Ella Mc
@ecmccrystle.bsky.social
There's not going to be a better time than right now to save the US. Do something other than post!
ESOL teacher, healthcare advocate, caring for my 91 year old mother and hating the administration. Lover of the daily bunnies.
ESOL teacher, healthcare advocate, caring for my 91 year old mother and hating the administration. Lover of the daily bunnies.
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
I thought I was being mean when I immediately assumed Dems feared losing their filibuster smokescreen, but Jonathan Chait agrees albeit in a nicer way. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I thought I was being mean when I immediately assumed Dems feared losing their filibuster smokescreen, but Jonathan Chait agrees albeit in a nicer way. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Take it from someone whose wife worked for years as an accounting manager at a hospital - 'death panels' have existed for many decades. But for some reason we call them 'insurance companies.'
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Take it from someone whose wife worked for years as an accounting manager at a hospital - 'death panels' have existed for many decades. But for some reason we call them 'insurance companies.'
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This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW
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BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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It's not about legality; it's about whether the government can be *compelled* to use other pools of money that they're *allowed* to transfer from. There's nothing *illegal* here; the question is whether courts can *mandate* what's otherwise an exercise of discretion when it's a remedy for defiance.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's not about legality; it's about whether the government can be *compelled* to use other pools of money that they're *allowed* to transfer from. There's nothing *illegal* here; the question is whether courts can *mandate* what's otherwise an exercise of discretion when it's a remedy for defiance.
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"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Prescient
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 2:19 AM
Prescient
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The fact that none of the 8 Dems are up for re-election in 2026 is a pretty good sign @schumer.senate.gov engineered the surrender
We knew this, but here's @harrylitman.bsky.social
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We knew this, but here's @harrylitman.bsky.social
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
@slate.com @crooked.com @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social @thebulwark.com Can we please get @stevevladeck.bsky.social on AO, SS, Amicus or one of the Bulwark pods (George explains?) to discuss this paper? Thanks -- a loyal listener/reader/subscriber
There are lots of examples, as I note in my new paper (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....), of the Court balancing the equities to *deny* emergency relief even when it's sympathetic to the applicant on the merits.
Most recently: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Most recently: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@slate.com @crooked.com @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social @thebulwark.com Can we please get @stevevladeck.bsky.social on AO, SS, Amicus or one of the Bulwark pods (George explains?) to discuss this paper? Thanks -- a loyal listener/reader/subscriber
I don't remember tearing up when I saw this in the theater, but I was young and stupid back then. Charming!
A lovely movie about America and freedom. It came out during one of the most tense years of the Cold War (1984). Robin Williams, a natural mimic, mastered Russian dialogue phonetically.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't remember tearing up when I saw this in the theater, but I was young and stupid back then. Charming!
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"Build A Ballroom"
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Build A Ballroom"
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Another definitional dispute we in the press room have discovered: whether jurors could be provided lunch during the shutdown—some prohibition against “refreshments.” Docket indicates meals ultimately were paid for by clerk of the court. We don’t know whether sandwiches were involved.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another definitional dispute we in the press room have discovered: whether jurors could be provided lunch during the shutdown—some prohibition against “refreshments.” Docket indicates meals ultimately were paid for by clerk of the court. We don’t know whether sandwiches were involved.
You want to know about our exit strategy?
Saving democracy is our exit strategy.
Saving democracy is our exit strategy.
“We always been a different sort of media company…We put very few products behind a paywall. We give free memberships to anyone who can’t afford it. We are infinitely more interested in saving democracy than increasing revenue.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Milkshakes and Media
Where The Bulwark is going.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You want to know about our exit strategy?
Saving democracy is our exit strategy.
Saving democracy is our exit strategy.
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It takes gall to call out @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as born into privilege, which he was, while not noting the parents of the head of the Post opinion section were well educated and presumably elite engineers and he grew up in lovely Pomona, California www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
How did a socialist with almost no governing experience become New York’s mayoral frontrunner?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It takes gall to call out @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as born into privilege, which he was, while not noting the parents of the head of the Post opinion section were well educated and presumably elite engineers and he grew up in lovely Pomona, California www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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It’s giving heavy young fogey vibes. Real media innovation is not mogul cosplay. You can’t consolidate and rich kid your way to success in today’s vibrant independent creator world and try to muscle competitors by yelling about how good you are at AI. Are you? Unlikely. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison is the ultimate Hollywood disruptor. This week's Variety cover story goes deep on the Paramount-Skydance boss' industry takeover.
variety.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s giving heavy young fogey vibes. Real media innovation is not mogul cosplay. You can’t consolidate and rich kid your way to success in today’s vibrant independent creator world and try to muscle competitors by yelling about how good you are at AI. Are you? Unlikely. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
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No one is scared of President Cankles today: Jealous Trump Wants Vance ‘Scared’ Just Like Rival’s Lackeys www.thedailybeast.com//jealous-tru...
Jealous Trump Wants Vance ‘Scared’ Just Like Rival’s Lackeys
The president wants his cabinet to fear him like Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deputies revere their leader.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
No one is scared of President Cankles today: Jealous Trump Wants Vance ‘Scared’ Just Like Rival’s Lackeys www.thedailybeast.com//jealous-tru...
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As I aiways say, it is all about getting more and more for these tech people — so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startup...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As I aiways say, it is all about getting more and more for these tech people — so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Pritzker breaks ground on state-backed grocery in Venice, calling it a 'revival' for forgotten towns
The Illinois governor says the project proves government can help the free market work where private investors walked away.
www.ksdk.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Great shirt -- read the message.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Great shirt -- read the message.