Cliff Poole
@cpoolenyc.bsky.social
Inwood NYC Dad, husband, writer, sometime-activist. I enjoy hiking, reading, art museums, video games & not living under fascism. Pro democracy, unions, LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice and non-carceral means to public safety.
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Entire East Wing expected to be demolished as soon as this weekend, sources say
The White House is expected to demolish the entire East Wing to allow for construction of President Trump’s ballroom, sources familiar with the project told ABC News.
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This is Trump “not touching“ the East Wing of the White House. Remember this the next time Trump says he won’t touch Social Security.
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This is it exactly.
Also, none of us is experts in everything so just apply this generally. If experts in the field are being silenced/ignored by non-experts making policy about it, it’s being politicized or becoming propaganda.
Public health
Psychology
Economics
History
Every field
Also, none of us is experts in everything so just apply this generally. If experts in the field are being silenced/ignored by non-experts making policy about it, it’s being politicized or becoming propaganda.
Public health
Psychology
Economics
History
Every field
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is it exactly.
Also, none of us is experts in everything so just apply this generally. If experts in the field are being silenced/ignored by non-experts making policy about it, it’s being politicized or becoming propaganda.
Public health
Psychology
Economics
History
Every field
Also, none of us is experts in everything so just apply this generally. If experts in the field are being silenced/ignored by non-experts making policy about it, it’s being politicized or becoming propaganda.
Public health
Psychology
Economics
History
Every field
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
The absurd level of crime panic in this country in incredibly safe suburban neighborhoods is actually creating more violent crime. A woman with a mop ringing your doorbell in the morning isn’t a fucking home invasion! People need to calm the fuck down!
A woman was fatally shot after she & her cleaning crew mistakenly went to the wrong address. She leaves behind 4 children, including an 11-month old.
Indiana is one of about two dozen states that has a "shoot first" or "stand your ground" law. It’s a license to kill that makes all of us less safe.
Indiana is one of about two dozen states that has a "shoot first" or "stand your ground" law. It’s a license to kill that makes all of us less safe.
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The absurd level of crime panic in this country in incredibly safe suburban neighborhoods is actually creating more violent crime. A woman with a mop ringing your doorbell in the morning isn’t a fucking home invasion! People need to calm the fuck down!
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Compare this fecklessness to Mitch McConnell's ability to keep his caucus organized. @schumer.senate.gov is a true failure as a leader.
What do you call a leader with no followers? Just a guy taking a walk.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
He's not just a senator. He's the *leader*. His job isn't his personal vote. His job is to unify and lead his caucus against the regime.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Compare this fecklessness to Mitch McConnell's ability to keep his caucus organized. @schumer.senate.gov is a true failure as a leader.
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"HEY CHUCK! FIGHT DON'T FOLD!"
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"HEY CHUCK! FIGHT DON'T FOLD!"
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
@bkindivisible.bsky.social turning out across the street from @schumer.senate.gov's apartment in brooklyn
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call Chuck Schumer right now and tell them he’s damning the democratic party for millions who will not forget who was the handmaiden to their betrayal
or, you know, less poetic if that’s not your vibe
NO VOTES FOR BETRAYERS & BACKSTABBERS Schumer has to go
☎️ 202 224-6542
or, you know, less poetic if that’s not your vibe
NO VOTES FOR BETRAYERS & BACKSTABBERS Schumer has to go
☎️ 202 224-6542
Can you call Chuck Schumer right now? No matter where you live, can you take a few minutes and tell Schumer that if Senate Democrats cave you will not support Senate Dems as long as he is leader?
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November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
call Chuck Schumer right now and tell them he’s damning the democratic party for millions who will not forget who was the handmaiden to their betrayal
or, you know, less poetic if that’s not your vibe
NO VOTES FOR BETRAYERS & BACKSTABBERS Schumer has to go
☎️ 202 224-6542
or, you know, less poetic if that’s not your vibe
NO VOTES FOR BETRAYERS & BACKSTABBERS Schumer has to go
☎️ 202 224-6542
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Primary them all. Mercilessly. Relentlessly. They've got to go.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Primary them all. Mercilessly. Relentlessly. They've got to go.
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Imagine if Democrats relentlessly hammered him in these moments instead of assuming nothing will ever stick to him. Imagine if we demanded that Republicans answer why the President is throwing Gatsby parties and calling football plays instead of negotiating. Nah, we should definitely fold instead.
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Imagine if Democrats relentlessly hammered him in these moments instead of assuming nothing will ever stick to him. Imagine if we demanded that Republicans answer why the President is throwing Gatsby parties and calling football plays instead of negotiating. Nah, we should definitely fold instead.
If only Democratic voters could bring a class action political malpractice lawsuit against elected Democrats.
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If only Democratic voters could bring a class action political malpractice lawsuit against elected Democrats.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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KEEP CALLING
Mark Kelly a NO, notable as he was allegedly one of the cavers
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
KEEP CALLING
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
Democrats are really the masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I left Senator Schumer a very *honest* message letting him know what I think of his latest gambit to give the fascists everything they want in exchange for… nothing.
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 1:23 AM
Democrats are really the masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I left Senator Schumer a very *honest* message letting him know what I think of his latest gambit to give the fascists everything they want in exchange for… nothing.
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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 12:56 AM
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.
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I've defended establishment democrats a lot, as a lot of what they do has some justification, but this is my own breaking point. There is literally no good reason to cave now after holding on for so long. Either cave right away so people don't suffer for no reason, or ACTUALLY hold the damn line.
Glad we've taught the Trump administration that starving 42 million people and disrupting air travel is how they get whatever they want, though. Good precedent with 3 years left in this nightmare.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I've defended establishment democrats a lot, as a lot of what they do has some justification, but this is my own breaking point. There is literally no good reason to cave now after holding on for so long. Either cave right away so people don't suffer for no reason, or ACTUALLY hold the damn line.
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
“What began as a race about affordability became a campaign for human dignity.“ A powerful column from @maragay.bsky.social
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Opinion | What Started as Affordability Politics Has Become Something Deeper
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November 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“What began as a race about affordability became a campaign for human dignity.“ A powerful column from @maragay.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So here's where we are, Sunday morning:
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Trump is trying to starve hungry kids in order to bully Democrats into abandoning our fight against health care premium increases.
So Trump is starving kids in order to deny families health care.
Dystopian.
Saying that families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for healthcare and buying groceries is kind of a cliche of Dem rhetoric but that’s literally the choice that Republicans are forcing w cutting off SNAP vs letting Obamacare premiums skyrocket. You can eat or go to the doctor but not both.
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Saying that families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for healthcare and buying groceries is kind of a cliche of Dem rhetoric but that’s literally the choice that Republicans are forcing w cutting off SNAP vs letting Obamacare premiums skyrocket. You can eat or go to the doctor but not both.