Kym Possible
@kympossible.bsky.social
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Kym Possible
@kympossible.bsky.social
· Jan 29
As a Sociologist, I need to tell you
the chaos cascade (200+ exec orders) isn't dysfunction — it's disaster capitalism's playbook. your confusion = their strategy.
the chaos cascade (200+ exec orders) isn't dysfunction — it's disaster capitalism's playbook. your confusion = their strategy.
This is important. Overwhelming you with the awfulness of it all is their goal. They want you scattered. They want you hopeless and passive to the atrocities they commit.
Focus. RESIST.
Focus. RESIST.
So the Republicans, seeing that the Democrats will cave, moved the goalposts?
I wish I were surprised by this, but even more so, I wish the 8 senators that capitulated on a promise had anticipated this. It is GOP 101.
I wish I were surprised by this, but even more so, I wish the 8 senators that capitulated on a promise had anticipated this. It is GOP 101.
Ppl need to understand what's happening here.
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
The GOP response to the shutdown was: You're gonna cave, or we're going to hurt vulnerable people by shutting off SNAP. The Dems, unwilling to let that happen, caved.
Having watched that, the GOP is now saying: "Give us what we want on abortion or ..."
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So the Republicans, seeing that the Democrats will cave, moved the goalposts?
I wish I were surprised by this, but even more so, I wish the 8 senators that capitulated on a promise had anticipated this. It is GOP 101.
I wish I were surprised by this, but even more so, I wish the 8 senators that capitulated on a promise had anticipated this. It is GOP 101.
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Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
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OH F*CKING SHOCKER
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
OH F*CKING SHOCKER
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I called @cantwell.senate.gov and @murray.senate.gov today to implore them to remove @schumer.senate.gov as Senate Minority Leader. It is easy to look up and call your congresspeople using 5calls.org. #SackSchumer
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I called @cantwell.senate.gov and @murray.senate.gov today to implore them to remove @schumer.senate.gov as Senate Minority Leader. It is easy to look up and call your congresspeople using 5calls.org. #SackSchumer
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When Democrats offered a clean ONE-year extension of the tax credits—which is truly the most straightforward and common-sense thing we can do for people facing gigantic premium hikes this year—Republicans said “never, ever, ever, ever.” They called it “political terrorism.” Are you serious?
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
When Democrats offered a clean ONE-year extension of the tax credits—which is truly the most straightforward and common-sense thing we can do for people facing gigantic premium hikes this year—Republicans said “never, ever, ever, ever.” They called it “political terrorism.” Are you serious?
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Resign right now, you useless, ineffective, Quisling little coward. Go count your money and get out of the way for someone who cares about saving America from this tyranny.
You did this, and we all know it.
You did this, and we all know it.
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Resign right now, you useless, ineffective, Quisling little coward. Go count your money and get out of the way for someone who cares about saving America from this tyranny.
You did this, and we all know it.
You did this, and we all know it.
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"Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds [Democrats'] willingness to see people get hurt."
"If Trump wanted to cancel flights over Thanksgiving rather than keep health care costs down, I don’t see why Democrats should save him from making his priorities so exquisitely clear. And I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."
Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds [Democrats'] willingness to see people get hurt."
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poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
poor children literally went without food. people lost jobs and went into debt and got evicted and sold their cars they need to get to work. people who otherwise would have lived longer will die younger because of the stress of this. people did things for money they can't undo
THIS. When you flinch, the bully just gets excited and hits you harder. Dems completely fumbled this, zero strategic acumen here
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
THIS. When you flinch, the bully just gets excited and hits you harder. Dems completely fumbled this, zero strategic acumen here
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
These 8 Democrats are complicit in the suffering & deaths of Americans who won’t be able to afford healthcare due to the Trump budget. These cowards should be shamed every day for the rest of their miserable lives for selling out the principles of their party & the American people. #senatesellouts
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
These 8 Democrats are complicit in the suffering & deaths of Americans who won’t be able to afford healthcare due to the Trump budget. These cowards should be shamed every day for the rest of their miserable lives for selling out the principles of their party & the American people. #senatesellouts
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if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
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Hey @democrats.org It appears very much as if you held out for 40 days to get Republicans to agree to follow existing law and to hold a vote on a thing that will never pass. In the process, you demonstrated Charlie Brown-like gullibility and fell victim to the sunk cost fallacy. Just brilliant. 😒
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hey @democrats.org It appears very much as if you held out for 40 days to get Republicans to agree to follow existing law and to hold a vote on a thing that will never pass. In the process, you demonstrated Charlie Brown-like gullibility and fell victim to the sunk cost fallacy. Just brilliant. 😒
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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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@murray.senate.gov can you call for a new senate minority leader?
Coz we need one, the people have no faith in @schumer.senate.gov and we need real leadership to fight for us and not give up the ghost over pinky swears with pathological liars. That ACA won't get a vote in December and you know it.
Coz we need one, the people have no faith in @schumer.senate.gov and we need real leadership to fight for us and not give up the ghost over pinky swears with pathological liars. That ACA won't get a vote in December and you know it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@murray.senate.gov can you call for a new senate minority leader?
Coz we need one, the people have no faith in @schumer.senate.gov and we need real leadership to fight for us and not give up the ghost over pinky swears with pathological liars. That ACA won't get a vote in December and you know it.
Coz we need one, the people have no faith in @schumer.senate.gov and we need real leadership to fight for us and not give up the ghost over pinky swears with pathological liars. That ACA won't get a vote in December and you know it.
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Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Every single Democratic senator that votes to cave on this should be immediately ejected from the party, and the national party should immediately start running primary candidates in their districts.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
There is no bipartisanship possible with traitors and fascists. You either fight, or die.
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
@repdelbene.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov DO NOT BACK DOWN. Americans will die without healthcare just as they will die without food. Blood is on Republicans hands, you can not trust in a future agreement if you cave on your principles now.
HOLD THE LINE AGAINST FASCISM
HOLD THE LINE AGAINST FASCISM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@repdelbene.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov DO NOT BACK DOWN. Americans will die without healthcare just as they will die without food. Blood is on Republicans hands, you can not trust in a future agreement if you cave on your principles now.
HOLD THE LINE AGAINST FASCISM
HOLD THE LINE AGAINST FASCISM
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Made my calls. I prefer using 5Calls.org but either works. Right now the Senators are the priority, if you’re in the US.
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Made my calls. I prefer using 5Calls.org but either works. Right now the Senators are the priority, if you’re in the US.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.