B Lanson
@blanson100.bsky.social
Formerly of twitter...Elmo fucked it
#ProudDem 🗳️
#PNW #Mariners 🔱
#ProudDem 🗳️
#PNW #Mariners 🔱
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Kevin Kruse blocked me for saying people should blame Republicans in Congress.
What's unfortunate is that he knows better, he knows GOP has the majority!
But the engagement on "yell at Dems" is higher than on reminding ppl that they need to hold the GOP to account for their actions.
What's unfortunate is that he knows better, he knows GOP has the majority!
But the engagement on "yell at Dems" is higher than on reminding ppl that they need to hold the GOP to account for their actions.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Kevin Kruse blocked me for saying people should blame Republicans in Congress.
What's unfortunate is that he knows better, he knows GOP has the majority!
But the engagement on "yell at Dems" is higher than on reminding ppl that they need to hold the GOP to account for their actions.
What's unfortunate is that he knows better, he knows GOP has the majority!
But the engagement on "yell at Dems" is higher than on reminding ppl that they need to hold the GOP to account for their actions.
Do any congressional Republicans need to do this?
Or are we blaming Democrats for what the REPUBLICANS should be doing?
GOP are the ones who hold the majority & could vote w the Dems to stop all of this in an instant.
But sure, let’s focus voter’s anger on Dems for not pushing a magic button🙄
Or are we blaming Democrats for what the REPUBLICANS should be doing?
GOP are the ones who hold the majority & could vote w the Dems to stop all of this in an instant.
But sure, let’s focus voter’s anger on Dems for not pushing a magic button🙄
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Do any congressional Republicans need to do this?
Or are we blaming Democrats for what the REPUBLICANS should be doing?
GOP are the ones who hold the majority & could vote w the Dems to stop all of this in an instant.
But sure, let’s focus voter’s anger on Dems for not pushing a magic button🙄
Or are we blaming Democrats for what the REPUBLICANS should be doing?
GOP are the ones who hold the majority & could vote w the Dems to stop all of this in an instant.
But sure, let’s focus voter’s anger on Dems for not pushing a magic button🙄
The whole meal should just be a really excellent sausage stuffing, followed by pie.
What's your hottest Thanksgiving food take?
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The whole meal should just be a really excellent sausage stuffing, followed by pie.
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"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
***It really only matters if she starts VOTING differently***
And:
a. It's good for a GOP Senator make this emphatic statement; they all should, maybe this gets some rolling
b. Interesting that she pointedly wrote out "Department of Defense" (instead of Hegseth's "Dept of War" nonsense)
And:
a. It's good for a GOP Senator make this emphatic statement; they all should, maybe this gets some rolling
b. Interesting that she pointedly wrote out "Department of Defense" (instead of Hegseth's "Dept of War" nonsense)
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
***It really only matters if she starts VOTING differently***
And:
a. It's good for a GOP Senator make this emphatic statement; they all should, maybe this gets some rolling
b. Interesting that she pointedly wrote out "Department of Defense" (instead of Hegseth's "Dept of War" nonsense)
And:
a. It's good for a GOP Senator make this emphatic statement; they all should, maybe this gets some rolling
b. Interesting that she pointedly wrote out "Department of Defense" (instead of Hegseth's "Dept of War" nonsense)
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Who wants to tell Speaker Johnson that Americans are very much interested in ACA subsidies?!?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/house-r...
www.cbsnews.com/news/house-r...
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Who wants to tell Speaker Johnson that Americans are very much interested in ACA subsidies?!?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/house-r...
www.cbsnews.com/news/house-r...
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Mr. Secretary, you seem confused. Mark Kelly was defending the Constitution. That’s leadership and you should try it.
This is an insurrection…
This is an insurrection…
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Mr. Secretary, you seem confused. Mark Kelly was defending the Constitution. That’s leadership and you should try it.
This is an insurrection…
This is an insurrection…
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The CDC has not addressed this and is largely pretending it isn’t happening. Meanwhile they’re taking steps to actively reduce vaccination rates.
Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025.
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The CDC has not addressed this and is largely pretending it isn’t happening. Meanwhile they’re taking steps to actively reduce vaccination rates.
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Pertussis outbreaks have been predictably happening everywhere there are low vaccination rates, and infant deaths have happened in multiple states. In many places they’re the highest in a decade or more.
This may not sound like a lot compared to Texas but WV is roughly 5-6% the size of TX. This is a big deal.
www.hancockcountyhealthdepartment.com/news/health-...
www.hancockcountyhealthdepartment.com/news/health-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pertussis outbreaks have been predictably happening everywhere there are low vaccination rates, and infant deaths have happened in multiple states. In many places they’re the highest in a decade or more.
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After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
After two infants died, the Louisiana Dept of Health under the leadership of the new incoming deputy director of the CDC, delayed notifying the public for months of a whooping cough outbreak. Instead, he ordered DOH to stop promoting vaccines. Pertussis is currently a national health crisis.
