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Dual US/Australia citizen, vote in Maryland & Queensland. Post-capitalist, anti-fascist activist, organizer at Democrats Abroad, XR, among others. Overlanding on sabbatical. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
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WRT Fighters: I'm sure I'm not the only left-leaner always leaning lefter bc of decisions made by the D party.

In MI Gary Peters is retiring. Both @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social & @abdulelsayed.bsky.social are running to replace him. The person I vote for *must* fight for universal healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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It’s also an advertisement, suggesting that it’s safe to break the law for DJT.
The pardons are primarily symbolic: No one on the list has been charged with federal crimes, and Trump can't pardon those facing state charges in GA, AZ, NV and WI.

But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🏴293!

These secret-MAGA Senators sold us out! 11/20-11/22 FLARE and friends are visiting Congress in DC; if you have something to say to these spineless shits, here's your chance!

#FreeDC freedcproject.org

🔥 #FuelTheFLARE @flareusa.bsky.social linktr.ee/flare.usa

🪖 rememberyouroath.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Today I wrote about Zohran Mamdani's historic win, the energizing power of holding to shared principles of decency, and a taxonomy of the endlessly intertwined relationship between shame and vision. www.the-reframe.com/the-extraord...
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
www.the-reframe.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Evergreen, evergreen. 🙂👈
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Dethroning Trump will not be enough to restore rule of law; the Biden admin is proof. After DT left the WH with historically low public approval, the Biden/Garland Justice Dept thought they could go back to the way things were in the 90s-2000s. It resulted in the worst-case scenario.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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If Democrats had held out for just 12 more hours, they would have seen that Trump was going to be FORCED to fund SNAP and that that should not have been the centerpiece of a negotiation to betray 40 million Americans on healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This is absolutely right.

The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The BBC—despite its best efforts—simply couldn’t give the technofascists enough of what they wanted. Too much fascism in institutions will never be enough for those they are trying to appease.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
BBC's "War on Woke" was never enough for the right - Freedom News
Resignations over ‘left-wing bias’ are both bitterly amusing and a dangerous portent of where the state broadcaster is headed ~ punkac…
freedomnews.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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My sister told me yesterday she’s probably going to have to drop her health insurance because her premiums are about to quadruple without ACA subsidies. Said all of her friends are now facing the choice between paying their mortgage or their insurance premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank
Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse talkingpointsmemo.com/news/why-not...
Why Not Just Arrest the Protestors? CBP and ICE Officials Muse
It’s been a journey with Greg Bovino over the past few months....
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.

Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The ACA is less than the bare minimum if the US government wants to claim it isn’t intentionally doing eugenics on its citizens
The thing about ACA is that if an American describes how it works to someone from literally anywhere else, the other person will be utterly horrified at its deliberate cruelty.

The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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🚨 Families went hungry while Congress played games. Now they want to cut a deal.

The people held the line. Now it’s their turn.

Call Schumer. Call your Senators.
Tell them to hold the line. No deal that sells us out.
☎️ (202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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To be clear, this deal still needs to go through a debate and amendment process and more 60-vote thresholds to pass the Senate, and then it must pass the House. There's still room for constituent pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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It's remarkable how many interesting things you can do if you have data and the capacity to process it. Story of a plunder in real time.
They're already at the gates of Europe, with quite a few allies inside.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.

The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.

www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Critizing corporate Dems who play Vichy isn't "creating a circular firing squad". I will ally with just about anyone fighting fascism. This behavior tonight was a capitulation. It aids the fascists. We should be outspoken in our condemnation of this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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#SelloutCaucus
Durbin
Kaine
Cortez Masto
Rosen
Fetterman
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM