If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.

Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542 Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224 King (ME) 202 224-5344 Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324 Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152 Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521 Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841 Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451 Masto (NV) 202 224-3542 Warner (VA) 202 224-2023

I never see this really emphasized in news about Senate votes so - reminder that the 45 Democratic senate seats represent something like 54% of the population.

I'm the spouse of an air traffic controller and I could not be more livid at the news that Dems might cave. I called and left voicemails for my Dem senators. If my family can hold the fucking line, so can they.

Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!! And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.

Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

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This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers

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This is truly sick.

There are no words for how evil this is

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

When the time comes, you know where to find me.

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less election post mortem talk, more tens of millions of people are still going hungry talk

Let's not allow Mamdani's victory erase Ghazala Hashmi's hard-earned achievement in Virginia.

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011. It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat. “Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.

yeah why might it be harder for someone to break 50% in a three-way race versus a two-way race. obviously it has something to do with ideology.

everybody bring your A game, think of it as a rehearsal for, you know,

i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney

I could not disagree more. There are many reasons that MMR is given as one shot. Separating it out means: -Babies more vulnerable to preventable disease for no reason -Three times as many doc visits -Three times more shitty days for baby -Three times more copays -Three times more work absences

I literally WISH my reps had this kind of drive and backbone.

Zohran is stone cold man. Putting out an ad in Arabic after all the Islamophobic shit that’s been thrown his way? Pure swag. Dems don’t need to copy his politics or even necessarily his campaign strategy, they need to learn how to grow a fucking spine.

"Why don't people support welfare programs?" Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness. White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...

PSA

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Always with the “overspending” and never with the “underpaying”

Now here is something scary... 👻 And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... #HappyHalloween! 🎃

Except maybe one who both uses ALT text and continues masking in public for their and others' safety.

ReUpping Chris’ post because shits getting wild out in these streets. Scammers are working OT. I’m testifying to it. And this administration is partly responsible for it. Our data is out there. Protect yourself in every way you can! Freeze your credit!!!

"ma'am this is a map store"

Starting in Milan, in 73, revolutionary groups would mass up, go into supermarkets and chase out the bosses/security, get on the loudspeaker and declare everything free. They would then make revolutionary speeches while shoppers gleefully enjoyed the discount. They called this "proletariat shopping"

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

It's amazing that even in a story about monkeys, cops will just lie about important shit. "The Jasper County Sheriff's Office originally said the monkeys carried hepatitis C, herpes and COVID. Tulane officials stressed that the animals were not diseased or infectious."

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners. Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

Reading this alongside witnessing today's "speech" at Yokosuka (among others, but these talking "points" were particularly relevant)... seems to me like we're in a pretty precarious moment on the timeline, no?

Right. As Annie Jacobsen told me: The US "relies upon 44 interceptor missiles to stop any incoming missiles. Russia alone has 1,674 nuclear warheads in 'ready to launch' position. Adding to that, according to congressional reports, the interceptors are only approximately 50 percent effective."

I was JUST having this conversation with my partner. I've used CC off and on since the 90s, all on since 2019. The mistakes now look just like the AI auto-transcripts Zoom produces. Silly mistakes that no human would mishear/mistype. Sometimes, actual whole chucks of dialogue are just... missing.

What did people do before SNAP?” They died. Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival. They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.

After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.