Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
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Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
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👀 Speaker Johnson what say you ?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
👀 Speaker Johnson what say you ?
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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It’s like mad cow disease. Just Swiss cheese for brains.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It’s like mad cow disease. Just Swiss cheese for brains.
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basically every democrat not in the senate fucking hates this shit
they should study senate brain
they should study senate brain
Mills just came out against the CR lol
Graham Platner could not possibly ask for a set of circumstances more advantageous to make his Totenkopf tattoo the *lesser* of the crippling issues affecting a Dem frontrunner in ME-Sen.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
basically every democrat not in the senate fucking hates this shit
they should study senate brain
they should study senate brain
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Senate Brain, it's too powerful (and House Dems hate it)
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Senate Brain, it's too powerful (and House Dems hate it)
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Stefany is playing the “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” game today and it isn’t going well after her mother’s Collins-Murkowski Act….
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Improving health care has been the cause of my life. It’s why I am running for congress. So I cannot support this deal when Speaker Johnson refuses to even allow a vote to extend health care tax credits. My statement:
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Stefany is playing the “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” game today and it isn’t going well after her mother’s Collins-Murkowski Act….
bsky.app/profile/stef...
bsky.app/profile/stef...
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no, they say “don’t cave to Trump”
Source: I AM YOUR CONSTITUENT.
Source: I AM YOUR CONSTITUENT.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
no, they say “don’t cave to Trump”
Source: I AM YOUR CONSTITUENT.
Source: I AM YOUR CONSTITUENT.
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Can I ask some of Jeanne Shaheen's #NewHampshire constituents on here whether all you are asking of her is "why can't you work together" with the Republicans in Congress?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Can I ask some of Jeanne Shaheen's #NewHampshire constituents on here whether all you are asking of her is "why can't you work together" with the Republicans in Congress?
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Sounds like her overwhelmingly white constituents shouldn’t have first say in choosing the Democratic nominee ever again, because here in SC, @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social’s constituents are happy that unlike her, he’s fighting.
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sounds like her overwhelmingly white constituents shouldn’t have first say in choosing the Democratic nominee ever again, because here in SC, @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social’s constituents are happy that unlike her, he’s fighting.
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Not sure about that. 1. the blame is already baked in. 2. GOP is still in power across all 3 branches. 3. People just want Dems to fight harder and more strategically versus shift in blame. We will vote the folders out for folding but GOP will do nothing to stop raising healthcare and that’s on them
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Not sure about that. 1. the blame is already baked in. 2. GOP is still in power across all 3 branches. 3. People just want Dems to fight harder and more strategically versus shift in blame. We will vote the folders out for folding but GOP will do nothing to stop raising healthcare and that’s on them
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Fwiw, extremely normie political scientists are outraged at this cave.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fwiw, extremely normie political scientists are outraged at this cave.
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Republicans are markedly more positive toward the Proud Boys than they are to Black Lives Matter.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is viewed more favorably than unfavorably by Americans overall; Black Lives Matter, "Antifa," Moms for Liberty, and Turning Point USA are viewed more divisively.
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251109
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251109
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Republicans are markedly more positive toward the Proud Boys than they are to Black Lives Matter.
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Republicans also view the Proud Boys more positively than they view the NAACP.
Republicans are markedly more positive toward the Proud Boys than they are to Black Lives Matter.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is viewed more favorably than unfavorably by Americans overall; Black Lives Matter, "Antifa," Moms for Liberty, and Turning Point USA are viewed more divisively.
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251109
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251109
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Republicans also view the Proud Boys more positively than they view the NAACP.
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An insanely offensive post, comparing the Shaheen/Hassan/King cave to a woman facing the murders of her children during the Holocaust. One of the most offensive posts I’ve ever read on here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
An insanely offensive post, comparing the Shaheen/Hassan/King cave to a woman facing the murders of her children during the Holocaust. One of the most offensive posts I’ve ever read on here.
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Important to note that the DNC, House Dems, 2028 contenders, and even the most pro-leadership pundits and influencers are all laying on Senate Dems right now.
They betrayed all of us. Schumer has no allies left.
They betrayed all of us. Schumer has no allies left.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Important to note that the DNC, House Dems, 2028 contenders, and even the most pro-leadership pundits and influencers are all laying on Senate Dems right now.
