Dana
@dsettel13.bsky.social
Retired History, Language Arts, Middle School Teacher. Defender of democracy. Love my family, home remodeling, my sweet pup, gardening, sports, and Outlander.
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Trump’s 50-year mortgage idea is terrible. It BLOWS UP the amount of total interest paid, and it will drive prices UP by making houses appear more affordable by lowering monthly payments, without creating more supply. DISASTER.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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They found billions for foreign deals but not for your healthcare.
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
They found billions for foreign deals but not for your healthcare.
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
Hold them accountable. Flood the lines!
📱 (202) 224-3121
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Wow. Great take here.
The best, simplest, and most honest take I've seen on this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wow. Great take here.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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Mehmet Oz is a blithering idiot and is the only reason he has a trump appointment, because trump’s appointments are the most incompetent people ever to serve in our government @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
#DV1 #DemsUnited
#DV1 #DemsUnited
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Mehmet Oz is a blithering idiot and is the only reason he has a trump appointment, because trump’s appointments are the most incompetent people ever to serve in our government @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
#DV1 #DemsUnited
#DV1 #DemsUnited
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Democrats responded to anti-trans attacks this year — and won 19thnews.org/2025/11/elec... via @19thnews.org
Democrats responded to anti-trans attacks this year — and won
LGBTQ+ rights organizations and party strategists point to wins in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey as a template heading into the 2026 midterms.
19thnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Democrats responded to anti-trans attacks this year — and won 19thnews.org/2025/11/elec... via @19thnews.org
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It matters when leaders or would-be leaders have no character or worse are happy to let their souls be auctioned off in exchange for a little more power. Stefanik is a case in point and this by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social is very good.
Stefanik's NY governor announcement is straight from the Trump School of Belligerent Capital-Letter Nicknames. Even after last week's GOP drubbing, she's treating Trump as a winning role model. What can she be thinking? It's a mystery. Or maybe not. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...
Elise Stefanik’s Bad Bet on MAGA Politics
For a promise of power, she has let herself be yanked around. Now she’s launched a Trumpian campaign for governor of New York.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It matters when leaders or would-be leaders have no character or worse are happy to let their souls be auctioned off in exchange for a little more power. Stefanik is a case in point and this by @jilldlawrence.bsky.social is very good.
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New research from my colleagues @brookings.edu finds that mail voting fraud is extremely low
They also show that adopting universal vote-by-mail voting reduces racial & economic disparities
Read more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They also show that adopting universal vote-by-mail voting reduces racial & economic disparities
Read more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
Mail voting fraud: Data points to low risk and high benefits for voters | Brookings
Analysis finds mail voting fraud in the U.S. is exceedingly rare and shows universal vote-by-mail boosts access, turnout, and cost efficiency.
www.brookings.edu
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New research from my colleagues @brookings.edu finds that mail voting fraud is extremely low
They also show that adopting universal vote-by-mail voting reduces racial & economic disparities
Read more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
They also show that adopting universal vote-by-mail voting reduces racial & economic disparities
Read more👇 –TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/mai...
Cowards!!! Absolutely Cowards!
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Cowards!!! Absolutely Cowards!
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This from Dr. Martin Luther King's
Daughter.......
Daughter.......
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This from Dr. Martin Luther King's
Daughter.......
Daughter.......
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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The whole GOP shutdown strategy is hoping that sheer force of propaganda can convince the public that things getting worse does not reflect badly on the people in charge of the government, and that hurting America more will get Democrats to acquiesce to the Trump admin hurting America in other ways.
Sean Duffy: "We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays, they want to see their family. Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane."
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The whole GOP shutdown strategy is hoping that sheer force of propaganda can convince the public that things getting worse does not reflect badly on the people in charge of the government, and that hurting America more will get Democrats to acquiesce to the Trump admin hurting America in other ways.
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With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.
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The silence of congressional Republicans to all the Trump corruption - from his disgusting pardons, to the UAE crypto money, to the Qatari jet, and the ballroom, should be used against all of them in midterms along with their silence on tariffs which has made things unaffordable.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The silence of congressional Republicans to all the Trump corruption - from his disgusting pardons, to the UAE crypto money, to the Qatari jet, and the ballroom, should be used against all of them in midterms along with their silence on tariffs which has made things unaffordable.
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This is good, and should actually make us feel better.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a ruling that required Trump to fully fund SNAP because she’s playing chess, not checkers. She sent it back to the lower courts for a reason. 👀
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a ruling that required Trump to fully fund SNAP because she’s playing chess, not checkers. She sent it back to the lower courts for a reason. 👀
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is good, and should actually make us feel better.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a ruling that required Trump to fully fund SNAP because she’s playing chess, not checkers. She sent it back to the lower courts for a reason. 👀
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a ruling that required Trump to fully fund SNAP because she’s playing chess, not checkers. She sent it back to the lower courts for a reason. 👀
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Do you remember when the White House had good taste?
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Do you remember when the White House had good taste?
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
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For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago
For Americans: Bread lines
For Americans: Bread lines
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago
For Americans: Bread lines
For Americans: Bread lines
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
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“…to defend and advance President Trump’s agenda” of starving millions of Americans.
Got it.
Got it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“…to defend and advance President Trump’s agenda” of starving millions of Americans.
Got it.
Got it.
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Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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There were no government shutdowns when Joe Biden was President.
The orange felon now owns the first and second longest government shutdowns in US history because he doesn’t give a single flying fuck whether or not people suffer or starve or lose everything or die.
The orange felon now owns the first and second longest government shutdowns in US history because he doesn’t give a single flying fuck whether or not people suffer or starve or lose everything or die.
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
There were no government shutdowns when Joe Biden was President.
The orange felon now owns the first and second longest government shutdowns in US history because he doesn’t give a single flying fuck whether or not people suffer or starve or lose everything or die.
The orange felon now owns the first and second longest government shutdowns in US history because he doesn’t give a single flying fuck whether or not people suffer or starve or lose everything or die.