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"Republicans won't vote for it." "But the Supreme Court..." etc. etc.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Republicans won't vote for it." "But the Supreme Court..." etc. etc.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
These things aren't savvy realism. They're nihilistic defeatism, indistinguishable in substance and effect from outright support for Trumpism. Human institutions are not immutable facts of nature. We make and we can remake them.
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Remember the ringleader of prison torture at Abu Ghraib, Charles Graner? Was a corrections officer at a notorious prison in Pennsylvania where guards were repeatedly accused of abusing prisoners.
Sent to Abu Ghraib as a military prison guard.
We just REFUSE TO LEARN.
www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/w...
Sent to Abu Ghraib as a military prison guard.
We just REFUSE TO LEARN.
www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/w...
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Remember the ringleader of prison torture at Abu Ghraib, Charles Graner? Was a corrections officer at a notorious prison in Pennsylvania where guards were repeatedly accused of abusing prisoners.
Sent to Abu Ghraib as a military prison guard.
We just REFUSE TO LEARN.
www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/w...
Sent to Abu Ghraib as a military prison guard.
We just REFUSE TO LEARN.
www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/w...
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“The federal government is no longer a trusted partner in democracy,” Jena Griswold, the Democratic secretary of state in Colorado, told the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump’s Washington
Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“The federal government is no longer a trusted partner in democracy,” Jena Griswold, the Democratic secretary of state in Colorado, told the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Part of why Trump won in 2016 was he was an "outsider" who promised to "end corruption." He did not end corruption, he is a big "to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy" guy. He's a spoiled and corrupt person, who has spoiled and corrupted his party and government. That story sells itself.
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Part of why Trump won in 2016 was he was an "outsider" who promised to "end corruption." He did not end corruption, he is a big "to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy" guy. He's a spoiled and corrupt person, who has spoiled and corrupted his party and government. That story sells itself.
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Rural hospitals across California are at risk of shutting down due to lack of funding, including in our own district.
🏥 Southern Inyo was authorized in September to file for bankruptcy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
1/
🏥 Southern Inyo was authorized in September to file for bankruptcy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
1/
This rural hospital closed, putting lives at risk. Is it the start of a 'tidal wave'?
Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing 'critical access' status. Many other California hospitals face the threat of a similar fate.
www.latimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Rural hospitals across California are at risk of shutting down due to lack of funding, including in our own district.
🏥 Southern Inyo was authorized in September to file for bankruptcy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
1/
🏥 Southern Inyo was authorized in September to file for bankruptcy.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
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🚨🚨🚨 TENNESSEE 🚨🚨🚨
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
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Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Go to Iwillvote.com
Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨🚨🚨 TENNESSEE 🚨🚨🚨
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Go to Iwillvote.com
Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
For special election in two days
Tuesday Dec 2nd
Go to Iwillvote.com
Vote AFTYN BEHN for Congressional District TN07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
To make common cause with this Administration is to support an affirmatively white supremacist vision of this country. Period.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Every corporation.
Every Republican.
Every influencer.
Every Governor.
Every evangelical leader.
Every voter. Yes. Every voter.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No more pretense or excuses. Trump and his team have made the white supremacist foundations of this project explicit and clear.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
If you enable this you need to face who and what you are. But you can always choose another way.
Choose humanity. Decency. Equality. Democracy.
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Better broke than woke I guess www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Better broke than woke I guess www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We NEED the Dept. of Education—no matter how much Republicans try to tell you otherwise.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We NEED the Dept. of Education—no matter how much Republicans try to tell you otherwise.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
Schools need funding. Students’ rights need to be protected. Teachers & parents need data to know how to help kids succeed.
But Trump & McMahon are breaking all of that to pieces.
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Shameful that NYT made them the focus on P1
WELKER: Do you take responsibility for failing to stop this fraud in your state?
TIM WALZ: I take responsibility for putting people in jail. And I will note, it's not just Somalis.
TIM WALZ: I take responsibility for putting people in jail. And I will note, it's not just Somalis.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shameful that NYT made them the focus on P1
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"Anti-woke" is just seeking license to be an asshole.