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There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
Just got my covid booster and my flu shot! 🎉
I'm so grateful for the scientific breakthroughs over the years that equip my immune system with tools to keep me healthy—vaccines give it the blueprints for how to tackle so many different diseases. 💪
#VaccinesSaveLives
I'm so grateful for the scientific breakthroughs over the years that equip my immune system with tools to keep me healthy—vaccines give it the blueprints for how to tackle so many different diseases. 💪
#VaccinesSaveLives
a cartoon character giving a peace sign with the words is for vaccinated below it
Alt: a cartoon character giving a peace sign with the words is for vaccinated below it
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just got my covid booster and my flu shot! 🎉
I'm so grateful for the scientific breakthroughs over the years that equip my immune system with tools to keep me healthy—vaccines give it the blueprints for how to tackle so many different diseases. 💪
#VaccinesSaveLives
I'm so grateful for the scientific breakthroughs over the years that equip my immune system with tools to keep me healthy—vaccines give it the blueprints for how to tackle so many different diseases. 💪
#VaccinesSaveLives
Yo Yo Ma's performances span so many generations; in 1962 he and his sister performed in front of President JFK & Eisenhower
Leonard Bernstein introduced him and his sister.../1
Leonard Bernstein introduced him and his sister.../1
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yo Yo Ma's performances span so many generations; in 1962 he and his sister performed in front of President JFK & Eisenhower
Leonard Bernstein introduced him and his sister.../1
Leonard Bernstein introduced him and his sister.../1
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LOL. Not a horseshoe. A circle.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
LOL. Not a horseshoe. A circle.
And not only Nuzzi, but now we know that Lizza as well kept this knowledge secret throughout RFK's confirmation process.
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
And not only Nuzzi, but now we know that Lizza as well kept this knowledge secret throughout RFK's confirmation process.
Marjorie T Greene announces she's leaving Congress, for she must stand up for her principles.
But she's going to wait while the clock ticks to January so she'll get those sweet benefit checks—you know, the ones she's been marking time on, i.e., why she ran for office.
#DrainTheSwamp right, Marge?
But she's going to wait while the clock ticks to January so she'll get those sweet benefit checks—you know, the ones she's been marking time on, i.e., why she ran for office.
#DrainTheSwamp right, Marge?
She becomes eligible for benefits for life Jan 3, 2026. She quits Jan 5, 2026. After 5 years in office, they are vested.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Marjorie T Greene announces she's leaving Congress, for she must stand up for her principles.
But she's going to wait while the clock ticks to January so she'll get those sweet benefit checks—you know, the ones she's been marking time on, i.e., why she ran for office.
#DrainTheSwamp right, Marge?
But she's going to wait while the clock ticks to January so she'll get those sweet benefit checks—you know, the ones she's been marking time on, i.e., why she ran for office.
#DrainTheSwamp right, Marge?
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A vote on a bullshit messaging bill that does absolutely nothing is getting exactly the response that Republicans wanted, congrats y'all, the keys will keep on jingling and you'll keep on thinking it's Very Important Politicking!
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A vote on a bullshit messaging bill that does absolutely nothing is getting exactly the response that Republicans wanted, congrats y'all, the keys will keep on jingling and you'll keep on thinking it's Very Important Politicking!
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"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Unless Congress acts, the presidency will acquire a second, hidden budget: slush funds drawn from corporations and foreign governments with no external oversight. The power of the purse anchors Congress’s independence, keeping the legislature from becoming a spectator to executive power."
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Bill Cassidy: “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” 😒
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Bill Cassidy: “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” 😒
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Just met with Admiral Lunday about this and the policy will be changing. He committed to publishing an updated version later tonight. Displays of hate have no place in our armed services.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just met with Admiral Lunday about this and the policy will be changing. He committed to publishing an updated version later tonight. Displays of hate have no place in our armed services.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This dude had the gall to say this on his father’s 100th birthday. He is the antithesis of everything his father stood for.
Secretary Kennedy, speaking to a bipartisan group of governors, has mixed up Medicare and Medicaid, and implied the people who will lose the latter are either unauthorized immigrants, dual eligible, or people who “don’t want to get a job.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This dude had the gall to say this on his father’s 100th birthday. He is the antithesis of everything his father stood for.
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but it’s not the first, and sometimes, Senate and President don’t have to be “next,” sometimes, the difference someone can make in Congress should be enough.
Don’t let your ego get in the way of actually representing your constituents, no matter how many or how few people that is.
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Don’t let your ego get in the way of actually representing your constituents, no matter how many or how few people that is.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
but it’s not the first, and sometimes, Senate and President don’t have to be “next,” sometimes, the difference someone can make in Congress should be enough.
Don’t let your ego get in the way of actually representing your constituents, no matter how many or how few people that is.
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Don’t let your ego get in the way of actually representing your constituents, no matter how many or how few people that is.
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Prove to your constituents that you can be trusted to make change and listen to them. Prove that you care about them more than making well received statements to your Instagram followers.
Maybe Congress is a stepping stone for some,
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Maybe Congress is a stepping stone for some,
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November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Prove to your constituents that you can be trusted to make change and listen to them. Prove that you care about them more than making well received statements to your Instagram followers.
Maybe Congress is a stepping stone for some,
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Maybe Congress is a stepping stone for some,
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And then she became County Supervisor and THEN Congress.
Congress is made up of older people cause they’ve put in the work. Because it takes work to understand government.
I’m not asking you to wait 20 years, but get elected to something else first. Anything else. Prove you can get elected.
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Congress is made up of older people cause they’ve put in the work. Because it takes work to understand government.
I’m not asking you to wait 20 years, but get elected to something else first. Anything else. Prove you can get elected.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And then she became County Supervisor and THEN Congress.
Congress is made up of older people cause they’ve put in the work. Because it takes work to understand government.
I’m not asking you to wait 20 years, but get elected to something else first. Anything else. Prove you can get elected.
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Congress is made up of older people cause they’ve put in the work. Because it takes work to understand government.
I’m not asking you to wait 20 years, but get elected to something else first. Anything else. Prove you can get elected.
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