Anne Spiro
@annespiro.bsky.social
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Anne Spiro
@annespiro.bsky.social
· Nov 10
This may be an unpopular take but why is it the Dems sole responsibility to save America from Trump??
We live in a democracy where the other major party, the judiciary, the media, and (gasp!) our fellow citizens all have agency.
Trump is returning to office. That means we all failed not just Dems
We live in a democracy where the other major party, the judiciary, the media, and (gasp!) our fellow citizens all have agency.
Trump is returning to office. That means we all failed not just Dems
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American: “I’m paying more at the grocery store.”
Trump: “No you’re not.”
American: “I mean…I am. I have the receipt right here.”
Trump: “Prices are WAY down.”
American: “They’re just…not.”
Trump: “Are too!”
American: “…”
Trump: “…”
American: “…”
Trump: “I’ve ended 22 wars!”
Trump: “No you’re not.”
American: “I mean…I am. I have the receipt right here.”
Trump: “Prices are WAY down.”
American: “They’re just…not.”
Trump: “Are too!”
American: “…”
Trump: “…”
American: “…”
Trump: “I’ve ended 22 wars!”
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
American: “I’m paying more at the grocery store.”
Trump: “No you’re not.”
American: “I mean…I am. I have the receipt right here.”
Trump: “Prices are WAY down.”
American: “They’re just…not.”
Trump: “Are too!”
American: “…”
Trump: “…”
American: “…”
Trump: “I’ve ended 22 wars!”
Trump: “No you’re not.”
American: “I mean…I am. I have the receipt right here.”
Trump: “Prices are WAY down.”
American: “They’re just…not.”
Trump: “Are too!”
American: “…”
Trump: “…”
American: “…”
Trump: “I’ve ended 22 wars!”
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Speaker Pelosi has dedicated her life to our country. From passing the ACA to defending our democracy & more—her legacy is towering.
She’s never backed down & always knew when to throw a punch. I’m proud to call this daughter of Baltimore a friend & to have served alongside her for so many years.
She’s never backed down & always knew when to throw a punch. I’m proud to call this daughter of Baltimore a friend & to have served alongside her for so many years.
Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress
The former speaker will leave the House at end of next year, wrapping up an almost four-decade run in Congress without parallel.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Speaker Pelosi has dedicated her life to our country. From passing the ACA to defending our democracy & more—her legacy is towering.
She’s never backed down & always knew when to throw a punch. I’m proud to call this daughter of Baltimore a friend & to have served alongside her for so many years.
She’s never backed down & always knew when to throw a punch. I’m proud to call this daughter of Baltimore a friend & to have served alongside her for so many years.
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It was the blowout Republicans feared, and Democrats desperately needed. A coast-to-coast repudiation of Donald Trump and all his works.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump Thumped
This is the Trump 2.0 Effect
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It was the blowout Republicans feared, and Democrats desperately needed. A coast-to-coast repudiation of Donald Trump and all his works.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
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BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
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RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
Agree with this. Authenticity often matters more than individual policy positions.
And there's room for liberals, moderates, and conservatives in the pro-democracy coalition.
And there's room for liberals, moderates, and conservatives in the pro-democracy coalition.
Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Agree with this. Authenticity often matters more than individual policy positions.
And there's room for liberals, moderates, and conservatives in the pro-democracy coalition.
And there's room for liberals, moderates, and conservatives in the pro-democracy coalition.
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My thoughts are with my favorite Bulwark-er @jvl.bsky.social tonight.
Watched JVL's and Sarah Longwell's podcast about the New Jersey governor's race last week and his incredulity at the thought that Mikie Sherrill might be in a super close race made my day.
youtu.be/BriAlwiB0cU?...
Watched JVL's and Sarah Longwell's podcast about the New Jersey governor's race last week and his incredulity at the thought that Mikie Sherrill might be in a super close race made my day.
youtu.be/BriAlwiB0cU?...
Why New Jersey Voters Have Had It (w/ JVL) | The Focus Group
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My thoughts are with my favorite Bulwark-er @jvl.bsky.social tonight.
Watched JVL's and Sarah Longwell's podcast about the New Jersey governor's race last week and his incredulity at the thought that Mikie Sherrill might be in a super close race made my day.
youtu.be/BriAlwiB0cU?...
Watched JVL's and Sarah Longwell's podcast about the New Jersey governor's race last week and his incredulity at the thought that Mikie Sherrill might be in a super close race made my day.
youtu.be/BriAlwiB0cU?...
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looks like democrats are about to flip two statewide elections with >20-point margins... in georgia
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
looks like democrats are about to flip two statewide elections with >20-point margins... in georgia
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Tonight should be a good reminder to Senate Democrats they better not cave.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Tonight should be a good reminder to Senate Democrats they better not cave.
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NEW: Decision Desk has called New Jersey governor for Sherrill. election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
NEW: Decision Desk has called New Jersey governor for Sherrill. election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...
Not surprising - Spanberger is a good candidate - but a quick call may also be a good omen for elsewhere.
BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger flips control of the Virginia governorship, becoming the first woman to lead the state, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/47Ljn7Z
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Not surprising - Spanberger is a good candidate - but a quick call may also be a good omen for elsewhere.
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
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Tomorrow we’ll elect Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherril, Zohran Mamdani, and pass Prop 50.
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tomorrow we’ll elect Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherril, Zohran Mamdani, and pass Prop 50.
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Cam Little with a new record.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Cam Little with a new record.
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... Yet we, as a society and as a nation, largely refuse to discuss his mental condition—at least publicly. The accelerating destruction that he has wrought, and will continue to wreak, is on all of us—especially those who choose to look the other way.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
... Yet we, as a society and as a nation, largely refuse to discuss his mental condition—at least publicly. The accelerating destruction that he has wrought, and will continue to wreak, is on all of us—especially those who choose to look the other way.
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... These are textbook psychiatric afflictions—indeed, an extreme illustration of them.
Textbook mental illness.
At this point, after all we have seen, there cannot be even the slightest doubt. And this leaves aside his seemingly apparent descent into the dementia that ended his father's life...
Textbook mental illness.
At this point, after all we have seen, there cannot be even the slightest doubt. And this leaves aside his seemingly apparent descent into the dementia that ended his father's life...
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
... These are textbook psychiatric afflictions—indeed, an extreme illustration of them.
Textbook mental illness.
At this point, after all we have seen, there cannot be even the slightest doubt. And this leaves aside his seemingly apparent descent into the dementia that ended his father's life...
Textbook mental illness.
At this point, after all we have seen, there cannot be even the slightest doubt. And this leaves aside his seemingly apparent descent into the dementia that ended his father's life...
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
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It was a magical ride with all of you.
Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.
Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It was a magical ride with all of you.
Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.
Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.
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BACK. TO. BACK.
The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees.
The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
BACK. TO. BACK.
The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees.
The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998 to 2000 New York Yankees.
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An all time classic World Series. It’s a shame someone had to lose.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
An all time classic World Series. It’s a shame someone had to lose.