There is only one form of reconciliation with ICE agents when this all ends.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There is only one form of reconciliation with ICE agents when this all ends.
If he served an entire term while this shit existed we need to have a truth and reconciliation commission
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
If he served an entire term while this shit existed we need to have a truth and reconciliation commission
I want OUT of this reconciliation. I want a divorce forever from the republican traitors.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I want OUT of this reconciliation. I want a divorce forever from the republican traitors.
This is the result of Trump’s reconciliation bill, which made refugees and asylees ineligible for federal benefits until after getting their green cards.
That said; I don’t think there are many Ukrainians who came through the refugee program. Some asylees, yes.
That said; I don’t think there are many Ukrainians who came through the refugee program. Some asylees, yes.
As millions face the first lapse in SNAP benefits in U.S. history, one group has been frozen out entirely: Ukrainian war refugees.
All Rise News viewed some of the letters refugees received before the suspension with little public attention.
Full story www.allrisenews.com/p/ukrainian-...
All Rise News viewed some of the letters refugees received before the suspension with little public attention.
Full story www.allrisenews.com/p/ukrainian-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is the result of Trump’s reconciliation bill, which made refugees and asylees ineligible for federal benefits until after getting their green cards.
That said; I don’t think there are many Ukrainians who came through the refugee program. Some asylees, yes.
That said; I don’t think there are many Ukrainians who came through the refugee program. Some asylees, yes.
The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
Sincere question: what does victory look like?
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
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Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sincere question: what does victory look like?
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed
The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me
bsky.app/profile/jame...
The ICE budget is higher than all but about 15 militaries worldwide, and we’re seeing what kind of country that gives us.
www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The ICE budget is higher than all but about 15 militaries worldwide, and we’re seeing what kind of country that gives us.
www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
From Trump's pardon of the 2020 election conspiracists (including Rudy Giuliani):
"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation."
Reconciliation? Never... Ever.
"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation."
Reconciliation? Never... Ever.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
From Trump's pardon of the 2020 election conspiracists (including Rudy Giuliani):
"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation."
Reconciliation? Never... Ever.
"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020 Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconciliation."
Reconciliation? Never... Ever.
If you want this stuff not to happen again, you need consequences. Significant ones. Justice must be done and must be seen to be done. Truth and reconciliation is important, and so it is the rule of law must be reimposed and respected.
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you want this stuff not to happen again, you need consequences. Significant ones. Justice must be done and must be seen to be done. Truth and reconciliation is important, and so it is the rule of law must be reimposed and respected.
“unchopping a tree” by ernesto verdeja is very good in general about poltiical reconciliation processes after mass crimes etc.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“unchopping a tree” by ernesto verdeja is very good in general about poltiical reconciliation processes after mass crimes etc.
icymi, the senate deal also kills 325,000 jobs in the hemp industry, meaning our bsky comrades like @fraying.bsky.social who runs a small-time farm that makes cbd products, is absolutely fucked if that part makes it through reconciliation
One small part of the terrible Senate deal: “The bill would hand the beer industry a major win by restricting the sale of intoxicating hemp products. The hemp industry claims the provision threatens 325,000 jobs.” -Bloomberg News www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Shutdown Nears End as Democrats Agree to Funding Deal
The record-breaking US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to support a deal to reopen the government and fund some departments and agencies for the...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
icymi, the senate deal also kills 325,000 jobs in the hemp industry, meaning our bsky comrades like @fraying.bsky.social who runs a small-time farm that makes cbd products, is absolutely fucked if that part makes it through reconciliation
Do not forget that Senate Dems never voted for Trump’s Big fascist bill that removed the Obamacare subsidies
Repubs used reconciliation, which allowed them to pass it with a bare Senate majority and no Democratic votes
Dems had all the leveraging power this weekend yet caved
Just follow the $$
Repubs used reconciliation, which allowed them to pass it with a bare Senate majority and no Democratic votes
Dems had all the leveraging power this weekend yet caved
Just follow the $$
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Do not forget that Senate Dems never voted for Trump’s Big fascist bill that removed the Obamacare subsidies
Repubs used reconciliation, which allowed them to pass it with a bare Senate majority and no Democratic votes
Dems had all the leveraging power this weekend yet caved
Just follow the $$
Repubs used reconciliation, which allowed them to pass it with a bare Senate majority and no Democratic votes
Dems had all the leveraging power this weekend yet caved
Just follow the $$
To the extent there was a coherent theory of victory on centering around healthcare, it was always "hang the reconciliation horseshit changes around the neck of the GOP," not actually reverse them
At a minimum any reversal was DOA in the House, so
At a minimum any reversal was DOA in the House, so
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
To the extent there was a coherent theory of victory on centering around healthcare, it was always "hang the reconciliation horseshit changes around the neck of the GOP," not actually reverse them
At a minimum any reversal was DOA in the House, so
At a minimum any reversal was DOA in the House, so
Senate doesn't control House. Such a provision wouldn't get past the Parliamentarian, let alone reconciliation.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Senate doesn't control House. Such a provision wouldn't get past the Parliamentarian, let alone reconciliation.
