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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??

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Laurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 2h

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.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

folks is it normal our president glows red like satan in a low budget horror movie?

Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 5h

JUST NOW: Donald Trump gets loudly BOOED by the crowd at the Commanders game. What a loser!

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2h

Thus do all traitors

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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 2h

taking a big sip from my “stay strong democrats” mug and checking up on congressional news

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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 2h

less than a week 🙃

Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 5d

leftists swept the fucking board tonight, and The Party will still say we need to go right to win 🙃

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Kirsten Bakis @kirstenbakis.com · 23h

TIME FOR BED in the Zohran campaign font

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2h

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.

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 2d

"[W]e've got to rise to the challenge together. ... All have a role to play."

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d

Today @bradlander.bsky.social wrote an op-ed on Zohran Mamdani’s historic win — and the work ahead.

“When Donald Trump sends troops here, it won’t be Trump vs. Mamdani. It’ll be Trump vs. New York City.”

Brad Lander on Mamdani's Win: "It’s not only on Zohran. It’s on all of us."

In an op-ed for In These Times, Lander writes that in response to looming threats from Donald Trump, "We’ve got to rise to the challenge together—as New Yorkers."

inthesetimes.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

what’s remarkable about this is that there are zero winners at all, one of the biggest lose-lose deals I can remember

the Dem cavers will catch incandescent shit for it

the rest of the Dems will catch collateral fury

the big R win is… jacking everyone’s health care costs ahead of midterms

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2h

I hope all their fucking flights are canceled anyway.

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Kirsten Bakis @kirstenbakis.com · 3h

I haven't seen Sinners but I put a few songs from it on my fall playlist, and they're really getting into my bloodstream. I should watch it, shouldn't I?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

One can hope that this hastens the end of the modern National Democratic party but people have been conditioned to accept shit sandwiches for so long that who knows...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's possible to simultaneously hate Trump and think the Democrats suck. I'm doing it right now

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

Biden sank this country but Chuck just pulled it back underwater as it was trying to gasp for one last breath of air

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Happy Bean @fofollesspokane.bsky.social · 4h

@peters.senate.gov
I am a small business
owner that is struggling with the
current shutdown. My husband is on disability and I qualify for snap and Medicaid. I work 6O hrs a week and we live off $1600.00 a month
We are Willing to hold out.
It is the right thing for everyone. Keep the fight!

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3h

The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.

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It's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 4h

No one:

Not a soul on earth:

Chuck Schumer: Time to hand my ass and everyone else's to the Republicans again

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 6h

Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.

I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 6h

criticizing her policies is one thing, but making fun of Kristi Noem for her appearance isn’t fair

she actually does her makeup really well for someone who doesn’t reflect in mirrors

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14h

If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.

So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.

It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)

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Baseball Momazon ⚾️👠 @baseballmomazon.bsky.social · 8h

Over tip the cleaning staff in hotels.

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