writer Gil Duran. A Tyee Q&A.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“A large part of the venture capital model is serving as a recruitment mechanism into tech fascism.”
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My interview with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social of @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...