They betrayed all of us. Schumer has no allies left.
They betrayed all of us. Schumer has no allies left.
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
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YES!!! SUPREME COURT DENIES CERT TO OBERGEFELL CHALLENGE!!
This is the case that arose out of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, following the Obergefell decision.
This is the case that arose out of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, following the Obergefell decision.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
YES!!! SUPREME COURT DENIES CERT TO OBERGEFELL CHALLENGE!!
This is the case that arose out of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, following the Obergefell decision.
This is the case that arose out of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple, following the Obergefell decision.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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His rage is becoming more extreme and diffuse (aimed at more people) as he gets older. This is consistent with cognitive decline. Not that folks like @jaketapper.bsky.social care about that.
Now we have Trump blasting air traffic controllers, telling them they hate this country for not showing up without pay.
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
His rage is becoming more extreme and diffuse (aimed at more people) as he gets older. This is consistent with cognitive decline. Not that folks like @jaketapper.bsky.social care about that.
...maybe not in light of the latest news. :-/
There’s an alternate timeline in which Obama goes with the VP pick he always wanted, Tim Kaine, Kaine gets elected as his successor in 2016, & we avoid this whole mess.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
...maybe not in light of the latest news. :-/
Obama calling Tim Kaine to tell him he's decided to pick Biden for VP: "You are the pick of my heart, but Joe Biden is the pick of my head."
...should we be glad he didn't follow his heart, then?
...should we be glad he didn't follow his heart, then?
the amount of damage tim kaine has done over his career is honestly staggering, not just being the VP candidate on the ticket that fucked up against maga to begin with, remember he was DNC head during the utter disaster of the 2009–11 cycle where they failed to convert on any of the obama wave
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Obama calling Tim Kaine to tell him he's decided to pick Biden for VP: "You are the pick of my heart, but Joe Biden is the pick of my head."
...should we be glad he didn't follow his heart, then?
...should we be glad he didn't follow his heart, then?
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Kaine voted for Eileen Cannon after Biden won the election. About a week later. Guess he forgot Obama never got to fill that SCOTUS seat. Trump put Cannon up as judge and he and Warner both help put her in office. She delayed the cases against trump in Florida. I fucking remember.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Kaine voted for Eileen Cannon after Biden won the election. About a week later. Guess he forgot Obama never got to fill that SCOTUS seat. Trump put Cannon up as judge and he and Warner both help put her in office. She delayed the cases against trump in Florida. I fucking remember.
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Yeah, as someone who followed the ACA in infinitely too much detail for someone who wasn't being paid to follow it (British hilarity aside), it became clear to me that the US doesn't really have *a* healthcare system, it has a series of complex and loosely connected healthcare systems.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Yeah, as someone who followed the ACA in infinitely too much detail for someone who wasn't being paid to follow it (British hilarity aside), it became clear to me that the US doesn't really have *a* healthcare system, it has a series of complex and loosely connected healthcare systems.
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Under 25? Your parents' insurance.
Young and poor? Medicaid/CHIP.
Older? Medicare.
Military? Tricare.
Veteran? VA
Work for a bigger company? Insurance via them.
A small business? Possibly insurance via SHOP.
Very poor? Probably Medicaid.
Somewhat poor? Subsidised Exchange.
Self employed? Exchange.
Young and poor? Medicaid/CHIP.
Older? Medicare.
Military? Tricare.
Veteran? VA
Work for a bigger company? Insurance via them.
A small business? Possibly insurance via SHOP.
Very poor? Probably Medicaid.
Somewhat poor? Subsidised Exchange.
Self employed? Exchange.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Under 25? Your parents' insurance.
Young and poor? Medicaid/CHIP.
Older? Medicare.
Military? Tricare.
Veteran? VA
Work for a bigger company? Insurance via them.
A small business? Possibly insurance via SHOP.
Very poor? Probably Medicaid.
Somewhat poor? Subsidised Exchange.
Self employed? Exchange.
Young and poor? Medicaid/CHIP.
Older? Medicare.
Military? Tricare.
Veteran? VA
Work for a bigger company? Insurance via them.
A small business? Possibly insurance via SHOP.
Very poor? Probably Medicaid.
Somewhat poor? Subsidised Exchange.
Self employed? Exchange.