Explains MTG's reconciliation tour on CNN and the networks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Explains MTG's reconciliation tour on CNN and the networks.
Go further: make a public database of their names and dates of service, so private employers can easily refuse to hire them as well.
Make them toxic.
But also create a path to social rehabilitation, but via something like a Truth and Reconciliation process: open public admissions, etc.
Make them toxic.
But also create a path to social rehabilitation, but via something like a Truth and Reconciliation process: open public admissions, etc.
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Go further: make a public database of their names and dates of service, so private employers can easily refuse to hire them as well.
Make them toxic.
But also create a path to social rehabilitation, but via something like a Truth and Reconciliation process: open public admissions, etc.
Make them toxic.
But also create a path to social rehabilitation, but via something like a Truth and Reconciliation process: open public admissions, etc.
well also they're mad about the reconciliation bill shenanigans, the recissions, the way they're getting left out of briefings, the stonewalling from agencies, the petulance at hearings, the impoundments, etc.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
well also they're mad about the reconciliation bill shenanigans, the recissions, the way they're getting left out of briefings, the stonewalling from agencies, the petulance at hearings, the impoundments, etc.
Republicans pass exactly one reconciliation bill that funds ICE as a secret police force and takes health care away (two things they badly wanted!) and are blown out in the first meaningful elections that come along
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Republicans pass exactly one reconciliation bill that funds ICE as a secret police force and takes health care away (two things they badly wanted!) and are blown out in the first meaningful elections that come along
yeah, fucking Chuck Schumer caved back in February and allowed the reconciliation bill to be passed. Maybe we wouldn’t be at this fucking mess now because the big fucking bill might never have been passed.
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
yeah, fucking Chuck Schumer caved back in February and allowed the reconciliation bill to be passed. Maybe we wouldn’t be at this fucking mess now because the big fucking bill might never have been passed.
We also gotta haul AG Sulzberger and his ilk in front of televised truth and reconciliation hearings
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We also gotta haul AG Sulzberger and his ilk in front of televised truth and reconciliation hearings
"Reconciliation" I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Reconciliation" I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
The final Senate passage of Medicare Part D was with 54 votes— in 2003! And not even a reconciliation bill, a regular conference report. About a dozen of those Senators are still in office today!
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The final Senate passage of Medicare Part D was with 54 votes— in 2003! And not even a reconciliation bill, a regular conference report. About a dozen of those Senators are still in office today!
My grandfather fought in WWI
My father WWII
Both like today’s soldiers
Spat out, traumatised,
No counsel or support
Unable to be decent fathers
And I bitterly resent their sacrifice
Used by MOD & arms makers
To showcase new killing machines
Instead of today’s heroes
Promoting peace & reconciliation
My father WWII
Both like today’s soldiers
Spat out, traumatised,
No counsel or support
Unable to be decent fathers
And I bitterly resent their sacrifice
Used by MOD & arms makers
To showcase new killing machines
Instead of today’s heroes
Promoting peace & reconciliation
It will be a privilege this #RemembranceDay to stand again for Defence Humanists and @humanists.uk at the cenotaph. I will be thinking of the pity of war, the necessity of peace, of all the brave people who have fought for it whether in uniform or as civilians, and of those who grieve.
Humanists to pay tribute on Remembrance Day 2025
Humanist representatives will take part in Remembrance ceremonies across the UK – including national events in London, Cardiff, Belfast, and Edinburgh, as well as community ceremonies nationwide. Andr...
humanists.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
My grandfather fought in WWI
My father WWII
Both like today’s soldiers
Spat out, traumatised,
No counsel or support
Unable to be decent fathers
And I bitterly resent their sacrifice
Used by MOD & arms makers
To showcase new killing machines
Instead of today’s heroes
Promoting peace & reconciliation
My father WWII
Both like today’s soldiers
Spat out, traumatised,
No counsel or support
Unable to be decent fathers
And I bitterly resent their sacrifice
Used by MOD & arms makers
To showcase new killing machines
Instead of today’s heroes
Promoting peace & reconciliation
Edizzy reconciliation on the Revenge. It's slow going.
Thursday, 4:01pm
"Still there."
"Yep."
"Looks blue."
"It certainly does."
"Wet too."
"Totally."
"See you next week?"
“Count on it."
"Still there."
"Yep."
"Looks blue."
"It certainly does."
"Wet too."
"Totally."
"See you next week?"
“Count on it."
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Edizzy reconciliation on the Revenge. It's slow going.