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$2000 doesn’t even cover my damn out of pocket for the year. This is the dumbest fucking idea ever and I’m flabbergasted that no one is saying this to their faces.
Ron Johnson: "We're gonna repair the damage done with Obamacare, but we're gonna do it using free market principles, using freedom of choice on the part of Americans, and we'll give them the money to use as they see fit."
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
$2000 doesn’t even cover my damn out of pocket for the year. This is the dumbest fucking idea ever and I’m flabbergasted that no one is saying this to their faces.
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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We got an exclusive look at a set of original Bob Ross paintings slated to be auctioned on Nov. 11 to support public media funding.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We got an exclusive look at a set of original Bob Ross paintings slated to be auctioned on Nov. 11 to support public media funding.
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contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
Incandescent Rage: Ezra Levin on the Eight Democrats Who Put Americans Last
"What do we do to demand a better party, a party that actually fights back?"
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/incandesce... my comrade… always a rock
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This is exactly correct.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is exactly correct.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Tulsi Gabbard was too quiet.
Trump’s other historically awful dept leaders have been heard from—RFK Jr. cutting vaccines and spreading disease, Hegseth doing political purges and illegal strikes, etc.—but not the Putin-Assad sympathizer DNI.
Now we know: she’s busy curbing US counterintelligence.
Trump’s other historically awful dept leaders have been heard from—RFK Jr. cutting vaccines and spreading disease, Hegseth doing political purges and illegal strikes, etc.—but not the Putin-Assad sympathizer DNI.
Now we know: she’s busy curbing US counterintelligence.
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to take control over counterintelligence from the FBI. It's not going great. A scoop with @shaneharris.bsky.social
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tulsi Gabbard was too quiet.
Trump’s other historically awful dept leaders have been heard from—RFK Jr. cutting vaccines and spreading disease, Hegseth doing political purges and illegal strikes, etc.—but not the Putin-Assad sympathizer DNI.
Now we know: she’s busy curbing US counterintelligence.
Trump’s other historically awful dept leaders have been heard from—RFK Jr. cutting vaccines and spreading disease, Hegseth doing political purges and illegal strikes, etc.—but not the Putin-Assad sympathizer DNI.
Now we know: she’s busy curbing US counterintelligence.
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Spoken like a true billionaire.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Spoken like a true billionaire.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
I love Heather Marsh
How To Dismantle A Dictatorship by Heather Marsh
How To Dismantle A Dictatorship by Heather Marsh
What does it take to fight against a much greater power? To overthrow the untouchable without destroying everything you live for? It takes deliberate and unfaltering action and a calculated strateg…
mustread.press
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I love Heather Marsh
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How To Dismantle A Dictatorship by Heather Marsh
How To Dismantle A Dictatorship by Heather Marsh
What does it take to fight against a much greater power? To overthrow the untouchable without destroying everything you live for? It takes deliberate and unfaltering action and a calculated strateg…
mustread.press
October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How To Dismantle A Dictatorship by Heather Marsh
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
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This is still a democracy. I'll be damned if we're gonna just give these pathetic fascists power they don't have.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is still a democracy. I'll be damned if we're gonna just give these pathetic fascists power they don't have.
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Paying furloughed federal workers is not up for "discussion." It is law. Plain and simple.
Q: Does the administration guarantee that all furloughed federal workers will get back pay?
LEAVITT: This is something we are very much open to discussing with Democrats as part of the discussions about the continuing resolution
(That's not a yes!)
LEAVITT: This is something we are very much open to discussing with Democrats as part of the discussions about the continuing resolution
(That's not a yes!)
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Paying furloughed federal workers is not up for "discussion." It is law. Plain and simple.
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Let us be really clear: a failed vote on ACA subsidies in the Senate is just performative and why people lose faith in Dems. Our votes should never be free — we need to deliver a real win for working people. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/g...
Deal to end government shutdown takes shape in Senate
Two of the plan's three pillars include significant question marks. But the optimism is hard to miss.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Let us be really clear: a failed vote on ACA subsidies in the Senate is just performative and why people lose faith in Dems. Our votes should never be free — we need to deliver a real win for working people. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/g...
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Here's a Republican in Congress admitting THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE PLAN.
Greene: “I shouldn't have to go into a SCIF to go find our Republican health insurance plan.”
Hostin: “There is no plan.”
Greene: "That I believe is the truth.”
Hostin: “There is no plan.”
Greene: "That I believe is the truth.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here's a Republican in Congress admitting THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE PLAN.
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Go vote, America! 🗳🇺🇲🗳🇺🇲
If you run into any issues at the polls, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at (833) 336-8683.
If you run into any issues at the polls, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at (833) 336-8683.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Go vote, America! 🗳🇺🇲🗳🇺🇲
If you run into any issues at the polls, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at (833) 336-8683.
If you run into any issues at the polls, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at (833) 336-8683.
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The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
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If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica
As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...
projects.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
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I don't celebrate the holidays by spending money. I celebrate the holidays by spending time. Community over consumerism.
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I don't celebrate the holidays by spending money. I celebrate the holidays by spending time. Community over consumerism.
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The Inflation Reduction Act, which funded focused on energy production, on-shored manufacturing and improved infrastructure, but republicans voted against, and then showed up for photo ops when a project broke ground, created jobs and improved the lives of constituents in their state/district.
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Inflation Reduction Act, which funded focused on energy production, on-shored manufacturing and improved infrastructure, but republicans voted against, and then showed up for photo ops when a project broke ground, created jobs and improved the lives of constituents in their state/district.
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Elites hated Biden. Newsom wants their hate, too.
Is the No Kings movement the new Tea Party movement?
A THREAD.
Is the No Kings movement the new Tea Party movement?
A THREAD.
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Elites hated Biden. Newsom wants their hate, too.
Is the No Kings movement the new Tea Party movement?
A THREAD.
Is the No Kings movement the new Tea Party movement?
A THREAD.