47merc
@47merc.bsky.social
NYC boy, career journalist (news, features, book author), Vietnam combat veteran, dog whisperer, father of three married 50+ years, older and wiser (maybe), true patriot and lover of democracy, anti-trump and all who support him. Resist!
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Americans right now, knowing we held all the cards but enough asshole dems were stupid enough to cave to the bastards.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Americans right now, knowing we held all the cards but enough asshole dems were stupid enough to cave to the bastards.
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Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Eight Senate Democrats, in capitulating to the Trump Republicans to end the shutdown, have succeeded in puncturing all the momentum of the last week since the election blowout.
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Trump’s lap dogs in uniform have made one thing clear: the rule of law means nothing to them. Jen Rubin explains.
Lawless Enforcement
The feds are out of control
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Trump’s lap dogs in uniform have made one thing clear: the rule of law means nothing to them. Jen Rubin explains.
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The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
Merkley: Voting No with Every Fiber of My Being - Merkley
Washington, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act’s en...
www.merkley.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The vote to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
I will vote ‘NO’ with every fiber of my being.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-voti...
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
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Grotesque and immoral doesn’t even begin to describe Trump’s pardoning of Rudy Giuliani.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Grotesque and immoral doesn’t even begin to describe Trump’s pardoning of Rudy Giuliani.
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A "vote on healthcare later" is D.C. slang for "never, but thanks for playing."
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A "vote on healthcare later" is D.C. slang for "never, but thanks for playing."
Traitors all. If they accept a pardon it means they admit their guilt.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Traitors all. If they accept a pardon it means they admit their guilt.
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Cry harder…..
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Cry harder…..
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Eat the rich
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Eat the rich
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MAGA's Chuck Schumer and his criminal senate crooks gleefully reversed all the electoral victories Democrats had last week and that's exactly what Trump wanted them to do.
#MissionAccomplished
#MissionAccomplished
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
MAGA's Chuck Schumer and his criminal senate crooks gleefully reversed all the electoral victories Democrats had last week and that's exactly what Trump wanted them to do.
#MissionAccomplished
#MissionAccomplished
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Every day, just story after story about the abject dickishness of this garbage administration.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every day, just story after story about the abject dickishness of this garbage administration.
Are you shitting me!! How—HOW—do we STOP this??
Every day, just story after story about the abject dickishness of this garbage administration.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Are you shitting me!! How—HOW—do we STOP this??
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I recall the orange convicted felon once saying people would stand in long lines begging for food if Kamala Harris became President.
Now in 2025 people are seen in Cleveland and other cities standing in long lines for food due to his cruelty.
Endless projection. I hate him.
Now in 2025 people are seen in Cleveland and other cities standing in long lines for food due to his cruelty.
Endless projection. I hate him.
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I recall the orange convicted felon once saying people would stand in long lines begging for food if Kamala Harris became President.
Now in 2025 people are seen in Cleveland and other cities standing in long lines for food due to his cruelty.
Endless projection. I hate him.
Now in 2025 people are seen in Cleveland and other cities standing in long lines for food due to his cruelty.
Endless projection. I hate him.
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Yet another spot on commentary of the absurd time in which we find ourselves.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yet another spot on commentary of the absurd time in which we find ourselves.
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.