Tim Walz: "Trump is like, 'this is language policing. You guys are woke.' Many times it's just about being decent to people and making them feel included. You can use that word, sure. But you shouldn't. And that's something that Donald Trump fails to realize."
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Anti-woke" is just seeking license to be an asshole.
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Maybe it is the abuses that create division, not report of the abuse, not consequence for the abuse.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Maybe it is the abuses that create division, not report of the abuse, not consequence for the abuse.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
Maybe it is bullying that causes division, not fighting the bully on behalf of the bullied.
Maybe it is lies that cause division, not the telling of truths.
Maybe we need to change the frame.
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Maybe it is Netanyahu's long-running corruption that has bitterly divided the country, rather than the due process of law.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country. n.pr/48FC2Ue
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Maybe it is Netanyahu's long-running corruption that has bitterly divided the country, rather than the due process of law.
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"AOC of TN laughs at tRuMp'S last- minute tele-rally for Matt Van Epps.
I see their tele-rally and raise them 10K doors that we're probably gonna knock this weekend."
🗳️ 12/2: Send Aften to Congress!
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
I see their tele-rally and raise them 10K doors that we're probably gonna knock this weekend."
🗳️ 12/2: Send Aften to Congress!
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"AOC of TN laughs at tRuMp'S last- minute tele-rally for Matt Van Epps.
I see their tele-rally and raise them 10K doors that we're probably gonna knock this weekend."
🗳️ 12/2: Send Aften to Congress!
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
I see their tele-rally and raise them 10K doors that we're probably gonna knock this weekend."
🗳️ 12/2: Send Aften to Congress!
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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In 2025, #ACA enrollees earning between 150 - 200% FPL pay between 0 - 2% of their income for the benchmark plan.
STARTING IN JANUARY, they'll have to pay between 4.19 - 6.6% of their income.
In 2025, if you earn 200 - 250% FPL you pay 2 - 4%.
In January, this goes up to 6.6 - 8.44%, and so on.
STARTING IN JANUARY, they'll have to pay between 4.19 - 6.6% of their income.
In 2025, if you earn 200 - 250% FPL you pay 2 - 4%.
In January, this goes up to 6.6 - 8.44%, and so on.
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In 2025, #ACA enrollees earning between 150 - 200% FPL pay between 0 - 2% of their income for the benchmark plan.
STARTING IN JANUARY, they'll have to pay between 4.19 - 6.6% of their income.
In 2025, if you earn 200 - 250% FPL you pay 2 - 4%.
In January, this goes up to 6.6 - 8.44%, and so on.
STARTING IN JANUARY, they'll have to pay between 4.19 - 6.6% of their income.
In 2025, if you earn 200 - 250% FPL you pay 2 - 4%.
In January, this goes up to 6.6 - 8.44%, and so on.
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Both taken this weekend:
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Both taken this weekend:
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Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let’s be clear: these are extrajudicial killings. “Kill them all” Hegseth needs to be held accountable.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
What’s more, Trump promised the American people no new wars but is now manufacturing this conflict & lying about his motives.
This warmongering has got to stop.
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“i, a billionaire oligarch, bought two turkeys this year to prove to you, the plebes, that the cheaper one tastes fine” is incredible messaging
Kevin Hassett: "Turkey prices were down 19 cents. I bought two different ones because some other show was criticizing me because I said, 'Oh, generic turkeys are pretty good.' So I made two this time and I didn't really notice the difference, so buy the cheaper turkey next year, folks."
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“i, a billionaire oligarch, bought two turkeys this year to prove to you, the plebes, that the cheaper one tastes fine” is incredible messaging
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1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
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...anyone earning more than 400% FPL (even by $1) gets cut off from ANY tax credits & has to pay full price immediately.
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
Retired couple (teacher & union carpenter) on ACA premiums skyrocketing — from $443/month to $2,224/month: “It's like buying another house and trying to pay for two houses at the same time… without the subsidy we honestly don’t know what we’re gonna do.” #TrumpShutdown
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
...anyone earning more than 400% FPL (even by $1) gets cut off from ANY tax credits & has to pay full price immediately.
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
THIS is where examples like this couple fall into:
bsky.app/profile/thet...
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Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
www.axios.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...